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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Extensible Markup Language (XML)
Rank 15 27 11
Rank change year-on-year
+12 -16
Permanent jobs citing XML 70 37 75
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Somerset 11.11% 8.079% 15.27%
As % of the Application Development category 27.89% 13.81% 31.65%
Number of salaries quoted 67 33 68
Average salary £40,000 £32,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+23.07% -7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,600 £25,000 £26,450
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £35,000 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £37,500 £35,309
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +6.20%
All Application Development
Somerset
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
251 268 237
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Somerset 39.84% 58.52% 48.27%
Number of salaries quoted 233 258 223
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £34,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +2.94%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £25,000 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £42,500 £42,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
XML
South West

XML
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Somerset 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 Somerset region.

Somerset XML Salary Trend

XML
Salary Histogram

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

Somerset 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 Somerset 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
Bath +14 49 £40,000 +14.28%
Bridgwater - 10 £50,000 -
Taunton -3 5 £32,000 +14.28%
Street +11 2 £37,500 +50.00%
Wells - 2 £47,500 -
Weston-super-Mare - 1 £28,000 -
XML
South West

XML
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Somerset 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 74 (50.68%) Java
2 71 (48.63%) HTML
3 63 (43.15%) C#
4 61 (41.78%) .NET
5 59 (40.41%) JavaScript
6 45 (30.82%) C++
7 43 (29.45%) CSS
7 43 (29.45%) Microsoft
8 42 (28.77%) Web Services
9 38 (26.03%) SOAP
10 35 (23.97%) Oracle
10 35 (23.97%) jQuery
11 33 (22.60%) SQL
12 32 (21.92%) Linux
13 30 (20.55%) Visual Studio
13 30 (20.55%) Degree
14 29 (19.86%) Windows
15 28 (19.18%) VB.NET
16 27 (18.49%) ASP.NET
16 27 (18.49%) OO
16 27 (18.49%) MS Excel
17 26 (17.81%) UML
17 26 (17.81%) Computer Science
17 26 (17.81%) Subversion
18 24 (16.44%) XML Schema
18 24 (16.44%) Trapeze
19 22 (15.07%) Python
20 21 (14.38%) SQL Server
20 21 (14.38%) Software Engineering
20 21 (14.38%) Git (software)

XML
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Somerset 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 71 (48.63%) HTML
2 61 (41.78%) .NET
3 43 (29.45%) CSS
4 42 (28.77%) Web Services
5 38 (26.03%) SOAP
6 35 (23.97%) jQuery
7 27 (18.49%) ASP.NET
8 24 (16.44%) XML Schema
9 19 (13.01%) JSON
9 19 (13.01%) Spring
9 19 (13.01%) Hibernate
9 19 (13.01%) XHTML
10 16 (10.96%) Google Maps API
11 13 (8.904%) XSLT
12 11 (7.534%) .NET Framework
12 11 (7.534%) Java EE
12 11 (7.534%) Ajax
13 10 (6.849%) CakePHP
13 10 (6.849%) Symfony
13 10 (6.849%) XML-RPC
Application Platforms
1 17 (11.64%) IIS
2 14 (9.589%) SharePoint
3 12 (8.219%) Apache
3 12 (8.219%) Tomcat
4 10 (6.849%) GlassFish
5 7 (4.795%) OpenROAD
6 4 (2.740%) CMS
7 2 (1.370%) SharePoint 2010
7 2 (1.370%) Jetty
7 2 (1.370%) Drupal
8 1 (0.685%) ColdFusion
8 1 (0.685%) WebLogic
8 1 (0.685%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 27 (18.49%) MS Excel
2 3 (2.055%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 9 (6.164%) SAP LE
2 3 (2.055%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (0.685%) Oracle iStore
3 1 (0.685%) Summit
Communications & Networking
1 13 (8.904%) Internet
2 12 (8.219%) TCP/IP
3 2 (1.370%) Extranet
3 2 (1.370%) Intranet
4 1 (0.685%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (14.38%) SQL Server
2 15 (10.27%) MySQL
3 11 (7.534%) NoSQL
4 10 (6.849%) SQL Server 2005
4 10 (6.849%) SQL Server 2008
5 9 (6.164%) GIS
5 9 (6.164%) RDBMS
6 7 (4.795%) Ingres
7 5 (3.425%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 4 (2.740%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 2 (1.370%) PostgreSQL
10 1 (0.685%) Oracle 8/8i
10 1 (0.685%) DTS
Development Applications
1 30 (20.55%) Visual Studio
2 26 (17.81%) Subversion
3 21 (14.38%) Git (software)
4 18 (12.33%) Ant
5 16 (10.96%) Hudson
6 15 (10.27%) Team Foundation Server
7 11 (7.534%) Maven
8 9 (6.164%) JUnit
8 9 (6.164%) jMock
9 3 (2.055%) Dreamweaver
9 3 (2.055%) Jenkins
10 2 (1.370%) Cucumber
10 2 (1.370%) CruiseControl
10 2 (1.370%) WebDriver
10 2 (1.370%) Selenium
10 2 (1.370%) VSS/SourceSafe
10 2 (1.370%) QuickTest Pro
11 1 (0.685%) WebLogic Workshop
11 1 (0.685%) Eclipse
11 1 (0.685%) JIRA
General
1 15 (10.27%) Telecoms
1 15 (10.27%) Finance
2 4 (2.740%) Marketing
3 1 (0.685%) Manufacturing
3 1 (0.685%) Advertising
3 1 (0.685%) Retail
Job Titles
1 83 (56.85%) Developer
2 27 (18.49%) Software Engineer
3 21 (14.38%) Analyst
3 21 (14.38%) Software Developer
4 18 (12.33%) Web Developer
5 13 (8.904%) Release Manager
5 13 (8.904%) Java Developer
5 13 (8.904%) Configuration Manager
6 12 (8.219%) Senior Developer
7 10 (6.849%) .NET Developer
7 10 (6.849%) PHP Developer
8 9 (6.164%) Senior Analyst
8 9 (6.164%) Programmer
8 9 (6.164%) PHP Web Developer
9 8 (5.479%) Senior Analyst Developer
9 8 (5.479%) Analyst Developer
9 8 (5.479%) iPhone Developer
9 8 (5.479%) iPhone Applications Developer
10 6 (4.110%) Oracle Team Leader
10 6 (4.110%) Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 26 (17.81%) Computer Science
2 18 (12.33%) iPhone
3 17 (11.64%) Open Source
4 15 (10.27%) Digital Media
5 10 (6.849%) iPad
5 10 (6.849%) Mobile App
6 8 (5.479%) Management Information System
7 4 (2.740%) Social Media
8 3 (2.055%) W3C
8 3 (2.055%) SaaS
8 3 (2.055%) SWIFT
9 1 (0.685%) Mathematics
9 1 (0.685%) Mobile Payment
Operating Systems
1 32 (21.92%) Linux
2 29 (19.86%) Windows
3 19 (13.01%) UNIX
4 18 (12.33%) Apple iOS
5 14 (9.589%) Windows Server 2003
5 14 (9.589%) Windows Server 2008
6 10 (6.849%) Ubuntu
6 10 (6.849%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (18.49%) OO
2 26 (17.81%) UML
3 21 (14.38%) Software Engineering
4 19 (13.01%) Unit Testing
4 19 (13.01%) Continuous Integration
4 19 (13.01%) Web Development
4 19 (13.01%) TDD
5 17 (11.64%) MVC
6 15 (10.27%) Service Delivery
7 14 (9.589%) Business Analysis
8 13 (8.904%) Release Management
9 9 (6.164%) Data Modelling
9 9 (6.164%) Mobile Application Development
9 9 (6.164%) Waterfall
10 8 (5.479%) Signal Processing
10 8 (5.479%) SysML
10 8 (5.479%) User Experience Design
11 7 (4.795%) Migration
12 6 (4.110%) Agile Software Development
12 6 (4.110%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 74 (50.68%) Java
2 63 (43.15%) C#
3 59 (40.41%) JavaScript
4 45 (30.82%) C++
5 33 (22.60%) SQL
6 28 (19.18%) VB.NET
7 22 (15.07%) Python
8 18 (12.33%) PHP
9 17 (11.64%) ActionScript
10 16 (10.96%) Ada
11 14 (9.589%) C
12 10 (6.849%) Ruby
13 9 (6.164%) ECMAScript
14 7 (4.795%) VB
14 7 (4.795%) VB6
15 5 (3.425%) T-SQL
16 4 (2.740%) Bash shell
16 4 (2.740%) Perl
17 3 (2.055%) X++
18 2 (1.370%) XAML
Qualifications
1 30 (20.55%) Degree
2 16 (10.96%) Security Cleared
3 10 (6.849%) SC Cleared
3 10 (6.849%) DV Cleared
4 9 (6.164%) CNA
4 9 (6.164%) Novell Certification
5 3 (2.055%) ISEB
6 2 (1.370%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (1.370%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (0.685%) MCSD
7 1 (0.685%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (12.33%) QA
2 3 (2.055%) SLA
3 1 (0.685%) ISO 14001
3 1 (0.685%) ISO 9001
3 1 (0.685%) COBIT
System Software
1 5 (3.425%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.685%) VMware ESX
2 1 (0.685%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 43 (29.45%) Microsoft
2 35 (23.97%) Oracle
3 24 (16.44%) Trapeze
4 16 (10.96%) Google
5 10 (6.849%) Zend
5 10 (6.849%) JBoss
6 6 (4.110%) VMware
7 1 (0.685%) Citrix
7 1 (0.685%) Sitecore
Bath, South West
I am looking for a passionate developer with a minimum of 2 years ecommerce web development experience along with a computer related degree... The key skills I am...
Computer Futures
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Bristol, Chippenham, Gloucester, Bath, Swindon,...
Java Web Developer / Software Engineer or Programmer - XML, JUnit, Agile, £30-40,000 plus great benefits (pension, health care, 10% bonus), Central Bristol. Key Skills:- Java web development...
XIST4 Recruitment
Salary: £30-40,000 + Great Bens
Posted: 13 May 2013
Taunton, Somerset
The successful candidate will perform tasks from both software development and system support roles as well as design / develop software solutions to meet business needs including maintaining existing...
Acorn
Salary: £28000 - £33000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
Bath, Avon
Experience Essential Programming skills: Oracle SQL. Unix scripting (IBM AIX) Proprietary programming language "Reporter" provided by ERP software vendor. HTML, ASP, XML, JAVA, C# User application screen development...
Sanderson
Salary: £24000 - £34000 per annum
Posted: 23 May 2013
Bath, Avon
A leading player within the financial services space and a specialist software/platform provider our client has a great reputation and is now looking to expand their business...
Resource Management
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + bonus + benefits
Posted: 23 May 2013
Bath, Avon
A leading player within the financial services space and a specialist software/platform provider our client has a great reputation and is now looking to expand their business...
Resource Management
Salary: £45000 - £55000 per annum + bonus + benefits
Posted: 23 May 2013