The first table below looks at the demand for XML skills in IT contracts advertised for the Devon 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 Devon 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 8 22 19
Rank change year-on-year
+14 -3
Contract jobs citing XML 23 9 11
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Devon 13.61% 4.918% 7.190%
As % of the Application Development category 33.33% 15.52% 14.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 4 4
Average daily rate £350 £215 £385
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+62.79% -44.15%
UK excluding London average daily rate £338 £325 £325
% change year-on-year
+3.84% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 2
Average hourly rate - £10.00 £29.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -65.81%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £30.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+16.66% -14.28%
All Application Development
Devon
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
69 58 77
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Devon 40.83% 31.69% 50.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 41 32 36
Average daily rate £340 £308 £376
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+10.56% -18.10%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £223 £200 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £351 £450 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 8
Average hourly rate - £10.00 £29.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -66.10%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
XML
South West

XML
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Devon 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 Devon region.

Devon 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 Devon region.

Devon 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 Devon region over the 3 months to 24 May 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
Exeter +9 18 £350 -
Torquay - 1 £300 -
XML
South West

XML
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Devon 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 45 (78.95%) Web Services
2 33 (57.89%) CSS
3 32 (56.14%) JavaScript
4 29 (50.88%) HTML
5 26 (45.61%) .NET
6 25 (43.86%) C#
7 23 (40.35%) SOA
8 22 (38.60%) Oracle
8 22 (38.60%) XQuery
9 21 (36.84%) XPath
10 18 (31.58%) SC Cleared
10 18 (31.58%) Security Cleared
11 17 (29.82%) Git (software)
11 17 (29.82%) jQuery
12 16 (28.07%) ASP.NET
12 16 (28.07%) Dojo
12 16 (28.07%) Agile Software Development
13 15 (26.32%) SQL
13 15 (26.32%) VB.NET
14 13 (22.81%) XSLT
14 13 (22.81%) BMC
14 13 (22.81%) Remedy
14 13 (22.81%) Remedy ITSM
14 13 (22.81%) CMDB
15 12 (21.05%) ITSM
15 12 (21.05%) Finance
15 12 (21.05%) ITIL
16 11 (19.30%) SOAP
16 11 (19.30%) OO
16 11 (19.30%) Oracle Applications

XML
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Devon 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 45 (78.95%) Web Services
2 33 (57.89%) CSS
3 29 (50.88%) HTML
4 26 (45.61%) .NET
5 17 (29.82%) jQuery
6 16 (28.07%) ASP.NET
6 16 (28.07%) Dojo
7 13 (22.81%) XSLT
8 11 (19.30%) SOAP
8 11 (19.30%) Middleware
8 11 (19.30%) Ajax
9 9 (15.79%) Servlets
9 9 (15.79%) XSD
9 9 (15.79%) J2EE
10 7 (12.28%) JAXB
10 7 (12.28%) Hibernate
10 7 (12.28%) CSS3
10 7 (12.28%) RESTful
10 7 (12.28%) HTML5
11 6 (10.53%) ArcObjects
Application Platforms
1 11 (19.30%) Oracle Service Bus
2 6 (10.53%) ArcSDE
2 6 (10.53%) AquaLogic
2 6 (10.53%) AquaLogic Service Bus
2 6 (10.53%) ArcGIS
3 5 (8.772%) MQSeries
4 1 (1.754%) WordPress
4 1 (1.754%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (1.754%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 13 (22.81%) Remedy ITSM
2 11 (19.30%) Oracle Applications
3 4 (7.018%) Summit
4 1 (1.754%) Google Analytics
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (19.30%) Oracle 11g
2 9 (15.79%) GIS
3 1 (1.754%) MySQL
3 1 (1.754%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 17 (29.82%) Git (software)
2 7 (12.28%) Visual Studio
3 1 (1.754%) Subversion
General
1 12 (21.05%) Finance
2 6 (10.53%) Publishing
2 6 (10.53%) Back Office
3 1 (1.754%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 45 (78.95%) Developer
2 17 (29.82%) .NET Developer
3 10 (17.54%) Oracle Developer
4 9 (15.79%) GIS Developer
5 7 (12.28%) Analyst
5 7 (12.28%) Support Engineer
5 7 (12.28%) Analyst Developer
6 5 (8.772%) Web Developer
6 5 (8.772%) HTML Developer
7 4 (7.018%) ASP.NET Developer
7 4 (7.018%) Oracle Analyst
7 4 (7.018%) Service Analyst
8 3 (5.263%) Software Developer
9 2 (3.509%) Consultant
9 2 (3.509%) Senior Developer
9 2 (3.509%) VB.NET Developer
9 2 (3.509%) Support Consultant
9 2 (3.509%) Senior .NET Developer
9 2 (3.509%) Remedy Consultant
10 1 (1.754%) C# Software Developer
Miscellaneous
1 13 (22.81%) CMDB
2 1 (1.754%) Web 2.0
2 1 (1.754%) Social Network
2 1 (1.754%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 7 (12.28%) Windows
1 7 (12.28%) Linux
1 7 (12.28%) Windows Server 2008
2 6 (10.53%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 6 (10.53%) Windows 7
3 1 (1.754%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (40.35%) SOA
2 16 (28.07%) Agile Software Development
3 12 (21.05%) ITSM
3 12 (21.05%) ITIL
4 11 (19.30%) OO
5 9 (15.79%) Configuration Management
6 8 (14.04%) Waterfall
7 7 (12.28%) Data Analysis
8 6 (10.53%) Data Management
8 6 (10.53%) Information Management
8 6 (10.53%) Data Modelling
8 6 (10.53%) B2B
9 5 (8.772%) B2C
10 2 (3.509%) Unit Testing
11 1 (1.754%) Digital Marketing
11 1 (1.754%) Analytics
11 1 (1.754%) Web Development
11 1 (1.754%) SEO
Programming Languages
1 32 (56.14%) JavaScript
2 25 (43.86%) C#
3 22 (38.60%) XQuery
4 21 (36.84%) XPath
5 15 (26.32%) SQL
5 15 (26.32%) VB.NET
6 9 (15.79%) Java
7 6 (10.53%) Python
8 2 (3.509%) C
9 1 (1.754%) PHP
Qualifications
1 18 (31.58%) SC Cleared
1 18 (31.58%) Security Cleared
2 8 (14.04%) MCAD
2 8 (14.04%) MCSD
2 8 (14.04%) Microsoft Certification
3 6 (10.53%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (7.018%) ISO 9001
1 4 (7.018%) ISO 14001
Systems Management
1 1 (1.754%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 22 (38.60%) Oracle
2 13 (22.81%) BMC
2 13 (22.81%) Remedy
3 9 (15.79%) ESRI
4 6 (10.53%) Red Hat
5 1 (1.754%) Google
5 1 (1.754%) BEA
Exeter, Devon
The Web Developer will have previous experience in working in a web development role in an Agile environment using HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, JQuery/Dojo, Resful Web services, JaxB,...
GCS IT Recruitment Specialists
Rate: £500 - £600 per day
Posted: 22 May 2013