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The table below looks at the demand for Extensible Hypertext Markup Language (XHTML) skills within the Bedfordshire region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited XHTML over the 3 months to 20 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkExtensible Hypertext Markup Language (XHTML)
Location
3 months to
20 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank1929
Rank change on same period last yearUp+10
Matching contract IT job ads55
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.008 %0.005 %
As % of the category below16.67 %7.813 %
Daily rates quoted10
Average minimum daily rate£300-
Average daily rate£300-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£300-
UK excluding London average daily rate£257£258
% change on same period last year-0.32 %
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£23.91£28.33
% change on same period last year-15.62 %
Bedfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Bedfordshire
Matching contract IT job ads3064
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.047 %0.070 %
Daily rates quoted97
Average minimum daily rate£334£356
Average daily rate£353£392
% change on same period last year-9.91 %
Average maximum daily rate£372£428
UK excluding London average daily rate£327£333
% change on same period last year-1.91 %
Hourly rates quoted318
Average minimum hourly rate£23.00£32.59
Average hourly rate£23.00£33.92
% change on same period last year-32.19 %
Average maximum hourly rate£23.00£35.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.97£31.52
% change on same period last year-8.10 %
XHTML East of EnglandXHTML
East of England

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.

XHTML
Demand Trend

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

Bedfordshire XHTML Demand Trend

XHTML
Daily Rate Trend

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

Bedfordshire XHTML Daily Rate Trend

XHTML
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing XHTML within the Bedfordshire region over the 3 months to 20 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
BedfordNo change03--
XHTML East of EnglandXHTML
East of England

XHTML
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Bedfordshire region citing XHTML 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 XHTML.

15 (100.00 %)CSS
15 (100.00 %)AJAX
24 (80.00 %)Web Development
24 (80.00 %)PHP
33 (60.00 %).NET
33 (60.00 %)MySQL
33 (60.00 %)SQL Server
33 (60.00 %)ASP.NET
33 (60.00 %)JavaScript
42 (40.00 %)Marketing
42 (40.00 %)SQL
42 (40.00 %)HTML
51 (20.00 %)XAML
51 (20.00 %)CMS
51 (20.00 %)Games
51 (20.00 %)XML-RPC
51 (20.00 %)WebServices
51 (20.00 %)XML
51 (20.00 %)MS Excel
51 (20.00 %)E-Commerce
51 (20.00 %)Microsoft
51 (20.00 %)Microsoft Certification
51 (20.00 %)C#
51 (20.00 %)Web 2.0
51 (20.00 %)Agile Software Development
51 (20.00 %)Content Management
51 (20.00 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
51 (20.00 %)Silverlight
51 (20.00 %)PHP5
51 (20.00 %)PHP4

XHTML
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Bedfordshire region citing XHTML 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 XHTML. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Bedfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
15 (100.00 %)CSS
15 (100.00 %)AJAX
23 (60.00 %).NET
23 (60.00 %)ASP.NET
32 (40.00 %)HTML
41 (20.00 %)Silverlight
41 (20.00 %)WebServices
41 (20.00 %)XML
41 (20.00 %)XML-RPC
Bedfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (20.00 %)CMS
Bedfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (20.00 %)MS Excel
Bedfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (60.00 %)MySQL
13 (60.00 %)SQL Server
21 (20.00 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
21 (20.00 %)SQL Server 2008
Bedfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (40.00 %)Marketing
21 (20.00 %)Games
Bedfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
15 (100.00 %)Developer
24 (80.00 %)PHP Developer
32 (40.00 %)Web Developer
41 (20.00 %)PHP Web Developer
Bedfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (20.00 %)Web 2.0
Bedfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14 (80.00 %)Web Development
21 (20.00 %)E-Commerce
21 (20.00 %)Agile Software Development
21 (20.00 %)Content Management
Bedfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
14 (80.00 %)PHP
23 (60.00 %)JavaScript
32 (40.00 %)SQL
41 (20.00 %)XAML
41 (20.00 %)PHP5
41 (20.00 %)PHP4
41 (20.00 %)C#
Bedfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (20.00 %)Microsoft Certification
Bedfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (20.00 %)Microsoft