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The table below looks at the demand for Extensible Markup Language (XML) skills within the Harpenden region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited XML over the 3 months to 7 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkExtensible Markup Language (XML)
Location
3 months to
7 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank812
Rank change on same period last yearUp+4
Matching permanent IT job ads403
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.023 %0.001 %
As % of the category below64.52 %20.00 %
Salaries quoted293
Average minimum salary£29,241£28,000
Average salary£31,517£29,833
% change on same period last year+5.64 %
Average maximum salary£33,793£31,667
UK excluding London average salary£35,829£36,216
% change on same period last year-1.06 %
Harpenden IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Harpenden
Matching permanent IT job ads6215
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.036 %0.006 %
Salaries quoted4915
Average minimum salary£28,436£31,130
Average salary£31,333£33,852
% change on same period last year-7.44 %
Average maximum salary£34,229£36,574
UK excluding London average salary£35,966£36,644
% change on same period last year-1.85 %
XML HerefordshireXML
Herefordshire

XML
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing XML across the Harpenden region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Harpenden XML Demand Trend

XML
Salary Trend

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

Harpenden XML Salary Trend

XML
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing XML across the Harpenden region over the 3 months to 7 October 2008.

Harpenden XML Salary Histogram

XML
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT jobs across the Harpenden 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.

179 (98.75 %)HTML
276 (95.00 %)JavaScript
276 (95.00 %)ASP
374 (92.50 %)SQL Server
455 (68.75 %).NET
554 (67.50 %)SQL
652 (65.00 %)Health
652 (65.00 %)Pensions
751 (63.75 %)VB
848 (60.00 %)ASP.NET
944 (55.00 %)SQL Server 2005
1043 (53.75 %)Microsoft
1142 (52.50 %)C#
1240 (50.00 %)XSL
1338 (47.50 %)VB.NET
1427 (33.75 %)Web Development
1526 (32.50 %)CSS
1619 (23.75 %)Photoshop
1619 (23.75 %)Adobe
1716 (20.00 %)SQL Server 2000
1814 (17.50 %)VB6
1911 (13.75 %)XHTML
205 (6.250 %)MS Excel
213 (3.750 %)XSLT
222 (2.500 %)W3C
222 (2.500 %)AJAX
222 (2.500 %)Internet
222 (2.500 %)Performance Management
231 (1.250 %)Google Maps API
231 (1.250 %)Insurance

XML
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT jobs across the Harpenden 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.

Harpenden IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
179 (98.75 %)HTML
276 (95.00 %)ASP
355 (68.75 %).NET
448 (60.00 %)ASP.NET
540 (50.00 %)XSL
626 (32.50 %)CSS
711 (13.75 %)XHTML
83 (3.750 %)XSLT
92 (2.500 %)AJAX
101 (1.250 %)Google Maps API
101 (1.250 %)DOM
Harpenden IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (1.250 %)IIS
11 (1.250 %)BizTalk Server
Harpenden IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
119 (23.75 %)Photoshop
25 (6.250 %)MS Excel
Harpenden IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (2.500 %)Internet
21 (1.250 %)SMTP
21 (1.250 %)FTP
21 (1.250 %)HTTP
21 (1.250 %)TCP/IP
Harpenden IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
174 (92.50 %)SQL Server
244 (55.00 %)SQL Server 2005
316 (20.00 %)SQL Server 2000
41 (1.250 %)OLAP
Harpenden IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
152 (65.00 %)Health
152 (65.00 %)Pensions
21 (1.250 %)Retail
21 (1.250 %)Insurance
Harpenden IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
157 (71.25 %)Developer
229 (36.25 %)Software Developer
320 (25.00 %)Web Developer
415 (18.75 %).NET Developer
59 (11.25 %)ASP Developer
68 (10.00 %)ASP.NET Developer
68 (10.00 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
68 (10.00 %)C# Developer
77 (8.750 %)VB Developer
77 (8.750 %)Applications Developer
77 (8.750 %)CSharp Software Developer
86 (7.500 %)Software Team Leader
86 (7.500 %)Technical Team Leader
86 (7.500 %)Team Leader
86 (7.500 %)Applications Development Manager
86 (7.500 %)Applications Manager
86 (7.500 %)Development Manager
95 (6.250 %)Programmer
95 (6.250 %)Software Programmer
104 (5.000 %)Software Manager
Harpenden IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (2.500 %)W3C
Harpenden IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
127 (33.75 %)Web Development
22 (2.500 %)Performance Management
31 (1.250 %)UML
31 (1.250 %)OO
31 (1.250 %)E-Commerce
31 (1.250 %)Data Modelling
31 (1.250 %)SEO
31 (1.250 %)Scrum
Harpenden IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
176 (95.00 %)JavaScript
254 (67.50 %)SQL
351 (63.75 %)VB
442 (52.50 %)C#
538 (47.50 %)VB.NET
614 (17.50 %)VB6
71 (1.250 %)DHTML
71 (1.250 %)Java
Harpenden IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
143 (53.75 %)Microsoft
219 (23.75 %)Adobe
31 (1.250 %)i-GRasp