The first part of the table below looks at the demand for XQuery skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited XQuery 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.

XQuery
Location
3 months to
22 May 2012
Same period 2011Same period 2010
Rank745769701
Rank change year-on-year
Up+24Down-68
Matching permanent IT job ads1309651
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK0.108 %0.078 %0.053 %
As % of the Programming Languages category0.201 %0.149 %0.105 %
Number of salaries quoted996743
Average salary£47,500£45,000£54,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.55 %-16.66 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£27,500£31,500£28,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£95,000£90,000£66,500
UK excluding London average salary£36,000£37,500£54,000
% change year-on-year
-4.00 %-30.55 %
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 %-

XQuery
Demand Trend

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

XQuery Demand Trend

XQuery
Salary Trend

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

XQuery Salary Trend

XQuery
Salary Histogram

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

XQuery Salary Histogram

XQuery
Top 23 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing XQuery 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+28130£47,500+5.55 %
LondonUp+3998£65,000+18.18 %
South EastDown-2919£35,500-32.38 %
City of LondonUp+1713£27,500-67.64 %
East of EnglandUp+99£36,000-12.72 %
HampshireNew entry-7£35,500-
CambridgeshireNew entry-7£36,000-
CambridgeNew entry-6£36,000-
AndoverNew entry-6£35,500-
BerkshireDown-305£55,000-8.33 %
Home CountiesNew entry-5£47,500-
BirminghamNew entry-2£45,000-
HounslowNew entry-2£42,500-
OxfordNew entry-2£26,500-
OxfordshireNew entry-2£26,500-
West MidlandsNew entry-2£45,000-
HertfordshireUp+131£62,500+51.51 %
South WestDown-161£34,000-26.48 %
East MidlandsNew entry-1£50,000-
NottinghamshireNew entry-1£50,000-
WatfordNew entry-1£62,500-
NottinghamNew entry-1£50,000-
BristolNew entry-1£34,000-

XQuery
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1203 (87.12 %)XML
2158 (67.81 %)Java
3140 (60.09 %)XPath
4132 (56.65 %)XSLT
590 (38.63 %)Spring
685 (36.48 %)JavaScript
773 (31.33 %)Oracle
773 (31.33 %).NET
869 (29.61 %)SQL
964 (27.47 %)Linux
964 (27.47 %)XML Schema
1063 (27.04 %)HTML
1162 (26.61 %)CSS
1261 (26.18 %)Tomcat
1356 (24.03 %)Degree
1453 (22.75 %)TDD
1453 (22.75 %)Publishing
1551 (21.89 %)J2EE
1650 (21.46 %)Apache
1650 (21.46 %)Agile Software Development
1749 (21.03 %)C#
1848 (20.60 %)SQL Server
1946 (19.74 %)Web Services
2045 (19.31 %)SOAP
2142 (18.03 %)Python
2142 (18.03 %)Client/Server
2241 (17.60 %)C++
2340 (17.17 %)Scrum
2437 (15.88 %)OO
2536 (15.45 %)Ajax

XQuery
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2012, IT jobs within the UK citing XQuery 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 XQuery. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
1203 (87.12 %)XML
2132 (56.65 %)XSLT
390 (38.63 %)Spring
473 (31.33 %).NET
564 (27.47 %)XML Schema
663 (27.04 %)HTML
762 (26.61 %)CSS
851 (21.89 %)J2EE
946 (19.74 %)Web Services
1045 (19.31 %)SOAP
1136 (15.45 %)Ajax
1229 (12.45 %)REST
1328 (12.02 %)Hibernate
1328 (12.02 %)XSD
1424 (10.30 %)Lucene
1523 (9.871 %)XHTML
1622 (9.442 %)XSL
1622 (9.442 %)Django
1721 (9.013 %)ASP.NET
1820 (8.584 %)Apache Flex
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
161 (26.18 %)Tomcat
250 (21.46 %)Apache
313 (5.579 %)Force.com
47 (3.004 %)SharePoint
56 (2.575 %)CMS
56 (2.575 %)ActiveMQ
56 (2.575 %)ESB
56 (2.575 %)GemFire
64 (1.717 %)Amazon AWS
64 (1.717 %)Oracle Service Bus
64 (1.717 %)Jetty
64 (1.717 %)IIS
73 (1.288 %)WebLogic
73 (1.288 %)Documentum
73 (1.288 %)Oracle Workflow
73 (1.288 %)Mule
73 (1.288 %)Sitecore CMS
82 (0.858 %)Liferay
82 (0.858 %)WebSphere Process Server
82 (0.858 %)MSMQ
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
115 (6.438 %)MS Visio
25 (2.146 %)MS Excel
32 (0.858 %)InfoPath
41 (0.429 %)MS Office
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
113 (5.579 %)Oracle CRM
23 (1.288 %)Oracle ERP
23 (1.288 %)Oracle EBS
32 (0.858 %)Tridion
32 (0.858 %)Oracle EBS R12
32 (0.858 %)Oracle BPM
41 (0.429 %)Oracle Applications
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
133 (14.16 %)HTTP
25 (2.146 %)Internet
33 (1.288 %)Wireshark
41 (0.429 %)VoIP
41 (0.429 %)IP Telephony
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
148 (20.60 %)SQL Server
224 (10.30 %)Hadoop
323 (9.871 %)RDBMS
418 (7.725 %)MySQL
514 (6.009 %)SQL Server 2008
613 (5.579 %)SQL Server Integration Services
710 (4.292 %)SQL Server 2005
710 (4.292 %)PostgreSQL
88 (3.433 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
96 (2.575 %)Oracle 10g
96 (2.575 %)Oracle 8/8i
96 (2.575 %)Oracle 11g
105 (2.146 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
105 (2.146 %)OLAP
105 (2.146 %)SQLPlus
114 (1.717 %)Data Mart
114 (1.717 %)MS Access
114 (1.717 %)Data Warehouse
114 (1.717 %)DTS
114 (1.717 %)SQLite
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
128 (12.02 %)JUnit
227 (11.59 %)Subversion
317 (7.296 %)Maven
317 (7.296 %)Selenium
317 (7.296 %)Ant
416 (6.867 %)Git (software)
59 (3.863 %)JBehave
68 (3.433 %)HttpUnit
68 (3.433 %)DbUnit
76 (2.575 %)Hudson
85 (2.146 %)Eclipse
94 (1.717 %)Mockito
94 (1.717 %)Cucumber
103 (1.288 %)PhoneGap
103 (1.288 %)JDeveloper
103 (1.288 %)Log4j
112 (0.858 %)Jtest
112 (0.858 %)FitNesse
112 (0.858 %)Talend Open Studio
112 (0.858 %)JProbe
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
153 (22.75 %)Publishing
224 (10.30 %)Finance
314 (6.009 %)Marketing
413 (5.579 %)Banking
512 (5.150 %)Advertising
611 (4.721 %)Multimedia
77 (3.004 %)Investment Banking
83 (1.288 %)Pharmaceutical
83 (1.288 %)Games
92 (0.858 %)Retail
92 (0.858 %)Telecoms
101 (0.429 %)Back Office
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1137 (58.80 %)Developer
275 (32.19 %)Java Developer
350 (21.46 %)Architect
428 (12.02 %)Senior Developer
522 (9.442 %)Software Developer
618 (7.725 %)Analyst
715 (6.438 %)Senior Java Developer
814 (6.009 %)Web Developer
814 (6.009 %)Software Engineer
814 (6.009 %)Solutions Architect
913 (5.579 %)Java/J2EE Developer
1012 (5.150 %)Junior Java Developer
1012 (5.150 %)Junior Developer
1012 (5.150 %)Junior
1012 (5.150 %)J2EE Developer
1110 (4.292 %).NET Developer
1110 (4.292 %)DBA
129 (3.863 %)Graduate
129 (3.863 %)Graduate Developer
129 (3.863 %)Graduate Java Developer
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
142 (18.03 %)Client/Server
230 (12.88 %)Open Source
326 (11.16 %)Computer Science
418 (7.725 %)SaaS
418 (7.725 %)PaaS
58 (3.433 %)Digital Media
67 (3.004 %)SWIFT
67 (3.004 %)W3C
76 (2.575 %)Derivative
85 (2.146 %)Credit Derivative
85 (2.146 %)Credit Risk
85 (2.146 %)Cloud Computing
85 (2.146 %)Big Data
94 (1.717 %)Visualisation
94 (1.717 %)N-Tier
103 (1.288 %)Social Media
112 (0.858 %)Clustering
112 (0.858 %)Taxonomies
112 (0.858 %)Video on Demand
112 (0.858 %)Data Integration
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
164 (27.47 %)Linux
234 (14.59 %)Windows
333 (14.16 %)UNIX
45 (2.146 %)Windows Server 2003
45 (2.146 %)Windows Server 2008
53 (1.288 %)Apple iOS
53 (1.288 %)Android
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
153 (22.75 %)TDD
250 (21.46 %)Agile Software Development
340 (17.17 %)Scrum
437 (15.88 %)OO
528 (12.02 %)Migration
625 (10.73 %)Data Modelling
722 (9.442 %)Web Development
821 (9.013 %)Unit Testing
821 (9.013 %)UML
918 (7.725 %)CRM
1017 (7.296 %)Requirements Analysis
1115 (6.438 %)BPMN
1115 (6.438 %)Enterprise Architecture
1115 (6.438 %)SOA
1214 (6.009 %)ERP
1214 (6.009 %)Validation
1214 (6.009 %)MVC
1313 (5.579 %)Zachman Framework
1313 (5.579 %)TOGAF
1313 (5.579 %)EAI
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1158 (67.81 %)Java
2140 (60.09 %)XPath
385 (36.48 %)JavaScript
469 (29.61 %)SQL
549 (21.03 %)C#
642 (18.03 %)Python
741 (17.60 %)C++
829 (12.45 %)Perl
920 (8.584 %)C
920 (8.584 %)PL/SQL
1018 (7.725 %)Shell Script
1111 (4.721 %)T-SQL
1111 (4.721 %)PHP
1210 (4.292 %)Scala
137 (3.004 %)ActionScript
146 (2.575 %)Groovy
154 (1.717 %)VB.NET
154 (1.717 %)PHP5
162 (0.858 %)Ruby
171 (0.429 %)SPARQL
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
156 (24.03 %)Degree
21 (0.429 %)SC Cleared
21 (0.429 %)Security Cleared
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
113 (5.579 %)QA
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
16 (2.575 %)Oracle RAC
22 (0.858 %)Active Directory
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
15 (2.146 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
15 (2.146 %)Data Guard
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
173 (31.33 %)Oracle
231 (13.30 %)JBoss
316 (6.867 %)Informatica
415 (6.438 %)TIBCO
514 (6.009 %)Salesforce.com
613 (5.579 %)NetSuite
613 (5.579 %)SAP
79 (3.863 %)Microsoft
88 (3.433 %)Mercator
94 (1.717 %)Twitter
94 (1.717 %)Rackspace
103 (1.288 %)Sitecore
103 (1.288 %)Facebook
103 (1.288 %)Sun
103 (1.288 %)CA
103 (1.288 %)Siebel
103 (1.288 %)IBM
103 (1.288 %)Sybase
112 (0.858 %)SmartStream
112 (0.858 %)Talend