The first table below looks at the demand for XML skills in IT jobs advertised for the Luton region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited XML over the 3 months to 24 May 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 Luton region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Extensible Markup Language (XML)
Rank 26 8 22
Rank change year-on-year
-18 +14
Permanent jobs citing XML 18 58 17
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Luton 4.865% 15.47% 6.615%
As % of the Application Development category 22.50% 37.18% 18.48%
Number of salaries quoted 11 32 14
Average salary £35,000 £41,250 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-15.15% +10.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £37,500 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £60,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £37,500 £35,309
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +6.20%
All Application Development
Luton
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
80 156 92
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Luton 21.62% 41.60% 35.80%
Number of salaries quoted 60 116 86
Average salary £37,500 £41,000 £33,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-8.53% +22.38%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £28,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £52,500 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
XML
Bedfordshire

XML
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Luton 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 Luton region.

Luton XML Salary Trend

XML
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing XML across the Luton region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Luton XML Salary Histogram

XML
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Luton 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 41 (61.19%) SQL
2 40 (59.70%) .NET
3 39 (58.21%) SQL Server
4 37 (55.22%) Oracle
4 37 (55.22%) C#
5 35 (52.24%) Microsoft
6 32 (47.76%) Web Services
7 29 (43.28%) .NET Framework
8 28 (41.79%) Internet
8 28 (41.79%) JavaScript
9 27 (40.30%) Windows
9 27 (40.30%) SQL Server 2005
10 25 (37.31%) HTML
11 24 (35.82%) Java
12 23 (34.33%) Degree
12 23 (34.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 22 (32.84%) ASP
14 21 (31.34%) VB
14 21 (31.34%) N-Tier
14 21 (31.34%) SQL Server 2008
14 21 (31.34%) DOC1
15 20 (29.85%) XMPie
16 18 (26.87%) Change Management
17 17 (25.37%) Unit Testing
17 17 (25.37%) Continuous Integration
17 17 (25.37%) Refactoring
17 17 (25.37%) TDD
18 15 (22.39%) Team Foundation Server
19 14 (20.90%) PrintSoft PReS
19 14 (20.90%) Exstream

XML
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Luton 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 40 (59.70%) .NET
2 32 (47.76%) Web Services
3 29 (43.28%) .NET Framework
4 25 (37.31%) HTML
5 22 (32.84%) ASP
6 5 (7.463%) Silverlight
7 4 (5.970%) XSL
8 2 (2.985%) NHibernate
8 2 (2.985%) jQuery
8 2 (2.985%) WCF
8 2 (2.985%) WF
8 2 (2.985%) WinForms
8 2 (2.985%) ASP.NET
8 2 (2.985%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
9 1 (1.493%) ASP.NET MVC
9 1 (1.493%) JSP
9 1 (1.493%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 13 (19.40%) SharePoint
1 13 (19.40%) Exstream Dialogue
2 10 (14.93%) SharePoint Server
3 9 (13.43%) BizTalk Server
4 3 (4.478%) Oracle Workflow
5 2 (2.985%) IIS
6 1 (1.493%) ColdFusion
6 1 (1.493%) Papyrus
6 1 (1.493%) CMS
Applications
1 21 (31.34%) DOC1
2 14 (20.90%) PrintSoft PReS
2 14 (20.90%) MS Excel
3 1 (1.493%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 14 (20.90%) Exstream
Communications & Networking
1 28 (41.79%) Internet
2 2 (2.985%) HTTP
3 1 (1.493%) Firewall
3 1 (1.493%) HTTPS
3 1 (1.493%) Cisco PIX
3 1 (1.493%) Network Security
3 1 (1.493%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (58.21%) SQL Server
2 27 (40.30%) SQL Server 2005
3 23 (34.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 21 (31.34%) SQL Server 2008
5 14 (20.90%) RDBMS
6 9 (13.43%) SQL Server 2000
7 8 (11.94%) GIS
8 6 (8.955%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 5 (7.463%) Data Warehouse
10 2 (2.985%) Crystal Reports
10 2 (2.985%) SQL Server 2012
11 1 (1.493%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 15 (22.39%) Team Foundation Server
2 4 (5.970%) Visual Studio
3 2 (2.985%) NUnit
4 1 (1.493%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 10 (14.93%) Finance
2 1 (1.493%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 30 (44.78%) Developer
1 30 (44.78%) Analyst
2 24 (35.82%) Support Analyst
3 21 (31.34%) .NET Developer
4 17 (25.37%) C# Developer
4 17 (25.37%) C# .NET Developer
5 13 (19.40%) Graduate
5 13 (19.40%) Technical Support
5 13 (19.40%) Technical Analyst
5 13 (19.40%) Technical Support Analyst
5 13 (19.40%) Graduate Support Analyst
6 12 (17.91%) Architect
7 11 (16.42%) Solutions Architect
7 11 (16.42%) Applications Support
7 11 (16.42%) Applications Support Analyst
8 6 (8.955%) Developer Analyst
8 6 (8.955%) .NET Analyst Programmer
8 6 (8.955%) .NET Programmer
8 6 (8.955%) C# Analyst Programmer
8 6 (8.955%) Analyst Programmer
Miscellaneous
1 21 (31.34%) N-Tier
2 12 (17.91%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (2.985%) Management Information System
3 2 (2.985%) Client/Server
4 1 (1.493%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 27 (40.30%) Windows
2 6 (8.955%) Linux
3 3 (4.478%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (26.87%) Change Management
2 17 (25.37%) Unit Testing
2 17 (25.37%) Continuous Integration
2 17 (25.37%) Refactoring
2 17 (25.37%) TDD
3 12 (17.91%) OO
4 11 (16.42%) ETL
5 9 (13.43%) Software Engineering
6 8 (11.94%) SOA
6 8 (11.94%) AOP
6 8 (11.94%) MVC
6 8 (11.94%) Workflow
7 6 (8.955%) UML
8 5 (7.463%) Data Transformation
8 5 (7.463%) Supplier Management
9 3 (4.478%) TOGAF
9 3 (4.478%) Stakeholder Management
10 2 (2.985%) Information Management
10 2 (2.985%) Use Case
10 2 (2.985%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 41 (61.19%) SQL
2 37 (55.22%) C#
3 28 (41.79%) JavaScript
4 24 (35.82%) Java
5 21 (31.34%) VB
6 6 (8.955%) VB.NET
7 2 (2.985%) VB6
7 2 (2.985%) VBA
7 2 (2.985%) T-SQL
7 2 (2.985%) PHP
8 1 (1.493%) C
Qualifications
1 23 (34.33%) Degree
2 3 (4.478%) ISEB
3 1 (1.493%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (1.493%) CCIE
3 1 (1.493%) CCSP
3 1 (1.493%) CCNP
3 1 (1.493%) CCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (14.93%) QA
2 2 (2.985%) SLA
Vendors
1 37 (55.22%) Oracle
2 35 (52.24%) Microsoft
3 20 (29.85%) XMPie
4 14 (20.90%) HP
5 9 (13.43%) Sybase
6 1 (1.493%) Cisco
6 1 (1.493%) CheckPoint
6 1 (1.493%) VMware
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