Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the 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 19 March 2010 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 Application Development category for the Wales region.

 Extensible Markup Language (XML)
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank91315
Rank change year-on-year
Up+4Up+2
Matching permanent IT job ads13291141
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wales15.31 %10.59 %8.577 %
As % of the Application Development category31.96 %30.95 %33.41 %
Salaries quoted12373134
Average salary£33,000£34,500£30,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-4.340 %+13.11 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£25,200£24,000£22,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£37,500£45,000£40,000
UK excluding London average salary£34,000£33,500£35,000
% change year-on-year
+1.490 %-4.280 %
Wales IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryAll Application Development
Wales
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
413294422
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wales47.91 %34.23 %25.67 %
Salaries quoted396253401
Average salary£32,500£30,000£30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+8.330 %-
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£25,000£23,000£21,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£37,500£40,000£42,500
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£34,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+2.940 %-2.850 %
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 19 March 2010.

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 19 March 2010. 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
South WalesUp+10111£35,000+2.94 %
North WalesDown-213£33,000-12.00 %
West WalesNo change06£33,750+12.50 %
XML UKXML
UK

XML
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, 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.

1118 (64.13 %).NET
2106 (57.61 %)ASP.NET
396 (52.17 %)C#
486 (46.74 %)CSS
585 (46.20 %)SQL Server
671 (38.59 %)HTML
766 (35.87 %)JavaScript
860 (32.61 %)OO
954 (29.35 %)AJAX
1051 (27.72 %)Web Services
1150 (27.17 %)VB.NET
1150 (27.17 %)SQL
1150 (27.17 %).NET Framework
1240 (21.74 %)Unit Testing
1339 (21.20 %)XSLT
1435 (19.02 %)XHTML
1435 (19.02 %)VB
1534 (18.48 %)T-SQL
1534 (18.48 %)VB6
1632 (17.39 %)ASP
1730 (16.30 %)DHTML
1829 (15.76 %)PHP
1829 (15.76 %)Linux
1926 (14.13 %)CMS
2024 (13.04 %)MySQL
2122 (11.96 %)Web Development
2122 (11.96 %)Apache
2220 (10.87 %)Visual Studio
2220 (10.87 %)C
2319 (10.33 %)Java

XML
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, 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 Development CategoryApplication Development
1118 (64.13 %).NET
2106 (57.61 %)ASP.NET
386 (46.74 %)CSS
471 (38.59 %)HTML
554 (29.35 %)AJAX
651 (27.72 %)Web Services
750 (27.17 %).NET Framework
839 (21.20 %)XSLT
935 (19.02 %)XHTML
1032 (17.39 %)ASP
1130 (16.30 %)DHTML
1211 (5.978 %)LAMP
139 (4.891 %)WCF
139 (4.891 %)LINQ
147 (3.804 %)Flash
156 (3.261 %)WinForms
156 (3.261 %)ADO.NET
156 (3.261 %)JSP
156 (3.261 %)Zend Framework
165 (2.717 %)SOAP
Wales IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
126 (14.13 %)CMS
222 (11.96 %)Apache
316 (8.696 %)Umbraco
411 (5.978 %)IIS
58 (4.348 %)Tuxedo
64 (2.174 %)Tomcat
73 (1.630 %)Drupal
82 (1.087 %)ColdFusion
91 (0.543 %)SharePoint
91 (0.543 %)WebLogic
Wales IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
14 (2.174 %)Photoshop
23 (1.630 %)MS Excel
23 (1.630 %)Adobe Illustrator
32 (1.087 %)Fireworks
32 (1.087 %)MS Office
Wales IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
17 (3.804 %)Internet
17 (3.804 %)SSH
25 (2.717 %)TCP/IP
33 (1.630 %)Broadband
33 (1.630 %)VoIP
42 (1.087 %)Intranet
51 (0.543 %)Firewall
Wales IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
185 (46.20 %)SQL Server
224 (13.04 %)MySQL
310 (5.435 %)SQL Server 2000
46 (3.261 %)SQL Server 2005
51 (0.543 %)SQL Server 2008
51 (0.543 %)Ingres
51 (0.543 %)Oracle 10g
Wales IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
120 (10.87 %)Visual Studio
213 (7.065 %)Subversion
39 (4.891 %)VSS/SourceSafe
48 (4.348 %)Team Foundation Server
57 (3.804 %)Eclipse
64 (2.174 %)Visual Studio Team System
72 (1.087 %)Rational Rose
72 (1.087 %)Dreamweaver
81 (0.543 %)TestDirector
81 (0.543 %)ClearCase
81 (0.543 %)CheckStyle
Wales IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
17 (3.804 %)Pensions
25 (2.717 %)Health
34 (2.174 %)Telecoms
43 (1.630 %)Finance
43 (1.630 %)Advertising
43 (1.630 %)Retail
43 (1.630 %)Insurance
43 (1.630 %)Back Office
51 (0.543 %)Aerospace
51 (0.543 %)Government
Wales IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1157 (85.33 %)Developer
252 (28.26 %).NET Developer
342 (22.83 %)Web Developer
441 (22.28 %)Senior Developer
533 (17.93 %)C# Developer
624 (13.04 %)VB.NET Developer
723 (12.50 %)Senior C# Developer
817 (9.239 %)PHP Developer
914 (7.609 %)Senior .NET Developer
914 (7.609 %)C# Web Developer
1011 (5.978 %)Senior Web Developer
1110 (5.435 %)ASP.NET Developer
1110 (5.435 %)Perl Developer
1110 (5.435 %)Analyst
128 (4.348 %)Senior PHP Developer
137 (3.804 %)Applications Developer
146 (3.261 %)Software Developer
146 (3.261 %)Linux Engineer
146 (3.261 %)C# ASP.NET Developer
146 (3.261 %)CRM Developer
Wales IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
17 (3.804 %)W3C
25 (2.717 %)N-Tier
34 (2.174 %)Firmware
34 (2.174 %)Computer Science
42 (1.087 %)Open Source
51 (0.543 %)Blog
Wales IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
129 (15.76 %)Linux
212 (6.522 %)UNIX
34 (2.174 %)Windows
34 (2.174 %)Embedded Linux
Wales IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
160 (32.61 %)OO
240 (21.74 %)Unit Testing
322 (11.96 %)Web Development
415 (8.152 %)OOA/OOD
513 (7.065 %)CRM
513 (7.065 %)Agile Software Development
612 (6.522 %)MVC
79 (4.891 %)E-Commerce
88 (4.348 %)OOP
88 (4.348 %)Software Engineering
97 (3.804 %)Extreme Programming
105 (2.717 %)Web Design
105 (2.717 %)OOD
114 (2.174 %)Change Management
123 (1.630 %)Content Management
123 (1.630 %)Software Architecture
123 (1.630 %)B2B
123 (1.630 %)B2C
123 (1.630 %)UML
132 (1.087 %)Configuration Management
Wales IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
196 (52.17 %)C#
266 (35.87 %)JavaScript
350 (27.17 %)SQL
350 (27.17 %)VB.NET
435 (19.02 %)VB
534 (18.48 %)VB6
534 (18.48 %)T-SQL
629 (15.76 %)PHP
720 (10.87 %)C
819 (10.33 %)Java
917 (9.239 %)PHP5
1013 (7.065 %)Perl
115 (2.717 %)C++
115 (2.717 %)PHP4
115 (2.717 %)VBA
124 (2.174 %)VC++
132 (1.087 %)Python
141 (0.543 %)ActionScript
Wales IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
113 (7.065 %)Degree
24 (2.174 %)ISEB
33 (1.630 %)SC Cleared
33 (1.630 %)Security Cleared
Wales IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
11 (0.543 %)MSMQ
Wales IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
117 (9.239 %)Zend
213 (7.065 %)DevExpress
310 (5.435 %)Oracle
310 (5.435 %)Adobe
47 (3.804 %)Microsoft
52 (1.087 %)Atmel