Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for Extensible Markup Language (XML) skills across the UK 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 5 January 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkExtensible Markup Language (XML)
Location
3 months to
5 Jan 2009
Same period last year
Rank1415
Rank change on same period last yearUp+1
Matching permanent IT job ads1067117503
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled9.049 %8.863 %
As % of the category below26.42 %27.77 %
Salaries quoted940714793
Average minimum salary£36,190£36,576
Average salary£39,722£40,380
% change on same period last year-1.62 %
Average maximum salary£43,255£44,184
UK excluding London average salary£36,041£35,922
% change on same period last year+0.33 %
IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
UK
Matching permanent IT job ads4039563028
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled34.25 %31.91 %
Salaries quoted3525153206
Average minimum salary£36,297£36,879
Average salary£39,806£40,705
% change on same period last year-2.20 %
Average maximum salary£43,316£44,531
UK excluding London average salary£35,849£36,277
% change on same period last year-1.18 %

XML
Demand Trend

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

XML Demand Trend

XML
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing XML within the UK.

XML Salary Trend

XML
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing XML over the 3 months to 5 January 2009 within the UK.

XML Salary Histogram

XML
Top 30 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 UK over the 3 months to 5 January 2009. 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
EnglandUp+110219£39,848-1.67 %
LondonUp+13941£46,945-0.02 %
South EastNo change02237£38,484+2.31 %
North WestUp+5955£32,874-3.53 %
South WestDown-1812£34,606-2.78 %
City of LondonUp+2800£49,954-1.18 %
East of EnglandDown-1731£38,064-0.82 %
West MidlandsUp+7643£34,907+4.09 %
BerkshireUp+2632£40,592+2.84 %
YorkshireUp+3596£33,094+1.75 %
SurreyDown-2522£40,896+8.73 %
ManchesterUp+3398£31,121-11.01 %
West YorkshireUp+2379£33,100+2.08 %
HampshireDown-3368£34,682-4.78 %
CheshireUp+9308£33,242+0.05 %
East MidlandsDown-4300£35,344+14.01 %
BristolUp+4279£34,941+8.78 %
ScotlandUp+3263£37,708+16.38 %
HertfordshireDown-2261£42,186+7.06 %
BirminghamUp+3258£35,480+0.20 %
OxfordshireUp+2232£35,809+3.76 %
LeedsUp+1225£32,178-2.85 %
ReadingUp+2198£38,429-2.26 %
CambridgeshireDown-7183£36,617+2.21 %
BuckinghamshireUp+3173£36,916-1.62 %
WiltshireUp+9165£33,220+0.05 %
CambridgeUp+2155£36,037-5.55 %
LancashireUp+3154£33,025+5.98 %
OxfordUp+4152£36,366+6.44 %
EssexDown-9134£39,000-5.08 %

XML
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 January 2009, IT jobs within the UK 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.

113819 (52.83 %).NET
210721 (40.99 %)SQL Server
310719 (40.98 %)C#
410112 (38.66 %)SQL
59395 (35.92 %)HTML
69282 (35.49 %)ASP.NET
78816 (33.70 %)JavaScript
87570 (28.94 %)Java
96970 (26.65 %)CSS
105444 (20.81 %)WebServices
115146 (19.67 %)AJAX
124445 (16.99 %)OO
134291 (16.40 %)Finance
144252 (16.26 %)Microsoft
154066 (15.54 %)Oracle
163708 (14.18 %)XSLT
173696 (14.13 %)J2EE
183664 (14.01 %)VB.NET
193548 (13.56 %)SQL Server 2005
203360 (12.85 %)Degree
213314 (12.67 %)VB
223262 (12.47 %)XHTML
233190 (12.20 %)Windows
243184 (12.17 %)ASP
252803 (10.72 %)PHP
262738 (10.47 %)C++
272425 (9.271 %)SQL Server 2000
282331 (8.912 %)UML
292303 (8.805 %)UNIX
302250 (8.602 %)MySQL

XML
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 January 2009, IT jobs within the UK 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.

IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
113819 (52.83 %).NET
29395 (35.92 %)HTML
39282 (35.49 %)ASP.NET
46970 (26.65 %)CSS
55444 (20.81 %)WebServices
65146 (19.67 %)AJAX
73708 (14.18 %)XSLT
83696 (14.13 %)J2EE
93262 (12.47 %)XHTML
103184 (12.17 %)ASP
111970 (7.531 %)JSP
121910 (7.302 %).NET Framework
131879 (7.184 %)SOAP
141799 (6.878 %)Flash
151562 (5.972 %)XSL
161502 (5.742 %)Spring
171220 (4.664 %)WebSphere
181193 (4.561 %)WCF
191180 (4.511 %)WinForms
201170 (4.473 %)Hibernate
IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11527 (5.838 %)IIS
21463 (5.593 %)SharePoint
31145 (4.377 %)Apache
4940 (3.594 %)CMS
5907 (3.468 %)WebLogic
6896 (3.425 %)BizTalk Server
7824 (3.150 %)Tomcat
8630 (2.409 %)SharePoint Server 2007
9546 (2.087 %)JBoss
10284 (1.086 %)WebSphere Application Server
11254 (0.971 %)ESB
12231 (0.883 %)ColdFusion
13194 (0.742 %)MQSeries
14136 (0.520 %)WebSphere MQ
15131 (0.501 %)Drupal
16126 (0.482 %)WebSphere Message Broker
17116 (0.443 %)WebLogic Portal
18105 (0.401 %)Oracle Workflow
1987 (0.333 %)SharePoint Portal Server
2080 (0.306 %)WPS
IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11824 (6.973 %)MS Excel
2895 (3.422 %)Photoshop
3412 (1.575 %)MS Office
4311 (1.189 %)MS Visio
5199 (0.761 %)Adobe Illustrator
6128 (0.489 %)Acrobat
7113 (0.432 %)Fireworks
884 (0.321 %)MATLAB
980 (0.306 %)MS Project
1070 (0.268 %)InfoPath
1168 (0.260 %)XMetaL
1260 (0.229 %)MS PowerPoint
1356 (0.214 %)FrameMaker
1452 (0.199 %)Spreadsheet
1539 (0.149 %)Simulink
1637 (0.141 %)CA Clarity
1729 (0.111 %)RoboHelp
1822 (0.084 %)FreeHand
1822 (0.084 %)ImageReady
1919 (0.073 %)Shockwave
IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
1105 (0.401 %)Oracle Applications
274 (0.283 %)Oracle EBS
372 (0.275 %)Dynamics AX
460 (0.229 %)BusinessWorks
551 (0.195 %)Oracle Financials
649 (0.187 %)Microsoft CRM
649 (0.187 %)TIBCO iProcess
748 (0.184 %)Oracle 11i
840 (0.153 %)Axapta
840 (0.153 %)Summit
930 (0.115 %)Oracle EBS R12
1024 (0.092 %)Dynamics CRM
1024 (0.092 %)WebTrends
1121 (0.080 %)Brady Trinity
1216 (0.061 %)MAXIMO
1216 (0.061 %)Pivotal CRM
1314 (0.054 %)Oracle ERP
1314 (0.054 %)SAP R/3
1413 (0.050 %)Navision
1413 (0.050 %)Great Plains
IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11786 (6.828 %)Internet
2697 (2.665 %)Intranet
3612 (2.340 %)HTTP
4536 (2.049 %)TCP/IP
5202 (0.772 %)FTP
6164 (0.627 %)SMTP
7141 (0.539 %)LDAP
7141 (0.539 %)Firewall
8124 (0.474 %)DNS
987 (0.333 %)WAN
1085 (0.325 %)LAN
1181 (0.310 %)Wireless
1274 (0.283 %)VPN
1373 (0.279 %)SSL
1472 (0.275 %)Extranet
1562 (0.237 %)SNMP
1658 (0.222 %)SMS
1751 (0.195 %)Broadband
1847 (0.180 %)HTTPS
1942 (0.161 %)UMTS
IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
110721 (40.99 %)SQL Server
23548 (13.56 %)SQL Server 2005
32425 (9.271 %)SQL Server 2000
42250 (8.602 %)MySQL
51090 (4.167 %)RDBMS
6484 (1.850 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
7475 (1.816 %)Crystal Reports
8468 (1.789 %)Oracle 10g
9454 (1.736 %)DB2
10356 (1.361 %)DTS
11351 (1.342 %)Oracle 9i
12339 (1.296 %)SQL Server Integration Services
13290 (1.109 %)Datawarehouse
14279 (1.067 %)Oracle Reports
15255 (0.975 %)MS Access
16245 (0.937 %)Oracle 8/8i
17197 (0.753 %)GIS
18180 (0.688 %)ETL
19164 (0.627 %)OLAP
20139 (0.531 %)SQL Server 2008
IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12120 (8.105 %)Visual Studio
2696 (2.661 %)Eclipse
3637 (2.435 %)JUnit
4541 (2.068 %)Ant
5437 (1.671 %)Subversion
6374 (1.430 %)NUnit
7367 (1.403 %)VSS/SourceSafe
8309 (1.181 %)Dreamweaver
9243 (0.929 %)Oracle Forms
10152 (0.581 %)ClearCase
11102 (0.390 %)JDeveloper
1295 (0.363 %)Rational Rose
1382 (0.313 %)TestDirector
1382 (0.313 %)QuickTest Pro
1382 (0.313 %)ClearQuest
1480 (0.306 %)IntelliJ
1579 (0.302 %)WebSphere Studio Application Developer
1669 (0.264 %)Selenium
1764 (0.245 %)Log4j
1862 (0.237 %)LoadRunner
IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
14291 (16.40 %)Finance
21729 (6.610 %)Banking
31481 (5.662 %)Pensions
41134 (4.335 %)Insurance
51011 (3.865 %)Health
6963 (3.682 %)Marketing
7950 (3.632 %)Games
8869 (3.322 %)Retail
9756 (2.890 %)Front Office
10700 (2.676 %)Investment Banking
11664 (2.539 %)Telecoms
12589 (2.252 %)Education
13414 (1.583 %)Publishing
14361 (1.380 %)Government
15324 (1.239 %)Back Office
16299 (1.143 %)Music
17216 (0.826 %)Online Games
18206 (0.788 %)Advertising
19178 (0.681 %)Graphic Design
20174 (0.665 %)Multimedia
IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
117578 (67.20 %)Developer
25365 (20.51 %).NET Developer
33428 (13.11 %)C# Developer
43144 (12.02 %)Web Developer
52771 (10.59 %)Java Developer
62549 (9.745 %)Senior Developer
72366 (9.045 %)Analyst
82203 (8.422 %)ASP.NET Developer
91665 (6.365 %)C# ASP.NET Developer
101492 (5.704 %)Software Developer
111412 (5.398 %)Programmer
121071 (4.095 %)PHP Developer
131028 (3.930 %)Architect
14931 (3.559 %)Consultant
15863 (3.299 %)Software Engineer
16847 (3.238 %)VB.NET Developer
17838 (3.204 %)Java/J2EE Developer
18751 (2.871 %)Analyst Programmer
19719 (2.749 %)J2EE Developer
20666 (2.546 %).NET Web Developer
IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
1785 (3.001 %)Computer Science
2746 (2.852 %)Derivative
3742 (2.837 %)N-Tier
4531 (2.030 %)W3C
5501 (1.915 %)Web 2.0
6498 (1.904 %)Client/Server
7420 (1.606 %)Fixed Income
8350 (1.338 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
9304 (1.162 %)Multithreading
10279 (1.067 %)Equities
11205 (0.784 %)Mathematics
12174 (0.665 %)Tandem
13156 (0.596 %)Mainframe
14153 (0.585 %)Credit Derivative
15139 (0.531 %)Social Network
16138 (0.528 %)E-Learning
17129 (0.493 %)Management Information System
18121 (0.463 %)Equity Derivative
19118 (0.451 %)Interest Rate Derivative
20109 (0.417 %)Streaming Video
IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
13190 (12.20 %)Windows
22303 (8.805 %)UNIX
32127 (8.132 %)Linux
4464 (1.774 %)Windows Server 2003
5459 (1.755 %)Solaris
6315 (1.204 %)Windows XP
7273 (1.044 %)Windows 2000
8133 (0.508 %)Windows NT
9119 (0.455 %)AIX
1082 (0.313 %)Windows Vista
1176 (0.291 %)Red Hat Linux
1272 (0.275 %)Windows 2000 Server
1351 (0.195 %)Windows Mobile
1444 (0.168 %)Windows CE
1528 (0.107 %)Windows Server 2008
1618 (0.069 %)HPUX
1716 (0.061 %)Mac OS X
1815 (0.057 %)Debian
1913 (0.050 %)Embedded Linux
2011 (0.042 %)SUSE
IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14445 (16.99 %)OO
22331 (8.912 %)UML
32080 (7.952 %)E-Commerce
42078 (7.944 %)Web Development
51381 (5.280 %)Agile Software Development
61317 (5.035 %)OOP
71115 (4.263 %)Scrum
81070 (4.091 %)SOA
91008 (3.854 %)Content Management
10919 (3.513 %)Project Management
11774 (2.959 %)TDD
12750 (2.867 %)OOD
13711 (2.718 %)Unit Testing
14541 (2.068 %)Software Engineering
15506 (1.934 %)CRM
16487 (1.862 %)Extreme Programming
17456 (1.743 %)Workflow
18454 (1.736 %)Business Analysis
19413 (1.579 %)Business Intelligence
20396 (1.514 %)Web Design
IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
110719 (40.98 %)C#
210112 (38.66 %)SQL
38816 (33.70 %)JavaScript
47570 (28.94 %)Java
53664 (14.01 %)VB.NET
63314 (12.67 %)VB
72803 (10.72 %)PHP
82738 (10.47 %)C++
91547 (5.914 %)Transact-SQL
101320 (5.046 %)VB6
111139 (4.354 %)PL/SQL
121136 (4.343 %)ActionScript
131029 (3.934 %)C
141016 (3.884 %)Perl
15903 (3.452 %)VBA
16763 (2.917 %)VBScript
17548 (2.095 %)XPath
18450 (1.720 %)PHP5
19401 (1.533 %)Shell Script
20350 (1.338 %)Python
IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
13360 (12.85 %)Degree
21247 (4.767 %)Microsoft Certification
3870 (3.326 %)MCSD
4799 (3.055 %)MCP
5763 (2.917 %)MCAD
6402 (1.537 %)Security Cleared
7165 (0.631 %)ISEB
8134 (0.512 %)MCTS
9126 (0.482 %)SC Cleared
10123 (0.470 %)Sun Certification
11110 (0.421 %)HND
1277 (0.294 %)MCPD
1366 (0.252 %)Oracle Certification
1461 (0.233 %)PhD
1552 (0.199 %)PRINCE2 Certification
1646 (0.176 %)MBA
1745 (0.172 %)MCSE
1828 (0.107 %)OCP
1923 (0.088 %)ITIL Certification
2022 (0.084 %)BC Cleared
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
1490 (1.873 %)QA
2174 (0.665 %)WAI
3126 (0.482 %)SLA
469 (0.264 %)WCAG
523 (0.088 %)ISO9000
622 (0.084 %)Basel II
721 (0.080 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
721 (0.080 %)HL7
820 (0.076 %)ISO9001
910 (0.038 %)ISO27001
107 (0.027 %)DICOM
116 (0.023 %)PCI DSS
125 (0.019 %)GCP
134 (0.015 %)ISO8583
134 (0.015 %)MiFID
134 (0.015 %)HIPAA
143 (0.011 %)COBIT
143 (0.011 %)TickIT
152 (0.008 %)RosettaNet
152 (0.008 %)JTAG
IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
1169 (0.646 %)Active Directory
2166 (0.635 %)MSMQ
320 (0.076 %)AquaLogic
418 (0.069 %)Oracle RMAN
517 (0.065 %)Oracle RAC
69 (0.034 %)VMware Infrastructure
77 (0.027 %)NFS
77 (0.027 %)Terminal Server
86 (0.023 %)Orbix
86 (0.023 %)MetaFrame
86 (0.023 %)Cronacle
86 (0.023 %)Intellisync
95 (0.019 %)Backup Exec
104 (0.015 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
113 (0.011 %)Terminal Services
113 (0.011 %)ISA Server
122 (0.008 %)Xen
122 (0.008 %)VMware ESX
122 (0.008 %)VMware Workstation
131 (0.004 %)Samba
IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
123 (0.088 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
216 (0.061 %)AutoSys
216 (0.061 %)MOM
314 (0.054 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
413 (0.050 %)SCOM
511 (0.042 %)MIIS
69 (0.034 %)BMC Performance Manager
77 (0.027 %)Nagios
86 (0.023 %)OpenView
86 (0.023 %)CiscoWorks
86 (0.023 %)Tivoli
95 (0.019 %)BMC PATROL
95 (0.019 %)WSUS
95 (0.019 %)HP Data Protector
104 (0.015 %)CA SiteMinder
104 (0.015 %)Tivoli Identity Manager
104 (0.015 %)Unicenter
113 (0.011 %)AssetCenter
113 (0.011 %)Data Guard
122 (0.008 %)Oracle Statspack
IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
14252 (16.26 %)Microsoft
24066 (15.54 %)Oracle
3650 (2.485 %)Adobe
4577 (2.206 %)Sybase
5510 (1.950 %)IBM
6361 (1.380 %)BEA
7265 (1.013 %)TIBCO
8216 (0.826 %)Sun
9197 (0.753 %)SAP
10125 (0.478 %)Zend
11122 (0.466 %)Business Objects
12115 (0.440 %)Calypso
13108 (0.413 %)BT
1497 (0.371 %)Red Hat
1596 (0.367 %)Lotus
1693 (0.356 %)Interwoven
1791 (0.348 %)ATG
1791 (0.348 %)webMethods
1880 (0.306 %)HP
1971 (0.271 %)Citrix