The first table below looks at the demand for XSD skills in IT contracts advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited XSD 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 England 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
XML Schema Definition (XSD)
Rank 377 438 394
Rank change year-on-year
+61 -44
Contract jobs citing XSD 141 125 186
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.340% 0.234% 0.326%
As % of the Application Development category 1.248% 0.894% 1.154%
Number of daily rates quoted 85 73 131
Average daily rate £320 £450 £500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-28.88% -10.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £198 £350 £350
10% offered a daily rate of more than £490 £600 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £338 £405 £425
% change year-on-year
-16.66% -4.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Average hourly rate - - £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £42.50
All Application Development
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
11298 13988 16114
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 27.21% 26.19% 28.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 7248 8388 9560
Average daily rate £375 £355 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.63% -11.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £250 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £550 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 340 367 558
Average hourly rate £35.00 £33.30 £35.70
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+5.10% -6.72%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.50 £15.00 £19.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £42.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
XSD
UK

XSD
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England XSD Jobs Demand Trend

XSD
Daily Rate Trend

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

England XSD Daily Rate Trend

XSD
Daily Rate Histogram

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

England XSD Daily Rate Histogram

XSD
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England XSD Hourly Rate Trend

XSD
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing XSD within the England region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
London +71 99 £314 -42.95%
North West +16 13 £275 -28.57%
South East -6 10 £425 +6.25%
East Midlands - 9 £363 -
South West +32 4 £350 -13.58%
West Midlands +9 2 £375 -
East of England +7 2 - -
XSD
UK

XSD
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England 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.

1 231 (90.23%) XML
2 135 (52.73%) Web Services
3 126 (49.22%) HTML
4 113 (44.14%) CSS
5 109 (42.58%) XSLT
6 88 (34.38%) SOAP
6 88 (34.38%) SQL
7 87 (33.98%) Oracle
8 82 (32.03%) JavaScript
9 72 (28.13%) Java
10 65 (25.39%) WSDL
11 62 (24.22%) UML
12 58 (22.66%) .NET
13 55 (21.48%) C#
14 49 (19.14%) PL/SQL
15 48 (18.75%) XSL
16 45 (17.58%) SOA
16 45 (17.58%) HTTP
17 43 (16.80%) J2EE
18 41 (16.02%) Publishing
18 41 (16.02%) WebSphere
19 40 (15.63%) W3C
20 39 (15.23%) Ajax
21 37 (14.45%) Windows
21 37 (14.45%) RUP
22 34 (13.28%) SQL Server
22 34 (13.28%) WebLogic
22 34 (13.28%) IIS
23 33 (12.89%) VB
23 33 (12.89%) Linux

XSD
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England 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
1 231 (90.23%) XML
2 135 (52.73%) Web Services
3 126 (49.22%) HTML
4 113 (44.14%) CSS
5 109 (42.58%) XSLT
6 88 (34.38%) SOAP
7 65 (25.39%) WSDL
8 58 (22.66%) .NET
9 48 (18.75%) XSL
10 43 (16.80%) J2EE
11 41 (16.02%) WebSphere
12 39 (15.23%) Ajax
13 32 (12.50%) jQuery
14 27 (10.55%) ActiveX
15 26 (10.16%) REST
16 25 (9.766%) Servlets
16 25 (9.766%) ASP
17 22 (8.594%) WCF
18 21 (8.203%) ODBC
18 21 (8.203%) Hibernate
Application Platforms
1 34 (13.28%) WebLogic
1 34 (13.28%) IIS
2 17 (6.641%) WebSphere MQ
2 17 (6.641%) ESB
3 15 (5.859%) MQSeries
4 9 (3.516%) ArcGIS
5 8 (3.125%) Oracle Service Bus
6 7 (2.734%) CMS
6 7 (2.734%) SharePoint
7 6 (2.344%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 6 (2.344%) Umbraco
7 6 (2.344%) WordPress
7 6 (2.344%) BizTalk Server
7 6 (2.344%) ArcSDE
8 5 (1.953%) Oracle Workflow
8 5 (1.953%) TIBCO EMS
9 4 (1.563%) Liferay
9 4 (1.563%) WebSphere Application Server
9 4 (1.563%) WebLogic Portal
9 4 (1.563%) StreamWeaver
Applications
1 18 (7.031%) MS Visio
2 12 (4.688%) MS Excel
3 4 (1.563%) DOC1
4 2 (0.781%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (0.781%) MS Office
5 1 (0.391%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 8 (3.125%) Dynamics CRM
1 8 (3.125%) SalesLogix
2 5 (1.953%) BusinessWorks
2 5 (1.953%) Oracle BPM
3 3 (1.172%) TIBCO BusinessEvents
4 1 (0.391%) SAP CRM
4 1 (0.391%) TIBCO iProcess
Communications & Networking
1 45 (17.58%) HTTP
2 21 (8.203%) SSL
3 5 (1.953%) Internet
4 4 (1.563%) LDAP
5 1 (0.391%) Firewall
5 1 (0.391%) SMS
5 1 (0.391%) FTP
5 1 (0.391%) IIOP
5 1 (0.391%) Reverse Proxy
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (13.28%) SQL Server
2 14 (5.469%) GIS
3 13 (5.078%) SQL Server 2008
4 11 (4.297%) MySQL
4 11 (4.297%) SQL Server 2005
5 10 (3.906%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 9 (3.516%) Oracle 11g
7 7 (2.734%) Oracle 8/8i
7 7 (2.734%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 6 (2.344%) DB2
9 5 (1.953%) PostgreSQL
9 5 (1.953%) SQL Server 2012
10 4 (1.563%) Oracle Reports
10 4 (1.563%) Crystal Reports
11 3 (1.172%) Star Schema
11 3 (1.172%) Data Warehouse
11 3 (1.172%) IBM InfoSphere
12 2 (0.781%) Oracle 10g
12 2 (0.781%) SQL Server 7
12 2 (0.781%) SQL Server 2000
Development Applications
1 23 (8.984%) Visual Studio
2 17 (6.641%) Eclipse
3 15 (5.859%) Subversion
4 11 (4.297%) Rational Rose
5 10 (3.906%) Maven
5 10 (3.906%) Git (software)
6 9 (3.516%) ClearCase
7 8 (3.125%) Team Foundation Server
7 8 (3.125%) JUnit
8 7 (2.734%) Ant
8 7 (2.734%) PowerDesigner
9 6 (2.344%) ERwin
10 5 (1.953%) NetBeans
10 5 (1.953%) JDeveloper
10 5 (1.953%) Hudson
11 4 (1.563%) Mockito
11 4 (1.563%) jMock
11 4 (1.563%) EasyMock
11 4 (1.563%) ClearQuest
12 3 (1.172%) JIRA
General
1 41 (16.02%) Publishing
2 32 (12.50%) Finance
3 27 (10.55%) Banking
4 10 (3.906%) Legal
5 8 (3.125%) Telecoms
6 5 (1.953%) Retail
7 4 (1.563%) Billing
8 3 (1.172%) Investment Banking
9 2 (0.781%) Multimedia
10 1 (0.391%) Advertising
10 1 (0.391%) Automotive
10 1 (0.391%) Front Office
10 1 (0.391%) Back Office
10 1 (0.391%) Dutch Language
10 1 (0.391%) French Language
10 1 (0.391%) Wholesale Banking
10 1 (0.391%) Retail Banking
10 1 (0.391%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 160 (62.50%) Developer
2 61 (23.83%) Architect
3 23 (8.984%) Java Developer
4 21 (8.203%) Oracle Developer
5 16 (6.250%) Data Architect
6 15 (5.859%) .NET Developer
7 13 (5.078%) GIS Developer
8 12 (4.688%) SQL Developer
8 12 (4.688%) Consultant
9 11 (4.297%) PL/SQL Developer
9 11 (4.297%) VB Developer
10 9 (3.516%) Senior Developer
10 9 (3.516%) Software Developer
10 9 (3.516%) Designer
10 9 (3.516%) XML Developer
11 7 (2.734%) C# Developer
11 7 (2.734%) ASP.NET Developer
12 6 (2.344%) Administrator
12 6 (2.344%) Analyst
12 6 (2.344%) Data Modeller
Miscellaneous
1 40 (15.63%) W3C
2 33 (12.89%) Data Conversion
3 15 (5.859%) DataPower
4 13 (5.078%) Mobile App
5 11 (4.297%) Enterprise Software
6 8 (3.125%) Semantic Web
7 7 (2.734%) Web 2.0
8 5 (1.953%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 5 (1.953%) PMI
9 4 (1.563%) PKI
9 4 (1.563%) Computer Science
9 4 (1.563%) Firmware
10 3 (1.172%) Equities
10 3 (1.172%) N-Tier
11 2 (0.781%) iPad
11 2 (0.781%) Social Media
11 2 (0.781%) Online Gambling
11 2 (0.781%) Smart Meter
12 1 (0.391%) Mainframe
12 1 (0.391%) Streaming Video
Operating Systems
1 37 (14.45%) Windows
2 33 (12.89%) Linux
3 19 (7.422%) UNIX
4 13 (5.078%) Windows Server 2008
5 7 (2.734%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 7 (2.734%) Windows 7
6 3 (1.172%) Solaris
6 3 (1.172%) Windows Server 2003
7 2 (0.781%) AIX
8 1 (0.391%) Fedora
8 1 (0.391%) CentOS
8 1 (0.391%) VME
8 1 (0.391%) Windows Mobile
8 1 (0.391%) Windows 8
8 1 (0.391%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (24.22%) UML
2 45 (17.58%) SOA
3 37 (14.45%) RUP
4 28 (10.94%) MVC
5 24 (9.375%) Data Modelling
5 24 (9.375%) Agile Software Development
6 22 (8.594%) OO
7 20 (7.813%) Scrum
7 20 (7.813%) Validation
8 18 (7.031%) Workflow
9 16 (6.250%) TDD
10 14 (5.469%) Unit Testing
10 14 (5.469%) E-Commerce
11 12 (4.688%) Enterprise Architecture
11 12 (4.688%) BPEL
12 9 (3.516%) Migration
12 9 (3.516%) OOD
12 9 (3.516%) CRM
13 8 (3.125%) Business Development
13 8 (3.125%) Knowledge Management
Programming Languages
1 88 (34.38%) SQL
2 82 (32.03%) JavaScript
3 72 (28.13%) Java
4 55 (21.48%) C#
5 49 (19.14%) PL/SQL
6 33 (12.89%) VB
7 26 (10.16%) Python
8 25 (9.766%) XPath
9 24 (9.375%) VBScript
9 24 (9.375%) XQuery
10 14 (5.469%) Shell Script
11 12 (4.688%) PHP
12 11 (4.297%) C
13 8 (3.125%) SPARQL
14 6 (2.344%) Groovy
14 6 (2.344%) Ada
14 6 (2.344%) VB6
15 5 (1.953%) VBA
16 4 (1.563%) VB.NET
17 3 (1.172%) C++
Qualifications
1 26 (10.16%) Degree
2 5 (1.953%) PMI Certification
3 2 (0.781%) Security Cleared
3 2 (0.781%) ISEB
4 1 (0.391%) BC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (2.734%) QA
2 3 (1.172%) Solvency II
3 2 (0.781%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (1.953%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (1.172%) TIBCO Hawk
2 2 (0.781%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 87 (33.98%) Oracle
2 30 (11.72%) Microsoft
3 28 (10.94%) IBM
4 21 (8.203%) Pega
5 16 (6.250%) JBoss
6 14 (5.469%) ESRI
7 8 (3.125%) Red Hat
8 7 (2.734%) Facebook
9 6 (2.344%) Sage
9 6 (2.344%) TIBCO
10 5 (1.953%) Chordiant
10 5 (1.953%) Zend
10 5 (1.953%) Google
10 5 (1.953%) Twitter
11 2 (0.781%) HP
11 2 (0.781%) BEA
11 2 (0.781%) ATG
11 2 (0.781%) webMethods
12 1 (0.391%) Telerik
12 1 (0.391%) SeeBeyond
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