The first table below looks at the demand for XML Schema skills in IT contracts advertised for the Buckinghamshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited XML Schema over the 3 months to 23 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 Buckinghamshire 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
XML Schema
Rank 62 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing XML Schema 5 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 0.617% - -
As % of the Application Development category 2.404% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 0
Average daily rate £500 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £344 £363
% change year-on-year
+7.63% -5.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £24.00
All Application Development
Buckinghamshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
208 184 237
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 25.65% 18.64% 21.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 137 94 103
Average daily rate £325 £308 £330
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.69% -6.81%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £250 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £400 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 6 9
Average hourly rate £20.00 £35.00 £21.94
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-42.85% +59.52%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
XML Schema
South East

XML Schema
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Buckinghamshire XML Schema Jobs Demand Trend

XML Schema
Daily Rate Trend

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

Buckinghamshire XML Schema Daily Rate Trend

XML Schema
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing XML Schema within the Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Milton Keynes - 4 £500 -
XML Schema
South East

XML Schema
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire region citing XML Schema 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 Schema.

1 5 (100.00%) XML
1 5 (100.00%) WSDL
2 4 (80.00%) Middleware
2 4 (80.00%) Web Services
3 3 (60.00%) IBM
3 3 (60.00%) Data Modelling
3 3 (60.00%) ITIL
3 3 (60.00%) UML
3 3 (60.00%) CRM
3 3 (60.00%) BPEL
4 2 (40.00%) XPath
4 2 (40.00%) REST
4 2 (40.00%) Data Quality
4 2 (40.00%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 2 (40.00%) JMS
4 2 (40.00%) XSLT
4 2 (40.00%) Java
4 2 (40.00%) Oracle
4 2 (40.00%) WebLogic
4 2 (40.00%) SOA
4 2 (40.00%) Risk Management
4 2 (40.00%) Agile Software Development
4 2 (40.00%) BPEL4WS
4 2 (40.00%) Oracle 11g
4 2 (40.00%) BPMN
4 2 (40.00%) Data Architecture
4 2 (40.00%) Oracle Fusion
4 2 (40.00%) Oracle BPM
4 2 (40.00%) Oracle Service Bus
5 1 (20.00%) Business Intelligence

XML Schema
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire region citing XML Schema 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 Schema. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 5 (100.00%) XML
1 5 (100.00%) WSDL
2 4 (80.00%) Middleware
2 4 (80.00%) Web Services
3 2 (40.00%) REST
3 2 (40.00%) JMS
3 2 (40.00%) XSLT
3 2 (40.00%) BPEL4WS
3 2 (40.00%) Oracle Fusion
4 1 (20.00%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 2 (40.00%) Oracle SOA Suite
1 2 (40.00%) WebLogic
1 2 (40.00%) Oracle Service Bus
2 1 (20.00%) ESB
Business Applications
1 2 (40.00%) Oracle BPM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (40.00%) Oracle 11g
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Data Architect
1 3 (60.00%) Architect
2 2 (40.00%) Developer
2 2 (40.00%) Oracle Developer
3 1 (20.00%) Oracle SOA Developer
3 1 (20.00%) SOA Developer
3 1 (20.00%) Data Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) Lead Developer
3 1 (20.00%) Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Data Modelling
1 3 (60.00%) ITIL
1 3 (60.00%) UML
1 3 (60.00%) CRM
1 3 (60.00%) BPEL
2 2 (40.00%) SOA
2 2 (40.00%) Risk Management
2 2 (40.00%) Agile Software Development
2 2 (40.00%) BPMN
2 2 (40.00%) Data Architecture
3 1 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) XPath
1 2 (40.00%) Java
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) IBM
2 2 (40.00%) Oracle