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The table below looks at the demand for XPath (XML Path Language) skills within the South Wales region with a comparison to our Programming Languages category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited XPath over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkXPath (XML Path Language)
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank9794
Rank change on same period last yearDown-3
Matching permanent IT job ads27
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.003 %
As % of the category below0.261 %0.911 %
Salaries quoted27
Average minimum salary£30,000£26,000
Average salary£35,000£32,643
% change on same period last year+7.22 %
Average maximum salary£40,000£39,286
UK excluding London average salary£39,589£40,745
% change on same period last year-2.83 %
South Wales IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
South Wales
Matching permanent IT job ads766768
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.443 %0.330 %
Salaries quoted720703
Average minimum salary£30,297£27,732
Average salary£34,420£31,301
% change on same period last year+9.96 %
Average maximum salary£38,543£34,871
UK excluding London average salary£35,506£35,791
% change on same period last year-0.79 %
XPath WalesXPath
Wales

XPath
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing XPath across the South Wales region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

South Wales XPath Demand Trend

XPath
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing XPath across the South Wales region.

South Wales XPath Salary Trend

XPath
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing XPath across the South Wales region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

South Wales 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 Wales region over the 3 months to 10 October 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
CardiffNew entry-1£35,000-
XPath WalesXPath
Wales

XPath
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT jobs across the South Wales 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.

117 (100.00 %)PL/SQL
117 (100.00 %)SQL
117 (100.00 %)XML
215 (88.24 %)Oracle
312 (70.59 %)Perl
410 (58.82 %)AutoSys
59 (52.94 %)Linux
59 (52.94 %)Oracle Reports
59 (52.94 %)XDoclet
59 (52.94 %)JSP
59 (52.94 %)XSLT
59 (52.94 %)ClearCase
59 (52.94 %)Eclipse
59 (52.94 %)JavaBeans
59 (52.94 %)Ant
59 (52.94 %)JUnit
59 (52.94 %)HTML
59 (52.94 %)Java
59 (52.94 %)JavaScript
59 (52.94 %)Migration
59 (52.94 %)Data Migration
59 (52.94 %)Security Cleared
68 (47.06 %)SC Cleared
68 (47.06 %)J2EE
68 (47.06 %)TestDirector
76 (35.29 %)Shell Script
85 (29.41 %)Oracle 8/8i
85 (29.41 %)EJB
94 (23.53 %)PolarLake
103 (17.65 %)Middleware

XPath
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT jobs across the South Wales 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.

South Wales IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
117 (100.00 %)XML
29 (52.94 %)XSLT
29 (52.94 %)JavaBeans
29 (52.94 %)HTML
29 (52.94 %)JSP
38 (47.06 %)J2EE
45 (29.41 %)EJB
53 (17.65 %)Middleware
South Wales IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
19 (52.94 %)Oracle Reports
25 (29.41 %)Oracle 8/8i
South Wales IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
19 (52.94 %)Ant
19 (52.94 %)JUnit
19 (52.94 %)ClearCase
19 (52.94 %)Eclipse
19 (52.94 %)XDoclet
28 (47.06 %)TestDirector
South Wales IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (11.76 %)Government
South Wales IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
18 (47.06 %)Developer
18 (47.06 %)Java Developer
23 (17.65 %)JavaScript Developer
32 (11.76 %)Senior Java Developer
32 (11.76 %)Analyst
32 (11.76 %)Senior Developer
32 (11.76 %)Support Analyst
41 (5.882 %)Applications Support
41 (5.882 %)Java/J2EE Developer
South Wales IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
19 (52.94 %)Linux
South Wales IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
19 (52.94 %)Migration
19 (52.94 %)Data Migration
19 (52.94 %)Security Cleared
28 (47.06 %)SC Cleared
32 (11.76 %)Business Development
32 (11.76 %)Service Delivery
41 (5.882 %)ITIL
South Wales IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
117 (100.00 %)PL/SQL
117 (100.00 %)SQL
212 (70.59 %)Perl
39 (52.94 %)Java
39 (52.94 %)JavaScript
46 (35.29 %)Shell Script
South Wales IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (5.882 %)SLA
South Wales IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
110 (58.82 %)AutoSys
South Wales IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
115 (88.24 %)Oracle
24 (23.53 %)PolarLake