The first table below looks at the demand for XSD skills in IT contracts advertised for the Birmingham region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited XSD over the 3 months to 24 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 Birmingham 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
XML Schema Definition (XSD)
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing XSD 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Birmingham - - -
As % of the Application Development category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £338 £405 £425
% change year-on-year
-16.66% -4.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £42.50
All Application Development
Birmingham
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
99 165 135
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Birmingham 22.55% 26.57% 26.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 49 103 77
Average daily rate £300 £300 £280
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £225 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £375 £358
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 4 2
Average hourly rate £37.00 £40.00 £40.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-7.50% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
XSD
West Midlands

XSD
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Birmingham XSD Jobs Demand Trend

XSD
Daily Rate Trend

This 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
Top 12 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, 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.

1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) XML
1 1 (100.00%) SOA
1 1 (100.00%) WSDL
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Middleware
1 1 (100.00%) Automotive
1 1 (100.00%) BPEL
1 1 (100.00%) ESB
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Fusion
1 1 (100.00%) WebCenter
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle BPM

XSD
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, 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.

Application Development
1 1 (100.00%) XML
1 1 (100.00%) WSDL
1 1 (100.00%) Middleware
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Fusion
1 1 (100.00%) WebCenter
Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) ESB
Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle BPM
General
1 1 (100.00%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Architect
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) SOA
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) BPEL
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle