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The table below looks at the demand for XPath (XML Path Language) skills within the Chester region with a comparison to our Programming Languages category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited XPath over the 3 months to 13 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkXPath (XML Path Language)
Location
3 months to
13 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank25-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads40
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.006 %0.000 %
As % of the category below7.143 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted20
Average minimum daily rate£362-
Average daily rate£362-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£362-
UK excluding London average daily rate£417£375
% change on same period last year+11.25 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£34.90£40.00
% change on same period last year-12.75 %
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
Chester
Matching contract IT job ads5652
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.079 %0.053 %
Daily rates quoted121
Average minimum daily rate£330£300
Average daily rate£342£300
% change on same period last year+14.05 %
Average maximum daily rate£355£300
UK excluding London average daily rate£324£334
% change on same period last year-2.99 %
Hourly rates quoted81
Average minimum hourly rate£31.45£25.00
Average hourly rate£33.91£32.50
% change on same period last year+4.33 %
Average maximum hourly rate£36.36£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.17£32.72
% change on same period last year-1.67 %
XPath CheshireXPath
Cheshire

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.

XPath
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing XPath across the Chester region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Chester XPath Demand Trend

XPath
Daily Rate Trend

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

Chester XPath Daily Rate Trend

XPath
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing XPath across the Chester region over the 3 months to 13 October 2008.

Chester XPath Daily Rate Histogram

XPath
Top 24 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Chester region citing XPath 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 XPath.

16 (100.00 %)WebServices
16 (100.00 %)XML
16 (100.00 %)Swing
16 (100.00 %)HTML
16 (100.00 %)Java
16 (100.00 %)JSP
16 (100.00 %)Hibernate
16 (100.00 %)Agile Software Development
16 (100.00 %)JIRA
25 (83.33 %)Spring
25 (83.33 %)AJAX
25 (83.33 %)C++
25 (83.33 %)SOAP
25 (83.33 %)Finance
25 (83.33 %)Oracle
25 (83.33 %)CSS
25 (83.33 %)Tuxedo
25 (83.33 %)WSDL
25 (83.33 %)JAX-RPC
25 (83.33 %)Middleware
32 (33.33 %)Apache Axis
32 (33.33 %)Perforce
41 (16.67 %)International Banking
41 (16.67 %)Banking

XPath
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Chester region citing XPath 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 XPath. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
16 (100.00 %)HTML
16 (100.00 %)JSP
16 (100.00 %)WebServices
16 (100.00 %)XML
16 (100.00 %)Swing
16 (100.00 %)Hibernate
25 (83.33 %)Spring
25 (83.33 %)AJAX
25 (83.33 %)WSDL
25 (83.33 %)JAX-RPC
25 (83.33 %)Middleware
25 (83.33 %)SOAP
25 (83.33 %)CSS
32 (33.33 %)Apache Axis
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
15 (83.33 %)Tuxedo
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
16 (100.00 %)JIRA
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
15 (83.33 %)Finance
21 (16.67 %)Banking
21 (16.67 %)International Banking
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
14 (66.67 %)Software Engineer
23 (50.00 %)Java Software Engineer
32 (33.33 %)Developer
32 (33.33 %)Java Developer
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
16 (100.00 %)Agile Software Development
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
16 (100.00 %)Java
25 (83.33 %)C++
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
15 (83.33 %)Oracle
22 (33.33 %)Perforce