The first table below looks at the demand for XML Schema skills in IT contracts advertised for the Coventry region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited XML Schema 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 Coventry 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
XML Schema
Rank 31 26 23
Rank change year-on-year
-5 -3
Contract jobs citing XML Schema 1 5 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Coventry 0.498% 1.931% 1.111%
As % of the Application Development category 2.778% 10.00% 8.333%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 0
Average daily rate - £338 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £331 £363
% change year-on-year
+11.69% -8.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £24.00
All Application Development
Coventry
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
36 50 24
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Coventry 17.91% 19.31% 13.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 20 13
Average daily rate £300 £388 £340
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-22.58% +13.97%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £135 £234 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £350 £450 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 1
Average hourly rate £28.50 - £18.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
XML Schema
West Midlands

XML Schema
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Coventry 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 Coventry region.

Coventry XML Schema Daily Rate Trend

XML Schema
Top 11 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Coventry 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 3 (100.00%) Java
1 3 (100.00%) SAP
1 3 (100.00%) Web Services
1 3 (100.00%) XML
1 3 (100.00%) HTTP
1 3 (100.00%) IBM
1 3 (100.00%) WebSphere
1 3 (100.00%) WebSphere Message Broker
1 3 (100.00%) SAP Implementation
1 3 (100.00%) Unit Testing
1 3 (100.00%) Manufacturing

XML Schema
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Coventry 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 3 (100.00%) Web Services
1 3 (100.00%) XML
1 3 (100.00%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 3 (100.00%) WebSphere Message Broker
Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) HTTP
General
1 3 (100.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Developer
1 3 (100.00%) WebSphere Developer
2 1 (33.33%) WebSphere Consultant
2 1 (33.33%) Consultant
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) SAP Implementation
1 3 (100.00%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) Java
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) SAP
1 3 (100.00%) IBM