Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for Extensible Markup Language (XML) skills within the Birmingham 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 6 January 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkExtensible Markup Language (XML)
Location
3 months to
6 Jan 2009
Same period last year
Rank1115
Rank change on same period last yearUp+4
Matching permanent IT job ads253255
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.222 %0.128 %
As % of the category below34.75 %27.93 %
Salaries quoted235234
Average minimum salary£32,348£32,833
Average salary£35,286£35,582
% change on same period last year-0.83 %
Average maximum salary£38,225£38,331
UK excluding London average salary£36,069£35,851
% change on same period last year+0.60 %
Birmingham IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Birmingham
Matching permanent IT job ads728913
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.640 %0.457 %
Salaries quoted683869
Average minimum salary£31,972£33,700
Average salary£35,045£37,129
% change on same period last year-5.61 %
Average maximum salary£38,118£40,558
UK excluding London average salary£35,850£36,187
% change on same period last year-0.93 %
XML West MidlandsXML
West Midlands

XML
Demand Trend

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

Birmingham 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 Birmingham region.

Birmingham XML Salary Trend

XML
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing XML across the Birmingham region over the 3 months to 6 January 2009.

Birmingham XML Salary Histogram

XML
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 6 January 2009, IT jobs across the Birmingham 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.

1262 (60.65 %).NET
2214 (49.54 %)ASP.NET
3204 (47.22 %)SQL Server
4179 (41.44 %)C#
5164 (37.96 %)SQL
6159 (36.81 %)HTML
7149 (34.49 %)JavaScript
8126 (29.17 %)VB.NET
9111 (25.69 %)Java
1099 (22.92 %)CSS
1198 (22.69 %)ASP
1288 (20.37 %)AJAX
1380 (18.52 %)XSLT
1478 (18.06 %)Oracle
1559 (13.66 %)Degree
1658 (13.43 %)WebServices
1757 (13.19 %)Microsoft
1856 (12.96 %)J2EE
1953 (12.27 %)VB
2051 (11.81 %)PL/SQL
2150 (11.57 %)XHTML
2247 (10.88 %)SQL Server 2005
2346 (10.65 %)Web Development
2346 (10.65 %)MS Excel
2445 (10.42 %)Visual Studio
2543 (9.954 %)SharePoint
2642 (9.722 %)UNIX
2740 (9.259 %)SQL Server 2000
2838 (8.796 %)Project Management
2935 (8.102 %)SOA

XML
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 6 January 2009, IT jobs across the Birmingham 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.

Birmingham IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1262 (60.65 %).NET
2214 (49.54 %)ASP.NET
3159 (36.81 %)HTML
499 (22.92 %)CSS
598 (22.69 %)ASP
688 (20.37 %)AJAX
780 (18.52 %)XSLT
858 (13.43 %)WebServices
956 (12.96 %)J2EE
1050 (11.57 %)XHTML
1134 (7.870 %)JSP
1231 (7.176 %)Struts
1322 (5.093 %)SOAP
1421 (4.861 %).NET Framework
1421 (4.861 %)JSTL
1518 (4.167 %)EJB
1617 (3.935 %)WebSphere
1715 (3.472 %)Flash
1812 (2.778 %)Middleware
1911 (2.546 %)DHTML
Birmingham IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
143 (9.954 %)SharePoint
233 (7.639 %)IIS
323 (5.324 %)ESB
415 (3.472 %)Tomcat
512 (2.778 %)CMS
610 (2.315 %)WebLogic
610 (2.315 %)SharePoint Server 2007
78 (1.852 %)BizTalk Server
78 (1.852 %)Oracle Workflow
87 (1.620 %)Oracle BPEL
87 (1.620 %)Apache
96 (1.389 %)MS Exchange
105 (1.157 %)JBoss
114 (0.926 %)Oracle Application Server
122 (0.463 %)ColdFusion
122 (0.463 %)Lotus Notes
122 (0.463 %)ColdFusion MX
131 (0.231 %)Oracle 9iAS
131 (0.231 %)TeamSite
131 (0.231 %)Oracle 10gAS
Birmingham IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
146 (10.65 %)MS Excel
215 (3.472 %)Photoshop
36 (1.389 %)MS Visio
45 (1.157 %)Adobe Illustrator
51 (0.231 %)MS Office
Birmingham IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
112 (2.778 %)Microsoft CRM
26 (1.389 %)Pivotal CRM
26 (1.389 %)Dynamics CRM
34 (0.926 %)Oracle EBS
34 (0.926 %)Oracle Applications
43 (0.694 %)Oracle 11i
51 (0.231 %)SAP MM
51 (0.231 %)SAP SRM
51 (0.231 %)SAP Retail
51 (0.231 %)Academy Housing
Birmingham IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
126 (6.019 %)Internet
223 (5.324 %)Intranet
320 (4.630 %)FTP
48 (1.852 %)HTTP
54 (0.926 %)SNMP
54 (0.926 %)Ethernet
54 (0.926 %)Megaco
63 (0.694 %)TCP/IP
71 (0.231 %)ATM
71 (0.231 %)SDH
71 (0.231 %)VoIP
71 (0.231 %)ASN.1
71 (0.231 %)3G
71 (0.231 %)DSL
Birmingham IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1204 (47.22 %)SQL Server
247 (10.88 %)SQL Server 2005
340 (9.259 %)SQL Server 2000
434 (7.870 %)Oracle 10g
530 (6.944 %)Oracle Reports
618 (4.167 %)Oracle 9i
618 (4.167 %)MySQL
717 (3.935 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
717 (3.935 %)SQL Server Integration Services
813 (3.009 %)Crystal Reports
98 (1.852 %)Datawarehouse
107 (1.620 %)OLAP
116 (1.389 %)MS Access
116 (1.389 %)RDBMS
124 (0.926 %)Oracle Discoverer
124 (0.926 %)Oracle 8/8i
132 (0.463 %)MSDE
141 (0.231 %)BusinessObjects
141 (0.231 %)BusinessObjects XI
Birmingham IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
145 (10.42 %)Visual Studio
213 (3.009 %)JUnit
310 (2.315 %)JDeveloper
48 (1.852 %)Subversion
48 (1.852 %)IntelliJ
56 (1.389 %)ERwin
56 (1.389 %)Rational Rose
63 (0.694 %)VSS/SourceSafe
72 (0.463 %)Oracle Forms
72 (0.463 %)Log4j
81 (0.231 %)OpenDeploy
81 (0.231 %)TestDirector
81 (0.231 %)yacc
Birmingham IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
120 (4.630 %)Finance
120 (4.630 %)Government
120 (4.630 %)Local Government
120 (4.630 %)Pensions
29 (2.083 %)Marketing
38 (1.852 %)Retail
38 (1.852 %)Insurance
46 (1.389 %)Back Office
55 (1.157 %)Games
55 (1.157 %)Health
55 (1.157 %)Law
64 (0.926 %)Graphic Design
64 (0.926 %)Animation
73 (0.694 %)Legal
73 (0.694 %)Manufacturing
82 (0.463 %)Aerospace
82 (0.463 %)Automotive
82 (0.463 %)Education
82 (0.463 %)Video Editing
82 (0.463 %)Interactive Media
Birmingham IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1284 (65.74 %)Developer
2130 (30.09 %).NET Developer
373 (16.90 %)ASP.NET Developer
470 (16.20 %)Web Developer
552 (12.04 %)C# Developer
646 (10.65 %)Analyst
741 (9.491 %)VB.NET Developer
840 (9.259 %)Senior Developer
939 (9.028 %)C# ASP.NET Developer
1033 (7.639 %)Programmer
1130 (6.944 %)Java Developer
1228 (6.481 %)Software Engineer
1327 (6.250 %)ASP Developer
1425 (5.787 %)VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
1524 (5.556 %)Business Analyst
1623 (5.324 %).NET Web Developer
1721 (4.861 %)Consultant
1721 (4.861 %)C# Web Developer
1818 (4.167 %)Architect
1818 (4.167 %)Analyst Programmer
Birmingham IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
112 (2.778 %)Client/Server
27 (1.620 %)Computer Science
34 (0.926 %)Web 2.0
43 (0.694 %)Social Network
43 (0.694 %)N-Tier
43 (0.694 %)W3C
51 (0.231 %)Mainframe
51 (0.231 %)NHS
Birmingham IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
142 (9.722 %)UNIX
225 (5.787 %)Windows
313 (3.009 %)Linux
46 (1.389 %)Windows Server 2003
52 (0.463 %)Windows 2000 Server
52 (0.463 %)Windows 2000
52 (0.463 %)Windows NT
61 (0.231 %)Solaris
Birmingham IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
146 (10.65 %)Web Development
238 (8.796 %)Project Management
335 (8.102 %)SOA
426 (6.019 %)Business Analysis
525 (5.787 %)CRM
624 (5.556 %)SEO
722 (5.093 %)E-Commerce
820 (4.630 %)ITIL
917 (3.935 %)OO
1016 (3.704 %)Change Management
1016 (3.704 %)Risk Assessment
1016 (3.704 %)Release Management
1114 (3.241 %)OOD
1213 (3.009 %)Requirements Analysis
1213 (3.009 %)UML
1312 (2.778 %)Content Management
1312 (2.778 %)Workflow
1312 (2.778 %)Pay per click
1411 (2.546 %)BPEL
1411 (2.546 %)OOP
Birmingham IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1179 (41.44 %)C#
2164 (37.96 %)SQL
3149 (34.49 %)JavaScript
4126 (29.17 %)VB.NET
5111 (25.69 %)Java
653 (12.27 %)VB
751 (11.81 %)PL/SQL
827 (6.250 %)PHP
925 (5.787 %)C++
1023 (5.324 %)Transact-SQL
1114 (3.241 %)C
1211 (2.546 %)ActionScript
1310 (2.315 %)VBScript
1310 (2.315 %)VB6
148 (1.852 %)PHP5
156 (1.389 %)Perl
164 (0.926 %)XPath
172 (0.463 %)PHP4
181 (0.231 %)Ruby
181 (0.231 %)Tcl
Birmingham IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
159 (13.66 %)Degree
214 (3.241 %)Microsoft Certification
313 (3.009 %)ISEB
410 (2.315 %)MCP
410 (2.315 %)Security Cleared
56 (1.389 %)SC Cleared
56 (1.389 %)MCSD
63 (0.694 %)MCAD
63 (0.694 %)OCP
63 (0.694 %)OCA
63 (0.694 %)Oracle Certification
63 (0.694 %)BC Cleared
72 (0.463 %)Sun Certification
81 (0.231 %)MCTS
Birmingham IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
111 (2.546 %)SLA
210 (2.315 %)QA
32 (0.463 %)WCAG
Birmingham IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
16 (1.389 %)Intellisync
21 (0.231 %)MSMQ
21 (0.231 %)AquaLogic
Birmingham IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
178 (18.06 %)Oracle
257 (13.19 %)Microsoft
320 (4.630 %)Northgate
49 (2.083 %)Interwoven
56 (1.389 %)Remedy
64 (0.926 %)Adobe
73 (0.694 %)MontaVista
82 (0.463 %)Google
82 (0.463 %)Sun
82 (0.463 %)Lotus
82 (0.463 %)SAP
82 (0.463 %)webMethods
91 (0.231 %)Capita
91 (0.231 %)Orchard
91 (0.231 %)NEC
91 (0.231 %)Anite
91 (0.231 %)RedDot
91 (0.231 %)JD Edwards
91 (0.231 %)SeeBeyond
91 (0.231 %)Business Objects