The first table below looks at the demand for XML skills in IT jobs advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited XML over the 3 months to 19 June 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 North West region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Extensible Markup Language (XML)
Rank 21 17 18
Rank change year-on-year
-4 +1
Permanent jobs citing XML 695 813 690
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 9.502% 11.11% 9.836%
As % of the Application Development category 19.59% 22.53% 22.23%
Number of salaries quoted 641 730 634
Average salary £33,500 £32,500 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.07% -
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £26,000 £23,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £42,500 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £37,000 £36,500
% change year-on-year
-5.40% +1.36%
All Application Development
North West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
3547 3608 3104
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 48.50% 49.29% 44.25%
Number of salaries quoted 3163 3309 2834
Average salary £34,000 £34,000 £33,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +1.49%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,000 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £47,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £36,500
% change year-on-year
- +2.73%
XML
England

XML
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West 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 North West region.

North West XML Salary Trend

XML
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing XML across the North West region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

North West 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 North West region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Find
Job
Vacancies
Manchester -6 406 £35,000 +9.37% 40
Cheshire 0 208 £32,250 -7.85% 20
Merseyside -6 42 £35,000 - 16
Lancashire -3 34 £32,500 +3.17% 6
XML
England

XML
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the North West 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.

1 828 (62.68%) .NET
2 744 (56.32%) SQL
3 708 (53.60%) ASP.NET
4 677 (51.25%) C#
5 657 (49.74%) JavaScript
6 603 (45.65%) HTML
7 587 (44.44%) SQL Server
8 510 (38.61%) CSS
9 505 (38.23%) Web Services
10 365 (27.63%) Microsoft
11 343 (25.97%) jQuery
12 336 (25.44%) OO
13 280 (21.20%) VB.NET
14 262 (19.83%) MVC
15 251 (19.00%) Windows
16 242 (18.32%) PHP
17 240 (18.17%) Degree
18 236 (17.87%) Visual Studio
19 235 (17.79%) Java
20 229 (17.34%) Ajax
21 216 (16.35%) Finance
22 211 (15.97%) T-SQL
23 205 (15.52%) MySQL
24 197 (14.91%) SOAP
25 194 (14.69%) XSLT
26 183 (13.85%) Linux
27 176 (13.32%) Web Development
28 173 (13.10%) Agile Software Development
29 165 (12.49%) Oracle
30 157 (11.88%) .NET Framework

XML
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the North West 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
1 828 (62.68%) .NET
2 708 (53.60%) ASP.NET
3 603 (45.65%) HTML
4 510 (38.61%) CSS
5 505 (38.23%) Web Services
6 343 (25.97%) jQuery
7 229 (17.34%) Ajax
8 197 (14.91%) SOAP
9 194 (14.69%) XSLT
10 157 (11.88%) .NET Framework
11 138 (10.45%) WCF
12 119 (9.008%) XHTML
13 112 (8.478%) JSON
14 98 (7.419%) ASP.NET MVC
15 95 (7.192%) HTML5
16 89 (6.737%) J2EE
16 89 (6.737%) LINQ
17 75 (5.678%) ASP
18 73 (5.526%) JSP
19 71 (5.375%) WPF
Application Platforms
1 79 (5.980%) SharePoint
2 77 (5.829%) CMS
2 77 (5.829%) IIS
3 75 (5.678%) Apache
4 52 (3.936%) Tomcat
5 23 (1.741%) BizTalk Server
6 19 (1.438%) SharePoint 2010
6 19 (1.438%) Umbraco
7 15 (1.136%) nginx
8 14 (1.060%) WordPress
8 14 (1.060%) Windows Azure
9 13 (0.984%) GlassFish
10 12 (0.908%) WebSphere Application Server
11 11 (0.833%) Magento
12 10 (0.757%) Drupal
12 10 (0.757%) SharePoint Server
13 9 (0.681%) Apache Solr
14 7 (0.530%) WebLogic
15 6 (0.454%) Jetty
15 6 (0.454%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 155 (11.73%) MS Excel
2 14 (1.060%) Photoshop
3 9 (0.681%) MS Project
3 9 (0.681%) InfoPath
4 8 (0.606%) MS Office
5 7 (0.530%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.151%) Adobe Illustrator
7 1 (0.076%) RoboHelp
7 1 (0.076%) Fireworks
7 1 (0.076%) Adobe Captivate
Business Applications
1 69 (5.223%) Dynamics CRM
2 21 (1.590%) Dynamics AX
3 12 (0.908%) Bond Adapt
4 11 (0.833%) Oracle EBS
5 10 (0.757%) Visualfiles
6 8 (0.606%) Oracle EBS R12
7 7 (0.530%) Oracle Financials
8 2 (0.151%) SAP Business One
8 2 (0.151%) Oracle HRMS
9 1 (0.076%) BusinessWorks
9 1 (0.076%) MFGPRO
9 1 (0.076%) Oracle iRecruitment
9 1 (0.076%) Oracle BPM
9 1 (0.076%) TIBCO iProcess
Communications & Networking
1 102 (7.721%) HTTP
2 73 (5.526%) Internet
3 15 (1.136%) Intranet
4 8 (0.606%) Extranet
5 5 (0.379%) SAN
6 4 (0.303%) iSCSI
6 4 (0.303%) Fibre Channel
6 4 (0.303%) CTI
7 3 (0.227%) DNS
7 3 (0.227%) Ethernet
7 3 (0.227%) FTP
7 3 (0.227%) NAS
8 2 (0.151%) Broadband
8 2 (0.151%) Firewall
9 1 (0.076%) SSL
9 1 (0.076%) VoIP
9 1 (0.076%) SNMP
9 1 (0.076%) VPN
9 1 (0.076%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 587 (44.44%) SQL Server
2 205 (15.52%) MySQL
3 133 (10.07%) SQL Server 2008
3 133 (10.07%) SQL Server 2005
4 79 (5.980%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 76 (5.753%) RDBMS
6 60 (4.542%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 47 (3.558%) Data Warehouse
8 42 (3.179%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 25 (1.893%) PostgreSQL
9 25 (1.893%) OLAP
10 23 (1.741%) SQL Server 2000
10 23 (1.741%) DB2
11 17 (1.287%) Oracle 8/8i
12 14 (1.060%) Crystal Reports
13 12 (0.908%) Oracle 11g
14 11 (0.833%) Oracle 10g
14 11 (0.833%) SQL Server 2012
14 11 (0.833%) NoSQL
15 10 (0.757%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 236 (17.87%) Visual Studio
2 95 (7.192%) Subversion
3 55 (4.164%) JUnit
3 55 (4.164%) Eclipse
4 46 (3.482%) Team Foundation Server
5 42 (3.179%) VSS/SourceSafe
6 41 (3.104%) Ant
7 38 (2.877%) Git (software)
8 16 (1.211%) JIRA
9 14 (1.060%) WATIR
9 14 (1.060%) Selenium
9 14 (1.060%) FitNesse
10 12 (0.908%) NUnit
11 10 (0.757%) LSMW
12 7 (0.530%) Synon
12 7 (0.530%) Dreamweaver
12 7 (0.530%) ClearCase
12 7 (0.530%) MorphX
12 7 (0.530%) Rhino Mocks
12 7 (0.530%) Rational DOORS
General
1 216 (16.35%) Finance
2 72 (5.450%) Marketing
3 66 (4.996%) Back Office
4 62 (4.693%) Retail
5 40 (3.028%) Telecoms
6 32 (2.422%) Games
7 22 (1.665%) Legal
8 11 (0.833%) Banking
9 9 (0.681%) Aerospace
9 9 (0.681%) Law
10 8 (0.606%) Local Government
10 8 (0.606%) Manufacturing
10 8 (0.606%) Electronics
11 7 (0.530%) Financial Institution
11 7 (0.530%) Advertising
11 7 (0.530%) Military
12 4 (0.303%) Billing
12 4 (0.303%) Pharmaceutical
12 4 (0.303%) Automotive
13 3 (0.227%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 1043 (78.96%) Developer
2 391 (29.60%) .NET Developer
3 232 (17.56%) C# Developer
4 204 (15.44%) Web Developer
5 186 (14.08%) C# .NET Developer
6 171 (12.94%) ASP.NET Developer
7 130 (9.841%) C# ASP.NET Developer
8 109 (8.251%) Software Developer
9 103 (7.797%) Analyst
10 93 (7.040%) Java Developer
11 81 (6.132%) Senior Developer
12 70 (5.299%) PHP Developer
13 66 (4.996%) VB.NET Developer
14 59 (4.466%) Software Engineer
14 59 (4.466%) .NET Web Developer
15 56 (4.239%) C# Web Developer
16 53 (4.012%) Junior
17 51 (3.861%) Junior Developer
18 45 (3.407%) SQL Developer
19 43 (3.255%) .NET Software Developer
Miscellaneous
1 74 (5.602%) Computer Science
2 65 (4.921%) Open Source
3 61 (4.618%) Mobile App
4 55 (4.164%) N-Tier
5 53 (4.012%) Enterprise Software
6 48 (3.634%) Client/Server
7 16 (1.211%) Data Extraction
8 12 (0.908%) Digital Media
9 11 (0.833%) FMCG
10 10 (0.757%) Management Information System
11 8 (0.606%) Data Integration
11 8 (0.606%) Blackberry
12 7 (0.530%) iSeries
13 6 (0.454%) Credit Risk
13 6 (0.454%) Derivative
13 6 (0.454%) 3D Graphics
13 6 (0.454%) W3C
14 5 (0.379%) Replication
14 5 (0.379%) Clustering
14 5 (0.379%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 251 (19.00%) Windows
2 183 (13.85%) Linux
3 113 (8.554%) UNIX
4 32 (2.422%) Android
5 16 (1.211%) Apple iOS
5 16 (1.211%) Solaris
6 14 (1.060%) Windows Server 2008
7 10 (0.757%) Windows Phone
8 8 (0.606%) Windows Server 2003
9 6 (0.454%) AIX
10 3 (0.227%) Mac OS X
11 2 (0.151%) Windows Mobile
11 2 (0.151%) OpenVMS
12 1 (0.076%) Windows XP
12 1 (0.076%) Windows NT
12 1 (0.076%) Windows 2000
12 1 (0.076%) Windows 2000 Server
12 1 (0.076%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 336 (25.44%) OO
2 262 (19.83%) MVC
3 176 (13.32%) Web Development
4 173 (13.10%) Agile Software Development
5 139 (10.52%) Unit Testing
6 115 (8.706%) E-Commerce
7 104 (7.873%) OOP
8 87 (6.586%) CRM
9 85 (6.435%) TDD
10 84 (6.359%) UML
11 74 (5.602%) Project Management
12 73 (5.526%) Scrum
13 72 (5.450%) Business Intelligence
14 51 (3.861%) Waterfall
15 49 (3.709%) Use Case
16 45 (3.407%) Web Design
16 45 (3.407%) Load Balancing
17 44 (3.331%) ETL
17 44 (3.331%) User Acceptance Testing
18 41 (3.104%) OOD
Programming Languages
1 744 (56.32%) SQL
2 677 (51.25%) C#
3 657 (49.74%) JavaScript
4 280 (21.20%) VB.NET
5 242 (18.32%) PHP
6 235 (17.79%) Java
7 211 (15.97%) T-SQL
8 127 (9.614%) VB
9 79 (5.980%) PL/SQL
10 71 (5.375%) Perl
11 69 (5.223%) C++
12 62 (4.693%) VB6
13 45 (3.407%) VBA
14 43 (3.255%) XPath
15 40 (3.028%) C
16 39 (2.952%) Ruby
17 35 (2.650%) Python
18 30 (2.271%) ActionScript
19 26 (1.968%) ActionScript 3.0
20 24 (1.817%) PHP5
Qualifications
1 240 (18.17%) Degree
2 72 (5.450%) Microsoft Certification
3 22 (1.665%) Security Cleared
4 20 (1.514%) MCTS
5 15 (1.136%) MCP
6 8 (0.606%) MCAD
6 8 (0.606%) MCSD
7 6 (0.454%) MCPD
8 4 (0.303%) ISEB
9 3 (0.227%) SC Cleared
10 2 (0.151%) DV Cleared
10 2 (0.151%) ISTQB
10 2 (0.151%) MCDBA
11 1 (0.076%) PMI Certification
11 1 (0.076%) MCSE
11 1 (0.076%) MCSA
11 1 (0.076%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 58 (4.391%) QA
2 40 (3.028%) WAI
3 13 (0.984%) SLA
4 5 (0.379%) HL7
5 4 (0.303%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.076%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 8 (0.606%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (0.379%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.303%) Hyper-V
4 3 (0.227%) Terminal Services
5 2 (0.151%) Oracle RAC
6 1 (0.076%) NFS
6 1 (0.076%) vSphere
6 1 (0.076%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 1 (0.076%) Plesk
Vendors
1 365 (27.63%) Microsoft
2 165 (12.49%) Oracle
3 38 (2.877%) SAP
4 34 (2.574%) Zend
5 19 (1.438%) JBoss
5 19 (1.438%) IBM
6 16 (1.211%) Google
7 13 (0.984%) JD Edwards
8 11 (0.833%) Business Objects
9 10 (0.757%) VMware
9 10 (0.757%) Apple
10 9 (0.681%) ESRI
10 9 (0.681%) EPiServer
11 8 (0.606%) Ab Initio
11 8 (0.606%) Symbian
12 7 (0.530%) Baan
12 7 (0.530%) Remedy
12 7 (0.530%) PeopleSoft
12 7 (0.530%) Fujitsu
12 7 (0.530%) Sencha
Warrington, Cheshire
Essential Skills: - C# - ASP.NET - Javascript - HTML, XML, XSLT - SQL Server (TSQL for SQL Server) - Relational database structures and principles - Object Oriented Programming practices and principles Ideally the ...
Evolution Recruitment Solutions
Salary: 35,000 - 40,000
Posted: 17 June 2013
North West
ASP.NET Developer (ASP.NET VB.NET HTML CSS XML C# MOBILE) One of our clients, a leading organisation based in Crewe is looking to recruit an ASP...
Premier Group Recruitment
Salary: £18000.00 - £26000.00
Posted: 13 June 2013
Birkenhead, Merseyside
As their C#.NET Developer, you be will responsible for developing & maintaining bespoke software throughout the entire development lifecycle... Technically they are looking for someone with the following...
Greywood Associates Limited
Salary: £35000 per annum + Bens
Posted: 13 June 2013
Birkenhead, North West
As their C#.NET Developer, you be will responsible for developing & maintaining bespoke software throughout the entire development lifecycle... Technically they are looking for someone with the following...
greywood
Salary: £35000 per annum + Bens
Posted: 17 June 2013
Birkenhead, North West
As their C#.NET Developer, you be will responsible for developing & maintaining bespoke software for my client. Technically they are looking for someone with the following skill set,...
greywood
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum + bens
Posted: 14 June 2013
Birkenhead, Merseyside
Greywood Associates Limited
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum + bens
Posted: 14 June 2013
Chester, North West
greywood
Salary: £30000 - £45000 per annum + bens
Posted: 14 June 2013
Chester, Cheshire
Greywood Associates Limited
Salary: £30000 - £45000 per annum + bens
Posted: 14 June 2013
Wigan, North West
Computer Futures
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum
Posted: 5 June 2013
Chester, North West
Mint
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 29 May 2013
Wigan, North West
greywood
Salary: £25000 - £30000 per annum + bens
Posted: 29 May 2013
Wigan, Lancashire
Greywood Associates Limited
Salary: £25000 - £30000 per annum + bens
Posted: 14 June 2013
Bolton, Lancashire
Recital Consulting
Salary: From £25,000 to £35,000 per annum
Posted: 17 June 2013
Merseyside
Resolve Recruitment
Salary: From £20,000 to £30,000 per annum
Posted: 14 June 2013
Liverpool, North West
Computer Futures
Posted: 4 June 2013
Crewe, Cheshire
Senitor Associates
Salary: £16000 - £25000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 14 June 2013
Birkenhead, Merseyside
Greywood Associates Limited
Salary: £22000 per annum + Bens
Posted: 13 June 2013
Birkenhead, North West
greywood
Salary: £22000 per annum + Bens
Posted: 17 June 2013
Macclesfield, Cheshire
TEKsystems
Salary: £23000 - £36000 per annum + bonus + package
Posted: 13 June 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
TEKsystems
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum + package+benefits+bonus
Posted: 13 June 2013
Oldham, Lancashire
Searchability.co.uk
Salary: £22000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 14 June 2013
Cheshire
ninesharp
Salary: £28000 - £35000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 13 June 2013
Manchester, North West
McGregor Boyall
Salary: £20000 - £30000 per annum + Benefits package
Posted: 19 June 2013
Liverpool, North West
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £28000.00 per annum + bens
Posted: 30 May 2013
Stockport, North West
Computer Futures
Salary: £36000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 27 May 2013