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

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Extensible Markup Language (XML)
Rank 20 20 10
Rank change year-on-year
0 -10
Permanent jobs citing XML 1 9 11
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Durham 1.389% 6.294% 11.46%
As % of the Application Development category 2.564% 26.47% 30.56%
Number of salaries quoted 0 7 2
Average salary - £29,000 £32,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -10.07%
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +7.14%
All Application Development
Durham
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
39 34 36
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Durham 54.17% 23.78% 37.50%
Number of salaries quoted 37 30 24
Average salary £30,000 £29,000 £31,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.44% -7.93%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £21,000 £21,000
10% offered a salary of more than £37,500 £60,000 £37,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
XML
North East

XML
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Durham 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 Durham region.

Durham XML Salary Trend

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 Durham region over the 3 months to 21 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
Stockton-on-Tees +2 1 - -
XML
North East

XML
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Durham 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 7 (100.00%) C#
1 7 (100.00%) .NET
1 7 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 5 (71.43%) VB.NET
2 5 (71.43%) Agile Software Development
3 4 (57.14%) PHPUnit
3 4 (57.14%) ASP
3 4 (57.14%) PHP
3 4 (57.14%) SQL
3 4 (57.14%) J2EE
3 4 (57.14%) MySQL
3 4 (57.14%) Oracle
3 4 (57.14%) Java
3 4 (57.14%) JSP
3 4 (57.14%) Linux
3 4 (57.14%) Apache
3 4 (57.14%) MS Excel
3 4 (57.14%) Citrix
4 3 (42.86%) Telecoms
4 3 (42.86%) UNIX
4 3 (42.86%) CSS
4 3 (42.86%) Degree
5 2 (28.57%) WCF
5 2 (28.57%) jQuery
5 2 (28.57%) ASP.NET
5 2 (28.57%) JavaScript
5 2 (28.57%) HTML
5 2 (28.57%) Windows
5 2 (28.57%) Web Services
5 2 (28.57%) Legal

XML
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Durham 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 7 (100.00%) .NET
2 4 (57.14%) ASP
2 4 (57.14%) J2EE
2 4 (57.14%) JSP
3 3 (42.86%) CSS
4 2 (28.57%) WCF
4 2 (28.57%) jQuery
4 2 (28.57%) ASP.NET
4 2 (28.57%) HTML
4 2 (28.57%) Web Services
5 1 (14.29%) XHTML
5 1 (14.29%) XSLT
5 1 (14.29%) ADO
5 1 (14.29%) ADO.NET
Application Platforms
1 4 (57.14%) Apache
Applications
1 4 (57.14%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 4 (57.14%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 4 (57.14%) PHPUnit
2 1 (14.29%) InstallShield
2 1 (14.29%) Oracle Forms
2 1 (14.29%) NUnit
General
1 3 (42.86%) Telecoms
2 2 (28.57%) Legal
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Developer
2 3 (42.86%) Software Engineer
3 2 (28.57%) Software Developer
3 2 (28.57%) .NET Developer
4 1 (14.29%) C# Developer
4 1 (14.29%) C# .NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 4 (57.14%) Linux
2 3 (42.86%) UNIX
3 2 (28.57%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Agile Software Development
2 1 (14.29%) UML
2 1 (14.29%) OO
2 1 (14.29%) Requirements Analysis
Programming Languages
1 7 (100.00%) C#
2 5 (71.43%) VB.NET
3 4 (57.14%) PHP
3 4 (57.14%) SQL
3 4 (57.14%) Java
4 2 (28.57%) JavaScript
5 1 (14.29%) VB
5 1 (14.29%) VB6
Qualifications
1 3 (42.86%) Degree
Vendors
1 4 (57.14%) Oracle
1 4 (57.14%) Citrix
Durham, County Durham
Working as part of a team of .Net Developers, the Senior Developer will be responsible for performing software engineering tasks to produce high quality products to agreed timescales...
Solutions Recruitment
Salary: From £30,000 to £35,000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Stockton-on-Tees, North East
Software Engineer (VB6, ADO, SQL Server), Stockton-On-TeesI have fantastic opportunity for an experienced and skilled Developer (VB6, ADO, SQL Server) to provide software development for a...
Mint
Salary: £1 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
Darlington, County Durham
Candidates will have strong web development skills with the following technologies PHP, MySQL, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery, XML, AJAX, Apache HTTP Server, Linux/UNIX, with good understanding of...
Northgate
Salary: From £24,000 to £27,000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013