The first table below looks at the demand for XML skills in IT contracts advertised for the Edinburgh region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited XML over the 3 months to 23 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 Edinburgh 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Extensible Markup Language (XML)
Rank 38 28 49
Rank change year-on-year
-10 +21
Contract jobs citing XML 18 37 25
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh 2.192% 3.404% 1.895%
As % of the Application Development category 10.17% 29.60% 16.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 17 6
Average daily rate £346 £305 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+13.52% -12.85%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £219 £216 £323
10% offered a daily rate of more than £490 £350 £445
UK excluding London average daily rate £338 £325 £325
% change year-on-year
+3.84% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £30.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+16.66% -14.28%
All Application Development
Edinburgh
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
177 125 148
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh 21.56% 11.50% 11.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 84 56 61
Average daily rate £325 £305 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.55% -12.85%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £210 £150 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £350 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Average hourly rate - £16.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
XML
Scotland

XML
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh XML Daily Rate Trend

XML
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing XML across the Edinburgh region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Edinburgh XML Daily Rate Histogram

XML
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Edinburgh XML Hourly Rate Trend

XML
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh 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 25 (44.64%) .NET
2 23 (41.07%) SQL
2 23 (41.07%) C#
3 21 (37.50%) JavaScript
3 21 (37.50%) SQL Server
4 17 (30.36%) Java
4 17 (30.36%) Web Services
5 16 (28.57%) jQuery
6 15 (26.79%) Visual Studio
7 14 (25.00%) Ajax
8 13 (23.21%) CSS
9 12 (21.43%) XSL
10 11 (19.64%) HTML
10 11 (19.64%) JSON
11 9 (16.07%) ASP.NET
11 9 (16.07%) PL/SQL
11 9 (16.07%) Finance
11 9 (16.07%) SQL Server 2008
12 8 (14.29%) MVC
12 8 (14.29%) Agile Software Development
12 8 (14.29%) Oracle
12 8 (14.29%) XQuery
13 7 (12.50%) OO
13 7 (12.50%) HTML5
13 7 (12.50%) XPath
14 6 (10.71%) Degree
14 6 (10.71%) SQL Server 2005
14 6 (10.71%) REST
14 6 (10.71%) Web Application Development
14 6 (10.71%) XSLT

XML
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh 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 25 (44.64%) .NET
2 17 (30.36%) Web Services
3 16 (28.57%) jQuery
4 14 (25.00%) Ajax
5 13 (23.21%) CSS
6 12 (21.43%) XSL
7 11 (19.64%) HTML
7 11 (19.64%) JSON
8 9 (16.07%) ASP.NET
9 7 (12.50%) HTML5
10 6 (10.71%) REST
10 6 (10.71%) XSLT
11 5 (8.929%) JSF
11 5 (8.929%) SOAP
12 4 (7.143%) J2EE
12 4 (7.143%) WebSphere
13 3 (5.357%) JSR 286
13 3 (5.357%) Highcharts JS
13 3 (5.357%) Worklight
13 3 (5.357%) XHTML
Application Platforms
1 4 (7.143%) WebSphere Application Server
1 4 (7.143%) WebSphere Portal
2 2 (3.571%) Apache
2 2 (3.571%) Tomcat
2 2 (3.571%) WebLogic
2 2 (3.571%) WebSphere Process Server
2 2 (3.571%) CMS
3 1 (1.786%) SharePoint 2010
3 1 (1.786%) ESB
3 1 (1.786%) SharePoint 2013
3 1 (1.786%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.786%) BizTalk Server
3 1 (1.786%) TeamSite
Applications
1 3 (5.357%) Gephi
2 1 (1.786%) MS PowerPoint
2 1 (1.786%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (7.143%) Oracle EBS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.786%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (37.50%) SQL Server
2 9 (16.07%) SQL Server 2008
3 6 (10.71%) SQL Server 2005
4 4 (7.143%) Oracle Discoverer
4 4 (7.143%) RDBMS
4 4 (7.143%) Oracle Reports
4 4 (7.143%) Oracle 8/8i
5 2 (3.571%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (3.571%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 2 (3.571%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 2 (3.571%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 1 (1.786%) MySQL
6 1 (1.786%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 15 (26.79%) Visual Studio
2 4 (7.143%) Oracle Forms
2 4 (7.143%) Mercurial
3 2 (3.571%) JUnit
4 1 (1.786%) Git (software)
4 1 (1.786%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (1.786%) Hudson
4 1 (1.786%) MSTest
4 1 (1.786%) Selenium
4 1 (1.786%) FitNesse
4 1 (1.786%) JIRA
4 1 (1.786%) Jenkins
4 1 (1.786%) FogBugz
4 1 (1.786%) NUnit
4 1 (1.786%) Subversion
4 1 (1.786%) Maven
4 1 (1.786%) Ant
General
1 9 (16.07%) Finance
2 4 (7.143%) Investment Banking
2 4 (7.143%) Banking
3 1 (1.786%) Marketing
3 1 (1.786%) Advertising
3 1 (1.786%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 39 (69.64%) Developer
2 10 (17.86%) Software Developer
3 9 (16.07%) Consultant
4 8 (14.29%) .NET Developer
5 6 (10.71%) Architect
5 6 (10.71%) Java Developer
6 4 (7.143%) Oracle Consultant
7 3 (5.357%) iOS Developer
7 3 (5.357%) C# Developer
7 3 (5.357%) Junior
7 3 (5.357%) Junior Developer
8 2 (3.571%) E-Business Consultant
8 2 (3.571%) Business Consultant
8 2 (3.571%) Java Programmer
8 2 (3.571%) .NET Consultant
8 2 (3.571%) Junior .NET Developer
8 2 (3.571%) Analyst
8 2 (3.571%) Solutions Architect
8 2 (3.571%) Web Developer
8 2 (3.571%) Programmer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (10.71%) Management Information System
2 4 (7.143%) NHS
3 3 (5.357%) Visualisation
4 2 (3.571%) Web 2.0
4 2 (3.571%) Statistics
5 1 (1.786%) Open Source
5 1 (1.786%) Social Media
5 1 (1.786%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.786%) Mobile App
5 1 (1.786%) New Media
5 1 (1.786%) W3C
Operating Systems
1 5 (8.929%) Windows
2 4 (7.143%) UNIX
2 4 (7.143%) Apple iOS
2 4 (7.143%) Windows Server 2008
3 2 (3.571%) Windows Server 2003
3 2 (3.571%) Linux
4 1 (1.786%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (14.29%) MVC
1 8 (14.29%) Agile Software Development
2 7 (12.50%) OO
3 6 (10.71%) Web Application Development
4 4 (7.143%) Configuration Management
4 4 (7.143%) Project Management
4 4 (7.143%) Business Intelligence
4 4 (7.143%) Asset Management
4 4 (7.143%) Service Delivery
4 4 (7.143%) Web Development
5 3 (5.357%) Investment Management
5 3 (5.357%) Data Visualisation
5 3 (5.357%) Statistical Analysis
5 3 (5.357%) Bug Management
5 3 (5.357%) Data Management
5 3 (5.357%) Content Management
5 3 (5.357%) Data Analysis
5 3 (5.357%) Business Analysis
5 3 (5.357%) CRM
6 2 (3.571%) UML
Programming Languages
1 23 (41.07%) SQL
1 23 (41.07%) C#
2 21 (37.50%) JavaScript
3 17 (30.36%) Java
4 9 (16.07%) PL/SQL
5 8 (14.29%) XQuery
6 7 (12.50%) XPath
7 5 (8.929%) T-SQL
8 4 (7.143%) Shell Script
9 3 (5.357%) Objective-C
10 2 (3.571%) VB
10 2 (3.571%) PHP
10 2 (3.571%) Apex Code
11 1 (1.786%) Bash shell
11 1 (1.786%) Korn
11 1 (1.786%) Ruby
11 1 (1.786%) Perl
11 1 (1.786%) Delphi
Qualifications
1 6 (10.71%) Degree
2 4 (7.143%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (3.571%) IBM Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.571%) WCAG
2 1 (1.786%) WAI
2 1 (1.786%) Section 508
Vendors
1 8 (14.29%) Oracle
2 5 (8.929%) Microsoft
3 4 (7.143%) Telerik
4 3 (5.357%) IBM
5 2 (3.571%) Salesforce.com
6 1 (1.786%) Cadis
6 1 (1.786%) HP
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