The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Open Source in IT jobs advertised for the West Lothian region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Open Source over the 3 months to 24 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 terms in our Miscellaneous category for the West Lothian region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Open Source
Rank 30 15 -
Rank change year-on-year
-15 -
Permanent jobs citing Open Source 1 12 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Lothian 0.943% 9.524% -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 4.762% 36.36% -
Number of salaries quoted 0 12 0
Average salary - £34,500 -
UK excluding London average salary £39,000 £40,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
-2.50% +5.26%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
West Lothian
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
21 33 67
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Lothian 19.81% 26.19% 22.56%
Number of salaries quoted 1 28 45
Average salary £32,500 £34,750 £47,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.47% -26.84%
UK excluding London average salary £39,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-2.50% +6.66%
Open Source
Scotland

Open Source
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Open Source across the West Lothian region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

West Lothian Open Source Jobs Demand Trend

Open Source
Salary Trend

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

West Lothian Open Source Salary Trend

Open Source
Top 11 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Lothian region citing Open Source 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 Open Source.

1 3 (100.00%) Java
1 3 (100.00%) Perl
1 3 (100.00%) SQL
1 3 (100.00%) VBScript
1 3 (100.00%) UNIX
1 3 (100.00%) HP
1 3 (100.00%) QuickTest Pro
1 3 (100.00%) Finance
1 3 (100.00%) Agile Software Development
1 3 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (33.33%) Broadband

Open Source
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Lothian region citing Open Source 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 Open Source. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Broadband
Development Applications
1 3 (100.00%) QuickTest Pro
General
1 3 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Tester
1 3 (100.00%) Automation Tester
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Automation Tester
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Tester
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Agile Software Development
1 3 (100.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) Java
1 3 (100.00%) Perl
1 3 (100.00%) SQL
1 3 (100.00%) VBScript
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) HP