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The table below looks at the demand for Extensible Markup Language (XML) skills within the North West 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 7 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkExtensible Markup Language (XML)
Location
3 months to
7 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank1513
Rank change on same period last yearDown-2
Matching permanent IT job ads9371363
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.547 %0.584 %
As % of the category below25.78 %29.44 %
Salaries quoted8151135
Average minimum salary£29,142£30,097
Average salary£31,839£32,883
% change on same period last year-3.17 %
Average maximum salary£34,536£35,669
UK excluding London average salary£35,829£36,216
% change on same period last year-1.06 %
North West IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
North West
Matching permanent IT job ads36354629
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled2.122 %1.984 %
Salaries quoted31943909
Average minimum salary£29,169£31,541
Average salary£32,007£34,885
% change on same period last year-8.25 %
Average maximum salary£34,844£38,229
UK excluding London average salary£35,966£36,644
% change on same period last year-1.85 %
XML EnglandXML
England

XML
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 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 Demand Trend

XML
Salary Trend

The 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

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing XML across the North West region over the 3 months to 7 October 2008.

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 7 October 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.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
ManchesterDown-1463£30,552-10.46 %
CheshireDown-4304£31,987+0.96 %
LancashireUp+1107£33,061+3.47 %
MerseysideDown-776£35,628+11.11 %
CumbriaDown-161£30,000+11.80 %
XML EnglandXML
England

XML
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, 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.

11189 (59.10 %).NET
21061 (52.73 %)SQL Server
3861 (42.79 %)ASP.NET
4824 (40.95 %)C#
5782 (38.87 %)SQL
6745 (37.03 %)HTML
7676 (33.60 %)JavaScript
8624 (31.01 %)WebServices
9561 (27.88 %)Java
10560 (27.83 %)CSS
11402 (19.98 %)AJAX
12388 (19.28 %)OO
13353 (17.54 %)VB.NET
14352 (17.50 %)VB
15351 (17.45 %)ASP
16339 (16.85 %)XSLT
17312 (15.51 %)Microsoft
18300 (14.91 %)XHTML
19282 (14.02 %)SQL Server 2005
20277 (13.77 %)SQL Server 2000
21272 (13.52 %)Oracle
22260 (12.92 %)Degree
23247 (12.28 %)Web Development
24246 (12.23 %)J2EE
25235 (11.68 %)Windows
26223 (11.08 %)Visual Studio
27217 (10.79 %)IIS
28209 (10.39 %)PHP
29208 (10.34 %)MySQL
30206 (10.24 %)JSP

XML
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, 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.

North West IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11189 (59.10 %).NET
2861 (42.79 %)ASP.NET
3745 (37.03 %)HTML
4624 (31.01 %)WebServices
5560 (27.83 %)CSS
6402 (19.98 %)AJAX
7351 (17.45 %)ASP
8339 (16.85 %)XSLT
9300 (14.91 %)XHTML
10246 (12.23 %)J2EE
11206 (10.24 %)JSP
12179 (8.897 %).NET Framework
13156 (7.753 %)SOAP
14123 (6.113 %)Spring
15113 (5.616 %)Struts
16109 (5.417 %)EJB
1793 (4.622 %)Servlets
1885 (4.225 %)WinForms
1984 (4.175 %)JDBC
2080 (3.976 %)XSL
North West IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1217 (10.79 %)IIS
271 (3.529 %)CMS
365 (3.231 %)Apache
456 (2.783 %)Tomcat
555 (2.734 %)SharePoint
635 (1.740 %)WebLogic
734 (1.690 %)SharePoint Server 2007
826 (1.292 %)ColdFusion
924 (1.193 %)WebSphere Application Server
1018 (0.895 %)JBoss
1018 (0.895 %)BizTalk Server
1114 (0.696 %)MTS
1213 (0.646 %)GlassFish
1312 (0.596 %)Lotus Domino
1411 (0.547 %)Oracle Application Server
1510 (0.497 %)Lotus Notes
168 (0.398 %)WebSphere MQ
177 (0.348 %)Oracle 9iAS
185 (0.249 %)Commerce Server
185 (0.249 %)Oracle Workflow
North West IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1179 (8.897 %)MS Excel
276 (3.777 %)Photoshop
326 (1.292 %)MS Office
414 (0.696 %)Adobe Illustrator
414 (0.696 %)ImageReady
513 (0.646 %)Fireworks
610 (0.497 %)Adobe Director
78 (0.398 %)MS Visio
85 (0.249 %)Shockwave
85 (0.249 %)Acrobat
94 (0.199 %)MS PowerPoint
103 (0.149 %)InDesign
103 (0.149 %)FrameMaker
103 (0.149 %)MS Project
112 (0.099 %)InfoPath
North West IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
137 (1.839 %)Dynamics AX
226 (1.292 %)Axapta
316 (0.795 %)Oracle Applications
47 (0.348 %)Oracle 11i
56 (0.298 %)Navision
65 (0.249 %)Microsoft CRM
73 (0.149 %)Dynamics CRM
82 (0.099 %)WebTrends
91 (0.050 %)Oracle EBS
91 (0.050 %)MAXIMO
91 (0.050 %)Oracle Financials
North West IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1183 (9.095 %)Internet
2127 (6.312 %)Intranet
3102 (5.070 %)HTTP
427 (1.342 %)SMTP
526 (1.292 %)DNS
621 (1.044 %)TCP/IP
718 (0.895 %)FTP
812 (0.596 %)DHCP
910 (0.497 %)ADSL
910 (0.497 %)HDSL
109 (0.447 %)WAN
118 (0.398 %)SSL
127 (0.348 %)HTTPS
127 (0.348 %)DSL
136 (0.298 %)BT 21CN
136 (0.298 %)LAN
144 (0.199 %)GPRS
144 (0.199 %)Wireless
153 (0.149 %)Firewall
153 (0.149 %)Wi-Fi
North West IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11061 (52.73 %)SQL Server
2282 (14.02 %)SQL Server 2005
3277 (13.77 %)SQL Server 2000
4208 (10.34 %)MySQL
582 (4.076 %)Crystal Reports
659 (2.932 %)RDBMS
745 (2.237 %)Oracle 9i
840 (1.988 %)Oracle 10g
840 (1.988 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
935 (1.740 %)SQL Server 2008
935 (1.740 %)DB2
1031 (1.541 %)Oracle Reports
1128 (1.392 %)Oracle 8/8i
1225 (1.243 %)Datawarehouse
1317 (0.845 %)DTS
1317 (0.845 %)PostgreSQL
1416 (0.795 %)MS Access
1416 (0.795 %)BusinessObjects
1511 (0.547 %)Oracle Discoverer
164 (0.199 %)ETL
North West IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
1223 (11.08 %)Visual Studio
2101 (5.020 %)Flash
376 (3.777 %)Ant
470 (3.479 %)Eclipse
559 (2.932 %)Dreamweaver
652 (2.584 %)JUnit
745 (2.237 %)JDeveloper
837 (1.839 %)MorphX
936 (1.789 %)VSS/SourceSafe
1030 (1.491 %)Oracle Forms
1115 (0.746 %)NUnit
1211 (0.547 %)Subversion
136 (0.298 %)JBuilder
145 (0.249 %)PowerBuilder
154 (0.199 %)Oracle Developer 2000
163 (0.149 %)JIRA
172 (0.099 %)Oracle APEX
172 (0.099 %)InstallShield
172 (0.099 %)ProC
181 (0.050 %)ClearQuest
North West IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1167 (8.300 %)Pensions
2155 (7.704 %)Health
3149 (7.406 %)Finance
461 (3.032 %)Education
559 (2.932 %)Marketing
656 (2.783 %)Retail
751 (2.535 %)Graphic Design
848 (2.386 %)Insurance
939 (1.938 %)Advertising
1031 (1.541 %)Telecoms
1125 (1.243 %)Banking
1223 (1.143 %)Electronics
1322 (1.093 %)Automotive
1414 (0.696 %)Games
1511 (0.547 %)Construction
1511 (0.547 %)Government
1610 (0.497 %)Publishing
179 (0.447 %)Law
179 (0.447 %)Legal
179 (0.447 %)Back Office
North West IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11495 (74.30 %)Developer
2429 (21.32 %).NET Developer
3365 (18.14 %)Web Developer
4287 (14.26 %)Java Developer
5271 (13.47 %)C# Developer
6230 (11.43 %)ASP.NET Developer
7214 (10.64 %)Software Developer
8182 (9.046 %)Senior Developer
9166 (8.250 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
10151 (7.505 %)Analyst
11119 (5.915 %)Programmer
12114 (5.666 %).NET Web Developer
13109 (5.417 %)Java/J2EE Developer
1496 (4.771 %)Software Engineer
1589 (4.423 %)VB.NET Developer
1685 (4.225 %)PHP Developer
1775 (3.728 %)C# Web Developer
1874 (3.678 %)Applications Developer
1968 (3.380 %)Analyst Programmer
2064 (3.181 %)J2EE Developer
North West IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
174 (3.678 %)W3C
273 (3.628 %)N-Tier
341 (2.038 %)Computer Science
435 (1.740 %)Client/Server
524 (1.193 %)Blackberry
618 (0.895 %)Management Information System
717 (0.845 %)Multithreading
816 (0.795 %)Tandem
915 (0.746 %)IVR
915 (0.746 %)NHS
1014 (0.696 %)E-Learning
1110 (0.497 %)Device Driver
1110 (0.497 %)Clustering
129 (0.447 %)PDA
137 (0.348 %)Web 2.0
137 (0.348 %)BBC
137 (0.348 %)Mathematics
145 (0.249 %)AS400
145 (0.249 %)iDTV
145 (0.249 %)Speech Recognition
North West IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1235 (11.68 %)Windows
2183 (9.095 %)Linux
3116 (5.765 %)UNIX
418 (0.895 %)Windows Server 2003
512 (0.596 %)AIX
611 (0.547 %)Windows Mobile
77 (0.348 %)Windows CE
86 (0.298 %)Windows Vista
86 (0.298 %)Windows XP
86 (0.298 %)Solaris
95 (0.249 %)Windows 2000
95 (0.249 %)Red Hat Linux
103 (0.149 %)Windows 2000 Server
112 (0.099 %)FreeBSD
121 (0.050 %)Embedded Linux
North West IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1388 (19.28 %)OO
2247 (12.28 %)Web Development
3134 (6.660 %)E-Commerce
4130 (6.461 %)UML
591 (4.523 %)Unit Testing
676 (3.777 %)OOP
763 (3.131 %)OOD
861 (3.032 %)Agile Software Development
959 (2.932 %)SEO
1054 (2.684 %)CRM
1054 (2.684 %)Content Management
1152 (2.584 %)OOA/OOD
1251 (2.535 %)Project Management
1350 (2.485 %)Scrum
1440 (1.988 %)SOA
1534 (1.690 %)Web Design
1633 (1.640 %)Business Analysis
1727 (1.342 %)Requirements Analysis
1826 (1.292 %)Software Engineering
1924 (1.193 %)Security Cleared
North West IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1824 (40.95 %)C#
2782 (38.87 %)SQL
3676 (33.60 %)JavaScript
4561 (27.88 %)Java
5353 (17.54 %)VB.NET
6352 (17.50 %)VB
7209 (10.39 %)PHP
8178 (8.847 %)Transact-SQL
9172 (8.549 %)C++
10143 (7.107 %)DHTML
11135 (6.710 %)VB6
1283 (4.125 %)VBScript
1375 (3.728 %)PL/SQL
1456 (2.783 %)C
1554 (2.684 %)ActionScript
1554 (2.684 %)VBA
1643 (2.137 %)PHP5
1737 (1.839 %)X++
1834 (1.690 %)XPath
1932 (1.590 %)Delphi
North West IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1260 (12.92 %)Degree
245 (2.237 %)Microsoft Certification
323 (1.143 %)HND
418 (0.895 %)MCSD
515 (0.746 %)Sun Certification
68 (0.398 %)Oracle Certification
77 (0.348 %)MCP
77 (0.348 %)MCAD
83 (0.149 %)MCSE
83 (0.149 %)MCSA
91 (0.050 %)ISEB
91 (0.050 %)OCP
91 (0.050 %)MBA
North West IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
158 (2.883 %)QA
215 (0.746 %)SLA
31 (0.050 %)HL7
North West IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
111 (0.547 %)MSMQ
23 (0.149 %)Oracle RAC
North West IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1312 (15.51 %)Microsoft
2272 (13.52 %)Oracle
378 (3.877 %)Adobe
434 (1.690 %)IBM
521 (1.044 %)Sun
616 (0.795 %)Macromedia
616 (0.795 %)Business Objects
715 (0.746 %)NetSuite
813 (0.646 %)Dundas
912 (0.596 %)Lotus
912 (0.596 %)BEA
108 (0.398 %)SAP
117 (0.348 %)Sage
126 (0.298 %)Remedy
126 (0.298 %)Google
126 (0.298 %)Citrix
135 (0.249 %)Red Hat
135 (0.249 %)Sony
135 (0.249 %)ATG
144 (0.199 %)Visualfiles