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The table below looks at the demand for Extensible Markup Language (XML) skills within the Blackpool region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited XML over the 3 months to 7 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkExtensible Markup Language (XML)
Location
3 months to
7 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank1211
Rank change on same period last yearDown-1
Matching permanent IT job ads65
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.004 %0.002 %
As % of the category below19.35 %29.41 %
Salaries quoted60
Average minimum salary£33,500-
Average salary£35,917-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum salary£38,333-
UK excluding London average salary£35,829£36,216
% change on same period last year-1.06 %
Blackpool IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Blackpool
Matching permanent IT job ads3117
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.018 %0.007 %
Salaries quoted309
Average minimum salary£36,362£30,276
Average salary£38,297£30,784
% change on same period last year+24.40 %
Average maximum salary£40,232£31,293
UK excluding London average salary£35,966£36,644
% change on same period last year-1.85 %
XML LancashireXML
Lancashire

XML
Demand Trend

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

Blackpool 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 Blackpool region.

Blackpool XML Salary Trend

XML
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing XML across the Blackpool region over the 3 months to 7 October 2008.

Blackpool XML Salary Histogram

XML
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT jobs across the Blackpool 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.

15 (50.00 %)PHP
15 (50.00 %).NET
15 (50.00 %)ASP.NET
24 (40.00 %)WebServices
24 (40.00 %)MySQL
24 (40.00 %)SQL
33 (30.00 %)C#
33 (30.00 %)CSS
33 (30.00 %).NET Framework
42 (20.00 %)VB6
42 (20.00 %)Content Management
42 (20.00 %)E-Commerce
42 (20.00 %)B2B
42 (20.00 %)SQL Server
42 (20.00 %)VB
42 (20.00 %)VB.NET
51 (10.00 %)VBA
51 (10.00 %)COM
51 (10.00 %)Windows
51 (10.00 %)Linux
51 (10.00 %)MSMQ
51 (10.00 %)VSS/SourceSafe
51 (10.00 %)Perl
51 (10.00 %)Transact-SQL
51 (10.00 %)Microsoft
51 (10.00 %)SQL Server 2000
51 (10.00 %)N-Tier
51 (10.00 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
51 (10.00 %)Systems Analysis
51 (10.00 %)WinForms

XML
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT jobs across the Blackpool 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.

Blackpool IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
15 (50.00 %).NET
15 (50.00 %)ASP.NET
24 (40.00 %)WebServices
33 (30.00 %)CSS
33 (30.00 %).NET Framework
41 (10.00 %)WinForms
41 (10.00 %)COM
Blackpool IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
14 (40.00 %)MySQL
22 (20.00 %)SQL Server
31 (10.00 %)SQL Server 2000
31 (10.00 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
31 (10.00 %)SQL Server 2005
Blackpool IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (10.00 %)VSS/SourceSafe
Blackpool IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
18 (80.00 %)Developer
23 (30.00 %)Web Developer
23 (30.00 %)PHP Developer
23 (30.00 %)PHP Web Developer
23 (30.00 %)Software Developer
31 (10.00 %)WinForms Developer
31 (10.00 %)Lead Software Developer
31 (10.00 %)VB6 Developer
31 (10.00 %)Senior Developer
31 (10.00 %)Lead Developer
31 (10.00 %).NET Developer
31 (10.00 %)VB.NET Developer
31 (10.00 %)VB Developer
31 (10.00 %)Senior Software Developer
Blackpool IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (10.00 %)N-Tier
Blackpool IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (10.00 %)Windows
11 (10.00 %)Linux
Blackpool IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (20.00 %)E-Commerce
12 (20.00 %)B2B
12 (20.00 %)Content Management
21 (10.00 %)Systems Analysis
Blackpool IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
15 (50.00 %)PHP
24 (40.00 %)SQL
33 (30.00 %)C#
42 (20.00 %)VB
42 (20.00 %)VB.NET
42 (20.00 %)VB6
51 (10.00 %)VBA
51 (10.00 %)Perl
51 (10.00 %)Transact-SQL
Blackpool IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (10.00 %)MSMQ
Blackpool IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (10.00 %)Microsoft