Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for Extensible Markup Language (XML) skills within the Oxfordshire 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 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkExtensible Markup Language (XML)
Location
3 months to
2 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank119
Rank change on same period last yearDown-2
Matching permanent IT job ads296446
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.198 %0.199 %
As % of the category below29.11 %33.71 %
Salaries quoted272400
Average minimum salary£32,405£31,631
Average salary£35,812£34,710
% change on same period last year+3.17 %
Average maximum salary£39,219£37,788
UK excluding London average salary£36,122£36,002
% change on same period last year+0.33 %
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Oxfordshire
Matching permanent IT job ads10171323
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.680 %0.590 %
Salaries quoted9511214
Average minimum salary£32,778£31,418
Average salary£36,076£34,539
% change on same period last year+4.44 %
Average maximum salary£39,374£37,660
UK excluding London average salary£36,023£36,564
% change on same period last year-1.47 %
XML South EastXML
South East

XML
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing XML across the Oxfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire XML Salary Trend

XML
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing XML across the Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 2 December 2008.

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 2 December 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
OxfordDown-1195£36,442+8.05 %
AbingdonUp+1044£35,778-3.43 %
BanburyNew entry-12£35,413-
WitneyNew entry-11£30,950-
FaringdonNew entry-2£33,500-
BicesterDown-32£40,000+17.43 %
KidlingtonNew entry-1£25,000-
Henley-on-ThamesNo change01£37,000-10.08 %
XML South EastXML
South East

XML
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT jobs across the Oxfordshire 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.

1361 (58.23 %).NET
2312 (50.32 %)C#
3238 (38.39 %)SQL Server
4220 (35.48 %)ASP.NET
5213 (34.35 %)HTML
6206 (33.23 %)JavaScript
7184 (29.68 %)SQL
8178 (28.71 %)Java
9169 (27.26 %)CSS
10134 (21.61 %)Microsoft
11131 (21.13 %)AJAX
12128 (20.65 %)ASP
13122 (19.68 %)WebServices
14109 (17.58 %)IIS
15107 (17.26 %)OO
16104 (16.77 %)SOAP
1784 (13.55 %)Finance
1874 (11.94 %)XSLT
1874 (11.94 %)Flash
1968 (10.97 %)XHTML
2064 (10.32 %)SQL Server 2005
2162 (10.00 %)VB.NET
2260 (9.677 %)SQL Server 2000
2359 (9.516 %)VB
2458 (9.355 %)Eclipse
2556 (9.032 %)Degree
2649 (7.903 %)MS Excel
2746 (7.419 %)Web Development
2843 (6.935 %).NET Framework
2939 (6.290 %)Windows

XML
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT jobs across the Oxfordshire 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.

Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1361 (58.23 %).NET
2220 (35.48 %)ASP.NET
3213 (34.35 %)HTML
4169 (27.26 %)CSS
5131 (21.13 %)AJAX
6128 (20.65 %)ASP
7122 (19.68 %)WebServices
8104 (16.77 %)SOAP
974 (11.94 %)XSLT
1068 (10.97 %)XHTML
1143 (6.935 %).NET Framework
1237 (5.968 %)J2EE
1336 (5.806 %)XBRL
1431 (5.000 %)XML Schema
1523 (3.710 %)WCF
1621 (3.387 %)JSP
1719 (3.065 %)DCOM
1817 (2.742 %)WF
1817 (2.742 %)Apache Axis
1916 (2.581 %)WPF
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1109 (17.58 %)IIS
233 (5.323 %)SharePoint
324 (3.871 %)SharePoint Server 2007
419 (3.065 %)MTS
513 (2.097 %)Tomcat
611 (1.774 %)CMS
710 (1.613 %)SAS
87 (1.129 %)BizTalk Server
95 (0.806 %)JBoss
104 (0.645 %)Lotus Notes
104 (0.645 %)Lotus Domino
113 (0.484 %)MS Exchange
122 (0.323 %)Oracle Workflow
131 (0.161 %)Commerce Server
131 (0.161 %)Commerce Server 2007
131 (0.161 %)Apache
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
149 (7.903 %)MS Excel
220 (3.226 %)MS Office
310 (1.613 %)MATLAB
310 (1.613 %)FrameMaker
48 (1.290 %)Acrobat
56 (0.968 %)Photoshop
63 (0.484 %)MS Visio
71 (0.161 %)Fireworks
71 (0.161 %)InfoPath
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
15 (0.806 %)SAP ERP
24 (0.645 %)Oracle Financials
24 (0.645 %)Oracle 11i
32 (0.323 %)Oracle Applications
41 (0.161 %)Pivotal CRM
41 (0.161 %)Oracle EBS R12
41 (0.161 %)Microsoft CRM
41 (0.161 %)Oracle EBS
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
120 (3.226 %)Internet
213 (2.097 %)Intranet
34 (0.645 %)Extranet
43 (0.484 %)TCP/IP
52 (0.323 %)FTP
61 (0.161 %)SAN
61 (0.161 %)Bluetooth
61 (0.161 %)GPRS
61 (0.161 %)GSM
61 (0.161 %)SMS
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1238 (38.39 %)SQL Server
264 (10.32 %)SQL Server 2005
360 (9.677 %)SQL Server 2000
430 (4.839 %)MySQL
525 (4.032 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
615 (2.419 %)Oracle 10g
713 (2.097 %)Datawarehouse
810 (1.613 %)MS Access
810 (1.613 %)OLAP
810 (1.613 %)Oracle OLAP
94 (0.645 %)Oracle Reports
103 (0.484 %)Crystal Reports
103 (0.484 %)DTS
103 (0.484 %)BusinessObjects
103 (0.484 %)SQL Server Integration Services
112 (0.323 %)Oracle Discoverer
121 (0.161 %)Oracle 9i
121 (0.161 %)GIS
121 (0.161 %)IDOL
121 (0.161 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
174 (11.94 %)Flash
258 (9.355 %)Eclipse
332 (5.161 %)JUnit
426 (4.194 %)Visual Studio
56 (0.968 %)Visual Studio Team System
65 (0.806 %)LoadRunner
65 (0.806 %)NUnit
65 (0.806 %)VSS/SourceSafe
74 (0.645 %)Oracle Forms
74 (0.645 %)JDeveloper
74 (0.645 %)Ant
83 (0.484 %)Subversion
83 (0.484 %)QuickTest Pro
91 (0.161 %)Dreamweaver
91 (0.161 %)MSI
91 (0.161 %)InstallShield
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
184 (13.55 %)Finance
234 (5.484 %)Marketing
324 (3.871 %)Legal
420 (3.226 %)Government
518 (2.903 %)Insurance
615 (2.419 %)Pensions
615 (2.419 %)Education
714 (2.258 %)Publishing
813 (2.097 %)Retail
99 (1.452 %)Health
104 (0.645 %)Music
113 (0.484 %)Financial Institution
122 (0.323 %)Local Government
122 (0.323 %)Games
131 (0.161 %)Banking
131 (0.161 %)Advertising
131 (0.161 %)Graphic Design
131 (0.161 %)Online Games
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1375 (60.48 %)Developer
2136 (21.94 %).NET Developer
3127 (20.48 %)Web Developer
479 (12.74 %)Java Developer
568 (10.97 %)C# Developer
663 (10.16 %)Software Engineer
751 (8.226 %)Graduate
751 (8.226 %).NET Web Developer
850 (8.065 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
945 (7.258 %)ASP.NET Developer
1044 (7.097 %)Analyst
1138 (6.129 %)Senior Developer
1236 (5.806 %)Support Analyst
1332 (5.161 %)Software Developer
1431 (5.000 %)Senior Software Engineer
1530 (4.839 %)C# Web Developer
1628 (4.516 %)Senior Java Developer
1725 (4.032 %)Java Software Engineer
1823 (3.710 %)Team Leader
1922 (3.548 %)SQL Developer
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
131 (5.000 %)N-Tier
228 (4.516 %)Computer Science
314 (2.258 %)W3C
410 (1.613 %)Data Integration
56 (0.968 %)Client/Server
64 (0.645 %)Mathematics
64 (0.645 %)Tandem
73 (0.484 %)Multithreading
73 (0.484 %)Physics
82 (0.323 %)Chemistry
82 (0.323 %)Psychology
82 (0.323 %)Wiki
82 (0.323 %)Credit Risk
91 (0.161 %)Fat Client
91 (0.161 %)Data Extraction
91 (0.161 %)PDA
91 (0.161 %)Thin Client
91 (0.161 %)Management Information System
91 (0.161 %)Clustering
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
139 (6.290 %)Windows
238 (6.129 %)Linux
315 (2.419 %)Windows Server 2003
414 (2.258 %)Windows 2000
512 (1.935 %)UNIX
64 (0.645 %)Windows Server 2008
72 (0.323 %)Windows Vista
81 (0.161 %)Windows 2000 Server
81 (0.161 %)Windows XP
81 (0.161 %)NetWare
81 (0.161 %)Windows Mobile
81 (0.161 %)Solaris
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1107 (17.26 %)OO
246 (7.419 %)Web Development
333 (5.323 %)Unit Testing
428 (4.516 %)E-Commerce
527 (4.355 %)Project Management
621 (3.387 %)OOP
720 (3.226 %)UML
818 (2.903 %)Scrum
916 (2.581 %)OOD
916 (2.581 %)Logistics
1015 (2.419 %)Security Cleared
1114 (2.258 %)Matrix Management
1213 (2.097 %)PRINCE2
1312 (1.935 %)ERP
1312 (1.935 %)Time Management
1411 (1.774 %)Business Intelligence
1411 (1.774 %)Extreme Programming
1411 (1.774 %)TDD
159 (1.452 %)Software Engineering
168 (1.290 %)Data Management
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1312 (50.32 %)C#
2206 (33.23 %)JavaScript
3184 (29.68 %)SQL
4178 (28.71 %)Java
562 (10.00 %)VB.NET
659 (9.516 %)VB
736 (5.806 %)PHP
829 (4.677 %)Transact-SQL
926 (4.194 %)VB6
1023 (3.710 %)C++
1120 (3.226 %)Perl
1219 (3.065 %)VBScript
1316 (2.581 %)Shell Script
1413 (2.097 %)Delphi
1511 (1.774 %)ActionScript
1610 (1.613 %)DHTML
179 (1.452 %)C
179 (1.452 %)XPath
186 (0.968 %)PL/SQL
195 (0.806 %)Python
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
156 (9.032 %)Degree
238 (6.129 %)Microsoft Certification
318 (2.903 %)MCSD
416 (2.581 %)MCAD
515 (2.419 %)MCPD
614 (2.258 %)MCTS
711 (1.774 %)MCP
87 (1.129 %)PhD
96 (0.968 %)ISEB
105 (0.806 %)Sun Certification
114 (0.645 %)PRINCE2 Certification
114 (0.645 %)MCSE
121 (0.161 %)CCA
121 (0.161 %)Citrix Certification
121 (0.161 %)CCEA
121 (0.161 %)CIPD
121 (0.161 %)HP ASE
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
19 (1.452 %)QA
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
17 (1.129 %)Active Directory
23 (0.484 %)Terminal Server
31 (0.161 %)ISA Server
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
14 (0.645 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
21 (0.161 %)MOM
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1134 (21.61 %)Microsoft
236 (5.806 %)Oracle
314 (2.258 %)Adobe
49 (1.452 %)SAP
57 (1.129 %)Intel
65 (0.806 %)Sybase
74 (0.645 %)Citrix
74 (0.645 %)Lotus
83 (0.484 %)Infragistics
83 (0.484 %)Perforce
83 (0.484 %)Business Objects
92 (0.323 %)HP
92 (0.323 %)TIBCO
92 (0.323 %)webMethods
92 (0.323 %)Altiris
101 (0.161 %)ESRI
101 (0.161 %)VMware
101 (0.161 %)Pegasus
101 (0.161 %)Compaq
101 (0.161 %)Dell