XPath Jobs

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for XPath skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited XPath over the 3 months to 22 June 2017 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

XPath (XML Path Language) UK
Location	3 months to 22 Jun 2017	Same period 2016	Same period 2015
Rank	735	697	785
Rank change year-on-year	-38	+88
Permanent jobs citing XPath	139	253	203
As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK	0.16%	0.26%	0.18%
As % of the Programming Languages category	0.28%	0.49%	0.35%
Number of salaries quoted	99	204	159
Median salary	£45,000	£45,000	£45,000
90% offered a salary of more than	£36,000	£40,000	£32,500
10% offered a salary of more than	£62,500	£57,500	£57,500
UK excluding London median salary	£43,000	£43,500	£40,000
% change year-on-year	-1.14%	+8.75%

XPath is in the programming language skills category. The next table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for programming language skills.

Programming Language Skills UK
Permanent job vacancies with a requirement for programming language skills	49780	52059	57223
As % of all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the UK	56.04%	52.78%	51.59%
Number of salaries quoted	41779	45080	48809
Median salary	£47,500	£47,500	£45,000
Median salary % change year-on-year	-	+5.55%
90% offered a salary of more than	£30,000	£30,000	£30,000
10% offered a salary of more than	£75,000	£70,000	£70,000
UK excluding London median salary	£42,500	£41,000	£40,000
% change year-on-year	+3.65%	+2.50%

XPath
Job Vacancy Trend

The job posting trend of jobs advertised citing XPath as a proportion of all permanent or contract IT jobs with a match in the Programming Languages category.

XPath
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing XPath.

XPath
Salary Histogram

The salary distribution of IT jobs citing XPath over the 3 months to 22 June 2017.

XPath
Top 30 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing XPath within the UK over the 3 months to 22 June 2017. 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	Rank Change on Same Period Last Year	Matching Permanent IT Job Ads	Median Salary Last 3 Months	Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Job Vacancies
England	-57	138	£45,000	-	17
North West	-14	36	£40,000	-5.88%
West Midlands	+26	35	£36,000	-18.18%	1
London	-68	27	£60,000	+20.00%	8
South West	+29	24	£44,000	+4.76%
Birmingham	+19	21	£46,750	+13.34%	1
Manchester	-19	19	£40,000	-5.88%
Solihull	-	12	£36,000	-
Gloucestershire	-	11	£43,500	-
Cheltenham	-	9	£43,500	-
Liverpool	-	9	-	-
Merseyside	-	9	-	-
South East	+13	8	£46,250	+8.82%	5
Cheshire	-24	8	-	-
Crewe	-	8	-	-
Somerset	+6	6	£44,000	+4.76%
Bristol	-11	6	£65,000	+67.74%
Buckinghamshire	-15	5	£47,500	-5.00%
East of England	-3	4	-	-	2
Milton Keynes	-18	4	£47,500	-5.00%
Yorkshire	-25	4	£40,000	-5.88%	1
Essex	-	4	-	-	2
Hampshire	+21	3	£43,000	+1.17%
Fareham	-	3	£43,000	-
West Yorkshire	+14	2	£35,000	-12.50%	1
York	-13	2	£47,500	+5.55%
North Yorkshire	-28	2	£47,500	+5.55%
Stoke-on-Trent	-	2	£35,000	-
Bingley	-	2	£35,000	-	1
Croydon	-	2	-	-

XPath
Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 June 2017, IT jobs citing XPath also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number co-occurrences and its proportion to all job ads with a requirement for XPath.

1	241 (77.24%)	XML
2	206 (66.03%)	XSLT
3	183 (58.65%)	Agile Software Development
4	166 (53.21%)	Web Services
5	159 (50.96%)	MVC
6	157 (50.32%)	SQL
7	147 (47.12%)	JavaScript
8	142 (45.51%)	HTML
9	132 (42.31%)	Java
10	111 (35.58%)	SQL Server
10	111 (35.58%)	CSS
11	110 (35.26%)	C#
12	109 (34.94%)	.NET
12	109 (34.94%)	Git (software)
13	98 (31.41%)	SOAP

14	90 (28.85%)	HTML5
15	89 (28.53%)	ASP.NET
16	87 (27.88%)	Finance
16	87 (27.88%)	Scrum
16	87 (27.88%)	TDD
17	86 (27.56%)	Oracle
18	84 (26.92%)	XSD
19	78 (25.00%)	Microsoft
20	76 (24.36%)	SOA
21	73 (23.40%)	Web Development
22	68 (21.79%)	.NET Framework
22	68 (21.79%)	AngularJS
23	66 (21.15%)	REST
24	63 (20.19%)	NoSQL
24	63 (20.19%)	JMS

XPath
Co-occurring IT Skills by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
Applications
Business Applications
Cloud Services
Communications & Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
Development Applications
General
Job Titles
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
Miscellaneous
Operating Systems
Processes & Methodologies
Programming Languages
Qualifications
Quality Assurance & Compliance
System Software
Systems Management
Vendors

Application Platforms
1	57 (18.27%)	Oracle SOA Suite
2	44 (14.10%)	Apache
2	44 (14.10%)	CMS
3	35 (11.22%)	Elasticsearch
4	34 (10.90%)	EPiServer
4	34 (10.90%)	nginx
5	24 (7.69%)	JBoss
6	21 (6.73%)	WebSphere
7	20 (6.41%)	Oracle Service Bus
8	16 (5.13%)	Mule
9	14 (4.49%)	Drupal
9	14 (4.49%)	Mule ESB
10	13 (4.17%)	Tomcat
11	9 (2.88%)	WebLogic
11	9 (2.88%)	WebSphere Application Server
12	8 (2.56%)	Anypoint
12	8 (2.56%)	GlassFish
13	7 (2.24%)	IIS
14	6 (1.92%)	Confluence
14	6 (1.92%)	SilverStripe

Applications
1	2 (0.64%)	Microsoft Office
2	1 (0.32%)	Microsoft PowerPoint
2	1 (0.32%)	MS Visio

Business Applications
1	9 (2.88%)	SAP Oil and Gas
2	8 (2.56%)	IBM Operational Decision Manager
3	6 (1.92%)	BusinessWorks
3	6 (1.92%)	Oracle BPM
4	5 (1.60%)	Payment Gateway
5	3 (0.96%)	Remedy ITSM
6	1 (0.32%)	Dynamics AX
6	1 (0.32%)	Oracle BRM

Cloud Services
1	60 (19.23%)	Amazon AWS
2	42 (13.46%)	Amazon EC2
3	34 (10.90%)	Amazon S3
3	34 (10.90%)	AWS Elastic Beanstalk
4	30 (9.62%)	GitHub
5	18 (5.77%)	Microsoft Azure
6	17 (5.45%)	OpenShift
7	8 (2.56%)	Amazon CloudSearch
7	8 (2.56%)	Amazon ElastiCache
7	8 (2.56%)	Amazon SQS
8	6 (1.92%)	SaaS
9	4 (1.28%)	iPaaS
9	4 (1.28%)	PaaS
9	4 (1.28%)	Slack
10	2 (0.64%)	IaaS

Communications & Networking
1	53 (16.99%)	FTP
2	42 (13.46%)	HTTP
3	27 (8.65%)	HTTPS
3	27 (8.65%)	SSL
4	25 (8.01%)	Internet
5	19 (6.09%)	Intranet
6	18 (5.77%)	Kerberos
7	12 (3.85%)	TCP/IP
8	8 (2.56%)	LDAP
9	6 (1.92%)	SSH
10	4 (1.28%)	Firewall
11	3 (0.96%)	Skype
12	1 (0.32%)	SNMP
12	1 (0.32%)	WebEx
12	1 (0.32%)	Wireless
12	1 (0.32%)	Wireshark

Database & Business Intelligence
1	111 (35.58%)	SQL Server
2	63 (20.19%)	NoSQL
3	60 (19.23%)	MySQL
4	53 (16.99%)	MongoDB
5	38 (12.18%)	SQL Server Integration Services
6	34 (10.90%)	Amazon RDS
7	29 (9.29%)	PostgreSQL
8	19 (6.09%)	SQL Server 2014
9	17 (5.45%)	SQL Server Reporting Services
10	15 (4.81%)	SQL Server Analysis Services
11	9 (2.88%)	MarkLogic
12	8 (2.56%)	Amazon DynamoDB
12	8 (2.56%)	SQL Server 2008
13	7 (2.24%)	Big Data
14	6 (1.92%)	Microsoft Analysis Services
14	6 (1.92%)	Oracle Database
14	6 (1.92%)	Relational Database
15	5 (1.60%)	Azure SQL Database
15	5 (1.60%)	Oracle Database 11g
15	5 (1.60%)	SQLPlus

Development Applications
1	109 (34.94%)	Git (software)
2	58 (18.59%)	JUnit
2	58 (18.59%)	Visual Studio
3	53 (16.99%)	Maven
4	48 (15.38%)	Team Foundation Server
5	42 (13.46%)	Subversion
6	41 (13.14%)	Eclipse
7	35 (11.22%)	Jenkins
7	35 (11.22%)	JIRA
8	34 (10.90%)	gulp
8	34 (10.90%)	PhantomJS
8	34 (10.90%)	webpack
9	33 (10.58%)	SoapUI
10	30 (9.62%)	GitLab
11	23 (7.37%)	Ant
11	23 (7.37%)	Checkstyle
11	23 (7.37%)	IntelliJ
11	23 (7.37%)	XMLUnit
12	15 (4.81%)	Cucumber
13	14 (4.49%)	Selenium

General
1	87 (27.88%)	Finance
2	31 (9.94%)	Banking
3	28 (8.97%)	Marketing
4	17 (5.45%)	Manufacturing
4	17 (5.45%)	Telecoms
5	16 (5.13%)	Electronics
6	14 (4.49%)	Law
7	7 (2.24%)	Retail
8	5 (1.60%)	Publishing
9	4 (1.28%)	Financial Institution
10	3 (0.96%)	Italian Language
11	2 (0.64%)	Games
12	1 (0.32%)	Automotive
12	1 (0.32%)	Back Office
12	1 (0.32%)	Legal

Job Titles
1	211 (67.63%)	Developer
2	56 (17.95%)	Java Developer
3	53 (16.99%)	Senior Developer
4	50 (16.03%)	Software Developer
5	45 (14.42%)	.NET Developer
6	41 (13.14%)	C# Developer
7	35 (11.22%)	PHP Developer
8	25 (8.01%)	C# .NET Developer
9	24 (7.69%)	Senior Software Developer
10	23 (7.37%)	Lead Developer
11	21 (6.73%)	Lead .NET Developer
12	19 (6.09%)	Consultant
12	19 (6.09%)	Software Engineer
13	18 (5.77%)	EAI Developer
13	18 (5.77%)	SOA Developer
14	17 (5.45%)	PHP Zend Developer
14	17 (5.45%)	Senior PHP Developer
15	16 (5.13%)	PHP Symfony Developer
15	16 (5.13%)	Symfony Developer
16	15 (4.81%)	Technical Administrator

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1	241 (77.24%)	XML
2	206 (66.03%)	XSLT
3	166 (53.21%)	Web Services
4	142 (45.51%)	HTML
5	111 (35.58%)	CSS
6	109 (34.94%)	.NET
7	98 (31.41%)	SOAP
8	90 (28.85%)	HTML5
9	89 (28.53%)	ASP.NET
10	84 (26.92%)	XSD
11	68 (21.79%)	.NET Framework
11	68 (21.79%)	AngularJS
12	66 (21.15%)	REST
13	63 (20.19%)	JMS
14	59 (18.91%)	Twitter Bootstrap
14	59 (18.91%)	WCF
15	58 (18.59%)	Entity Framework
16	56 (17.95%)	XML Schema
17	50 (16.03%)	ASP.NET Web Forms
18	49 (15.71%)	jQuery

Miscellaneous
1	30 (9.62%)	User Experience
2	29 (9.29%)	Enterprise Software
3	23 (7.37%)	Linux Command Line
4	21 (6.73%)	Analytical Skills
5	16 (5.13%)	Mobile App
6	14 (4.49%)	Computer Science
6	14 (4.49%)	DataPower
7	11 (3.53%)	Management Information System
8	10 (3.21%)	Greenfield Project
9	9 (2.88%)	Algorithms
9	9 (2.88%)	N-Tier
10	6 (1.92%)	Data Structures
11	4 (1.28%)	Graphic Design
12	1 (0.32%)	BBC
12	1 (0.32%)	CMDB
12	1 (0.32%)	Data Centre
12	1 (0.32%)	Derivative
12	1 (0.32%)	Fintech
12	1 (0.32%)	FMCG
12	1 (0.32%)	Market Risk

Operating Systems
1	53 (16.99%)	Linux
2	32 (10.26%)	Windows
3	19 (6.09%)	Android
3	19 (6.09%)	Apple iOS
4	17 (5.45%)	Unix
5	8 (2.56%)	AIX
5	8 (2.56%)	Solaris
6	4 (1.28%)	Windows Server
7	2 (0.64%)	Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Processes & Methodologies
1	183 (58.65%)	Agile Software Development
2	159 (50.96%)	MVC
3	87 (27.88%)	Scrum
3	87 (27.88%)	TDD
4	76 (24.36%)	SOA
5	73 (23.40%)	Web Development
6	62 (19.87%)	Unit Testing
7	57 (18.27%)	Continuous Integration
8	51 (16.35%)	Test Automation
9	43 (13.78%)	OOP
10	41 (13.14%)	Workflow
11	40 (12.82%)	UML
12	39 (12.50%)	Release Management
12	39 (12.50%)	Software Engineering
13	37 (11.86%)	SDLC
14	33 (10.58%)	Waterfall
15	32 (10.26%)	Change Management
15	32 (10.26%)	OO
16	31 (9.94%)	Continuous Delivery
17	30 (9.62%)	Responsive Web Design

Programming Languages
1	157 (50.32%)	SQL
2	147 (47.12%)	JavaScript
3	132 (42.31%)	Java
4	110 (35.26%)	C#
5	60 (19.23%)	T-SQL
6	58 (18.59%)	XQuery
7	53 (16.99%)	PHP
8	30 (9.62%)	PHP 7
9	24 (7.69%)	PL/SQL
10	14 (4.49%)	VB.NET
11	13 (4.17%)	Perl
12	11 (3.53%)	Ruby
13	10 (3.21%)	Groovy
14	9 (2.88%)	PowerShell
15	8 (2.56%)	C
15	8 (2.56%)	C++
15	8 (2.56%)	Jython
16	6 (1.92%)	Python
17	5 (1.60%)	Shell Script
18	4 (1.28%)	ActionScript

Qualifications
1	38 (12.18%)	Degree
2	29 (9.29%)	SC Cleared
2	29 (9.29%)	Security Cleared
3	16 (5.13%)	ISEB
4	8 (2.56%)	Computer Science Degree
4	8 (2.56%)	ISTQB
5	7 (2.24%)	Microsoft Certification
6	4 (1.28%)	MCITP
6	4 (1.28%)	MCSA
6	4 (1.28%)	MCSE
7	3 (0.96%)	MCSD
7	3 (0.96%)	OCA
7	3 (0.96%)	Oracle Certification
8	2 (0.64%)	HND
8	2 (0.64%)	ITIL Certification
9	1 (0.32%)	Master's Degree

Quality Assurance & Compliance
1	32 (10.26%)	QA
2	2 (0.64%)	RosettaNet
2	2 (0.64%)	SLA
3	1 (0.32%)	Sarbanes-Oxley
3	1 (0.32%)	Section 508
3	1 (0.32%)	WCAG

System Software
1	46 (14.74%)	Docker
2	22 (7.05%)	Active Directory
3	5 (1.60%)	VMware Infrastructure
4	4 (1.28%)	Microsoft Virtual Server
4	4 (1.28%)	Terminal Services
4	4 (1.28%)	Virtual Servers

Systems Management
1	41 (13.14%)	Opscode Chef
2	8 (2.56%)	CA Single Sign-On
3	6 (1.92%)	CloudHub
4	4 (1.28%)	SCCM
5	2 (0.64%)	HP Operations Orchestration
5	2 (0.64%)	Perfmon
5	2 (0.64%)	Puppet
6	1 (0.32%)	TADDM
6	1 (0.32%)	WebSphere Cast Iron
6	1 (0.32%)	WMI

Vendors
1	86 (27.56%)	Oracle
2	78 (25.00%)	Microsoft
3	27 (8.65%)	IBM
4	18 (5.77%)	Sybase
5	17 (5.45%)	Solace
5	17 (5.45%)	Zend
6	11 (3.53%)	MuleSoft
6	11 (3.53%)	SAP
7	8 (2.56%)	CA
8	7 (2.24%)	HP
8	7 (2.24%)	Red Hat
8	7 (2.24%)	TIBCO
9	6 (1.92%)	Talend
9	6 (1.92%)	VMware
9	6 (1.92%)	webMethods
10	5 (1.60%)	CA Agile Central
10	5 (1.60%)	Hopewiser
10	5 (1.60%)	LexisNexis
10	5 (1.60%)	WorldPay
11	4 (1.28%)	Citrix