The first table below looks at the demand for XML skills in IT jobs advertised for the Preston region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited XML over the 3 months to 21 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 Application Development category for the Preston region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Extensible Markup Language (XML)
Rank 23 24 7
Rank change year-on-year
+1 -17
Permanent jobs citing XML 6 7 7
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Preston 5.085% 5.512% 14.58%
As % of the Application Development category 8.696% 10.14% 35.00%
Number of salaries quoted 4 7 7
Average salary £28,602 £31,500 £36,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-9.20% -13.69%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,204 £31,500 £30,900
10% offered a salary of more than £31,750 £31,500 £43,100
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +7.14%
All Application Development
Preston
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
69 69 20
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Preston 58.47% 54.33% 41.67%
Number of salaries quoted 66 69 20
Average salary £34,000 £31,500 £31,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.93% +1.61%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,204 £27,500 £22,000
10% offered a salary of more than £37,500 £37,500 £36,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
XML
Lancashire

XML
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Preston 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 Preston region.

Preston XML Salary Trend

XML
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Preston 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 12 (60.00%) SQL Server
2 11 (55.00%) .NET
3 10 (50.00%) C#
3 10 (50.00%) Oracle
4 9 (45.00%) Java
4 9 (45.00%) JavaScript
5 8 (40.00%) HTML
5 8 (40.00%) ASP.NET
6 7 (35.00%) JSP
6 7 (35.00%) J2EE
7 6 (30.00%) SQL
7 6 (30.00%) EJB
7 6 (30.00%) Visual Studio
7 6 (30.00%) Web Services
7 6 (30.00%) Microsoft
7 6 (30.00%) JSF
7 6 (30.00%) Degree
8 5 (25.00%) VB6
8 5 (25.00%) RDBMS
8 5 (25.00%) Windows
8 5 (25.00%) VB
8 5 (25.00%) VB.NET
8 5 (25.00%) C++
9 4 (20.00%) OO
9 4 (20.00%) SOAP
9 4 (20.00%) Ajax
9 4 (20.00%) SQL Server 2005
9 4 (20.00%) Unit Testing
10 3 (15.00%) Rational DOORS
10 3 (15.00%) jQuery

XML
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Preston 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 11 (55.00%) .NET
2 8 (40.00%) HTML
2 8 (40.00%) ASP.NET
3 7 (35.00%) JSP
3 7 (35.00%) J2EE
4 6 (30.00%) EJB
4 6 (30.00%) Web Services
4 6 (30.00%) JSF
5 4 (20.00%) SOAP
5 4 (20.00%) Ajax
6 3 (15.00%) jQuery
6 3 (15.00%) XSLT
6 3 (15.00%) COM
6 3 (15.00%) CSS
7 2 (10.00%) Struts
7 2 (10.00%) Hibernate
7 2 (10.00%) XML Schema
7 2 (10.00%) WCF
7 2 (10.00%) LINQ
7 2 (10.00%) .NET Framework
Application Platforms
1 2 (10.00%) IIS
2 1 (5.000%) SharePoint 2010
2 1 (5.000%) SharePoint
2 1 (5.000%) Tomcat
Applications
1 1 (5.000%) MS Project
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.000%) HTTP
1 1 (5.000%) Intranet
1 1 (5.000%) Extranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (60.00%) SQL Server
2 5 (25.00%) RDBMS
3 4 (20.00%) SQL Server 2005
4 2 (10.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 2 (10.00%) SQL Server 2008
5 1 (5.000%) BusinessObjects
5 1 (5.000%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 6 (30.00%) Visual Studio
2 3 (15.00%) Rational DOORS
2 3 (15.00%) ClearCase
3 1 (5.000%) WATIR
3 1 (5.000%) Selenium
3 1 (5.000%) FitNesse
3 1 (5.000%) Subversion
General
1 3 (15.00%) Military
1 3 (15.00%) Aerospace
2 1 (5.000%) Retail
Job Titles
1 12 (60.00%) Developer
2 6 (30.00%) Java Developer
3 4 (20.00%) Software Engineer
3 4 (20.00%) .NET Developer
3 4 (20.00%) C# Developer
3 4 (20.00%) ASP.NET Developer
3 4 (20.00%) C# ASP.NET Developer
3 4 (20.00%) C# .NET Developer
4 3 (15.00%) Development Engineer
4 3 (15.00%) Java Software Developer
4 3 (15.00%) Java/J2EE Developer
4 3 (15.00%) J2EE Developer
4 3 (15.00%) Software Development Engineer
4 3 (15.00%) Software Developer
4 3 (15.00%) Analyst
5 2 (10.00%) Web Developer
5 2 (10.00%) Analyst Programmer
5 2 (10.00%) Programmer
5 2 (10.00%) VB.NET Developer
5 2 (10.00%) VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (10.00%) Mobile App
2 1 (5.000%) Fat Client
2 1 (5.000%) Thin Client
2 1 (5.000%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 5 (25.00%) Windows
2 2 (10.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (5.000%) Windows Phone
3 1 (5.000%) Apple iOS
3 1 (5.000%) Android
3 1 (5.000%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (20.00%) OO
1 4 (20.00%) Unit Testing
2 3 (15.00%) Agile Software Development
3 2 (10.00%) Workflow
3 2 (10.00%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (5.000%) Mobile Application Development
4 1 (5.000%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (5.000%) Project Governance
4 1 (5.000%) System Testing
4 1 (5.000%) Waterfall
4 1 (5.000%) Business Continuity
4 1 (5.000%) Document Management
4 1 (5.000%) Disaster Recovery
4 1 (5.000%) Data Security
4 1 (5.000%) Security Management
4 1 (5.000%) Project Management
4 1 (5.000%) RAD
Programming Languages
1 10 (50.00%) C#
2 9 (45.00%) Java
2 9 (45.00%) JavaScript
3 6 (30.00%) SQL
4 5 (25.00%) VB6
4 5 (25.00%) VB
4 5 (25.00%) VB.NET
4 5 (25.00%) C++
5 3 (15.00%) VC++
6 1 (5.000%) PowerShell
6 1 (5.000%) ActionScript 3.0
6 1 (5.000%) Ruby
6 1 (5.000%) Objective-C
6 1 (5.000%) Python
6 1 (5.000%) PHP
6 1 (5.000%) C
6 1 (5.000%) ActionScript
Qualifications
1 6 (30.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.000%) QA
Vendors
1 10 (50.00%) Oracle
2 6 (30.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (5.000%) Symbian
3 1 (5.000%) Citrix
3 1 (5.000%) Nokia
3 1 (5.000%) Business Objects
3 1 (5.000%) SAP
Preston, Lancashire
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