Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for Extensible Markup Language (XML) skills within the Cambridge 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 7 January 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkExtensible Markup Language (XML)
Location
3 months to
7 Jan 2009
Same period last year
Rank1820
Rank change on same period last yearUp+2
Matching permanent IT job ads155221
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.133 %0.113 %
As % of the category below20.58 %21.17 %
Salaries quoted147191
Average minimum salary£32,680£35,501
Average salary£36,139£38,043
% change on same period last year-5.00 %
Average maximum salary£39,599£40,585
UK excluding London average salary£36,054£35,868
% change on same period last year+0.52 %
Cambridge IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Cambridge
Matching permanent IT job ads7531044
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.648 %0.533 %
Salaries quoted656899
Average minimum salary£33,430£33,079
Average salary£37,170£36,160
% change on same period last year+2.79 %
Average maximum salary£40,910£39,241
UK excluding London average salary£35,816£36,196
% change on same period last year-1.05 %
XML CambridgeshireXML
Cambridgeshire

XML
Demand Trend

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

Cambridge 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 Cambridge region.

Cambridge XML Salary Trend

XML
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing XML across the Cambridge region over the 3 months to 7 January 2009.

Cambridge XML Salary Histogram

XML
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 January 2009, IT jobs across the Cambridge 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.

1233 (61.48 %).NET
2185 (48.81 %)C#
3167 (44.06 %)JavaScript
4156 (41.16 %)ASP.NET
5154 (40.63 %)HTML
6148 (39.05 %)Java
7140 (36.94 %)C++
8137 (36.15 %)SQL Server
9117 (30.87 %)Degree
10114 (30.08 %)SQL
1191 (24.01 %)CSS
1286 (22.69 %)AJAX
1382 (21.64 %)Windows
1480 (21.11 %)Linux
1574 (19.53 %)J2EE
1670 (18.47 %)Computer Science
1769 (18.21 %)VB.NET
1868 (17.94 %)Microsoft
1964 (16.89 %)Visual Studio
1964 (16.89 %)Software Engineering
2054 (14.25 %)JSP
2151 (13.46 %)DHTML
2245 (11.87 %)WebServices
2245 (11.87 %)SharePoint
2343 (11.35 %)Transact-SQL
2440 (10.55 %)WCF
2539 (10.29 %)SQL Server 2005
2539 (10.29 %)UML
2637 (9.763 %)PHP
2735 (9.235 %)Perl

XML
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 January 2009, IT jobs across the Cambridge 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.

Cambridge IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1233 (61.48 %).NET
2156 (41.16 %)ASP.NET
3154 (40.63 %)HTML
491 (24.01 %)CSS
586 (22.69 %)AJAX
674 (19.53 %)J2EE
754 (14.25 %)JSP
851 (13.46 %)DHTML
945 (11.87 %)WebServices
1040 (10.55 %)WCF
1133 (8.707 %)ASP
1231 (8.179 %)XHTML
1328 (7.388 %).NET Framework
1425 (6.596 %)Struts
1521 (5.541 %)SOAP
1620 (5.277 %)XSLT
1718 (4.749 %)Hibernate
1816 (4.222 %)EJB
1915 (3.958 %)ActiveX
1915 (3.958 %)WinForms
Cambridge IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
145 (11.87 %)SharePoint
213 (3.430 %)Tomcat
312 (3.166 %)JBoss
49 (2.375 %)Apache
58 (2.111 %)IIS
66 (1.583 %)BizTalk Server
66 (1.583 %)SharePoint Server 2007
73 (0.792 %)CMS
73 (0.792 %)Oracle Application Server
73 (0.792 %)ColdFusion
81 (0.264 %)NetWeaver
81 (0.264 %)Oracle 9iAS
81 (0.264 %)Oracle 10gAS
Cambridge IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
114 (3.694 %)MS Excel
26 (1.583 %)MS Office
33 (0.792 %)FrameMaker
33 (0.792 %)MS Visio
33 (0.792 %)MS PowerPoint
42 (0.528 %)Photoshop
51 (0.264 %)Adobe Illustrator
51 (0.264 %)MATLAB
51 (0.264 %)Simulink
Cambridge IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (0.264 %)Oracle 11i
11 (0.264 %)Axapta
11 (0.264 %)Oracle HRMS
11 (0.264 %)Oracle Applications
11 (0.264 %)Pivotal CRM
11 (0.264 %)Oracle EBS R12
Cambridge IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
133 (8.707 %)Internet
213 (3.430 %)Wireless
35 (1.319 %)HTTP
35 (1.319 %)Intranet
43 (0.792 %)TCP/IP
43 (0.792 %)Bluetooth
43 (0.792 %)Wi-Fi
52 (0.528 %)IGMP
52 (0.528 %)DVB
52 (0.528 %)VoIP
61 (0.264 %)GPRS
61 (0.264 %)GSM
61 (0.264 %)UMTS
61 (0.264 %)Firewall
61 (0.264 %)3G
61 (0.264 %)RTSP
Cambridge IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1137 (36.15 %)SQL Server
239 (10.29 %)SQL Server 2005
335 (9.235 %)MySQL
420 (5.277 %)SQL Server 2000
511 (2.902 %)RDBMS
511 (2.902 %)DTS
610 (2.639 %)GIS
74 (1.055 %)OLAP
83 (0.792 %)PostgreSQL
83 (0.792 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
83 (0.792 %)SQL Server Integration Services
92 (0.528 %)Oracle 10g
92 (0.528 %)Informix
92 (0.528 %)Oracle 8/8i
101 (0.264 %)Oracle 9i
101 (0.264 %)Datawarehouse
101 (0.264 %)Data Mining
101 (0.264 %)Oracle Reports
101 (0.264 %)SAP BW
101 (0.264 %)Text Mining
Cambridge IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
164 (16.89 %)Visual Studio
211 (2.902 %)JUnit
37 (1.847 %)Eclipse
45 (1.319 %)VSS/SourceSafe
45 (1.319 %)Ant
54 (1.055 %)QuickTest Pro
54 (1.055 %)Selenium
63 (0.792 %)JSUnit
63 (0.792 %)Subversion
72 (0.528 %)CruiseControl
81 (0.264 %)TeamCity
81 (0.264 %)MorphX
81 (0.264 %)LoadRunner
81 (0.264 %)PVCS
81 (0.264 %)Oracle Forms
81 (0.264 %)JDeveloper
Cambridge IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
127 (7.124 %)Finance
214 (3.694 %)Education
312 (3.166 %)Marketing
49 (2.375 %)Insurance
56 (1.583 %)Music
65 (1.319 %)Government
74 (1.055 %)Health
74 (1.055 %)Electronics
74 (1.055 %)Telecoms
74 (1.055 %)Multimedia
74 (1.055 %)Billing
74 (1.055 %)Chemicals
74 (1.055 %)Pensions
83 (0.792 %)Publishing
83 (0.792 %)Pharmaceutical
92 (0.528 %)Law
92 (0.528 %)3D Graphics
92 (0.528 %)Aerospace
92 (0.528 %)Banking
101 (0.264 %)Retail
Cambridge IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1203 (53.56 %)Developer
2111 (29.29 %)Software Engineer
361 (16.09 %).NET Developer
440 (10.55 %)Web Developer
539 (10.29 %)Software Developer
634 (8.971 %)C++ Software Engineer
725 (6.596 %)Java Developer
822 (5.805 %)Applications Developer
921 (5.541 %)Programmer
921 (5.541 %)C# Developer
1020 (5.277 %)Author
1020 (5.277 %)Technical Author
1115 (3.958 %)Senior Software Engineer
1115 (3.958 %)Java Software Engineer
1115 (3.958 %)Java/J2EE Developer
1214 (3.694 %)Lead Software Engineer
1214 (3.694 %)ASP.NET Developer
1311 (2.902 %)Systems Developer
1311 (2.902 %)C# Software Engineer
1311 (2.902 %)Senior Developer
Cambridge IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
170 (18.47 %)Computer Science
210 (2.639 %)Handset
39 (2.375 %)Web 2.0
47 (1.847 %)Wiki
56 (1.583 %)Client/Server
63 (0.792 %)Firmware
63 (0.792 %)Mathematics
63 (0.792 %)Biology
72 (0.528 %)Informatics
72 (0.528 %)MPEG
72 (0.528 %)IPTV
81 (0.264 %)Social Network
81 (0.264 %)Multithreading
81 (0.264 %)DTV
81 (0.264 %)N-Tier
81 (0.264 %)Streaming Video
81 (0.264 %)VHDL
81 (0.264 %)STB
81 (0.264 %)Physics
Cambridge IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
182 (21.64 %)Windows
280 (21.11 %)Linux
318 (4.749 %)UNIX
414 (3.694 %)Solaris
52 (0.528 %)Windows CE
52 (0.528 %)Windows Server 2003
61 (0.264 %)Windows Vista
61 (0.264 %)Windows Server 2008
61 (0.264 %)Windows 2000 Server
61 (0.264 %)Windows XP
Cambridge IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
164 (16.89 %)Software Engineering
239 (10.29 %)UML
334 (8.971 %)Web Development
433 (8.707 %)OO
518 (4.749 %)Content Management
617 (4.485 %)Unit Testing
714 (3.694 %)Agile Software Development
813 (3.430 %)SEO
912 (3.166 %)Product Marketing
1011 (2.902 %)Use Case
1011 (2.902 %)Change Management
119 (2.375 %)PLM
119 (2.375 %)Scrum
119 (2.375 %)Project Management
128 (2.111 %)Extreme Programming
128 (2.111 %)TDD
137 (1.847 %)Workflow
137 (1.847 %)E-business
137 (1.847 %)E-Commerce
137 (1.847 %)OOP
Cambridge IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1185 (48.81 %)C#
2167 (44.06 %)JavaScript
3148 (39.05 %)Java
4140 (36.94 %)C++
5114 (30.08 %)SQL
669 (18.21 %)VB.NET
743 (11.35 %)Transact-SQL
837 (9.763 %)PHP
935 (9.235 %)Perl
1030 (7.916 %)VB
1118 (4.749 %)Python
1215 (3.958 %)C
1312 (3.166 %)VB6
148 (2.111 %)XPath
148 (2.111 %)ActionScript
157 (1.847 %)PowerShell
157 (1.847 %)Shell Script
166 (1.583 %)PL/SQL
175 (1.319 %)Fortran
184 (1.055 %)Tcl
Cambridge IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1117 (30.87 %)Degree
212 (3.166 %)PhD
311 (2.902 %)MCSD
311 (2.902 %)Microsoft Certification
49 (2.375 %)MCP
49 (2.375 %)MCAD
54 (1.055 %)Sun Certification
61 (0.264 %)HND
61 (0.264 %)CCNA
61 (0.264 %)ISEB
61 (0.264 %)Cisco Certification
Cambridge IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
113 (3.430 %)QA
21 (0.264 %)GAMP
Cambridge IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
12 (0.528 %)Xen
12 (0.528 %)VMware Infrastructure
21 (0.264 %)Citrix Presentation Server
21 (0.264 %)MSMQ
21 (0.264 %)Active Directory
Cambridge IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
168 (17.94 %)Microsoft
232 (8.443 %)Oracle
36 (1.583 %)Macromedia
44 (1.055 %)Sun
44 (1.055 %)SAP
52 (0.528 %)salesforce.com
52 (0.528 %)Hummingbird
52 (0.528 %)VMware
52 (0.528 %)IBM
61 (0.264 %)FileNet
61 (0.264 %)Cisco
61 (0.264 %)Adobe
61 (0.264 %)Dell
61 (0.264 %)Citrix