The first table below looks at the demand for XML skills in IT jobs advertised for the Cheshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited XML over the 3 months to 23 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 Cheshire region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Extensible Markup Language (XML)
Rank 15 15 10
Rank change year-on-year
0 -5
Permanent jobs citing XML 217 242 279
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 12.16% 12.09% 16.65%
As % of the Application Development category 26.72% 22.87% 32.40%
Number of salaries quoted 184 225 258
Average salary £32,000 £34,250 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.56% -2.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £27,500 £22,650
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £50,000 £46,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £37,500 £35,309
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +6.20%
All Application Development
Cheshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
812 1058 861
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 45.52% 52.85% 51.37%
Number of salaries quoted 667 949 786
Average salary £32,500 £35,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.14% -
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £24,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £47,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
XML
North West

XML
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region.

Cheshire XML Salary Trend

XML
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing XML across the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Macclesfield -7 31 £28,500 -12.30%
Chester -14 31 £40,000 +14.28%
Warrington -11 27 £30,500 -6.15%
Knutsford +23 26 £32,500 -7.14%
Crewe -2 16 £47,500 -5.00%
Wilmslow -12 7 £35,000 +2.18%
Runcorn -2 3 £35,000 +1.08%
Nantwich - 2 - -
XML
North West

XML
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheshire 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.

1 316 (71.98%) .NET
2 279 (63.55%) C#
3 274 (62.41%) ASP.NET
4 254 (57.86%) SQL
5 239 (54.44%) JavaScript
6 237 (53.99%) SQL Server
7 226 (51.48%) Web Services
8 225 (51.25%) HTML
9 164 (37.36%) CSS
10 159 (36.22%) MVC
11 146 (33.26%) jQuery
12 144 (32.80%) Microsoft
13 116 (26.42%) Visual Studio
14 106 (24.15%) SOAP
15 99 (22.55%) Ajax
16 97 (22.10%) OO
17 95 (21.64%) Java
18 87 (19.82%) .NET Framework
19 81 (18.45%) XSLT
20 77 (17.54%) Oracle
21 76 (17.31%) VB.NET
21 76 (17.31%) SQL Server 2005
22 74 (16.86%) PHP
23 71 (16.17%) Agile Software Development
23 71 (16.17%) Web Development
24 70 (15.95%) Degree
25 68 (15.49%) WCF
26 66 (15.03%) Linux
27 63 (14.35%) T-SQL
28 60 (13.67%) ASP.NET MVC

XML
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheshire 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
1 316 (71.98%) .NET
2 274 (62.41%) ASP.NET
3 226 (51.48%) Web Services
4 225 (51.25%) HTML
5 164 (37.36%) CSS
6 146 (33.26%) jQuery
7 106 (24.15%) SOAP
8 99 (22.55%) Ajax
9 87 (19.82%) .NET Framework
10 81 (18.45%) XSLT
11 68 (15.49%) WCF
12 60 (13.67%) ASP.NET MVC
13 48 (10.93%) Spring
14 46 (10.48%) JSP
15 42 (9.567%) XHTML
16 41 (9.339%) J2EE
17 36 (8.200%) Hibernate
18 34 (7.745%) Struts
19 32 (7.289%) LINQ
20 25 (5.695%) DHTML
Application Platforms
1 41 (9.339%) Apache
2 40 (9.112%) Tomcat
3 24 (5.467%) IIS
4 13 (2.961%) WordPress
5 11 (2.506%) Drupal
5 11 (2.506%) Apache Solr
6 8 (1.822%) CMS
7 7 (1.595%) SharePoint
7 7 (1.595%) Magento
7 7 (1.595%) Windows Azure
8 6 (1.367%) Jetty
9 3 (0.683%) WebLogic
9 3 (0.683%) Umbraco
10 2 (0.456%) SharePoint 2010
10 2 (0.456%) Oracle Service Bus
10 2 (0.456%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 1 (0.228%) SAS
11 1 (0.228%) MSMQ
Applications
1 50 (11.39%) MS Excel
2 6 (1.367%) Photoshop
3 2 (0.456%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.228%) Fireworks
4 1 (0.228%) Adobe Illustrator
Business Applications
1 10 (2.278%) Oracle EBS
2 8 (1.822%) Oracle EBS R12
2 8 (1.822%) Oracle Financials
3 3 (0.683%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.456%) Oracle BPM
5 1 (0.228%) MFGPRO
Communications & Networking
1 32 (7.289%) Internet
2 29 (6.606%) HTTP
3 5 (1.139%) Intranet
4 2 (0.456%) Firewall
4 2 (0.456%) FTP
4 2 (0.456%) Broadband
4 2 (0.456%) SSL
5 1 (0.228%) DNS
5 1 (0.228%) SNMP
5 1 (0.228%) VPN
5 1 (0.228%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 237 (53.99%) SQL Server
2 76 (17.31%) SQL Server 2005
3 60 (13.67%) SQL Server 2008
4 34 (7.745%) MySQL
5 13 (2.961%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 13 (2.961%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 11 (2.506%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 11 (2.506%) Oracle 9i
6 11 (2.506%) GIS
6 11 (2.506%) Microsoft Analysis Services
7 9 (2.050%) SQL Server 2000
8 8 (1.822%) MS Access
8 8 (1.822%) TOAD
9 5 (1.139%) BusinessObjects
9 5 (1.139%) Data Warehouse
9 5 (1.139%) PostgreSQL
9 5 (1.139%) SAP Data Services
10 4 (0.911%) MongoDB
10 4 (0.911%) Big Data
10 4 (0.911%) DB2
Development Applications
1 116 (26.42%) Visual Studio
2 31 (7.062%) Ant
3 29 (6.606%) Subversion
4 26 (5.923%) JUnit
5 21 (4.784%) VSS/SourceSafe
5 21 (4.784%) Team Foundation Server
6 20 (4.556%) Eclipse
7 12 (2.733%) JIRA
8 7 (1.595%) PhoneGap
9 6 (1.367%) Git (software)
9 6 (1.367%) Maven
9 6 (1.367%) Log4j
9 6 (1.367%) Synon
10 4 (0.911%) PHPUnit
11 2 (0.456%) Dreamweaver
11 2 (0.456%) ClearCase
12 1 (0.228%) JMeter
12 1 (0.228%) NUnit
General
1 42 (9.567%) Finance
2 37 (8.428%) Retail
3 15 (3.417%) Marketing
4 10 (2.278%) Telecoms
4 10 (2.278%) Legal
5 4 (0.911%) Back Office
5 4 (0.911%) Electronics
5 4 (0.911%) Aerospace
5 4 (0.911%) Automotive
6 3 (0.683%) Manufacturing
6 3 (0.683%) Banking
7 2 (0.456%) French Language
7 2 (0.456%) German Language
7 2 (0.456%) Local Government
8 1 (0.228%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (0.228%) Advertising
8 1 (0.228%) Financial Institution
8 1 (0.228%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 374 (85.19%) Developer
2 189 (43.05%) .NET Developer
3 104 (23.69%) C# Developer
4 81 (18.45%) C# .NET Developer
5 78 (17.77%) Web Developer
6 73 (16.63%) ASP.NET Developer
7 51 (11.62%) C# ASP.NET Developer
8 50 (11.39%) Java Developer
9 49 (11.16%) Software Developer
10 43 (9.795%) .NET Web Developer
11 40 (9.112%) C# Web Developer
12 32 (7.289%) .NET Software Developer
13 31 (7.062%) VB.NET Developer
14 29 (6.606%) Software Engineer
14 29 (6.606%) Senior Developer
15 23 (5.239%) VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
16 20 (4.556%) Java/J2EE Developer
17 18 (4.100%) PHP Developer
17 18 (4.100%) J2EE Developer
18 15 (3.417%) SQL Developer
Miscellaneous
1 34 (7.745%) Computer Science
2 20 (4.556%) Client/Server
3 18 (4.100%) N-Tier
4 15 (3.417%) Open Source
5 9 (2.050%) Mobile App
6 6 (1.367%) Derivative
6 6 (1.367%) Data Integration
6 6 (1.367%) iSeries
7 4 (0.911%) SaaS
7 4 (0.911%) W3C
7 4 (0.911%) Firmware
8 2 (0.456%) Digital Media
8 2 (0.456%) Social Media
9 1 (0.228%) PMI
9 1 (0.228%) Mainframe
9 1 (0.228%) Management Information System
9 1 (0.228%) Mathematics
9 1 (0.228%) Life Science
9 1 (0.228%) IBM Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 66 (15.03%) Linux
2 52 (11.85%) UNIX
3 28 (6.378%) Windows
4 8 (1.822%) Solaris
5 4 (0.911%) Android
5 4 (0.911%) Windows Server 2008
6 3 (0.683%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.228%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 159 (36.22%) MVC
2 97 (22.10%) OO
3 71 (16.17%) Agile Software Development
3 71 (16.17%) Web Development
4 47 (10.71%) Unit Testing
5 40 (9.112%) TDD
6 34 (7.745%) Scrum
7 31 (7.062%) Web Design
8 30 (6.834%) E-Commerce
9 29 (6.606%) Content Management
10 28 (6.378%) OOP
11 23 (5.239%) SOA
11 23 (5.239%) Project Management
12 20 (4.556%) UML
13 18 (4.100%) OOD
14 16 (3.645%) System Testing
15 12 (2.733%) ETL
16 11 (2.506%) Use Case
17 10 (2.278%) Migration
18 9 (2.050%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 279 (63.55%) C#
2 254 (57.86%) SQL
3 239 (54.44%) JavaScript
4 95 (21.64%) Java
5 76 (17.31%) VB.NET
6 74 (16.86%) PHP
7 63 (14.35%) T-SQL
8 42 (9.567%) PL/SQL
9 38 (8.656%) XPath
10 36 (8.200%) VB
11 22 (5.011%) Perl
12 19 (4.328%) Python
13 14 (3.189%) C++
14 12 (2.733%) VB6
14 12 (2.733%) VBA
15 9 (2.050%) C
16 7 (1.595%) RPG
17 6 (1.367%) RPG/400
17 6 (1.367%) RPG IV
18 5 (1.139%) Bash shell
Qualifications
1 70 (15.95%) Degree
2 32 (7.289%) Microsoft Certification
3 20 (4.556%) Security Cleared
4 19 (4.328%) MCTS
5 9 (2.050%) MCP
5 9 (2.050%) MCPD
6 2 (0.456%) ISTQB
6 2 (0.456%) ISEB
7 1 (0.228%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.228%) Sun Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (4.100%) QA
2 4 (0.911%) HL7
3 2 (0.456%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 3 (0.683%) Terminal Services
Vendors
1 144 (32.80%) Microsoft
2 77 (17.54%) Oracle
3 15 (3.417%) IBM
4 14 (3.189%) JBoss
5 13 (2.961%) Zend
6 11 (2.506%) ESRI
6 11 (2.506%) Google
7 8 (1.822%) Fujitsu
7 8 (1.822%) Ab Initio
8 6 (1.367%) Sencha
8 6 (1.367%) JD Edwards
9 5 (1.139%) Business Objects
9 5 (1.139%) SAP
10 4 (0.911%) Siebel
11 3 (0.683%) Avaya
11 3 (0.683%) Citrix
11 3 (0.683%) Progress
11 3 (0.683%) ATG
11 3 (0.683%) EPiServer
12 2 (0.456%) Facebook
Chester, North West
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greywood
Salary: £30000 - £45000 per annum + bens
Posted: 16 May 2013
Knutsford, Cheshire
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Posted: 19 May 2013
Wilmslow, North West
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Adria Solutions Ltd
Salary: £30000 - £45000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 2 May 2013
Cheshire, North West
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Salary: £30000.00 - £35000.00 per annum
Posted: 18 May 2013
Macclesfield, Cheshire
C# ASP.NET Web Developer, Macclesfield, Manchester. Lead Developer, Senior Developer, C#, Microsoft .NET (2 / 3 / 3.5 / 4), ASP.NET (2, 3.5, 4), AJAX, MVC / MVP,...
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Salary: £25000 - £35000 per annum + + benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Macclesfield, North West
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Salary: £25000 - £30000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 18 May 2013
Cheshire, North West
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Salary: £41000 - £44000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Macclesfield, Cheshire
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Adria Solutions Ltd
Salary: £25000 - £30000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Cheshire
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Salary: £30000.00 - £35000.00 per annum + bens
Posted: 20 May 2013
Macclesfield, North West
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Adria Solutions Ltd
Salary: £25000 - £32000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 18 May 2013
Macclesfield, Cheshire
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Adria Solutions Ltd
Salary: £25000 - £32000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Macclesfield, Cheshire
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Adria Solutions Ltd
Salary: £20000 - £23000 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013
Macclesfield, North West
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Salary: £20000 - £23000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Chester, North West
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Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 23 May 2013
Chester, North West
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Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
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Salary: 40,000 - 45,00 + Bens
Posted: 22 May 2013
Warrington, North West
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Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
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The bulk of work is around web forms and general back-end business logic, which will often require refactoring and optimising, however there will be elements of DBA...
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Salary: Salary Range: £25,000 - £28,000 (depending on experience)
Posted: 23 May 2013
Cheshire, North West
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OPUS
Salary: GBP28000 to GBP35000 per annum + Benefits: Free Holiday!
Posted: 17 May 2013
Cheshire
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Hatstand Limited
Salary: £25000 - £32000 per annum + BONUS,LIFE INSURANCE,PENSION
Posted: 21 May 2013
Chester, North West
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Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Chester, Cheshire
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Posted: 22 May 2013