Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for Extensible Markup Language (XML) skills within the London 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
Rank1516
Rank change on same period last yearUp+1
Matching permanent IT job ads38307397
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled3.310 %3.775 %
As % of the category below25.61 %28.07 %
Salaries quoted32806172
Average minimum salary£42,712£42,080
Average salary£46,967£47,001
% change on same period last year-0.07 %
Average maximum salary£51,223£51,921
UK excluding London average salary£36,027£35,859
% change on same period last year+0.46 %
London IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
London
Matching permanent IT job ads1495426353
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled12.92 %13.45 %
Salaries quoted1276022041
Average minimum salary£42,677£42,456
Average salary£46,958£47,154
% change on same period last year-0.41 %
Average maximum salary£51,239£51,853
UK excluding London average salary£35,813£36,194
% change on same period last year-1.05 %
XML EnglandXML
England

XML
Demand Trend

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

London 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 London region.

London XML Salary Trend

XML
Salary Histogram

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

London 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 London 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
City of LondonUp+2775£49,555-1.97 %
Docklands, LondonUp+958£65,976+19.75 %
CroydonUp+3035£37,783+10.08 %
BarnetUp+435£41,843-20.66 %
LutonUp+925£31,375-19.33 %
Kingston Upon ThamesUp+1018£37,111-1.41 %
Canary WharfDown-918£61,617+2.90 %
HammersmithDown-119£37,222-10.26 %
TwickenhamUp+68£28,063-36.76 %
EnfieldDown-67£38,571+21.80 %
RomfordDown-86£37,083-8.71 %
SouthwarkNew entry-5£48,000-
EalingDown-124£43,750-20.32 %
UxbridgeDown-204£46,250+29.62 %
HarrowUp+24£44,375+2.01 %
ClaphamNew entry-3£40,500-
WestminsterNew entry-3£34,000-
HounslowDown-72£37,500-16.66 %
EdgwareNew entry-2£35,000-
BrentfordUp+132£55,000-
WembleyUp+42£42,500-3.18 %
WimbledonDown-82£50,000+20.43 %
New MaldenUp+22£25,500-33.76 %
ChessingtonNew entry-1£50,000-
LewishamNew entry-1£42,500-
GreenwichNew entry-1£40,000-
OsterleyUp+31--
XML EnglandXML
England

XML
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

14831 (47.29 %).NET
24091 (40.05 %)C#
33938 (38.55 %)SQL
43442 (33.69 %)SQL Server
53390 (33.18 %)Java
63269 (32.00 %)HTML
73159 (30.92 %)JavaScript
83065 (30.00 %)ASP.NET
92587 (25.32 %)CSS
102437 (23.85 %)Finance
112142 (20.97 %)WebServices
122067 (20.23 %)OO
131881 (18.41 %)AJAX
141721 (16.85 %)Oracle
151708 (16.72 %)J2EE
161505 (14.73 %)Banking
171406 (13.76 %)SQL Server 2005
181370 (13.41 %)XSLT
191330 (13.02 %)Degree
201319 (12.91 %)Windows
211296 (12.69 %)Microsoft
221268 (12.41 %)C++
231225 (11.99 %)XHTML
241050 (10.28 %)UNIX
251010 (9.886 %)Spring
26962 (9.417 %)E-Commerce
27958 (9.377 %)VB.NET
28937 (9.172 %)PHP
29900 (8.810 %)VB
30858 (8.399 %)UML

XML
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

London IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
14831 (47.29 %).NET
23269 (32.00 %)HTML
33065 (30.00 %)ASP.NET
42587 (25.32 %)CSS
52142 (20.97 %)WebServices
61881 (18.41 %)AJAX
71708 (16.72 %)J2EE
81370 (13.41 %)XSLT
91225 (11.99 %)XHTML
101010 (9.886 %)Spring
11829 (8.115 %)JSP
12822 (8.046 %)Flash
13786 (7.694 %)ASP
14725 (7.097 %)Hibernate
15674 (6.597 %)SOAP
16636 (6.226 %).NET Framework
17623 (6.098 %)WCF
18601 (5.883 %)WinForms
19522 (5.110 %)XSL
20476 (4.659 %)WebSphere
London IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1626 (6.128 %)SharePoint
2542 (5.305 %)Apache
3514 (5.031 %)WebLogic
4477 (4.669 %)IIS
5412 (4.033 %)Tomcat
6402 (3.935 %)CMS
7344 (3.367 %)BizTalk Server
8309 (3.025 %)SharePoint Server 2007
9216 (2.114 %)JBoss
10138 (1.351 %)MQSeries
11132 (1.292 %)WebSphere Application Server
12106 (1.038 %)ESB
1398 (0.959 %)ColdFusion
1477 (0.754 %)TIBCO EMS
1570 (0.685 %)Drupal
1650 (0.489 %)Lightstreamer
1746 (0.450 %)WebSphere MQ
1746 (0.450 %)WebLogic Portal
1746 (0.450 %)Content Management Server
1844 (0.431 %)Commerce Server
London IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1663 (6.490 %)MS Excel
2408 (3.994 %)Photoshop
3133 (1.302 %)MS Visio
4124 (1.214 %)MS Office
5100 (0.979 %)Adobe Illustrator
643 (0.421 %)Spreadsheet
740 (0.392 %)Fireworks
838 (0.372 %)MS Project
928 (0.274 %)CA Clarity
1027 (0.264 %)MS PowerPoint
1121 (0.206 %)FreeHand
1218 (0.176 %)InfoPath
1316 (0.157 %)Acrobat
1413 (0.127 %)Quicktime
1413 (0.127 %)Doxygen
1510 (0.098 %)ImageReady
1510 (0.098 %)FrameMaker
1510 (0.098 %)XMetaL
166 (0.059 %)InDesign
166 (0.059 %)MATLAB
London IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
158 (0.568 %)BusinessWorks
247 (0.460 %)TIBCO iProcess
326 (0.255 %)Oracle EBS
326 (0.255 %)Summit
423 (0.225 %)Brady Trinity
423 (0.225 %)Oracle Financials
521 (0.206 %)Oracle Applications
613 (0.127 %)Oracle ERP
712 (0.117 %)Oracle CRM
712 (0.117 %)WebTrends
89 (0.088 %)RMDS
89 (0.088 %)Google Analytics
98 (0.078 %)Oracle EBS R12
98 (0.078 %)ADP Wilco Gloss
98 (0.078 %)Microsoft CRM
105 (0.049 %)SalesLogix
105 (0.049 %)Dynamics AX
114 (0.039 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
114 (0.039 %)SAP CRM
123 (0.029 %)Great Plains
London IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1666 (6.519 %)Internet
2248 (2.428 %)TCP/IP
3228 (2.232 %)Intranet
4217 (2.124 %)HTTP
581 (0.793 %)SMTP
674 (0.724 %)FTP
769 (0.675 %)LAN
868 (0.666 %)WAN
960 (0.587 %)DNS
1059 (0.578 %)LDAP
1156 (0.548 %)Firewall
1250 (0.489 %)SNMP
1349 (0.480 %)Broadband
1441 (0.401 %)Extranet
1539 (0.382 %)SSH
1636 (0.352 %)VPN
1735 (0.343 %)SSL
1831 (0.303 %)Wireless
1928 (0.274 %)SMS
2024 (0.235 %)IMAP
London IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
13442 (33.69 %)SQL Server
21406 (13.76 %)SQL Server 2005
3757 (7.410 %)SQL Server 2000
4746 (7.302 %)MySQL
5542 (5.305 %)RDBMS
6190 (1.860 %)DB2
7164 (1.605 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
8157 (1.537 %)Oracle 10g
9142 (1.390 %)Crystal Reports
10120 (1.175 %)Datawarehouse
11116 (1.135 %)ETL
12107 (1.047 %)SQL Server Integration Services
13104 (1.018 %)DTS
1493 (0.910 %)GIS
1592 (0.901 %)Oracle 9i
1679 (0.773 %)Oracle 8/8i
1777 (0.754 %)MS Access
1872 (0.705 %)OLAP
1952 (0.509 %)Oracle Reports
2048 (0.470 %)BusinessObjects
London IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
1586 (5.736 %)Visual Studio
2325 (3.181 %)JUnit
3282 (2.760 %)Ant
4253 (2.477 %)NUnit
5243 (2.379 %)Subversion
6241 (2.359 %)Eclipse
7144 (1.410 %)VSS/SourceSafe
8113 (1.106 %)ClearCase
979 (0.773 %)Oracle Forms
1070 (0.685 %)ClearQuest
1160 (0.587 %)Dreamweaver
1253 (0.519 %)Selenium
1348 (0.470 %)QuickTest Pro
1447 (0.460 %)CruiseControl
1542 (0.411 %)TestDirector
1641 (0.401 %)LoadRunner
1740 (0.392 %)Rational Rose
1839 (0.382 %)JIRA
1934 (0.333 %)ReSharper
2033 (0.323 %)IntelliJ
London IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12437 (23.85 %)Finance
21505 (14.73 %)Banking
3736 (7.204 %)Front Office
4666 (6.519 %)Investment Banking
5520 (5.090 %)Insurance
6494 (4.836 %)Games
7389 (3.808 %)Retail
8367 (3.592 %)Marketing
9268 (2.623 %)Publishing
10257 (2.516 %)Pensions
11255 (2.496 %)Health
12240 (2.349 %)Education
13227 (2.222 %)Back Office
14219 (2.144 %)Telecoms
15197 (1.928 %)Music
16144 (1.410 %)Advertising
17140 (1.370 %)Online Games
18113 (1.106 %)Government
1998 (0.959 %)Law
2085 (0.832 %)Flash Games
London IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
16839 (66.94 %)Developer
21914 (18.74 %).NET Developer
31507 (14.75 %)C# Developer
41350 (13.21 %)Java Developer
51082 (10.59 %)Senior Developer
61068 (10.45 %)Analyst
7882 (8.634 %)Web Developer
8724 (7.087 %)ASP.NET Developer
9619 (6.059 %)C# ASP.NET Developer
10479 (4.689 %)Architect
11367 (3.592 %)Programmer
12365 (3.573 %)Consultant
13361 (3.534 %)Java/J2EE Developer
14352 (3.446 %)Flash Developer
15331 (3.240 %)PHP Developer
16329 (3.220 %)J2EE Developer
17328 (3.211 %)Senior Java Developer
18302 (2.956 %)Business Analyst
19291 (2.848 %)C++ Developer
20280 (2.741 %)VB.NET Developer
London IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
1711 (6.960 %)Derivative
2410 (4.013 %)Fixed Income
3335 (3.279 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
4312 (3.054 %)N-Tier
5282 (2.760 %)Computer Science
6234 (2.291 %)Equities
7229 (2.242 %)Multithreading
8205 (2.007 %)Web 2.0
9200 (1.958 %)Client/Server
10176 (1.723 %)W3C
11151 (1.478 %)Credit Derivative
12124 (1.214 %)Equity Derivative
13111 (1.087 %)Interest Rate Derivative
14110 (1.077 %)Market Risk
15109 (1.067 %)Social Network
1699 (0.969 %)Mathematics
1792 (0.901 %)Streaming Video
1888 (0.861 %)Tandem
1968 (0.666 %)Grid Computing
2060 (0.587 %)Credit Risk
London IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11319 (12.91 %)Windows
21050 (10.28 %)UNIX
3824 (8.066 %)Linux
4249 (2.437 %)Solaris
5127 (1.243 %)Windows Server 2003
6123 (1.204 %)Windows XP
799 (0.969 %)Windows 2000
863 (0.617 %)Windows NT
947 (0.460 %)Windows Vista
1041 (0.401 %)Red Hat Linux
1133 (0.323 %)Windows 2000 Server
1220 (0.196 %)AIX
1311 (0.108 %)Windows Server 2008
148 (0.078 %)Mac OS X
157 (0.069 %)OS/400
166 (0.059 %)Mac OS
175 (0.049 %)SUSE
175 (0.049 %)HPUX
184 (0.039 %)MVS
184 (0.039 %)CentOS
London IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12067 (20.23 %)OO
2962 (9.417 %)E-Commerce
3858 (8.399 %)UML
4750 (7.341 %)Agile Software Development
5574 (5.619 %)TDD
6559 (5.472 %)Web Development
7551 (5.394 %)OOP
8540 (5.286 %)Scrum
9386 (3.778 %)Content Management
10379 (3.710 %)Project Management
11364 (3.563 %)SOA
12290 (2.839 %)OOD
13289 (2.829 %)Extreme Programming
14277 (2.711 %)Unit Testing
15233 (2.281 %)Business Analysis
16228 (2.232 %)Risk Management
17214 (2.095 %)Data Modelling
18186 (1.821 %)Continuous Integration
19175 (1.713 %)Workflow
20166 (1.625 %)Software Engineering
London IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
14091 (40.05 %)C#
23938 (38.55 %)SQL
33390 (33.18 %)Java
43159 (30.92 %)JavaScript
51268 (12.41 %)C++
6958 (9.377 %)VB.NET
7937 (9.172 %)PHP
8900 (8.810 %)VB
9583 (5.707 %)Transact-SQL
10554 (5.423 %)ActionScript
11548 (5.364 %)Perl
12484 (4.738 %)VBA
13431 (4.219 %)PL/SQL
14373 (3.651 %)C
15242 (2.369 %)XPath
16235 (2.300 %)Python
17234 (2.291 %)VBScript
18228 (2.232 %)Shell Script
19226 (2.212 %)VB6
20156 (1.527 %)PHP5
London IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11330 (13.02 %)Degree
2606 (5.932 %)Microsoft Certification
3486 (4.757 %)MCP
4467 (4.571 %)MCSD
5418 (4.092 %)MCAD
681 (0.793 %)ISEB
773 (0.715 %)Security Cleared
860 (0.587 %)MCTS
937 (0.362 %)Oracle Certification
937 (0.362 %)Sun Certification
1035 (0.343 %)SC Cleared
1125 (0.245 %)MCPD
1222 (0.215 %)HND
1321 (0.206 %)PRINCE2 Certification
1418 (0.176 %)MCSE
1515 (0.147 %)OCP
1612 (0.117 %)PhD
178 (0.078 %)ISTQB
185 (0.049 %)ITIL Certification
194 (0.039 %)MCDBA
London IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
1268 (2.623 %)QA
241 (0.401 %)WAI
333 (0.323 %)WCAG
426 (0.255 %)SLA
517 (0.166 %)Basel II
613 (0.127 %)ISO9001
712 (0.117 %)HL7
87 (0.069 %)DICOM
95 (0.049 %)GCP
104 (0.039 %)MiFID
104 (0.039 %)HIPAA
112 (0.020 %)RosettaNet
112 (0.020 %)COBIT
121 (0.010 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
121 (0.010 %)JTAG
London IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
193 (0.910 %)MSMQ
263 (0.617 %)Active Directory
315 (0.147 %)Oracle RMAN
412 (0.117 %)AquaLogic
56 (0.059 %)Cronacle
56 (0.059 %)MetaFrame
56 (0.059 %)NFS
65 (0.049 %)Orbix
65 (0.049 %)Backup Exec
73 (0.029 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
73 (0.029 %)Oracle RAC
82 (0.020 %)VMware Infrastructure
82 (0.020 %)Xen
82 (0.020 %)VMware ESX
82 (0.020 %)VMware Workstation
82 (0.020 %)Terminal Server
91 (0.010 %)Samba
London IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
114 (0.137 %)AutoSys
212 (0.117 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
310 (0.098 %)MOM
47 (0.069 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
56 (0.059 %)Nagios
65 (0.049 %)OpenView
65 (0.049 %)WSUS
74 (0.039 %)AssetCenter
74 (0.039 %)HP Data Protector
74 (0.039 %)CA SiteMinder
83 (0.029 %)Unicenter
83 (0.029 %)Tivoli
83 (0.029 %)Tivoli Identity Manager
London IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
11721 (16.85 %)Oracle
21296 (12.69 %)Microsoft
3458 (4.483 %)Sybase
4227 (2.222 %)Adobe
5198 (1.938 %)TIBCO
6193 (1.889 %)BEA
7154 (1.507 %)IBM
8116 (1.135 %)Calypso
994 (0.920 %)SAP
1092 (0.901 %)Sun
1178 (0.764 %)ATG
1261 (0.597 %)Red Hat
1355 (0.538 %)DataSynapse
1453 (0.519 %)Zend
1551 (0.499 %)Citrix
1650 (0.489 %)Hummingbird
1748 (0.470 %)Business Objects
1845 (0.440 %)webMethods
1942 (0.411 %)Perforce
2041 (0.401 %)Bloomberg