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The table below looks at the demand for Electronic Business using eXtensible Markup Language (e-Business XML) skills within the England region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited ebXML over the 3 months to 6 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkElectronic Business using eXtensible Markup Language (e-Business XML)
Location
3 months to
6 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank541627
Rank change on same period last yearUp+86
Matching contract IT job ads914
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.013 %0.014 %
As % of the category below0.058 %0.061 %
Daily rates quoted16
Average minimum daily rate£300£396
Average daily rate£300£404
% change on same period last year-25.77 %
Average maximum daily rate£300£413
UK excluding London average daily rate£300£381
% change on same period last year-21.31 %
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--
% change on same period last year-
England IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
England
Matching contract IT job ads1554822977
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled21.72 %23.08 %
Daily rates quoted52727160
Average minimum daily rate£350£362
Average daily rate£376£386
% change on same period last year-2.59 %
Average maximum daily rate£401£409
UK excluding London average daily rate£331£333
% change on same period last year-0.71 %
Hourly rates quoted9371429
Average minimum hourly rate£29.52£30.19
Average hourly rate£31.65£32.42
% change on same period last year-2.36 %
Average maximum hourly rate£33.78£34.65
UK excluding London average hourly rate£31.32£32.24
% change on same period last year-2.87 %
ebXML UKebXML
UK

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.

ebXML
Demand Trend

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

England ebXML Demand Trend

ebXML
Daily Rate Trend

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

England ebXML Daily Rate Trend

ebXML
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England ebXML Hourly Rate Trend

ebXML
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ebXML within the England region over the 3 months to 6 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
YorkshireUp+158--
South EastNew entry-1£300-
ebXML UKebXML
UK

ebXML
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing ebXML 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 ebXML.

19 (90.00 %)SOAP
28 (80.00 %)HL7
36 (60.00 %)HTTP
45 (50.00 %)NHS
45 (50.00 %)Health
54 (40.00 %)TestDirector
54 (40.00 %)Software Testing
63 (30.00 %)XML
63 (30.00 %)XSLT
72 (20.00 %)ITIL
72 (20.00 %)Apache
72 (20.00 %)Perl
72 (20.00 %)IIS
72 (20.00 %)ASP
72 (20.00 %)Migration
72 (20.00 %)ClearQuest
72 (20.00 %)Configuration Management
72 (20.00 %)Quality Management
72 (20.00 %)Change Management
72 (20.00 %)Supplier Management
72 (20.00 %)Web Design
72 (20.00 %)Test Management
81 (10.00 %)PACS
81 (10.00 %)ESB
81 (10.00 %)Management Information System
81 (10.00 %)RosettaNet
81 (10.00 %)Government
81 (10.00 %)BizTalk Server
81 (10.00 %)WSDL
81 (10.00 %)HTML

ebXML
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing ebXML 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 ebXML. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

England IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
19 (90.00 %)SOAP
23 (30.00 %)XML
23 (30.00 %)XSLT
32 (20.00 %)ASP
41 (10.00 %)WSDL
41 (10.00 %)XSD
41 (10.00 %)XSL
41 (10.00 %)WebServices
41 (10.00 %)HTML
41 (10.00 %).NET
England IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (20.00 %)IIS
12 (20.00 %)Apache
21 (10.00 %)BizTalk Server
21 (10.00 %)ESB
England IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
16 (60.00 %)HTTP
England IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (10.00 %)SQL Server
England IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
14 (40.00 %)TestDirector
22 (20.00 %)ClearQuest
England IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
15 (50.00 %)Health
21 (10.00 %)Government
England IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
18 (80.00 %)Analyst
25 (50.00 %)Senior Analyst
31 (10.00 %)Java Analyst Programmer
31 (10.00 %)Java Programmer
31 (10.00 %)BizTalk Developer
31 (10.00 %)Test Manager
31 (10.00 %)Senior Manager
31 (10.00 %)Analyst Programmer
31 (10.00 %)Programmer
31 (10.00 %)Configuration Manager
31 (10.00 %)Developer
England IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
15 (50.00 %)NHS
21 (10.00 %)Management Information System
21 (10.00 %)PACS
England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14 (40.00 %)Software Testing
22 (20.00 %)Test Management
22 (20.00 %)ITIL
22 (20.00 %)Configuration Management
22 (20.00 %)Quality Management
22 (20.00 %)Change Management
22 (20.00 %)Migration
22 (20.00 %)Web Design
22 (20.00 %)Supplier Management
31 (10.00 %)SOA
England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (20.00 %)Perl
21 (10.00 %)SQL
21 (10.00 %)Transact-SQL
21 (10.00 %)Java
England IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
18 (80.00 %)HL7
21 (10.00 %)RosettaNet