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The table below looks at the demand for Extensible Markup Language (XML) skills within the Cheshire 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
Rank1511
Rank change on same period last yearDown-4
Matching permanent IT job ads304344
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.177 %0.147 %
As % of the category below26.95 %31.16 %
Salaries quoted283318
Average minimum salary£29,095£29,405
Average salary£31,987£31,682
% change on same period last year+0.96 %
Average maximum salary£34,880£33,959
UK excluding London average salary£35,829£36,216
% change on same period last year-1.06 %
Cheshire IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Cheshire
Matching permanent IT job ads11281104
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.658 %0.473 %
Salaries quoted1062999
Average minimum salary£29,263£30,242
Average salary£31,977£32,589
% change on same period last year-1.87 %
Average maximum salary£34,690£34,936
UK excluding London average salary£35,966£36,644
% change on same period last year-1.85 %
XML North WestXML
North West

XML
Demand Trend

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

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region.

Cheshire XML Salary Trend

XML
Salary Histogram

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

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 7 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
ChesterDown-196£32,022+0.59 %
WarringtonUp+250£30,017-2.00 %
MacclesfieldUp+535£30,371-3.06 %
KnutsfordDown-917£29,500-33.70 %
CreweDown-417£32,941-0.37 %
WilmslowNo change07£27,714-12.36 %
NantwichUp+64£36,875+26.42 %
Ellesmere PortNew entry-3£22,000-
CongletonNew entry-1£28,500-
NorthwichNew entry-1£30,000-
WinsfordNew entry-1£36,000-
XML North WestXML
North West

XML
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, 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.

1344 (60.14 %).NET
2338 (59.09 %)SQL Server
3272 (47.55 %)ASP.NET
4258 (45.10 %)HTML
5247 (43.18 %)C#
5247 (43.18 %)SQL
6236 (41.26 %)JavaScript
7181 (31.64 %)CSS
8160 (27.97 %)AJAX
9157 (27.45 %)WebServices
10139 (24.30 %)Java
11117 (20.45 %)SQL Server 2000
12115 (20.10 %)Microsoft
13113 (19.76 %)ASP
13113 (19.76 %)XSLT
14103 (18.01 %)VB
15101 (17.66 %)XHTML
1696 (16.78 %)OO
1793 (16.26 %)Oracle
1889 (15.56 %)Web Development
1988 (15.38 %)SQL Server 2005
1988 (15.38 %)Windows
2085 (14.86 %)DHTML
2184 (14.69 %)PHP
2277 (13.46 %)VB.NET
2376 (13.29 %)Visual Studio
2469 (12.06 %)IIS
2469 (12.06 %)Transact-SQL
2568 (11.89 %)MySQL
2666 (11.54 %)Degree

XML
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, 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.

Cheshire IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1344 (60.14 %).NET
2272 (47.55 %)ASP.NET
3258 (45.10 %)HTML
4181 (31.64 %)CSS
5160 (27.97 %)AJAX
6157 (27.45 %)WebServices
7113 (19.76 %)ASP
7113 (19.76 %)XSLT
8101 (17.66 %)XHTML
958 (10.14 %).NET Framework
1051 (8.916 %)J2EE
1141 (7.168 %)JSP
1235 (6.119 %)ASP.NET 2.0
1334 (5.944 %)SOAP
1433 (5.769 %)J2ME
1531 (5.420 %)XSL
1629 (5.070 %)EDI
1724 (4.196 %)RSS
1822 (3.846 %)EJB
1822 (3.846 %)Struts
Cheshire IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
169 (12.06 %)IIS
236 (6.294 %)Apache
335 (6.119 %)CMS
434 (5.944 %)SharePoint
530 (5.245 %)SharePoint Server 2007
67 (1.224 %)MTS
67 (1.224 %)JBoss
76 (1.049 %)WebLogic
76 (1.049 %)Tomcat
85 (0.874 %)BizTalk Server
85 (0.874 %)Commerce Server
93 (0.524 %)Oracle Workflow
93 (0.524 %)Oracle Spatial
102 (0.350 %)Oracle Application Server
102 (0.350 %)WebSphere Application Server
111 (0.175 %)Tuxedo
Cheshire IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
154 (9.441 %)MS Excel
245 (7.867 %)Photoshop
318 (3.147 %)MS Office
410 (1.748 %)Fireworks
410 (1.748 %)Adobe Director
57 (1.224 %)Adobe Illustrator
65 (0.874 %)Shockwave
65 (0.874 %)Acrobat
74 (0.699 %)MS Visio
74 (0.699 %)ImageReady
Cheshire IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
137 (6.469 %)Dynamics AX
226 (4.545 %)Axapta
36 (1.049 %)Oracle Applications
41 (0.175 %)Microsoft CRM
Cheshire IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
155 (9.615 %)HTTP
250 (8.741 %)Intranet
343 (7.517 %)Internet
424 (4.196 %)SMTP
57 (1.224 %)FTP
64 (0.699 %)LAN
64 (0.699 %)WAN
72 (0.350 %)TCP/IP
72 (0.350 %)DNS
81 (0.175 %)Extranet
Cheshire IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1338 (59.09 %)SQL Server
2117 (20.45 %)SQL Server 2000
388 (15.38 %)SQL Server 2005
468 (11.89 %)MySQL
533 (5.769 %)Crystal Reports
624 (4.196 %)Datawarehouse
721 (3.671 %)Oracle Reports
815 (2.622 %)Oracle 9i
815 (2.622 %)Oracle 10g
815 (2.622 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
912 (2.098 %)Oracle 8/8i
1011 (1.923 %)DTS
1011 (1.923 %)RDBMS
118 (1.399 %)Oracle Discoverer
124 (0.699 %)ETL
133 (0.524 %)MS Access
133 (0.524 %)OLAP
133 (0.524 %)GIS
133 (0.524 %)Oracle OWB
133 (0.524 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
Cheshire IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
176 (13.29 %)Visual Studio
249 (8.566 %)Dreamweaver
341 (7.168 %)Flash
437 (6.469 %)MorphX
519 (3.322 %)Oracle Forms
66 (1.049 %)JUnit
75 (0.874 %)Eclipse
84 (0.699 %)Ant
84 (0.699 %)VSS/SourceSafe
84 (0.699 %)Oracle Developer 2000
93 (0.524 %)JIRA
102 (0.350 %)InstallShield
102 (0.350 %)JDeveloper
111 (0.175 %)NUnit
111 (0.175 %)PowerBuilder
111 (0.175 %)ProC
Cheshire IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
147 (8.217 %)Graphic Design
243 (7.517 %)Pensions
336 (6.294 %)Finance
430 (5.245 %)Marketing
525 (4.371 %)Health
624 (4.196 %)Education
624 (4.196 %)Retail
717 (2.972 %)Banking
814 (2.448 %)Advertising
98 (1.399 %)Automotive
106 (1.049 %)Multimedia
113 (0.524 %)Pharmaceutical
122 (0.350 %)Government
122 (0.350 %)Law
122 (0.350 %)Publishing
122 (0.350 %)Insurance
131 (0.175 %)Retail Banking
131 (0.175 %)Billing
131 (0.175 %)Financial Institution
131 (0.175 %)Telecoms
Cheshire IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1401 (70.10 %)Developer
2102 (17.83 %)Web Developer
395 (16.61 %).NET Developer
493 (16.26 %)C# Developer
584 (14.69 %)Software Developer
664 (11.19 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
757 (9.965 %)ASP.NET Developer
851 (8.916 %)Java Developer
946 (8.042 %)Software Engineer
1042 (7.343 %)Senior Developer
1136 (6.294 %)Analyst
1235 (6.119 %).NET Web Developer
1334 (5.944 %)C# Web Developer
1433 (5.769 %)Dynamics AX Developer
1527 (4.720 %)Programmer
1623 (4.021 %).NET Programmer
1720 (3.497 %)PHP Developer
1819 (3.322 %)Applications Support
1918 (3.147 %)Analyst Programmer
1918 (3.147 %)Oracle Developer
Cheshire IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
122 (3.846 %)W3C
221 (3.671 %)Blackberry
318 (3.147 %)N-Tier
413 (2.273 %)NHS
413 (2.273 %)IVR
512 (2.098 %)Computer Science
66 (1.049 %)Client/Server
75 (0.874 %)Clustering
75 (0.874 %)Web 2.0
84 (0.699 %)PDA
84 (0.699 %)Device Driver
93 (0.524 %)Management Information System
93 (0.524 %)Tandem
93 (0.524 %)Speech Recognition
93 (0.524 %)Multithreading
102 (0.350 %)Copywriting
102 (0.350 %)Pocket PC
102 (0.350 %)BBC
102 (0.350 %)Streaming Video
111 (0.175 %)Mathematics
Cheshire IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
188 (15.38 %)Windows
235 (6.119 %)UNIX
323 (4.021 %)Linux
47 (1.224 %)Windows CE
56 (1.049 %)Windows Mobile
63 (0.524 %)Windows Vista
72 (0.350 %)Windows 2000
72 (0.350 %)Windows XP
81 (0.175 %)Windows Server 2003
Cheshire IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
196 (16.78 %)OO
289 (15.56 %)Web Development
336 (6.294 %)OOA/OOD
435 (6.119 %)E-Commerce
528 (4.895 %)UML
621 (3.671 %)OOD
718 (3.147 %)Content Management
816 (2.797 %)Agile Software Development
914 (2.448 %)SEO
1013 (2.273 %)Workflow
1013 (2.273 %)Project Management
1013 (2.273 %)OOP
1111 (1.923 %)PRINCE2
1111 (1.923 %)Unit Testing
1210 (1.748 %)Web Design
139 (1.573 %)Software Engineering
139 (1.573 %)SOA
139 (1.573 %)Integration Testing
148 (1.399 %)CRM
157 (1.224 %)Business Intelligence
Cheshire IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1247 (43.18 %)C#
1247 (43.18 %)SQL
2236 (41.26 %)JavaScript
3139 (24.30 %)Java
4103 (18.01 %)VB
585 (14.86 %)DHTML
684 (14.69 %)PHP
777 (13.46 %)VB.NET
869 (12.06 %)Transact-SQL
962 (10.84 %)C++
1047 (8.217 %)VBScript
1137 (6.469 %)X++
1232 (5.594 %)VB6
1323 (4.021 %)ActionScript
1422 (3.846 %)PL/SQL
1520 (3.497 %)VC++
1619 (3.322 %)PHP5
1718 (3.147 %)PHP4
1817 (2.972 %)Python
1910 (1.748 %)C
Cheshire IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
166 (11.54 %)Degree
211 (1.923 %)Microsoft Certification
39 (1.573 %)MCSD
47 (1.224 %)Oracle Certification
54 (0.699 %)HND
63 (0.524 %)MCP
72 (0.350 %)MCAD
72 (0.350 %)Sun Certification
81 (0.175 %)ISEB
Cheshire IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
16 (1.049 %)QA
24 (0.699 %)SLA
Cheshire IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1115 (20.10 %)Microsoft
293 (16.26 %)Oracle
353 (9.266 %)Adobe
47 (1.224 %)Dundas
56 (1.049 %)Remedy
56 (1.049 %)Macromedia
65 (0.874 %)SAP
72 (0.350 %)Cognos
72 (0.350 %)Perforce
72 (0.350 %)Citrix
72 (0.350 %)Lotus
81 (0.175 %)Novell
81 (0.175 %)Google
81 (0.175 %)Business Objects
81 (0.175 %)Sun