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The table below looks at the demand for Extensible Markup Language (XML) skills within the Wales region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited XML over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkExtensible Markup Language (XML)
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank207
Rank change on same period last yearDown-13
Matching permanent IT job ads133325
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.077 %0.140 %
As % of the category below20.62 %44.28 %
Salaries quoted124309
Average minimum salary£28,179£28,368
Average salary£31,177£32,181
% change on same period last year-3.12 %
Average maximum salary£34,175£35,994
UK excluding London average salary£35,897£36,218
% change on same period last year-0.88 %
Wales IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Wales
Matching permanent IT job ads645734
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.373 %0.316 %
Salaries quoted616661
Average minimum salary£30,295£27,850
Average salary£33,913£31,421
% change on same period last year+7.93 %
Average maximum salary£37,531£34,991
UK excluding London average salary£35,990£36,664
% change on same period last year-1.83 %
XML UKXML
UK

XML
Demand Trend

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

Wales XML Demand Trend

XML
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing XML across the Wales region.

Wales XML Salary Trend

XML
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing XML across the Wales region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

Wales XML Salary Histogram

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 Wales region 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
South WalesDown-1790£31,287-6.98 %
West WalesNew entry-25£32,238-
North WalesDown-1118£29,353+2.02 %
XML UKXML
UK

XML
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT jobs across the Wales 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.

1169 (67.33 %)SQL
2112 (44.62 %)HTML
3103 (41.04 %).NET
492 (36.65 %)Java
583 (33.07 %)JavaScript
678 (31.08 %)C#
768 (27.09 %)SQL Server
867 (26.69 %)J2EE
867 (26.69 %)Oracle
960 (23.90 %)ASP.NET
1055 (21.91 %)VB
1151 (20.32 %)JSP
1151 (20.32 %)Security Cleared
1248 (19.12 %)PL/SQL
1341 (16.33 %)WebServices
1439 (15.54 %)Migration
1537 (14.74 %)Data Migration
1636 (14.34 %)CSS
1636 (14.34 %)ASP
1735 (13.94 %)UNIX
1834 (13.55 %)Linux
1933 (13.15 %)Visual Studio
2032 (12.75 %)UML
2032 (12.75 %)SC Cleared
2130 (11.95 %)OO
2130 (11.95 %)JavaBeans
2228 (11.16 %)Eclipse
2327 (10.76 %)VB.NET
2327 (10.76 %)Web Development
2424 (9.562 %)Tomcat

XML
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT jobs across the Wales 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.

Wales IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1112 (44.62 %)HTML
2103 (41.04 %).NET
367 (26.69 %)J2EE
460 (23.90 %)ASP.NET
551 (20.32 %)JSP
641 (16.33 %)WebServices
736 (14.34 %)CSS
736 (14.34 %)ASP
830 (11.95 %)JavaBeans
920 (7.968 %).NET Framework
1019 (7.570 %)XSLT
1118 (7.171 %)AJAX
1215 (5.976 %)WebSphere
1215 (5.976 %)XHTML
1314 (5.578 %)Hibernate
1413 (5.179 %)SOAP
1512 (4.781 %)Struts
1611 (4.382 %)Spring
1611 (4.382 %)Spring Web Flow
1710 (3.984 %)MVC
Wales IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
124 (9.562 %)Tomcat
219 (7.570 %)WebLogic
315 (5.976 %)WebSphere Application Server
414 (5.578 %)Apache
57 (2.789 %)IIS
57 (2.789 %)CMS
65 (1.992 %)JBoss
65 (1.992 %)ColdFusion
74 (1.594 %)SharePoint
83 (1.195 %)MS Exchange
92 (0.797 %)BizTalk Server
101 (0.398 %)WebLogic Portal
101 (0.398 %)Oracle Application Server
Wales IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
114 (5.578 %)MS Excel
24 (1.594 %)MS Visio
32 (0.797 %)MS Office
Wales IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (0.398 %)Oracle Financials
11 (0.398 %)Oracle 11i
11 (0.398 %)Oracle Applications
Wales IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
116 (6.375 %)Internet
29 (3.586 %)DNS
37 (2.789 %)LDAP
46 (2.390 %)VoIP
46 (2.390 %)HTTP
53 (1.195 %)TCP/IP
62 (0.797 %)VPN
62 (0.797 %)SAN
62 (0.797 %)Intranet
71 (0.398 %)WAN
71 (0.398 %)FTP
71 (0.398 %)LAN
71 (0.398 %)ISUP
71 (0.398 %)INAP
71 (0.398 %)Firewall
71 (0.398 %)BSS
71 (0.398 %)VLAN
Wales IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
168 (27.09 %)SQL Server
220 (7.968 %)SQL Server 2005
318 (7.171 %)Crystal Reports
417 (6.773 %)RDBMS
417 (6.773 %)SQL Server 2000
511 (4.382 %)Oracle 10g
511 (4.382 %)Oracle Reports
66 (2.390 %)MySQL
75 (1.992 %)Oracle 8/8i
84 (1.594 %)BusinessObjects
84 (1.594 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
93 (1.195 %)Datawarehouse
93 (1.195 %)OLAP
102 (0.797 %)Data Mining
102 (0.797 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
102 (0.797 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
111 (0.398 %)BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
111 (0.398 %)GIS
111 (0.398 %)DB2
111 (0.398 %)DTS
Wales IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
133 (13.15 %)Visual Studio
228 (11.16 %)Eclipse
318 (7.171 %)ClearCase
417 (6.773 %)TestDirector
513 (5.179 %)Ant
513 (5.179 %)JUnit
611 (4.382 %)XDoclet
78 (3.187 %)Visual Studio Team System
86 (2.390 %)Subversion
94 (1.594 %)VSS/SourceSafe
102 (0.797 %)Oracle Forms
102 (0.797 %)Dreamweaver
111 (0.398 %)CheckStyle
111 (0.398 %)Cactus
111 (0.398 %)ERwin
111 (0.398 %)WebSpeed
111 (0.398 %)CruiseControl
Wales IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
114 (5.578 %)Health
114 (5.578 %)Pensions
213 (5.179 %)Finance
312 (4.781 %)Insurance
410 (3.984 %)Government
57 (2.789 %)Aerospace
65 (1.992 %)Multimedia
74 (1.594 %)Education
82 (0.797 %)Manufacturing
91 (0.398 %)Publishing
91 (0.398 %)Pharmaceutical
91 (0.398 %)Electronics
91 (0.398 %)Telecoms
Wales IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1146 (58.17 %)Developer
266 (26.29 %)Analyst
351 (20.32 %)Java Developer
432 (12.75 %)Programmer
531 (12.35 %)Web Developer
630 (11.95 %)Analyst Programmer
724 (9.562 %).NET Developer
823 (9.163 %)Senior Developer
920 (7.968 %)JavaScript Developer
1017 (6.773 %)Applications Support
1116 (6.375 %)Support Analyst
1212 (4.781 %)C# Developer
1311 (4.382 %)Senior Analyst
1311 (4.382 %)Software Developer
1410 (3.984 %)Architect
159 (3.586 %)Data Analyst
159 (3.586 %)VB.NET Developer
159 (3.586 %)Systems Developer
159 (3.586 %)Java Analyst Programmer
159 (3.586 %)Java Programmer
Wales IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
113 (5.179 %)N-Tier
28 (3.187 %)W3C
35 (1.992 %)DTV
35 (1.992 %)NHS
43 (1.195 %)Computer Science
43 (1.195 %)Welsh Language
52 (0.797 %)Statistics
52 (0.797 %)Informatics
52 (0.797 %)Replication
61 (0.398 %)Speech Recognition
61 (0.398 %)IPTV
61 (0.398 %)Social Network
61 (0.398 %)Data Integration
Wales IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
135 (13.94 %)UNIX
234 (13.55 %)Linux
319 (7.570 %)Windows
42 (0.797 %)Windows XP
42 (0.797 %)Windows Mobile
Wales IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
151 (20.32 %)Security Cleared
239 (15.54 %)Migration
337 (14.74 %)Data Migration
432 (12.75 %)SC Cleared
432 (12.75 %)UML
530 (11.95 %)OO
627 (10.76 %)Web Development
714 (5.578 %)Service Delivery
812 (4.781 %)OOD
911 (4.382 %)Agile Software Development
108 (3.187 %)SOA
108 (3.187 %)Business Intelligence
108 (3.187 %)ERP
108 (3.187 %)OOA/OOD
117 (2.789 %)RAD
117 (2.789 %)RUP
117 (2.789 %)Content Management
126 (2.390 %)OOP
135 (1.992 %)Information Management
135 (1.992 %)Data Analysis
Wales IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1169 (67.33 %)SQL
292 (36.65 %)Java
383 (33.07 %)JavaScript
478 (31.08 %)C#
555 (21.91 %)VB
648 (19.12 %)PL/SQL
727 (10.76 %)VB.NET
823 (9.163 %)VB6
921 (8.367 %)Perl
1017 (6.773 %)Shell Script
1017 (6.773 %)XPath
1113 (5.179 %)PHP
1211 (4.382 %)C
1211 (4.382 %)C++
1310 (3.984 %)VBScript
148 (3.187 %)Transact-SQL
156 (2.390 %)VBA
164 (1.594 %)PHP5
164 (1.594 %)PHP4
172 (0.797 %)DHTML
Wales IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
115 (5.976 %)Degree
23 (1.195 %)HND
Wales IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
112 (4.781 %)SLA
23 (1.195 %)HL7
32 (0.797 %)QA
Wales IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
110 (3.984 %)AutoSys
21 (0.398 %)MIIS
Wales IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
167 (26.69 %)Oracle
224 (9.562 %)Microsoft
311 (4.382 %)IBM
46 (2.390 %)Sybase
54 (1.594 %)Business Objects
54 (1.594 %)PolarLake
61 (0.398 %)Teradata
61 (0.398 %)Progress
61 (0.398 %)Cisco