Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for XML skills in IT jobs advertised for the Hertfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited XML over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Application Development category for the Hertfordshire region.

 Extensible Markup Language (XML)
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank242114
Rank change year-on-year
Down-3Down-7
Matching permanent IT job ads114133437
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hertfordshire6.003 %6.294 %9.702 %
As % of the Application Development category15.92 %21.63 %34.52 %
Salaries quoted108118355
Average salary£40,000£39,500£40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.260 %-1.250 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£29,400£30,000£25,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£58,250£52,500£53,000
UK excluding London average salary£34,000£33,500£35,000
% change year-on-year
+1.490 %-4.280 %
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryAll Application Development
Hertfordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
7166151266
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hertfordshire37.70 %29.11 %28.11 %
Salaries quoted6345231041
Average salary£40,000£37,500£40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.660 %-6.250 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£30,000£28,500£28,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£55,000£52,900£60,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£34,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+2.940 %-2.850 %
XML East of EnglandXML
East of England

XML
Demand Trend

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

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire XML Salary Trend

XML
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing XML across the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

Hertfordshire XML Salary Histogram

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 Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
WatfordUp+1722£51,000+30.76 %
St AlbansUp+218£32,500-27.77 %
Bishop's StortfordDown-78£40,000-15.78 %
Welwyn Garden CityDown-36£45,000+40.62 %
RickmansworthDown-15£65,000+73.33 %
StevenageDown-21£40,000+10.34 %
BerkhamstedNew entry-1£19,000-
XML East of EnglandXML
East of England

XML
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the Hertfordshire 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.

1115 (46.94 %)SQL Server
2104 (42.45 %).NET
390 (36.73 %)SQL
472 (29.39 %)C#
564 (26.12 %)JavaScript
657 (23.27 %)Flash
755 (22.45 %)Java
853 (21.63 %)ASP
950 (20.41 %)Web Services
1049 (20.00 %)CSS
1146 (18.78 %)Oracle
1244 (17.96 %)HTML
1244 (17.96 %)AJAX
1343 (17.55 %)Microsoft
1437 (15.10 %)XSLT
1536 (14.69 %)XHTML
1536 (14.69 %)SQL Server 2005
1635 (14.29 %)ActionScript
1635 (14.29 %)ASP.NET
1635 (14.29 %)ActionScript 3.0
1732 (13.06 %)J2EE
1732 (13.06 %)OO
1831 (12.65 %)Degree
1929 (11.84 %)SOA
2028 (11.43 %)Finance
2028 (11.43 %)ActionScript 2.0
2028 (11.43 %)SQL Server 2008
2127 (11.02 %)WCF
2226 (10.61 %)WPF
2226 (10.61 %)Pensions

XML
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the Hertfordshire 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.

Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
1104 (42.45 %).NET
257 (23.27 %)Flash
353 (21.63 %)ASP
450 (20.41 %)Web Services
549 (20.00 %)CSS
644 (17.96 %)HTML
644 (17.96 %)AJAX
737 (15.10 %)XSLT
836 (14.69 %)XHTML
935 (14.29 %)ASP.NET
1032 (13.06 %)J2EE
1127 (11.02 %)WCF
1226 (10.61 %)WPF
1325 (10.20 %)NHibernate
1325 (10.20 %)WinForms
1421 (8.571 %)XSL
1421 (8.571 %)MonoRail
1520 (8.163 %).NET Framework
1619 (7.755 %)XML Schema
1714 (5.714 %)WebSphere
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
121 (8.571 %)IIS
211 (4.490 %)Oracle Workflow
211 (4.490 %)AquaLogic
310 (4.082 %)WebLogic
49 (3.673 %)ESB
49 (3.673 %)CMS
57 (2.857 %)EPiServer
66 (2.449 %)Umbraco
66 (2.449 %)WebSphere Application Server
75 (2.041 %)Tomcat
84 (1.633 %)MQSeries
84 (1.633 %)WebSphere Message Broker
92 (0.816 %)WebSphere MQ
92 (0.816 %)SharePoint
92 (0.816 %)Apache
101 (0.408 %)TeamSite
101 (0.408 %)BizTalk Server
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
116 (6.531 %)MS Excel
28 (3.265 %)Photoshop
34 (1.633 %)MS Visio
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
15 (2.041 %)Remedy AR System
24 (1.633 %)Oracle Applications
24 (1.633 %)Remedy ITSM
33 (1.224 %)PeopleSoft HRMS
42 (0.816 %)Oracle Financials
51 (0.408 %)Oracle 11i
51 (0.408 %)Oracle EBS
51 (0.408 %)Oracle EBS R12
51 (0.408 %)Oracle iProcurement
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
113 (5.306 %)Internet
29 (3.673 %)Intranet
34 (1.633 %)Broadband
43 (1.224 %)HTTP
43 (1.224 %)Firewall
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1115 (46.94 %)SQL Server
236 (14.69 %)SQL Server 2005
328 (11.43 %)SQL Server 2008
415 (6.122 %)MySQL
512 (4.898 %)Oracle 11g
69 (3.673 %)DB2
78 (3.265 %)Datawarehouse
78 (3.265 %)ETL
86 (2.449 %)MS Access
86 (2.449 %)Oracle 10g
86 (2.449 %)SQL Server 2000
93 (1.224 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
93 (1.224 %)SQL Server Integration Services
93 (1.224 %)Oracle Reports
102 (0.816 %)Crystal Reports
102 (0.816 %)RDBMS
111 (0.408 %)Oracle Discoverer
111 (0.408 %)DTS
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
121 (8.571 %)NUnit
212 (4.898 %)Subversion
311 (4.490 %)Expression Blend
48 (3.265 %)Visual Studio
48 (3.265 %)Dreamweaver
57 (2.857 %)JUnit
61 (0.408 %)Oracle Forms
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
128 (11.43 %)Finance
226 (10.61 %)Pensions
320 (8.163 %)Health
416 (6.531 %)Animation
514 (5.714 %)Construction
613 (5.306 %)Retail
78 (3.265 %)Insurance
86 (2.449 %)Multimedia
86 (2.449 %)Games
86 (2.449 %)Flash Games
95 (2.041 %)Marketing
95 (2.041 %)Telecoms
104 (1.633 %)Music
113 (1.224 %)Publishing
113 (1.224 %)Education
122 (0.816 %)Government
122 (0.816 %)Banking
122 (0.816 %)Auditing
122 (0.816 %)Interactive Media
131 (0.408 %)Pharmaceutical
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1164 (66.94 %)Developer
236 (14.69 %)Web Developer
333 (13.47 %).NET Developer
427 (11.02 %)Architect
523 (9.388 %)Analyst
622 (8.980 %)Software Developer
721 (8.571 %)Senior Developer
818 (7.347 %)Programmer
917 (6.939 %)Java Developer
917 (6.939 %)Flash Developer
917 (6.939 %)Designer
1016 (6.531 %)Junior
1114 (5.714 %)C# Developer
1213 (5.306 %)J2EE Developer
1213 (5.306 %)Solutions Architect
1312 (4.898 %)Analyst Developer
1312 (4.898 %)Java/J2EE Developer
1411 (4.490 %)Java Programmer
1510 (4.082 %)Junior Developer
1510 (4.082 %)PHP Developer
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
116 (6.531 %)N-Tier
210 (4.082 %)Management Information System
36 (2.449 %)Tandem
36 (2.449 %)RIA
45 (2.041 %)Computer Science
45 (2.041 %)SCADA
54 (1.633 %)Mathematics
54 (1.633 %)Pocket PC
63 (1.224 %)Client/Server
63 (1.224 %)Mainframe
72 (0.816 %)AS400
72 (0.816 %)Wiki
81 (0.408 %)Social Network
81 (0.408 %)Statistics
81 (0.408 %)Chip and PIN
81 (0.408 %)NHS
81 (0.408 %)W3C
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
125 (10.20 %)Windows
213 (5.306 %)UNIX
311 (4.490 %)Linux
45 (2.041 %)Solaris
54 (1.633 %)Windows CE
54 (1.633 %)Windows Mobile
63 (1.224 %)AIX
71 (0.408 %)Windows XP
71 (0.408 %)OS/400
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
132 (13.06 %)OO
229 (11.84 %)SOA
325 (10.20 %)TDD
421 (8.571 %)Scrum
421 (8.571 %)Web Development
520 (8.163 %)Agile Software Development
617 (6.939 %)Web Design
617 (6.939 %)UML
714 (5.714 %)B2B
714 (5.714 %)Workflow
813 (5.306 %)PLM
912 (4.898 %)Extreme Programming
912 (4.898 %)MVC
912 (4.898 %)E-Commerce
1011 (4.490 %)BPEL
1011 (4.490 %)Time Management
119 (3.673 %)OOP
119 (3.673 %)Project Management
128 (3.265 %)RUP
128 (3.265 %)Test Scripting
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
190 (36.73 %)SQL
272 (29.39 %)C#
364 (26.12 %)JavaScript
455 (22.45 %)Java
535 (14.29 %)ActionScript
535 (14.29 %)ActionScript 3.0
628 (11.43 %)ActionScript 2.0
724 (9.796 %)VB
822 (8.980 %)T-SQL
917 (6.939 %)VB.NET
1015 (6.122 %)VBScript
1015 (6.122 %)VB6
1113 (5.306 %)PHP
1211 (4.490 %)XAML
134 (1.633 %)C
143 (1.224 %)Python
143 (1.224 %)RPG
152 (0.816 %)VBA
152 (0.816 %)C++
152 (0.816 %)PL/SQL
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
131 (12.65 %)Degree
218 (7.347 %)MCTS
218 (7.347 %)MCP
218 (7.347 %)MCAD
218 (7.347 %)MCSD
218 (7.347 %)Microsoft Certification
32 (0.816 %)Security Cleared
41 (0.408 %)ITIL Certification
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
121 (8.571 %)QA
23 (1.224 %)WCAG
32 (0.816 %)HL7
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
146 (18.78 %)Oracle
243 (17.55 %)Microsoft
313 (5.306 %)Adobe
411 (4.490 %)BEA
56 (2.449 %)Google
65 (2.041 %)Remedy
65 (2.041 %)BMC
65 (2.041 %)JBoss
74 (1.633 %)IBM
74 (1.633 %)TIBCO
83 (1.224 %)PeopleSoft
92 (0.816 %)JDA
92 (0.816 %)Apple
101 (0.408 %)JD Edwards
101 (0.408 %)SGI