The first table below looks at the demand for XML skills in IT jobs advertised for the Torfaen region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited XML over the 3 months to 17 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 Torfaen region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Extensible Markup Language (XML)
Rank 10 5 7
Rank change year-on-year
-5 +2
Permanent jobs citing XML 10 11 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Torfaen 20.41% 20.75% 29.41%
As % of the Application Development category 34.48% 40.74% 41.67%
Number of salaries quoted 10 11 5
Average salary £35,000 £34,000 £28,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.94% +19.29%
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +7.14%
All Application Development
Torfaen
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
29 27 12
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Torfaen 59.18% 50.94% 70.59%
Number of salaries quoted 29 27 12
Average salary £34,250 £34,000 £60,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+0.73% -43.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,000 £28,500
10% offered a salary of more than £38,250 £80,000 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
XML
South Wales

XML
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Torfaen 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 Torfaen region.

Torfaen XML Salary Trend

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 Torfaen region over the 3 months to 17 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
Cwmbran -6 10 £35,000 +2.94%
XML
South Wales

XML
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Torfaen 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 29 (85.29%) .NET
2 27 (79.41%) SQL Server
2 27 (79.41%) C#
3 26 (76.47%) ASP.NET
4 25 (73.53%) VB.NET
5 17 (50.00%) .NET Framework
6 15 (44.12%) SQL
7 13 (38.24%) VB
7 13 (38.24%) OO
8 9 (26.47%) OOD
9 8 (23.53%) Degree
9 8 (23.53%) VB6
10 6 (17.65%) QA
10 6 (17.65%) MS Excel
10 6 (17.65%) Microsoft
11 5 (14.71%) Web Services
12 4 (11.76%) Product Management
12 4 (11.76%) Windows Azure
12 4 (11.76%) WCF
12 4 (11.76%) ADO.NET
12 4 (11.76%) E-Commerce
12 4 (11.76%) T-SQL
12 4 (11.76%) IIS
12 4 (11.76%) MVC
12 4 (11.76%) ISEB
12 4 (11.76%) WinForms
12 4 (11.76%) Programme Management
13 2 (5.882%) Microsoft Certification
13 2 (5.882%) MS Office
13 2 (5.882%) ASP

XML
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Torfaen 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 29 (85.29%) .NET
2 26 (76.47%) ASP.NET
3 17 (50.00%) .NET Framework
4 5 (14.71%) Web Services
5 4 (11.76%) WinForms
5 4 (11.76%) ADO.NET
5 4 (11.76%) WCF
6 2 (5.882%) ASP
7 1 (2.941%) ASP.NET MVC
7 1 (2.941%) HTML5
Application Platforms
1 4 (11.76%) IIS
1 4 (11.76%) Windows Azure
Applications
1 6 (17.65%) MS Excel
2 2 (5.882%) MS Office
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (79.41%) SQL Server
Job Titles
1 29 (85.29%) Developer
2 25 (73.53%) .NET Developer
3 16 (47.06%) VB.NET Developer
4 6 (17.65%) C# Developer
5 5 (14.71%) Senior .NET Developer
5 5 (14.71%) Web Developer
5 5 (14.71%) Senior Developer
6 4 (11.76%) Senior Web Developer
6 4 (11.76%) ASP.NET Developer
6 4 (11.76%) Senior ASP.NET Developer
6 4 (11.76%) .NET Web Developer
6 4 (11.76%) Senior C# Developer
6 4 (11.76%) C# Web Developer
6 4 (11.76%) Senior .NET Web Developer
6 4 (11.76%) Senior VB.NET Developer
6 4 (11.76%) VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
6 4 (11.76%) C# ASP.NET Developer
6 4 (11.76%) C# .NET Developer
7 3 (8.824%) Analyst
8 2 (5.882%) Test Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.882%) Computer Science
2 1 (2.941%) Data Integration
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (38.24%) OO
2 9 (26.47%) OOD
3 4 (11.76%) E-Commerce
3 4 (11.76%) Programme Management
3 4 (11.76%) MVC
3 4 (11.76%) Product Management
4 2 (5.882%) Automated Testing
4 2 (5.882%) User Acceptance Testing
4 2 (5.882%) Performance Testing
4 2 (5.882%) Unit Testing
4 2 (5.882%) Test Scripting
4 2 (5.882%) Manual Testing
5 1 (2.941%) Business Intelligence
5 1 (2.941%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 27 (79.41%) C#
2 25 (73.53%) VB.NET
3 15 (44.12%) SQL
4 13 (38.24%) VB
5 8 (23.53%) VB6
6 4 (11.76%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (23.53%) Degree
2 4 (11.76%) ISEB
3 2 (5.882%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (17.65%) QA
Vendors
1 6 (17.65%) Microsoft