Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for Extensible Markup Language (XML) skills within the Hertfordshire 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 8 January 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkExtensible Markup Language (XML)
Location
3 months to
8 Jan 2009
Same period last year
Rank1311
Rank change on same period last yearDown-2
Matching permanent IT job ads249439
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.215 %0.224 %
As % of the category below33.69 %34.30 %
Salaries quoted210396
Average minimum salary£37,995£35,449
Average salary£42,219£39,220
% change on same period last year+7.64 %
Average maximum salary£46,442£42,990
UK excluding London average salary£36,027£35,859
% change on same period last year+0.46 %
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Hertfordshire
Matching permanent IT job ads7391280
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.639 %0.653 %
Salaries quoted6311106
Average minimum salary£39,281£35,197
Average salary£43,314£38,902
% change on same period last year+11.34 %
Average maximum salary£47,346£42,607
UK excluding London average salary£35,813£36,194
% change on same period last year-1.05 %
XML East of EnglandXML
East of England

XML
Demand Trend

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

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire XML Salary Trend

XML
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing XML across the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 8 January 2009.

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 8 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
St AlbansUp+1426£47,614+41.79 %
WatfordDown-2018£41,882+4.35 %
Bishop's StortfordUp+912£47,000+4.44 %
RoystonNew entry-12£30,667-
Welwyn Garden CityDown-511£54,250+105.49 %
StevenageDown-189£35,714+17.80 %
Potters BarNew entry-7£43,929-
HitchinNew entry-3£31,000-
TringUp+22£25,000-
HertfordUp+21£45,000+7.46 %
RickmansworthUp+41£50,000-13.04 %
WelwynNew entry-1£45,000-
XML East of EnglandXML
East of England

XML
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 January 2009, IT jobs across the Hertfordshire 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.

1379 (62.13 %).NET
2310 (50.82 %)C#
3295 (48.36 %)SQL Server
4275 (45.08 %)SQL
5241 (39.51 %)ASP.NET
6226 (37.05 %)HTML
7183 (30.00 %)JavaScript
8172 (28.20 %)WebServices
9151 (24.75 %)CSS
10149 (24.43 %)OO
11146 (23.93 %)XSLT
12136 (22.30 %)Microsoft
13135 (22.13 %)Java
14125 (20.49 %)Degree
15124 (20.33 %)SQL Server 2005
16120 (19.67 %)VB
16120 (19.67 %)BizTalk Server
17114 (18.69 %)AJAX
18107 (17.54 %)XHTML
19104 (17.05 %)ASP
2096 (15.74 %)PHP
2191 (14.92 %)VB.NET
2288 (14.43 %)UML
2385 (13.93 %)HTTP
2481 (13.28 %).NET Framework
2578 (12.79 %)Windows
2578 (12.79 %)Oracle
2675 (12.30 %)MySQL
2774 (12.13 %)MS Excel
2873 (11.97 %)XSL

XML
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 January 2009, IT jobs across the Hertfordshire 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.

Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1379 (62.13 %).NET
2241 (39.51 %)ASP.NET
3226 (37.05 %)HTML
4172 (28.20 %)WebServices
5151 (24.75 %)CSS
6146 (23.93 %)XSLT
7114 (18.69 %)AJAX
8107 (17.54 %)XHTML
9104 (17.05 %)ASP
1081 (13.28 %).NET Framework
1173 (11.97 %)XSL
1270 (11.48 %)SOAP
1338 (6.230 %)J2EE
1429 (4.754 %)ADO.NET
1527 (4.426 %)WinForms
1626 (4.262 %)XSD
1725 (4.098 %)DHTML
1725 (4.098 %)LAMP
1821 (3.443 %)Hibernate
1919 (3.115 %)JSP
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1120 (19.67 %)BizTalk Server
236 (5.902 %)SharePoint
333 (5.410 %)IIS
427 (4.426 %)CMS
521 (3.443 %)Apache
615 (2.459 %)JBoss
712 (1.967 %)WebLogic
89 (1.475 %)ESB
97 (1.148 %)ColdFusion
106 (0.984 %)WebLogic Portal
106 (0.984 %)SharePoint Portal Server
115 (0.820 %)WebSphere Application Server
124 (0.656 %)Tomcat
133 (0.492 %)MQSeries
133 (0.492 %)TeamSite
142 (0.328 %)OpenEdge
142 (0.328 %)WPS
142 (0.328 %)SharePoint Server 2007
151 (0.164 %)Content Management Server
151 (0.164 %)SAS
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
174 (12.13 %)MS Excel
210 (1.639 %)MATLAB
210 (1.639 %)MS Office
37 (1.148 %)Photoshop
44 (0.656 %)Fireworks
53 (0.492 %)Simulink
62 (0.328 %)MS Visio
62 (0.328 %)AutoCAD
62 (0.328 %)Spreadsheet
71 (0.164 %)QuarkXPress
71 (0.164 %)MS Project
71 (0.164 %)Adobe Illustrator
71 (0.164 %)InDesign
71 (0.164 %)InfoPath
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
185 (13.93 %)HTTP
257 (9.344 %)Internet
339 (6.393 %)TCP/IP
429 (4.754 %)FTP
528 (4.590 %)SMTP
69 (1.475 %)Firewall
78 (1.311 %)Intranet
84 (0.656 %)HTTPS
93 (0.492 %)LDAP
102 (0.328 %)UMTS
111 (0.164 %)SNMP
111 (0.164 %)GPRS
111 (0.164 %)GSM
111 (0.164 %)LAN
111 (0.164 %)SSL
111 (0.164 %)ASN.1
111 (0.164 %)LTE
111 (0.164 %)Extranet
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1295 (48.36 %)SQL Server
2124 (20.33 %)SQL Server 2005
375 (12.30 %)MySQL
468 (11.15 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
555 (9.016 %)SQL Server Integration Services
648 (7.869 %)SQL Server 2000
728 (4.590 %)MS Access
815 (2.459 %)RDBMS
914 (2.295 %)DTS
1013 (2.131 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
1110 (1.639 %)Datawarehouse
129 (1.475 %)DB2
129 (1.475 %)Crystal Reports
137 (1.148 %)SQL Server 2008
146 (0.984 %)Text Mining
154 (0.656 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
154 (0.656 %)BusinessObjects
154 (0.656 %)Oracle 8/8i
162 (0.328 %)GIS
162 (0.328 %)PostgreSQL
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
138 (6.230 %)VSS/SourceSafe
219 (3.115 %)Bugzilla
318 (2.951 %)Visual Studio
417 (2.787 %)Eclipse
515 (2.459 %)ClearCase
612 (1.967 %)JUnit
76 (0.984 %)ClearQuest
85 (0.820 %)TestDirector
85 (0.820 %)NUnit
85 (0.820 %)Subversion
93 (0.492 %)Visual Studio Team System
93 (0.492 %)WebSphere Studio Application Developer
93 (0.492 %)Dreamweaver
102 (0.328 %)MSI
102 (0.328 %)WebSpeed
102 (0.328 %)JIRA
111 (0.164 %)Oracle APEX
111 (0.164 %)Log4j
111 (0.164 %)JDeveloper
111 (0.164 %)Oracle Forms
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
170 (11.48 %)Finance
253 (8.689 %)Pensions
347 (7.705 %)Retail
439 (6.393 %)Health
530 (4.918 %)Insurance
622 (3.607 %)Publishing
721 (3.443 %)Telecoms
817 (2.787 %)Education
916 (2.623 %)Aerospace
1014 (2.295 %)Financial Institution
1112 (1.967 %)Government
1210 (1.639 %)Construction
1210 (1.639 %)Marketing
139 (1.475 %)Games
147 (1.148 %)Banking
156 (0.984 %)Investment Banking
164 (0.656 %)Electronics
173 (0.492 %)Front Office
173 (0.492 %)Back Office
173 (0.492 %)Military
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1394 (64.59 %)Developer
298 (16.07 %)Web Developer
391 (14.92 %).NET Developer
454 (8.852 %)C# Developer
545 (7.377 %)Programmer
641 (6.721 %)Team Leader
738 (6.230 %)Senior Developer
832 (5.246 %)Software Engineer
832 (5.246 %)Analyst
931 (5.082 %)Architect
1028 (4.590 %).NET Team Leader
1127 (4.426 %).NET Programmer
1127 (4.426 %)Software Developer
1226 (4.262 %)Java Developer
1325 (4.098 %)SQL Developer
1424 (3.934 %)Development Manager
1523 (3.770 %)PHP Developer
1619 (3.115 %)PHP Web Developer
1619 (3.115 %)ASP Developer
1717 (2.787 %)Development Team Leader
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
126 (4.262 %)N-Tier
224 (3.934 %)Client/Server
317 (2.787 %)Web 2.0
414 (2.295 %)Computer Science
513 (2.131 %)W3C
67 (1.148 %)Data Conversion
67 (1.148 %)Speech Recognition
67 (1.148 %)PDA
76 (0.984 %)Mathematics
76 (0.984 %)IVR
85 (0.820 %)Streaming Video
94 (0.656 %)Mainframe
103 (0.492 %)APACS
103 (0.492 %)Tandem
112 (0.328 %)iDTV
112 (0.328 %)EPoS
121 (0.164 %)Handset
121 (0.164 %)E-Learning
121 (0.164 %)Physics
121 (0.164 %)Interactive TV
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
178 (12.79 %)Windows
252 (8.525 %)Windows Server 2003
348 (7.869 %)UNIX
444 (7.213 %)Linux
513 (2.131 %)Solaris
62 (0.328 %)Windows 2000
71 (0.164 %)Mac OS X
71 (0.164 %)Windows CE
71 (0.164 %)AIX
71 (0.164 %)HPUX
71 (0.164 %)VxWorks
71 (0.164 %)pSOS
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1149 (24.43 %)OO
288 (14.43 %)UML
368 (11.15 %)E-Commerce
458 (9.508 %)Scrum
553 (8.689 %)Web Development
632 (5.246 %)Content Management
632 (5.246 %)RAD
727 (4.426 %)Agile Software Development
824 (3.934 %)Business Intelligence
923 (3.770 %)Software Engineering
1017 (2.787 %)Unit Testing
1017 (2.787 %)Data Modelling
1017 (2.787 %)ITIL
1114 (2.295 %)B2B
1114 (2.295 %)Project Management
1114 (2.295 %)TDD
1114 (2.295 %)Automated Testing
1213 (2.131 %)SysML
1213 (2.131 %)SOA
1213 (2.131 %)Change Management
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1310 (50.82 %)C#
2275 (45.08 %)SQL
3183 (30.00 %)JavaScript
4135 (22.13 %)Java
5120 (19.67 %)VB
696 (15.74 %)PHP
791 (14.92 %)VB.NET
860 (9.836 %)PHP5
958 (9.508 %)VBA
1052 (8.525 %)C++
1146 (7.541 %)PHP4
1237 (6.066 %)VB6
1324 (3.934 %)C
1417 (2.787 %)Transact-SQL
1516 (2.623 %)Python
1614 (2.295 %)PL/SQL
1614 (2.295 %)XPath
1713 (2.131 %)Ada
1713 (2.131 %)ActionScript
1812 (1.967 %)VBScript
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1125 (20.49 %)Degree
215 (2.459 %)Security Cleared
311 (1.803 %)Microsoft Certification
48 (1.311 %)ISEB
56 (0.984 %)MCTS
62 (0.328 %)ISTQB
62 (0.328 %)MCSE
71 (0.164 %)PhD
71 (0.164 %)ITIL Certification
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
18 (1.311 %)WAI
23 (0.492 %)QA
23 (0.492 %)ISO8583
32 (0.328 %)SLA
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (0.164 %)VMware Infrastructure
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1136 (22.30 %)Microsoft
278 (12.79 %)Oracle
311 (1.803 %)Sybase
410 (1.639 %)telerik
59 (1.475 %)Zend
59 (1.475 %)Adobe
59 (1.475 %)BEA
66 (0.984 %)IBM
66 (0.984 %)Interwoven
66 (0.984 %)Serena
74 (0.656 %)Business Objects
83 (0.492 %)Geac
83 (0.492 %)Tridion
83 (0.492 %)ProClarity
83 (0.492 %)LANSA
83 (0.492 %)Blue Martini
92 (0.328 %)ATG
92 (0.328 %)Autodesk
92 (0.328 %)SAP
92 (0.328 %)Macromedia