The first table below looks at the demand for XSL 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 XSL over the 3 months to 22 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Extensible Stylesheet Language (XSL)
Rank 377 454 355
Rank change year-on-year
+77 -99
Contract jobs citing XSL 137 117 222
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.325% 0.216% 0.401%
As % of the Application Development category 1.195% 0.821% 1.423%
Number of daily rates quoted 77 70 134
Average daily rate £350 £383 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-8.49% -10.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £255 £249
10% offered a daily rate of more than £458 £543 £625
UK excluding London average daily rate £318 £368 £313
% change year-on-year
-13.60% +17.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 2 19
Average hourly rate £35.00 £36.50 £40.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-4.10% -8.75%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £33.40 £32.50 £34.80
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £40.50 £45.30
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £36.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year
-4.10% -8.75%
All Application Development
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
11460 14244 15606
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 27.15% 26.26% 28.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 7340 8537 9258
Average daily rate £375 £353 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.38% -11.87%
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 347 373 551
Average hourly rate £35.00 £33.00 £35.70
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+6.06% -7.56%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.45 £15.00 £19.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £42.35 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
XSL
UK

XSL
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England 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 England region.

England XSL Daily Rate Trend

XSL
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing XSL across the England region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

England XSL Daily Rate Histogram

XSL
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England XSL Hourly Rate Trend

XSL
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing XSL across the England region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

England XSL Hourly Rate Histogram

XSL
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing XSL within the England region over the 3 months to 22 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 +31 71 £400 -11.11%
South East +32 26 £275 -8.33%
North West +17 14 £318 +3.67%
South West +30 13 £350 -14.63%
East Midlands - 5 £310 -
East of England +11 2 £400 +18.51%
West Midlands +4 2 £300 +15.38%
Yorkshire -2 2 £410 +39.57%
North East - 2 £440 -
XSL
UK

XSL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England 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.

1 207 (84.49%) XML
2 142 (57.96%) JavaScript
3 122 (49.80%) SQL
4 116 (47.35%) HTML
5 111 (45.31%) CSS
6 99 (40.41%) .NET
7 91 (37.14%) Web Services
8 88 (35.92%) C#
9 75 (30.61%) Oracle
10 68 (27.76%) Java
11 67 (27.35%) SQL Server
12 57 (23.27%) ASP.NET
13 50 (20.41%) SharePoint
14 49 (20.00%) ASP
15 48 (19.59%) XSD
16 47 (19.18%) VB
17 45 (18.37%) PL/SQL
17 45 (18.37%) VBScript
18 44 (17.96%) UML
18 44 (17.96%) HTTP
19 41 (16.73%) Microsoft
19 41 (16.73%) jQuery
20 38 (15.51%) SOAP
21 37 (15.10%) IIS
22 35 (14.29%) XSLT
22 35 (14.29%) HTML5
23 33 (13.47%) Agile Software Development
24 32 (13.06%) Windows
24 32 (13.06%) RUP
25 31 (12.65%) .NET Framework

XSL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England 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
1 207 (84.49%) XML
2 116 (47.35%) HTML
3 111 (45.31%) CSS
4 99 (40.41%) .NET
5 91 (37.14%) Web Services
6 57 (23.27%) ASP.NET
7 49 (20.00%) ASP
8 48 (19.59%) XSD
9 41 (16.73%) jQuery
10 38 (15.51%) SOAP
11 35 (14.29%) XSLT
11 35 (14.29%) HTML5
12 31 (12.65%) .NET Framework
13 29 (11.84%) J2EE
14 27 (11.02%) ODBC
14 27 (11.02%) XHTML
15 24 (9.796%) WCF
15 24 (9.796%) ActiveX
16 23 (9.388%) JMS
17 22 (8.980%) JSON
Application Platforms
1 50 (20.41%) SharePoint
2 37 (15.10%) IIS
3 25 (10.20%) SharePoint 2010
4 17 (6.939%) Apache
5 8 (3.265%) Tomcat
6 7 (2.857%) SharePoint Server
6 7 (2.857%) WebSphere MQ
7 6 (2.449%) ActiveMQ
7 6 (2.449%) ESB
8 5 (2.041%) Drupal
8 5 (2.041%) Alfresco
9 4 (1.633%) CMS
9 4 (1.633%) Windows Azure
10 3 (1.224%) WebLogic
10 3 (1.224%) MQSeries
10 3 (1.224%) BizTalk Server
11 2 (0.816%) WebSphere Application Server
11 2 (0.816%) Mule
11 2 (0.816%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 1 (0.408%) Lync
Applications
1 12 (4.898%) MS Excel
2 8 (3.265%) MS Office
3 5 (2.041%) MS Visio
4 4 (1.633%) XMetaL
5 3 (1.224%) Photoshop
5 3 (1.224%) MS Project
5 3 (1.224%) Fireworks
6 2 (0.816%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 9 (3.673%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (3.265%) SalesLogix
3 2 (0.816%) Oracle Applications
3 2 (0.816%) Oracle BPM
4 1 (0.408%) TIBCO iProcess
4 1 (0.408%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.408%) FLEXCUBE
4 1 (0.408%) LatentZero
4 1 (0.408%) BusinessWorks
Communications & Networking
1 44 (17.96%) HTTP
2 17 (6.939%) SSL
3 8 (3.265%) Internet
4 7 (2.857%) TCP/IP
5 6 (2.449%) DVB
6 4 (1.633%) Intranet
6 4 (1.633%) Firewall
6 4 (1.633%) SMTP
7 3 (1.224%) LDAP
8 2 (0.816%) Wireshark
9 1 (0.408%) Network Security
9 1 (0.408%) SSH
9 1 (0.408%) SAN
9 1 (0.408%) CTI
9 1 (0.408%) TELNET
9 1 (0.408%) Extranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 67 (27.35%) SQL Server
2 27 (11.02%) SQL Server 2008
3 25 (10.20%) SQL Server 2005
4 22 (8.980%) MySQL
5 15 (6.122%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 13 (5.306%) RDBMS
7 12 (4.898%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 9 (3.673%) DB2
9 7 (2.857%) DTS
9 7 (2.857%) SQL Server 2000
10 5 (2.041%) MS Access
11 4 (1.633%) MarkLogic
12 3 (1.224%) Azure SQL Database
12 3 (1.224%) SQLite
12 3 (1.224%) Oracle 8/8i
12 3 (1.224%) Siebel EIM
13 2 (0.816%) Oracle 10g
13 2 (0.816%) Data Mining
13 2 (0.816%) Oracle 11g
14 1 (0.408%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 19 (7.755%) Visual Studio
2 12 (4.898%) Subversion
3 11 (4.490%) Team Foundation Server
3 11 (4.490%) Git (software)
4 9 (3.673%) Maven
4 9 (3.673%) Rational Rose
5 8 (3.265%) Ant
5 8 (3.265%) Cucumber
6 5 (2.041%) WinDbg
7 4 (1.633%) JUnit
7 4 (1.633%) Mercurial
8 3 (1.224%) FogBugz
8 3 (1.224%) Trac
8 3 (1.224%) Redmine
8 3 (1.224%) Visual Studio Team System
8 3 (1.224%) Selenium
8 3 (1.224%) XMLSpy
9 2 (0.816%) JDeveloper
9 2 (0.816%) QuickTest Pro
9 2 (0.816%) Eclipse
General
1 22 (8.980%) Finance
2 9 (3.673%) Telecoms
3 7 (2.857%) Retail
4 6 (2.449%) Back Office
4 6 (2.449%) Banking
5 5 (2.041%) Publishing
6 3 (1.224%) Investment Banking
7 2 (0.816%) Financial Institution
7 2 (0.816%) Front Office
7 2 (0.816%) Local Government
7 2 (0.816%) Marketing
8 1 (0.408%) Retail Banking
8 1 (0.408%) Multimedia
8 1 (0.408%) Games
Job Titles
1 188 (76.73%) Developer
2 23 (9.388%) .NET Developer
3 21 (8.571%) Java Developer
4 18 (7.347%) VB Developer
4 18 (7.347%) SQL Developer
4 18 (7.347%) SharePoint Developer
5 16 (6.531%) Senior Developer
6 15 (6.122%) C# Developer
7 14 (5.714%) Front-End Developer
8 13 (5.306%) Oracle Developer
8 13 (5.306%) Web Developer
9 11 (4.490%) Analyst
9 11 (4.490%) Architect
9 11 (4.490%) PL/SQL Developer
10 10 (4.082%) PHP Developer
11 9 (3.673%) C# .NET Developer
11 9 (3.673%) Consultant
12 7 (2.857%) ASP.NET Developer
13 6 (2.449%) ASP Developer
13 6 (2.449%) C++ Developer
Miscellaneous
1 15 (6.122%) W3C
2 13 (5.306%) Computer Science
3 7 (2.857%) SWIFT
3 7 (2.857%) N-Tier
4 6 (2.449%) DTV
4 6 (2.449%) Ontologies
4 6 (2.449%) Semantic Web
5 5 (2.041%) Open Source
5 5 (2.041%) Derivative
6 4 (1.633%) Social Media
6 4 (1.633%) DataPower
6 4 (1.633%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (1.224%) Hedge funds
7 3 (1.224%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 2 (0.816%) 3D Graphics
8 2 (0.816%) Fixed Income
8 2 (0.816%) Mainframe
8 2 (0.816%) Management Information System
8 2 (0.816%) Mathematics
8 2 (0.816%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 32 (13.06%) Windows
2 21 (8.571%) Linux
3 11 (4.490%) Windows Server 2008
4 9 (3.673%) UNIX
5 7 (2.857%) Windows Server 2003
6 4 (1.633%) Windows Server 2012
7 3 (1.224%) Windows CE
8 2 (0.816%) Solaris
9 1 (0.408%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.408%) Windows 2000 Server
9 1 (0.408%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (17.96%) UML
2 33 (13.47%) Agile Software Development
3 32 (13.06%) RUP
4 30 (12.24%) MVC
5 28 (11.43%) Web Development
6 22 (8.980%) OO
7 21 (8.571%) Scrum
8 14 (5.714%) CRM
9 13 (5.306%) Change Management
10 12 (4.898%) TDD
11 10 (4.082%) Migration
11 10 (4.082%) E-business
11 10 (4.082%) OOA/OOD
11 10 (4.082%) Multithreading
11 10 (4.082%) Web Accessibility
12 9 (3.673%) Kanban
12 9 (3.673%) Volume Testing
12 9 (3.673%) Use Case
12 9 (3.673%) Systems Analysis
12 9 (3.673%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 142 (57.96%) JavaScript
2 122 (49.80%) SQL
3 88 (35.92%) C#
4 68 (27.76%) Java
5 47 (19.18%) VB
6 45 (18.37%) PL/SQL
6 45 (18.37%) VBScript
7 28 (11.43%) PHP
8 22 (8.980%) XPath
9 20 (8.163%) C++
10 17 (6.939%) T-SQL
11 14 (5.714%) C
12 12 (4.898%) VB.NET
12 12 (4.898%) VB6
13 11 (4.490%) PHP5
14 9 (3.673%) Python
14 9 (3.673%) VBA
15 8 (3.265%) Perl
16 4 (1.633%) Shell Script
17 3 (1.224%) Bash shell
Qualifications
1 24 (9.796%) Degree
2 15 (6.122%) Security Cleared
3 7 (2.857%) ISEB
4 6 (2.449%) SC Cleared
5 4 (1.633%) Microsoft Certification
5 4 (1.633%) PhD
5 4 (1.633%) MCSD
5 4 (1.633%) ISEB Practitioner
5 4 (1.633%) DV Cleared
5 4 (1.633%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 2 (0.816%) MBA
6 2 (0.816%) BC Cleared
7 1 (0.408%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (4.490%) WCAG
2 5 (2.041%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (2.041%) ISO 9000
3 4 (1.633%) TickIT
4 3 (1.224%) Dublin Core
4 3 (1.224%) COBIT
5 2 (0.816%) QA
6 1 (0.408%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 3 (1.224%) Tivoli Directory Server
2 2 (0.816%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.816%) ClearTrust
Systems Management
1 3 (1.224%) Tivoli
1 3 (1.224%) Tivoli Identity Manager
2 1 (0.408%) HP UCMDB
2 1 (0.408%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
2 1 (0.408%) Netcool
2 1 (0.408%) OpenView Configuration Management
Vendors
1 75 (30.61%) Oracle
2 41 (16.73%) Microsoft
3 23 (9.388%) IBM
4 11 (4.490%) JBoss
5 9 (3.673%) Curam
6 6 (2.449%) Sage
6 6 (2.449%) Zend
7 5 (2.041%) Siebel
7 5 (2.041%) Plumtree
7 5 (2.041%) Lotus
8 4 (1.633%) Salesforce.com
8 4 (1.633%) TIBCO
9 3 (1.224%) Adobe
10 2 (0.816%) Sun
10 2 (0.816%) Bloomberg
10 2 (0.816%) Unisys
10 2 (0.816%) Progress
10 2 (0.816%) Sybase
10 2 (0.816%) Lagan
11 1 (0.408%) Facebook
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