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The table below looks at the demand for Extensible Stylesheet Language (XSL) 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 XSL over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkExtensible Stylesheet Language (XSL)
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank330302
Rank change on same period last yearDown-28
Matching contract IT job ads205415
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.323 %0.445 %
As % of the category below1.550 %1.948 %
Daily rates quoted91142
Average minimum daily rate£340£382
Average daily rate£370£402
% change on same period last year-7.91 %
Average maximum daily rate£400£422
UK excluding London average daily rate£355£344
% change on same period last year+3.12 %
Hourly rates quoted1317
Average minimum hourly rate£27.23£36.82
Average hourly rate£28.27£39.57
% change on same period last year-28.56 %
Average maximum hourly rate£29.31£42.32
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.42£36.25
% change on same period last year-24.36 %
England IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
England
Matching contract IT job ads1322721300
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled20.83 %22.82 %
Daily rates quoted44576817
Average minimum daily rate£340£362
Average daily rate£364£384
% change on same period last year-5.19 %
Average maximum daily rate£389£407
UK excluding London average daily rate£327£334
% change on same period last year-2.10 %
Hourly rates quoted8701276
Average minimum hourly rate£27.19£29.79
Average hourly rate£29.40£32.02
% change on same period last year-8.18 %
Average maximum hourly rate£31.61£34.26
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.92£31.53
% change on same period last year-8.25 %
XSL UKXSL
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.

XSL
Demand Trend

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

England XSL Demand Trend

XSL
Daily Rate Trend

The 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

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing XSL across the England region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008.

England XSL Daily Rate Histogram

XSL
Hourly Rate Trend

The 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

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing XSL across the England region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008.

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 21 November 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
LondonDown-2102£372-14.36 %
South EastUp+1129£324-11.72 %
South WestUp+3022£402+11.28 %
North WestUp+1517£300-14.28 %
West MidlandsDown-110£381-
East MidlandsUp+58£375+7.14 %
East of EnglandUp+116£238-42.57 %
YorkshireUp+64--
North EastNew entry-4--
XSL UKXSL
UK

XSL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, 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.

1466 (88.26 %)XML
2270 (51.14 %)JavaScript
3254 (48.11 %)HTML
4242 (45.83 %).NET
5220 (41.67 %)SQL
6217 (41.10 %)SQL Server
7191 (36.17 %)CSS
8162 (30.68 %)ASP.NET
9149 (28.22 %)C#
10139 (26.33 %)XHTML
11134 (25.38 %)Java
12120 (22.73 %)Web Development
13111 (21.02 %)Oracle
14100 (18.94 %)UML
1598 (18.56 %)ASP
1598 (18.56 %)WebServices
1696 (18.18 %)AJAX
1794 (17.80 %)XSLT
1893 (17.61 %)Microsoft
1992 (17.42 %)OO
1992 (17.42 %)JSP
2086 (16.29 %)DHTML
2086 (16.29 %)SQL Server 2005
2183 (15.72 %)VB.NET
2265 (12.31 %)Finance
2364 (12.12 %)Transact-SQL
2462 (11.74 %)SOAP
2561 (11.55 %)PL/SQL
2654 (10.23 %)Security Cleared
2654 (10.23 %)XSD

XSL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, 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.

England IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1466 (88.26 %)XML
2254 (48.11 %)HTML
3242 (45.83 %).NET
4191 (36.17 %)CSS
5162 (30.68 %)ASP.NET
6139 (26.33 %)XHTML
798 (18.56 %)WebServices
798 (18.56 %)ASP
896 (18.18 %)AJAX
994 (17.80 %)XSLT
1092 (17.42 %)JSP
1162 (11.74 %)SOAP
1254 (10.23 %)XSD
1353 (10.04 %)J2EE
1439 (7.386 %)Hibernate
1538 (7.197 %)jQuery
1631 (5.871 %)YUI
1631 (5.871 %)GWT
1631 (5.871 %)Dojo
1730 (5.682 %)DWR
England IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
140 (7.576 %)WebLogic
236 (6.818 %)IIS
321 (3.977 %)Oracle Application Server
420 (3.788 %)Apache
420 (3.788 %)BizTalk Server
519 (3.598 %)CMS
618 (3.409 %)Oracle 10gAS
618 (3.409 %)Commerce Server
717 (3.220 %)SharePoint
814 (2.652 %)Commerce Server 2007
911 (2.083 %)SharePoint Server 2007
911 (2.083 %)ColdFusion
911 (2.083 %)TeamSite
1010 (1.894 %)Tomcat
117 (1.326 %)Lotus Notes
117 (1.326 %)Lotus Domino
124 (0.758 %)JBoss
124 (0.758 %)TIBCO EMS
133 (0.568 %)WebSphere Application Server
133 (0.568 %)Community Server
England IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
152 (9.848 %)Photoshop
225 (4.735 %)MS Excel
319 (3.598 %)MS Office
418 (3.409 %)MS Visio
516 (3.030 %)MS Project
67 (1.326 %)Adobe Illustrator
74 (0.758 %)Spreadsheet
83 (0.568 %)XMetaL
92 (0.379 %)QuarkXPress
92 (0.379 %)Fireworks
101 (0.189 %)InfoPath
England IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
14 (0.758 %)BusinessWorks
22 (0.379 %)SAP CRM
31 (0.189 %)SAP ERP
England IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
132 (6.061 %)Internet
220 (3.788 %)HTTP
39 (1.705 %)LDAP
48 (1.515 %)TCP/IP
56 (1.136 %)Intranet
63 (0.568 %)HTTPS
72 (0.379 %)SSL
72 (0.379 %)SMTP
72 (0.379 %)Extranet
72 (0.379 %)DSL
72 (0.379 %)Wireless
81 (0.189 %)Broadband
81 (0.189 %)LAN
81 (0.189 %)WLAN
England IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1217 (41.10 %)SQL Server
286 (16.29 %)SQL Server 2005
354 (10.23 %)SQL Server 2000
440 (7.576 %)Oracle 10g
529 (5.492 %)Oracle Reports
621 (3.977 %)Oracle 9i
720 (3.788 %)MySQL
720 (3.788 %)BusinessObjects
720 (3.788 %)RDBMS
720 (3.788 %)Datawarehouse
816 (3.030 %)BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
816 (3.030 %)Data Mart
912 (2.273 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
106 (1.136 %)SQL Server Integration Services
106 (1.136 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
106 (1.136 %)Crystal Reports
114 (0.758 %)TOAD
114 (0.758 %)SQL Server 2008
123 (0.568 %)Oracle Discoverer
123 (0.568 %)Oracle OWB
England IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
149 (9.280 %)Visual Studio
232 (6.061 %)JUnit
232 (6.061 %)InterDev
329 (5.492 %)Flash
428 (5.303 %)Rational Rose
519 (3.598 %)RequisitePro
616 (3.030 %)Dreamweaver
616 (3.030 %)Ant
714 (2.652 %)VSS/SourceSafe
714 (2.652 %)Eclipse
812 (2.273 %)NUnit
97 (1.326 %)Subversion
97 (1.326 %)Selenium
105 (0.947 %)ClearQuest
105 (0.947 %)ClearCase
114 (0.758 %)Oracle Forms
123 (0.568 %)JDeveloper
132 (0.379 %)FrontPage
132 (0.379 %)Log4j
141 (0.189 %)jMock
England IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
165 (12.31 %)Finance
227 (5.114 %)Retail
324 (4.545 %)Government
418 (3.409 %)Banking
512 (2.273 %)Front Office
610 (1.894 %)Marketing
79 (1.705 %)Investment Banking
87 (1.326 %)Telecoms
96 (1.136 %)Financial Institution
105 (0.947 %)Health
105 (0.947 %)Online Betting
114 (0.758 %)Music
123 (0.568 %)Back Office
123 (0.568 %)General Ledger
123 (0.568 %)Manufacturing
123 (0.568 %)Publishing
132 (0.379 %)Insurance
132 (0.379 %)Pharmaceutical
132 (0.379 %)Law
132 (0.379 %)Automotive
England IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1378 (71.59 %)Developer
2132 (25.00 %)Web Developer
3110 (20.83 %).NET Developer
460 (11.36 %)C# Developer
544 (8.333 %)VB.NET Developer
635 (6.629 %)Analyst
733 (6.250 %)ASP.NET Developer
830 (5.682 %)Java Developer
925 (4.735 %)Architect
925 (4.735 %)SQL Developer
1021 (3.977 %)SQL Server Developer
1120 (3.788 %)Applications Developer
1219 (3.598 %)Project Manager
1318 (3.409 %)VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
1417 (3.220 %)C# Web Developer
1417 (3.220 %)Infrastructure Engineer
1417 (3.220 %)Programmer
1516 (3.030 %)Senior Developer
1516 (3.030 %)Analyst Programmer
1614 (2.652 %)J2EE Developer
England IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
134 (6.439 %)N-Tier
228 (5.303 %)W3C
319 (3.598 %)Credit Risk
413 (2.462 %)Web 2.0
510 (1.894 %)NHS
69 (1.705 %)Derivative
75 (0.947 %)Clustering
75 (0.947 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
83 (0.568 %)Thin Client
83 (0.568 %)Equities
83 (0.568 %)Equity Derivative
83 (0.568 %)Fat Client
83 (0.568 %)Multithreading
83 (0.568 %)Fixed Income
92 (0.379 %)Wiki
92 (0.379 %)CESG
92 (0.379 %)Management Information System
92 (0.379 %)Client/Server
101 (0.189 %)BBC
101 (0.189 %)Streaming Media
England IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
135 (6.629 %)Windows
222 (4.167 %)UNIX
311 (2.083 %)Windows Server 2003
410 (1.894 %)Windows Server 2008
57 (1.326 %)Solaris
66 (1.136 %)Linux
72 (0.379 %)Windows 2000
81 (0.189 %)Windows XP
81 (0.189 %)Windows Vista
England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1120 (22.73 %)Web Development
2100 (18.94 %)UML
392 (17.42 %)OO
454 (10.23 %)Security Cleared
549 (9.280 %)E-Commerce
648 (9.091 %)Agile Software Development
737 (7.008 %)RUP
833 (6.250 %)OOA/OOD
931 (5.871 %)User Acceptance Testing
931 (5.871 %)SC Cleared
1030 (5.682 %)Content Management
1030 (5.682 %)Unified Process
1125 (4.735 %)OOP
1222 (4.167 %)System Testing
1222 (4.167 %)CTC Cleared
1320 (3.788 %)Unit Testing
1320 (3.788 %)Web Design
1418 (3.409 %)Data Analysis
1418 (3.409 %)Use Case
1516 (3.030 %)PRINCE2
England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1270 (51.14 %)JavaScript
2220 (41.67 %)SQL
3149 (28.22 %)C#
4134 (25.38 %)Java
586 (16.29 %)DHTML
683 (15.72 %)VB.NET
764 (12.12 %)Transact-SQL
861 (11.55 %)PL/SQL
950 (9.470 %)XPath
1043 (8.144 %)VB
1131 (5.871 %)PHP
1222 (4.167 %)VB6
1316 (3.030 %)C
1415 (2.841 %)Perl
1513 (2.462 %)C++
169 (1.705 %)VBA
178 (1.515 %)VBScript
187 (1.326 %)LotusScript
196 (1.136 %)Formula Language
205 (0.947 %)ActionScript
England IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
13 (0.568 %)Microsoft Certification
13 (0.568 %)Degree
21 (0.189 %)PRINCE2 Certification
England IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
116 (3.030 %)WAI
26 (1.136 %)QA
31 (0.189 %)SLA
England IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
17 (1.326 %)Active Directory
23 (0.568 %)Oracle RAC
England IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
12 (0.379 %)MIIS
England IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
1111 (21.02 %)Oracle
293 (17.61 %)Microsoft
332 (6.061 %)IBM
429 (5.492 %)Proxima
520 (3.788 %)Business Objects
617 (3.220 %)CA
714 (2.652 %)Altova
87 (1.326 %)Lotus
87 (1.326 %)TIBCO
96 (1.136 %)SAP
96 (1.136 %)Sybase
96 (1.136 %)Murex
103 (0.568 %)Interwoven
103 (0.568 %)Adobe
103 (0.568 %)Mercator
112 (0.379 %)Sun
112 (0.379 %)Cisco
112 (0.379 %)Atlassian
112 (0.379 %)BMC
121 (0.189 %)Netonomy