The first table below looks at the demand for XML skills in IT contracts advertised for the County Antrim region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited XML 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 County Antrim 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
Extensible Markup Language (XML)
Rank 12 22 33
Rank change year-on-year
+10 +11
Contract jobs citing XML 13 6 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in County Antrim 8.125% 3.797% 2.357%
As % of the Application Development category 17.33% 13.33% 7.368%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 1 1
Average daily rate £313 £280 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+11.60% -34.11%
UK excluding London average daily rate £332 £325 £325
% change year-on-year
+2.15% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Average hourly rate - - £37.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £31.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+11.11% -10.00%
All Application Development
County Antrim
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
75 45 95
As % of all contract IT jobs located in County Antrim 46.88% 28.48% 31.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 51 17 20
Average daily rate £350 £300 £380
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+16.66% -21.05%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £250 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £380 £400 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Average hourly rate - - £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £31.50 £35.70
% change year-on-year
+11.11% -11.76%
XML
Northern Ireland

XML
Jobs Demand Trend

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

County Antrim 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 County Antrim region.

County Antrim 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 County Antrim region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

County Antrim 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 County Antrim region.

County Antrim XML Hourly Rate Trend

XML
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing XML within the County Antrim region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Belfast +7 13 £313 +11.60%
XML
Northern Ireland

XML
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the County Antrim 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 14 (73.68%) Java
2 9 (47.37%) CSS
3 8 (42.11%) JavaScript
3 8 (42.11%) J2EE
4 7 (36.84%) OO
4 7 (36.84%) Ajax
5 6 (31.58%) Web Services
5 6 (31.58%) C#
6 5 (26.32%) SQL
6 5 (26.32%) .NET
6 5 (26.32%) SOAP
6 5 (26.32%) Ruby
6 5 (26.32%) JSON
6 5 (26.32%) soapUI
6 5 (26.32%) Groovy
7 4 (21.05%) Continuous Integration
7 4 (21.05%) HTML5
7 4 (21.05%) JDBC
8 3 (15.79%) JSP
8 3 (15.79%) Servlets
8 3 (15.79%) Oracle
8 3 (15.79%) JUnit
8 3 (15.79%) DHTML
8 3 (15.79%) HTML
8 3 (15.79%) JMS
8 3 (15.79%) OOA/OOD
8 3 (15.79%) WebSphere
8 3 (15.79%) HTTP
8 3 (15.79%) TCP/IP
8 3 (15.79%) HP

XML
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the County Antrim 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 9 (47.37%) CSS
2 8 (42.11%) J2EE
3 7 (36.84%) Ajax
4 6 (31.58%) Web Services
5 5 (26.32%) .NET
5 5 (26.32%) SOAP
5 5 (26.32%) JSON
5 5 (26.32%) soapUI
6 4 (21.05%) HTML5
6 4 (21.05%) JDBC
7 3 (15.79%) JSP
7 3 (15.79%) Servlets
7 3 (15.79%) DHTML
7 3 (15.79%) HTML
7 3 (15.79%) JMS
7 3 (15.79%) WebSphere
7 3 (15.79%) jQuery
7 3 (15.79%) Dojo
8 2 (10.53%) REST
8 2 (10.53%) CSS3
Application Platforms
1 1 (5.263%) SharePoint
1 1 (5.263%) WebSphere Application Server
1 1 (5.263%) TIBCO EMS
1 1 (5.263%) SharePoint 2013
1 1 (5.263%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 1 (5.263%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 1 (5.263%) BusinessWorks
Communications & Networking
1 3 (15.79%) HTTP
1 3 (15.79%) TCP/IP
2 1 (5.263%) LDAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.263%) MySQL
1 1 (5.263%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (15.79%) JUnit
1 3 (15.79%) Selenium
2 2 (10.53%) Eclipse
3 1 (5.263%) Visual Studio
3 1 (5.263%) Ant
3 1 (5.263%) Maven
3 1 (5.263%) HttpUnit
Job Titles
1 13 (68.42%) Developer
2 5 (26.32%) JavaScript Developer
3 3 (15.79%) Java Developer
4 2 (10.53%) Software Engineer
4 2 (10.53%) Software Developer
5 1 (5.263%) Technical Leader
5 1 (5.263%) TIBCO Consultant
5 1 (5.263%) Senior Programmer
5 1 (5.263%) SharePoint Developer
5 1 (5.263%) Analyst
5 1 (5.263%) Consultant
5 1 (5.263%) Analyst Programmer
5 1 (5.263%) Programmer
5 1 (5.263%) Senior Analyst
5 1 (5.263%) Tester
5 1 (5.263%) Senior Analyst Programmer
5 1 (5.263%) PHP Developer
5 1 (5.263%) Tools Developer
5 1 (5.263%) Automation Tester
5 1 (5.263%) Automation Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (10.53%) IPTV
1 2 (10.53%) STB
2 1 (5.263%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.263%) UNIX
1 1 (5.263%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (36.84%) OO
2 4 (21.05%) Continuous Integration
3 3 (15.79%) OOA/OOD
4 2 (10.53%) Integration Testing
4 2 (10.53%) Web Design
4 2 (10.53%) Agile Software Development
4 2 (10.53%) TDD
5 1 (5.263%) SOA
5 1 (5.263%) Automated Testing
5 1 (5.263%) MVC
5 1 (5.263%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 14 (73.68%) Java
2 8 (42.11%) JavaScript
3 6 (31.58%) C#
4 5 (26.32%) SQL
4 5 (26.32%) Ruby
4 5 (26.32%) Groovy
5 2 (10.53%) Python
6 1 (5.263%) PHP
6 1 (5.263%) VB.NET
6 1 (5.263%) PHP5
Qualifications
1 1 (5.263%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.263%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (15.79%) Oracle
1 3 (15.79%) HP
2 2 (10.53%) IBM
3 1 (5.263%) TIBCO
3 1 (5.263%) Jaspersoft
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