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This section looks at the demand for Extensible Markup Language (XML) skills within the Bath 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 28 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkExtensible Markup Language (XML)
Location
3 months to
28 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank1811
Rank change on same period last yearDown-7
Matching contract IT job ads43
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.005 %0.003 %
As % of the category below10.00 %18.75 %
Daily rates quoted40
Average minimum daily rate£238-
Average daily rate£259-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£280-
UK excluding London average daily rate£333£335
% change on same period last year-0.56 %
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£34.08£32.71
% change on same period last year+4.20 %
Bath IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Bath
Matching contract IT job ads4016
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.053 %0.016 %
Daily rates quoted141
Average minimum daily rate£233£300
Average daily rate£275£300
% change on same period last year-8.33 %
Average maximum daily rate£317£300
UK excluding London average daily rate£338£337
% change on same period last year+0.45 %
Hourly rates quoted113
Average minimum hourly rate£23.75£21.57
Average hourly rate£25.38£23.64
% change on same period last year+7.32 %
Average maximum hourly rate£27.00£25.71
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.68£33.02
% change on same period last year-1.02 %
XML SomersetXML
Somerset

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 Bath region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Bath 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 Bath region.

Bath XML Daily Rate Trend

XML
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing XML across the Bath region over the 3 months to 28 August 2008.

Bath XML Daily Rate Histogram

XML
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Bath XML Hourly Rate Trend

XML
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 28 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Bath 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.

114 (82.35 %)SQL
211 (64.71 %)HTML
310 (58.82 %)JavaScript
46 (35.29 %)Oracle
55 (29.41 %)SQL Server
64 (23.53 %)Transact-SQL
64 (23.53 %)RDBMS
64 (23.53 %)XSL
64 (23.53 %)XSLT
64 (23.53 %)GIS
64 (23.53 %)Education
64 (23.53 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
64 (23.53 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
64 (23.53 %)SQL Server 2005
64 (23.53 %)SQL Server Integration Services
64 (23.53 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
73 (17.65 %)QA
73 (17.65 %)ArcSDE
73 (17.65 %)ESRI
73 (17.65 %)ArcGIS
73 (17.65 %)ArcIMS
73 (17.65 %)Microsoft
73 (17.65 %)OOP
73 (17.65 %)Flash
73 (17.65 %)C#
73 (17.65 %)CSS
73 (17.65 %)WebServices
82 (11.76 %)J2EE
82 (11.76 %)OLAP
82 (11.76 %)WebLogic

XML
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 28 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Bath 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.

Bath IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
111 (64.71 %)HTML
24 (23.53 %)XSL
24 (23.53 %)XSLT
33 (17.65 %)CSS
33 (17.65 %)WebServices
42 (11.76 %)XML Schema
42 (11.76 %)AJAX
42 (11.76 %)J2EE
51 (5.882 %).NET Framework
51 (5.882 %)WinForms
51 (5.882 %).NET
Bath IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
13 (17.65 %)ArcGIS
13 (17.65 %)ArcIMS
13 (17.65 %)ArcSDE
22 (11.76 %)WebLogic
22 (11.76 %)JBoss
22 (11.76 %)Apache
22 (11.76 %)Tomcat
Bath IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (11.76 %)MS Excel
Bath IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (11.76 %)LAN
12 (11.76 %)WAN
12 (11.76 %)DNS
12 (11.76 %)Internet
21 (5.882 %)Intranet
Bath IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
15 (29.41 %)SQL Server
24 (23.53 %)RDBMS
24 (23.53 %)GIS
24 (23.53 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
24 (23.53 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
24 (23.53 %)SQL Server 2005
24 (23.53 %)SQL Server Integration Services
24 (23.53 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
32 (11.76 %)OLAP
32 (11.76 %)MS Access
41 (5.882 %)MySQL
Bath IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
13 (17.65 %)Flash
22 (11.76 %)VSS/SourceSafe
Bath IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
14 (23.53 %)Education
22 (11.76 %)Pharmaceutical
31 (5.882 %)Finance
31 (5.882 %)Government
31 (5.882 %)Games
31 (5.882 %)Online Games
Bath IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
19 (52.94 %)Developer
23 (17.65 %)Flash Developer
32 (11.76 %)Java/J2EE Developer
32 (11.76 %)GIS Analyst
32 (11.76 %)Analyst
32 (11.76 %)DBA
32 (11.76 %)Java Developer
32 (11.76 %)SQL Server DBA
32 (11.76 %)SQL Developer
32 (11.76 %)SQL DBA
32 (11.76 %)SQL Server Developer
41 (5.882 %)Applications Developer
41 (5.882 %)Web Developer
41 (5.882 %)Web Analyst
41 (5.882 %)ActionScript Developer
41 (5.882 %)Java Web Developer
41 (5.882 %)Java Applications Developer
41 (5.882 %)Web Applications Developer
41 (5.882 %)Web Editor
Bath IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (11.76 %)NHS
Bath IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (11.76 %)Linux
Bath IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (17.65 %)OOP
22 (11.76 %)Data Modelling
22 (11.76 %)Project Management
22 (11.76 %)Data Management
31 (5.882 %)Web Development
31 (5.882 %)Test Scripting
31 (5.882 %)System Testing
Bath IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
114 (82.35 %)SQL
210 (58.82 %)JavaScript
34 (23.53 %)Transact-SQL
43 (17.65 %)C#
52 (11.76 %)Java
52 (11.76 %)Shell Script
52 (11.76 %)XPath
61 (5.882 %)ActionScript
Bath IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
13 (17.65 %)QA
Bath IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
12 (11.76 %)MSMQ
Bath IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
16 (35.29 %)Oracle
23 (17.65 %)Microsoft
23 (17.65 %)ESRI
32 (11.76 %)BT
32 (11.76 %)HP
32 (11.76 %)Ericsson