Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs
Job Type
Source

The table below looks at the demand for Extreme Programming (XP) skills across the UK with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Extreme Programming over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkExtreme Programming (XP)
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank470517
Rank change on same period last yearUp+47
Matching permanent IT job ads533589
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.309 %0.253 %
As % of the category below0.524 %0.456 %
Salaries quoted489508
Average minimum salary£38,215£40,535
Average salary£43,654£47,721
% change on same period last year-8.52 %
Average maximum salary£49,093£54,907
UK excluding London average salary£40,166£42,070
% change on same period last year-4.52 %
IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
UK
Matching permanent IT job ads101755129222
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled58.90 %55.61 %
Salaries quoted84070102833
Average minimum salary£43,155£44,605
Average salary£47,206£48,633
% change on same period last year-2.93 %
Average maximum salary£51,257£52,660
UK excluding London average salary£42,675£44,216
% change on same period last year-3.48 %

Extreme Programming
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Extreme Programming within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Extreme Programming Demand Trend

Extreme Programming
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Extreme Programming within the UK.

Extreme Programming Salary Trend

Extreme Programming
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Extreme Programming over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 within the UK.

Extreme Programming Salary Histogram

Extreme Programming
Top 30 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Extreme Programming within the UK 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
EnglandUp+49515£43,828-8.39 %
LondonUp+45334£45,890-9.59 %
South EastUp+2899£44,367+3.63 %
City of LondonNo change071£54,080-8.25 %
BuckinghamshireUp+4128£44,885-0.25 %
HampshireUp+1126£39,143+9.78 %
West MidlandsUp+3522£34,864-32.52 %
SurreyUp+3319£60,263+22.47 %
EdinburghUp+2918£36,667-16.86 %
ScotlandUp+2018£36,667-17.29 %
East of EnglandUp+317£37,333-8.92 %
YorkshireUp+2617£38,688-0.80 %
WarwickshireNew entry-16£32,000-
WinchesterNew entry-13£35,000-
Milton KeynesNew entry-12£47,042-
West YorkshireUp+1912£39,583-6.86 %
Gerrards CrossUp+1511£42,500-5.55 %
LeedsUp+3010£41,500-2.35 %
CambridgeshireUp+910£34,500-9.87 %
CambridgeUp+69£33,333-12.92 %
WokingDown-58£70,000+75.00 %
EastleighUp+98£45,250+13.12 %
OxfordUp+168£40,000+23.07 %
OxfordshireDown-38£40,000+2.75 %
North WestUp+338£30,250-
West SussexNew entry-7£35,000-
BerkshireDown-267£40,000-7.96 %
South WestUp+257£37,500-3.84 %
East GrinsteadNew entry-7£35,000-
East MidlandsUp+136£38,250+20.60 %

Extreme Programming
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT jobs within the UK citing Extreme Programming 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 Extreme Programming.

1879 (78.34 %)Scrum
2789 (70.32 %).NET
3719 (64.08 %)SQL Server
4717 (63.90 %)C#
5667 (59.45 %)ASP.NET
6611 (54.46 %)XML
7532 (47.42 %)SQL Server 2005
8479 (42.69 %)AJAX
9442 (39.39 %)WPF
10440 (39.22 %)WCF
11417 (37.17 %)WF
12411 (36.63 %)CSS
13387 (34.49 %)JavaScript
14378 (33.69 %)Silverlight
15322 (28.70 %)TDD
16294 (26.20 %)WebServices
17282 (25.13 %)Microsoft Certification
18274 (24.42 %)MCAD
18274 (24.42 %)MCSD
19266 (23.71 %)Internet
20262 (23.35 %)MCP
21258 (22.99 %)Java
22257 (22.91 %)Agile Software Development
23242 (21.57 %)XHTML
24238 (21.21 %)E-Commerce
25237 (21.12 %)VB.NET
26214 (19.07 %)Microsoft
27203 (18.09 %)SQL Server 2000
28199 (17.74 %)HTML
29190 (16.93 %)Finance

Extreme Programming
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT jobs within the UK citing Extreme Programming 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 Extreme Programming. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1789 (70.32 %).NET
2667 (59.45 %)ASP.NET
3611 (54.46 %)XML
4479 (42.69 %)AJAX
5442 (39.39 %)WPF
6440 (39.22 %)WCF
7417 (37.17 %)WF
8411 (36.63 %)CSS
9378 (33.69 %)Silverlight
10294 (26.20 %)WebServices
11242 (21.57 %)XHTML
12199 (17.74 %)HTML
13166 (14.80 %)J2EE
14161 (14.35 %)WinForms
15146 (13.01 %).NET Framework
1674 (6.595 %)Spring
1762 (5.526 %)Hibernate
1839 (3.476 %)ADO.NET
1938 (3.387 %)JSP
2029 (2.585 %)Swing
IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1139 (12.39 %)BizTalk Server
2118 (10.52 %)SharePoint
3109 (9.715 %)SharePoint Server 2007
491 (8.111 %)CMS
538 (3.387 %)MQSeries
623 (2.050 %)JBoss
717 (1.515 %)Tomcat
816 (1.426 %)WebSphere Application Server
98 (0.713 %)IIS
107 (0.624 %)WebLogic
116 (0.535 %)MS Exchange
116 (0.535 %)Exchange Server 2007
125 (0.446 %)ColdFusion
125 (0.446 %)Commerce Server
125 (0.446 %)Content Management Server
125 (0.446 %)Commerce Server 2007
134 (0.357 %)Apache
143 (0.267 %)JRun
152 (0.178 %)IBM HTTP Server
152 (0.178 %)Immediacy CMS
IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
131 (2.763 %)MS Visio
222 (1.961 %)MS Excel
IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
15 (0.446 %)Summit
22 (0.178 %)Singl.eView
IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1266 (23.71 %)Internet
218 (1.604 %)HTTP
39 (0.802 %)Broadband
48 (0.713 %)Firewall
56 (0.535 %)VPN
56 (0.535 %)DNS
64 (0.357 %)VoIP
73 (0.267 %)SMS
82 (0.178 %)LDAP
82 (0.178 %)Intranet
82 (0.178 %)TCP/IP
IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1719 (64.08 %)SQL Server
2532 (47.42 %)SQL Server 2005
3203 (18.09 %)SQL Server 2000
428 (2.496 %)DB2
428 (2.496 %)MySQL
516 (1.426 %)DTS
614 (1.248 %)SQL Server 2008
79 (0.802 %)RDBMS
86 (0.535 %)BusinessObjects
93 (0.267 %)Siebel EIM
102 (0.178 %)PostgreSQL
102 (0.178 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
102 (0.178 %)Crystal Reports
111 (0.089 %)Oracle 8/8i
111 (0.089 %)Oracle 9i
111 (0.089 %)Oracle 10g
111 (0.089 %)Sybase ASE
111 (0.089 %)SQLPlus
111 (0.089 %)SQL Server Integration Services
IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
151 (4.545 %)NUnit
230 (2.674 %)JUnit
328 (2.496 %)CruiseControl
426 (2.317 %)Subversion
525 (2.228 %)Selenium
615 (1.337 %)Visual Studio
712 (1.070 %)WinRunner
811 (0.980 %)QuickTest Pro
811 (0.980 %)Ant
811 (0.980 %)FitNesse
910 (0.891 %)JMeter
910 (0.891 %)LoadRunner
109 (0.802 %)Eclipse
118 (0.713 %)TestDirector
126 (0.535 %)MSI
134 (0.357 %)Flash
134 (0.357 %)MagicDraw
134 (0.357 %)ReSharper
143 (0.267 %)QARun
143 (0.267 %)QALoad
IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1190 (16.93 %)Finance
2189 (16.84 %)Retail
3135 (12.03 %)Banking
489 (7.932 %)Games
586 (7.665 %)Health
670 (6.239 %)Pensions
752 (4.635 %)Music
840 (3.565 %)Electronics
932 (2.852 %)Automotive
932 (2.852 %)Advertising
1026 (2.317 %)Music Industry
1123 (2.050 %)Marketing
1220 (1.783 %)Telecoms
1314 (1.248 %)Auditing
1411 (0.980 %)Investment Banking
159 (0.802 %)Financial Institution
159 (0.802 %)Multimedia
168 (0.713 %)Insurance
177 (0.624 %)Front Office
186 (0.535 %)Back Office
IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1898 (80.04 %)Developer
2498 (44.39 %).NET Developer
3315 (28.07 %)C# Developer
4200 (17.83 %)ASP.NET Developer
5169 (15.06 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
6145 (12.92 %)Senior Developer
7114 (10.16 %)Java Developer
895 (8.467 %)VB.NET Developer
977 (6.863 %)Analyst
1069 (6.150 %)WinForms Developer
1143 (3.832 %)Senior .NET Developer
1238 (3.387 %)Tester
1337 (3.298 %)Architect
1337 (3.298 %)Java/J2EE Developer
1436 (3.209 %)Technical Architect
1534 (3.030 %)Software Developer
1534 (3.030 %).NET Architect
1633 (2.941 %)Senior Java Developer
1633 (2.941 %).NET Technical Architect
1732 (2.852 %)VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
137 (3.298 %)Tandem
137 (3.298 %)Derivative
226 (2.317 %)Web 2.0
322 (1.961 %)Computer Science
420 (1.783 %)Mathematics
517 (1.515 %)Credit Derivative
517 (1.515 %)Multithreading
616 (1.426 %)Equities
715 (1.337 %)Client/Server
715 (1.337 %)N-Tier
810 (0.891 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
99 (0.802 %)Physics
108 (0.713 %)Fixed Income
117 (0.624 %)Wiki
125 (0.446 %)DTCC
134 (0.357 %)W3C
134 (0.357 %)Management Information System
134 (0.357 %)MPEG
142 (0.178 %)EPoS
142 (0.178 %)Social Network
IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1171 (15.24 %)Windows
286 (7.665 %)Linux
350 (4.456 %)UNIX
426 (2.317 %)Solaris
510 (0.891 %)Windows CE
69 (0.802 %)Windows Server 2003
76 (0.535 %)Windows Server 2008
81 (0.089 %)Debian
81 (0.089 %)Windows XP
81 (0.089 %)Mac OS X
IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1879 (78.34 %)Scrum
2322 (28.70 %)TDD
3257 (22.91 %)Agile Software Development
4238 (21.21 %)E-Commerce
5148 (13.19 %)OO
6114 (10.16 %)RUP
797 (8.645 %)UML
840 (3.565 %)Pair Programming
934 (3.030 %)Web Development
1032 (2.852 %)OOD
1131 (2.763 %)Continuous Integration
1230 (2.674 %)Unified Process
1329 (2.585 %)RAD
1425 (2.228 %)SOA
1524 (2.139 %)OOA/OOD
1623 (2.050 %)Unit Testing
1720 (1.783 %)Software Engineering
1720 (1.783 %)DSDM
1720 (1.783 %)Risk Management
1819 (1.693 %)Project Management
IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1717 (63.90 %)C#
2387 (34.49 %)JavaScript
3258 (22.99 %)Java
4237 (21.12 %)VB.NET
5133 (11.85 %)SQL
6131 (11.68 %)VB
760 (5.348 %)C++
841 (3.654 %)Perl
939 (3.476 %)C
1036 (3.209 %)Transact-SQL
1135 (3.119 %)PHP
1233 (2.941 %)Ruby
1328 (2.496 %)Python
1414 (1.248 %)VB6
1510 (0.891 %)Smalltalk
168 (0.713 %)Embedded C++
176 (0.535 %)Shell Script
176 (0.535 %)VC++
184 (0.357 %)PL/SQL
184 (0.357 %)Delphi
IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1282 (25.13 %)Microsoft Certification
2274 (24.42 %)MCAD
2274 (24.42 %)MCSD
3262 (23.35 %)MCP
441 (3.654 %)Degree
519 (1.693 %)ISEB
66 (0.535 %)ISEB Practitioner
73 (0.267 %)PMP
73 (0.267 %)PMI Certification
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
145 (4.011 %)QA
21 (0.089 %)WAI
IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
138 (3.387 %)MSMQ
26 (0.535 %)Active Directory
IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1214 (19.07 %)Microsoft
2105 (9.358 %)Oracle
323 (2.050 %)Sybase
323 (2.050 %)SeeBeyond
420 (1.783 %)Sun
518 (1.604 %)Vignette
518 (1.604 %)Interwoven
616 (1.426 %)Reuters
616 (1.426 %)Bloomberg
713 (1.159 %)TIBCO
812 (1.070 %)VMware
96 (0.535 %)Google
96 (0.535 %)Business Objects
105 (0.446 %)Calypso
114 (0.357 %)Apple
123 (0.267 %)Adobe
123 (0.267 %)Siebel
131 (0.089 %)Citrix
131 (0.089 %)Perforce