The first table below looks at the demand for XML skills in IT jobs advertised for the Southampton region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited XML over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Southampton region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Extensible Markup Language (XML)
Rank 32 38 10
Rank change year-on-year
+6 -28
Permanent jobs citing XML 60 55 92
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Southampton 6.795% 5.857% 14.24%
As % of the Application Development category 16.44% 15.67% 34.85%
Number of salaries quoted 60 51 87
Average salary £30,500 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-23.75% +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £32,500 £31,500
10% offered a salary of more than £39,550 £42,500 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £37,000 £36,500
% change year-on-year
-5.40% +1.36%
All Application Development
Southampton
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
365 351 264
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Southampton 41.34% 37.38% 40.87%
Number of salaries quoted 343 338 246
Average salary £32,500 £37,500 £35,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-13.33% +5.63%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £27,500 £24,100
10% offered a salary of more than £42,500 £62,500 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £36,500
% change year-on-year
- +2.73%
XML
Hampshire

XML
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Southampton 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 Southampton region.

Southampton XML Salary Trend

XML
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing XML across the Southampton region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Southampton XML Salary Histogram

XML
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Southampton 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 50 (58.82%) HTML
2 44 (51.76%) SQL Server
3 43 (50.59%) Java
4 42 (49.41%) .NET
4 42 (49.41%) Web Services
5 37 (43.53%) SQL
6 33 (38.82%) JavaScript
7 31 (36.47%) C#
8 29 (34.12%) Ajax
9 28 (32.94%) PHP
10 25 (29.41%) UNIX
11 24 (28.24%) CSS
11 24 (28.24%) JSON
12 22 (25.88%) Oracle
12 22 (25.88%) Client/Server
12 22 (25.88%) Software Engineering
13 21 (24.71%) MS Excel
14 19 (22.35%) Oracle 8/8i
14 19 (22.35%) Eclipse
14 19 (22.35%) PL/SQL
14 19 (22.35%) Degree
15 18 (21.18%) Tomcat
15 18 (21.18%) Spring
16 17 (20.00%) Broadband
16 17 (20.00%) Microsoft
16 17 (20.00%) J2EE
16 17 (20.00%) ASP.NET
17 16 (18.82%) ISO 9001
17 16 (18.82%) REST
18 14 (16.47%) SOAP

XML
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Southampton 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 50 (58.82%) HTML
2 42 (49.41%) .NET
2 42 (49.41%) Web Services
3 29 (34.12%) Ajax
4 24 (28.24%) CSS
4 24 (28.24%) JSON
5 18 (21.18%) Spring
6 17 (20.00%) J2EE
6 17 (20.00%) ASP.NET
7 16 (18.82%) REST
8 14 (16.47%) SOAP
9 12 (14.12%) jQuery
10 11 (12.94%) HTML5
11 10 (11.76%) Servlets
12 9 (10.59%) XHTML
12 9 (10.59%) WebRTC
12 9 (10.59%) .NET Framework
13 8 (9.412%) XSLT
14 7 (8.235%) EJB
15 6 (7.059%) Cocoa Touch
Application Platforms
1 18 (21.18%) Tomcat
2 6 (7.059%) SharePoint
3 3 (3.529%) BizTalk Server
4 2 (2.353%) SharePoint 2010
4 2 (2.353%) IIS
5 1 (1.176%) CMS
5 1 (1.176%) Confluence
5 1 (1.176%) Windows Azure
Applications
1 21 (24.71%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (4.706%) Agresso
2 2 (2.353%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (2.353%) ResourceLink
3 1 (1.176%) Oracle Applications
3 1 (1.176%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 17 (20.00%) Broadband
2 9 (10.59%) HTTP
3 5 (5.882%) Internet
4 4 (4.706%) SSL
5 2 (2.353%) DVB
6 1 (1.176%) TCP/IP
6 1 (1.176%) DNS
6 1 (1.176%) CTI
6 1 (1.176%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (51.76%) SQL Server
2 19 (22.35%) Oracle 8/8i
3 11 (12.94%) MySQL
4 5 (5.882%) SQL Server 2005
5 4 (4.706%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 4 (4.706%) SQL Server 2008
6 2 (2.353%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 2 (2.353%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 2 (2.353%) RDBMS
7 1 (1.176%) SQL Server 2012
Development Applications
1 19 (22.35%) Eclipse
2 7 (8.235%) Visual Studio
3 5 (5.882%) Subversion
4 2 (2.353%) Xcode
5 1 (1.176%) VSS/SourceSafe
5 1 (1.176%) JUnit
5 1 (1.176%) Bugzilla
5 1 (1.176%) CruiseControl
5 1 (1.176%) Maven
5 1 (1.176%) Hudson
5 1 (1.176%) JIRA
General
1 9 (10.59%) Telecoms
2 7 (8.235%) Finance
3 3 (3.529%) Games
Job Titles
1 69 (81.18%) Developer
2 27 (31.76%) Java Developer
3 16 (18.82%) Software Developer
4 13 (15.29%) Graduate
5 9 (10.59%) Analyst
5 9 (10.59%) Java/J2EE Developer
6 7 (8.235%) C# Developer
7 6 (7.059%) iOS Developer
7 6 (7.059%) PHP Developer
8 5 (5.882%) Web Developer
9 4 (4.706%) Graduate Developer
9 4 (4.706%) .NET Consultant
9 4 (4.706%) .NET Developer
9 4 (4.706%) Configuration Analyst
9 4 (4.706%) Graduate Software Developer
9 4 (4.706%) Consultant
9 4 (4.706%) Applications Developer
10 3 (3.529%) Software Engineer
10 3 (3.529%) Analyst Programmer
10 3 (3.529%) Programmer
Miscellaneous
1 22 (25.88%) Client/Server
2 7 (8.235%) Computer Science
3 6 (7.059%) iPhone
4 3 (3.529%) Social Network
5 2 (2.353%) Artificial Intelligence
5 2 (2.353%) Inversion of Control
5 2 (2.353%) iPad
5 2 (2.353%) STB
5 2 (2.353%) DTV
5 2 (2.353%) W3C
6 1 (1.176%) Handset
6 1 (1.176%) Kindle
Operating Systems
1 25 (29.41%) UNIX
2 12 (14.12%) Windows
3 11 (12.94%) Linux
4 6 (7.059%) Apple iOS
5 3 (3.529%) Android
6 1 (1.176%) Windows CE
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (25.88%) Software Engineering
2 12 (14.12%) OO
3 11 (12.94%) MVC
4 7 (8.235%) Software Testing
5 6 (7.059%) Memory Management
5 6 (7.059%) Document Management
6 5 (5.882%) ERP
6 5 (5.882%) Multithreading
6 5 (5.882%) Web Development
7 4 (4.706%) Software Architecture
7 4 (4.706%) Project Management
7 4 (4.706%) SOA
7 4 (4.706%) OOP
7 4 (4.706%) PRINCE2
8 3 (3.529%) Scrum
8 3 (3.529%) Web Application Development
8 3 (3.529%) Continuous Integration
9 2 (2.353%) Test Scripting
9 2 (2.353%) Business Development
9 2 (2.353%) Agile Software Development
Programming Languages
1 43 (50.59%) Java
2 37 (43.53%) SQL
3 33 (38.82%) JavaScript
4 31 (36.47%) C#
5 28 (32.94%) PHP
6 19 (22.35%) PL/SQL
7 8 (9.412%) C
8 6 (7.059%) Objective-C
8 6 (7.059%) T-SQL
9 5 (5.882%) PHP5
10 4 (4.706%) VB.NET
11 3 (3.529%) VB
11 3 (3.529%) C++
11 3 (3.529%) Python
12 2 (2.353%) Embedded C
13 1 (1.176%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 19 (22.35%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (18.82%) ISO 9001
2 6 (7.059%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 22 (25.88%) Oracle
2 17 (20.00%) Microsoft
3 9 (10.59%) JBoss
4 8 (9.412%) Facebook
4 8 (9.412%) Twitter
5 6 (7.059%) Apple
6 4 (4.706%) Adobe
7 3 (3.529%) NorthgateArinso
8 2 (2.353%) Northgate
8 2 (2.353%) Remedy
8 2 (2.353%) BMC
8 2 (2.353%) SAP
9 1 (1.176%) Progress
9 1 (1.176%) Google
9 1 (1.176%) GigaSpaces
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Deerfoot IT Resources Ltd
Salary: £28000 - £33000 per annum
Posted: 14 June 2013
Southampton, South East
You will be working on cutting edge projects to create and enhance components and features using the latest versions of Microsoft development tools in a Windows environment... 1997...
Deerfoot IT Resources Ltd
Salary: £28000 - £33000 per annum
Posted: 6 June 2013
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Salary: £28000 - £33000 per annum
Posted: 14 June 2013
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Salary: £27000 - £34000 per annum + 36 days holiday, flexitime and more
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Salary: From £22,000 to £30,000 per annum Negotiable based upon experience.
Posted: 6 June 2013
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Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum + 25 days holiday, healthcare
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