Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for XML skills in IT jobs advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited XML over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Application Development category for the Berkshire region.

 Extensible Markup Language (XML)
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank181418
Rank change year-on-year
Down-4Up+4
Matching permanent IT job ads349417817
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire8.860 %8.968 %6.915 %
As % of the Application Development category24.19 %31.14 %26.04 %
Salaries quoted312360685
Average salary£37,500£37,500£37,500
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£25,000£30,000£29,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£52,500£52,500£60,000
UK excluding London average salary£34,000£33,500£35,000
% change year-on-year
+1.490 %-4.280 %
Berkshire IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryAll Application Development
Berkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
144313393137
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire36.63 %28.80 %26.55 %
Salaries quoted125711362694
Average salary£37,500£40,000£39,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.250 %+1.260 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£26,000£27,500£27,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£50,000£57,500£55,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£34,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+2.940 %-2.850 %
XML South EastXML
South East

XML
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing XML across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Berkshire XML Demand Trend

XML
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing XML across the Berkshire region.

Berkshire XML Salary Trend

XML
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing XML across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

Berkshire XML Salary Histogram

XML
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing XML within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
ReadingNo change070£37,500-6.25 %
SloughUp+1146£38,500-9.41 %
MaidenheadUp+836£39,500+12.85 %
NewburyDown-732£35,500+5.97 %
BracknellDown-119£40,000+14.28 %
WindsorUp+915£32,500-13.33 %
WokinghamDown-165£40,000+14.28 %
HungerfordNew entry-5£36,000-
XML South EastXML
South East

XML
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the Berkshire region citing XML 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 XML.

1321 (46.86 %).NET
2259 (37.81 %)SQL Server
3247 (36.06 %)HTML
4244 (35.62 %)JavaScript
5236 (34.45 %)C#
6231 (33.72 %)Java
7219 (31.97 %)SQL
8194 (28.32 %)ASP.NET
9185 (27.01 %)AJAX
10182 (26.57 %)CSS
11151 (22.04 %)Oracle
12149 (21.75 %)Web Services
13137 (20.00 %)Microsoft
14119 (17.37 %)Windows
15108 (15.77 %)J2EE
1698 (14.31 %)JSP
1796 (14.01 %)SOAP
1893 (13.58 %)Finance
1992 (13.43 %)XSLT
1992 (13.43 %)OO
2089 (12.99 %)Degree
2181 (11.82 %)SQL Server 2005
2181 (11.82 %)UNIX
2272 (10.51 %)XHTML
2366 (9.635 %)PHP
2366 (9.635 %)Web Development
2459 (8.613 %)C++
2459 (8.613 %)Servlets
2557 (8.321 %)Spring
2656 (8.175 %)WebSphere

XML
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the Berkshire region citing XML 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 XML. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Berkshire IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
1321 (46.86 %).NET
2247 (36.06 %)HTML
3194 (28.32 %)ASP.NET
4185 (27.01 %)AJAX
5182 (26.57 %)CSS
6149 (21.75 %)Web Services
7108 (15.77 %)J2EE
898 (14.31 %)JSP
996 (14.01 %)SOAP
1092 (13.43 %)XSLT
1172 (10.51 %)XHTML
1259 (8.613 %)Servlets
1357 (8.321 %)Spring
1456 (8.175 %)WebSphere
1553 (7.737 %)Hibernate
1553 (7.737 %)JDBC
1651 (7.445 %)JSON
1746 (6.715 %).NET Framework
1746 (6.715 %)ASP
1845 (6.569 %)Struts
Berkshire IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
151 (7.445 %)SharePoint
240 (5.839 %)WebLogic
240 (5.839 %)Apache
335 (5.109 %)Tomcat
426 (3.796 %)SharePoint Server 2007
522 (3.212 %)WebSphere Application Server
619 (2.774 %)IIS
718 (2.628 %)BizTalk Server
817 (2.482 %)Alfresco
912 (1.752 %)Liferay
1011 (1.606 %)CMS
1011 (1.606 %)MS Exchange
119 (1.314 %)Oracle Application Server
125 (0.730 %)AquaLogic
125 (0.730 %)TIBCO EMS
125 (0.730 %)WebSphere Portal
125 (0.730 %)WorkSite
125 (0.730 %)Documentum
125 (0.730 %)LiveLink
125 (0.730 %)TeamSite
Berkshire IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
134 (4.964 %)Photoshop
230 (4.380 %)MS Excel
329 (4.234 %)Adobe Illustrator
414 (2.044 %)MS Office
513 (1.898 %)MS Visio
513 (1.898 %)FrameMaker
610 (1.460 %)Paint Shop Pro
610 (1.460 %)Acrobat
78 (1.168 %)InfoPath
82 (0.292 %)MATLAB
82 (0.292 %)MS Project
91 (0.146 %)RoboHelp
Berkshire IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
112 (1.752 %)BusinessWorks
22 (0.292 %)Oracle Applications
31 (0.146 %)Dynamics GP
31 (0.146 %)Google Analytics
31 (0.146 %)Apache OFBiz
Berkshire IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
128 (4.088 %)TCP/IP
220 (2.920 %)Intranet
220 (2.920 %)Internet
314 (2.044 %)SSL
410 (1.460 %)LDAP
59 (1.314 %)Firewall
66 (0.876 %)Broadband
66 (0.876 %)HTTP
66 (0.876 %)VPN
73 (0.438 %)BSS
73 (0.438 %)RFID
73 (0.438 %)Nokia NetAct
82 (0.292 %)IP Telephony
82 (0.292 %)SMS
82 (0.292 %)3G
82 (0.292 %)GPRS
82 (0.292 %)VoIP
91 (0.146 %)WAN
91 (0.146 %)POP3
91 (0.146 %)Ethernet
Berkshire IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1259 (37.81 %)SQL Server
281 (11.82 %)SQL Server 2005
351 (7.445 %)MySQL
436 (5.255 %)SQL Server 2008
527 (3.942 %)SQL Server 2000
623 (3.358 %)RDBMS
722 (3.212 %)SQL Server Integration Services
818 (2.628 %)Siebel EIM
910 (1.460 %)SQLPlus
910 (1.460 %)DB2
108 (1.168 %)DTS
116 (0.876 %)OLAP
125 (0.730 %)Oracle 9i
125 (0.730 %)Datawarehouse
125 (0.730 %)EDMS
134 (0.584 %)ETL
134 (0.584 %)Oracle 8/8i
134 (0.584 %)PostgreSQL
134 (0.584 %)BusinessObjects
134 (0.584 %)DB2 UDB
Berkshire IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
139 (5.693 %)Visual Studio
238 (5.547 %)Ant
334 (4.964 %)Subversion
433 (4.818 %)NUnit
528 (4.088 %)Eclipse
621 (3.066 %)JUnit
714 (2.044 %)Dreamweaver
812 (1.752 %)Maven
96 (0.876 %)Xcode
96 (0.876 %)PVCS
105 (0.730 %)ClearCase
105 (0.730 %)WebSphere Studio Application Developer
114 (0.584 %)RequisitePro
114 (0.584 %)Team Foundation Server
114 (0.584 %)JIRA
123 (0.438 %)Flash Builder
123 (0.438 %)Flex Builder
123 (0.438 %)CruiseControl
132 (0.292 %)ClearQuest
132 (0.292 %)TestDirector
Berkshire IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
193 (13.58 %)Finance
255 (8.029 %)Marketing
338 (5.547 %)Telecoms
437 (5.401 %)Electronics
529 (4.234 %)Retail
627 (3.942 %)Health
726 (3.796 %)Animation
825 (3.650 %)Insurance
920 (2.920 %)Pensions
1015 (2.190 %)Education
1113 (1.898 %)Billing
1210 (1.460 %)Manufacturing
139 (1.314 %)Publishing
147 (1.022 %)Games
147 (1.022 %)Construction
147 (1.022 %)Back Office
156 (0.876 %)Government
165 (0.730 %)Music
165 (0.730 %)Graphic Design
174 (0.584 %)Banking
Berkshire IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1443 (64.67 %)Developer
298 (14.31 %)Java Developer
384 (12.26 %).NET Developer
476 (11.09 %)Web Developer
562 (9.051 %)Junior
657 (8.321 %)Consultant
752 (7.591 %)Junior Developer
851 (7.445 %)C# Developer
947 (6.861 %)Senior Developer
947 (6.861 %)Software Developer
1045 (6.569 %)Analyst
1045 (6.569 %)Technical Support
1143 (6.277 %)ASP.NET Developer
1238 (5.547 %)Software Engineer
1336 (5.255 %)C# ASP.NET Developer
1429 (4.234 %)Architect
1429 (4.234 %)Graduate
1526 (3.796 %)Java/J2EE Developer
1625 (3.650 %)Applications Support
1724 (3.504 %)Graduate Developer
Berkshire IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
155 (8.029 %)Computer Science
226 (3.796 %)Open Source
321 (3.066 %)iPhone
321 (3.066 %)Web 2.0
415 (2.190 %)Blackberry
512 (1.752 %)German Language
611 (1.606 %)W3C
78 (1.168 %)N-Tier
87 (1.022 %)Client/Server
96 (0.876 %)French Language
105 (0.730 %)RIA
105 (0.730 %)Tandem
114 (0.584 %)Handset
114 (0.584 %)Thin Client
114 (0.584 %)Fat Client
114 (0.584 %)Mathematics
123 (0.438 %)Data Extraction
123 (0.438 %)SaaS
123 (0.438 %)Biometrics
123 (0.438 %)Smartcard
Berkshire IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1119 (17.37 %)Windows
281 (11.82 %)UNIX
350 (7.299 %)Linux
434 (4.964 %)Windows Server 2003
531 (4.526 %)Solaris
626 (3.796 %)Windows XP
720 (2.920 %)Mac OS X
818 (2.628 %)AIX
913 (1.898 %)Windows 2000
1012 (1.752 %)HPUX
117 (1.022 %)Windows 2000 Server
125 (0.730 %)Windows Vista
134 (0.584 %)Red Hat Linux
143 (0.438 %)Android
152 (0.292 %)Mac OS
152 (0.292 %)Windows Mobile
152 (0.292 %)Windows NT
161 (0.146 %)Ubuntu
Berkshire IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
192 (13.43 %)OO
266 (9.635 %)Web Development
351 (7.445 %)B2B
450 (7.299 %)Scrum
548 (7.007 %)UML
644 (6.423 %)MVC
740 (5.839 %)E-Commerce
740 (5.839 %)Agile Software Development
838 (5.547 %)TDD
933 (4.818 %)Project Management
1030 (4.380 %)Change Management
1126 (3.796 %)SOA
1225 (3.650 %)Configuration Management
1324 (3.504 %)Software Engineering
1421 (3.066 %)Content Management
1421 (3.066 %)OOP
1519 (2.774 %)Workflow
1616 (2.336 %)ITIL
1714 (2.044 %)Extreme Programming
1714 (2.044 %)Requirements Analysis
Berkshire IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1244 (35.62 %)JavaScript
2236 (34.45 %)C#
3231 (33.72 %)Java
4219 (31.97 %)SQL
566 (9.635 %)PHP
659 (8.613 %)C++
751 (7.445 %)VB.NET
839 (5.693 %)C
932 (4.672 %)ActionScript
932 (4.672 %)VBScript
1030 (4.380 %)VB
1127 (3.942 %)T-SQL
1226 (3.796 %)PL/SQL
1321 (3.066 %)Perl
1416 (2.336 %)ActionScript 3.0
1514 (2.044 %)Shell Script
1613 (1.898 %)VC++
1712 (1.752 %)XPath
1712 (1.752 %)ActionScript 2.0
1811 (1.606 %)PHP5
Berkshire IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
189 (12.99 %)Degree
247 (6.861 %)Microsoft Certification
342 (6.131 %)Security Cleared
436 (5.255 %)MCSD
528 (4.088 %)MCAD
625 (3.650 %)MCP
625 (3.650 %)MCTS
724 (3.504 %)SC Cleared
87 (1.022 %)MCSA
87 (1.022 %)MCDST
96 (0.876 %)Postgraduate
105 (0.730 %)A+ Certification
105 (0.730 %)ITIL Certification
112 (0.292 %)PMI Certification
112 (0.292 %)MCPD
121 (0.146 %)Security+ Certification
121 (0.146 %)Network+ Certification
121 (0.146 %)Sun Certification
121 (0.146 %)CISSP
Berkshire IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
118 (2.628 %)QA
28 (1.168 %)SLA
31 (0.146 %)WCAG
Berkshire IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
124 (3.504 %)Active Directory
211 (1.606 %)ISA Server
36 (0.876 %)MSMQ
Berkshire IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
11 (0.146 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
11 (0.146 %)MSI
Berkshire IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1151 (22.04 %)Oracle
2137 (20.00 %)Microsoft
338 (5.547 %)JBoss
428 (4.088 %)Remedy
527 (3.942 %)TIBCO
624 (3.504 %)Siebel
721 (3.066 %)Apple
818 (2.628 %)Adobe
914 (2.044 %)SAP
914 (2.044 %)IBM
914 (2.044 %)JD Edwards
1012 (1.752 %)GigaSpaces
1111 (1.606 %)BEA
1111 (1.606 %)ATG
126 (0.876 %)webMethods
126 (0.876 %)Perforce
126 (0.876 %)VMware
135 (0.730 %)Alterian
135 (0.730 %)Open Text
135 (0.730 %)Percussion