The first table below looks at the demand for the Software Engineer role in IT jobs advertised for the West Lothian region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Software Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 20 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 Job Titles advertised for the West Lothian region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Engineer
Rank 21 - 42
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Engineer 9 0 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Lothian 8.182% - 1.031%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.257% - 1.136%
Number of salaries quoted 7 0 3
Average salary £33,000 - £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £36,000
% change year-on-year
- +4.16%
All Job Titles
West Lothian
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
109 117 264
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Lothian 99.09% 95.12% 90.72%
Number of salaries quoted 28 86 192
Average salary £36,000 £40,000 £41,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-10.00% -2.43%
90% offered a salary of more than £33,000 £27,500 £31,000
10% offered a salary of more than £41,000 £55,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Software Engineer
Scotland

Software Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Software Engineer across the West Lothian region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

West Lothian Software Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Software Engineer
Salary Trend

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

West Lothian Software Engineer Salary Trend

Software Engineer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Engineer within the West Lothian region over the 3 months to 20 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
Livingston - 8 £33,000 -
Linlithgow - 1 £32,500 -
Software Engineer
Scotland

Software Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Lothian region that cited Software Engineer in their job title 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 with Software Engineer in their job title.

1 7 (58.33%) SQL
1 7 (58.33%) UNIX
1 7 (58.33%) Linux
2 6 (50.00%) Oracle
2 6 (50.00%) MS Office
2 6 (50.00%) VB
2 6 (50.00%) Perl
2 6 (50.00%) ISO 9001
2 6 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
2 6 (50.00%) Six Sigma
2 6 (50.00%) Lean Six Sigma
2 6 (50.00%) Oracle Linux
3 5 (41.67%) Degree
4 3 (25.00%) C
4 3 (25.00%) C++
4 3 (25.00%) OO
5 2 (16.67%) Broadband
5 2 (16.67%) Windows
5 2 (16.67%) Firmware
5 2 (16.67%) Billing
5 2 (16.67%) Computer Science
5 2 (16.67%) Software Engineering
5 2 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
6 1 (8.333%) Ubuntu
6 1 (8.333%) iSCSI
6 1 (8.333%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (8.333%) WPF
6 1 (8.333%) Use Case
6 1 (8.333%) Shell Script
6 1 (8.333%) Debian

Software Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Lothian region that cited Software Engineer in their job title 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 with Software Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (8.333%) .NET
1 1 (8.333%) Web Services
1 1 (8.333%) WinForms
1 1 (8.333%) WPF
Applications
1 6 (50.00%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 2 (16.67%) Broadband
2 1 (8.333%) Ethernet
2 1 (8.333%) TCP/IP
2 1 (8.333%) SAN
2 1 (8.333%) iSCSI
General
1 2 (16.67%) Billing
Miscellaneous
1 2 (16.67%) Firmware
1 2 (16.67%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 7 (58.33%) UNIX
1 7 (58.33%) Linux
2 6 (50.00%) Oracle Linux
3 2 (16.67%) Windows
4 1 (8.333%) Debian
4 1 (8.333%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
1 6 (50.00%) Six Sigma
1 6 (50.00%) Lean Six Sigma
2 3 (25.00%) OO
3 2 (16.67%) Software Engineering
3 2 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (8.333%) Use Case
4 1 (8.333%) UML
Programming Languages
1 7 (58.33%) SQL
2 6 (50.00%) VB
2 6 (50.00%) Perl
3 3 (25.00%) C
3 3 (25.00%) C++
4 1 (8.333%) Java
4 1 (8.333%) C#
4 1 (8.333%) PHP
4 1 (8.333%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 5 (41.67%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (50.00%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 1 (8.333%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 6 (50.00%) Oracle
2 1 (8.333%) VMware