Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for Extensible Markup Language (XML) skills within the Cheshire 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
Rank917
Rank change on same period last yearUp+8
Matching permanent IT job ads304201
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.262 %0.103 %
As % of the category below32.48 %24.42 %
Salaries quoted289181
Average minimum salary£30,050£30,728
Average salary£33,196£33,815
% change on same period last year-1.82 %
Average maximum salary£36,341£36,901
UK excluding London average salary£36,054£35,868
% change on same period last year+0.52 %
Cheshire IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Cheshire
Matching permanent IT job ads936823
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.806 %0.420 %
Salaries quoted891753
Average minimum salary£30,611£31,402
Average salary£33,466£34,310
% change on same period last year-2.45 %
Average maximum salary£36,321£37,218
UK excluding London average salary£35,816£36,196
% change on same period last year-1.05 %
XML North WestXML
North West

XML
Demand Trend

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

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region.

Cheshire XML Salary Trend

XML
Salary Histogram

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

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region over the 3 months to 7 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
ChesterUp+388£35,983+6.52 %
WarringtonUp+2176£31,360-8.54 %
KnutsfordUp+420£34,450-18.94 %
CreweUp+916£28,929-7.09 %
WilmslowUp+216£30,813-6.62 %
NorthwichNew entry-4£37,500-
MacclesfieldUp+63£35,000-5.40 %
Ellesmere PortNew entry-2£22,250-
NantwichUp+51£30,000+20.00 %
XML North WestXML
North West

XML
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1405 (66.61 %).NET
2394 (64.80 %)SQL Server
3317 (52.14 %)ASP.NET
4315 (51.81 %)C#
5288 (47.37 %)SQL
6262 (43.09 %)HTML
7233 (38.32 %)JavaScript
8173 (28.45 %)CSS
9154 (25.33 %)Microsoft
10150 (24.67 %)Java
11139 (22.86 %)WebServices
12121 (19.90 %)AJAX
13120 (19.74 %)ASP
14115 (18.91 %)SQL Server 2000
15111 (18.26 %)C++
16107 (17.60 %)Transact-SQL
17102 (16.78 %)Oracle
1898 (16.12 %)VB
1898 (16.12 %)XSLT
1996 (15.79 %)Visual Studio
2090 (14.80 %)OO
2189 (14.64 %)Web Development
2287 (14.31 %)VB.NET
2380 (13.16 %)PHP
2474 (12.17 %)VB6
2573 (12.01 %)MySQL
2573 (12.01 %)Windows
2668 (11.18 %)DHTML
2764 (10.53 %)VBScript
2764 (10.53 %).NET Framework

XML
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Cheshire IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1405 (66.61 %).NET
2317 (52.14 %)ASP.NET
3262 (43.09 %)HTML
4173 (28.45 %)CSS
5139 (22.86 %)WebServices
6121 (19.90 %)AJAX
7120 (19.74 %)ASP
898 (16.12 %)XSLT
968 (11.18 %)DHTML
1064 (10.53 %).NET Framework
1159 (9.704 %)XHTML
1251 (8.388 %)J2ME
1350 (8.224 %)J2EE
1446 (7.566 %)EDI
1537 (6.086 %)Flash
1630 (4.934 %)JSP
1729 (4.770 %)SOAP
1826 (4.276 %)XSL
1923 (3.783 %)Adobe Flex
2021 (3.454 %)Zend Framework
Cheshire IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
135 (5.757 %)IIS
233 (5.428 %)Apache
233 (5.428 %)CMS
38 (1.316 %)ColdFusion
38 (1.316 %)NetWeaver
47 (1.151 %)WebLogic
47 (1.151 %)JBoss
55 (0.822 %)BizTalk Server
55 (0.822 %)Commerce Server
64 (0.658 %)SharePoint
73 (0.493 %)Tomcat
82 (0.329 %)WebSphere Application Server
82 (0.329 %)Oracle Workflow
82 (0.329 %)Oracle Spatial
91 (0.164 %)SharePoint Server 2007
91 (0.164 %)WPS
91 (0.164 %)Oracle Application Server
91 (0.164 %)Tuxedo
91 (0.164 %)Lotus Notes
91 (0.164 %)Lotus Domino
Cheshire IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
155 (9.046 %)MS Excel
237 (6.086 %)Photoshop
319 (3.125 %)MS Office
410 (1.645 %)Adobe Director
56 (0.987 %)Adobe Illustrator
65 (0.822 %)Shockwave
65 (0.822 %)Acrobat
65 (0.822 %)Fireworks
71 (0.164 %)MS Visio
71 (0.164 %)ImageReady
Cheshire IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
146 (7.566 %)Dynamics AX
235 (5.757 %)Axapta
38 (1.316 %)SAP R/3
43 (0.493 %)Oracle Applications
Cheshire IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
155 (9.046 %)HTTP
245 (7.401 %)Internet
324 (3.947 %)SMTP
324 (3.947 %)Intranet
41 (0.164 %)Extranet
41 (0.164 %)TCP/IP
41 (0.164 %)LAN
41 (0.164 %)WAN
Cheshire IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1394 (64.80 %)SQL Server
2115 (18.91 %)SQL Server 2000
373 (12.01 %)MySQL
460 (9.868 %)SQL Server 2005
521 (3.454 %)DTS
620 (3.289 %)Datawarehouse
713 (2.138 %)Crystal Reports
810 (1.645 %)Oracle Reports
97 (1.151 %)Oracle Discoverer
97 (1.151 %)RDBMS
105 (0.822 %)Oracle 10g
105 (0.822 %)Oracle 9i
114 (0.658 %)Oracle 8/8i
114 (0.658 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
123 (0.493 %)MS Access
123 (0.493 %)ETL
123 (0.493 %)PostgreSQL
132 (0.329 %)GIS
132 (0.329 %)Oracle OWB
141 (0.164 %)UniData
Cheshire IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
196 (15.79 %)Visual Studio
246 (7.566 %)MorphX
344 (7.237 %)Dreamweaver
410 (1.645 %)Oracle Forms
56 (0.987 %)JUnit
64 (0.658 %)Ant
64 (0.658 %)Flex Builder
73 (0.493 %)JIRA
82 (0.329 %)Oracle Developer 2000
82 (0.329 %)Eclipse
91 (0.164 %)JDeveloper
91 (0.164 %)VSS/SourceSafe
91 (0.164 %)ProC
Cheshire IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
152 (8.553 %)Pensions
244 (7.237 %)Finance
329 (4.770 %)Education
424 (3.947 %)Marketing
424 (3.947 %)Graphic Design
517 (2.796 %)Telecoms
614 (2.303 %)Health
711 (1.809 %)Billing
711 (1.809 %)Retail
810 (1.645 %)Advertising
99 (1.480 %)Banking
108 (1.316 %)FMCG
115 (0.822 %)Government
124 (0.658 %)Automotive
124 (0.658 %)Multimedia
132 (0.329 %)Publishing
141 (0.164 %)Retail Banking
141 (0.164 %)Financial Institution
141 (0.164 %)Law
Cheshire IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1439 (72.20 %)Developer
2139 (22.86 %)Software Developer
3118 (19.41 %)Web Developer
484 (13.82 %)Programmer
580 (13.16 %)Analyst
677 (12.66 %).NET Developer
774 (12.17 %)C# Developer
862 (10.20 %)Analyst Programmer
960 (9.868 %)C# ASP.NET Developer
1057 (9.375 %)ASP.NET Developer
1149 (8.059 %)Senior Developer
1242 (6.908 %)Dynamics AX Developer
1242 (6.908 %).NET Web Developer
1338 (6.250 %)Software Engineer
1437 (6.086 %)C# Web Developer
1531 (5.099 %)PHP Developer
1630 (4.934 %)Java Developer
1728 (4.605 %).NET Programmer
1826 (4.276 %)Lead Developer
1923 (3.783 %)Senior Software Developer
Cheshire IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
125 (4.112 %)NHS
223 (3.783 %)Blackberry
320 (3.289 %)Computer Science
414 (2.303 %)W3C
513 (2.138 %)N-Tier
67 (1.151 %)Mathematics
76 (0.987 %)Physics
85 (0.822 %)Web 2.0
85 (0.822 %)NPfIT
93 (0.493 %)Device Driver
93 (0.493 %)Multithreading
102 (0.329 %)Speech Recognition
102 (0.329 %)Management Information System
102 (0.329 %)BBC
111 (0.164 %)Client/Server
111 (0.164 %)Replication
111 (0.164 %)IVR
111 (0.164 %)Tandem
111 (0.164 %)Pocket PC
111 (0.164 %)PDA
Cheshire IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
173 (12.01 %)Windows
236 (5.921 %)UNIX
324 (3.947 %)Linux
47 (1.151 %)Windows Mobile
53 (0.493 %)Windows CE
61 (0.164 %)Windows Vista
61 (0.164 %)Windows 2000
61 (0.164 %)Windows XP
Cheshire IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
190 (14.80 %)OO
289 (14.64 %)Web Development
357 (9.375 %)UML
446 (7.566 %)E-Commerce
541 (6.743 %)Agile Software Development
640 (6.579 %)OOD
732 (5.263 %)Unit Testing
828 (4.605 %)OOA/OOD
925 (4.112 %)OOP
1022 (3.618 %)Scrum
1121 (3.454 %)Software Engineering
1220 (3.289 %)PRINCE2
1318 (2.961 %)Content Management
1417 (2.796 %)Project Management
1513 (2.138 %)CRM
1513 (2.138 %)SEO
1513 (2.138 %)TDD
1611 (1.809 %)ITIL
1710 (1.645 %)Data Analysis
189 (1.480 %)Web Design
Cheshire IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1315 (51.81 %)C#
2288 (47.37 %)SQL
3233 (38.32 %)JavaScript
4150 (24.67 %)Java
5111 (18.26 %)C++
6107 (17.60 %)Transact-SQL
798 (16.12 %)VB
887 (14.31 %)VB.NET
980 (13.16 %)PHP
1074 (12.17 %)VB6
1164 (10.53 %)VBScript
1246 (7.566 %)X++
1334 (5.592 %)C
1425 (4.112 %)ActionScript
1521 (3.454 %)VBA
1612 (1.974 %)PL/SQL
179 (1.480 %)Python
188 (1.316 %)VC++
197 (1.151 %)XPath
206 (0.987 %)Ruby
Cheshire IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
159 (9.704 %)Degree
214 (2.303 %)HND
310 (1.645 %)Microsoft Certification
310 (1.645 %)Oracle Certification
310 (1.645 %)MCP
47 (1.151 %)MCAD
47 (1.151 %)MCSD
52 (0.329 %)Sun Certification
61 (0.164 %)PRINCE2 Certification
Cheshire IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
15 (0.822 %)QA
21 (0.164 %)SLA
Cheshire IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (0.164 %)Tivoli
11 (0.164 %)Tivoli Identity Manager
Cheshire IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1154 (25.33 %)Microsoft
2102 (16.78 %)Oracle
350 (8.224 %)Adobe
421 (3.454 %)Zend
59 (1.480 %)SAP
68 (1.316 %)SEEBURGER
74 (0.658 %)Macromedia
83 (0.493 %)Lotus
92 (0.329 %)Perforce
92 (0.329 %)Citrix
101 (0.164 %)Interwoven
101 (0.164 %)Novell
101 (0.164 %)IBM
101 (0.164 %)Sun
101 (0.164 %)Google