The first table below looks at the demand for XSL 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 XSL over the 3 months to 21 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Extensible Stylesheet Language (XSL)
Rank - 60 70
Contract jobs citing XSL 0 5 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh - 0.456% 0.154%
As % of the Application Development category - 3.876% 1.460%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 0
Average daily rate - £350 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £318 £360 £313
% change year-on-year
-11.80% +15.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £36.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year
-4.10% -8.75%
All Application Development
Edinburgh
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
180 129 137
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh 21.98% 11.76% 10.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 85 58 60
Average daily rate £313 £313 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -3.84%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £205 £150 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £350 £448
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 0
Average hourly rate £30.00 £16.00 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+87.50% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
XSL
Scotland

XSL
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Edinburgh XSL Jobs Demand Trend

XSL
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing XSL across the Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh XSL Daily Rate Trend

XSL
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Edinburgh XSL Hourly Rate Trend

XSL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh region citing XSL 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 XSL.

1 14 (100.00%) .NET
1 14 (100.00%) XML
2 12 (85.71%) C#
3 10 (71.43%) SQL Server
4 9 (64.29%) XQuery
5 8 (57.14%) SQL Server 2008
6 7 (50.00%) XPath
6 7 (50.00%) Visual Studio
7 6 (42.86%) SQL
8 4 (28.57%) JavaScript
8 4 (28.57%) SQL Server 2005
8 4 (28.57%) Windows Server 2008
8 4 (28.57%) XHTML
8 4 (28.57%) RDBMS
8 4 (28.57%) Windows
8 4 (28.57%) T-SQL
8 4 (28.57%) VB
8 4 (28.57%) ASP
8 4 (28.57%) CSS
9 3 (21.43%) Business Analysis
9 3 (21.43%) Data Management
9 3 (21.43%) Management Information System
10 2 (14.29%) Statistics
10 2 (14.29%) WCAG
10 2 (14.29%) Test Scripting
10 2 (14.29%) System Testing
10 2 (14.29%) Windows Server 2003
10 2 (14.29%) Web Services
10 2 (14.29%) WebLogic
11 1 (7.143%) IIS

XSL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh region citing XSL 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 XSL. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 14 (100.00%) .NET
1 14 (100.00%) XML
2 4 (28.57%) XHTML
2 4 (28.57%) ASP
2 4 (28.57%) CSS
3 2 (14.29%) Web Services
4 1 (7.143%) HTML
4 1 (7.143%) XSLT
Application Platforms
1 2 (14.29%) WebLogic
2 1 (7.143%) IIS
2 1 (7.143%) Apache
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.143%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (71.43%) SQL Server
2 8 (57.14%) SQL Server 2008
3 4 (28.57%) SQL Server 2005
3 4 (28.57%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 7 (50.00%) Visual Studio
2 1 (7.143%) Hudson
Job Titles
1 12 (85.71%) Developer
2 6 (42.86%) Software Developer
2 6 (42.86%) .NET Developer
3 4 (28.57%) Consultant
4 3 (21.43%) Junior
4 3 (21.43%) Junior Developer
5 2 (14.29%) Junior Consultant
5 2 (14.29%) .NET Consultant
5 2 (14.29%) Junior .NET Developer
5 2 (14.29%) Debt Manager
5 2 (14.29%) Applications Consultant
5 2 (14.29%) Technical Consultant
5 2 (14.29%) Support Consultant
6 1 (7.143%) Graduate
6 1 (7.143%) Analyst
6 1 (7.143%) C# .NET Developer
6 1 (7.143%) Graduate Developer
6 1 (7.143%) Junior Software Developer
6 1 (7.143%) Technical Manager
6 1 (7.143%) Graduate Software Developer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (21.43%) Management Information System
2 2 (14.29%) Statistics
3 1 (7.143%) Semantic Web
Operating Systems
1 4 (28.57%) Windows Server 2008
1 4 (28.57%) Windows
2 2 (14.29%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (21.43%) Business Analysis
1 3 (21.43%) Data Management
2 2 (14.29%) Test Scripting
2 2 (14.29%) System Testing
3 1 (7.143%) PRINCE2
3 1 (7.143%) UML
3 1 (7.143%) OO
3 1 (7.143%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (7.143%) Software Engineering
3 1 (7.143%) Systems Analysis
Programming Languages
1 12 (85.71%) C#
2 9 (64.29%) XQuery
3 7 (50.00%) XPath
4 6 (42.86%) SQL
5 4 (28.57%) JavaScript
5 4 (28.57%) T-SQL
5 4 (28.57%) VB
Qualifications
1 1 (7.143%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (14.29%) WCAG
Vendors
1 1 (7.143%) Microsoft
Edinburgh, Midlothian
Required. - Advanced HTML / HTML5. - Advanced CSS (responsive design, etc.) - Basic JavaScript - Coding (jQuery) Desirable. - Advanced JavaScript. - Version control (SVN or GIT) - XML/XSL.
MBN Recruitment Solutions
Rate: £250 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013