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The table below looks at the demand for Extreme Programming (XP) skills within the City of London region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Extreme Programming over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkExtreme Programming (XP)
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank265283
Rank change on same period last yearUp+18
Matching permanent IT job ads8157
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.045 %0.024 %
As % of the category below0.694 %0.544 %
Salaries quoted5944
Average minimum salary£45,424£53,182
Average salary£52,085£64,148
% change on same period last year-18.80 %
Average maximum salary£58,746£75,114
UK excluding London average salary£38,249£42,189
% change on same period last year-9.33 %
City of London IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
City of London
Matching permanent IT job ads1167610481
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled6.461 %4.395 %
Salaries quoted98568070
Average minimum salary£50,394£53,851
Average salary£55,596£58,332
% change on same period last year-4.68 %
Average maximum salary£60,798£62,812
UK excluding London average salary£42,540£44,374
% change on same period last year-4.13 %
Extreme Programming LondonExtreme Programming
London

Extreme Programming
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Extreme Programming across the City of London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

City of London Extreme Programming Demand Trend

Extreme Programming
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Extreme Programming across the City of London region.

City of London Extreme Programming Salary Trend

Extreme Programming
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Extreme Programming across the City of London region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008.

City of London Extreme Programming Salary Histogram

Extreme Programming
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT jobs across the City of London region citing Extreme Programming 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 Extreme Programming.

165 (55.56 %)Finance
260 (51.28 %)Java
351 (43.59 %)Scrum
450 (42.74 %)Agile Software Development
545 (38.46 %)Banking
643 (36.75 %)J2EE
733 (28.21 %)SQL
733 (28.21 %)UNIX
829 (24.79 %)SQL Server
829 (24.79 %)XML
928 (23.93 %)C#
1027 (23.08 %).NET
1126 (22.22 %)Sybase
1126 (22.22 %)Spring
1225 (21.37 %)Derivative
1324 (20.51 %)Mathematics
1423 (19.66 %)Oracle
1521 (17.95 %)Linux
1619 (16.24 %)C
1718 (15.38 %)Hibernate
1817 (14.53 %)TDD
1817 (14.53 %)JavaScript
1817 (14.53 %)JDBC
1817 (14.53 %)Credit Derivative
1916 (13.68 %)J2SE
2015 (12.82 %)VB
2015 (12.82 %)Fixed Income
2114 (11.97 %)Equities
2114 (11.97 %)Unified Process
2114 (11.97 %)Perl

Extreme Programming
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT jobs across the City of London region citing Extreme Programming 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 Extreme Programming. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

City of London IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
143 (36.75 %)J2EE
229 (24.79 %)XML
327 (23.08 %).NET
426 (22.22 %)Spring
518 (15.38 %)Hibernate
617 (14.53 %)JDBC
716 (13.68 %)J2SE
813 (11.11 %)ASP.NET
910 (8.547 %)CSS
910 (8.547 %)XHTML
910 (8.547 %)AJAX
109 (7.692 %)Swing
117 (5.983 %)WebServices
117 (5.983 %)HTML
125 (4.274 %)WebSphere
134 (3.419 %)SOAP
143 (2.564 %)XSL
152 (1.709 %)Ruby on Rails
152 (1.709 %)WinForms
152 (1.709 %)WCF
City of London IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
14 (3.419 %)WebLogic
14 (3.419 %)JBoss
14 (3.419 %)JRun
22 (1.709 %)SharePoint
31 (0.855 %)Apache
31 (0.855 %)Tomcat
City of London IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (0.855 %)MS Visio
City of London IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
12 (1.709 %)Singl.eView
City of London IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
14 (3.419 %)HTTP
22 (1.709 %)Internet
31 (0.855 %)Broadband
31 (0.855 %)TCP/IP
City of London IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
129 (24.79 %)SQL Server
210 (8.547 %)SQL Server 2005
38 (6.838 %)SQL Server 2008
44 (3.419 %)MySQL
44 (3.419 %)RDBMS
52 (1.709 %)SQL Server 2000
61 (0.855 %)BusinessObjects
61 (0.855 %)Datawarehouse
City of London IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
112 (10.26 %)WinRunner
112 (10.26 %)Selenium
211 (9.402 %)FitNesse
211 (9.402 %)QuickTest Pro
310 (8.547 %)LoadRunner
49 (7.692 %)JMeter
58 (6.838 %)TestDirector
66 (5.128 %)JUnit
75 (4.274 %)Eclipse
84 (3.419 %)Ant
93 (2.564 %)QARun
93 (2.564 %)QALoad
102 (1.709 %)Visual Studio
111 (0.855 %)Flash
111 (0.855 %)NUnit
111 (0.855 %)Subversion
111 (0.855 %)WATIR
111 (0.855 %)jMock
City of London IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
165 (55.56 %)Finance
245 (38.46 %)Banking
311 (9.402 %)Front Office
410 (8.547 %)Investment Banking
55 (4.274 %)Financial Institution
55 (4.274 %)Games
63 (2.564 %)Telecoms
63 (2.564 %)Health
63 (2.564 %)Advertising
63 (2.564 %)Pensions
72 (1.709 %)Insurance
72 (1.709 %)Billing
81 (0.855 %)Interactive Media
81 (0.855 %)Multimedia
City of London IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
171 (60.68 %)Developer
249 (41.88 %)Java Developer
320 (17.09 %)Java/J2EE Developer
419 (16.24 %)C# Developer
517 (14.53 %)Senior Java Developer
517 (14.53 %)Senior Developer
517 (14.53 %)Tester
615 (12.82 %)Analyst
711 (9.402 %)J2EE Developer
711 (9.402 %)Senior Java/J2EE Developer
810 (8.547 %)Administrator
810 (8.547 %)SQL Server DBA
810 (8.547 %)SQL DBA
810 (8.547 %)Server Administrator
810 (8.547 %)DBA
99 (7.692 %)Applications Support
107 (5.983 %)Analyst Developer
116 (5.128 %).NET Developer
116 (5.128 %)Graduate
116 (5.128 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
City of London IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
125 (21.37 %)Derivative
224 (20.51 %)Mathematics
317 (14.53 %)Credit Derivative
415 (12.82 %)Fixed Income
514 (11.97 %)Equities
514 (11.97 %)Multithreading
69 (7.692 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
75 (4.274 %)Computer Science
84 (3.419 %)Physics
92 (1.709 %)Social Network
101 (0.855 %)Streaming Media
101 (0.855 %)N-Tier
City of London IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
133 (28.21 %)UNIX
221 (17.95 %)Linux
35 (4.274 %)Windows
42 (1.709 %)Windows XP
City of London IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
151 (43.59 %)Scrum
250 (42.74 %)Agile Software Development
317 (14.53 %)TDD
414 (11.97 %)Unified Process
414 (11.97 %)RUP
510 (8.547 %)Algorithmic Trading
69 (7.692 %)OO
69 (7.692 %)Automated Testing
78 (6.838 %)Data Modelling
78 (6.838 %)Web Testing
87 (5.983 %)Asset Management
96 (5.128 %)E-Commerce
96 (5.128 %)UML
105 (4.274 %)Electronic Trading
114 (3.419 %)Test Scripting
114 (3.419 %)User Acceptance Testing
123 (2.564 %)Web Development
132 (1.709 %)ITIL
132 (1.709 %)Pair Programming
132 (1.709 %)Load Testing
City of London IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
160 (51.28 %)Java
233 (28.21 %)SQL
328 (23.93 %)C#
419 (16.24 %)C
517 (14.53 %)JavaScript
615 (12.82 %)VB
714 (11.97 %)Perl
89 (7.692 %)C++
93 (2.564 %)VBScript
102 (1.709 %)Ruby
111 (0.855 %)VB.NET
City of London IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
114 (11.97 %)Degree
27 (5.983 %)ISEB
35 (4.274 %)Microsoft Certification
35 (4.274 %)MCP
35 (4.274 %)MCAD
35 (4.274 %)MCSD
41 (0.855 %)PhD
41 (0.855 %)ISEB Practitioner
City of London IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
18 (6.838 %)QA
City of London IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
126 (22.22 %)Sybase
223 (19.66 %)Oracle
39 (7.692 %)Reuters
39 (7.692 %)Bloomberg
42 (1.709 %)Microsoft
51 (0.855 %)Citrix
51 (0.855 %)Business Objects