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This section looks at the demand for Extensible Markup Language (XML) skills within the Livingston 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 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkExtensible Markup Language (XML)
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank1210
Rank change on same period last yearDown-2
Matching permanent IT job ads2121
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.011 %0.009 %
As % of the category below36.21 %25.30 %
Salaries quoted1714
Average minimum salary£30,471£28,643
Average salary£34,647£31,107
% change on same period last year+11.37 %
Average maximum salary£38,824£33,571
UK excluding London average salary£35,819£36,655
% change on same period last year-2.27 %
Livingston IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Livingston
Matching permanent IT job ads5883
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.031 %0.035 %
Salaries quoted3327
Average minimum salary£33,442£30,723
Average salary£37,250£33,423
% change on same period last year+11.44 %
Average maximum salary£41,058£36,123
UK excluding London average salary£35,926£36,840
% change on same period last year-2.48 %
XML West LothianXML
West Lothian

XML
Demand Trend

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

Livingston 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 Livingston region.

Livingston XML Salary Trend

XML
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing XML across the Livingston region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008.

Livingston XML Salary Histogram

XML
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs across the Livingston 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.

131 (59.62 %)C#
131 (59.62 %).NET
228 (53.85 %)SQL Server
324 (46.15 %)ASP.NET
324 (46.15 %)Finance
422 (42.31 %)SQL Server 2005
422 (42.31 %)SQL
521 (40.38 %)Microsoft
620 (38.46 %)Microsoft Certification
620 (38.46 %)MCSD
719 (36.54 %)XSL
719 (36.54 %)Pensions
719 (36.54 %)SQL Server 2000
818 (34.62 %)Health
818 (34.62 %)MS Excel
917 (32.69 %)Legal
917 (32.69 %)Government
917 (32.69 %)Insurance
1015 (28.85 %)WebSphere
1113 (25.00 %)J2EE
1113 (25.00 %)Oracle
1113 (25.00 %)Java
1212 (23.08 %)EAI
1212 (23.08 %)WebSphere MQ
1311 (21.15 %)ASP.NET 2.0
1311 (21.15 %)WebServices
1410 (19.23 %)UML
159 (17.31 %)MQSeries
168 (15.38 %)Telecoms
168 (15.38 %)Middleware

XML
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs across the Livingston 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.

Livingston IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
131 (59.62 %).NET
224 (46.15 %)ASP.NET
319 (36.54 %)XSL
415 (28.85 %)WebSphere
513 (25.00 %)J2EE
611 (21.15 %)WebServices
611 (21.15 %)ASP.NET 2.0
78 (15.38 %)Middleware
87 (13.46 %)JMS
87 (13.46 %).NET Framework
96 (11.54 %)HTML
96 (11.54 %)SOAP
105 (9.615 %)UDDI
113 (5.769 %)XSLT
113 (5.769 %)WinForms
113 (5.769 %)AJAX
122 (3.846 %)XSD
122 (3.846 %)Java EE
131 (1.923 %)Adobe Flex
131 (1.923 %)Silverlight
Livingston IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
112 (23.08 %)WebSphere MQ
29 (17.31 %)MQSeries
36 (11.54 %)ESB
36 (11.54 %)WebSphere Message Broker
45 (9.615 %)WMQI
53 (5.769 %)SharePoint
53 (5.769 %)BizTalk Server
62 (3.846 %)WPS
71 (1.923 %)Apache
Livingston IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
118 (34.62 %)MS Excel
22 (3.846 %)MS Visio
22 (3.846 %)MS Office
Livingston IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
13 (5.769 %)TCP/IP
22 (3.846 %)Internet
31 (1.923 %)VoIP
Livingston IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
128 (53.85 %)SQL Server
222 (42.31 %)SQL Server 2005
319 (36.54 %)SQL Server 2000
45 (9.615 %)ETL
53 (5.769 %)Oracle Reports
61 (1.923 %)TOAD
61 (1.923 %)PostgreSQL
61 (1.923 %)MySQL
Livingston IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
16 (11.54 %)Visual Studio
21 (1.923 %)PVCS
21 (1.923 %)VSS/SourceSafe
21 (1.923 %)Ant
Livingston IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
124 (46.15 %)Finance
219 (36.54 %)Pensions
318 (34.62 %)Health
417 (32.69 %)Legal
417 (32.69 %)Insurance
417 (32.69 %)Government
58 (15.38 %)Telecoms
67 (13.46 %)Billing
74 (7.692 %)Education
Livingston IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
129 (55.77 %)Developer
217 (32.69 %)C# Developer
311 (21.15 %).NET Developer
49 (17.31 %)J2EE Team Leader
49 (17.31 %)Team Leader
57 (13.46 %)ASP.NET Developer
57 (13.46 %)Graduate Developer
57 (13.46 %)Graduate
57 (13.46 %)Graduate .NET Developer
65 (9.615 %)Junior
73 (5.769 %)Software Developer
82 (3.846 %)Architect
82 (3.846 %)Software Engineer
82 (3.846 %)Senior Developer
82 (3.846 %).NET Designer
82 (3.846 %)Junior Software Engineer
82 (3.846 %)Junior Developer
82 (3.846 %)WebSphere Architect
91 (1.923 %)Deployment Specialist
91 (1.923 %)Senior Software Developer
Livingston IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
15 (9.615 %)Computer Science
23 (5.769 %)Data Conversion
32 (3.846 %)PMI
32 (3.846 %)Mathematics
41 (1.923 %)N-Tier
Livingston IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
18 (15.38 %)UNIX
24 (7.692 %)Windows
33 (5.769 %)Linux
41 (1.923 %)Windows Server 2003
41 (1.923 %)Solaris
Livingston IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
112 (23.08 %)EAI
210 (19.23 %)UML
37 (13.46 %)BPEL
37 (13.46 %)CRM
37 (13.46 %)Project Management
45 (9.615 %)Test Scripting
53 (5.769 %)System Testing
53 (5.769 %)Unit Testing
53 (5.769 %)SOA
62 (3.846 %)Workflow
62 (3.846 %)Document Management
71 (1.923 %)RUP
71 (1.923 %)DSDM
71 (1.923 %)Scrum
71 (1.923 %)Unified Process
71 (1.923 %)Agile Software Development
71 (1.923 %)RDF
71 (1.923 %)Configuration Management
Livingston IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
131 (59.62 %)C#
222 (42.31 %)SQL
313 (25.00 %)Java
45 (9.615 %)PL/SQL
54 (7.692 %)Shell Script
63 (5.769 %)VB6
63 (5.769 %)VB
63 (5.769 %)JavaScript
63 (5.769 %)C++
71 (1.923 %)Transact-SQL
71 (1.923 %)VBScript
71 (1.923 %)Perl
71 (1.923 %)PHP
Livingston IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
120 (38.46 %)MCSD
120 (38.46 %)Microsoft Certification
27 (13.46 %)Sun Certification
33 (5.769 %)Degree
42 (3.846 %)MCP
42 (3.846 %)MCAD
Livingston IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
121 (40.38 %)Microsoft
213 (25.00 %)Oracle
37 (13.46 %)Sun
45 (9.615 %)IBM
54 (7.692 %)Informatica
61 (1.923 %)Remedy
61 (1.923 %)Ab Initio
61 (1.923 %)Genesys