The first part of the table below looks at the demand for XPath skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited XPath over the 3 months to 22 May 2012 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Programming Languages category.

XPath (XML Path Language)
Location
3 months to
22 May 2012
Same period 2011Same period 2010
Rank442523604
Rank change year-on-year
Up+81Up+81
Matching permanent IT job ads538383149
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK0.446 %0.312 %0.156 %
As % of the Programming Languages category0.832 %0.595 %0.306 %
Number of salaries quoted466337125
Average salary£45,000£40,000£40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+12.50 %-
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£32,500£32,500£22,700
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£67,500£65,000£60,900
UK excluding London average salary£40,000£40,000£35,500
% change year-on-year
-+12.67 %
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryAll Programming Languages
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
646836438048632
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK53.64 %52.50 %50.94 %
Number of salaries quoted569875583141348
Average salary£40,000£40,000£40,000
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£27,500£27,500£27,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£65,000£70,700£70,000
UK excluding London average salary£37,500£35,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+7.14 %-

XPath
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing XPath within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

XPath Demand Trend

XPath
Salary Trend

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

XPath Salary Trend

XPath
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing XPath over the 3 months to 22 May 2012 within the UK.

XPath Salary Histogram

XPath
Top 30 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 UK over the 3 months to 22 May 2012. 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
EnglandUp+77534£45,000+12.50 %
LondonUp+72318£51,500+26.38 %
South EastUp+2112£40,000-
City of LondonUp+449£60,000+33.33 %
East of EnglandUp+1245£45,000-10.00 %
SurreyUp+839£47,500+35.71 %
BerkshireDown-2729£40,000-33.33 %
HampshireUp+726£36,500-2.66 %
South WestDown-325£37,500-
HertfordshireUp+1521£40,000-20.00 %
BristolUp+815£34,000-2.85 %
West YorkshireUp+215£34,000-2.85 %
YorkshireDown-915£34,000-2.85 %
ManchesterUp+712£36,250+3.57 %
North WestDown-1712£36,250-
Thames DittonNew entry-12£47,500-
OxfordshireUp+711£35,000-
MaidenheadNew entry-11£24,000-
CambridgeshireUp+210£45,000-
WatfordUp+110--
StevenageDown-610£40,000-20.00 %
GloucestershireDown-910£37,500-
ReadingDown-129£40,000-8.04 %
HuntingdonNew entry-9£45,000-
LeedsDown-88£36,250+45.00 %
WeybridgeNew entry-8£50,000-
StainesUp+147£50,000+5.26 %
WitneyDown-17£35,000+2.94 %
Kingston Upon ThamesDown-27£45,000+12.50 %
NorwichNew entry-7£45,000-

XPath
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2012, IT jobs within the UK 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.

1931 (88.41 %)XML
2692 (65.72 %)Java
3532 (50.52 %)JavaScript
4498 (47.29 %)XSLT
5455 (43.21 %)SQL
6437 (41.50 %)CSS
7393 (37.32 %)Web Services
8357 (33.90 %)Agile Software Development
9316 (30.01 %).NET
10301 (28.58 %)HTML
11295 (28.02 %)C#
12287 (27.26 %)Tomcat
13285 (27.07 %)OO
14284 (26.97 %)Windows
14284 (26.97 %)jQuery
15280 (26.59 %)Oracle
16270 (25.64 %)Ajax
17266 (25.26 %)JSP
18252 (23.93 %)Spring
19240 (22.79 %)SQL Server
20234 (22.22 %)XSL
21229 (21.75 %)Linux
21229 (21.75 %)J2EE
22207 (19.66 %)Hibernate
23203 (19.28 %)XSD
23203 (19.28 %)Android
24185 (17.57 %)Degree
25183 (17.38 %)iPhone
26177 (16.81 %)Servlets
27174 (16.52 %)XHTML

XPath
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2012, IT jobs within the UK 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.

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
1931 (88.41 %)XML
2498 (47.29 %)XSLT
3437 (41.50 %)CSS
4393 (37.32 %)Web Services
5316 (30.01 %).NET
6301 (28.58 %)HTML
7284 (26.97 %)jQuery
8270 (25.64 %)Ajax
9266 (25.26 %)JSP
10252 (23.93 %)Spring
11234 (22.22 %)XSL
12229 (21.75 %)J2EE
13207 (19.66 %)Hibernate
14203 (19.28 %)XSD
15177 (16.81 %)Servlets
16174 (16.52 %)XHTML
17160 (15.19 %)SOAP
18153 (14.53 %)HTML5
19152 (14.43 %)RESTful
20140 (13.30 %)ASP.NET
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
1287 (27.26 %)Tomcat
2100 (9.497 %)Apache
361 (5.793 %)CMS
445 (4.274 %)SharePoint
540 (3.799 %)WebLogic
628 (2.659 %)SharePoint Server
727 (2.564 %)IIS
727 (2.564 %)SharePoint 2010
823 (2.184 %)WebSphere MQ
919 (1.804 %)Umbraco
1017 (1.614 %)MQSeries
1116 (1.519 %)WordPress
1215 (1.425 %)MSMQ
1314 (1.330 %)WebSphere Application Server
1412 (1.140 %)WebSphere Message Broker
1511 (1.045 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
1610 (0.950 %)ColdFusion
1610 (0.950 %)BizTalk Server
179 (0.855 %)Google App Engine
187 (0.665 %)Jetty
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
185 (8.072 %)Photoshop
255 (5.223 %)MS Excel
320 (1.899 %)Adobe Illustrator
417 (1.614 %)MS Visio
55 (0.475 %)MS PowerPoint
64 (0.380 %)InfoPath
64 (0.380 %)MS Office
73 (0.285 %)3ds Max
73 (0.285 %)Adobe After Effects
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
110 (0.950 %)Tridion
28 (0.760 %)BusinessWorks
37 (0.665 %)Google Analytics
37 (0.665 %)TIBCO iProcess
45 (0.475 %)SiteCatalyst
45 (0.475 %)Dynamics CRM
51 (0.095 %)Oracle 11i
51 (0.095 %)Oracle Applications
51 (0.095 %)Oracle BPM
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
1148 (14.06 %)HTTP
253 (5.033 %)TCP/IP
338 (3.609 %)Internet
434 (3.229 %)SSL
521 (1.994 %)Broadband
615 (1.425 %)FTP
714 (1.330 %)CTI
714 (1.330 %)PBX
89 (0.855 %)HTTPS
96 (0.570 %)Intranet
96 (0.570 %)DNS
96 (0.570 %)Firewall
105 (0.475 %)Cisco ICM
105 (0.475 %)Cisco IOS
114 (0.380 %)DMZ
123 (0.285 %)Wireshark
123 (0.285 %)VoIP
132 (0.190 %)SMTP
132 (0.190 %)SAN
132 (0.190 %)Wireless
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1240 (22.79 %)SQL Server
288 (8.357 %)MySQL
368 (6.458 %)SQL Server 2005
460 (5.698 %)RDBMS
551 (4.843 %)SQL Server 2008
624 (2.279 %)DB2
721 (1.994 %)SQLite
721 (1.994 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
820 (1.899 %)Oracle 10g
918 (1.709 %)Oracle 8/8i
1015 (1.425 %)SQL Server Integration Services
1113 (1.235 %)Oracle 9i
1113 (1.235 %)SQL Server 2000
1211 (1.045 %)SQL Server 7
1310 (0.950 %)MS Access
1310 (0.950 %)PostgreSQL
148 (0.760 %)Data Warehouse
157 (0.665 %)Oracle 11g
166 (0.570 %)Crystal Reports
175 (0.475 %)OLAP
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
1138 (13.11 %)Subversion
291 (8.642 %)Selenium
362 (5.888 %)JUnit
461 (5.793 %)Visual Studio
559 (5.603 %)Eclipse
654 (5.128 %)Ant
743 (4.084 %)Git (software)
836 (3.419 %)QuickTest Pro
836 (3.419 %)Maven
924 (2.279 %)FitNesse
924 (2.279 %)Cucumber
1019 (1.804 %)JIRA
1117 (1.614 %)PHPUnit
1215 (1.425 %)MonkeyTalk
1215 (1.425 %)Robotium
1215 (1.425 %)Bugzilla
1313 (1.235 %)Log4j
1313 (1.235 %)Team Foundation Server
1412 (1.140 %)JBehave
1511 (1.045 %)MSBuild
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1127 (12.06 %)Finance
246 (4.368 %)Publishing
333 (3.134 %)Banking
423 (2.184 %)Marketing
522 (2.089 %)Retail
620 (1.899 %)Games
620 (1.899 %)Investment Banking
715 (1.425 %)Multimedia
715 (1.425 %)Advertising
811 (1.045 %)Telecoms
910 (0.950 %)Legal
108 (0.760 %)Front Office
108 (0.760 %)Billing
117 (0.665 %)Pharmaceutical
125 (0.475 %)Financial Institution
125 (0.475 %)Manufacturing
134 (0.380 %)French Language
142 (0.190 %)Local Government
151 (0.095 %)Music
151 (0.095 %)Back Office
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1767 (72.84 %)Developer
2236 (22.41 %)Java Developer
3201 (19.09 %)Senior Developer
4125 (11.87 %)Web Developer
5120 (11.40 %)J2EE Developer
6107 (10.16 %)Software Developer
787 (8.262 %)Senior J2EE Developer
886 (8.167 %)C# Developer
980 (7.597 %).NET Developer
1076 (7.217 %)iPhone Developer
1175 (7.123 %)Android Developer
1175 (7.123 %)Senior iPhone Developer
1267 (6.363 %)Mobile Developer
1366 (6.268 %)Software Engineer
1366 (6.268 %)Senior Java Developer
1458 (5.508 %)C# .NET Developer
1554 (5.128 %)Java Software Developer
1647 (4.463 %)Java/J2EE Developer
1744 (4.179 %)PHP Developer
1843 (4.084 %)Analyst
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
1183 (17.38 %)iPhone
2164 (15.57 %)Computer Science
3115 (10.92 %)Blackberry
476 (7.217 %)Open Source
574 (7.028 %)iPad
670 (6.648 %)Mathematics
761 (5.793 %)Web 2.0
843 (4.084 %)W3C
934 (3.229 %)Social Network
1028 (2.659 %)Client/Server
1028 (2.659 %)Digital Media
1116 (1.519 %)N-Tier
1116 (1.519 %)Online Games
1211 (1.045 %)Derivative
1211 (1.045 %)Inversion of Control
1211 (1.045 %)Social Media
1310 (0.950 %)RIA
149 (0.855 %)Fat Client
149 (0.855 %)Data Conversion
149 (0.855 %)Graphic Design
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1284 (26.97 %)Windows
2229 (21.75 %)Linux
3203 (19.28 %)Android
4117 (11.11 %)UNIX
597 (9.212 %)Windows Mobile
652 (4.938 %)Apple iOS
734 (3.229 %)Windows Server 2003
830 (2.849 %)Windows Server 2008
926 (2.469 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1019 (1.804 %)Solaris
1113 (1.235 %)HPUX
1211 (1.045 %)BlackBerry OS
136 (0.570 %)Windows 7
136 (0.570 %)Windows XP
144 (0.380 %)AIX
144 (0.380 %)Windows Vista
152 (0.190 %)Windows CE
152 (0.190 %)Ubuntu
152 (0.190 %)Windows 2000
152 (0.190 %)CentOS
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1357 (33.90 %)Agile Software Development
2285 (27.07 %)OO
3167 (15.86 %)MVC
4122 (11.59 %)TDD
5106 (10.07 %)Web Development
6100 (9.497 %)UML
798 (9.307 %)E-Commerce
897 (9.212 %)Scrum
980 (7.597 %)Software Engineering
1076 (7.217 %)Multithreading
1173 (6.933 %)Continuous Integration
1263 (5.983 %)Unit Testing
1362 (5.888 %)Content Management
1461 (5.793 %)RAD
1461 (5.793 %)Test Automation
1558 (5.508 %)OOP
1649 (4.653 %)Workflow
1743 (4.084 %)Project Management
1834 (3.229 %)SOA
1933 (3.134 %)OOA/OOD
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1692 (65.72 %)Java
2532 (50.52 %)JavaScript
3455 (43.21 %)SQL
4295 (28.02 %)C#
5140 (13.30 %)XQuery
6127 (12.06 %)C++
772 (6.838 %)PHP
772 (6.838 %)VB.NET
850 (4.748 %)VBScript
947 (4.463 %)C
947 (4.463 %)PL/SQL
947 (4.463 %)Perl
1046 (4.368 %)Python
1145 (4.274 %)T-SQL
1235 (3.324 %)VB
1334 (3.229 %)Shell Script
1425 (2.374 %)Ruby
1523 (2.184 %)VB6
1622 (2.089 %)Objective-C
1622 (2.089 %)PHP5
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1185 (17.57 %)Degree
234 (3.229 %)Microsoft Certification
317 (1.614 %)MCP
410 (0.950 %)ISEB
410 (0.950 %)Security Cleared
56 (0.570 %)SC Cleared
56 (0.570 %)Sun Certification
56 (0.570 %)MCSE
56 (0.570 %)MCSA
65 (0.475 %)MCSD
74 (0.380 %)PhD
83 (0.285 %)ISTQB
92 (0.190 %)MCPD
92 (0.190 %)DV Cleared
92 (0.190 %)MCTS
92 (0.190 %)MCAD
101 (0.095 %)IBM Certification
101 (0.095 %)Brainbench
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
169 (6.553 %)QA
22 (0.190 %)ISO 9001
31 (0.095 %)WAI
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
113 (1.235 %)Active Directory
26 (0.570 %)Oracle RAC
33 (0.285 %)VMware Infrastructure
33 (0.285 %)VMware ESX
33 (0.285 %)NDS
42 (0.190 %)Hyper-V
51 (0.095 %)Oracle RMAN
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
118 (1.709 %)HP Quality Center
26 (0.570 %)Data Guard
35 (0.475 %)Cisco CUCM
35 (0.475 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
41 (0.095 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
41 (0.095 %)TIBCO InConcert
41 (0.095 %)Foglight
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1280 (26.59 %)Oracle
2139 (13.20 %)JBoss
3135 (12.82 %)Microsoft
4100 (9.497 %)Symbian
563 (5.983 %)TIBCO
628 (2.659 %)IBM
727 (2.564 %)ATG
826 (2.469 %)Red Hat
924 (2.279 %)Google
1019 (1.804 %)Cisco
1118 (1.709 %)Facebook
1118 (1.709 %)Twitter
1217 (1.614 %)Informatica
1316 (1.519 %)Apple
1415 (1.425 %)Sybase
1514 (1.330 %)Avaya
1514 (1.330 %)Siemens
1612 (1.140 %)Salesforce.com
1711 (1.045 %)VMware
1810 (0.950 %)Blue Martini