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 Lancashire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited XML over the 3 months to 3 September 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 Lancashire region.

 Extensible Markup Language (XML)
Location
3 months to
3 Sep 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank16820
Rank change year-on-year
Down-8Up+12
Matching permanent IT job ads377597
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Lancashire9.415 %16.56 %8.097 %
As % of the Application Development category24.50 %34.72 %21.27 %
Salaries quoted316082
Average salary£30,000£30,000£32,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
--6.250 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£26,000£25,000£27,100
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£33,000£35,000£41,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£32,500£35,000
% change year-on-year
+7.690 %-7.140 %
Lancashire IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryAll Application Development
Lancashire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
151216456
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Lancashire38.42 %47.68 %38.06 %
Salaries quoted122152381
Average salary£30,000£30,000£29,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
-+2.560 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£24,000£23,000£23,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£35,000£40,000£35,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£33,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+6.060 %-5.710 %
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 3 September 2010.

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 3 September 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
PrestonUp+29£30,000+5.26 %
BlackburnDown-47£30,000+8.10 %
BurnleyNew entry-4£27,500-
ChorleyNew entry-1£28,500-
NelsonNew entry-1£29,000-
XML North WestXML
North West

XML
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 3 September 2010, 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.

154 (71.05 %)SQL Server
250 (65.79 %)JavaScript
343 (56.58 %).NET
434 (44.74 %)HTML
531 (40.79 %)CSS
629 (38.16 %)ASP.NET
726 (34.21 %)C#
726 (34.21 %)VB.NET
824 (31.58 %)SQL
824 (31.58 %)SQL Server 2005
923 (30.26 %)XHTML
1021 (27.63 %)Web Services
1120 (26.32 %)PHP
1219 (25.00 %)MySQL
1219 (25.00 %)Windows
1317 (22.37 %)AJAX
1415 (19.74 %)Microsoft
1415 (19.74 %)VB
1514 (18.42 %)Photoshop
1514 (18.42 %)SharePoint
1514 (18.42 %)SQL Server Integration Services
1514 (18.42 %)Team Foundation Server
1613 (17.11 %)jQuery
1613 (17.11 %)Visual Studio
1712 (15.79 %)JSP
1712 (15.79 %)Java
1712 (15.79 %)XSLT
1712 (15.79 %)SQL Server 2008
1811 (14.47 %)Degree
1811 (14.47 %)Finance

XML
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 3 September 2010, 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 Development CategoryApplication Development
143 (56.58 %).NET
234 (44.74 %)HTML
331 (40.79 %)CSS
429 (38.16 %)ASP.NET
523 (30.26 %)XHTML
621 (27.63 %)Web Services
717 (22.37 %)AJAX
813 (17.11 %)jQuery
912 (15.79 %)JSP
912 (15.79 %)XSLT
1011 (14.47 %)ASP
1110 (13.16 %)XML Messaging
129 (11.84 %)Flash
138 (10.53 %)J2EE
138 (10.53 %)DHTML
138 (10.53 %)XSL
147 (9.211 %)JSF
147 (9.211 %)EJB
155 (6.579 %)SOAP
155 (6.579 %)Struts
Lancashire IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
114 (18.42 %)SharePoint
28 (10.53 %)SharePoint Server 2007
36 (7.895 %)CMS
45 (6.579 %)Tomcat
45 (6.579 %)IIS
53 (3.947 %)SharePoint 2010
61 (1.316 %)Apache
61 (1.316 %)Joomla!
61 (1.316 %)DotNetNuke
61 (1.316 %)WordPress
Lancashire IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
114 (18.42 %)Photoshop
29 (11.84 %)MS Excel
35 (6.579 %)Fireworks
42 (2.632 %)Adobe Illustrator
51 (1.316 %)InDesign
51 (1.316 %)MS Office
51 (1.316 %)AutoCAD
Lancashire IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
13 (3.947 %)Pivotal CRM
22 (2.632 %)Summit
Lancashire IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
110 (13.16 %)FTP
23 (3.947 %)Internet
32 (2.632 %)Intranet
41 (1.316 %)TCP/IP
Lancashire IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
154 (71.05 %)SQL Server
224 (31.58 %)SQL Server 2005
319 (25.00 %)MySQL
414 (18.42 %)SQL Server Integration Services
512 (15.79 %)SQL Server 2008
66 (7.895 %)SQL Server 2000
73 (3.947 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
73 (3.947 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
81 (1.316 %)IDOL
81 (1.316 %)Crystal Reports
81 (1.316 %)DTS
Lancashire IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
114 (18.42 %)Team Foundation Server
213 (17.11 %)Visual Studio
39 (11.84 %)Dreamweaver
Lancashire IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
111 (14.47 %)Finance
27 (9.211 %)Marketing
33 (3.947 %)Multimedia
33 (3.947 %)Back Office
42 (2.632 %)Health
51 (1.316 %)Insurance
51 (1.316 %)Publishing
51 (1.316 %)Education
51 (1.316 %)Games
51 (1.316 %)Flash Games
51 (1.316 %)Social Media
Lancashire IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
158 (76.32 %)Developer
222 (28.95 %)Web Developer
321 (27.63 %).NET Developer
412 (15.79 %)PHP Developer
59 (11.84 %)C# Developer
59 (11.84 %)Systems Support
66 (7.895 %)Java Developer
75 (6.579 %)J2EE Developer
75 (6.579 %)Software Engineer
75 (6.579 %)JSP Developer
75 (6.579 %)Java/J2EE Developer
84 (5.263 %)Designer
84 (5.263 %)PHP Web Developer
84 (5.263 %).NET Web Developer
93 (3.947 %)SharePoint Developer
93 (3.947 %)Senior Developer
93 (3.947 %)VB.NET Developer
93 (3.947 %)Web Designer
93 (3.947 %)ASP.NET Developer
93 (3.947 %)Creative Web Designer
Lancashire IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
15 (6.579 %)E-Learning
23 (3.947 %)Mathematics
23 (3.947 %)Computer Science
31 (1.316 %)CCTV
31 (1.316 %)Web 2.0
31 (1.316 %)Social Network
31 (1.316 %)iPhone
Lancashire IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
119 (25.00 %)Windows
27 (9.211 %)Linux
35 (6.579 %)UNIX
43 (3.947 %)Windows Server 2008
51 (1.316 %)Android
Lancashire IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
110 (13.16 %)Web Development
28 (10.53 %)SEO
37 (9.211 %)Systems Analysis
45 (6.579 %)Pay per click
45 (6.579 %)OOD
45 (6.579 %)OOP
45 (6.579 %)OOA/OOD
45 (6.579 %)Email Marketing
54 (5.263 %)E-Commerce
54 (5.263 %)Software Engineering
63 (3.947 %)Workflow
63 (3.947 %)ERP
63 (3.947 %)CRM
63 (3.947 %)Project Management
72 (2.632 %)Search Engine Marketing
72 (2.632 %)Web Design
81 (1.316 %)TDD
81 (1.316 %)Business Analysis
81 (1.316 %)Requirements Analysis
81 (1.316 %)Validation
Lancashire IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
150 (65.79 %)JavaScript
226 (34.21 %)C#
226 (34.21 %)VB.NET
324 (31.58 %)SQL
420 (26.32 %)PHP
515 (19.74 %)VB
612 (15.79 %)Java
75 (6.579 %)T-SQL
75 (6.579 %)ActionScript
84 (5.263 %)VB6
92 (2.632 %)PHP5
92 (2.632 %)XPath
92 (2.632 %)C++
101 (1.316 %)C
101 (1.316 %)Pascal
101 (1.316 %)ActionScript 3.0
101 (1.316 %)ActionScript 2.0
Lancashire IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
111 (14.47 %)Degree
21 (1.316 %)Microsoft Certification
21 (1.316 %)Security Cleared
Lancashire IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
115 (19.74 %)Microsoft
210 (13.16 %)Oracle
37 (9.211 %)Adobe
42 (2.632 %)Macromedia
51 (1.316 %)Google
51 (1.316 %)Zend