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 Birmingham 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 Birmingham region.

 Extensible Markup Language (XML)
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank211219
Rank change year-on-year
Down-9Up+7
Matching permanent IT job ads69160227
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham6.503 %11.02 %7.021 %
As % of the Application Development category19.55 %29.09 %24.02 %
Salaries quoted62153206
Average salary£32,000£33,000£32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-3.030 %+1.530 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£25,000£26,100£23,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£39,865£50,000£50,000
UK excluding London average salary£34,000£33,500£35,000
% change year-on-year
+1.490 %-4.280 %
Birmingham IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryAll Application Development
Birmingham
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
353550945
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham33.27 %37.88 %29.23 %
Salaries quoted320506863
Average salary£35,000£32,500£32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.690 %-
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£24,000£25,000£25,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£47,500£52,500£45,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£34,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+2.940 %-2.850 %
XML West MidlandsXML
West Midlands

XML
Demand Trend

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

Birmingham 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 Birmingham region.

Birmingham XML Salary Trend

XML
Salary Histogram

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

Birmingham XML Salary Histogram

XML
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the Birmingham 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.

1119 (74.84 %).NET
2106 (66.67 %)SQL Server
396 (60.38 %)ASP.NET
493 (58.49 %)JavaScript
587 (54.72 %)CSS
667 (42.14 %)HTML
760 (37.74 %)VB.NET
859 (37.11 %)C#
859 (37.11 %)Web Services
859 (37.11 %)AJAX
954 (33.96 %)XSLT
1042 (26.42 %)XHTML
1141 (25.79 %)SQL Server 2005
1240 (25.16 %)Microsoft
1339 (24.53 %)SQL
1435 (22.01 %)Visual Studio
1530 (18.87 %)IIS
1628 (17.61 %)SQL Server 2008
1727 (16.98 %)T-SQL
1824 (15.09 %)SQL Server 2000
1824 (15.09 %)Web Development
1824 (15.09 %).NET Framework
1923 (14.47 %)Degree
1923 (14.47 %)Windows
2022 (13.84 %)E-Commerce
2120 (12.58 %)VB
2218 (11.32 %)Java
2317 (10.69 %)Oracle
2317 (10.69 %)Microsoft Certification
2416 (10.06 %)Lotus

XML
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the Birmingham 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.

Birmingham IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
1119 (74.84 %).NET
296 (60.38 %)ASP.NET
387 (54.72 %)CSS
467 (42.14 %)HTML
559 (37.11 %)Web Services
559 (37.11 %)AJAX
654 (33.96 %)XSLT
742 (26.42 %)XHTML
824 (15.09 %).NET Framework
913 (8.176 %)ASP
913 (8.176 %)WCF
1010 (6.289 %)LINQ
119 (5.660 %)SOAP
127 (4.403 %)JSP
127 (4.403 %)J2EE
127 (4.403 %)Hibernate
127 (4.403 %)Spring
136 (3.774 %)Struts
144 (2.516 %)Java EE
144 (2.516 %)jQuery
Birmingham IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
130 (18.87 %)IIS
216 (10.06 %)Lotus Notes
313 (8.176 %)SharePoint
313 (8.176 %)BizTalk Server
412 (7.547 %)MS Exchange
412 (7.547 %)SharePoint Server 2007
55 (3.145 %)CMS
55 (3.145 %)NetWeaver
64 (2.516 %)Content Management Server
64 (2.516 %)WebSphere MQ
64 (2.516 %)Oracle Application Server
72 (1.258 %)ESB
72 (1.258 %)Apache
72 (1.258 %)WebSphere Application Server
81 (0.629 %)WebLogic
81 (0.629 %)Oracle 10gAS
81 (0.629 %)OpenCms
81 (0.629 %)DotNetNuke
81 (0.629 %)Drupal
81 (0.629 %)Umbraco
Birmingham IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
110 (6.289 %)MS Excel
24 (2.516 %)Photoshop
33 (1.887 %)Fireworks
41 (0.629 %)MS Office
Birmingham IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
13 (1.887 %)SAP CRM
13 (1.887 %)SAP PM
22 (1.258 %)Dynamics CRM
22 (1.258 %)Summit
22 (1.258 %)Microsoft CRM
22 (1.258 %)SAP R/3
31 (0.629 %)Oracle Applications
31 (0.629 %)BusinessWorks
Birmingham IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
19 (5.660 %)Internet
27 (4.403 %)Intranet
32 (1.258 %)HTTP
41 (0.629 %)Extranet
Birmingham IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1106 (66.67 %)SQL Server
241 (25.79 %)SQL Server 2005
328 (17.61 %)SQL Server 2008
424 (15.09 %)SQL Server 2000
516 (10.06 %)SQL Server Integration Services
614 (8.805 %)DTS
712 (7.547 %)Crystal Reports
810 (6.289 %)MySQL
93 (1.887 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
93 (1.887 %)GIS
102 (1.258 %)Oracle 10g
111 (0.629 %)BusinessObjects
111 (0.629 %)Oracle 9i
111 (0.629 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
111 (0.629 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
Birmingham IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
135 (22.01 %)Visual Studio
22 (1.258 %)NUnit
31 (0.629 %)CruiseControl
31 (0.629 %)Subversion
31 (0.629 %)Maven
31 (0.629 %)Oracle APEX
31 (0.629 %)FitNesse
31 (0.629 %)Team Foundation Server
31 (0.629 %)Oracle Forms
31 (0.629 %)JMeter
31 (0.629 %)JUnit
Birmingham IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
19 (5.660 %)Marketing
19 (5.660 %)Auditing
24 (2.516 %)Law
33 (1.887 %)Education
42 (1.258 %)Back Office
42 (1.258 %)Retail
42 (1.258 %)Pensions
51 (0.629 %)Finance
51 (0.629 %)Health
Birmingham IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1129 (81.13 %)Developer
277 (48.43 %).NET Developer
358 (36.48 %)ASP.NET Developer
444 (27.67 %)VB.NET Developer
540 (25.16 %)VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
630 (18.87 %)C# Developer
722 (13.84 %)Web Developer
817 (10.69 %)Senior Developer
914 (8.805 %)C# ASP.NET Developer
1013 (8.176 %)Senior .NET Developer
1013 (8.176 %)Senior ASP.NET Developer
1111 (6.918 %)Analyst
1111 (6.918 %)Web Designer
1111 (6.918 %)Designer
129 (5.660 %)Interactive Designer
138 (5.031 %)Senior VB.NET Developer
138 (5.031 %)Junior VB.NET Developer
147 (4.403 %)Analyst Developer
156 (3.774 %)Consultant
156 (3.774 %)Software Developer
Birmingham IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
112 (7.547 %)Computer Science
25 (3.145 %)Web 2.0
33 (1.887 %)iPhone
42 (1.258 %)Mathematics
42 (1.258 %)Client/Server
51 (0.629 %)N-Tier
51 (0.629 %)W3C
51 (0.629 %)Management Information System
51 (0.629 %)Physics
51 (0.629 %)Data Integration
Birmingham IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
123 (14.47 %)Windows
216 (10.06 %)Windows Server 2003
312 (7.547 %)Linux
41 (0.629 %)Red Hat Linux
41 (0.629 %)UNIX
Birmingham IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
124 (15.09 %)Web Development
222 (13.84 %)E-Commerce
315 (9.434 %)Project Management
315 (9.434 %)Content Management
414 (8.805 %)SEO
510 (6.289 %)Time Management
69 (5.660 %)Service Management
78 (5.031 %)SOA
78 (5.031 %)CRM
86 (3.774 %)Document Management
86 (3.774 %)Online Marketing
95 (3.145 %)TDD
104 (2.516 %)Agile Software Development
104 (2.516 %)Business Analysis
104 (2.516 %)OOD
113 (1.887 %)OO
113 (1.887 %)OOP
113 (1.887 %)Business Development
113 (1.887 %)User Acceptance Testing
113 (1.887 %)Migration
Birmingham IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
193 (58.49 %)JavaScript
260 (37.74 %)VB.NET
359 (37.11 %)C#
439 (24.53 %)SQL
527 (16.98 %)T-SQL
620 (12.58 %)VB
718 (11.32 %)Java
814 (8.805 %)PHP
99 (5.660 %)VB6
107 (4.403 %)XPath
114 (2.516 %)ABAP
123 (1.887 %)PHP5
123 (1.887 %)PL/SQL
132 (1.258 %)ActionScript
132 (1.258 %)ActionScript 3.0
141 (0.629 %)Python
141 (0.629 %)PHP4
141 (0.629 %)C
141 (0.629 %)C++
Birmingham IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
123 (14.47 %)Degree
217 (10.69 %)Microsoft Certification
311 (6.918 %)MCSD
45 (3.145 %)MCP
52 (1.258 %)MCAD
52 (1.258 %)MCTS
Birmingham IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
13 (1.887 %)QA
21 (0.629 %)SLA
Birmingham IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
11 (0.629 %)MSMQ
Birmingham IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
11 (0.629 %)MOM
11 (0.629 %)TIBCO Hawk
Birmingham IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
140 (25.16 %)Microsoft
217 (10.69 %)Oracle
316 (10.06 %)Lotus
45 (3.145 %)SAP
53 (1.887 %)TIBCO
62 (1.258 %)Yahoo!
62 (1.258 %)Google
62 (1.258 %)Zend
71 (0.629 %)Red Hat
71 (0.629 %)ESRI
71 (0.629 %)FatWire
71 (0.629 %)Lagan
71 (0.629 %)Business Objects
71 (0.629 %)Adobe
71 (0.629 %)HP