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This section looks at the demand for XPath (XML Path Language) skills within the Edinburgh region with a comparison to our Programming Languages category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited XPath over the 3 months to 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkXPath (XML Path Language)
Location
3 months to
29 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank7999
Rank change on same period last yearUp+20
Matching permanent IT job ads12
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.001 %
As % of the category below0.161 %0.247 %
Salaries quoted02
Average minimum salary-£18,000
Average salary-£21,500
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum salary-£25,000
UK excluding London average salary£38,467£45,766
% change on same period last year-15.94 %
Edinburgh IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
Edinburgh
Matching permanent IT job ads620810
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.339 %0.340 %
Salaries quoted456617
Average minimum salary£30,830£29,780
Average salary£34,526£33,195
% change on same period last year+4.00 %
Average maximum salary£38,222£36,610
UK excluding London average salary£35,257£35,638
% change on same period last year-1.07 %
XPath ScotlandXPath
Scotland

XPath
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing XPath across the Edinburgh region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Edinburgh XPath Demand Trend

XPath
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing XPath across the Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh XPath Salary Trend

XPath
Top 28 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT jobs across the Edinburgh region citing XPath 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 XPath.

13 (100.00 %)XSLT
22 (66.67 %)C#
22 (66.67 %)CSS
22 (66.67 %)XML
22 (66.67 %)JavaScript
22 (66.67 %)Microsoft
31 (33.33 %)Macromedia
31 (33.33 %)XQuery
31 (33.33 %)Fireworks
31 (33.33 %)Intranet
31 (33.33 %)SQL Server 2000
31 (33.33 %)Management Information System
31 (33.33 %)Health
31 (33.33 %)Asset Management
31 (33.33 %)SQL Server 2005
31 (33.33 %)Degree
31 (33.33 %)SQL
31 (33.33 %)VB
31 (33.33 %).NET
31 (33.33 %)Oracle
31 (33.33 %)SQL Server
31 (33.33 %)Visual Studio
31 (33.33 %)ASP
31 (33.33 %)XSL
31 (33.33 %)HTML
31 (33.33 %)XHTML
31 (33.33 %)Dreamweaver
31 (33.33 %)RDBMS

XPath
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT jobs across the Edinburgh region citing XPath 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 XPath. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Edinburgh IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
13 (100.00 %)XSLT
22 (66.67 %)CSS
22 (66.67 %)XML
31 (33.33 %)XSL
31 (33.33 %)HTML
31 (33.33 %).NET
31 (33.33 %)ASP
31 (33.33 %)XHTML
Edinburgh IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (33.33 %)Fireworks
Edinburgh IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (33.33 %)Intranet
Edinburgh IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (33.33 %)SQL Server
11 (33.33 %)RDBMS
11 (33.33 %)SQL Server 2000
11 (33.33 %)SQL Server 2005
Edinburgh IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (33.33 %)Visual Studio
11 (33.33 %)Dreamweaver
Edinburgh IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (33.33 %)Health
Edinburgh IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11 (33.33 %)Developer
11 (33.33 %)Consultant
11 (33.33 %)Systems Developer
11 (33.33 %)Technical Lead
Edinburgh IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (33.33 %)Management Information System
Edinburgh IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (33.33 %)Asset Management
Edinburgh IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (66.67 %)C#
12 (66.67 %)JavaScript
21 (33.33 %)SQL
21 (33.33 %)VB
21 (33.33 %)XQuery
Edinburgh IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (33.33 %)Degree
Edinburgh IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (66.67 %)Microsoft
21 (33.33 %)Macromedia
21 (33.33 %)Oracle