The first table below looks at the demand for XML skills in IT contracts advertised for the Bristol region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited XML 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 Bristol 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
Extensible Markup Language (XML)
Rank 34 36 30
Rank change year-on-year
+2 -6
Contract jobs citing XML 16 28 20
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bristol 3.101% 3.349% 3.096%
As % of the Application Development category 14.55% 13.79% 19.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 22 8
Average daily rate £325 £318 £248
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.36% +28.28%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £274 £226 £214
10% offered a daily rate of more than £370 £404 £258
UK excluding London average daily rate £338 £325 £325
% change year-on-year
+3.84% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Average hourly rate - £25.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £30.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+16.66% -14.28%
All Application Development
Bristol
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
110 203 104
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bristol 21.32% 24.28% 16.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 65 139 40
Average daily rate £300 £325 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.69% +18.18%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £225 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £375 £405 £372
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 6 8
Average hourly rate £42.50 £25.00 £40.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+70.00% -37.50%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
XML
South West

XML
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bristol 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 Bristol region.

Bristol 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 Bristol region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Bristol 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 Bristol region.

Bristol XML Hourly Rate Trend

XML
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol 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 13 (36.11%) HTML
1 13 (36.11%) C#
1 13 (36.11%) .NET
1 13 (36.11%) Web Services
2 12 (33.33%) CSS
2 12 (33.33%) Java
2 12 (33.33%) JavaScript
3 11 (30.56%) SQL Server
4 10 (27.78%) SQL
4 10 (27.78%) MVC
5 9 (25.00%) WCF
6 8 (22.22%) ASP.NET
7 7 (19.44%) OO
7 7 (19.44%) jQuery
7 7 (19.44%) Agile Software Development
8 6 (16.67%) Finance
8 6 (16.67%) Android
8 6 (16.67%) Web Development
8 6 (16.67%) Oracle
8 6 (16.67%) Windows
8 6 (16.67%) Eclipse
9 5 (13.89%) Team Foundation Server
9 5 (13.89%) RESTful
9 5 (13.89%) REST
9 5 (13.89%) Degree
9 5 (13.89%) JSON
9 5 (13.89%) TDD
10 4 (11.11%) Subversion
10 4 (11.11%) Workflow
10 4 (11.11%) ESB

XML
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol 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 13 (36.11%) HTML
1 13 (36.11%) .NET
1 13 (36.11%) Web Services
2 12 (33.33%) CSS
3 9 (25.00%) WCF
4 8 (22.22%) ASP.NET
5 7 (19.44%) jQuery
6 5 (13.89%) RESTful
6 5 (13.89%) REST
6 5 (13.89%) JSON
7 4 (11.11%) LINQ
7 4 (11.11%) ASP
7 4 (11.11%) ASP.NET MVC
8 3 (8.333%) iOS SDK
8 3 (8.333%) XHTML
8 3 (8.333%) .NET Framework
9 2 (5.556%) Ajax
9 2 (5.556%) OAuth
9 2 (5.556%) WPF
9 2 (5.556%) WF
Application Platforms
1 4 (11.11%) ESB
2 3 (8.333%) SharePoint
3 2 (5.556%) CMS
4 1 (2.778%) LiveCycle
4 1 (2.778%) Apache Solr
4 1 (2.778%) WebSphere Application Server
4 1 (2.778%) BizTalk Server
4 1 (2.778%) WebSphere Message Broker
4 1 (2.778%) Mule
4 1 (2.778%) Oracle Workflow
4 1 (2.778%) WebSphere Process Server
Applications
1 2 (5.556%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 2 (5.556%) BusinessWorks
2 1 (2.778%) Oracle EBS R12
2 1 (2.778%) Oracle Financials
2 1 (2.778%) Hyperion Planning
2 1 (2.778%) Oracle Applications
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.778%) HTTP
1 1 (2.778%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (30.56%) SQL Server
2 3 (8.333%) SQL Server 2008
3 2 (5.556%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 2 (5.556%) DB2
4 1 (2.778%) MarkLogic
4 1 (2.778%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (2.778%) Oracle 8/8i
4 1 (2.778%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 6 (16.67%) Eclipse
2 5 (13.89%) Team Foundation Server
3 4 (11.11%) Subversion
4 2 (5.556%) ReSharper
5 1 (2.778%) Oracle Forms
5 1 (2.778%) JUnit
General
1 6 (16.67%) Finance
2 1 (2.778%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 28 (77.78%) Developer
2 7 (19.44%) .NET Developer
3 6 (16.67%) Android Developer
4 4 (11.11%) Consultant
4 4 (11.11%) Senior Developer
5 3 (8.333%) iOS Developer
5 3 (8.333%) C# .NET Developer
5 3 (8.333%) Java Developer
5 3 (8.333%) Technical Consultant
5 3 (8.333%) Analyst
5 3 (8.333%) C# Developer
6 2 (5.556%) TIBCO Consultant
6 2 (5.556%) Software Developer
7 1 (2.778%) NHS Data Analyst
7 1 (2.778%) Designer
7 1 (2.778%) CRM Analyst
7 1 (2.778%) Software Engineer
7 1 (2.778%) C# ASP.NET Developer
7 1 (2.778%) SharePoint Developer
7 1 (2.778%) BizTalk Developer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (11.11%) Computer Science
2 3 (8.333%) Social Network
2 3 (8.333%) Mobile App
3 2 (5.556%) Blog
3 2 (5.556%) NHS
3 2 (5.556%) Inversion of Control
3 2 (5.556%) Social Media
4 1 (2.778%) Open Source
4 1 (2.778%) DataPower
4 1 (2.778%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (2.778%) MPEG
4 1 (2.778%) DTV
4 1 (2.778%) Streaming Video
4 1 (2.778%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 6 (16.67%) Android
1 6 (16.67%) Windows
2 3 (8.333%) Apple iOS
3 2 (5.556%) Mac OS X
4 1 (2.778%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (27.78%) MVC
2 7 (19.44%) OO
2 7 (19.44%) Agile Software Development
3 6 (16.67%) Web Development
4 5 (13.89%) TDD
5 4 (11.11%) Workflow
6 3 (8.333%) Memory Management
6 3 (8.333%) SOA
6 3 (8.333%) Unit Testing
7 2 (5.556%) Scrum
7 2 (5.556%) Requirements Analysis
7 2 (5.556%) Continuous Integration
7 2 (5.556%) Configuration Management
7 2 (5.556%) UML
8 1 (2.778%) Waterfall
8 1 (2.778%) Cash Management
8 1 (2.778%) RUP
8 1 (2.778%) OOP
8 1 (2.778%) ERP
8 1 (2.778%) OOD
Programming Languages
1 13 (36.11%) C#
2 12 (33.33%) Java
2 12 (33.33%) JavaScript
3 10 (27.78%) SQL
4 4 (11.11%) PL/SQL
5 3 (8.333%) C
5 3 (8.333%) C++
5 3 (8.333%) XPath
5 3 (8.333%) Objective-C
6 2 (5.556%) VB6
6 2 (5.556%) Perl
6 2 (5.556%) VB
7 1 (2.778%) Python
7 1 (2.778%) VB.NET
7 1 (2.778%) VBA
7 1 (2.778%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (13.89%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.778%) SLA
Vendors
1 6 (16.67%) Oracle
2 2 (5.556%) Infragistics
2 2 (5.556%) Telerik
2 2 (5.556%) Microsoft
2 2 (5.556%) CA
2 2 (5.556%) TIBCO
2 2 (5.556%) Facebook
2 2 (5.556%) Twitter
2 2 (5.556%) Ektron
3 1 (2.778%) JBoss
3 1 (2.778%) IBM
3 1 (2.778%) Hyperion
3 1 (2.778%) ILOG
3 1 (2.778%) Adobe
3 1 (2.778%) Wall Street Systems
3 1 (2.778%) Lagan