The first table below looks at the demand for XML skills in IT jobs advertised for the Chester 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 Chester region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Extensible Markup Language (XML)
Rank 23 14 4
Rank change year-on-year
-9 -10
Permanent jobs citing XML 33 24 83
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Chester 9.322% 15.00% 35.32%
As % of the Application Development category 19.88% 27.27% 57.64%
Number of salaries quoted 17 24 83
Average salary £40,000 £36,250 £37,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+10.34% -2.02%
90% offered a salary of more than £29,000 £22,807 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £40,000 £46,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +7.14%
All Application Development
Chester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
166 88 144
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Chester 46.89% 55.00% 61.28%
Number of salaries quoted 99 77 140
Average salary £35,000 £32,500 £37,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.69% -12.16%
90% offered a salary of more than £29,000 £21,500 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £47,000 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
XML
Cheshire

XML
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Chester 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 Chester region.

Chester XML Salary Trend

XML
Salary Histogram

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

Chester XML Salary Histogram

XML
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Chester 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 71 (73.96%) Web Services
2 66 (68.75%) C#
3 65 (67.71%) .NET
4 58 (60.42%) ASP.NET
5 48 (50.00%) SOAP
5 48 (50.00%) SQL
6 43 (44.79%) jQuery
7 42 (43.75%) CSS
7 42 (43.75%) Visual Studio
8 41 (42.71%) JavaScript
9 35 (36.46%) SQL Server
10 34 (35.42%) HTML
11 30 (31.25%) WCF
12 29 (30.21%) Ajax
12 29 (30.21%) MVC
13 25 (26.04%) Microsoft
14 24 (25.00%) UNIX
15 22 (22.92%) Java
16 19 (19.79%) Linux
17 18 (18.75%) XSLT
17 18 (18.75%) Degree
17 18 (18.75%) Agile Software Development
17 18 (18.75%) Spring
18 17 (17.71%) Scrum
18 17 (17.71%) E-Commerce
19 16 (16.67%) Oracle
20 15 (15.63%) JSP
20 15 (15.63%) PL/SQL
20 15 (15.63%) Middleware
21 14 (14.58%) Eclipse

XML
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Chester 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 71 (73.96%) Web Services
2 65 (67.71%) .NET
3 58 (60.42%) ASP.NET
4 48 (50.00%) SOAP
5 43 (44.79%) jQuery
6 42 (43.75%) CSS
7 34 (35.42%) HTML
8 30 (31.25%) WCF
9 29 (30.21%) Ajax
10 18 (18.75%) XSLT
10 18 (18.75%) Spring
11 15 (15.63%) JSP
11 15 (15.63%) Middleware
12 14 (14.58%) J2EE
12 14 (14.58%) Struts
13 13 (13.54%) .NET Framework
14 12 (12.50%) JDBC
15 10 (10.42%) ASP.NET MVC
16 8 (8.333%) XHTML
16 8 (8.333%) Hibernate
Application Platforms
1 14 (14.58%) Tomcat
2 6 (6.250%) Apache
3 5 (5.208%) CMS
3 5 (5.208%) IIS
Applications
1 5 (5.208%) Photoshop
2 4 (4.167%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 9 (9.375%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (36.46%) SQL Server
2 10 (10.42%) SQL Server 2005
3 6 (6.250%) SQL Server 2008
4 4 (4.167%) MySQL
4 4 (4.167%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 42 (43.75%) Visual Studio
2 14 (14.58%) Eclipse
3 13 (13.54%) Ant
3 13 (13.54%) JUnit
4 5 (5.208%) Team Foundation Server
5 4 (4.167%) Git (software)
5 4 (4.167%) JIRA
General
1 8 (8.333%) Finance
2 2 (2.083%) Legal
Job Titles
1 93 (96.88%) Developer
2 43 (44.79%) .NET Developer
3 39 (40.63%) C# Developer
4 28 (29.17%) C# .NET Developer
5 17 (17.71%) Java Developer
5 17 (17.71%) ASP.NET Developer
6 16 (16.67%) Web Developer
7 14 (14.58%) J2EE Developer
7 14 (14.58%) Java/J2EE Developer
8 12 (12.50%) .NET Web Developer
9 11 (11.46%) C# ASP.NET Developer
10 8 (8.333%) Lead Developer
10 8 (8.333%) Lead Web Developer
10 8 (8.333%) Ab Initio Developer
11 7 (7.292%) SQL Server Developer
11 7 (7.292%) SQL Developer
11 7 (7.292%) C# Web Developer
12 6 (6.250%) Junior
12 6 (6.250%) Junior Developer
13 5 (5.208%) Junior C# Developer
Miscellaneous
1 9 (9.375%) N-Tier
2 4 (4.167%) SaaS
3 3 (3.125%) Open Source
4 1 (1.042%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 24 (25.00%) UNIX
2 19 (19.79%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (30.21%) MVC
2 18 (18.75%) Agile Software Development
3 17 (17.71%) Scrum
3 17 (17.71%) E-Commerce
4 11 (11.46%) Unit Testing
5 9 (9.375%) OO
6 7 (7.292%) ETL
7 6 (6.250%) OOP
8 4 (4.167%) SOA
8 4 (4.167%) Kanban
8 4 (4.167%) Web Application Development
9 3 (3.125%) Performance Testing
9 3 (3.125%) TDD
9 3 (3.125%) DSDM
9 3 (3.125%) RUP
10 2 (2.083%) B2B
10 2 (2.083%) System Testing
10 2 (2.083%) Customer Engagement
10 2 (2.083%) Web Development
11 1 (1.042%) Requirements Management
Programming Languages
1 66 (68.75%) C#
2 48 (50.00%) SQL
3 41 (42.71%) JavaScript
4 22 (22.92%) Java
5 15 (15.63%) PL/SQL
6 7 (7.292%) VB.NET
6 7 (7.292%) T-SQL
6 7 (7.292%) C++
7 5 (5.208%) PHP
8 4 (4.167%) C
9 2 (2.083%) XPath
10 1 (1.042%) VB6
10 1 (1.042%) VB
10 1 (1.042%) Python
Qualifications
1 18 (18.75%) Degree
2 3 (3.125%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 25 (26.04%) Microsoft
2 16 (16.67%) Oracle
3 8 (8.333%) IBM
3 8 (8.333%) Ab Initio
4 1 (1.042%) JBoss
Chester, North West
As their C#.NET Developer, you be will responsible for developing & maintaining bespoke software for my client. Technically they are looking for someone with the following skill set,...
greywood
Salary: £30000 - £45000 per annum + bens
Posted: 16 May 2013
Chester, Cheshire
C# / ASP.NET / SQL Server / HTML / jQuery My client are looking to recruit a .NET Developer with at least 2 years commercial experience to work out of their...
Greywood Associates Limited
Salary: £30000 - £45000 per annum + bens
Posted: 15 May 2013
Chester, North West
Due to sustained growth they are now looking to bring in a .Net developer with good C#, XML and Object-Oriented skills... Skills Required- Excellent understanding of XML,...
Salary: £30000.00 - £45000.00 per annum + bens
Posted: 24 April 2013
Chester, North West
Due to continual massive success the company are looking to continue to grow the team and take on strong java developers who will be training and support where...
Computer Futures
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Chester, Cheshire
Java J2EE Developer (Spring MVC,JSP, HTML)... Deploying the company’s software products onto clients systems and ongoing support & maintenance of software products implemented at clients The key...
Evolution Recruitment Solutions
Salary: 40,000 - 45,00 + Bens
Posted: 15 May 2013
Chester, North West
Senior Java Developer -Chester- £40,000 - £45,000 - fantastic benefits package and pension scheme A strong java J2EE developer is required to join a market leader within the...
Computer Futures
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Chester, Cheshire
This role exists within an established provider of B2B Systems Integration services to their UK customer base... Working within this highly competitive B2B vertical it is essential that...
Evolution Recruitment Solutions
Salary: 40,000 - 50,000 + Bens
Posted: 15 May 2013