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

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Extensible Markup Language (XML)
Rank 20 17 15
Rank change year-on-year
-3 -2
Permanent jobs citing XML 92 114 150
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Edinburgh 8.647% 8.339% 9.458%
As % of the Application Development category 20.44% 24.73% 29.82%
Number of salaries quoted 61 91 99
Average salary £37,500 £35,000 £33,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.14% +4.47%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,000 £28,500
10% offered a salary of more than £41,500 £40,000 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £37,500 £35,309
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +6.20%
All Application Development
Edinburgh
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
450 461 503
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Edinburgh 42.29% 33.72% 31.72%
Number of salaries quoted 283 361 373
Average salary £37,500 £35,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.14% -
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £28,500 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £43,500 £43,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
XML
Scotland

XML
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh XML Salary Trend

XML
Salary Histogram

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

Edinburgh XML Salary Histogram

XML
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 101 (55.19%) Java
2 88 (48.09%) JavaScript
3 73 (39.89%) HTML
4 72 (39.34%) Finance
5 66 (36.07%) .NET
6 63 (34.43%) Linux
7 61 (33.33%) XSLT
8 60 (32.79%) Web Services
8 60 (32.79%) Ajax
9 55 (30.05%) SQL Server
10 50 (27.32%) C#
10 50 (27.32%) CSS
11 48 (26.23%) SQL
11 48 (26.23%) jQuery
12 47 (25.68%) Oracle
13 45 (24.59%) Apache
14 43 (23.50%) JBoss
15 42 (22.95%) J2EE
16 41 (22.40%) ASP.NET
17 39 (21.31%) SOAP
18 38 (20.77%) JSP
19 34 (18.58%) Degree
20 31 (16.94%) JSF
20 31 (16.94%) Servlets
21 30 (16.39%) Perl
21 30 (16.39%) SOA
22 27 (14.75%) Hibernate
22 27 (14.75%) Computer Science
22 27 (14.75%) Microsoft
23 25 (13.66%) Eclipse

XML
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Edinburgh 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 73 (39.89%) HTML
2 66 (36.07%) .NET
3 61 (33.33%) XSLT
4 60 (32.79%) Web Services
4 60 (32.79%) Ajax
5 50 (27.32%) CSS
6 48 (26.23%) jQuery
7 42 (22.95%) J2EE
8 41 (22.40%) ASP.NET
9 39 (21.31%) SOAP
10 38 (20.77%) JSP
11 31 (16.94%) JSF
11 31 (16.94%) Servlets
12 27 (14.75%) Hibernate
13 22 (12.02%) Spring
14 21 (11.48%) .NET Framework
15 19 (10.38%) ASP
16 16 (8.743%) Qt
17 15 (8.197%) GTK+
17 15 (8.197%) WCF
Application Platforms
1 45 (24.59%) Apache
2 18 (9.836%) Tomcat
3 12 (6.557%) ESB
3 12 (6.557%) Drupal
4 8 (4.372%) BizTalk Server
5 6 (3.279%) WebSphere Application Server
6 5 (2.732%) MQSeries
6 5 (2.732%) Force.com
6 5 (2.732%) Apache Solr
7 4 (2.186%) WebSphere Portal
7 4 (2.186%) Windows Azure
7 4 (2.186%) CMS
8 3 (1.639%) SharePoint
8 3 (1.639%) SharePoint 2010
9 2 (1.093%) WebLogic
9 2 (1.093%) IIS
9 2 (1.093%) SAS
9 2 (1.093%) TeamSite
10 1 (0.546%) WebSphere MQ
10 1 (0.546%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 7 (3.825%) MS Office
2 4 (2.186%) FrameMaker
2 4 (2.186%) MS Excel
2 4 (2.186%) RoboHelp
Business Applications
1 1 (0.546%) Tridion
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.186%) Internet
2 3 (1.639%) SAN
2 3 (1.639%) HTTP
3 2 (1.093%) iSCSI
3 2 (1.093%) DHCP
3 2 (1.093%) HTTPS
3 2 (1.093%) DNS
3 2 (1.093%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 55 (30.05%) SQL Server
2 24 (13.11%) RDBMS
3 10 (5.464%) SQL Server 2005
4 9 (4.918%) SQL Server 2008
5 8 (4.372%) MySQL
6 6 (3.279%) Oracle 8/8i
7 5 (2.732%) DB2
8 3 (1.639%) PostgreSQL
8 3 (1.639%) SQLite
9 1 (0.546%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 25 (13.66%) Eclipse
2 20 (10.93%) JUnit
3 13 (7.104%) Maven
4 12 (6.557%) Visual Studio
5 11 (6.011%) Selenium
6 10 (5.464%) Subversion
7 5 (2.732%) Team Foundation Server
8 4 (2.186%) Canoo WebTest
8 4 (2.186%) Fiddler
8 4 (2.186%) Log4j
9 3 (1.639%) JMeter
9 3 (1.639%) Xcode
10 2 (1.093%) Git (software)
10 2 (1.093%) QuickTest Pro
11 1 (0.546%) LoadRunner
11 1 (0.546%) WinRunner
11 1 (0.546%) TestDirector
11 1 (0.546%) InstallShield
11 1 (0.546%) VSS/SourceSafe
11 1 (0.546%) Ant
General
1 72 (39.34%) Finance
2 9 (4.918%) Banking
3 7 (3.825%) Legal
4 4 (2.186%) Advertising
4 4 (2.186%) Publishing
5 3 (1.639%) Telecoms
6 2 (1.093%) Billing
6 2 (1.093%) Investment Banking
6 2 (1.093%) Retail
6 2 (1.093%) Financial Institution
7 1 (0.546%) Games
7 1 (0.546%) Manufacturing
7 1 (0.546%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 110 (60.11%) Developer
2 40 (21.86%) Java Developer
3 29 (15.85%) .NET Developer
4 21 (11.48%) Software Engineer
5 20 (10.93%) C# Developer
5 20 (10.93%) Architect
5 20 (10.93%) Senior Developer
5 20 (10.93%) C# .NET Developer
6 15 (8.197%) Software Developer
6 15 (8.197%) C++ Developer
7 12 (6.557%) Java Architect
8 11 (6.011%) Java/J2EE Developer
8 11 (6.011%) ASP.NET Developer
9 10 (5.464%) C# ASP.NET Developer
10 9 (4.918%) Web Developer
10 9 (4.918%) Senior .NET Developer
11 8 (4.372%) Consultant
12 7 (3.825%) Analyst
12 7 (3.825%) Senior C# Developer
12 7 (3.825%) Senior Java Developer
Miscellaneous
1 27 (14.75%) Computer Science
2 15 (8.197%) Mathematics
3 14 (7.650%) Client/Server
4 10 (5.464%) Open Source
5 8 (4.372%) Web 2.0
6 5 (2.732%) SWIFT
7 4 (2.186%) Mobile App
8 3 (1.639%) iPhone
9 2 (1.093%) CLARiiON
9 2 (1.093%) Blackberry
9 2 (1.093%) W3C
10 1 (0.546%) EFT
10 1 (0.546%) 3D Graphics
10 1 (0.546%) iPad
10 1 (0.546%) Visualisation
10 1 (0.546%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 63 (34.43%) Linux
2 14 (7.650%) Windows
3 10 (5.464%) Android
4 9 (4.918%) Windows Server 2008
5 6 (3.279%) Windows Server 2003
6 5 (2.732%) UNIX
6 5 (2.732%) Apple iOS
7 4 (2.186%) Solaris
8 2 (1.093%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.546%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (16.39%) SOA
2 25 (13.66%) BPMN
3 24 (13.11%) Software Engineering
4 21 (11.48%) Agile Software Development
4 21 (11.48%) TDD
5 20 (10.93%) Web Development
5 20 (10.93%) Unit Testing
6 17 (9.290%) UML
6 17 (9.290%) MVC
7 15 (8.197%) Workflow
8 14 (7.650%) Continuous Integration
9 13 (7.104%) CRM
9 13 (7.104%) OO
9 13 (7.104%) Risk Management
9 13 (7.104%) Scrum
10 9 (4.918%) OOD
11 8 (4.372%) Content Management
11 8 (4.372%) Automated Testing
12 7 (3.825%) Integration Testing
12 7 (3.825%) Extreme Programming
Programming Languages
1 101 (55.19%) Java
2 88 (48.09%) JavaScript
3 50 (27.32%) C#
4 48 (26.23%) SQL
5 30 (16.39%) Perl
6 20 (10.93%) C++
7 15 (8.197%) PL/SQL
8 11 (6.011%) PHP
9 10 (5.464%) Bash shell
10 9 (4.918%) T-SQL
10 9 (4.918%) VB.NET
10 9 (4.918%) Korn
11 8 (4.372%) Apex Code
11 8 (4.372%) Objective-C
12 7 (3.825%) C
12 7 (3.825%) XPath
13 5 (2.732%) XQuery
14 4 (2.186%) PowerShell
15 3 (1.639%) Delphi
15 3 (1.639%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 34 (18.58%) Degree
2 6 (3.279%) Sun Certification
3 5 (2.732%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (1.093%) Security Cleared
5 1 (0.546%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.093%) QA
2 1 (0.546%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (1.639%) Active Directory
1 3 (1.639%) Samba
2 2 (1.093%) XenDesktop
2 2 (1.093%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.546%) Microsoft App-V
3 1 (0.546%) VMware ESX
3 1 (0.546%) Xen
3 1 (0.546%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 4 (2.186%) Oracle Identity Manager
2 2 (1.093%) SCCM
2 2 (1.093%) SCOM
3 1 (0.546%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 47 (25.68%) Oracle
2 43 (23.50%) JBoss
3 27 (14.75%) Microsoft
4 11 (6.011%) IBM
5 8 (4.372%) Salesforce.com
6 5 (2.732%) Google
7 4 (2.186%) Pega
7 4 (2.186%) Canoo
7 4 (2.186%) Perforce
8 3 (1.639%) Alterian
9 2 (1.093%) Fujitsu
9 2 (1.093%) VMware
9 2 (1.093%) Symantec
9 2 (1.093%) Citrix
9 2 (1.093%) EMC
9 2 (1.093%) NetApp
10 1 (0.546%) Red Hat
10 1 (0.546%) Cisco
10 1 (0.546%) HP
10 1 (0.546%) Adobe
Edinburgh, Midlothian
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Sanderson
Salary: £40000 - £60000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Edinburgh, Scotland
Your day-to-day duties will include: - Delivering a wide range of web application features, developing using ASP.Net MVC, ASP.Net & C# - Utilise modern client side development...
Computer Futures
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum + Relocation Package
Posted: 15 May 2013
Edinburgh, Midlothian
Undertake database design work, primarily on Microsoft SQL server... The candidate should be able to demonstrate: Excellent knowledge of software development using C# and ASP.NET and Microsoft ...
Change Recruitment Group
Salary: £40000 per annum + Excellent company benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Edinburgh, Midlothian
My client is looking for the following experience: *A degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or equivalent *Strong database knowledge and experience - Oracle/DB2/SQL Server *Experience of...
Cathcart Associates Ltd
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
Edinburgh, Scotland
My client is looking for the following experience: *A degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or equivalent *Strong database knowledge and experience - Oracle/DB2/SQL Server *Experience of...
Cathcart Associates
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 18 May 2013
Edinburgh, Scotland
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Computer Futures
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Edinburgh, Scotland
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Cathcart Associates
Salary: £30000 - £55000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
Edinburgh, Midlothian
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Cathcart Associates Ltd
Salary: £30000 - £55000 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013
Edinburgh, Midlothian
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Net Talent
Salary: £30000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
Edinburgh, Scotland
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Michael Page
Salary: £30,000 - £35,000 per year
Posted: 21 May 2013
Edinburgh, Midlothian
Java Developer / Senior Java Developer - Java, J2EE, EJB, Servlets - Ideally Grails or Groovy - Exciting new development team being created - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland - £30 - 45K + bens An expanding organisation...
ReThink Recruitment
Salary: £30000.00 - £45000.00 per annum + Bens
Posted: 22 May 2013
Edinburgh, Scotland
You will be part of an experienced Java team working on a country wide project.Experience & QualificationsTechnical Skills From: - Java EE - SOA and integration via an ESB - XML/...
Streamline IT Recruitment
Salary: £25000 - £40000 per annum + bonus and benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Edinburgh, Midlothian
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Streamline Connections
Salary: £25000 - £40000 per annum + bonus and benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Edinburgh, Midlothian
Java Developer - Java/J2EE/JBoss/Redhat/Linux - Edinburgh to £40k... Technical Skills From: - Java EE - SOA and integration via an ESB - XML/XSLT - AJAX - JSF/JSP/Servlets - XML/...
JM
Salary: £40000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Edinburgh, Midlothian
These industry leading systems are predominantly developed in C, C++ and Linux... Software Engineer / Developer / Programmer Technical skills: - C - C++ - OOD ( Object Oriented Design) - Linux Desirable Technical Skills: -...
NES Global Talent
Salary: £23000 to £33000 per annum - Performance related bonus, pension and 3
Posted: 20 May 2013
Edinburgh, Midlothian
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Lorien Resourcing
Salary: offer competitive package
Posted: 21 May 2013
Edinburgh, Midlothian
Windows Server 2008R2 / Windows Server 2003... Experience in the following technologies is highly desirable; Microsoft SQL Server 2008 App Sense Performance, Application and Environment Manager, EMC CLARiiON / NetApp,...
Lorien Resourcing
Salary: offer competitive package
Posted: 21 May 2013