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The table below looks at the demand for Extensible Markup Language (XML) skills within the Croydon region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited XML over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkExtensible Markup Language (XML)
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank1711
Rank change on same period last yearDown-6
Matching contract IT job ads616
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.008 %0.016 %
As % of the category below16.67 %25.81 %
Daily rates quoted04
Average minimum daily rate-£398
Average daily rate-£398
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£398
UK excluding London average daily rate£336£331
% change on same period last year+1.53 %
Hourly rates quoted04
Average minimum hourly rate-£38.50
Average hourly rate-£41.63
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£44.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.55£32.72
% change on same period last year-0.53 %
Croydon IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Croydon
Matching contract IT job ads3662
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.051 %0.063 %
Daily rates quoted1716
Average minimum daily rate£335£379
Average daily rate£345£383
% change on same period last year-9.88 %
Average maximum daily rate£354£386
UK excluding London average daily rate£329£333
% change on same period last year-1.25 %
Hourly rates quoted18
Average minimum hourly rate£15.00£36.78
Average hourly rate£17.50£39.93
% change on same period last year-56.17 %
Average maximum hourly rate£20.00£43.09
UK excluding London average hourly rate£31.10£32.14
% change on same period last year-3.23 %
XML LondonXML
London

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.

XML
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing XML across the Croydon region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Croydon XML Demand Trend

XML
Daily Rate Trend

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

Croydon XML Daily Rate Trend

XML
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Croydon XML Hourly Rate Trend

XML
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Croydon 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.

114 (70.00 %)SQL
213 (65.00 %).NET
312 (60.00 %)WebServices
410 (50.00 %)ASP.NET
59 (45.00 %)C#
68 (40.00 %)HTML
68 (40.00 %)Java
77 (35.00 %)Security Cleared
86 (30.00 %)SC Cleared
86 (30.00 %)SQL Server
86 (30.00 %)XSLT
86 (30.00 %)BEA
86 (30.00 %)Finance
95 (25.00 %)Microsoft
95 (25.00 %)UNIX
95 (25.00 %)JBoss
104 (20.00 %)Insurance
104 (20.00 %)RAD
104 (20.00 %)EJB
104 (20.00 %)JDBC
104 (20.00 %)JSP
104 (20.00 %)Servlets
104 (20.00 %)SOAP
104 (20.00 %)PL/SQL
104 (20.00 %)XSL
104 (20.00 %)J2EE
104 (20.00 %)Oracle
104 (20.00 %)WebLogic
104 (20.00 %)Visual Studio
104 (20.00 %)e-GIF

XML
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Croydon 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.

Croydon IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
113 (65.00 %).NET
212 (60.00 %)WebServices
310 (50.00 %)ASP.NET
48 (40.00 %)HTML
56 (30.00 %)XSLT
64 (20.00 %)XSL
64 (20.00 %)EJB
64 (20.00 %)JDBC
64 (20.00 %)JSP
64 (20.00 %)Servlets
64 (20.00 %)SOAP
64 (20.00 %)J2EE
73 (15.00 %)ASP.NET 2.0
73 (15.00 %)JSF
73 (15.00 %)AJAX
81 (5.000 %).NET Framework
81 (5.000 %)WCF
81 (5.000 %)WF
81 (5.000 %)LINQ
81 (5.000 %)ASP
Croydon IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
15 (25.00 %)JBoss
24 (20.00 %)Apache
24 (20.00 %)Tomcat
24 (20.00 %)WebLogic
33 (15.00 %)SharePoint
33 (15.00 %)WebLogic Portal
33 (15.00 %)ESB
33 (15.00 %)SharePoint Server 2007
Croydon IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (5.000 %)MS Visio
Croydon IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (5.000 %)HTTP
11 (5.000 %)TCP/IP
11 (5.000 %)HTTPS
11 (5.000 %)Intranet
11 (5.000 %)Internet
Croydon IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
16 (30.00 %)SQL Server
23 (15.00 %)SQL Server 2000
23 (15.00 %)SQL Server 2005
31 (5.000 %)SQL Server Integration Services
31 (5.000 %)GIS
31 (5.000 %)Datawarehouse
31 (5.000 %)DTS
31 (5.000 %)ETL
31 (5.000 %)BusinessObjects
Croydon IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
14 (20.00 %)Visual Studio
22 (10.00 %)VSS/SourceSafe
31 (5.000 %)Eclipse
31 (5.000 %)ERwin
31 (5.000 %)Subversion
31 (5.000 %)Ant
Croydon IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
16 (30.00 %)Finance
24 (20.00 %)Government
24 (20.00 %)Insurance
Croydon IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
116 (80.00 %)Developer
25 (25.00 %)Senior Developer
25 (25.00 %)C# Developer
25 (25.00 %)Senior C# Developer
25 (25.00 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
34 (20.00 %)Java Developer
34 (20.00 %).NET Developer
34 (20.00 %)Architect
43 (15.00 %)Technical Architect
43 (15.00 %)ASP.NET Developer
43 (15.00 %)SharePoint Developer
52 (10.00 %)Programmer
52 (10.00 %)Senior .NET Developer
52 (10.00 %)Senior ASP.NET Developer
61 (5.000 %)Delphi Programmer
61 (5.000 %)VB.NET Developer
61 (5.000 %)Java Software Engineer
61 (5.000 %)Delphi Developer
61 (5.000 %)Consultant
61 (5.000 %)Software Engineer
Croydon IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (5.000 %)Data Integration
Croydon IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
15 (25.00 %)UNIX
21 (5.000 %)Windows
Croydon IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
17 (35.00 %)Security Cleared
26 (30.00 %)SC Cleared
34 (20.00 %)RAD
34 (20.00 %)e-GIF
34 (20.00 %)CRM
43 (15.00 %)SOA
43 (15.00 %)TOGAF
43 (15.00 %)Configuration Management
43 (15.00 %)SSADM
43 (15.00 %)PRINCE2
43 (15.00 %)UML
52 (10.00 %)BPMN
61 (5.000 %)EAI
61 (5.000 %)Data Modelling
61 (5.000 %)Information Management
61 (5.000 %)Web Development
61 (5.000 %)Refactoring
61 (5.000 %)Unit Testing
61 (5.000 %)OO
61 (5.000 %)Process Management
Croydon IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
114 (70.00 %)SQL
29 (45.00 %)C#
38 (40.00 %)Java
44 (20.00 %)PL/SQL
53 (15.00 %)JavaScript
53 (15.00 %)Transact-SQL
61 (5.000 %)VB
61 (5.000 %)VB.NET
61 (5.000 %)VB6
61 (5.000 %)Delphi
Croydon IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
13 (15.00 %)AquaLogic
Croydon IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
16 (30.00 %)BEA
25 (25.00 %)Microsoft
34 (20.00 %)Oracle
41 (5.000 %)Business Objects