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This section looks at the demand for Extensible Markup Language (XML) skills within the Lancashire 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 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkExtensible Markup Language (XML)
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank2416
Rank change on same period last yearDown-8
Matching permanent IT job ads8289
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.043 %0.036 %
As % of the category below20.25 %22.25 %
Salaries quoted6873
Average minimum salary£29,431£29,986
Average salary£32,017£31,736
% change on same period last year+0.88 %
Average maximum salary£34,604£33,486
UK excluding London average salary£35,821£36,629
% change on same period last year-2.20 %
Lancashire IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Lancashire
Matching permanent IT job ads405400
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.214 %0.164 %
Salaries quoted336339
Average minimum salary£28,411£31,198
Average salary£31,082£34,293
% change on same period last year-9.36 %
Average maximum salary£33,752£37,388
UK excluding London average salary£35,873£36,830
% change on same period last year-2.59 %
XML North WestXML
North West

XML
Demand Trend

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

Lancashire 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 Lancashire region.

Lancashire XML Salary Trend

XML
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing XML across the Lancashire region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

Lancashire XML Salary Histogram

XML
Job Locations

This section 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 25 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
PrestonDown-727£34,500+8.72 %
BlackburnDown-915£27,538-9.39 %
CarnforthNew entry-5£35,000-
LancasterUp+14£27,500-8.33 %
BlackpoolDown-42£35,000-12.50 %
ChorleyNew entry-2£28,750-
BurnleyNew entry-1£28,750-
XML North WestXML
North West

XML
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, 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.

1167 (63.74 %)SQL Server
2159 (60.69 %)SQL
3155 (59.16 %).NET
4117 (44.66 %)ASP.NET
591 (34.73 %)VB
686 (32.82 %)HTML
780 (30.53 %)JavaScript
780 (30.53 %)VB6
879 (30.15 %)VB.NET
978 (29.77 %)WebServices
1075 (28.63 %)Java
1174 (28.24 %)CSS
1268 (25.95 %)Oracle
1360 (22.90 %)C#
1455 (20.99 %)Transact-SQL
1545 (17.18 %)SQL Server 2005
1641 (15.65 %)PHP
1738 (14.50 %)Microsoft
1837 (14.12 %)SQL Server 2000
1837 (14.12 %)ASP
1935 (13.36 %)Visual Studio
2033 (12.60 %)IIS
2033 (12.60 %)AJAX
2132 (12.21 %)MS Excel
2231 (11.83 %)N-Tier
2231 (11.83 %)J2EE
2330 (11.45 %).NET Framework
2429 (11.07 %)VSS/SourceSafe
2528 (10.69 %)Internet
2627 (10.31 %)Windows

XML
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, 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.

Lancashire IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1155 (59.16 %).NET
2117 (44.66 %)ASP.NET
386 (32.82 %)HTML
478 (29.77 %)WebServices
574 (28.24 %)CSS
637 (14.12 %)ASP
733 (12.60 %)AJAX
831 (11.83 %)J2EE
930 (11.45 %).NET Framework
1027 (10.31 %)WinForms
1118 (6.870 %)XSL
1118 (6.870 %)COM+
1217 (6.489 %)DOM
1217 (6.489 %)JSP
1316 (6.107 %)XHTML
1316 (6.107 %)WebSphere
1415 (5.725 %)XSLT
1514 (5.344 %)Hibernate
1514 (5.344 %)Spring
1613 (4.962 %)ASP.NET 2.0
Lancashire IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
133 (12.60 %)IIS
226 (9.924 %)SharePoint
314 (5.344 %)Apache
48 (3.053 %)Documentum
48 (3.053 %)BizTalk Server
56 (2.290 %)CMS
56 (2.290 %)SharePoint Portal Server
56 (2.290 %)Tomcat
64 (1.527 %)Lotus Notes
64 (1.527 %)Lotus Domino
64 (1.527 %)ColdFusion
64 (1.527 %)SharePoint Server 2007
73 (1.145 %)Exchange Server 2000
73 (1.145 %)Exchange Server 2003
73 (1.145 %)WebLogic Portal
73 (1.145 %)MS Exchange
73 (1.145 %)WebLogic
82 (0.763 %)Oracle Workflow
Lancashire IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
132 (12.21 %)MS Excel
26 (2.290 %)RoboHelp
26 (2.290 %)InDesign
35 (1.908 %)Acrobat
43 (1.145 %)MS Office
43 (1.145 %)Adobe Illustrator
43 (1.145 %)Photoshop
52 (0.763 %)MS Project
52 (0.763 %)MS Visio
Lancashire IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (0.382 %)Microsoft CRM
11 (0.382 %)Dynamics CRM
Lancashire IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
128 (10.69 %)Internet
24 (1.527 %)Intranet
33 (1.145 %)WAN
33 (1.145 %)VPN
33 (1.145 %)DNS
41 (0.382 %)TCP/IP
41 (0.382 %)Firewall
Lancashire IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1167 (63.74 %)SQL Server
245 (17.18 %)SQL Server 2005
337 (14.12 %)SQL Server 2000
426 (9.924 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
522 (8.397 %)MySQL
618 (6.870 %)Oracle Reports
717 (6.489 %)Crystal Reports
717 (6.489 %)SQL Server 7
89 (3.435 %)Oracle 8/8i
96 (2.290 %)ETL
96 (2.290 %)RDBMS
105 (1.908 %)BusinessObjects
114 (1.527 %)DataStage
114 (1.527 %)DTS
122 (0.763 %)EDRMS
131 (0.382 %)Datawarehouse
Lancashire IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
135 (13.36 %)Visual Studio
229 (11.07 %)VSS/SourceSafe
321 (8.015 %)Eclipse
410 (3.817 %)Flash
59 (3.435 %)JBuilder
63 (1.145 %)Dreamweaver
71 (0.382 %)NUnit
71 (0.382 %)Subversion
Lancashire IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
120 (7.634 %)Pensions
215 (5.725 %)Pharmaceutical
313 (4.962 %)Finance
412 (4.580 %)Health
412 (4.580 %)Marketing
412 (4.580 %)Insurance
511 (4.198 %)Retail
63 (1.145 %)Manufacturing
72 (0.763 %)Legal
72 (0.763 %)Government
72 (0.763 %)Telecoms
72 (0.763 %)Auditing
81 (0.382 %)Billing
81 (0.382 %)Investment Banking
81 (0.382 %)Banking
Lancashire IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1213 (81.30 %)Developer
253 (20.23 %)Web Developer
352 (19.85 %).NET Developer
432 (12.21 %)Software Developer
531 (11.83 %)Java Developer
626 (9.924 %)VB Developer
725 (9.542 %)C# Developer
824 (9.160 %)ASP.NET Developer
923 (8.779 %)Programmer
1021 (8.015 %)PHP Developer
1117 (6.489 %)Analyst
1216 (6.107 %)Analyst Programmer
1216 (6.107 %)Systems Developer
1313 (4.962 %)VB.NET Developer
1412 (4.580 %)PHP Web Developer
1511 (4.198 %)Applications Developer
1511 (4.198 %)Delphi Developer
1610 (3.817 %)Senior Developer
179 (3.435 %)SQL Developer
188 (3.053 %)Java Programmer
Lancashire IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
131 (11.83 %)N-Tier
217 (6.489 %)W3C
35 (1.908 %)Client/Server
35 (1.908 %)Web 2.0
41 (0.382 %)Management Information System
41 (0.382 %)Replication
41 (0.382 %)Clustering
Lancashire IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
127 (10.31 %)Windows
215 (5.725 %)Linux
33 (1.145 %)Windows XP
33 (1.145 %)UNIX
42 (0.763 %)Windows 2000
51 (0.382 %)Windows NT
51 (0.382 %)Windows Server 2003
Lancashire IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
123 (8.779 %)UML
221 (8.015 %)Web Development
318 (6.870 %)OO
417 (6.489 %)Unit Testing
513 (4.962 %)OOP
513 (4.962 %)Web Design
611 (4.198 %)CRM
710 (3.817 %)Systems Analysis
89 (3.435 %)Workflow
89 (3.435 %)Internet Marketing
89 (3.435 %)E-Commerce
98 (3.053 %)SEO
105 (1.908 %)OOD
105 (1.908 %)Migration
114 (1.527 %)Pay per click
114 (1.527 %)SC Cleared
114 (1.527 %)Security Cleared
114 (1.527 %)Agile Software Development
114 (1.527 %)Asset Management
114 (1.527 %)Content Management
Lancashire IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1159 (60.69 %)SQL
291 (34.73 %)VB
380 (30.53 %)VB6
380 (30.53 %)JavaScript
479 (30.15 %)VB.NET
575 (28.63 %)Java
660 (22.90 %)C#
755 (20.99 %)Transact-SQL
841 (15.65 %)PHP
918 (6.870 %)Delphi
1017 (6.489 %)C++
1114 (5.344 %)VBA
1210 (3.817 %)C
1210 (3.817 %)PHP5
138 (3.053 %)XAML
147 (2.672 %)DHTML
154 (1.527 %)PL/SQL
154 (1.527 %)Ruby
154 (1.527 %)PHP4
163 (1.145 %)VBScript
Lancashire IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
115 (5.725 %)Degree
24 (1.527 %)Microsoft Certification
33 (1.145 %)MCSE
33 (1.145 %)MCSA
Lancashire IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (0.382 %)QA
Lancashire IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
111 (4.198 %)MSMQ
21 (0.382 %)Terminal Services
Lancashire IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
168 (25.95 %)Oracle
238 (14.50 %)Microsoft
318 (6.870 %)Sybase
411 (4.198 %)Adobe
55 (1.908 %)Business Objects
64 (1.527 %)IBM
64 (1.527 %)Lotus
72 (0.763 %)Lagan
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