The first table below looks at the demand for OO skills in IT jobs advertised for the West Lothian region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited OO over the 3 months to 22 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Processes & Methodologies category for the West Lothian region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Object-Oriented (OO)
Rank 31 26 46
Rank change year-on-year
-5 +20
Permanent jobs citing OO 1 1 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Lothian 0.901% 0.794% 1.003%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.962% 1.370% 1.327%
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 1
Average salary £32,500 £32,500 £32,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +1.56%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £37,500
All Processes & Methodologies
West Lothian
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
104 73 226
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Lothian 93.69% 57.94% 75.59%
Number of salaries quoted 27 49 144
Average salary £36,000 £50,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-28.00% +25.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £33,000 £27,500 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £41,000 £50,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
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Scotland

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Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing OO across the West Lothian region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

West Lothian OO Jobs Demand Trend

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Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing OO across the West Lothian region.

West Lothian OO Salary Trend

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Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing OO within the West Lothian region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Linlithgow - 1 £32,500 -
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Scotland

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Top 13 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Lothian region citing OO also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited OO.

1 3 (100.00%) C++
1 3 (100.00%) Degree
2 2 (66.67%) Computer Science
2 2 (66.67%) Firmware
2 2 (66.67%) Software Engineering
2 2 (66.67%) C
3 1 (33.33%) C#
3 1 (33.33%) .NET
3 1 (33.33%) WinForms
3 1 (33.33%) Windows
3 1 (33.33%) UML
3 1 (33.33%) WPF
3 1 (33.33%) Use Case

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Lothian region citing OO also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited OO. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (33.33%) .NET
1 1 (33.33%) WinForms
1 1 (33.33%) WPF
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Graduate
1 3 (100.00%) Software Engineer
2 2 (66.67%) Graduate Software Engineer
3 1 (33.33%) Senior Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Computer Science
1 2 (66.67%) Firmware
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Software Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) UML
2 1 (33.33%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) C++
2 2 (66.67%) C
3 1 (33.33%) C#
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) Degree