Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table looks at the demand for XML skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited XML over the 3 months to 3 July 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Application Development category.

LinkExtensible Markup Language (XML)
Location
3 months to
3 Jul 2009
Same period last year
Rank1715
Rank change on the same period last yearDown-2
Matching permanent IT job ads568017680
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK8.343 %8.864 %
As % of the Application Development category23.40 %27.15 %
Salaries quoted505415510
Average salary£35,000£37,500
Average salary % change on the same period last year-6.660 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£26,000£27,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£55,000£57,500
UK excluding London average salary£32,588£35,000
% change on same period last year-6.890 %
IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentAll Application Development
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
2427765116
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK35.66 %32.64 %
Salaries quoted2094255558
Average salary£36,000£37,500
Average salary % change on the same period last year-4.000 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£25,000£26,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£60,000£60,000
UK excluding London average salary£33,500£35,000
% change on same period last year-4.280 %

XML
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing XML within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

XML Demand Trend

XML
Salary Trend

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

XML Salary Trend

XML
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing XML over the 3 months to 3 July 2009 within the UK.

XML Salary Histogram

XML
Top 30 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 UK over the 3 months to 3 July 2009. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandDown-45420£35,000-6.66 %
LondonDown-22084£45,000-
South EastUp+21330£35,000-5.40 %
City of LondonDown-1684£45,000-5.26 %
South WestNo change0513£31,000-7.46 %
East of EnglandDown-5438£32,500-7.14 %
North WestNo change0383£30,000-6.25 %
SurreyUp+1284£37,500+7.14 %
BerkshireDown-4262£37,500-6.25 %
West MidlandsDown-6236£33,500+6.34 %
YorkshireDown-7233£30,000-6.25 %
OxfordshireUp+8211£37,500+7.14 %
ManchesterDown-3205£28,000-12.50 %
HampshireUp+1203£35,000-
BristolUp+7181£31,500-10.00 %
East MidlandsDown-3147£35,000+11.11 %
HertfordshireDown-5143£37,500-6.25 %
WiltshireDown-2136£29,000-18.88 %
ScotlandNo change0123£31,500-3.07 %
West SussexUp+4116£32,500-7.14 %
BuckinghamshireDown-3114£34,000-9.33 %
CambridgeshireDown-5113£30,000-14.28 %
West YorkshireDown-8112£30,000-7.69 %
WalesUp+8102£32,500-
South WalesUp+1394£32,500-7.14 %
OxfordUp+581£40,000+16.78 %
CheshireUp+578£37,500+17.18 %
ReadingDown-873£35,000-12.50 %
CambridgeUp+171£27,500-22.53 %
EssexDown-1371£34,000-2.85 %

XML
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 3 July 2009, IT jobs within the UK 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.

16806 (50.09 %).NET
25468 (40.24 %)SQL Server
35452 (40.12 %)C#
44993 (36.75 %)SQL
54900 (36.06 %)HTML
64747 (34.94 %)ASP.NET
74700 (34.59 %)JavaScript
83950 (29.07 %)CSS
93832 (28.20 %)Java
102924 (21.52 %)WebServices
112818 (20.74 %)AJAX
122286 (16.82 %)XSLT
132218 (16.32 %)OO
142102 (15.47 %)Microsoft
151997 (14.70 %)Oracle
161939 (14.27 %)Finance
171854 (13.64 %)Windows
181805 (13.28 %)PHP
191798 (13.23 %)J2EE
201787 (13.15 %)SQL Server 2005
211746 (12.85 %)VB.NET
221715 (12.62 %)XHTML
231629 (11.99 %)Degree
241590 (11.70 %)MySQL
251394 (10.26 %)Linux
261386 (10.20 %)ASP
271346 (9.906 %)Web Development
281287 (9.472 %)VB
291233 (9.074 %)C++
301188 (8.743 %)UML

XML
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 3 July 2009, IT jobs within the UK 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.

IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
16806 (50.09 %).NET
24900 (36.06 %)HTML
34747 (34.94 %)ASP.NET
43950 (29.07 %)CSS
52924 (21.52 %)WebServices
62818 (20.74 %)AJAX
72286 (16.82 %)XSLT
81798 (13.23 %)J2EE
91715 (12.62 %)XHTML
101386 (10.20 %)ASP
11991 (7.293 %)Spring
12980 (7.212 %)SOAP
13977 (7.190 %).NET Framework
14949 (6.984 %)Flash
15912 (6.712 %)JSP
16655 (4.820 %)Hibernate
17645 (4.747 %)XSL
18643 (4.732 %)WCF
19605 (4.452 %)WinForms
20483 (3.555 %)Servlets
IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1899 (6.616 %)SharePoint
2891 (6.557 %)Apache
3843 (6.204 %)IIS
4568 (4.180 %)CMS
5457 (3.363 %)SharePoint Server 2007
6394 (2.900 %)Tomcat
7385 (2.833 %)WebLogic
8369 (2.716 %)BizTalk Server
9140 (1.030 %)ESB
10119 (0.876 %)WebSphere Application Server
11106 (0.780 %)WebSphere Process Server
12101 (0.743 %)ColdFusion
1394 (0.692 %)MQSeries
1488 (0.648 %)Oracle Workflow
1583 (0.611 %)Drupal
1667 (0.493 %)Commerce Server
1765 (0.478 %)Content Management Server
1864 (0.471 %)WebSphere Message Broker
1960 (0.442 %)Lotus Domino
2056 (0.412 %)WebSphere MQ
IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1956 (7.036 %)MS Excel
2442 (3.253 %)Photoshop
3269 (1.980 %)MS Office
4204 (1.501 %)MS Visio
594 (0.692 %)Fireworks
686 (0.633 %)Adobe Illustrator
747 (0.346 %)InfoPath
843 (0.316 %)Acrobat
843 (0.316 %)MS Project
934 (0.250 %)XMetaL
934 (0.250 %)Spreadsheet
1023 (0.169 %)MATLAB
1119 (0.140 %)Simulink
1119 (0.140 %)MS PowerPoint
1216 (0.118 %)InDesign
1313 (0.096 %)FrameMaker
1412 (0.088 %)CA Clarity
159 (0.066 %)Paint Shop Pro
168 (0.059 %)3ds Max
168 (0.059 %)Windchill
IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
167 (0.493 %)Oracle EBS
265 (0.478 %)Oracle 11i
353 (0.390 %)Oracle Applications
447 (0.346 %)Microsoft CRM
540 (0.294 %)Oracle EBS R12
636 (0.265 %)WebTrends
733 (0.243 %)Dynamics CRM
829 (0.213 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
924 (0.177 %)Oracle Financials
1020 (0.147 %)Summit
1114 (0.103 %)RMDS
1114 (0.103 %)Oracle HRMS
1114 (0.103 %)Teamcenter
1212 (0.088 %)Navision
1311 (0.081 %)Tesseract
1311 (0.081 %)Brady Trinity
1311 (0.081 %)Pivotal CRM
1311 (0.081 %)Oracle iProcurement
1311 (0.081 %)FINCAD Analytics
1311 (0.081 %)Google Analytics
IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1785 (5.777 %)Internet
2278 (2.046 %)HTTP
3252 (1.855 %)Intranet
4221 (1.626 %)TCP/IP
5139 (1.023 %)DNS
6114 (0.839 %)LDAP
784 (0.618 %)Firewall
881 (0.596 %)FTP
961 (0.449 %)Extranet
1053 (0.390 %)Broadband
1053 (0.390 %)UMTS
1149 (0.361 %)3G
1149 (0.361 %)Wireless
1246 (0.339 %)LAN
1344 (0.324 %)WAN
1439 (0.287 %)SSL
1533 (0.243 %)Nokia NetAct
1630 (0.221 %)SMTP
1630 (0.221 %)GSM
1729 (0.213 %)OSPF
IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
15468 (40.24 %)SQL Server
21787 (13.15 %)SQL Server 2005
31590 (11.70 %)MySQL
4994 (7.315 %)SQL Server 2000
5389 (2.863 %)RDBMS
6355 (2.613 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
7354 (2.605 %)SQL Server 2008
8268 (1.972 %)Oracle 10g
9235 (1.729 %)Crystal Reports
10212 (1.560 %)Oracle Reports
11198 (1.457 %)SQL Server Integration Services
12181 (1.332 %)Oracle 8/8i
12181 (1.332 %)Datawarehouse
13160 (1.178 %)Oracle 9i
14153 (1.126 %)BusinessObjects
15135 (0.994 %)ETL
16113 (0.832 %)DB2
17103 (0.758 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
18102 (0.751 %)MS Access
1990 (0.662 %)PostgreSQL
IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11099 (8.088 %)Visual Studio
2413 (3.039 %)Ant
3371 (2.730 %)JUnit
4338 (2.487 %)Eclipse
5321 (2.362 %)Subversion
6229 (1.685 %)NUnit
7185 (1.361 %)VSS/SourceSafe
8164 (1.207 %)Dreamweaver
9158 (1.163 %)Oracle Forms
10112 (0.824 %)Team Foundation Server
1193 (0.684 %)Rational Rose
1270 (0.515 %)JDeveloper
1366 (0.486 %)ClearCase
1451 (0.375 %)QuickTest Pro
1539 (0.287 %)IntelliJ
1638 (0.280 %)Log4j
1735 (0.258 %)Visual Studio Team System
1735 (0.258 %)TestDirector
1832 (0.236 %)jMock
1926 (0.191 %)ERwin
IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11939 (14.27 %)Finance
2730 (5.372 %)Pensions
3668 (4.916 %)Banking
4577 (4.246 %)Marketing
5536 (3.945 %)Health
6477 (3.510 %)Games
7444 (3.268 %)Insurance
8373 (2.745 %)Education
9370 (2.723 %)Telecoms
10362 (2.664 %)Investment Banking
11346 (2.546 %)Retail
12289 (2.127 %)Front Office
13274 (2.016 %)Publishing
14213 (1.568 %)Government
15187 (1.376 %)Back Office
16132 (0.971 %)Music
17126 (0.927 %)Advertising
18104 (0.765 %)Online Games
1989 (0.655 %)Aerospace
2081 (0.596 %)Legal
IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
19491 (69.85 %)Developer
22773 (20.41 %).NET Developer
31797 (13.22 %)Web Developer
41728 (12.72 %)C# Developer
51376 (10.13 %)Senior Developer
61334 (9.817 %)Java Developer
71198 (8.817 %)ASP.NET Developer
81173 (8.633 %)Analyst
9893 (6.572 %)C# ASP.NET Developer
10807 (5.939 %)PHP Developer
11694 (5.107 %)Software Developer
12661 (4.865 %)Architect
13529 (3.893 %)Programmer
14427 (3.142 %)Consultant
14427 (3.142 %).NET Web Developer
15419 (3.084 %)Software Engineer
16392 (2.885 %)VB.NET Developer
17356 (2.620 %)Flash Developer
18346 (2.546 %)Java/J2EE Developer
19322 (2.370 %)Junior
IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
1433 (3.187 %)Computer Science
2408 (3.003 %)Derivative
3388 (2.855 %)N-Tier
4299 (2.200 %)W3C
5248 (1.825 %)Web 2.0
6230 (1.693 %)Client/Server
7209 (1.538 %)Mathematics
8163 (1.200 %)Multithreading
9154 (1.133 %)Fixed Income
10138 (1.016 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
11130 (0.957 %)Equity Derivative
12123 (0.905 %)Replication
13105 (0.773 %)Management Information System
1497 (0.714 %)Social Network
1585 (0.626 %)Equities
1682 (0.603 %)Blackberry
1781 (0.596 %)Credit Derivative
1876 (0.559 %)IVR
1876 (0.559 %)E-Learning
1969 (0.508 %)Streaming Video
IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11854 (13.64 %)Windows
21394 (10.26 %)Linux
31174 (8.640 %)UNIX
4207 (1.523 %)Solaris
5205 (1.509 %)Windows Server 2003
6174 (1.281 %)Windows Mobile
7137 (1.008 %)Windows XP
897 (0.714 %)Windows 2000
949 (0.361 %)Red Hat Linux
1042 (0.309 %)Android
1042 (0.309 %)AIX
1141 (0.302 %)Windows 2000 Server
1239 (0.287 %)Windows CE
1335 (0.258 %)Windows Vista
1426 (0.191 %)Windows Server 2008
1426 (0.191 %)Windows NT
1515 (0.110 %)OS/400
1613 (0.096 %)Mac OS X
1712 (0.088 %)HPUX
1811 (0.081 %)VMS
IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12218 (16.32 %)OO
21346 (9.906 %)Web Development
31188 (8.743 %)UML
41178 (8.669 %)E-Commerce
5954 (7.021 %)Agile Software Development
6610 (4.489 %)OOP
7527 (3.878 %)Scrum
8485 (3.569 %)SOA
9460 (3.385 %)TDD
10457 (3.363 %)Content Management
11450 (3.312 %)Unit Testing
12434 (3.194 %)Project Management
13399 (2.936 %)OOD
14363 (2.671 %)CRM
15318 (2.340 %)Workflow
16302 (2.223 %)SEO
17296 (2.178 %)Data Modelling
18254 (1.869 %)Software Engineering
19230 (1.693 %)Web Design
20219 (1.612 %)Business Intelligence
IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
15452 (40.12 %)C#
24993 (36.75 %)SQL
34700 (34.59 %)JavaScript
43832 (28.20 %)Java
51805 (13.28 %)PHP
61746 (12.85 %)VB.NET
71287 (9.472 %)VB
81233 (9.074 %)C++
9962 (7.080 %)T-SQL
10682 (5.019 %)ActionScript
11588 (4.327 %)PL/SQL
12567 (4.173 %)Perl
13531 (3.908 %)C
14478 (3.518 %)PHP5
15470 (3.459 %)VB6
16394 (2.900 %)VBScript
17305 (2.245 %)XPath
18258 (1.899 %)VBA
19225 (1.656 %)Shell Script
20206 (1.516 %)Python
IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11629 (11.99 %)Degree
2691 (5.085 %)Microsoft Certification
3451 (3.319 %)MCSD
4429 (3.157 %)MCP
5401 (2.951 %)MCAD
6335 (2.465 %)Security Cleared
7164 (1.207 %)MCTS
8135 (0.994 %)SC Cleared
990 (0.662 %)ISEB
1060 (0.442 %)Sun Certification
1150 (0.368 %)MCPD
1237 (0.272 %)PhD
1325 (0.184 %)Oracle Certification
1423 (0.169 %)DV Cleared
1520 (0.147 %)HND
1619 (0.140 %)SCJP
1619 (0.140 %)MCSE
1717 (0.125 %)SCJA
1815 (0.110 %)PRINCE2 Certification
1912 (0.088 %)OCP
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
1298 (2.193 %)QA
268 (0.500 %)WAI
351 (0.375 %)SLA
421 (0.155 %)HL7
516 (0.118 %)WCAG
611 (0.081 %)ISO9001
78 (0.059 %)ISO27001
78 (0.059 %)EFQM
85 (0.037 %)Basel II
85 (0.037 %)BS7666
93 (0.022 %)DICOM
93 (0.022 %)COBIT
102 (0.015 %)PCI DSS
102 (0.015 %)GCP
111 (0.007 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
1123 (0.905 %)Active Directory
1123 (0.905 %)MSMQ
216 (0.118 %)NFS
315 (0.110 %)Oracle RAC
49 (0.066 %)AquaLogic
57 (0.052 %)Sendmail
66 (0.044 %)Squid
66 (0.044 %)OpenLDAP
66 (0.044 %)VMware Infrastructure
75 (0.037 %)qmail
75 (0.037 %)Postfix
84 (0.029 %)NetBackup
93 (0.022 %)Cronacle
102 (0.015 %)Novell eDirectory
102 (0.015 %)Terminal Services
111 (0.007 %)Oracle RMAN
111 (0.007 %)ISA Server
IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
113 (0.096 %)MOM
212 (0.088 %)Tivoli
212 (0.088 %)AutoSys
310 (0.074 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
47 (0.052 %)BMC PATROL
56 (0.044 %)CONTROL-M
56 (0.044 %)Tivoli Monitoring
65 (0.037 %)SCOM
65 (0.037 %)AssetCenter
65 (0.037 %)BMC Performance Manager
74 (0.029 %)MIIS
83 (0.022 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
83 (0.022 %)Sun Identity Manager
92 (0.015 %)ServiceCenter
92 (0.015 %)OpenView
92 (0.015 %)Tivoli Identity Manager
92 (0.015 %)Novell Identity Manager
101 (0.007 %)Cisco IPCC
101 (0.007 %)Nagios
IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
12102 (15.47 %)Microsoft
21997 (14.70 %)Oracle
3294 (2.164 %)Sybase
4270 (1.987 %)JBoss
5248 (1.825 %)Adobe
6214 (1.575 %)IBM
7153 (1.126 %)Business Objects
8148 (1.089 %)Sun
9144 (1.060 %)Zend
1099 (0.729 %)SAP
1189 (0.655 %)Google
1288 (0.648 %)Informatica
1380 (0.589 %)BEA
1472 (0.530 %)Interwoven
1569 (0.508 %)TIBCO
1668 (0.500 %)Cognos
1766 (0.486 %)Lotus
1855 (0.405 %)Red Hat
1952 (0.383 %)HP
2047 (0.346 %)Cisco