Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for Extensible Markup Language (XML) skills across the UK 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 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkExtensible Markup Language (XML)
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank1416
Rank change on same period last yearUp+2
Matching permanent IT job ads1371020325
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled8.845 %9.098 %
As % of the category below26.49 %28.78 %
Salaries quoted1208117029
Average minimum salary£36,567£37,102
Average salary£40,137£40,859
% change on same period last year-1.76 %
Average maximum salary£43,706£44,616
UK excluding London average salary£36,052£35,996
% change on same period last year+0.15 %
IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
UK
Matching permanent IT job ads5174670618
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled33.38 %31.61 %
Salaries quoted4527858880
Average minimum salary£36,692£37,450
Average salary£40,260£41,235
% change on same period last year-2.36 %
Average maximum salary£43,828£45,020
UK excluding London average salary£36,010£36,558
% change on same period last year-1.49 %

XML
Demand Trend

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

XML Demand Trend

XML
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing XML within the UK.

XML Salary Trend

XML
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing XML over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 within the UK.

XML Salary Histogram

XML
Top 30 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 UK over the 3 months to 21 November 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandUp+213190£40,267-1.79 %
LondonUp+15419£47,221-0.71 %
South EastNo change02811£38,523+1.00 %
City of LondonDown-11108£50,070-2.42 %
East of EnglandDown-11065£38,283-0.84 %
South WestUp+31059£33,713-2.08 %
North WestDown-1960£32,570-2.45 %
YorkshireUp+1842£33,658+5.53 %
BerkshireUp+1795£40,111+0.45 %
West MidlandsUp+7682£33,818+2.74 %
SurreyDown-1642£40,104+3.05 %
West YorkshireUp+1506£33,685+5.89 %
ManchesterDown-5426£30,843-11.48 %
HampshireDown-6412£35,685-1.80 %
East MidlandsDown-2375£35,225+10.15 %
HertfordshireNo change0336£43,394+8.25 %
CheshireUp+2330£33,066+7.11 %
LeedsUp+2315£33,634+0.67 %
BristolUp+2311£33,952+6.15 %
ScotlandUp+1301£36,332+9.79 %
BuckinghamshireDown-1289£38,202+1.97 %
OxfordshireDown-1289£35,791+3.32 %
CambridgeshireDown-4268£36,046+1.94 %
BirminghamUp+3241£34,451-1.54 %
ReadingDown-4237£38,845-5.42 %
WiltshireUp+2228£33,337-0.84 %
CambridgeDown-2221£36,713-2.69 %
GloucestershireDown-2198£34,325+6.66 %
EssexDown-1193£38,564-6.11 %
OxfordDown-4193£36,516+8.21 %

XML
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT jobs within the UK 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.

115958 (52.45 %).NET
212564 (41.29 %)SQL Server
312461 (40.95 %)C#
411803 (38.79 %)SQL
510972 (36.06 %)HTML
610648 (34.99 %)ASP.NET
710108 (33.22 %)JavaScript
88918 (29.31 %)Java
97987 (26.25 %)CSS
106290 (20.67 %)WebServices
115947 (19.54 %)AJAX
125203 (17.10 %)OO
135103 (16.77 %)Finance
144969 (16.33 %)Microsoft
154751 (15.61 %)Oracle
164311 (14.17 %)J2EE
174305 (14.15 %)XSLT
184251 (13.97 %)VB.NET
194055 (13.33 %)SQL Server 2005
203934 (12.93 %)Degree
213810 (12.52 %)VB
223713 (12.20 %)ASP
233696 (12.15 %)Windows
243691 (12.13 %)XHTML
253201 (10.52 %)C++
263159 (10.38 %)PHP
272786 (9.156 %)UML
282778 (9.130 %)SQL Server 2000
292608 (8.571 %)UNIX
302499 (8.213 %)Web Development

XML
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT jobs within the UK 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.

IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
115958 (52.45 %).NET
210972 (36.06 %)HTML
310648 (34.99 %)ASP.NET
47987 (26.25 %)CSS
56290 (20.67 %)WebServices
65947 (19.54 %)AJAX
74311 (14.17 %)J2EE
84305 (14.15 %)XSLT
93713 (12.20 %)ASP
103691 (12.13 %)XHTML
112317 (7.615 %)JSP
122205 (7.247 %).NET Framework
132107 (6.925 %)SOAP
141968 (6.468 %)XSL
151823 (5.991 %)Spring
161435 (4.716 %)Hibernate
171370 (4.502 %)WinForms
181361 (4.473 %)WebSphere
191307 (4.295 %)WCF
201050 (3.451 %)Struts
IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11743 (5.728 %)IIS
21659 (5.452 %)SharePoint
31339 (4.401 %)Apache
41109 (3.645 %)WebLogic
51076 (3.536 %)CMS
61013 (3.329 %)BizTalk Server
7976 (3.208 %)Tomcat
8716 (2.353 %)SharePoint Server 2007
9649 (2.133 %)JBoss
10363 (1.193 %)WebSphere Application Server
11256 (0.841 %)MQSeries
12231 (0.759 %)ColdFusion
13224 (0.736 %)ESB
14167 (0.549 %)WebSphere MQ
15123 (0.404 %)SharePoint Portal Server
16122 (0.401 %)WebLogic Portal
17114 (0.375 %)Oracle Workflow
18104 (0.342 %)MS Exchange
1996 (0.315 %)WebSphere Message Broker
2094 (0.309 %)Lotus Notes
IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12238 (7.355 %)MS Excel
21003 (3.296 %)Photoshop
3488 (1.604 %)MS Office
4326 (1.071 %)MS Visio
5225 (0.739 %)Adobe Illustrator
6134 (0.440 %)Fireworks
7130 (0.427 %)MS Project
8113 (0.371 %)Acrobat
982 (0.269 %)MS PowerPoint
1081 (0.266 %)InfoPath
1173 (0.240 %)MATLAB
1259 (0.194 %)Spreadsheet
1349 (0.161 %)XMetaL
1434 (0.112 %)FrameMaker
1434 (0.112 %)RoboHelp
1533 (0.108 %)Simulink
1627 (0.089 %)Shockwave
1726 (0.085 %)ImageReady
1822 (0.072 %)CA Clarity
1918 (0.059 %)Quicktime
IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
1117 (0.385 %)Oracle Applications
291 (0.299 %)Dynamics AX
380 (0.263 %)Oracle EBS
469 (0.227 %)Microsoft CRM
567 (0.220 %)Axapta
664 (0.210 %)BusinessWorks
761 (0.200 %)Oracle 11i
859 (0.194 %)Oracle Financials
947 (0.154 %)TIBCO iProcess
1045 (0.148 %)Dynamics CRM
1139 (0.128 %)Summit
1235 (0.115 %)Oracle EBS R12
1324 (0.079 %)WebTrends
1418 (0.059 %)MAXIMO
1418 (0.059 %)Oracle Financial Analyzer
1517 (0.056 %)Google Analytics
1614 (0.046 %)Pivotal CRM
1614 (0.046 %)Navision
1712 (0.039 %)Dynamics NAV
1712 (0.039 %)Movex
IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12072 (6.810 %)Internet
2784 (2.577 %)Intranet
3769 (2.527 %)HTTP
4649 (2.133 %)TCP/IP
5244 (0.802 %)FTP
6186 (0.611 %)SMTP
7162 (0.532 %)Firewall
8159 (0.523 %)LDAP
9151 (0.496 %)DNS
10103 (0.339 %)Wireless
1198 (0.322 %)Extranet
1287 (0.286 %)WAN
1287 (0.286 %)LAN
1386 (0.283 %)VPN
1474 (0.243 %)SSL
1569 (0.227 %)SMS
1665 (0.214 %)HTTPS
1759 (0.194 %)SNMP
1858 (0.191 %)Broadband
1953 (0.174 %)GSM
IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
112564 (41.29 %)SQL Server
24055 (13.33 %)SQL Server 2005
32778 (9.130 %)SQL Server 2000
42465 (8.101 %)MySQL
51359 (4.466 %)RDBMS
6596 (1.959 %)DB2
7548 (1.801 %)Oracle 10g
8531 (1.745 %)Crystal Reports
9530 (1.742 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
10417 (1.370 %)DTS
11394 (1.295 %)Oracle 9i
12380 (1.249 %)SQL Server Integration Services
13338 (1.111 %)Datawarehouse
14292 (0.960 %)MS Access
15280 (0.920 %)Oracle 8/8i
16279 (0.917 %)Oracle Reports
17270 (0.887 %)GIS
18213 (0.700 %)ETL
19190 (0.624 %)OLAP
20140 (0.460 %)BusinessObjects
IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12437 (8.009 %)Visual Studio
22042 (6.711 %)Flash
3854 (2.807 %)Eclipse
4743 (2.442 %)JUnit
5699 (2.297 %)Ant
6527 (1.732 %)Subversion
7469 (1.541 %)VSS/SourceSafe
8377 (1.239 %)NUnit
9331 (1.088 %)Dreamweaver
10266 (0.874 %)Oracle Forms
11184 (0.605 %)ClearCase
12116 (0.381 %)TestDirector
13114 (0.375 %)JDeveloper
14112 (0.368 %)Rational Rose
15109 (0.358 %)QuickTest Pro
16100 (0.329 %)WebSphere Studio Application Developer
1786 (0.283 %)Selenium
1879 (0.260 %)LoadRunner
1978 (0.256 %)ClearQuest
1978 (0.256 %)Log4j
IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
15103 (16.77 %)Finance
21977 (6.497 %)Banking
31714 (5.633 %)Pensions
41292 (4.246 %)Insurance
51221 (4.013 %)Health
61149 (3.776 %)Marketing
71072 (3.523 %)Games
81052 (3.457 %)Retail
9848 (2.787 %)Front Office
10778 (2.557 %)Investment Banking
11743 (2.442 %)Telecoms
12693 (2.278 %)Education
13501 (1.647 %)Publishing
14439 (1.443 %)Government
15358 (1.177 %)Back Office
16329 (1.081 %)Music
17238 (0.782 %)Legal
18218 (0.716 %)Advertising
18218 (0.716 %)Online Games
19195 (0.641 %)Graphic Design
IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
120495 (67.36 %)Developer
26255 (20.56 %).NET Developer
33954 (12.99 %)C# Developer
43585 (11.78 %)Web Developer
53416 (11.23 %)Java Developer
62986 (9.813 %)Senior Developer
72741 (9.008 %)Analyst
82499 (8.213 %)ASP.NET Developer
91834 (6.027 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
101693 (5.564 %)Software Developer
111661 (5.459 %)Programmer
121264 (4.154 %)PHP Developer
131158 (3.806 %)Architect
141086 (3.569 %)Consultant
151039 (3.415 %)Java/J2EE Developer
161012 (3.326 %)VB.NET Developer
171005 (3.303 %)Software Engineer
18908 (2.984 %)J2EE Developer
19875 (2.876 %)Analyst Programmer
20768 (2.524 %).NET Web Developer
IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
1978 (3.214 %)Derivative
2913 (3.001 %)Computer Science
3822 (2.701 %)N-Tier
4627 (2.061 %)W3C
5603 (1.982 %)Client/Server
6588 (1.932 %)Web 2.0
7509 (1.673 %)Fixed Income
8423 (1.390 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
9341 (1.121 %)Equities
10334 (1.098 %)Multithreading
11258 (0.848 %)Mathematics
12202 (0.664 %)Tandem
13180 (0.592 %)Interest Rate Derivative
13180 (0.592 %)Social Network
14167 (0.549 %)Mainframe
15159 (0.523 %)Equity Derivative
16156 (0.513 %)Credit Derivative
17150 (0.493 %)Management Information System
18139 (0.457 %)E-Learning
19114 (0.375 %)Replication
IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
13696 (12.15 %)Windows
22608 (8.571 %)UNIX
32438 (8.012 %)Linux
4555 (1.824 %)Windows Server 2003
5511 (1.679 %)Solaris
6369 (1.213 %)Windows XP
7322 (1.058 %)Windows 2000
8132 (0.434 %)AIX
9130 (0.427 %)Windows NT
10128 (0.421 %)Red Hat Linux
1195 (0.312 %)Windows Vista
1294 (0.309 %)Windows 2000 Server
1357 (0.187 %)Windows Mobile
1446 (0.151 %)Windows CE
1527 (0.089 %)Windows Server 2008
1624 (0.079 %)HPUX
1723 (0.076 %)Debian
1822 (0.072 %)Mac OS X
1916 (0.053 %)SUSE
2014 (0.046 %)FreeBSD
IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
15203 (17.10 %)OO
22786 (9.156 %)UML
32499 (8.213 %)Web Development
42332 (7.664 %)E-Commerce
51523 (5.005 %)Agile Software Development
61467 (4.821 %)OOP
71267 (4.164 %)Scrum
81173 (3.855 %)Content Management
91126 (3.701 %)SOA
101047 (3.441 %)Project Management
11830 (2.728 %)OOD
12801 (2.632 %)TDD
13786 (2.583 %)Unit Testing
14589 (1.936 %)Software Engineering
15573 (1.883 %)CRM
16554 (1.821 %)Extreme Programming
17531 (1.745 %)Workflow
18499 (1.640 %)Security Cleared
19489 (1.607 %)Business Analysis
20476 (1.564 %)Business Intelligence
IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
112461 (40.95 %)C#
211803 (38.79 %)SQL
310108 (33.22 %)JavaScript
48918 (29.31 %)Java
54251 (13.97 %)VB.NET
63810 (12.52 %)VB
73201 (10.52 %)C++
83159 (10.38 %)PHP
91739 (5.715 %)Transact-SQL
101474 (4.844 %)VB6
111307 (4.295 %)PL/SQL
121235 (4.059 %)ActionScript
131226 (4.029 %)DHTML
141198 (3.937 %)Perl
151140 (3.747 %)C
161064 (3.497 %)VBA
17904 (2.971 %)VBScript
18606 (1.992 %)XPath
19507 (1.666 %)PHP5
20477 (1.568 %)Shell Script
IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
13934 (12.93 %)Degree
21471 (4.834 %)Microsoft Certification
31000 (3.286 %)MCSD
4892 (2.932 %)MCP
5878 (2.886 %)MCAD
6211 (0.693 %)ISEB
7164 (0.539 %)MCTS
8142 (0.467 %)Sun Certification
9120 (0.394 %)HND
10105 (0.345 %)MCPD
1175 (0.246 %)Oracle Certification
1262 (0.204 %)PRINCE2 Certification
1351 (0.168 %)MCSE
1351 (0.168 %)PhD
1436 (0.118 %)MBA
1535 (0.115 %)OCP
1624 (0.079 %)ITIL Certification
1720 (0.066 %)ISTQB
1818 (0.059 %)MCITP
1818 (0.059 %)MCDBA
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
1589 (1.936 %)QA
2196 (0.644 %)WAI
3138 (0.454 %)SLA
486 (0.283 %)WCAG
535 (0.115 %)Basel II
630 (0.099 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
630 (0.099 %)HL7
722 (0.072 %)ISO9000
820 (0.066 %)ISO9001
98 (0.026 %)ISO8583
98 (0.026 %)DICOM
106 (0.020 %)PCI DSS
114 (0.013 %)HIPAA
114 (0.013 %)MiFID
123 (0.010 %)COSO
132 (0.007 %)JTAG
132 (0.007 %)RosettaNet
132 (0.007 %)COBIT
132 (0.007 %)ISO27001
132 (0.007 %)TickIT
IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
1202 (0.664 %)Active Directory
2155 (0.509 %)MSMQ
323 (0.076 %)AquaLogic
422 (0.072 %)Oracle RAC
422 (0.072 %)VMware Infrastructure
521 (0.069 %)Oracle RMAN
611 (0.036 %)MetaFrame
611 (0.036 %)Terminal Services
79 (0.030 %)Orbix
79 (0.030 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
87 (0.023 %)Terminal Server
96 (0.020 %)NFS
96 (0.020 %)Cronacle
96 (0.020 %)Intellisync
105 (0.016 %)Backup Exec
105 (0.016 %)VMware ESX
112 (0.007 %)VMware Workstation
112 (0.007 %)Artix
112 (0.007 %)Xen
112 (0.007 %)ISA Server
IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
121 (0.069 %)AutoSys
219 (0.062 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
317 (0.056 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
414 (0.046 %)OpenView
513 (0.043 %)Nagios
513 (0.043 %)MIIS
513 (0.043 %)SCOM
69 (0.030 %)Tivoli
69 (0.030 %)MOM
78 (0.026 %)BMC PATROL
86 (0.020 %)Unicenter
95 (0.016 %)CiscoWorks
95 (0.016 %)WSUS
95 (0.016 %)BMC Performance Manager
95 (0.016 %)Oracle Statspack
95 (0.016 %)HP Data Protector
104 (0.013 %)CA SiteMinder
113 (0.010 %)Tivoli Identity Manager
121 (0.003 %)Netcool
121 (0.003 %)Netcool/OMNIbus
IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
14969 (16.33 %)Microsoft
24751 (15.61 %)Oracle
3680 (2.235 %)Adobe
4624 (2.051 %)IBM
5610 (2.005 %)Sybase
6450 (1.479 %)BEA
7300 (0.986 %)TIBCO
8238 (0.782 %)Sun
9232 (0.762 %)SAP
10157 (0.516 %)Red Hat
11140 (0.460 %)Business Objects
12132 (0.434 %)BT
13130 (0.427 %)ATG
14118 (0.388 %)Lotus
15110 (0.362 %)Zend
16106 (0.348 %)Interwoven
1791 (0.299 %)webMethods
1887 (0.286 %)Citrix
1986 (0.283 %)Google
2084 (0.276 %)HP