Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for Extensible Markup Language (XML) skills within the West Yorkshire 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 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkExtensible Markup Language (XML)
Location
3 months to
2 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank1213
Rank change on same period last yearUp+1
Matching permanent IT job ads456716
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.305 %0.319 %
As % of the category below26.47 %29.53 %
Salaries quoted417623
Average minimum salary£31,164£29,423
Average salary£33,632£32,037
% change on same period last year+4.97 %
Average maximum salary£36,099£34,652
UK excluding London average salary£36,122£36,002
% change on same period last year+0.33 %
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
West Yorkshire
Matching permanent IT job ads17232425
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled1.152 %1.082 %
Salaries quoted15702140
Average minimum salary£30,542£29,683
Average salary£33,100£32,499
% change on same period last year+1.84 %
Average maximum salary£35,658£35,315
UK excluding London average salary£36,023£36,564
% change on same period last year-1.47 %
XML YorkshireXML
Yorkshire

XML
Demand Trend

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

West Yorkshire 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 West Yorkshire region.

West Yorkshire XML Salary Trend

XML
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing XML across the West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 2 December 2008.

West Yorkshire 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 West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 2 December 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
LeedsUp+1277£33,432+0.15 %
HalifaxUp+8121£35,199+23.53 %
BradfordDown-3031£33,964+12.15 %
HuddersfieldUp+121£29,429+15.93 %
WakefieldUp+118£32,611-0.94 %
KeighleyNew entry-2£25,500-
OtleyNew entry-2£24,750-
XML YorkshireXML
Yorkshire

XML
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT jobs across the West Yorkshire 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.

1634 (63.27 %).NET
2497 (49.60 %)C#
3470 (46.91 %)SQL
4426 (42.51 %)SQL Server
5377 (37.62 %)ASP.NET
6347 (34.63 %)HTML
7269 (26.85 %)CSS
8262 (26.15 %)Microsoft
9258 (25.75 %)JavaScript
10234 (23.35 %)OO
11228 (22.75 %)VB
12216 (21.56 %)Java
13202 (20.16 %)Visual Studio
14201 (20.06 %)VB.NET
15190 (18.96 %)Oracle
16182 (18.16 %)Windows
17171 (17.07 %)AJAX
18164 (16.37 %)Finance
19158 (15.77 %)WebServices
19158 (15.77 %)SQL Server 2005
20150 (14.97 %)XSLT
21147 (14.67 %)VB6
22135 (13.47 %)J2EE
23127 (12.67 %)Degree
24125 (12.48 %)MS Excel
25120 (11.98 %)N-Tier
26113 (11.28 %)SQL Server 2000
26113 (11.28 %)IIS
26113 (11.28 %)ASP
27109 (10.88 %)SOA

XML
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT jobs across the West Yorkshire 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.

West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1634 (63.27 %).NET
2377 (37.62 %)ASP.NET
3347 (34.63 %)HTML
4269 (26.85 %)CSS
5171 (17.07 %)AJAX
6158 (15.77 %)WebServices
7150 (14.97 %)XSLT
8135 (13.47 %)J2EE
9113 (11.28 %)ASP
1099 (9.880 %).NET Framework
1196 (9.581 %)XHTML
1286 (8.583 %)JSP
1352 (5.190 %)SOAP
1352 (5.190 %)Spring
1352 (5.190 %)Hibernate
1448 (4.790 %)XSL
1547 (4.691 %)EJB
1646 (4.591 %)WinForms
1744 (4.391 %)Struts
1839 (3.892 %)Middleware
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1113 (11.28 %)IIS
256 (5.589 %)SharePoint
352 (5.190 %)Apache
448 (4.790 %)CMS
522 (2.196 %)Tomcat
615 (1.497 %)SharePoint Server 2007
711 (1.098 %)JBoss
89 (0.898 %)Lotus Domino
89 (0.898 %)OpenEdge
89 (0.898 %)SonicMQ
89 (0.898 %)WebSphere Message Broker
96 (0.599 %)ESB
105 (0.499 %)WebSphere MQ
105 (0.499 %)Lotus Notes
105 (0.499 %)MS Exchange
114 (0.399 %)TeamSite
123 (0.299 %)BizTalk Server
123 (0.299 %)MQSeries
132 (0.200 %)ColdFusion
132 (0.200 %)Tuxedo
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1125 (12.48 %)MS Excel
215 (1.497 %)MS Office
311 (1.098 %)MS Visio
410 (0.998 %)MS Project
59 (0.898 %)Photoshop
64 (0.399 %)Adobe Illustrator
64 (0.399 %)Spreadsheet
73 (0.299 %)Fireworks
81 (0.100 %)InDesign
81 (0.100 %)InfoPath
81 (0.100 %)CA Clarity
81 (0.100 %)Acrobat
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
19 (0.898 %)Microsoft CRM
22 (0.200 %)WebTrends
22 (0.200 %)Staffware
31 (0.100 %)Oracle EBS
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
163 (6.287 %)Internet
259 (5.888 %)Intranet
316 (1.597 %)Firewall
411 (1.098 %)TCP/IP
510 (0.998 %)DNS
68 (0.798 %)VLAN
77 (0.699 %)FTP
84 (0.399 %)Extranet
92 (0.200 %)Wireless
92 (0.200 %)SSL
92 (0.200 %)Broadband
101 (0.100 %)HTTP
101 (0.100 %)VPN
101 (0.100 %)Reverse Proxy
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1426 (42.51 %)SQL Server
2158 (15.77 %)SQL Server 2005
3113 (11.28 %)SQL Server 2000
496 (9.581 %)MySQL
558 (5.788 %)Oracle 9i
558 (5.788 %)Oracle 10g
630 (2.994 %)Crystal Reports
729 (2.894 %)RDBMS
825 (2.495 %)OLAP
918 (1.796 %)SQL Server Integration Services
918 (1.796 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
1014 (1.397 %)DTS
1113 (1.297 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
1113 (1.297 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
1211 (1.098 %)Oracle 8/8i
1211 (1.098 %)SQLPlus
138 (0.798 %)DB2
145 (0.499 %)ETL
145 (0.499 %)Database Marketing
154 (0.399 %)SQL Server 2008
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
1202 (20.16 %)Visual Studio
237 (3.693 %)Flash
330 (2.994 %)Subversion
420 (1.996 %)Visual Studio Team System
515 (1.497 %)VSS/SourceSafe
610 (0.998 %)Eclipse
79 (0.898 %)WebSpeed
88 (0.798 %)Ant
88 (0.798 %)JUnit
97 (0.699 %)Dreamweaver
105 (0.499 %)NUnit
111 (0.100 %)WebLOAD
111 (0.100 %)PeopleTools
111 (0.100 %)MSI
111 (0.100 %)Oracle Forms
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1164 (16.37 %)Finance
286 (8.583 %)Pensions
376 (7.585 %)Marketing
469 (6.886 %)Health
552 (5.190 %)Insurance
628 (2.794 %)Telecoms
725 (2.495 %)Banking
823 (2.295 %)Financial Institution
919 (1.896 %)Publishing
1012 (1.198 %)Retail
119 (0.898 %)Graphic Design
128 (0.798 %)Billing
137 (0.699 %)Advertising
146 (0.599 %)Legal
155 (0.499 %)Law
164 (0.399 %)Manufacturing
173 (0.299 %)Investment Banking
182 (0.200 %)Back Office
191 (0.100 %)Electronics
191 (0.100 %)Construction
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1786 (78.44 %)Developer
2245 (24.45 %).NET Developer
3169 (16.87 %)C# Developer
4116 (11.58 %)Analyst
5111 (11.08 %)Web Developer
6107 (10.68 %)Senior Developer
7105 (10.48 %)Software Developer
888 (8.782 %)ASP.NET Developer
987 (8.683 %)Java Developer
1058 (5.788 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
1155 (5.489 %)Programmer
1246 (4.591 %)Java/J2EE Developer
1345 (4.491 %)VB.NET Developer
1444 (4.391 %)J2EE Developer
1539 (3.892 %)Analyst Developer
1637 (3.693 %)Software Engineer
1736 (3.593 %)Applications Developer
1736 (3.593 %)PHP Developer
1835 (3.493 %)Analyst Programmer
1934 (3.393 %)Junior
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
1120 (11.98 %)N-Tier
236 (3.593 %)Computer Science
331 (3.094 %)Client/Server
424 (2.395 %)Web 2.0
514 (1.397 %)Mainframe
514 (1.397 %)Management Information System
613 (1.297 %)Social Network
79 (0.898 %)Blog
88 (0.798 %)AS400
96 (0.599 %)NHS
105 (0.499 %)W3C
105 (0.499 %)IVR
105 (0.499 %)DataPower
113 (0.299 %)NPfIT
122 (0.200 %)Firmware
122 (0.200 %)PMI
122 (0.200 %)RIA
131 (0.100 %)Mathematics
131 (0.100 %)Physics
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1182 (18.16 %)Windows
273 (7.285 %)Linux
371 (7.086 %)UNIX
457 (5.689 %)Windows XP
549 (4.890 %)Windows 2000
643 (4.291 %)Windows NT
715 (1.497 %)Windows Server 2003
812 (1.198 %)AIX
99 (0.898 %)Solaris
108 (0.798 %)Windows 2000 Server
116 (0.599 %)OS/390
121 (0.100 %)Red Hat Linux
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1234 (23.35 %)OO
2109 (10.88 %)SOA
384 (8.383 %)Web Development
482 (8.184 %)UML
561 (6.088 %)E-Commerce
643 (4.291 %)Test Scripting
643 (4.291 %)Time Management
741 (4.092 %)CRM
839 (3.892 %)Web Design
936 (3.593 %)Project Management
936 (3.593 %)Content Management
1033 (3.293 %)Business Intelligence
1127 (2.695 %)Agile Software Development
1225 (2.495 %)Workflow
1324 (2.395 %)OOA/OOD
1324 (2.395 %)Information Management
1422 (2.196 %)Software Engineering
1521 (2.096 %)Unit Testing
1620 (1.996 %)OOD
1716 (1.597 %)Migration
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1497 (49.60 %)C#
2470 (46.91 %)SQL
3258 (25.75 %)JavaScript
4228 (22.75 %)VB
5216 (21.56 %)Java
6201 (20.06 %)VB.NET
7147 (14.67 %)VB6
8101 (10.08 %)PL/SQL
979 (7.884 %)PHP
1068 (6.786 %)Transact-SQL
1145 (4.491 %)Perl
1239 (3.892 %)C
1334 (3.393 %)ActionScript
1433 (3.293 %)C++
1528 (2.794 %)VBScript
1626 (2.595 %)VBA
1718 (1.796 %)DHTML
1813 (1.297 %)Ruby
1813 (1.297 %)PHP5
199 (0.898 %)Progress 4GL
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1127 (12.67 %)Degree
234 (3.393 %)Microsoft Certification
314 (1.397 %)Sun Certification
412 (1.198 %)PRINCE2 Certification
58 (0.798 %)MCP
58 (0.798 %)MCSD
67 (0.699 %)MCAD
75 (0.499 %)MCSE
83 (0.299 %)HND
83 (0.299 %)MCTS
92 (0.200 %)ISEB
101 (0.100 %)ITIL Certification
101 (0.100 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
18 (0.798 %)QA
26 (0.599 %)WAI
34 (0.399 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
42 (0.200 %)SLA
51 (0.100 %)WCAG
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
112 (1.198 %)Active Directory
22 (0.200 %)AquaLogic
22 (0.200 %)Oracle RAC
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1262 (26.15 %)Microsoft
2190 (18.96 %)Oracle
318 (1.796 %)Adobe
415 (1.497 %)IBM
514 (1.397 %)Sun
69 (0.898 %)Lotus
69 (0.898 %)Progress
75 (0.499 %)Avaya
75 (0.499 %)Netonomy
84 (0.399 %)BEA
84 (0.399 %)ATG
93 (0.299 %)webMethods
93 (0.299 %)Interwoven
102 (0.200 %)Sybase
102 (0.200 %)Vignette
102 (0.200 %)Borland
102 (0.200 %)Kofax
102 (0.200 %)Amdocs
102 (0.200 %)Omniture
102 (0.200 %)TIBCO