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The table below looks at the demand for Extensible Markup Language (XML) skills within the Devon 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 13 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkExtensible Markup Language (XML)
Location
3 months to
13 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank1529
Rank change on same period last yearUp+14
Matching contract IT job ads1621
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.023 %0.021 %
As % of the category below24.24 %17.50 %
Daily rates quoted33
Average minimum daily rate£280£350
Average daily rate£299£415
% change on same period last year-28.07 %
Average maximum daily rate£317£480
UK excluding London average daily rate£336£331
% change on same period last year+1.59 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.48£32.43
% change on same period last year+0.16 %
Devon IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Devon
Matching contract IT job ads66120
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.093 %0.121 %
Daily rates quoted1847
Average minimum daily rate£280£349
Average daily rate£300£352
% change on same period last year-14.57 %
Average maximum daily rate£321£355
UK excluding London average daily rate£329£333
% change on same period last year-1.09 %
Hourly rates quoted1521
Average minimum hourly rate£21.13£20.80
Average hourly rate£22.03£24.12
% change on same period last year-8.64 %
Average maximum hourly rate£22.94£27.44
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.93£31.98
% change on same period last year-3.29 %
XML South WestXML
South West

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

Devon 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 Devon region.

Devon XML Daily Rate Trend

XML
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing XML across the Devon region over the 3 months to 13 October 2008.

Devon XML Daily Rate Histogram

XML
Hourly Rate Trend

The 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 13 October 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
PlymouthDown-51£350-
XML South WestXML
South West

XML
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, 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.

125 (89.29 %)HTML
216 (57.14 %)Java
315 (53.57 %)J2EE
315 (53.57 %)JSP
315 (53.57 %)Extranet
414 (50.00 %)Shell Script
414 (50.00 %)Windows
414 (50.00 %)Solaris
414 (50.00 %)Tomcat
414 (50.00 %)Eclipse
414 (50.00 %)Oracle
513 (46.43 %)Ant
513 (46.43 %)JavaScript
513 (46.43 %)HTTP
513 (46.43 %)Windows NT
513 (46.43 %)Oracle 9i
513 (46.43 %)XSD
513 (46.43 %)OO
513 (46.43 %)Sun Certification
513 (46.43 %)Sun
513 (46.43 %)ATG
513 (46.43 %)ATG Dynamo
513 (46.43 %)Extreme Programming
513 (46.43 %)XPath
513 (46.43 %)Castor
611 (39.29 %)SQL
79 (32.14 %)ColdFusion
87 (25.00 %)LDAP
87 (25.00 %)Internet
87 (25.00 %).NET

XML
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, 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.

Devon IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
125 (89.29 %)HTML
215 (53.57 %)J2EE
215 (53.57 %)JSP
313 (46.43 %)XSD
313 (46.43 %)Castor
47 (25.00 %).NET
53 (10.71 %)ASP.NET
53 (10.71 %)CSS
53 (10.71 %)AJAX
53 (10.71 %)Windows SharePoint Services
62 (7.143 %)XHTML
62 (7.143 %)Hibernate
62 (7.143 %)Spring
62 (7.143 %)ASP.NET 2.0
62 (7.143 %)Struts
71 (3.571 %)WebServices
71 (3.571 %)WebSphere
71 (3.571 %)iBATIS
71 (3.571 %)Servlets
71 (3.571 %)SOAP
Devon IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
114 (50.00 %)Tomcat
213 (46.43 %)ATG Dynamo
39 (32.14 %)ColdFusion
43 (10.71 %)SharePoint Server 2007
43 (10.71 %)SharePoint
51 (3.571 %)JBoss
51 (3.571 %)Apache
Devon IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (3.571 %)MS Office
Devon IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
115 (53.57 %)Extranet
213 (46.43 %)HTTP
37 (25.00 %)LDAP
37 (25.00 %)Internet
42 (7.143 %)Intranet
Devon IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
113 (46.43 %)Oracle 9i
22 (7.143 %)SQL Server
31 (3.571 %)Crystal Reports
Devon IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
114 (50.00 %)Eclipse
213 (46.43 %)Ant
31 (3.571 %)Visual Studio
Devon IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (3.571 %)Government
11 (3.571 %)Local Government
Devon IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
126 (92.86 %)Developer
213 (46.43 %)Lead Developer
213 (46.43 %)J2EE Developer
35 (17.86 %)Software Developer
42 (7.143 %)ASP.NET Developer
42 (7.143 %)Java Developer
42 (7.143 %).NET Developer
51 (3.571 %)Web Developer
51 (3.571 %)ColdFusion Developer
51 (3.571 %).NET Web Developer
51 (3.571 %)HTML Developer
51 (3.571 %)SharePoint Developer
Devon IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
114 (50.00 %)Windows
114 (50.00 %)Solaris
213 (46.43 %)Windows NT
31 (3.571 %)UNIX
Devon IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
113 (46.43 %)OO
113 (46.43 %)Extreme Programming
21 (3.571 %)Web Development
Devon IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
116 (57.14 %)Java
214 (50.00 %)Shell Script
313 (46.43 %)XPath
313 (46.43 %)JavaScript
411 (39.29 %)SQL
55 (17.86 %)C#
62 (7.143 %)VB.NET
71 (3.571 %)XQuery
71 (3.571 %)PHP
Devon IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
113 (46.43 %)Sun Certification
Devon IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
114 (50.00 %)Oracle
213 (46.43 %)Sun
213 (46.43 %)ATG
35 (17.86 %)Microsoft