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This section 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 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkExtensible Markup Language (XML)
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank1416
Rank change on same period last yearUp+2
Matching permanent IT job ads1674522221
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled9.015 %9.262 %
As % of the category below27.70 %29.47 %
Salaries quoted1470018545
Average minimum salary£36,758£39,223
Average salary£40,261£43,168
% change on same period last year-6.73 %
Average maximum salary£43,764£47,114
UK excluding London average salary£35,819£36,655
% change on same period last year-2.27 %
IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
UK
Matching permanent IT job ads6044175403
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled32.54 %31.43 %
Salaries quoted5197261857
Average minimum salary£36,905£38,729
Average salary£40,489£42,527
% change on same period last year-4.79 %
Average maximum salary£44,073£46,326
UK excluding London average salary£35,926£36,840
% change on same period last year-2.48 %

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 20 August 2008 within the UK.

XML Salary Histogram

XML
Top 30 Job Locations

This section 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 20 August 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+216139£40,441-6.88 %
LondonUp+26928£46,983-6.62 %
South EastUp+13250£38,996-1.68 %
City of LondonDown-21563£50,265-4.06 %
East of EnglandUp+51518£38,255+0.89 %
South WestUp+31238£33,286-6.69 %
North WestNo change01033£31,743-4.98 %
YorkshireUp+11031£33,113+4.92 %
BerkshireDown-1857£41,089-2.65 %
SurreyDown-3719£39,713-3.64 %
West MidlandsUp+1712£32,609-0.38 %
ManchesterNo change0551£30,944-11.69 %
West YorkshireUp+2541£32,940+1.71 %
HampshireUp+5514£36,287-2.61 %
HertfordshireUp+8488£41,077+3.67 %
CambridgeshireDown-3426£34,767-0.99 %
BuckinghamshireUp+4417£38,148-1.67 %
ScotlandNo change0385£34,386-0.57 %
East MidlandsDown-6371£33,923-0.66 %
LeedsUp+1350£33,835+1.35 %
OxfordshireDown-2329£36,674+11.83 %
WiltshireUp+2310£33,850-2.08 %
CheshireDown-7301£31,582-3.97 %
EssexUp+2269£40,688-1.75 %
GloucestershireUp+3242£33,244+2.03 %
BristolUp+5236£32,283-4.63 %
CambridgeUp+1236£35,306-5.05 %
South YorkshireNo change0229£33,306+10.12 %
BirminghamDown-1228£32,667-10.66 %
ReadingNo change0227£41,448-5.52 %

XML
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 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.

117401 (51.05 %).NET
213858 (40.66 %)SQL Server
313550 (39.75 %)C#
413005 (38.15 %)SQL
512403 (36.39 %)HTML
611521 (33.80 %)ASP.NET
711205 (32.87 %)JavaScript
810734 (31.49 %)Java
98453 (24.80 %)CSS
106845 (20.08 %)WebServices
116104 (17.91 %)Finance
125943 (17.44 %)AJAX
135716 (16.77 %)Microsoft
145638 (16.54 %)OO
155626 (16.51 %)Oracle
165303 (15.56 %)J2EE
174897 (14.37 %)XSLT
184877 (14.31 %)VB.NET
194473 (13.12 %)Degree
204346 (12.75 %)ASP
214203 (12.33 %)Windows
224119 (12.08 %)VB
234082 (11.98 %)SQL Server 2005
243751 (11.00 %)C++
253744 (10.98 %)XHTML
263548 (10.41 %)UML
273200 (9.388 %)PHP
282977 (8.734 %)UNIX
292896 (8.496 %)Web Development
302883 (8.458 %)SQL Server 2000

XML
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 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
117401 (51.05 %).NET
212403 (36.39 %)HTML
311521 (33.80 %)ASP.NET
48453 (24.80 %)CSS
56845 (20.08 %)WebServices
65943 (17.44 %)AJAX
75303 (15.56 %)J2EE
84897 (14.37 %)XSLT
94346 (12.75 %)ASP
103744 (10.98 %)XHTML
112760 (8.097 %)JSP
122401 (7.044 %).NET Framework
132357 (6.915 %)Spring
142227 (6.533 %)SOAP
152220 (6.513 %)XSL
161827 (5.360 %)Hibernate
171479 (4.339 %)WinForms
181388 (4.072 %)WebSphere
191366 (4.008 %)Struts
201311 (3.846 %)Servlets
IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12134 (6.261 %)IIS
21818 (5.334 %)SharePoint
31631 (4.785 %)Apache
41264 (3.708 %)Tomcat
51259 (3.694 %)WebLogic
61185 (3.477 %)CMS
71152 (3.380 %)BizTalk Server
8791 (2.321 %)JBoss
9746 (2.189 %)SharePoint Server 2007
10374 (1.097 %)WebSphere Application Server
11361 (1.059 %)MQSeries
12281 (0.824 %)ColdFusion
13187 (0.549 %)Oracle Workflow
14168 (0.493 %)ESB
15164 (0.481 %)Oracle Application Server
16151 (0.443 %)WebSphere MQ
17146 (0.428 %)SharePoint Portal Server
18129 (0.378 %)WebLogic Portal
19115 (0.337 %)Content Management Server
20114 (0.334 %)Lotus Notes
IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12556 (7.499 %)MS Excel
21008 (2.957 %)Photoshop
3667 (1.957 %)MS Office
4308 (0.904 %)MS Visio
5278 (0.816 %)Adobe Illustrator
6219 (0.642 %)MS Project
7166 (0.487 %)Fireworks
897 (0.285 %)MS PowerPoint
995 (0.279 %)Acrobat
1089 (0.261 %)InfoPath
1154 (0.158 %)Spreadsheet
1247 (0.138 %)MATLAB
1343 (0.126 %)RoboHelp
1438 (0.111 %)XMetaL
1529 (0.085 %)ImageReady
1625 (0.073 %)InDesign
1724 (0.070 %)Shockwave
1823 (0.067 %)CA Clarity
1922 (0.065 %)FrameMaker
2020 (0.059 %)3ds Max
IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
1168 (0.493 %)Oracle Applications
2124 (0.364 %)Dynamics AX
3120 (0.352 %)Microsoft CRM
4111 (0.326 %)Oracle 11i
5110 (0.323 %)Oracle EBS
6101 (0.296 %)Axapta
791 (0.267 %)Oracle Financials
880 (0.235 %)Dynamics CRM
972 (0.211 %)Summit
1025 (0.073 %)Oracle Financial Analyzer
1124 (0.070 %)SAP CRM
1221 (0.062 %)SalesLogix
1221 (0.062 %)BusinessWorks
1318 (0.053 %)WebTrends
1414 (0.041 %)Navision
1512 (0.035 %)Oracle HRMS
1611 (0.032 %)Pivotal CRM
1611 (0.032 %)Google Analytics
1710 (0.029 %)FLEXCUBE
1710 (0.029 %)Oracle Payroll
IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12512 (7.370 %)Internet
2895 (2.626 %)Intranet
3883 (2.591 %)HTTP
4721 (2.115 %)TCP/IP
5237 (0.695 %)FTP
6195 (0.572 %)DNS
7192 (0.563 %)Firewall
8189 (0.554 %)LDAP
9158 (0.464 %)Wireless
10147 (0.431 %)SMTP
11138 (0.405 %)Extranet
12135 (0.396 %)SSL
13133 (0.390 %)WAN
14128 (0.376 %)LAN
15101 (0.296 %)HTTPS
1691 (0.267 %)VPN
1781 (0.238 %)Broadband
1878 (0.229 %)SMS
1964 (0.188 %)VoIP
2063 (0.185 %)SNMP
IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
113858 (40.66 %)SQL Server
24082 (11.98 %)SQL Server 2005
32883 (8.458 %)SQL Server 2000
42596 (7.616 %)MySQL
51630 (4.782 %)RDBMS
6701 (2.057 %)Oracle 10g
7670 (1.966 %)DB2
8574 (1.684 %)Crystal Reports
9545 (1.599 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
10489 (1.435 %)DTS
11447 (1.311 %)Oracle 9i
12443 (1.300 %)Datawarehouse
13375 (1.100 %)Oracle Reports
14337 (0.989 %)Oracle 8/8i
15326 (0.956 %)MS Access
16295 (0.865 %)GIS
17294 (0.863 %)SQL Server Integration Services
18229 (0.672 %)ETL
19197 (0.578 %)BusinessObjects
20192 (0.563 %)OLAP
IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12628 (7.710 %)Visual Studio
22070 (6.073 %)Flash
31076 (3.157 %)Eclipse
4904 (2.652 %)Ant
5806 (2.365 %)JUnit
6683 (2.004 %)Subversion
7630 (1.848 %)VSS/SourceSafe
8410 (1.203 %)Dreamweaver
9369 (1.083 %)NUnit
10296 (0.868 %)Oracle Forms
11202 (0.593 %)TestDirector
12191 (0.560 %)ClearCase
13159 (0.466 %)Rational Rose
14157 (0.461 %)QuickTest Pro
15140 (0.411 %)JDeveloper
16138 (0.405 %)JIRA
17103 (0.302 %)LoadRunner
1897 (0.285 %)WinRunner
1982 (0.241 %)WebSphere Studio Application Developer
2078 (0.229 %)CruiseControl
IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
16104 (17.91 %)Finance
22267 (6.651 %)Banking
31906 (5.592 %)Pensions
41466 (4.301 %)Health
51355 (3.975 %)Insurance
61253 (3.676 %)Marketing
71045 (3.066 %)Retail
8966 (2.834 %)Games
9918 (2.693 %)Investment Banking
10899 (2.637 %)Front Office
11821 (2.409 %)Telecoms
12808 (2.370 %)Education
13630 (1.848 %)Publishing
14516 (1.514 %)Government
15446 (1.308 %)Back Office
16328 (0.962 %)Music
17291 (0.854 %)Advertising
18271 (0.795 %)Financial Institution
19266 (0.780 %)Multimedia
20261 (0.766 %)Legal
IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
123247 (68.20 %)Developer
26900 (20.24 %).NET Developer
34459 (13.08 %)Java Developer
44387 (12.87 %)C# Developer
54156 (12.19 %)Web Developer
63423 (10.04 %)Senior Developer
73074 (9.018 %)Analyst
82590 (7.598 %)ASP.NET Developer
91910 (5.603 %)Software Developer
101837 (5.389 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
111757 (5.155 %)Programmer
121458 (4.277 %)Consultant
131410 (4.137 %)Architect
141373 (4.028 %)Java/J2EE Developer
151279 (3.752 %)PHP Developer
161151 (3.377 %)J2EE Developer
171138 (3.339 %)Software Engineer
181128 (3.309 %)VB.NET Developer
191045 (3.066 %).NET Web Developer
20953 (2.796 %)Analyst Programmer
IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11167 (3.424 %)Derivative
21009 (2.960 %)Computer Science
3869 (2.549 %)N-Tier
4671 (1.969 %)W3C
5600 (1.760 %)Client/Server
6586 (1.719 %)Web 2.0
7491 (1.440 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
8449 (1.317 %)Fixed Income
9434 (1.273 %)Multithreading
10405 (1.188 %)Mathematics
11314 (0.921 %)Equities
12265 (0.777 %)Equity Derivative
13253 (0.742 %)Social Network
14198 (0.581 %)Tandem
15188 (0.552 %)Interest Rate Derivative
16169 (0.496 %)Mainframe
17157 (0.461 %)Management Information System
18144 (0.422 %)Credit Derivative
19124 (0.364 %)E-Learning
20117 (0.343 %)Data Integration
IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
14203 (12.33 %)Windows
22977 (8.734 %)UNIX
32804 (8.226 %)Linux
4650 (1.907 %)Windows Server 2003
5546 (1.602 %)Solaris
6433 (1.270 %)Windows XP
7342 (1.003 %)Windows 2000
8170 (0.499 %)Red Hat Linux
9118 (0.346 %)Windows 2000 Server
10115 (0.337 %)Windows Vista
11111 (0.326 %)Windows NT
1294 (0.276 %)AIX
1393 (0.273 %)Windows Mobile
1439 (0.114 %)Debian
1535 (0.103 %)HPUX
1625 (0.073 %)Windows CE
1720 (0.059 %)Fedora
1720 (0.059 %)Ubuntu
1720 (0.059 %)SUSE
1819 (0.056 %)FreeBSD
IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
15638 (16.54 %)OO
23548 (10.41 %)UML
32896 (8.496 %)Web Development
42284 (6.701 %)E-Commerce
51452 (4.260 %)Agile Software Development
61334 (3.914 %)OOP
71284 (3.767 %)Scrum
81172 (3.438 %)Content Management
91095 (3.212 %)SOA
101042 (3.057 %)Project Management
11908 (2.664 %)OOD
12806 (2.365 %)Unit Testing
13731 (2.145 %)Workflow
14710 (2.083 %)CRM
15680 (1.995 %)OOA/OOD
16646 (1.895 %)TDD
17643 (1.886 %)Security Cleared
18620 (1.819 %)Web Design
19602 (1.766 %)Extreme Programming
20581 (1.705 %)Software Engineering
IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
113550 (39.75 %)C#
213005 (38.15 %)SQL
311205 (32.87 %)JavaScript
410734 (31.49 %)Java
54877 (14.31 %)VB.NET
64119 (12.08 %)VB
73751 (11.00 %)C++
83200 (9.388 %)PHP
91821 (5.342 %)Transact-SQL
101682 (4.935 %)DHTML
111578 (4.629 %)PL/SQL
121550 (4.547 %)VB6
131319 (3.870 %)Perl
141301 (3.817 %)C
151220 (3.579 %)ActionScript
161093 (3.207 %)VBScript
171025 (3.007 %)VBA
18583 (1.710 %)XPath
19511 (1.499 %)Shell Script
20508 (1.490 %)PHP5
IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
14473 (13.12 %)Degree
21591 (4.668 %)Microsoft Certification
31018 (2.987 %)MCSD
4839 (2.461 %)MCAD
5801 (2.350 %)MCP
6247 (0.725 %)ISEB
7162 (0.475 %)Sun Certification
8115 (0.337 %)HND
9111 (0.326 %)MCTS
10108 (0.317 %)MCPD
1159 (0.173 %)MCSE
1253 (0.155 %)Oracle Certification
1349 (0.144 %)PRINCE2 Certification
1349 (0.144 %)PhD
1429 (0.085 %)OCP
1528 (0.082 %)ISTQB
1627 (0.079 %)ITIL Certification
1725 (0.073 %)MCDBA
1817 (0.050 %)MCITP
1916 (0.047 %)ISEB Practitioner
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
1744 (2.183 %)QA
2209 (0.613 %)WAI
3183 (0.537 %)SLA
493 (0.273 %)WCAG
538 (0.111 %)Basel II
635 (0.103 %)HL7
721 (0.062 %)ISO8583
721 (0.062 %)ISO9000
817 (0.050 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
915 (0.044 %)ISO9001
106 (0.018 %)DICOM
114 (0.012 %)JTAG
123 (0.009 %)COSO
132 (0.006 %)COBIT
132 (0.006 %)RosettaNet
141 (0.003 %)TickIT
141 (0.003 %)ISO12207
141 (0.003 %)CESG Infosec
IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
1317 (0.930 %)Active Directory
2217 (0.637 %)MSMQ
353 (0.155 %)VMware Infrastructure
446 (0.135 %)Oracle RAC
523 (0.067 %)MetaFrame
622 (0.065 %)Terminal Services
716 (0.047 %)AquaLogic
815 (0.044 %)Orbix
99 (0.026 %)Oracle RMAN
99 (0.026 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
106 (0.018 %)Intellisync
115 (0.015 %)Artix
115 (0.015 %)Terminal Server
124 (0.012 %)ISA Server
124 (0.012 %)VMware ESX
124 (0.012 %)Backup Exec
133 (0.009 %)Xen
142 (0.006 %)Tivoli Workload Scheduler
151 (0.003 %)Samba
151 (0.003 %)Cronacle
IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
147 (0.138 %)MOM
232 (0.094 %)OpenView
328 (0.082 %)AutoSys
427 (0.079 %)SCOM
526 (0.076 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
624 (0.070 %)MIIS
716 (0.047 %)Nagios
813 (0.038 %)Tivoli
910 (0.029 %)Unicenter
108 (0.023 %)BMC PATROL
108 (0.023 %)WSUS
117 (0.021 %)Oracle Statspack
125 (0.015 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
125 (0.015 %)BMC Performance Manager
132 (0.006 %)TIBCO InConcert
141 (0.003 %)ServiceCenter
141 (0.003 %)AssetCenter
141 (0.003 %)SCCM
141 (0.003 %)Tivoli Identity Manager
141 (0.003 %)Netcool
IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
15716 (16.77 %)Microsoft
25626 (16.51 %)Oracle
3824 (2.417 %)Sybase
4749 (2.197 %)IBM
5634 (1.860 %)Adobe
6431 (1.264 %)BEA
7315 (0.924 %)SAP
8297 (0.871 %)TIBCO
9284 (0.833 %)Sun
10235 (0.689 %)Red Hat
11197 (0.578 %)Business Objects
12137 (0.402 %)Macromedia
13130 (0.381 %)Lotus
14110 (0.323 %)Interwoven
15104 (0.305 %)Perforce
16102 (0.299 %)ATG
17101 (0.296 %)Google
18100 (0.293 %)Zend
1998 (0.288 %)BT
1998 (0.288 %)Citrix