The first table below looks at the demand for XML skills in IT jobs advertised for the Lancashire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited XML over the 3 months to 18 June 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 Lancashire region.

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Extensible Markup Language (XML)
Rank 27 20 15
Rank change year-on-year
-7 -5
Permanent jobs citing XML 34 51 50
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Lancashire 7.328% 9.980% 12.69%
As % of the Application Development category 13.82% 18.82% 21.46%
Number of salaries quoted 28 48 46
Average salary £32,500 £31,500 £29,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.17% +7.69%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,440 £26,000 £23,000
10% offered a salary of more than £38,000 £38,500 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £37,000 £36,500
% change year-on-year
-5.40% +1.36%
All Application Development
Lancashire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
246 271 233
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Lancashire 53.02% 53.03% 59.14%
Number of salaries quoted 235 258 208
Average salary £32,500 £31,500 £31,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.17% +1.61%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £26,000 £21,500
10% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £42,500 £38,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £36,500
% change year-on-year
- +2.73%
XML
North West

XML
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Lancashire 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 Lancashire region.

Lancashire XML Salary Trend

XML
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing XML across the Lancashire region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

Lancashire 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 Lancashire region over the 3 months to 18 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Preston +4 12 £30,000 -4.76% 3
Blackburn -8 2 £31,250 +16.82% 1
Colne - 2 £38,750 -
Burnley -4 1 £37,500 +70.45%
Chorley -10 1 £35,000 +22.80%
XML
North West

XML
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Lancashire 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 54 (58.70%) C#
1 54 (58.70%) .NET
2 50 (54.35%) ASP.NET
3 46 (50.00%) CSS
3 46 (50.00%) SQL
4 41 (44.57%) JavaScript
5 39 (42.39%) HTML
6 35 (38.04%) jQuery
7 29 (31.52%) Web Services
8 26 (28.26%) Java
9 24 (26.09%) SQL Server
10 22 (23.91%) C++
10 22 (23.91%) Ruby
11 21 (22.83%) VB.NET
12 20 (21.74%) WCF
13 19 (20.65%) Microsoft
14 18 (19.57%) E-Commerce
14 18 (19.57%) Windows
14 18 (19.57%) SOAP
14 18 (19.57%) Visual Studio
14 18 (19.57%) Mobile App
15 17 (18.48%) Degree
16 16 (17.39%) VB
17 14 (15.22%) OO
17 14 (15.22%) JSON
17 14 (15.22%) User Acceptance Testing
17 14 (15.22%) Unit Testing
18 13 (14.13%) VB6
18 13 (14.13%) Subversion
18 13 (14.13%) XSLT

XML
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Lancashire 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 54 (58.70%) .NET
2 50 (54.35%) ASP.NET
3 46 (50.00%) CSS
4 39 (42.39%) HTML
5 35 (38.04%) jQuery
6 29 (31.52%) Web Services
7 20 (21.74%) WCF
8 18 (19.57%) SOAP
9 14 (15.22%) JSON
10 13 (14.13%) XSLT
11 12 (13.04%) XHTML
11 12 (13.04%) Ruby on Rails
11 12 (13.04%) Sinatra
11 12 (13.04%) Node.js
12 11 (11.96%) HTML5
13 10 (10.87%) REST
13 10 (10.87%) soapUI
14 9 (9.783%) Underscore.js
14 9 (9.783%) Ajax
15 8 (8.696%) Flash
Application Platforms
1 12 (13.04%) nginx
2 7 (7.609%) CMS
3 6 (6.522%) SharePoint
3 6 (6.522%) SharePoint 2010
4 5 (5.435%) Umbraco
5 1 (1.087%) BizTalk Server
5 1 (1.087%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 4 (4.348%) InfoPath
2 2 (2.174%) MS Excel
3 1 (1.087%) Photoshop
3 1 (1.087%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 4 (4.348%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 10 (10.87%) HTTP
2 4 (4.348%) Intranet
2 4 (4.348%) Extranet
3 1 (1.087%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (26.09%) SQL Server
2 10 (10.87%) RDBMS
3 4 (4.348%) SQL Server 2005
4 1 (1.087%) IBM InfoSphere
4 1 (1.087%) MySQL
4 1 (1.087%) BusinessObjects
4 1 (1.087%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (1.087%) DB2
4 1 (1.087%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 18 (19.57%) Visual Studio
2 13 (14.13%) Subversion
3 12 (13.04%) Git (software)
4 10 (10.87%) WATIR
4 10 (10.87%) Selenium
4 10 (10.87%) FitNesse
5 4 (4.348%) ClearCase
5 4 (4.348%) Rational DOORS
6 2 (2.174%) Team Foundation Server
6 2 (2.174%) Eclipse
7 1 (1.087%) Oracle Forms
General
1 7 (7.609%) Retail
2 5 (5.435%) Back Office
3 4 (4.348%) Telecoms
3 4 (4.348%) Aerospace
3 4 (4.348%) Billing
3 4 (4.348%) Games
3 4 (4.348%) Military
4 2 (2.174%) Marketing
5 1 (1.087%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 70 (76.09%) Developer
2 14 (15.22%) Web Developer
3 12 (13.04%) Software Developer
3 12 (13.04%) Ruby on Rails Developer
4 11 (11.96%) .NET Developer
5 10 (10.87%) C# Developer
5 10 (10.87%) Consultant
5 10 (10.87%) Test Consultant
5 10 (10.87%) C# ASP.NET Developer
5 10 (10.87%) C# .NET Developer
6 8 (8.696%) Software Engineer
6 8 (8.696%) Analyst
7 7 (7.609%) Junior
7 7 (7.609%) Java Developer
7 7 (7.609%) Junior Developer
8 6 (6.522%) ASP.NET Developer
9 5 (5.435%) Mobile Developer
9 5 (5.435%) Front-End Developer
9 5 (5.435%) SharePoint Developer
9 5 (5.435%) VB Developer
Miscellaneous
1 18 (19.57%) Mobile App
2 12 (13.04%) Open Source
3 8 (8.696%) Blackberry
4 3 (3.261%) FMCG
5 1 (1.087%) Thin Client
5 1 (1.087%) Mainframe
5 1 (1.087%) Fat Client
Operating Systems
1 18 (19.57%) Windows
2 8 (8.696%) Android
2 8 (8.696%) Windows Phone
3 7 (7.609%) Apple iOS
4 2 (2.174%) Linux
4 2 (2.174%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (19.57%) E-Commerce
2 14 (15.22%) OO
2 14 (15.22%) User Acceptance Testing
2 14 (15.22%) Unit Testing
3 12 (13.04%) Continuous Integration
3 12 (13.04%) Agile Software Development
4 10 (10.87%) RAD
4 10 (10.87%) System Testing
4 10 (10.87%) Waterfall
5 5 (5.435%) MVC
5 5 (5.435%) OOD
5 5 (5.435%) Workflow
6 4 (4.348%) Document Management
6 4 (4.348%) Requirements Analysis
6 4 (4.348%) UML
6 4 (4.348%) Release Management
6 4 (4.348%) CRM
6 4 (4.348%) Mobile Application Development
7 2 (2.174%) SOA
7 2 (2.174%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 54 (58.70%) C#
2 46 (50.00%) SQL
3 41 (44.57%) JavaScript
4 26 (28.26%) Java
5 22 (23.91%) C++
5 22 (23.91%) Ruby
6 21 (22.83%) VB.NET
7 16 (17.39%) VB
8 13 (14.13%) VB6
9 12 (13.04%) XAML
9 12 (13.04%) PHP
10 10 (10.87%) C
10 10 (10.87%) Python
11 8 (8.696%) ActionScript
11 8 (8.696%) ActionScript 3.0
12 7 (7.609%) Objective-C
13 6 (6.522%) PowerShell
14 4 (4.348%) VC++
14 4 (4.348%) T-SQL
15 2 (2.174%) XPath
Qualifications
1 17 (18.48%) Degree
2 1 (1.087%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (10.87%) QA
System Software
1 4 (4.348%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 19 (20.65%) Microsoft
2 11 (11.96%) Oracle
3 8 (8.696%) Symbian
4 4 (4.348%) Nokia
5 1 (1.087%) Business Objects
5 1 (1.087%) SAP
5 1 (1.087%) Citrix
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