The first table below looks at the demand for XML 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 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
Extensible Markup Language (XML)
Rank 22 18 17
Rank change year-on-year
-4 -1
Contract jobs citing XML 10 13 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Coventry 4.975% 5.019% 4.444%
As % of the Application Development category 27.78% 26.00% 33.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 3
Average daily rate £350 £369 £301
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.08% +22.71%
UK excluding London average daily rate £338 £325 £325
% change year-on-year
+3.84% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Average hourly rate £28.50 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £30.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+16.66% -14.28%
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
West Midlands

XML
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Coventry 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 Coventry region.

Coventry XML Daily Rate Trend

XML
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing XML across the Coventry region.

Coventry XML Hourly Rate Trend

XML
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Coventry 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 5 (41.67%) Web Services
1 5 (41.67%) C#
1 5 (41.67%) Java
1 5 (41.67%) SQL
2 4 (33.33%) IBM
2 4 (33.33%) WebSphere
2 4 (33.33%) Web Development
2 4 (33.33%) WebSphere Message Broker
3 3 (25.00%) jQuery
3 3 (25.00%) SAP Implementation
3 3 (25.00%) Unit Testing
3 3 (25.00%) Manufacturing
3 3 (25.00%) XML Schema
3 3 (25.00%) HTTP
3 3 (25.00%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (25.00%) T-SQL
3 3 (25.00%) .NET
3 3 (25.00%) JavaScript
3 3 (25.00%) SQL Server
3 3 (25.00%) SAP
3 3 (25.00%) ASP.NET
3 3 (25.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 2 (16.67%) SharePoint Server
4 2 (16.67%) SharePoint 2010
4 2 (16.67%) XSL
4 2 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (16.67%) SharePoint
4 2 (16.67%) Automotive
4 2 (16.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 2 (16.67%) SQL Server 2005

XML
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Coventry 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 5 (41.67%) Web Services
2 4 (33.33%) WebSphere
3 3 (25.00%) jQuery
3 3 (25.00%) XML Schema
3 3 (25.00%) .NET
3 3 (25.00%) ASP.NET
4 2 (16.67%) XSL
5 1 (8.333%) Ajax
5 1 (8.333%) Smarty
5 1 (8.333%) HTML5
5 1 (8.333%) JSON
5 1 (8.333%) Java RMI
5 1 (8.333%) XSD
5 1 (8.333%) XSLT
5 1 (8.333%) SOAP
5 1 (8.333%) J2EE
5 1 (8.333%) REST
5 1 (8.333%) WebKit
Application Platforms
1 4 (33.33%) WebSphere Message Broker
2 2 (16.67%) SharePoint Server
2 2 (16.67%) SharePoint 2010
2 2 (16.67%) SharePoint
3 1 (8.333%) ESB
Business Applications
1 1 (8.333%) ENOVIA
Communications & Networking
1 3 (25.00%) HTTP
2 1 (8.333%) Reverse Proxy
2 1 (8.333%) RIP
2 1 (8.333%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (25.00%) Data Warehouse
1 3 (25.00%) SQL Server
1 3 (25.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 2 (16.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 2 (16.67%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 1 (8.333%) Subversion
General
1 3 (25.00%) Manufacturing
2 2 (16.67%) Automotive
3 1 (8.333%) Publishing
3 1 (8.333%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 10 (83.33%) Developer
2 4 (33.33%) WebSphere Developer
3 2 (16.67%) Software Developer
3 2 (16.67%) Architect
3 2 (16.67%) SQL Developer
4 1 (8.333%) SharePoint Developer
4 1 (8.333%) WebSphere Architect
4 1 (8.333%) Technical Specialist
4 1 (8.333%) WebSphere Consultant
4 1 (8.333%) C# Developer
4 1 (8.333%) WebSphere Administrator
4 1 (8.333%) C# ASP.NET Developer
4 1 (8.333%) Web Developer
4 1 (8.333%) Consultant
4 1 (8.333%) Administrator
4 1 (8.333%) C# .NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (8.333%) DataPower
1 1 (8.333%) Cloud Computing
1 1 (8.333%) Computer Science
1 1 (8.333%) Embedded Systems
1 1 (8.333%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 1 (8.333%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (33.33%) Web Development
2 3 (25.00%) SAP Implementation
2 3 (25.00%) Unit Testing
3 2 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (8.333%) Data Management
4 1 (8.333%) PLM
4 1 (8.333%) Time Management
4 1 (8.333%) Information Architecture
4 1 (8.333%) Software Architecture
4 1 (8.333%) EAI
4 1 (8.333%) SOA
4 1 (8.333%) UML
Programming Languages
1 5 (41.67%) C#
1 5 (41.67%) Java
1 5 (41.67%) SQL
2 3 (25.00%) T-SQL
2 3 (25.00%) JavaScript
3 1 (8.333%) PHP
3 1 (8.333%) C++
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (8.333%) QA
Vendors
1 4 (33.33%) IBM
2 3 (25.00%) SAP
3 1 (8.333%) Zend
3 1 (8.333%) Oracle