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The table below looks at the demand for Extensible Hypertext Markup Language (XHTML) skills within the Birmingham 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 7 January 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkExtensible Hypertext Markup Language (XHTML)
Location
3 months to
7 Jan 2009
Same period last year
Rank3950
Rank change on same period last yearUp+11
Matching contract IT job ads311
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.006 %0.014 %
As % of the category below3.093 %6.471 %
Daily rates quoted08
Average minimum daily rate-£210
Average daily rate-£265
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£320
UK excluding London average daily rate£261£259
% change on same period last year+0.65 %
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£22.19£28.45
% change on same period last year-21.99 %
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Birmingham
Matching contract IT job ads97170
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.194 %0.213 %
Daily rates quoted3037
Average minimum daily rate£359£267
Average daily rate£394£301
% change on same period last year+30.69 %
Average maximum daily rate£429£335
UK excluding London average daily rate£317£334
% change on same period last year-5.07 %
Hourly rates quoted117
Average minimum hourly rate£24.23£27.78
Average hourly rate£28.30£32.64
% change on same period last year-13.28 %
Average maximum hourly rate£32.37£37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.27£31.42
% change on same period last year-10.04 %
XHTML West MidlandsXHTML
West Midlands

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

Birmingham 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 Birmingham region.

Birmingham XHTML Daily Rate Trend

XHTML
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Birmingham XHTML Hourly Rate Trend

XHTML
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 January 2009, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham 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.

111 (91.67 %)CSS
28 (66.67 %)JavaScript
37 (58.33 %)HTML
44 (33.33 %)Flash
44 (33.33 %)PHP
44 (33.33 %)Photoshop
53 (25.00 %).NET
53 (25.00 %)MySQL
53 (25.00 %)SharePoint
53 (25.00 %)ASP.NET
53 (25.00 %)W3C
53 (25.00 %)Fireworks
62 (16.67 %)Adobe
62 (16.67 %)Dreamweaver
62 (16.67 %)ActionScript
62 (16.67 %)ASP
62 (16.67 %)C
62 (16.67 %)C#
62 (16.67 %)Construction
62 (16.67 %)Law
62 (16.67 %)Adobe Illustrator
62 (16.67 %)Web Design
62 (16.67 %)AJAX
71 (8.333 %)InfoPath
71 (8.333 %)Web Development
71 (8.333 %)WCAG
71 (8.333 %)Graphic Design
71 (8.333 %)SharePoint Server 2007
71 (8.333 %)Adobe AIR
71 (8.333 %)Ext JS

XHTML
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 January 2009, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham 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.

Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
111 (91.67 %)CSS
27 (58.33 %)HTML
34 (33.33 %)Flash
43 (25.00 %).NET
43 (25.00 %)ASP.NET
52 (16.67 %)ASP
52 (16.67 %)AJAX
61 (8.333 %)Adobe AIR
61 (8.333 %)Ext JS
61 (8.333 %)DHTML
61 (8.333 %)XML
61 (8.333 %)XSLT
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
13 (25.00 %)SharePoint
21 (8.333 %)CMS
21 (8.333 %)SharePoint Server 2007
21 (8.333 %)IIS
21 (8.333 %)Apache
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
14 (33.33 %)Photoshop
23 (25.00 %)Fireworks
32 (16.67 %)Adobe Illustrator
41 (8.333 %)InfoPath
41 (8.333 %)MS Excel
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (8.333 %)Intranet
11 (8.333 %)Extranet
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (25.00 %)MySQL
21 (8.333 %)SQL Server
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (16.67 %)Dreamweaver
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (16.67 %)Construction
12 (16.67 %)Law
21 (8.333 %)Multimedia
21 (8.333 %)Graphic Design
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
16 (50.00 %)Developer
24 (33.33 %)Web Designer
33 (25.00 %)Web Developer
42 (16.67 %).NET Developer
42 (16.67 %)Graduate
51 (8.333 %)Project Manager
51 (8.333 %)Analyst
51 (8.333 %)C# Developer
51 (8.333 %)VB Developer
51 (8.333 %)Analyst Programmer
51 (8.333 %)Programmer
51 (8.333 %)ASP Developer
51 (8.333 %)ASP.NET Developer
51 (8.333 %)SQL Developer
51 (8.333 %)SQL Server Developer
51 (8.333 %)Flash Developer
51 (8.333 %)Developer Analyst
51 (8.333 %).NET Analyst Programmer
51 (8.333 %).NET Programmer
51 (8.333 %)ActionScript Developer
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
13 (25.00 %)W3C
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (16.67 %)Web Design
21 (8.333 %)Content Management
21 (8.333 %)Web Development
21 (8.333 %)OO
21 (8.333 %)Migration
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
18 (66.67 %)JavaScript
24 (33.33 %)PHP
32 (16.67 %)ActionScript
32 (16.67 %)C
32 (16.67 %)C#
41 (8.333 %)Java
41 (8.333 %)Perl
41 (8.333 %)VB
41 (8.333 %)VB.NET
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (8.333 %)WCAG
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (16.67 %)Adobe
21 (8.333 %)FatWire
21 (8.333 %)Microsoft