The first table below looks at the demand for XQuery skills in IT contracts advertised for the Basingstoke region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited XQuery over the 3 months to 21 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Programming Languages category for the Basingstoke region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
XQuery
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing XQuery 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Basingstoke - - -
As % of the Programming Languages category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £413 £430
% change year-on-year
-15.15% -4.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Programming Languages
Basingstoke
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
104 77 109
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Basingstoke 48.60% 41.85% 44.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 66 29 44
Average daily rate £350 £366 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.43% +4.64%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £298 £275 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £403 £483 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 10 14
Average hourly rate £23.13 £36.50 £34.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-36.64% +5.79%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+1.44% -1.42%
XQuery
Hampshire