North West X++ Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for X++ skills within the North West region with a comparison to our Programming Languages category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited X++ over the 3 months to 8 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Berkshire Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Cheshire City of London Crewe Doncaster East Midlands East of England England Glasgow Hertfordshire Lancashire Leicestershire Liverpool London Manchester Merseyside Midlands Milton Keynes Nantwich North West Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Peterborough Scotland South East South Yorkshire Staffordshire Surrey UK Watford West Midlands Yorkshire	3 months to 8 Sep 2008	Same period last year
Rank	227	243
Rank change on same period last year	+16
Matching permanent IT job ads	34	35
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	0.019 %	0.015 %
As % of the category below	0.695 %	0.593 %
Salaries quoted	30	35
Average minimum salary	£34,833	£53,886
Average salary	£40,733	£56,657
% change on same period last year	-28.10 %
Average maximum salary	£46,633	£59,429
UK excluding London average salary	£42,214	£51,128
% change on same period last year	-17.43 %
Programming Languages North West
Matching permanent IT job ads	4889	5905
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	2.715 %	2.487 %
Salaries quoted	4152	5005
Average minimum salary	£29,020	£30,266
Average salary	£31,826	£33,090
% change on same period last year	-3.81 %
Average maximum salary	£34,632	£35,914
UK excluding London average salary	£35,278	£35,644
% change on same period last year	-1.02 %
X++ England

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing X++ across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

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Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing X++ across the North West region.

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Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing X++ across the North West region over the 3 months to 8 September 2008.

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Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing X++ within the North West region over the 3 months to 8 September 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.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Permanent IT Job Ads	Average Salary Last 3 Months	Average Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year
Cheshire	-	29	£40,352	-
Manchester	-4	2	-	-
Merseyside	+2	2	£42,500	+51.78 %
Lancashire	-	1	£47,500	-

X++ England

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 September 2008, IT jobs across the North West region citing X++ 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 X++.

1 57 (86.36 %) MorphX 2 46 (69.70 %) Dynamics AX 3 44 (66.67 %) Axapta 4 36 (54.55 %) MS Excel 5 35 (53.03 %) SQL Server 6 30 (45.45 %) Microsoft 7 27 (40.91 %) .NET 8 26 (39.39 %) ERP 9 24 (36.36 %) C# 10 23 (34.85 %) XML 10 23 (34.85 %) EDI 11 20 (30.30 %) BizTalk Server 11 20 (30.30 %) SharePoint 12 14 (21.21 %) Pensions 13 13 (19.70 %) OO

14 9 (13.64 %) OOD 14 9 (13.64 %) Finance 15 7 (10.61 %) Logistics 15 7 (10.61 %) Dynamics CRM 15 7 (10.61 %) SQL 15 7 (10.61 %) MS Visio 15 7 (10.61 %) CRM 16 3 (4.545 %) C++ 16 3 (4.545 %) Java 16 3 (4.545 %) Oracle 16 3 (4.545 %) Technical Architecture 16 3 (4.545 %) Retail 16 3 (4.545 %) SQL Server 2008 17 2 (3.030 %) Business Analysis 17 2 (3.030 %) Construction

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 September 2008, IT jobs across the North West region citing X++ 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 X++. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 27 (40.91 %) .NET 2 23 (34.85 %) XML 2 23 (34.85 %) EDI	Application Platforms 1 20 (30.30 %) SharePoint 1 20 (30.30 %) BizTalk Server
Applications 1 36 (54.55 %) MS Excel 2 7 (10.61 %) MS Visio	Business Applications 1 46 (69.70 %) Dynamics AX 2 44 (66.67 %) Axapta 3 7 (10.61 %) Dynamics CRM
Database & Business Intelligence 1 35 (53.03 %) SQL Server 2 3 (4.545 %) SQL Server 2008	Development Applications 1 57 (86.36 %) MorphX
General 1 14 (21.21 %) Pensions 2 9 (13.64 %) Finance 3 3 (4.545 %) Retail 4 2 (3.030 %) Construction 4 2 (3.030 %) Manufacturing 4 2 (3.030 %) Marketing 5 1 (1.515 %) Back Office	Job Titles 1 57 (86.36 %) Developer 2 28 (42.42 %) Axapta Developer 3 25 (37.88 %) Dynamics AX Developer 4 8 (12.12 %) Microsoft Developer 5 4 (6.061 %) Software Developer
Processes & Methodologies 1 26 (39.39 %) ERP 2 13 (19.70 %) OO 3 9 (13.64 %) OOD 4 7 (10.61 %) CRM 4 7 (10.61 %) Logistics 5 3 (4.545 %) Technical Architecture 6 2 (3.030 %) Business Analysis 6 2 (3.030 %) Migration 6 2 (3.030 %) Data Migration 7 1 (1.515 %) Time Management	Programming Languages 1 24 (36.36 %) C# 2 7 (10.61 %) SQL 3 3 (4.545 %) C++ 3 3 (4.545 %) Java
Qualifications 1 1 (1.515 %) Degree	Vendors 1 30 (45.45 %) Microsoft 2 3 (4.545 %) Oracle