The first table below looks at the demand for XML Schema skills in IT contracts advertised for the Cheshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited XML Schema over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Cheshire 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
XML Schema
Rank 66 64 -
Rank change year-on-year
-2 -
Contract jobs citing XML Schema 1 3 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 0.138% 0.368% -
As % of the Application Development category 0.599% 1.186% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 0
Average daily rate £375 £285 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+31.57% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £368 £325 £363
% change year-on-year
+13.23% -10.34%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £24.00
All Application Development
Cheshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
167 253 258
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 23.03% 31.04% 27.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 70 154 158
Average daily rate £370 £325 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+13.84% -7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £250 £320
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £453 £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 5 8
Average hourly rate £30.00 £13.50 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+122.22% -55.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £31.50 £35.70
% change year-on-year
+11.11% -11.76%
XML Schema
North West

XML Schema
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region.

Cheshire XML Schema Daily Rate Trend

XML Schema
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire 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 2 (100.00%) XML
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
1 2 (100.00%) HTML
2 1 (50.00%) Java
2 1 (50.00%) PL/SQL
2 1 (50.00%) C#
2 1 (50.00%) C++
2 1 (50.00%) .NET
2 1 (50.00%) J2EE
2 1 (50.00%) Oracle
2 1 (50.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (50.00%) Visual Studio
2 1 (50.00%) ASP.NET
2 1 (50.00%) JDBC
2 1 (50.00%) JSP
2 1 (50.00%) SOAP
2 1 (50.00%) Web Services
2 1 (50.00%) XSLT
2 1 (50.00%) UNIX
2 1 (50.00%) Windows
2 1 (50.00%) JBoss
2 1 (50.00%) Apache
2 1 (50.00%) Client/Server
2 1 (50.00%) Windows XP
2 1 (50.00%) N-Tier
2 1 (50.00%) HTTP
2 1 (50.00%) WSDL
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) Oracle 10g
2 1 (50.00%) JAX-RPC

XML Schema
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire 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 2 (100.00%) XML
1 2 (100.00%) HTML
2 1 (50.00%) .NET
2 1 (50.00%) J2EE
2 1 (50.00%) ASP.NET
2 1 (50.00%) JDBC
2 1 (50.00%) JSP
2 1 (50.00%) SOAP
2 1 (50.00%) Web Services
2 1 (50.00%) XSLT
2 1 (50.00%) WSDL
2 1 (50.00%) JAX-RPC
2 1 (50.00%) Hibernate
2 1 (50.00%) Spring
2 1 (50.00%) Ajax
2 1 (50.00%) WebSphere
2 1 (50.00%) Apache Axis
Application Platforms
1 1 (50.00%) Apache
1 1 (50.00%) iPlanet
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) HTTP
1 1 (50.00%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle 10g
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Visual Studio
1 1 (50.00%) LoadRunner
1 1 (50.00%) CruiseControl
General
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Test Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Java Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Client/Server
1 1 (50.00%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) UNIX
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
1 1 (50.00%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Extreme Programming
1 1 (50.00%) TDD
1 1 (50.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Test Management
1 1 (50.00%) Test Scripting
1 1 (50.00%) Continuous Integration
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
2 1 (50.00%) Java
2 1 (50.00%) PL/SQL
2 1 (50.00%) C#
2 1 (50.00%) C++
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) ISEB
1 1 (50.00%) ISTQB
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle
1 1 (50.00%) JBoss
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (50.00%) HP
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