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The table below looks at the demand for Extensible Markup Language (XML) skills within the Derbyshire 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 5 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkExtensible Markup Language (XML)
Location
3 months to
5 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank2832
Rank change on same period last yearUp+4
Matching contract IT job ads110
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.002 %0.011 %
As % of the category below3.030 %11.63 %
Daily rates quoted12
Average minimum daily rate£330£500
Average daily rate£350£525
% change on same period last year-33.33 %
Average maximum daily rate£370£550
UK excluding London average daily rate£331£336
% change on same period last year-1.40 %
Hourly rates quoted01
Average minimum hourly rate-£32.00
Average hourly rate-£33.50
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£31.42£32.00
% change on same period last year-1.81 %
Derbyshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Derbyshire
Matching contract IT job ads3386
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.054 %0.094 %
Daily rates quoted312
Average minimum daily rate£348£375
Average daily rate£367£385
% change on same period last year-4.80 %
Average maximum daily rate£385£395
UK excluding London average daily rate£322£333
% change on same period last year-3.54 %
Hourly rates quoted812
Average minimum hourly rate£23.96£29.96
Average hourly rate£26.99£31.77
% change on same period last year-15.04 %
Average maximum hourly rate£30.02£33.57
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.64£31.31
% change on same period last year-8.54 %
XML East MidlandsXML
East Midlands

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 Derbyshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Derbyshire 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 Derbyshire region.

Derbyshire 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 Derbyshire region.

Derbyshire 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 Derbyshire region over the 3 months to 5 December 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
DerbyUp+71£350-
XML East MidlandsXML
East Midlands

XML
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Derbyshire 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.

19 (81.82 %)SQL
25 (45.45 %).NET
25 (45.45 %)C#
34 (36.36 %)Java
34 (36.36 %)J2EE
34 (36.36 %)Transact-SQL
34 (36.36 %)SQL Server
34 (36.36 %)Visual Studio
34 (36.36 %)OO
34 (36.36 %)OOD
34 (36.36 %)SQL Server 2000
34 (36.36 %)Finance
34 (36.36 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
34 (36.36 %)SQL Server 2005
43 (27.27 %)Oracle
43 (27.27 %)Oracle 10g
43 (27.27 %)Oracle 9i
43 (27.27 %)WebServices
43 (27.27 %)JavaScript
52 (18.18 %)EJB
52 (18.18 %)JUnit
52 (18.18 %)WebLogic
52 (18.18 %)JSP
52 (18.18 %)Servlets
52 (18.18 %)BEA
52 (18.18 %)UML
52 (18.18 %)Eclipse
52 (18.18 %)Hibernate
52 (18.18 %)Spring
61 (9.091 %)Northgate

XML
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Derbyshire 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.

Derbyshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
15 (45.45 %).NET
24 (36.36 %)J2EE
33 (27.27 %)WebServices
42 (18.18 %)EJB
42 (18.18 %)JSP
42 (18.18 %)Servlets
42 (18.18 %)Hibernate
42 (18.18 %)Spring
51 (9.091 %)MooTools
51 (9.091 %)HTML
51 (9.091 %)CSS
51 (9.091 %)ASP.NET
51 (9.091 %)DOM
51 (9.091 %)XHTML
51 (9.091 %)J2SE
Derbyshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (18.18 %)WebLogic
21 (9.091 %)IIS
21 (9.091 %)WebLogic Portal
Derbyshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
14 (36.36 %)SQL Server
14 (36.36 %)SQL Server 2000
14 (36.36 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
14 (36.36 %)SQL Server 2005
23 (27.27 %)Oracle 9i
23 (27.27 %)Oracle 10g
31 (9.091 %)MySQL
31 (9.091 %)RDBMS
Derbyshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
14 (36.36 %)Visual Studio
22 (18.18 %)Eclipse
22 (18.18 %)JUnit
31 (9.091 %)Ant
31 (9.091 %)WebLogic Workshop
Derbyshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
14 (36.36 %)Finance
21 (9.091 %)Games
21 (9.091 %)Front Office
Derbyshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
110 (90.91 %)Developer
24 (36.36 %)Java Developer
24 (36.36 %).NET Developer
24 (36.36 %)C# Developer
32 (18.18 %)Java/J2EE Developer
41 (9.091 %)Analyst
41 (9.091 %)Test Analyst
41 (9.091 %)Web Developer
41 (9.091 %)Applications Developer
41 (9.091 %)Senior Developer
41 (9.091 %)J2EE Developer
41 (9.091 %)Senior Java Developer
41 (9.091 %)Senior Applications Developer
41 (9.091 %)Lead Test Analyst
41 (9.091 %)Java Applications Developer
41 (9.091 %)Senior Java Applications Developer
Derbyshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (9.091 %)W3C
11 (9.091 %)Web 2.0
11 (9.091 %)Computer Science
Derbyshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (9.091 %)UNIX
Derbyshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14 (36.36 %)OO
14 (36.36 %)OOD
22 (18.18 %)UML
31 (9.091 %)TDD
31 (9.091 %)CRM
Derbyshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
19 (81.82 %)SQL
25 (45.45 %)C#
34 (36.36 %)Java
34 (36.36 %)Transact-SQL
43 (27.27 %)JavaScript
51 (9.091 %)PHP
51 (9.091 %)C++
Derbyshire IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (9.091 %)Sun Certification
11 (9.091 %)Degree
Derbyshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (27.27 %)Oracle
22 (18.18 %)BEA
31 (9.091 %)Northgate
31 (9.091 %)Sun