The first table below looks at the demand for XML skills in IT jobs advertised for the Wales region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited XML over the 3 months to 17 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Application Development category for the Wales region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Extensible Markup Language (XML)
Rank 23 24 19
Rank change year-on-year
+1 -5
Permanent jobs citing XML 111 97 98
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wales 8.909% 8.524% 9.414%
As % of the Application Development category 20.15% 22.35% 21.49%
Number of salaries quoted 103 90 94
Average salary £32,500 £30,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+8.33% -14.28%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,600 £24,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £38,000 £40,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +7.14%
All Application Development
Wales
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
551 434 456
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wales 44.22% 38.14% 43.80%
Number of salaries quoted 507 390 423
Average salary £32,500 £30,500 £37,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.55% -17.56%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £24,200 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £42,500 £52,000 £41,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
XML
UK

XML
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wales XML Jobs Demand Trend

XML
Salary Trend

This 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

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing XML across the Wales region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

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 17 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
South Wales -1 86 £34,000 +13.33%
North Wales +2 16 £29,500 +47.50%
West Wales -2 1 £19,000 -34.48%
XML
UK

XML
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, 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.

1 151 (55.31%) .NET
2 119 (43.59%) SQL Server
3 115 (42.12%) JavaScript
4 112 (41.03%) C#
5 111 (40.66%) HTML
6 100 (36.63%) SQL
7 92 (33.70%) ASP.NET
8 91 (33.33%) OO
9 89 (32.60%) CSS
10 86 (31.50%) VB.NET
11 82 (30.04%) Java
12 71 (26.01%) Apache
13 67 (24.54%) Microsoft
14 65 (23.81%) jQuery
15 60 (21.98%) Degree
16 56 (20.51%) Web Services
17 48 (17.58%) MVC
18 47 (17.22%) .NET Framework
19 46 (16.85%) Spring
19 46 (16.85%) Scrum
20 45 (16.48%) Oracle
21 43 (15.75%) Agile Software Development
22 39 (14.29%) Web Development
23 37 (13.55%) VB
24 36 (13.19%) Ajax
25 35 (12.82%) JSON
25 35 (12.82%) XSLT
26 33 (12.09%) Team Foundation Server
27 30 (10.99%) Telecoms
27 30 (10.99%) Linux

XML
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, 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.

Application Development
1 151 (55.31%) .NET
2 111 (40.66%) HTML
3 92 (33.70%) ASP.NET
4 89 (32.60%) CSS
5 65 (23.81%) jQuery
6 56 (20.51%) Web Services
7 47 (17.22%) .NET Framework
8 46 (16.85%) Spring
9 36 (13.19%) Ajax
10 35 (12.82%) JSON
10 35 (12.82%) XSLT
11 28 (10.26%) SOAP
12 24 (8.791%) Hibernate
13 21 (7.692%) WCF
14 19 (6.960%) RESTful
15 18 (6.593%) REST
16 16 (5.861%) XHTML
17 14 (5.128%) J2EE
18 12 (4.396%) HTML5
19 11 (4.029%) ASP.NET MVC
Application Platforms
1 71 (26.01%) Apache
2 26 (9.524%) Tomcat
3 20 (7.326%) Tuxedo
4 10 (3.663%) Windows Azure
5 7 (2.564%) CMS
5 7 (2.564%) SharePoint
5 7 (2.564%) WebLogic
5 7 (2.564%) IIS
6 6 (2.198%) MSMQ
7 4 (1.465%) Sitecore CMS
8 2 (0.733%) Umbraco
8 2 (0.733%) MS Exchange
8 2 (0.733%) ColdFusion
9 1 (0.366%) BizTalk Server
9 1 (0.366%) WordPress
9 1 (0.366%) Joomla!
9 1 (0.366%) GlassFish
9 1 (0.366%) Apache Solr
9 1 (0.366%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 18 (6.593%) MS Excel
2 10 (3.663%) MS Office
3 5 (1.832%) Photoshop
4 1 (0.366%) Fireworks
4 1 (0.366%) Adobe Illustrator
Business Applications
1 8 (2.930%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (2.198%) Staffware
3 2 (0.733%) MFGPRO
4 1 (0.366%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 17 (6.227%) Internet
2 9 (3.297%) TCP/IP
3 8 (2.930%) SNMP
3 8 (2.930%) TELNET
4 3 (1.099%) VoIP
5 2 (0.733%) WAN
5 2 (0.733%) DHCP
5 2 (0.733%) Ethernet
5 2 (0.733%) HTTP
5 2 (0.733%) LAN
5 2 (0.733%) DNS
5 2 (0.733%) Firewall
5 2 (0.733%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (0.733%) MPLS
5 2 (0.733%) 4G
6 1 (0.366%) Wireless
6 1 (0.366%) TETRA
6 1 (0.366%) SSH
6 1 (0.366%) NFC
6 1 (0.366%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 119 (43.59%) SQL Server
2 25 (9.158%) MySQL
3 22 (8.059%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 22 (8.059%) MongoDB
4 20 (7.326%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 14 (5.128%) SQL Server 2000
6 11 (4.029%) SQL Server 2008
7 10 (3.663%) Oracle 8/8i
8 8 (2.930%) PostgreSQL
8 8 (2.930%) SQL Server 2005
9 6 (2.198%) RDBMS
10 5 (1.832%) TOAD
11 4 (1.465%) Oracle 10g
11 4 (1.465%) Oracle 11g
11 4 (1.465%) SQL Server 2012
12 3 (1.099%) GIS
13 2 (0.733%) Crystal Reports
14 1 (0.366%) Oracle Reports
14 1 (0.366%) Data Warehouse
14 1 (0.366%) Microsoft Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 33 (12.09%) Team Foundation Server
2 23 (8.425%) JUnit
3 21 (7.692%) Eclipse
4 19 (6.960%) Subversion
4 19 (6.960%) Visual Studio Team System
5 15 (5.495%) MSBuild
6 13 (4.762%) Visual Studio
7 12 (4.396%) Maven
7 12 (4.396%) Selenium
8 11 (4.029%) Jenkins
8 11 (4.029%) Ant
9 10 (3.663%) Git (software)
10 9 (3.297%) Concordion
11 8 (2.930%) TestNG
11 8 (2.930%) MyEclipse
12 5 (1.832%) Mercurial
13 4 (1.465%) Oracle Forms
14 1 (0.366%) VSS/SourceSafe
14 1 (0.366%) Dreamweaver
14 1 (0.366%) Xcode
General
1 30 (10.99%) Telecoms
2 24 (8.791%) Finance
3 16 (5.861%) Marketing
4 8 (2.930%) Billing
5 5 (1.832%) Banking
5 5 (1.832%) Legal
6 3 (1.099%) Back Office
7 2 (0.733%) Games
7 2 (0.733%) Manufacturing
7 2 (0.733%) Automotive
8 1 (0.366%) Publishing
8 1 (0.366%) French Language
8 1 (0.366%) German Language
8 1 (0.366%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 227 (83.15%) Developer
2 92 (33.70%) .NET Developer
3 56 (20.51%) Web Developer
4 48 (17.58%) Java Developer
5 35 (12.82%) Senior Developer
6 34 (12.45%) Systems Developer
7 29 (10.62%) C# Developer
8 27 (9.890%) Analyst
9 25 (9.158%) C# .NET Developer
10 20 (7.326%) ASP.NET Developer
11 17 (6.227%) VB.NET Developer
12 16 (5.861%) Release Analyst
13 15 (5.495%) Software Developer
13 15 (5.495%) Configuration Analyst
14 14 (5.128%) Senior Web Developer
14 14 (5.128%) C# ASP.NET Developer
15 12 (4.396%) Senior Java Developer
16 11 (4.029%) .NET Web Developer
17 9 (3.297%) Senior .NET Developer
18 8 (2.930%) Senior ASP.NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 27 (9.890%) Computer Science
2 12 (4.396%) N-Tier
3 10 (3.663%) iPhone
3 10 (3.663%) Mobile App
4 4 (1.465%) Blackberry
4 4 (1.465%) Mainframe
4 4 (1.465%) CMDB
5 3 (1.099%) Data Integration
6 2 (0.733%) Client/Server
6 2 (0.733%) Graphic Design
6 2 (0.733%) W3C
7 1 (0.366%) LIMS
7 1 (0.366%) Replication
7 1 (0.366%) SCORM
7 1 (0.366%) Tandem
7 1 (0.366%) Animation
7 1 (0.366%) Social Network
7 1 (0.366%) Flash Lite
7 1 (0.366%) Java Card
7 1 (0.366%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 30 (10.99%) Linux
2 26 (9.524%) Android
3 21 (7.692%) Windows
4 17 (6.227%) Apple iOS
5 7 (2.564%) UNIX
6 4 (1.465%) VME
7 1 (0.366%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.366%) Windows 7
7 1 (0.366%) Windows Mobile
7 1 (0.366%) Windows 8
7 1 (0.366%) Windows Phone 8
7 1 (0.366%) Windows Phone
Processes & Methodologies
1 91 (33.33%) OO
2 48 (17.58%) MVC
3 46 (16.85%) Scrum
4 43 (15.75%) Agile Software Development
5 39 (14.29%) Web Development
6 22 (8.059%) Continuous Improvement
7 21 (7.692%) Software Engineering
7 21 (7.692%) TDD
8 17 (6.227%) Change Management
9 16 (5.861%) E-Commerce
9 16 (5.861%) ITIL
9 16 (5.861%) OOD
9 16 (5.861%) Unit Testing
10 15 (5.495%) Release Management
11 8 (2.930%) Requirements Analysis
11 8 (2.930%) Project Management
11 8 (2.930%) CRM
11 8 (2.930%) Automated Testing
12 7 (2.564%) Test Scripting
12 7 (2.564%) Continuous Integration
Programming Languages
1 115 (42.12%) JavaScript
2 112 (41.03%) C#
3 100 (36.63%) SQL
4 86 (31.50%) VB.NET
5 82 (30.04%) Java
6 37 (13.55%) VB
7 28 (10.26%) VB6
8 25 (9.158%) Perl
9 17 (6.227%) PHP
10 12 (4.396%) T-SQL
11 8 (2.930%) VBA
11 8 (2.930%) PL/SQL
12 5 (1.832%) PHP5
13 4 (1.465%) C++
14 3 (1.099%) RPG
15 2 (0.733%) Progress 4GL
16 1 (0.366%) Objective-C
16 1 (0.366%) XPath
16 1 (0.366%) Python
16 1 (0.366%) C
Qualifications
1 60 (21.98%) Degree
2 10 (3.663%) ISEB
3 5 (1.832%) ISTQB
4 3 (1.099%) SC Cleared
4 3 (1.099%) Security Cleared
5 2 (0.733%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (0.366%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 1 (0.366%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (5.128%) QA
2 3 (1.099%) ISO/IEC 27001
Systems Management
1 4 (1.465%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 67 (24.54%) Microsoft
2 45 (16.48%) Oracle
3 13 (4.762%) Thunderhead
4 8 (2.930%) Adobe
5 7 (2.564%) BEA
6 4 (1.465%) IBM
6 4 (1.465%) Zend
6 4 (1.465%) Sitecore
7 2 (0.733%) BT
7 2 (0.733%) QAD
7 2 (0.733%) Google
7 2 (0.733%) Progress
7 2 (0.733%) Cisco
7 2 (0.733%) Intel
7 2 (0.733%) Nortel
8 1 (0.366%) Red Hat
8 1 (0.366%) Typemock
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