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The table below looks at the demand for XML Schema Definition (XSD) 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 XSD over the 3 months to 7 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkXML Schema Definition (XSD)
Location
3 months to
7 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank4772
Rank change on same period last yearUp+25
Matching contract IT job ads43
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.006 %0.003 %
As % of the category below3.008 %1.186 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£338£360
% change on same period last year-6.26 %
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£35.00£16.00
% change on same period last year+118.75 %
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Birmingham
Matching contract IT job ads133253
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.189 %0.256 %
Daily rates quoted3366
Average minimum daily rate£303£301
Average daily rate£331£338
% change on same period last year-1.98 %
Average maximum daily rate£359£375
UK excluding London average daily rate£329£333
% change on same period last year-1.25 %
Hourly rates quoted119
Average minimum hourly rate£30.95£21.05
Average hourly rate£33.73£23.70
% change on same period last year+42.27 %
Average maximum hourly rate£36.51£26.36
UK excluding London average hourly rate£31.18£32.06
% change on same period last year-2.72 %
XSD West MidlandsXSD
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.

XSD
Demand Trend

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

Birmingham XSD Demand Trend

XSD
Daily Rate Trend

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

Birmingham XSD Daily Rate Trend

XSD
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Birmingham XSD Hourly Rate Trend

XSD
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham region citing XSD 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 XSD.

17 (63.64 %)SOAP
17 (63.64 %)WebServices
17 (63.64 %)XSLT
26 (54.55 %)XML
35 (45.45 %)COBOL
35 (45.45 %)WSDL
35 (45.45 %)JMS
35 (45.45 %)EAI
35 (45.45 %)SOA
44 (36.36 %)SQL
44 (36.36 %)WebSphere
53 (27.27 %)DataPower
62 (18.18 %)WebSphere Message Broker
62 (18.18 %)SAP PI
62 (18.18 %)XPath
62 (18.18 %)Middleware
62 (18.18 %)Spring
62 (18.18 %)ABAP
62 (18.18 %)J2EE
62 (18.18 %)DB2
62 (18.18 %)Ant
62 (18.18 %)SAP
62 (18.18 %)JDBC
62 (18.18 %)Java
62 (18.18 %)Struts
62 (18.18 %)OO
62 (18.18 %)CRM
62 (18.18 %)ION Trading
62 (18.18 %)WPS
62 (18.18 %)SAP CRM

XSD
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham region citing XSD 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 XSD. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
17 (63.64 %)SOAP
17 (63.64 %)WebServices
17 (63.64 %)XSLT
26 (54.55 %)XML
35 (45.45 %)WSDL
35 (45.45 %)JMS
44 (36.36 %)WebSphere
52 (18.18 %)SAP PI
52 (18.18 %)Middleware
52 (18.18 %)Spring
52 (18.18 %)J2EE
52 (18.18 %)JDBC
52 (18.18 %)Struts
52 (18.18 %)Hibernate
52 (18.18 %)SAP XI
52 (18.18 %)UDDI
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (18.18 %)WebSphere Message Broker
12 (18.18 %)WPS
21 (9.091 %)ESB
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
12 (18.18 %)SAP CRM
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (18.18 %)HTTP
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (18.18 %)DB2
21 (9.091 %)SQL Server
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (18.18 %)Ant
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (9.091 %)Government
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
19 (81.82 %)Developer
25 (45.45 %)Lead Developer
34 (36.36 %)WebSphere Developer
42 (18.18 %)Consultant
51 (9.091 %)Java Developer
51 (9.091 %)J2EE Developer
51 (9.091 %)SAP Consultant
51 (9.091 %)SAP XI Consultant
51 (9.091 %)Java/J2EE Developer
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
13 (27.27 %)DataPower
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
15 (45.45 %)EAI
15 (45.45 %)SOA
22 (18.18 %)OO
22 (18.18 %)CRM
31 (9.091 %)BPEL
31 (9.091 %)Identity Management
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
15 (45.45 %)COBOL
24 (36.36 %)SQL
32 (18.18 %)XPath
32 (18.18 %)ABAP
32 (18.18 %)Java
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (9.091 %)Tivoli
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (18.18 %)SAP
12 (18.18 %)ION Trading