The first table below looks at the demand for XML skills in IT contracts advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited XML over the 3 months to 23 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 Application Development category for the Berkshire 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Extensible Markup Language (XML)
Rank 21 35 23
Rank change year-on-year
+14 -12
Contract jobs citing XML 151 128 187
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 6.289% 4.062% 6.180%
As % of the Application Development category 28.65% 23.53% 25.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 70 78
Average daily rate £400 £375 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.66% +7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £244 £275 £272
10% offered a daily rate of more than £440 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £338 £325 £325
% change year-on-year
+3.84% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 1 20
Average hourly rate £35.00 £11.00 £38.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+218.18% -71.05%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £30.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+16.66% -14.28%
All Application Development
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
527 544 740
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 21.95% 17.26% 24.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 226 248 313
Average daily rate £388 £350 £320
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+10.71% +9.37%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £238 £250 £220
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 52 11 65
Average hourly rate £35.00 £21.50 £42.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+62.79% -49.41%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
XML
South East

XML
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing XML across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Berkshire XML Jobs Demand Trend

XML
Daily Rate Trend

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

Berkshire XML Daily Rate Trend

XML
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing XML across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Berkshire XML Daily Rate Histogram

XML
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Berkshire XML Hourly Rate Trend

XML
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing XML across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Berkshire XML Hourly Rate Histogram

XML
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing XML within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Slough +22 50 £325 -13.33%
Reading +8 43 £353 -6.00%
Bracknell 0 19 £425 +18.05%
Windsor - 10 - -
Maidenhead - 5 £325 -
Wokingham +3 1 - -
Newbury -4 1 £300 +9.09%
XML
South East

XML
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire 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.

1 160 (56.74%) HTML
2 137 (48.58%) JavaScript
3 117 (41.49%) SQL
4 114 (40.43%) CSS
5 107 (37.94%) .NET
6 102 (36.17%) jQuery
7 89 (31.56%) C#
8 88 (31.21%) SQL Server
9 71 (25.18%) Java
10 64 (22.70%) ASP.NET
11 63 (22.34%) Web Services
12 62 (21.99%) Windows
12 62 (21.99%) Ajax
13 59 (20.92%) XSLT
14 53 (18.79%) Microsoft
15 48 (17.02%) JSP
16 47 (16.67%) HTML5
17 42 (14.89%) WebSphere
18 40 (14.18%) J2EE
18 40 (14.18%) Photoshop
19 37 (13.12%) .NET Framework
20 36 (12.77%) CSS3
21 34 (12.06%) Web Development
21 34 (12.06%) Visual Studio
22 33 (11.70%) UNIX
23 31 (10.99%) MVC
24 30 (10.64%) UML
24 30 (10.64%) SharePoint
24 30 (10.64%) SQL Server 2005
25 29 (10.28%) T-SQL

XML
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire 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.

Application Development
1 160 (56.74%) HTML
2 114 (40.43%) CSS
3 107 (37.94%) .NET
4 102 (36.17%) jQuery
5 64 (22.70%) ASP.NET
6 63 (22.34%) Web Services
7 62 (21.99%) Ajax
8 59 (20.92%) XSLT
9 48 (17.02%) JSP
10 47 (16.67%) HTML5
11 42 (14.89%) WebSphere
12 40 (14.18%) J2EE
13 37 (13.12%) .NET Framework
14 36 (12.77%) CSS3
15 28 (9.929%) EJB
15 28 (9.929%) WCF
16 27 (9.574%) JMS
17 25 (8.865%) JSTL
18 24 (8.511%) ASP
19 23 (8.156%) SOAP
Application Platforms
1 30 (10.64%) SharePoint
2 26 (9.220%) CMS
3 22 (7.801%) IIS
3 22 (7.801%) ESB
4 15 (5.319%) SharePoint Server
5 13 (4.610%) BizTalk Server
6 12 (4.255%) Apache
6 12 (4.255%) Windows Azure
7 8 (2.837%) Oracle Workflow
8 7 (2.482%) Adobe CQ
9 6 (2.128%) SharePoint 2010
10 5 (1.773%) WebSphere MQ
11 4 (1.418%) WebSphere Application Server
11 4 (1.418%) MS Exchange
11 4 (1.418%) Tomcat
11 4 (1.418%) Exchange Server 2007
11 4 (1.418%) Exchange Server 2010
12 3 (1.064%) CM System
12 3 (1.064%) MS Project Server
12 3 (1.064%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 40 (14.18%) Photoshop
2 25 (8.865%) MS Excel
3 22 (7.801%) MS Office
4 5 (1.773%) MS Visio
5 3 (1.064%) MS Project
6 2 (0.709%) Adobe Illustrator
6 2 (0.709%) InDesign
7 1 (0.355%) Fireworks
Business Applications
1 10 (3.546%) Pivotal CRM
2 8 (2.837%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (1.773%) Oracle Retail
3 5 (1.773%) Dynamics AX
4 3 (1.064%) Oracle Applications
Communications & Networking
1 9 (3.191%) LDAP
2 7 (2.482%) 3G
2 7 (2.482%) Intranet
3 6 (2.128%) 2G
3 6 (2.128%) Internet
3 6 (2.128%) HTTP
4 5 (1.773%) Radio Access Network
4 5 (1.773%) RNC
5 4 (1.418%) SAN
5 4 (1.418%) TCP/IP
5 4 (1.418%) LTE
5 4 (1.418%) iSCSI
6 3 (1.064%) 4G
6 3 (1.064%) Wireshark
6 3 (1.064%) Extranet
6 3 (1.064%) TELNET
7 2 (0.709%) FTP
7 2 (0.709%) SSL
7 2 (0.709%) VoIP
8 1 (0.355%) Nokia NetAct
Database & Business Intelligence
1 88 (31.21%) SQL Server
2 30 (10.64%) SQL Server 2005
3 22 (7.801%) SQL Server 2008
4 16 (5.674%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 14 (4.965%) DB2
6 12 (4.255%) DTS
7 11 (3.901%) Crystal Reports
7 11 (3.901%) IDOL
8 9 (3.191%) MySQL
9 8 (2.837%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 7 (2.482%) TOAD
10 7 (2.482%) OLAP
10 7 (2.482%) PostgreSQL
11 6 (2.128%) Data Warehouse
12 5 (1.773%) Oracle Discoverer
13 4 (1.418%) MS Access
13 4 (1.418%) Oracle 10g
13 4 (1.418%) DbVisualizer
14 3 (1.064%) DataStage
15 2 (0.709%) GIS
Development Applications
1 34 (12.06%) Visual Studio
2 26 (9.220%) JUnit
3 17 (6.028%) Subversion
3 17 (6.028%) Dreamweaver
4 13 (4.610%) Jenkins
5 12 (4.255%) Eclipse
6 8 (2.837%) Maven
6 8 (2.837%) JIRA
6 8 (2.837%) Team Foundation Server
6 8 (2.837%) SpecFlow
7 4 (1.418%) Selenium
8 3 (1.064%) PhoneGap
8 3 (1.064%) MSTest
8 3 (1.064%) LoadRunner
8 3 (1.064%) ERwin
8 3 (1.064%) Xcode
9 2 (0.709%) PVCS
9 2 (0.709%) StarTeam
10 1 (0.355%) GitHub
10 1 (0.355%) MSBuild
General
1 28 (9.929%) Finance
1 28 (9.929%) Retail
2 27 (9.574%) Telecoms
3 19 (6.738%) Banking
4 18 (6.383%) Marketing
5 8 (2.837%) Japanese Language
5 8 (2.837%) Korean Language
6 4 (1.418%) Publishing
6 4 (1.418%) Financial Institution
7 3 (1.064%) Advertising
7 3 (1.064%) Automotive
7 3 (1.064%) Back Office
8 2 (0.709%) Multimedia
8 2 (0.709%) Billing
9 1 (0.355%) Retail Banking
9 1 (0.355%) Investment Banking
9 1 (0.355%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 195 (69.15%) Developer
2 47 (16.67%) Web Developer
3 22 (7.801%) .NET Developer
3 22 (7.801%) Senior Developer
4 21 (7.447%) Consultant
5 20 (7.092%) Architect
6 17 (6.028%) Programmer
7 16 (5.674%) WebSphere Developer
7 16 (5.674%) Front-End Developer
8 13 (4.610%) CSS Developer
8 13 (4.610%) HTML Developer
9 12 (4.255%) Team Leader
9 12 (4.255%) Java Developer
10 11 (3.901%) C# .NET Developer
10 11 (3.901%) C# Developer
11 10 (3.546%) CRM Developer
11 10 (3.546%) SharePoint Developer
12 8 (2.837%) Pivotal CRM Developer
12 8 (2.837%) Analyst
12 8 (2.837%) Web Producer
Miscellaneous
1 9 (3.191%) Web 2.0
2 8 (2.837%) Management Information System
2 8 (2.837%) Mobile App
3 7 (2.482%) W3C
4 5 (1.773%) iSeries
4 5 (1.773%) Blackberry
5 4 (1.418%) Handset
5 4 (1.418%) Wiki
6 3 (1.064%) Computer Science
6 3 (1.064%) Derivative
6 3 (1.064%) Smartphone
7 2 (0.709%) Replication
7 2 (0.709%) AS400
7 2 (0.709%) Mainframe
7 2 (0.709%) Statistics
7 2 (0.709%) Open Source
7 2 (0.709%) iPhone
7 2 (0.709%) iPad
7 2 (0.709%) Digital Media
7 2 (0.709%) Mobile Payment
Operating Systems
1 62 (21.99%) Windows
2 33 (11.70%) UNIX
3 19 (6.738%) Windows Server 2003
4 14 (4.965%) Linux
5 11 (3.901%) Apple iOS
6 10 (3.546%) Android
7 4 (1.418%) Windows Server 2008
8 2 (0.709%) Windows 7
8 2 (0.709%) Windows 8
9 1 (0.355%) Windows 2000 Server
9 1 (0.355%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.355%) Windows XP
9 1 (0.355%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (12.06%) Web Development
2 31 (10.99%) MVC
3 30 (10.64%) UML
4 28 (9.929%) E-Commerce
5 25 (8.865%) SOA
6 24 (8.511%) Agile Software Development
6 24 (8.511%) CRM
7 22 (7.801%) Content Management
8 20 (7.092%) Software Testing
9 19 (6.738%) Workflow
10 17 (6.028%) Migration
11 14 (4.965%) TDD
12 13 (4.610%) Project Management
13 12 (4.255%) Scrum
13 12 (4.255%) ETL
13 12 (4.255%) Automated Testing
14 11 (3.901%) Document Management
14 11 (3.901%) RAD
15 10 (3.546%) OO
15 10 (3.546%) BDD
Programming Languages
1 137 (48.58%) JavaScript
2 117 (41.49%) SQL
3 89 (31.56%) C#
4 71 (25.18%) Java
5 29 (10.28%) T-SQL
6 27 (9.574%) Perl
7 23 (8.156%) VB
8 16 (5.674%) VB.NET
9 15 (5.319%) PL/SQL
10 10 (3.546%) VBScript
11 7 (2.482%) PHP
11 7 (2.482%) C++
11 7 (2.482%) Shell Script
12 5 (1.773%) RPG IV
12 5 (1.773%) PowerShell
12 5 (1.773%) Groovy
12 5 (1.773%) VB6
12 5 (1.773%) RPG
12 5 (1.773%) Objective-C
13 4 (1.418%) Python
Qualifications
1 19 (6.738%) Security Cleared
2 12 (4.255%) SC Cleared
3 11 (3.901%) Degree
4 5 (1.773%) ISEB
4 5 (1.773%) Cisco Certification
4 5 (1.773%) Microsoft Certification
5 4 (1.418%) MCSD
5 4 (1.418%) HNC
5 4 (1.418%) HND
5 4 (1.418%) CCNP
6 3 (1.064%) ISTQB
7 1 (0.355%) MCDST
7 1 (0.355%) A+ Certification
7 1 (0.355%) PMP
7 1 (0.355%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.355%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (2.128%) QA
2 3 (1.064%) SLA
3 1 (0.355%) WAI
System Software
1 11 (3.901%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.418%) VMware ESX
2 4 (1.418%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 5 (1.773%) HP Quality Center
1 5 (1.773%) OpenView Configuration Management
2 2 (0.709%) SCOM
3 1 (0.355%) Netcool/Webtop
3 1 (0.355%) Netcool
3 1 (0.355%) Netcool/OMNIbus
Vendors
1 53 (18.79%) Microsoft
2 27 (9.574%) Oracle
3 24 (8.511%) Adobe
4 19 (6.738%) IBM
5 14 (4.965%) Meridio
6 9 (3.191%) Open Text
7 8 (2.837%) Red Hat
7 8 (2.837%) Macromedia
8 7 (2.482%) Greenplum
8 7 (2.482%) Omniture
9 6 (2.128%) Ericsson
9 6 (2.128%) HP
9 6 (2.128%) Nokia Siemens Networks
10 5 (1.773%) Google
10 5 (1.773%) Vignette
10 5 (1.773%) Intel
11 4 (1.418%) VMware
11 4 (1.418%) Dell
11 4 (1.418%) EMC
11 4 (1.418%) Brocade
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