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The table below looks at the demand for Extensible Markup Language (XML) skills within the Bradford region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited XML over the 3 months to 9 January 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkExtensible Markup Language (XML)
Location
3 months to
9 Jan 2009
Same period last year
Rank1112
Rank change on same period last yearUp+1
Matching contract IT job ads14
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.002 %0.005 %
As % of the category below50.00 %23.53 %
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£325£336
% change on same period last year-3.17 %
Hourly rates quoted10
Average minimum hourly rate£20.00-
Average hourly rate£25.00-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£30.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£31.50£32.29
% change on same period last year-2.45 %
Bradford IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Bradford
Matching contract IT job ads217
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.004 %0.021 %
Daily rates quoted03
Average minimum daily rate-£333
Average daily rate-£358
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£383
UK excluding London average daily rate£318£334
% change on same period last year-4.99 %
Hourly rates quoted14
Average minimum hourly rate£20.00£29.14
Average hourly rate£25.00£31.71
% change on same period last year-21.17 %
Average maximum hourly rate£30.00£34.29
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.38£31.41
% change on same period last year-9.62 %
XML West YorkshireXML
West Yorkshire

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.

XML
Demand Trend

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

Bradford XML Demand Trend

XML
Daily Rate Trend

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

Bradford XML Daily Rate Trend

XML
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Bradford XML Hourly Rate Trend

XML
Top 29 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 9 January 2009, IT contractor jobs across the Bradford 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.

13 (75.00 %)HTML
13 (75.00 %)XSLT
22 (50.00 %)PeopleSoft HRMS
22 (50.00 %).NET
22 (50.00 %)Crystal Reports
22 (50.00 %)PeopleSoft
22 (50.00 %)ASP.NET
22 (50.00 %)PeopleTools
22 (50.00 %)SQR
22 (50.00 %)CMS
22 (50.00 %)Retail
22 (50.00 %)AJAX
31 (25.00 %)SEO
31 (25.00 %)Finance
31 (25.00 %)Extranet
31 (25.00 %)CSS
31 (25.00 %)IIS
31 (25.00 %)VSS/SourceSafe
31 (25.00 %)SQL Server
31 (25.00 %)JavaScript
31 (25.00 %)OOD
31 (25.00 %)B2B
31 (25.00 %)B2C
31 (25.00 %)Active Directory
31 (25.00 %)Lotus
31 (25.00 %)Lotus Notes
31 (25.00 %)Lotus Domino
31 (25.00 %)Client/Server
31 (25.00 %)C#

XML
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 9 January 2009, IT contractor jobs across the Bradford 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.

Bradford IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
13 (75.00 %)HTML
13 (75.00 %)XSLT
22 (50.00 %)AJAX
22 (50.00 %).NET
22 (50.00 %)ASP.NET
31 (25.00 %)CSS
Bradford IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (50.00 %)CMS
21 (25.00 %)IIS
21 (25.00 %)Lotus Notes
21 (25.00 %)Lotus Domino
Bradford IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
12 (50.00 %)PeopleSoft HRMS
Bradford IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (25.00 %)Extranet
Bradford IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (50.00 %)Crystal Reports
21 (25.00 %)SQL Server
Bradford IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (50.00 %)PeopleTools
21 (25.00 %)VSS/SourceSafe
Bradford IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (50.00 %)Retail
21 (25.00 %)Finance
Bradford IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (50.00 %)Consultant
12 (50.00 %)Technical Consultant
12 (50.00 %)Developer
12 (50.00 %)PeopleSoft Consultant
12 (50.00 %)Peoplesoft Technical Consultant
21 (25.00 %)C# ASP.NET Developer
21 (25.00 %)Web Developer
21 (25.00 %).NET Developer
21 (25.00 %)C# Developer
21 (25.00 %)ASP.NET Developer
Bradford IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (25.00 %)Client/Server
Bradford IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (25.00 %)OOD
11 (25.00 %)B2B
11 (25.00 %)B2C
11 (25.00 %)SEO
Bradford IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (50.00 %)SQR
21 (25.00 %)C#
21 (25.00 %)JavaScript
Bradford IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (25.00 %)Active Directory
Bradford IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (50.00 %)PeopleSoft
21 (25.00 %)Lotus