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 Cambridge 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 Cambridge region.

 Extensible Markup Language (XML)
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank242229
Rank change year-on-year
Down-2Up+7
Matching permanent IT job ads118130158
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridge6.845 %8.604 %5.467 %
As % of the Application Development category20.07 %20.38 %15.96 %
Salaries quoted114122151
Average salary£31,250£35,000£35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-10.71 %-
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£23,150£26,550£25,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£40,000£43,850£45,000
UK excluding London average salary£34,000£33,500£35,000
% change year-on-year
+1.490 %-4.280 %
Cambridge IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryAll Application Development
Cambridge
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
588638990
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridge34.11 %42.22 %34.26 %
Salaries quoted547562885
Average salary£33,000£35,000£35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.710 %-
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£24,000£26,500£25,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£42,500£45,000£50,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£34,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+2.940 %-2.850 %
XML CambridgeshireXML
Cambridgeshire

XML
Demand Trend

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

Cambridge 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 Cambridge region.

Cambridge XML Salary Trend

XML
Salary Histogram

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

Cambridge XML Salary Histogram

XML
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1197 (62.34 %)HTML
2159 (50.32 %)SQL
3148 (46.84 %)JavaScript
4137 (43.35 %).NET
5113 (35.76 %)AJAX
6102 (32.28 %)Java
795 (30.06 %)C++
891 (28.80 %)SQL Server
989 (28.16 %)CSS
1080 (25.32 %)Web Services
1177 (24.37 %)Windows
1275 (23.73 %)VB.NET
1374 (23.42 %)PHP
1472 (22.78 %)Microsoft
1570 (22.15 %)C#
1570 (22.15 %)Linux
1663 (19.94 %)MySQL
1759 (18.67 %)Degree
1858 (18.35 %)IIS
1953 (16.77 %)Web Development
2050 (15.82 %)UNIX
2050 (15.82 %)Middleware
2148 (15.19 %)Flash
2247 (14.87 %)XHTML
2344 (13.92 %)ASP.NET
2440 (12.66 %)SEO
2538 (12.03 %)J2EE
2637 (11.71 %)CMS
2734 (10.76 %)Perl
2734 (10.76 %)Intranet

XML
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Cambridge IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
1197 (62.34 %)HTML
2137 (43.35 %).NET
3113 (35.76 %)AJAX
489 (28.16 %)CSS
580 (25.32 %)Web Services
650 (15.82 %)Middleware
748 (15.19 %)Flash
847 (14.87 %)XHTML
944 (13.92 %)ASP.NET
1038 (12.03 %)J2EE
1132 (10.13 %)SOAP
1228 (8.861 %)JSP
1327 (8.544 %)XSLT
1424 (7.595 %)Spring
1523 (7.278 %)JSON
1620 (6.329 %)jQuery
1719 (6.013 %)ASP
1817 (5.380 %)Servlets
1916 (5.063 %)Hibernate
2015 (4.747 %)Struts
Cambridge IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
158 (18.35 %)IIS
237 (11.71 %)CMS
332 (10.13 %)Tomcat
429 (9.177 %)Apache
58 (2.532 %)SharePoint
65 (1.582 %)SharePoint Portal Server
74 (1.266 %)EPiServer
74 (1.266 %)Sitecore CMS
83 (0.949 %)Umbraco
83 (0.949 %)Oracle 10gAS
83 (0.949 %)SharePoint Server 2007
83 (0.949 %)Oracle 9iAS
92 (0.633 %)ColdFusion
92 (0.633 %)BizTalk Server
92 (0.633 %)DotNetNuke
Cambridge IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
131 (9.810 %)Photoshop
210 (3.165 %)MS Excel
39 (2.848 %)Adobe Illustrator
44 (1.266 %)MS Visio
53 (0.949 %)Fireworks
61 (0.316 %)FrameMaker
61 (0.316 %)Acrobat
61 (0.316 %)MS Office
Cambridge IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
125 (7.911 %)Google Analytics
28 (2.532 %)Dynamics AX
33 (0.949 %)Oracle EBS R12
33 (0.949 %)Oracle 11i
33 (0.949 %)Oracle EBS
33 (0.949 %)Oracle HRMS
Cambridge IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
134 (10.76 %)Intranet
212 (3.797 %)Internet
34 (1.266 %)HTTP
42 (0.633 %)TCP/IP
42 (0.633 %)GPRS
42 (0.633 %)3G
42 (0.633 %)TELNET
42 (0.633 %)Wireless
51 (0.316 %)Broadband
Cambridge IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
191 (28.80 %)SQL Server
263 (19.94 %)MySQL
315 (4.747 %)RDBMS
315 (4.747 %)SQL Server 2008
412 (3.797 %)SQL Server 2005
58 (2.532 %)SQL Server Integration Services
58 (2.532 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
58 (2.532 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
65 (1.582 %)PostgreSQL
73 (0.949 %)Oracle 10g
73 (0.949 %)Oracle Discoverer
73 (0.949 %)Oracle Reports
82 (0.633 %)ETL
82 (0.633 %)DB2
82 (0.633 %)SQL Server 2000
Cambridge IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
116 (5.063 %)Subversion
116 (5.063 %)Eclipse
211 (3.481 %)Ant
38 (2.532 %)Visual Studio
47 (2.215 %)NUnit
56 (1.899 %)VSS/SourceSafe
56 (1.899 %)Maven
64 (1.266 %)JUnit
73 (0.949 %)Oracle Forms
73 (0.949 %)WatiN
73 (0.949 %)JDeveloper
73 (0.949 %)Oracle APEX
73 (0.949 %)WATIR
73 (0.949 %)Selenium
81 (0.316 %)Atlassian Bamboo
81 (0.316 %)TeamCity
81 (0.316 %)Team Foundation Server
81 (0.316 %)Log4j
Cambridge IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
127 (8.544 %)Advertising
216 (5.063 %)Interactive Media
38 (2.532 %)Marketing
38 (2.532 %)Manufacturing
44 (1.266 %)Health
44 (1.266 %)Finance
44 (1.266 %)Pensions
53 (0.949 %)Insurance
53 (0.949 %)Telecoms
53 (0.949 %)Publishing
62 (0.633 %)Education
71 (0.316 %)Back Office
71 (0.316 %)Home Office
71 (0.316 %)Social Media
Cambridge IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1206 (65.19 %)Developer
2112 (35.44 %)Web Developer
348 (15.19 %)Java Developer
436 (11.39 %)Programmer
532 (10.13 %)Software Developer
628 (8.861 %)Analyst
727 (8.544 %)Applications Developer
825 (7.911 %).NET Developer
924 (7.595 %)Tester
1023 (7.278 %)PHP Developer
1122 (6.962 %)Designer
1221 (6.646 %)Front-End Developer
1221 (6.646 %)Front-End Web Developer
1221 (6.646 %)Web Designer
1318 (5.696 %)Web Applications Developer
1417 (5.380 %)Java Software Developer
1417 (5.380 %).NET Web Developer
1516 (5.063 %)Web Programmer
1516 (5.063 %)C# Developer
1516 (5.063 %)Test Analyst
Cambridge IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
121 (6.646 %)Computer Science
218 (5.696 %)Social Network
313 (4.114 %)Mathematics
46 (1.899 %)Physics
46 (1.899 %)W3C
54 (1.266 %)Tandem
54 (1.266 %)Visualisation
62 (0.633 %)Open Source
62 (0.633 %)iPhone
62 (0.633 %)French Language
62 (0.633 %)German Language
62 (0.633 %)Web 2.0
62 (0.633 %)Replication
62 (0.633 %)Clustering
71 (0.316 %)Blackberry
71 (0.316 %)Italian Language
71 (0.316 %)Spanish Language
71 (0.316 %)SaaS
Cambridge IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
177 (24.37 %)Windows
270 (22.15 %)Linux
350 (15.82 %)UNIX
431 (9.810 %)Solaris
56 (1.899 %)Red Hat Linux
63 (0.949 %)Windows CE
72 (0.633 %)Windows XP
81 (0.316 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Cambridge IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
153 (16.77 %)Web Development
240 (12.66 %)SEO
333 (10.44 %)Pay per click
422 (6.962 %)Agile Software Development
520 (6.329 %)Content Management
615 (4.747 %)Project Management
713 (4.114 %)MVC
713 (4.114 %)Web Design
812 (3.797 %)Scrum
812 (3.797 %)E-Commerce
911 (3.481 %)OO
911 (3.481 %)Unit Testing
1010 (3.165 %)UML
1010 (3.165 %)OOP
119 (2.848 %)ERP
128 (2.532 %)Data Modelling
128 (2.532 %)BPR
128 (2.532 %)Migration
128 (2.532 %)Web Testing
128 (2.532 %)ERD
Cambridge IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1159 (50.32 %)SQL
2148 (46.84 %)JavaScript
3102 (32.28 %)Java
495 (30.06 %)C++
575 (23.73 %)VB.NET
674 (23.42 %)PHP
770 (22.15 %)C#
834 (10.76 %)Perl
930 (9.494 %)Python
1028 (8.861 %)C
1122 (6.962 %)Shell Script
1210 (3.165 %)VB
139 (2.848 %)ActionScript
147 (2.215 %)T-SQL
147 (2.215 %)ActionScript 3.0
156 (1.899 %)Bash shell
165 (1.582 %)VBScript
174 (1.266 %)Ruby
183 (0.949 %)PL/SQL
191 (0.316 %)Scala
Cambridge IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
159 (18.67 %)Degree
23 (0.949 %)MCTS
23 (0.949 %)Microsoft Certification
23 (0.949 %)MCP
23 (0.949 %)MCAD
23 (0.949 %)MCSD
32 (0.633 %)OCP
32 (0.633 %)Oracle Certification
41 (0.316 %)ISEB
Cambridge IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
18 (2.532 %)QA
Cambridge IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
11 (0.316 %)HP Quality Center
Cambridge IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
172 (22.78 %)Microsoft
225 (7.911 %)Google
311 (3.481 %)Oracle
47 (2.215 %)Zend
56 (1.899 %)Red Hat
56 (1.899 %)JBoss
65 (1.582 %)VMware
74 (1.266 %)Sitecore
83 (0.949 %)Agresso
91 (0.316 %)Adobe