The first table below looks at the demand for XPath 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 XPath 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 Programming Languages category for the North West region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
XPath (XML Path Language)
Rank 220 236 215
Rank change year-on-year
+16 -21
Permanent jobs citing XPath 23 11 19
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 0.320% 0.155% 0.277%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.533% 0.253% 0.535%
Number of salaries quoted 23 11 15
Average salary £33,000 £32,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.53% -7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,500 £28,500 £31,000
10% offered a salary of more than £44,000 £42,500 £46,900
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-6.25% -
All Programming Languages
North West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
4315 4340 3552
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 60.06% 61.14% 51.73%
Number of salaries quoted 3788 3911 3227
Average salary £35,000 £34,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.94% +4.61%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
XPath
England

XPath
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West XPath Jobs Demand Trend

XPath
Salary Trend

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

North West XPath Salary Trend

XPath
Salary Histogram

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

North West XPath Salary Histogram

XPath
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing XPath within the North West region over the 3 months to 24 May 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
Cheshire - 14 £28,500 -
Manchester -26 4 £45,000 +38.46%
Merseyside - 3 £33,000 -
Lancashire - 2 £31,250 -
XPath
England

XPath
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West region citing XPath 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 XPath.

1 50 (92.59%) XML
2 49 (90.74%) XSLT
3 46 (85.19%) SQL
4 41 (75.93%) Microsoft
5 38 (70.37%) .NET
5 38 (70.37%) SQL Server
5 38 (70.37%) ASP.NET
6 36 (66.67%) MVC
7 33 (61.11%) JavaScript
8 32 (59.26%) SQL Server 2005
9 27 (50.00%) Java
9 27 (50.00%) Oracle
10 25 (46.30%) C#
11 24 (44.44%) PL/SQL
11 24 (44.44%) OO
12 23 (42.59%) Web Services
13 22 (40.74%) Client/Server
14 21 (38.89%) HTML
14 21 (38.89%) ASP.NET MVC
15 20 (37.04%) CSS
15 20 (37.04%) jQuery
16 19 (35.19%) MS Excel
17 18 (33.33%) SOA
17 18 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
18 17 (31.48%) OOD
18 17 (31.48%) UML
18 17 (31.48%) .NET Framework
19 16 (29.63%) WCF
19 16 (29.63%) WordPress
19 16 (29.63%) SQL Server Reporting Services

XPath
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West region citing XPath 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 XPath. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 50 (92.59%) XML
2 49 (90.74%) XSLT
3 38 (70.37%) .NET
3 38 (70.37%) ASP.NET
4 23 (42.59%) Web Services
5 21 (38.89%) HTML
5 21 (38.89%) ASP.NET MVC
6 20 (37.04%) CSS
6 20 (37.04%) jQuery
7 17 (31.48%) .NET Framework
8 16 (29.63%) WCF
9 15 (27.78%) ASP.NET MVC 3
9 15 (27.78%) Ajax
9 15 (27.78%) SOAP
10 13 (24.07%) J2EE
11 12 (22.22%) WSDL
12 11 (20.37%) JSP
12 11 (20.37%) Servlets
12 11 (20.37%) JAX-RPC
12 11 (20.37%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 16 (29.63%) WordPress
2 13 (24.07%) Drupal
2 13 (24.07%) Apache Solr
3 11 (20.37%) Apache
4 2 (3.704%) WebLogic
4 2 (3.704%) SharePoint
4 2 (3.704%) BizTalk Server
5 1 (1.852%) CMS
5 1 (1.852%) ESB
5 1 (1.852%) Umbraco
5 1 (1.852%) Oracle Service Bus
5 1 (1.852%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 19 (35.19%) MS Excel
2 1 (1.852%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (5.556%) TIBCO iProcess
1 3 (5.556%) BusinessWorks
2 2 (3.704%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (1.852%) Oracle BPM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (70.37%) SQL Server
2 32 (59.26%) SQL Server 2005
3 16 (29.63%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 16 (29.63%) SQL Server 2008
4 13 (24.07%) GIS
4 13 (24.07%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 13 (24.07%) Microsoft Analysis Services
4 13 (24.07%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 13 (24.07%) Oracle 9i
5 4 (7.407%) MongoDB
6 3 (5.556%) RDBMS
6 3 (5.556%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (5.556%) Crystal Reports
6 3 (5.556%) SQL Server 2012
7 2 (3.704%) Oracle 11g
8 1 (1.852%) PostgreSQL
8 1 (1.852%) Oracle 8/8i
8 1 (1.852%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 7 (12.96%) Visual Studio
2 3 (5.556%) Team Foundation Server
3 2 (3.704%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 14 (25.93%) Legal
2 11 (20.37%) Finance
3 4 (7.407%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (1.852%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 40 (74.07%) Developer
2 11 (20.37%) Java Developer
2 11 (20.37%) Software Engineer
3 10 (18.52%) .NET Developer
4 6 (11.11%) Software Developer
4 6 (11.11%) C# Developer
5 3 (5.556%) Web Developer
5 3 (5.556%) Architect
6 2 (3.704%) Analyst
6 2 (3.704%) Microsoft Developer
7 1 (1.852%) Analyst Developer
7 1 (1.852%) ASP.NET Developer
7 1 (1.852%) Solutions Architect
7 1 (1.852%) Analyst Programmer
7 1 (1.852%) Programmer
7 1 (1.852%) Lead Architect
7 1 (1.852%) C# ASP.NET Developer
7 1 (1.852%) SOA Architect
7 1 (1.852%) Integration Architect
7 1 (1.852%) Oracle Architect
Miscellaneous
1 22 (40.74%) Client/Server
2 13 (24.07%) Open Source
3 9 (16.67%) N-Tier
4 4 (7.407%) Mobile App
5 1 (1.852%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 5 (9.259%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (66.67%) MVC
2 24 (44.44%) OO
3 18 (33.33%) SOA
4 17 (31.48%) OOD
4 17 (31.48%) UML
5 15 (27.78%) Agile Software Development
6 13 (24.07%) TDD
6 13 (24.07%) Use Case
7 11 (20.37%) Unit Testing
7 11 (20.37%) System Testing
8 9 (16.67%) Data Management
9 5 (9.259%) OOP
10 4 (7.407%) Mobile Application Development
11 3 (5.556%) Scrum
12 2 (3.704%) OOA/OOD
12 2 (3.704%) ITIL
12 2 (3.704%) PRINCE2
12 2 (3.704%) Workflow
12 2 (3.704%) BPEL
13 1 (1.852%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 46 (85.19%) SQL
2 33 (61.11%) JavaScript
3 27 (50.00%) Java
4 25 (46.30%) C#
5 24 (44.44%) PL/SQL
6 13 (24.07%) PHP
6 13 (24.07%) Python
7 7 (12.96%) VB
8 5 (9.259%) VB.NET
9 4 (7.407%) VB6
10 3 (5.556%) C
11 2 (3.704%) XQuery
Qualifications
1 18 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
2 12 (22.22%) MCP
3 11 (20.37%) MCPD
3 11 (20.37%) MCTS
4 4 (7.407%) Degree
5 3 (5.556%) MCSE
5 3 (5.556%) MCSA
6 2 (3.704%) MCAD
6 2 (3.704%) MCSD
6 2 (3.704%) SC Cleared
6 2 (3.704%) DV Cleared
6 2 (3.704%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (24.07%) QA
2 1 (1.852%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 41 (75.93%) Microsoft
2 27 (50.00%) Oracle
3 13 (24.07%) ESRI
4 3 (5.556%) TIBCO
5 2 (3.704%) Progress
6 1 (1.852%) Google
6 1 (1.852%) Zend
6 1 (1.852%) Cognizant
6 1 (1.852%) Facebook
6 1 (1.852%) Twitter
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