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This section looks at the demand for Extensible Markup Language (XML) skills within the Aberdeen region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited XML over the 3 months to 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkExtensible Markup Language (XML)
Location
3 months to
21 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank2822
Rank change on same period last yearDown-6
Matching contract IT job ads16
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.006 %
As % of the category below5.556 %24.00 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£333£336
% change on same period last year-1.14 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£34.35£33.12
% change on same period last year+3.72 %
Aberdeen IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Aberdeen
Matching contract IT job ads1825
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.024 %0.025 %
Daily rates quoted12
Average minimum daily rate£475£215
Average daily rate£475£261
% change on same period last year+81.81 %
Average maximum daily rate£475£308
UK excluding London average daily rate£338£337
% change on same period last year+0.48 %
Hourly rates quoted40
Average minimum hourly rate£38.75-
Average hourly rate£39.13-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£39.50-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.73£33.29
% change on same period last year-1.67 %
XML ScotlandXML
Scotland

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

XML
Demand Trend

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

Aberdeen XML Demand Trend

XML
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing XML across the Aberdeen region.

Aberdeen XML Daily Rate Trend

XML
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing XML across the Aberdeen region.

Aberdeen XML Hourly Rate Trend

XML
Top 29 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Aberdeen 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 contract IT job ads sampled that cited XML.

13 (75.00 %).NET
13 (75.00 %)WebServices
22 (50.00 %)C#
22 (50.00 %)HTML
22 (50.00 %)SQL Server
22 (50.00 %)ASP.NET
31 (25.00 %)Business Analysis
31 (25.00 %)AJAX
31 (25.00 %)SQL Server 2005
31 (25.00 %)SharePoint Server 2007
31 (25.00 %)WCF
31 (25.00 %)Unit Testing
31 (25.00 %)Continuous Integration
31 (25.00 %)ASP.NET 2.0
31 (25.00 %)J2EE
31 (25.00 %)CSS
31 (25.00 %)JSP
31 (25.00 %)Java
31 (25.00 %)SQL
31 (25.00 %)VB.NET
31 (25.00 %)XSLT
31 (25.00 %)Windows
31 (25.00 %)UML
31 (25.00 %)OO
31 (25.00 %)Swing
31 (25.00 %)OOD
31 (25.00 %)W3C
31 (25.00 %)BizTalk Server
31 (25.00 %)SQL Server 2000

XML
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Aberdeen 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 contract IT job ads sampled that cited XML. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Aberdeen IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
13 (75.00 %).NET
13 (75.00 %)WebServices
22 (50.00 %)HTML
22 (50.00 %)ASP.NET
31 (25.00 %)AJAX
31 (25.00 %)WCF
31 (25.00 %)ASP.NET 2.0
31 (25.00 %)J2EE
31 (25.00 %)CSS
31 (25.00 %)JSP
31 (25.00 %)XSLT
31 (25.00 %)Swing
Aberdeen IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (25.00 %)SharePoint Server 2007
11 (25.00 %)BizTalk Server
Aberdeen IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (50.00 %)SQL Server
21 (25.00 %)SQL Server 2005
21 (25.00 %)SQL Server 2000
Aberdeen IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
14 (100.00 %)Developer
22 (50.00 %).NET Developer
31 (25.00 %)J2EE Developer
31 (25.00 %)VB.NET Developer
31 (25.00 %)Senior Developer
Aberdeen IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (25.00 %)W3C
Aberdeen IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (25.00 %)Windows
Aberdeen IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (25.00 %)Business Analysis
11 (25.00 %)Unit Testing
11 (25.00 %)Continuous Integration
11 (25.00 %)UML
11 (25.00 %)OO
11 (25.00 %)OOD
Aberdeen IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (50.00 %)C#
21 (25.00 %)Java
21 (25.00 %)SQL
21 (25.00 %)VB.NET