The first table below looks at the demand for XPath skills in IT jobs advertised for the South East region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited XPath over the 3 months to 20 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 South East region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
XPath (XML Path Language)
Rank 335 324 348
Rank change year-on-year
-11 +24
Permanent jobs citing XPath 91 115 74
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East 0.415% 0.484% 0.330%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.835% 0.943% 0.647%
Number of salaries quoted 71 97 63
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
90% offered a salary of more than £30,250 £32,500 £19,100
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £50,000 £75,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-6.25% -
All Programming Languages
South East
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
10901 12192 11443
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East 49.69% 51.30% 50.96%
Number of salaries quoted 9579 10882 10217
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £27,500 £27,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
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 South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

South East 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 South East region.

South East XPath Salary Trend

XPath
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing XPath across the South East region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

South East 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 South East region over the 3 months to 20 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
Hampshire +8 31 £41,750 +14.38%
East Sussex +27 27 £38,750 -
Surrey 0 23 £42,750 -10.00%
West Sussex -6 5 £35,000 -
Middlesex -1 2 £23,000 -
Buckinghamshire - 2 £48,750 -
Berkshire -24 1 £47,500 +18.75%
XPath
England

XPath
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the South East 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.

1 159 (92.98%) XML
2 122 (71.35%) XSLT
3 93 (54.39%) CSS
4 85 (49.71%) HTML
5 75 (43.86%) JavaScript
6 66 (38.60%) Web Services
7 61 (35.67%) .NET
8 56 (32.75%) OO
9 49 (28.65%) ASP.NET
10 47 (27.49%) SQL Server
10 47 (27.49%) MVC
11 45 (26.32%) Java
12 42 (24.56%) XML Schema
12 42 (24.56%) XQuery
12 42 (24.56%) jQuery
13 40 (23.39%) XSD
14 39 (22.81%) C#
14 39 (22.81%) XSL
14 39 (22.81%) Degree
15 37 (21.64%) Scrum
16 36 (21.05%) SOAP
16 36 (21.05%) Agile Software Development
16 36 (21.05%) Subversion
17 34 (19.88%) Middleware
18 33 (19.30%) Finance
19 32 (18.71%) SQL
19 32 (18.71%) .NET Framework
20 30 (17.54%) CMS
20 30 (17.54%) Microsoft
21 28 (16.37%) SSL

XPath
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the South East 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
1 159 (92.98%) XML
2 122 (71.35%) XSLT
3 93 (54.39%) CSS
4 85 (49.71%) HTML
5 66 (38.60%) Web Services
6 61 (35.67%) .NET
7 49 (28.65%) ASP.NET
8 42 (24.56%) XML Schema
8 42 (24.56%) jQuery
9 40 (23.39%) XSD
10 39 (22.81%) XSL
11 36 (21.05%) SOAP
12 34 (19.88%) Middleware
13 32 (18.71%) .NET Framework
14 26 (15.20%) Ajax
15 25 (14.62%) Spring
16 21 (12.28%) WebSphere
17 18 (10.53%) Servlets
18 17 (9.942%) Hibernate
18 17 (9.942%) HTML5
Application Platforms
1 30 (17.54%) CMS
2 18 (10.53%) Apache
2 18 (10.53%) Tomcat
3 17 (9.942%) WebSphere MQ
4 12 (7.018%) Jetty
5 8 (4.678%) IIS
6 6 (3.509%) ESB
7 4 (2.339%) WebSphere Application Server
7 4 (2.339%) SharePoint
7 4 (2.339%) Kentico
8 3 (1.754%) Oracle Coherence
9 2 (1.170%) Gentran
10 1 (0.585%) Oracle Workflow
10 1 (0.585%) ActiveMQ
Applications
1 15 (8.772%) MS Excel
2 13 (7.602%) MS Office
3 5 (2.924%) Spreadsheet
Communications & Networking
1 28 (16.37%) SSL
2 16 (9.357%) HTTP
3 13 (7.602%) TCP/IP
4 12 (7.018%) FTP
5 8 (4.678%) HTTPS
6 6 (3.509%) 3GPP
6 6 (3.509%) LDAP
6 6 (3.509%) SNMP
7 4 (2.339%) ATM
8 3 (1.754%) Wireless
8 3 (1.754%) BSS
8 3 (1.754%) DVB
9 2 (1.170%) NNTP
9 2 (1.170%) Internet
9 2 (1.170%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 47 (27.49%) SQL Server
2 14 (8.187%) MySQL
3 8 (4.678%) MarkLogic
4 7 (4.094%) SQL Server 2008
4 7 (4.094%) SQL Server 2005
5 4 (2.339%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 4 (2.339%) Data Mining
5 4 (2.339%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 3 (1.754%) Data Mart
6 3 (1.754%) Hadoop
6 3 (1.754%) NoSQL
6 3 (1.754%) Oracle Exadata
6 3 (1.754%) Big Data
6 3 (1.754%) RDBMS
6 3 (1.754%) Oracle 10g
6 3 (1.754%) PostgreSQL
6 3 (1.754%) Oracle 11g
6 3 (1.754%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 36 (21.05%) Subversion
2 20 (11.70%) Git (software)
3 19 (11.11%) Team Foundation Server
4 12 (7.018%) ReSharper
5 9 (5.263%) Maven
5 9 (5.263%) NUnit
5 9 (5.263%) Visual Studio
6 7 (4.094%) XMLSpy
6 7 (4.094%) InstallShield
7 6 (3.509%) Telelogic TAU
7 6 (3.509%) Rational Rose
7 6 (3.509%) JUnit
7 6 (3.509%) MSTest
8 3 (1.754%) Moq
8 3 (1.754%) Cucumber
8 3 (1.754%) JIRA
9 1 (0.585%) Firebug
9 1 (0.585%) Fiddler
General
1 33 (19.30%) Finance
2 13 (7.602%) Publishing
3 12 (7.018%) Telecoms
4 4 (2.339%) Marketing
5 2 (1.170%) Electronics
6 1 (0.585%) Financial Institution
6 1 (0.585%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 102 (59.65%) Developer
2 28 (16.37%) Senior Developer
2 28 (16.37%) Administrator
3 24 (14.04%) .NET Developer
4 18 (10.53%) Java Developer
4 18 (10.53%) Web Developer
5 13 (7.602%) PHP Developer
6 11 (6.433%) Software Developer
7 9 (5.263%) Junior
7 9 (5.263%) Senior .NET Developer
7 9 (5.263%) Junior Developer
8 6 (3.509%) ASP.NET Developer
8 6 (3.509%) Junior .NET Developer
8 6 (3.509%) C# Developer
8 6 (3.509%) Programmer
8 6 (3.509%) Development Engineer
8 6 (3.509%) Middleware Developer
9 5 (2.924%) Web Engineer
9 5 (2.924%) Java Web Developer
9 5 (2.924%) Java Software Developer
Miscellaneous
1 28 (16.37%) DataPower
2 20 (11.70%) Computer Science
3 11 (6.433%) Management Information System
4 9 (5.263%) Mathematics
4 9 (5.263%) Physics
4 9 (5.263%) Mobile App
5 8 (4.678%) Inversion of Control
5 8 (4.678%) Social Media
6 6 (3.509%) Firmware
7 4 (2.339%) HACMP
8 3 (1.754%) Blackberry
8 3 (1.754%) DTV
8 3 (1.754%) N-Tier
8 3 (1.754%) W3C
8 3 (1.754%) iPad
8 3 (1.754%) iPhone
9 2 (1.170%) TRADACOMS
9 2 (1.170%) Open Source
9 2 (1.170%) PDA
Operating Systems
1 18 (10.53%) UNIX
2 16 (9.357%) Linux
3 15 (8.772%) Windows
4 4 (2.339%) AIX
4 4 (2.339%) Solaris
4 4 (2.339%) Android
4 4 (2.339%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (32.75%) OO
2 47 (27.49%) MVC
3 37 (21.64%) Scrum
4 36 (21.05%) Agile Software Development
5 28 (16.37%) TDD
6 25 (14.62%) Data Modelling
7 19 (11.11%) Content Management
8 18 (10.53%) OOP
9 17 (9.942%) SOA
9 17 (9.942%) Web Development
10 14 (8.187%) Requirements Analysis
10 14 (8.187%) UML
10 14 (8.187%) OOD
10 14 (8.187%) Dependency Injection
11 11 (6.433%) Integration Testing
12 10 (5.848%) RAD
12 10 (5.848%) Data Management
13 9 (5.263%) Use Case
13 9 (5.263%) Web Application Development
14 8 (4.678%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 75 (43.86%) JavaScript
2 45 (26.32%) Java
3 42 (24.56%) XQuery
4 39 (22.81%) C#
5 32 (18.71%) SQL
6 18 (10.53%) T-SQL
7 15 (8.772%) PHP
8 11 (6.433%) VB.NET
9 7 (4.094%) VC++
10 6 (3.509%) Groovy
11 5 (2.924%) Perl
12 4 (2.339%) Objective-C
13 3 (1.754%) Delphi
13 3 (1.754%) VB
14 2 (1.170%) ActionScript
14 2 (1.170%) Python
14 2 (1.170%) Shell Script
14 2 (1.170%) C++
14 2 (1.170%) VB6
14 2 (1.170%) Korn
Qualifications
1 39 (22.81%) Degree
2 7 (4.094%) ISEB
3 3 (1.754%) HND
4 2 (1.170%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (5.848%) QA
2 2 (1.170%) RosettaNet
2 2 (1.170%) WCAG
Systems Management
1 6 (3.509%) CA SiteMinder
2 1 (0.585%) SCOM
Vendors
1 30 (17.54%) Microsoft
2 27 (15.79%) Oracle
3 14 (8.187%) IBM
4 12 (7.018%) EPiServer
4 12 (7.018%) Altova
5 10 (5.848%) Zend
6 6 (3.509%) WSO2
6 6 (3.509%) Nokia Siemens Networks
6 6 (3.509%) Remedy
6 6 (3.509%) Telelogic
7 4 (2.339%) Google
7 4 (2.339%) Red Gate
7 4 (2.339%) Facebook
7 4 (2.339%) Twitter
8 3 (1.754%) SEEBURGER
8 3 (1.754%) SAP
8 3 (1.754%) Teradata
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Salary: £25000 - £45000 per annum + Pension Scheme
Posted: 15 May 2013
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Salary: From £20,000 to £30,000 per annum +bens
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