Essex XML Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Extensible Markup Language (XML) skills within the Essex region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited XML over the 3 months to 4 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Extensible Markup Language (XML)
Location Aberdeen Alderley Edge Aldershot Avon Aylesbury Basildon Basingstoke Bath Batley Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Birmingham Blackburn Bournemouth Bracknell Bradford Braintree Brentford Brentwood Bridgend Brighton Bristol Bromley Buckinghamshire Bury St Edmunds Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Carrickfergus Channel Islands Cheadle Chelmsford Cheltenham Cheshire Chester Chesterfield Chippenham City of London Colchester Conwy Corby County Antrim Coventry Crawley Crewe Croydon Darlington Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Doncaster Dorking Dorset Durham East Anglia East Kilbride East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Eastbourne Edinburgh England Epsom Essex Exeter Fareham Farnham Feltham Gatwick Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Godalming Gosport Greenhithe Guildford Halifax Hammersmith Hampshire Harrogate Harrow Hemel Hempstead Hendon Hereford Herefordshire Hertfordshire Highlands Home Counties Horsham Hull Huntingdon Ilford Inverness Ipswich Isle of Man Jersey Kenilworth Kent Knutsford Lancashire Leamington Spa Leatherhead Leeds Leicestershire Lewes Linlithgow Liverpool Livingston Llandudno London Luton M4 Corridor Macclesfield Maidenhead Maidstone Manchester Marlow Merseyside Merthyr Tydfil Middlesbrough Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newmarket Newport Newton-le-Willows Norfolk North East North Wales North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Paddington Paisley Peel Peterborough Pontypridd Poole Portsmouth Preston Reading Reigate Renfrewshire Rhondda Cynon Taff Rickmansworth Ringwood Romford Rotherham Salford Salisbury Scotland Sheffield Shropshire Slough Solihull Somerset South Coast South East South Lanarkshire South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Southend-on-Sea Southport Southwark St Albans St Neots Staffordshire Stevenage Stockport Stoke-on-Trent Suffolk Sunbury-on-Thames Sunderland Surrey Sussex Swansea Swindon Taunton Telford Thame Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wales Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Watford Wells West Lothian West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Westminster Weston-super-Mare Weybridge Wiltshire Wimbledon Windsor Wirral Woking Wokingham Wolverhampton Worcestershire Worthing York Yorkshire	3 months to 4 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	13	13
Rank change on same period last year	0
Matching contract IT job ads	60	65
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.079 %	0.069 %
As % of the category below	31.09 %	31.86 %
Daily rates quoted	21	27
Average minimum daily rate	£332	£417
Average daily rate	£347	£449
% change on same period last year	-22.77 %
Average maximum daily rate	£361	£481
UK excluding London average daily rate	£341	£340
% change on same period last year	+0.17 %
Hourly rates quoted	10	13
Average minimum hourly rate	£37.10	£25.46
Average hourly rate	£39.53	£26.42
% change on same period last year	+49.58 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£41.95	£27.38
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£33.90	£33.38
% change on same period last year	+1.55 %
Application Development Essex
Matching contract IT job ads	193	204
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.254 %	0.216 %
Daily rates quoted	65	66
Average minimum daily rate	£321	£416
Average daily rate	£340	£447
% change on same period last year	-24.01 %
Average maximum daily rate	£358	£479
UK excluding London average daily rate	£349	£336
% change on same period last year	+3.94 %
Hourly rates quoted	33	56
Average minimum hourly rate	£34.66	£30.78
Average hourly rate	£37.39	£31.78
% change on same period last year	+17.65 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£40.13	£32.78
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£32.44	£33.08
% change on same period last year	-1.93 %
XML East of England

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.

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Demand Trend

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

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Daily Rate Trend

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

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing XML across the Essex region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing XML across the Essex region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT job ads citing XML within the Essex region over the 3 months to 4 July 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.

Location	Rank 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
Brentwood	+3	7	-	-
Basildon	+7	7	£285	-32.94 %
Chelmsford	0	3	£342	-16.79 %
Southend-on-Sea	-	3	£555	-
Braintree	-	2	-	-
Colchester	-	1	-	-

XML East of England

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Essex region citing XML 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 XML.

1 43 (33.59 %) SQL 2 42 (32.81 %) HTML 2 42 (32.81 %) J2EE 3 39 (30.47 %) Oracle 3 39 (30.47 %) CSS 4 38 (29.69 %) Unix 5 36 (28.13 %) .NET 6 32 (25.00 %) JavaScript 7 28 (21.88 %) UML 8 27 (21.09 %) WebServices 9 26 (20.31 %) WebSphere 10 25 (19.53 %) OO 11 24 (18.75 %) C# 11 24 (18.75 %) Java 12 23 (17.97 %) SOAP

13 22 (17.19 %) ASP.NET 14 20 (15.63 %) XSLT 14 20 (15.63 %) Linux 14 20 (15.63 %) XML Schema 15 19 (14.84 %) SQL Server 16 17 (13.28 %) Marketing 17 16 (12.50 %) ASP 17 16 (12.50 %) Perl 18 15 (11.72 %) Windows 18 15 (11.72 %) Struts 18 15 (11.72 %) SOA 18 15 (11.72 %) N-Tier 18 15 (11.72 %) Shell Script 19 14 (10.94 %) HTTP 20 12 (9.375 %) JSP

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Essex region citing XML 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 XML. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 42 (32.81 %) HTML 1 42 (32.81 %) J2EE 2 39 (30.47 %) CSS 3 36 (28.13 %) .NET 4 27 (21.09 %) WebServices 5 26 (20.31 %) WebSphere 6 23 (17.97 %) SOAP 7 22 (17.19 %) ASP.NET 8 20 (15.63 %) XSLT 8 20 (15.63 %) XML Schema 9 16 (12.50 %) ASP 10 15 (11.72 %) Struts 11 12 (9.375 %) JSP 12 9 (7.031 %) AJAX 13 8 (6.250 %) JRules 13 8 (6.250 %) ODBC 14 7 (5.469 %) XHTML 14 7 (5.469 %) JMS 14 7 (5.469 %) JDBC 14 7 (5.469 %) WSDL	Application Platforms 1 9 (7.031 %) CMS 2 8 (6.250 %) WebSphere Application Server 3 6 (4.688 %) SharePoint 3 6 (4.688 %) BizTalk Server 4 4 (3.125 %) ColdFusion 4 4 (3.125 %) IIS 5 3 (2.344 %) WebLogic 5 3 (2.344 %) MQSeries 6 2 (1.563 %) Tuxedo 6 2 (1.563 %) DotNetNuke 6 2 (1.563 %) Oracle Application Server 7 1 (0.781 %) MindAlign 7 1 (0.781 %) JBoss
Applications 1 10 (7.813 %) Photoshop 2 3 (2.344 %) MS Office 2 3 (2.344 %) MS Excel 2 3 (2.344 %) Fireworks 3 2 (1.563 %) ImageReady 4 1 (0.781 %) Adobe Illustrator 4 1 (0.781 %) MS Visio	Communications & Networking 1 14 (10.94 %) HTTP 2 9 (7.031 %) LAN 3 8 (6.250 %) WAN 4 7 (5.469 %) WLAN 4 7 (5.469 %) TACACS 4 7 (5.469 %) Wireless 5 6 (4.688 %) SNMP 6 5 (3.906 %) Internet 7 3 (2.344 %) Intranet 8 2 (1.563 %) Extranet 9 1 (0.781 %) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence 1 19 (14.84 %) SQL Server 2 9 (7.031 %) ETL 3 8 (6.250 %) SQL Server 2005 4 6 (4.688 %) BusinessObjects 5 5 (3.906 %) BODI 6 2 (1.563 %) Oracle 10g 6 2 (1.563 %) Oracle 8/8i 6 2 (1.563 %) Oracle 9i 6 2 (1.563 %) MS Access 6 2 (1.563 %) Datawarehouse 7 1 (0.781 %) Oracle Reports 7 1 (0.781 %) SQL Server Analysis Services 7 1 (0.781 %) DataStage 7 1 (0.781 %) SQL Server 7 7 1 (0.781 %) SQL Server 2000 7 1 (0.781 %) Microsoft Analysis Services 7 1 (0.781 %) SQL Server Reporting Services	Development Applications 1 10 (7.813 %) Flash 1 10 (7.813 %) Dreamweaver 2 9 (7.031 %) WebSphere Studio Application Developer 3 6 (4.688 %) Ant 3 6 (4.688 %) Log4j 4 5 (3.906 %) Visual Studio 5 4 (3.125 %) PowerDesigner 6 2 (1.563 %) VSS/SourceSafe 7 1 (0.781 %) PVCS 7 1 (0.781 %) JUnit 7 1 (0.781 %) WinRunner
General 1 17 (13.28 %) Marketing 2 10 (7.813 %) Finance 2 10 (7.813 %) Publishing 3 7 (5.469 %) Government 4 6 (4.688 %) Automotive 5 5 (3.906 %) Education 6 2 (1.563 %) Pharmaceutical 7 1 (0.781 %) Front Office 7 1 (0.781 %) Banking 7 1 (0.781 %) Retail 7 1 (0.781 %) Investment Banking 7 1 (0.781 %) Manufacturing 7 1 (0.781 %) Advertising 7 1 (0.781 %) FMCG	Job Titles 1 71 (55.47 %) Developer 2 16 (12.50 %) Web Developer 3 15 (11.72 %) Analyst 3 15 (11.72 %) Architect 4 13 (10.16 %) .NET Developer 5 9 (7.031 %) J2EE Developer 6 7 (5.469 %) Data Analyst 7 6 (4.688 %) C# Developer 7 6 (4.688 %) Senior Developer 7 6 (4.688 %) ASP Developer 7 6 (4.688 %) SOA Architect 8 5 (3.906 %) Technical Architect 9 4 (3.125 %) Trainer 9 4 (3.125 %) Consultant 9 4 (3.125 %) Digital Producer 9 4 (3.125 %) Flash Developer 9 4 (3.125 %) .NET Web Developer 10 3 (2.344 %) Network Specialist 10 3 (2.344 %) Technical Designer 10 3 (2.344 %) SOA Consultant
Miscellaneous 1 15 (11.72 %) N-Tier 2 4 (3.125 %) Client/Server 3 3 (2.344 %) Web 2.0 4 2 (1.563 %) Derivative 4 2 (1.563 %) Foreign Exchange (FX) 4 2 (1.563 %) Fixed Income 4 2 (1.563 %) Equities 5 1 (0.781 %) Cryptography 5 1 (0.781 %) Streaming Media 5 1 (0.781 %) LIMS 5 1 (0.781 %) Mainframe 5 1 (0.781 %) Management Information System 5 1 (0.781 %) Computer Science 5 1 (0.781 %) German Language 5 1 (0.781 %) Blog 5 1 (0.781 %) Podcast	Operating Systems 1 38 (29.69 %) Unix 2 20 (15.63 %) Linux 3 15 (11.72 %) Windows 4 9 (7.031 %) Solaris 5 8 (6.250 %) Windows 2000 6 1 (0.781 %) Windows NT 6 1 (0.781 %) AIX 6 1 (0.781 %) HPUX
Processes & Methodologies 1 28 (21.88 %) UML 2 25 (19.53 %) OO 3 15 (11.72 %) SOA 4 11 (8.594 %) RUP 5 10 (7.813 %) Content Management 6 8 (6.250 %) Security Cleared 7 7 (5.469 %) E-Commerce 7 7 (5.469 %) RAD 8 6 (4.688 %) Data Modelling 8 6 (4.688 %) Project Management 8 6 (4.688 %) BPEL 8 6 (4.688 %) Unified Process 8 6 (4.688 %) Enterprise Architecture 8 6 (4.688 %) Internet Marketing 8 6 (4.688 %) SC Cleared 9 5 (3.906 %) Data Analysis 9 5 (3.906 %) Unit Testing 9 5 (3.906 %) Web Design 9 5 (3.906 %) Zachman Framework 9 5 (3.906 %) Validation	Programming Languages 1 43 (33.59 %) SQL 2 32 (25.00 %) JavaScript 3 24 (18.75 %) C# 3 24 (18.75 %) Java 4 16 (12.50 %) Perl 5 15 (11.72 %) Shell Script 6 11 (8.594 %) ActionScript 7 10 (7.813 %) VB.NET 8 8 (6.250 %) DHTML 9 7 (5.469 %) VB 10 5 (3.906 %) Transact-SQL 10 5 (3.906 %) PHP 10 5 (3.906 %) Korn 11 4 (3.125 %) VBScript 11 4 (3.125 %) ECMAScript 12 3 (2.344 %) PL/SQL 13 2 (1.563 %) C 14 1 (0.781 %) C++ 14 1 (0.781 %) VBA 14 1 (0.781 %) VB6
Qualifications 1 6 (4.688 %) CCNA 1 6 (4.688 %) Cisco Certification 2 5 (3.906 %) Degree 3 1 (0.781 %) MCSD 3 1 (0.781 %) Microsoft Certification	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 6 (4.688 %) Sarbanes-Oxley 2 1 (0.781 %) QA 2 1 (0.781 %) SLA
Systems Management 1 7 (5.469 %) OpenView 1 7 (5.469 %) CiscoWorks 1 7 (5.469 %) Tivoli 1 7 (5.469 %) Tivoli NetView 1 7 (5.469 %) NNM	Vendors 1 39 (30.47 %) Oracle 2 11 (8.594 %) Microsoft 3 9 (7.031 %) Cisco 3 9 (7.031 %) ILOG 4 8 (6.250 %) FatWire 5 7 (5.469 %) HP 6 6 (4.688 %) Nortel 6 6 (4.688 %) Business Objects 7 4 (3.125 %) IBM 8 3 (2.344 %) BEA 9 2 (1.563 %) Adobe 9 2 (1.563 %) SAP 10 1 (0.781 %) Spotfire