The first 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 21 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 Application Development category for the Birmingham region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Extensible Markup Language (XML)
Rank 37 22 28
Rank change year-on-year
-15 +6
Permanent jobs citing XML 90 94 81
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 5.338% 6.492% 6.245%
As % of the Application Development category 14.61% 18.58% 19.95%
Number of salaries quoted 79 87 78
Average salary £35,000 £40,000 £29,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-12.50% +37.93%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,500 £30,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £48,000 £105,000 £43,250
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +7.14%
All Application Development
Birmingham
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
616 506 406
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 36.54% 34.94% 31.30%
Number of salaries quoted 552 471 369
Average salary £37,500 £37,500 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +15.38%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £27,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £47,500 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
XML
West Midlands

XML
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Birmingham XML Jobs Demand Trend

XML
Salary Trend

This 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

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing XML across the Birmingham region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Birmingham XML Salary Histogram

XML
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, 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.

1 103 (59.20%) JavaScript
2 89 (51.15%) C#
2 89 (51.15%) HTML
2 89 (51.15%) SQL
3 88 (50.57%) .NET
4 86 (49.43%) SQL Server
5 80 (45.98%) CSS
6 67 (38.51%) ASP.NET
7 61 (35.06%) Microsoft
8 52 (29.89%) Web Services
9 48 (27.59%) jQuery
10 43 (24.71%) Java
11 42 (24.14%) Finance
12 38 (21.84%) MVC
13 37 (21.26%) MS Excel
14 36 (20.69%) Windows
15 35 (20.11%) Web Development
16 34 (19.54%) Oracle
17 32 (18.39%) Visual Studio
18 29 (16.67%) Degree
19 28 (16.09%) VB.NET
19 28 (16.09%) SharePoint
20 27 (15.52%) XSLT
21 26 (14.94%) XHTML
22 25 (14.37%) OO
23 24 (13.79%) Microsoft Certification
24 23 (13.22%) PHP
25 22 (12.64%) Workflow
26 20 (11.49%) ASP
26 20 (11.49%) CRM

XML
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, 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.

Application Development
1 89 (51.15%) HTML
2 88 (50.57%) .NET
3 80 (45.98%) CSS
4 67 (38.51%) ASP.NET
5 52 (29.89%) Web Services
6 48 (27.59%) jQuery
7 27 (15.52%) XSLT
8 26 (14.94%) XHTML
9 20 (11.49%) ASP
10 18 (10.34%) .NET Framework
10 18 (10.34%) Ajax
11 17 (9.770%) WCF
12 16 (9.195%) J2EE
12 16 (9.195%) SOAP
13 15 (8.621%) ASP.NET MVC
14 13 (7.471%) ASP.NET MVC 3
15 10 (5.747%) DHTML
16 9 (5.172%) XSL
16 9 (5.172%) REST
16 9 (5.172%) Zend Framework
Application Platforms
1 28 (16.09%) SharePoint
2 11 (6.322%) Oracle Workflow
3 10 (5.747%) SharePoint 2010
3 10 (5.747%) Apache
4 9 (5.172%) Amazon AWS
5 8 (4.598%) SharePoint Server
6 7 (4.023%) IIS
7 6 (3.448%) Tomcat
8 5 (2.874%) BizTalk Server
9 3 (1.724%) WebLogic
9 3 (1.724%) MSMQ
10 2 (1.149%) Exchange Server 2007
10 2 (1.149%) Amazon EC2
10 2 (1.149%) Windows Azure
10 2 (1.149%) Exchange Server 2010
10 2 (1.149%) CMS
10 2 (1.149%) Oracle Application Server
10 2 (1.149%) Oracle 10gAS
10 2 (1.149%) MS Exchange
11 1 (0.575%) Documentum
Applications
1 37 (21.26%) MS Excel
2 8 (4.598%) Photoshop
3 7 (4.023%) Adobe Illustrator
4 6 (3.448%) MS Office
5 4 (2.299%) InfoPath
6 2 (1.149%) MS Visio
6 2 (1.149%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 13 (7.471%) Dynamics CRM
2 11 (6.322%) Oracle Applications
2 11 (6.322%) Oracle EBS R12
3 7 (4.023%) Oracle Financials
4 1 (0.575%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 15 (8.621%) Internet
2 11 (6.322%) HTTP
3 5 (2.874%) Intranet
4 4 (2.299%) TCP/IP
5 2 (1.149%) Extranet
6 1 (0.575%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 86 (49.43%) SQL Server
2 17 (9.770%) MySQL
3 15 (8.621%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 14 (8.046%) SQL Server 2008
5 12 (6.897%) SQL Server 2005
6 11 (6.322%) Oracle Reports
6 11 (6.322%) Oracle Discoverer
7 10 (5.747%) Oracle 8/8i
8 4 (2.299%) Oracle 10g
9 3 (1.724%) Data Mining
9 3 (1.724%) PostgreSQL
10 2 (1.149%) Oracle 11g
10 2 (1.149%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 2 (1.149%) Crystal Reports
11 1 (0.575%) RDBMS
11 1 (0.575%) SQL Server 2012
11 1 (0.575%) NoSQL
11 1 (0.575%) Azure SQL Database
11 1 (0.575%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 32 (18.39%) Visual Studio
2 13 (7.471%) Subversion
3 11 (6.322%) Oracle Forms
4 5 (2.874%) JIRA
4 5 (2.874%) Oracle APEX
5 4 (2.299%) Git (software)
5 4 (2.299%) NUnit
5 4 (2.299%) Eclipse
6 3 (1.724%) JUnit
7 2 (1.149%) Team Foundation Server
7 2 (1.149%) CruiseControl
7 2 (1.149%) JDeveloper
7 2 (1.149%) VSS/SourceSafe
8 1 (0.575%) Maven
8 1 (0.575%) Xcode
8 1 (0.575%) Hudson
General
1 42 (24.14%) Finance
2 8 (4.598%) Games
3 6 (3.448%) Legal
4 5 (2.874%) Telecoms
5 4 (2.299%) Retail
5 4 (2.299%) Local Government
5 4 (2.299%) Marketing
6 2 (1.149%) German Language
7 1 (0.575%) Advertising
7 1 (0.575%) Publishing
7 1 (0.575%) Aerospace
7 1 (0.575%) Law
7 1 (0.575%) Banking
7 1 (0.575%) Billing
Job Titles
1 121 (69.54%) Developer
2 34 (19.54%) .NET Developer
3 25 (14.37%) Web Developer
4 24 (13.79%) C# Developer
5 22 (12.64%) C# .NET Developer
6 18 (10.34%) C# ASP.NET Developer
7 16 (9.195%) Software Engineer
8 14 (8.046%) Analyst
9 13 (7.471%) Oracle Analyst
10 12 (6.897%) PHP Developer
11 11 (6.322%) SharePoint Developer
11 11 (6.322%) Technical Analyst
11 11 (6.322%) Functional Analyst
12 10 (5.747%) .NET Web Developer
12 10 (5.747%) Senior Developer
13 9 (5.172%) Junior
13 9 (5.172%) Software Developer
13 9 (5.172%) ASP.NET Developer
13 9 (5.172%) Java Software Engineer
13 9 (5.172%) CRM Developer
Miscellaneous
1 15 (8.621%) Computer Science
2 6 (3.448%) Mathematics
3 5 (2.874%) Mobile App
4 4 (2.299%) N-Tier
5 3 (1.724%) W3C
5 3 (1.724%) Physics
6 2 (1.149%) SaaS
6 2 (1.149%) Pocket PC
6 2 (1.149%) Firmware
7 1 (0.575%) Client/Server
7 1 (0.575%) Management Information System
7 1 (0.575%) Blog
7 1 (0.575%) Statistics
7 1 (0.575%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.575%) Social Media
7 1 (0.575%) Open Source
7 1 (0.575%) Inversion of Control
7 1 (0.575%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 36 (20.69%) Windows
2 17 (9.770%) Windows Server 2008
3 15 (8.621%) Windows Server 2003
4 9 (5.172%) Linux
5 3 (1.724%) Android
6 2 (1.149%) Windows 8
6 2 (1.149%) Windows Phone 8
6 2 (1.149%) Windows Phone
6 2 (1.149%) Windows Mobile
6 2 (1.149%) Windows CE
7 1 (0.575%) UNIX
7 1 (0.575%) AIX
7 1 (0.575%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.575%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (21.84%) MVC
2 35 (20.11%) Web Development
3 25 (14.37%) OO
4 22 (12.64%) Workflow
5 20 (11.49%) CRM
6 19 (10.92%) Unit Testing
7 18 (10.34%) OOP
8 16 (9.195%) Scrum
8 16 (9.195%) Agile Software Development
9 15 (8.621%) Data Modelling
10 14 (8.046%) Business Intelligence
11 12 (6.897%) Stakeholder Management
12 11 (6.322%) Migration
12 11 (6.322%) Waterfall
12 11 (6.322%) Data Migration
13 10 (5.747%) TDD
14 7 (4.023%) BDD
15 6 (3.448%) UML
16 5 (2.874%) E-Commerce
16 5 (2.874%) Business Analysis
Programming Languages
1 103 (59.20%) JavaScript
2 89 (51.15%) C#
2 89 (51.15%) SQL
3 43 (24.71%) Java
4 28 (16.09%) VB.NET
5 23 (13.22%) PHP
6 18 (10.34%) PL/SQL
7 16 (9.195%) T-SQL
8 13 (7.471%) PowerShell
9 12 (6.897%) VB
10 11 (6.322%) C++
11 7 (4.023%) Perl
12 5 (2.874%) VBScript
13 4 (2.299%) XPath
13 4 (2.299%) Python
13 4 (2.299%) C
14 3 (1.724%) VB6
14 3 (1.724%) Objective-C
15 2 (1.149%) Embedded C++
15 2 (1.149%) XQuery
Qualifications
1 29 (16.67%) Degree
2 24 (13.79%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (0.575%) MCSD
3 1 (0.575%) MCSE
3 1 (0.575%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (10.92%) QA
System Software
1 12 (6.897%) Terminal Server
2 3 (1.724%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.149%) VMware ESX
3 2 (1.149%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (1.149%) SCCM
1 2 (1.149%) SCOM
1 2 (1.149%) WMI
1 2 (1.149%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 61 (35.06%) Microsoft
2 34 (19.54%) Oracle
3 12 (6.897%) Citrix
4 9 (5.172%) Zend
5 3 (1.724%) VMware
5 3 (1.724%) DevExpress
6 2 (1.149%) Sencha
6 2 (1.149%) Google
6 2 (1.149%) Baan
7 1 (0.575%) SAP
7 1 (0.575%) JBoss
7 1 (0.575%) EMC
7 1 (0.575%) Apple
7 1 (0.575%) Rackspace
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Posted: 14 May 2013
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Posted: 17 May 2013
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Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum + Excellent pension + Holiday
Posted: 16 May 2013
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Salary: £0 to £40000 per annum - Benefits
Posted: 19 May 2013
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OPUS
Salary: GBP0 to GBP40000 per annum + Benefits: Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
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Salary: £32000 - £40000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
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Salary: £25000 - £35000 per annum + excellent benefits
Posted: 11 May 2013
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Salary: £25000 - £35000 per annum + excellent benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
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Salary: £18000 - £21000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 14 May 2013
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Salary: £25000 - £30000 per annum + Benefits
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Posted: 18 May 2013
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Posted: 17 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
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Posted: 20 May 2013
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Posted: 17 May 2013
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Salary: £25000 - £45000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
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