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This section looks at the demand for XML Schema Definition (XSD) skills within the East Midlands region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited XSD over the 3 months to 4 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkXML Schema Definition (XSD)
Location
3 months to 4 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank8478
Rank change on same period last yearDown-6
Matching contract IT job ads711
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.009 %0.012 %
As % of the category below1.434 %2.412 %
Daily rates quoted01
Average minimum daily rate-£230
Average daily rate-£245
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£260
UK excluding London average daily rate£385£452
% change on same period last year-14.64 %
Hourly rates quoted04
Average minimum hourly rate-£34.00
Average hourly rate-£34.50
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.50£36.69
% change on same period last year-11.41 %
Application Development East MidlandsApplication Development
East Midlands
Matching contract IT job ads488456
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.644 %0.484 %
Daily rates quoted10452
Average minimum daily rate£315£309
Average daily rate£331£323
% change on same period last year+2.47 %
Average maximum daily rate£346£336
UK excluding London average daily rate£349£336
% change on same period last year+3.94 %
Hourly rates quoted1648
Average minimum hourly rate£32.54£27.28
Average hourly rate£33.83£28.60
% change on same period last year+18.27 %
Average maximum hourly rate£35.11£29.93
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.44£33.08
% change on same period last year-1.93 %
XSD EnglandXSD
England

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.

XSD
Demand Trend

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

East Midlands XSD Demand Trend

XSD
Daily Rate Trend

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

East Midlands XSD Daily Rate Trend

XSD
Hourly Rate Trend

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

East Midlands XSD Hourly Rate Trend

XSD
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT job ads citing XSD within the East Midlands region over the 3 months to 4 July 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
DerbyshireUp+102--
XSD EnglandXSD
England

XSD
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands region citing XSD 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 XSD.

111 (91.67 %)Java
210 (83.33 %)WebServices
39 (75.00 %)WSDL
39 (75.00 %)Hibernate
39 (75.00 %)ESB
48 (66.67 %)Spring
48 (66.67 %)J2EE
57 (58.33 %)Oracle
57 (58.33 %)WebLogic
57 (58.33 %)JAX-WS
64 (33.33 %)Spring MVC
64 (33.33 %)CSS
64 (33.33 %)JUnit
64 (33.33 %)XML
64 (33.33 %)UML
64 (33.33 %)JavaScript
64 (33.33 %)Apache
64 (33.33 %)HTML
64 (33.33 %)BEA
64 (33.33 %)WebLogic Portal
64 (33.33 %)IONA
73 (25.00 %)WS-I
73 (25.00 %)Oracle 8/8i
73 (25.00 %)C#
73 (25.00 %)SOAP
73 (25.00 %)WAI
82 (16.67 %)BusinessObjects
82 (16.67 %)DAO
82 (16.67 %)Continuous Integration
82 (16.67 %)JSR 168

XSD
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands region citing XSD 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 XSD. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
110 (83.33 %)WebServices
29 (75.00 %)WSDL
29 (75.00 %)Hibernate
38 (66.67 %)Spring
38 (66.67 %)J2EE
47 (58.33 %)JAX-WS
54 (33.33 %)CSS
54 (33.33 %)HTML
54 (33.33 %)XML
54 (33.33 %)Spring MVC
63 (25.00 %)WS-I
63 (25.00 %)SOAP
72 (16.67 %)XML Schema
72 (16.67 %)NetBeans
72 (16.67 %)DAO
72 (16.67 %)JSR 168
81 (8.333 %)Apache Axis
81 (8.333 %)JAX-RPC
81 (8.333 %)XSLT
81 (8.333 %).NET
Application Platforms
19 (75.00 %)ESB
27 (58.33 %)WebLogic
34 (33.33 %)Apache
34 (33.33 %)WebLogic Portal
41 (8.333 %)BizTalk Server
Communications & Networking
11 (8.333 %)TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
13 (25.00 %)Oracle 8/8i
22 (16.67 %)Oracle 9i
22 (16.67 %)Oracle 10g
22 (16.67 %)BusinessObjects
22 (16.67 %)Oracle Reports
31 (8.333 %)SQL Server
31 (8.333 %)SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
14 (33.33 %)JUnit
22 (16.67 %)Oracle Forms
22 (16.67 %)Eclipse
22 (16.67 %)JDeveloper
General
11 (8.333 %)Government
11 (8.333 %)Local Government
Job Titles
112 (100.00 %)Developer
29 (75.00 %)Java Developer
37 (58.33 %)J2EE Developer
37 (58.33 %)Java/J2EE Developer
42 (16.67 %)Oracle Developer
51 (8.333 %)Web Developer
51 (8.333 %)Senior Developer
51 (8.333 %)SQL Developer
51 (8.333 %)SQL Server Developer
51 (8.333 %)Senior J2EE Developer
51 (8.333 %)Senior Java Developer
51 (8.333 %)Senior Java/J2EE Developer
51 (8.333 %)BizTalk Developer
Processes & Methodologies
14 (33.33 %)UML
22 (16.67 %)Continuous Integration
Programming Languages
111 (91.67 %)Java
24 (33.33 %)JavaScript
33 (25.00 %)C#
42 (16.67 %)C++
51 (8.333 %)SQL
51 (8.333 %)VB.NET
51 (8.333 %)XPath
Quality Assurance & Compliance
13 (25.00 %)WAI
System Software
11 (8.333 %)MSMQ
Vendors
17 (58.33 %)Oracle
24 (33.33 %)BEA
24 (33.33 %)IONA
32 (16.67 %)Business Objects
41 (8.333 %)Microsoft
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