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This section looks at the demand for Extensible Markup Language (XML) skills within the Scotland 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 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkExtensible Markup Language (XML)
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank1314
Rank change on same period last yearUp+1
Matching permanent IT job ads410622
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.216 %0.255 %
As % of the category below29.75 %32.08 %
Salaries quoted298361
Average minimum salary£30,670£32,253
Average salary£33,826£35,108
% change on same period last year-3.65 %
Average maximum salary£36,982£37,963
UK excluding London average salary£35,821£36,629
% change on same period last year-2.20 %
Scotland IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Scotland
Matching permanent IT job ads13781939
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.727 %0.794 %
Salaries quoted9391249
Average minimum salary£30,434£32,190
Average salary£33,735£35,381
% change on same period last year-4.65 %
Average maximum salary£37,036£38,571
UK excluding London average salary£35,873£36,830
% change on same period last year-2.59 %
XML UKXML
UK

XML
Demand Trend

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

Scotland 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 Scotland region.

Scotland XML Salary Trend

XML
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing XML across the Scotland region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

Scotland XML Salary Histogram

XML
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing XML within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 25 July 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
EdinburghUp+10158£33,441+4.21 %
GlasgowDown-2111£32,727-13.64 %
DundeeUp+339£34,500+18.08 %
West LothianDown-923£33,605+16.79 %
AberdeenUp+421£36,000-14.20 %
FifeUp+120£36,786+53.27 %
AberdeenshireUp+26£33,750+40.62 %
Perth and KinrossNew entry-6£30,500-
HighlandsDown-24--
South LanarkshireNew entry-3£35,000-
RenfrewshireDown-112£30,000-2.25 %
GrampianNew entry-1£23,500-
InverclydeDown-21--
LothianNew entry-1£35,000-
StirlingDown-91£32,000-26.56 %
XML UKXML
UK

XML
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs across the Scotland 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.

1440 (50.06 %).NET
2408 (46.42 %)C#
3386 (43.91 %)SQL
4326 (37.09 %)ASP.NET
5315 (35.84 %)SQL Server
6296 (33.67 %)Java
7263 (29.92 %)HTML
8239 (27.19 %)JavaScript
9202 (22.98 %)Oracle
10188 (21.39 %)CSS
11177 (20.14 %)WebServices
12144 (16.38 %)Microsoft
13143 (16.27 %)UNIX
14136 (15.47 %)Web Development
15132 (15.02 %)XSLT
16129 (14.68 %)J2EE
16129 (14.68 %)OO
17127 (14.45 %)Degree
18116 (13.20 %)AJAX
19114 (12.97 %)Finance
20104 (11.83 %)C++
21101 (11.49 %)XHTML
2294 (10.69 %)Windows
2294 (10.69 %)Linux
2388 (10.01 %)SQL Server 2000
2481 (9.215 %)Computer Science
2579 (8.987 %)MS Excel
2676 (8.646 %)UML
2676 (8.646 %)SQL Server 2005
2775 (8.532 %)Spring

XML
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs across the Scotland 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.

Scotland IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1440 (50.06 %).NET
2326 (37.09 %)ASP.NET
3263 (29.92 %)HTML
4188 (21.39 %)CSS
5177 (20.14 %)WebServices
6132 (15.02 %)XSLT
7129 (14.68 %)J2EE
8116 (13.20 %)AJAX
9101 (11.49 %)XHTML
1075 (8.532 %)Spring
1172 (8.191 %)XSL
1262 (7.053 %).NET Framework
1353 (6.030 %)WinForms
1450 (5.688 %)JSP
1547 (5.347 %)WebSphere
1642 (4.778 %)Hibernate
1741 (4.664 %)Servlets
1840 (4.551 %)ASP
1840 (4.551 %)JMS
1938 (4.323 %)Middleware
Scotland IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
147 (5.347 %)SharePoint
246 (5.233 %)IIS
337 (4.209 %)Tomcat
436 (4.096 %)Apache
530 (3.413 %)BizTalk Server
627 (3.072 %)CMS
725 (2.844 %)WMQI
725 (2.844 %)WebSphere MQ
818 (2.048 %)MQSeries
818 (2.048 %)JBoss
915 (1.706 %)WebSphere Message Broker
1014 (1.593 %)Lotus Notes
1112 (1.365 %)WebLogic
1112 (1.365 %)ESB
1210 (1.138 %)Commerce Server
1210 (1.138 %)ColdFusion
138 (0.910 %)Lotus Domino
138 (0.910 %)Commerce Server 2007
144 (0.455 %)SharePoint Server 2007
153 (0.341 %)ArcGIS
Scotland IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
179 (8.987 %)MS Excel
213 (1.479 %)Fireworks
310 (1.138 %)Photoshop
48 (0.910 %)Adobe Illustrator
55 (0.569 %)FrameMaker
64 (0.455 %)MS Visio
73 (0.341 %)RoboHelp
73 (0.341 %)MS Office
82 (0.228 %)FreeHand
82 (0.228 %)Adobe Director
82 (0.228 %)Acrobat
91 (0.114 %)MS Project
91 (0.114 %)PrintSoft PReS
Scotland IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
18 (0.910 %)WebTrends
25 (0.569 %)Oracle Applications
31 (0.114 %)BusinessWorks
Scotland IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
150 (5.688 %)Internet
231 (3.527 %)Intranet
320 (2.275 %)TCP/IP
415 (1.706 %)LLU
59 (1.024 %)HTTP
67 (0.796 %)Wireless
73 (0.341 %)FTP
82 (0.228 %)LAN
82 (0.228 %)WAN
82 (0.228 %)DNS
82 (0.228 %)SSL
91 (0.114 %)Extranet
91 (0.114 %)DVB
91 (0.114 %)Firewall
Scotland IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1315 (35.84 %)SQL Server
288 (10.01 %)SQL Server 2000
376 (8.646 %)SQL Server 2005
474 (8.419 %)RDBMS
542 (4.778 %)MySQL
635 (3.982 %)GIS
721 (2.389 %)SQL Server 7
721 (2.389 %)Oracle Reports
721 (2.389 %)Oracle 10g
814 (1.593 %)Crystal Reports
814 (1.593 %)ETL
913 (1.479 %)PostgreSQL
913 (1.479 %)Oracle 9i
1012 (1.365 %)Oracle 8/8i
1012 (1.365 %)Datawarehouse
1111 (1.251 %)DTS
129 (1.024 %)MS Access
137 (0.796 %)DB2
137 (0.796 %)TOAD
145 (0.569 %)Oracle Discoverer
Scotland IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
171 (8.077 %)Visual Studio
234 (3.868 %)Flash
333 (3.754 %)Eclipse
431 (3.527 %)ClearCase
529 (3.299 %)Ant
628 (3.185 %)Oracle Forms
727 (3.072 %)Subversion
823 (2.617 %)JUnit
919 (2.162 %)VSS/SourceSafe
1017 (1.934 %)WebSphere Studio Application Developer
1113 (1.479 %)Dreamweaver
129 (1.024 %)Visual Studio Team System
137 (0.796 %)JDeveloper
145 (0.569 %)PowerBuilder
145 (0.569 %)Borland Together
145 (0.569 %)NUnit
153 (0.341 %)Oracle Developer 2000
162 (0.228 %)CruiseControl
162 (0.228 %)PVCS
171 (0.114 %)Optimizeit
Scotland IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1114 (12.97 %)Finance
267 (7.622 %)Education
351 (5.802 %)Pensions
450 (5.688 %)Health
545 (5.119 %)Telecoms
639 (4.437 %)Games
730 (3.413 %)Insurance
829 (3.299 %)Marketing
924 (2.730 %)Legal
1022 (2.503 %)Government
1022 (2.503 %)Financial Institution
1116 (1.820 %)Billing
1213 (1.479 %)Banking
1213 (1.479 %)Retail
1310 (1.138 %)Graphic Design
149 (1.024 %)Online Games
149 (1.024 %)3D Graphics
158 (0.910 %)Construction
166 (0.683 %)Publishing
175 (0.569 %)Advertising
Scotland IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1600 (68.26 %)Developer
2200 (22.75 %).NET Developer
3126 (14.33 %)Web Developer
495 (10.81 %)Senior Developer
588 (10.01 %)Software Developer
684 (9.556 %)C# Developer
782 (9.329 %)Java Developer
877 (8.760 %)Analyst
963 (7.167 %)ASP.NET Developer
1061 (6.940 %)Programmer
1149 (5.575 %)Software Engineer
1239 (4.437 %)Applications Developer
1335 (3.982 %).NET Web Developer
1433 (3.754 %)Team Leader
1530 (3.413 %)Analyst Programmer
1530 (3.413 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
1628 (3.185 %)J2EE Team Leader
1725 (2.844 %)Senior .NET Developer
1824 (2.730 %)Junior
1921 (2.389 %)Architect
Scotland IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
181 (9.215 %)Computer Science
219 (2.162 %)Client/Server
313 (1.479 %)N-Tier
411 (1.251 %)Smartcard
510 (1.138 %)Handset
510 (1.138 %)RIA
69 (1.024 %)Data Conversion
78 (0.910 %)Data Integration
78 (0.910 %)Management Information System
78 (0.910 %)W3C
85 (0.569 %)Thin Client
85 (0.569 %)Fat Client
85 (0.569 %)Web 2.0
85 (0.569 %)Statistics
94 (0.455 %)Mathematics
94 (0.455 %)Clustering
103 (0.341 %)E-Learning
103 (0.341 %)BBC
103 (0.341 %)Social Network
112 (0.228 %)Physics
Scotland IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1143 (16.27 %)UNIX
294 (10.69 %)Windows
294 (10.69 %)Linux
313 (1.479 %)Windows Server 2003
410 (1.138 %)Debian
410 (1.138 %)Solaris
55 (0.569 %)Windows NT
63 (0.341 %)FreeBSD
63 (0.341 %)Embedded Linux
72 (0.228 %)Windows XP
72 (0.228 %)Windows Mobile
72 (0.228 %)Windows 2000
81 (0.114 %)MVS
Scotland IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1136 (15.47 %)Web Development
2129 (14.68 %)OO
376 (8.646 %)UML
455 (6.257 %)Unit Testing
540 (4.551 %)Project Management
637 (4.209 %)RAD
732 (3.641 %)Agile Software Development
829 (3.299 %)E-Commerce
927 (3.072 %)Test Scripting
1026 (2.958 %)Content Management
1123 (2.617 %)Data Analysis
1222 (2.503 %)EAI
1222 (2.503 %)Web Design
1321 (2.389 %)Software Engineering
1420 (2.275 %)Scrum
1518 (2.048 %)OOD
1616 (1.820 %)Business Intelligence
1715 (1.706 %)SOA
1715 (1.706 %)System Testing
1814 (1.593 %)Data Modelling
Scotland IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1408 (46.42 %)C#
2386 (43.91 %)SQL
3296 (33.67 %)Java
4239 (27.19 %)JavaScript
5104 (11.83 %)C++
670 (7.964 %)VB.NET
766 (7.509 %)VB
865 (7.395 %)PL/SQL
953 (6.030 %)PHP
1040 (4.551 %)Perl
1136 (4.096 %)C
1234 (3.868 %)Transact-SQL
1332 (3.641 %)VB6
1429 (3.299 %)Shell Script
1526 (2.958 %)DHTML
1526 (2.958 %)ActionScript
1622 (2.503 %)Python
1721 (2.389 %)VBA
1721 (2.389 %)Delphi
1819 (2.162 %)Pascal
Scotland IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1127 (14.45 %)Degree
236 (4.096 %)Microsoft Certification
335 (3.982 %)MCSD
425 (2.844 %)Sun Certification
511 (1.251 %)MCAD
68 (0.910 %)MCP
73 (0.341 %)HND
82 (0.228 %)MCPD
82 (0.228 %)IBM Certification
91 (0.114 %)MCTS
91 (0.114 %)HNC
91 (0.114 %)ISEB
Scotland IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
111 (1.251 %)WAI
24 (0.455 %)QA
24 (0.455 %)SLA
Scotland IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
13 (0.341 %)Active Directory
21 (0.114 %)Oracle RMAN
21 (0.114 %)AquaLogic
Scotland IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1202 (22.98 %)Oracle
2144 (16.38 %)Microsoft
346 (5.233 %)Sybase
432 (3.641 %)IBM
527 (3.072 %)Sun
619 (2.162 %)Adobe
714 (1.593 %)Cognos
714 (1.593 %)Lotus
811 (1.251 %)Macromedia
99 (1.024 %)Meridio
108 (0.910 %)Informatica
117 (0.796 %)Quark
126 (0.683 %)Motorola
126 (0.683 %)Nokia
126 (0.683 %)Symbian
135 (0.569 %)Business Objects
135 (0.569 %)Vignette
135 (0.569 %)Borland
142 (0.228 %)Red Hat
142 (0.228 %)PeopleSoft
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