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This section looks at the demand for Extensible Markup Language (XML) skills within the Guildford region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited XML over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkExtensible Markup Language (XML)
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank1719
Rank change on same period last yearUp+2
Matching contract IT job ads414
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.005 %0.014 %
As % of the category below14.29 %25.93 %
Daily rates quoted35
Average minimum daily rate£387£321
Average daily rate£430£351
% change on same period last year+22.50 %
Average maximum daily rate£473£381
UK excluding London average daily rate£332£336
% change on same period last year-1.19 %
Hourly rates quoted02
Average minimum hourly rate-£32.00
Average hourly rate-£34.50
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£37.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£34.30£33.12
% change on same period last year+3.57 %
Guildford IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Guildford
Matching contract IT job ads2854
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.037 %0.054 %
Daily rates quoted1215
Average minimum daily rate£342£311
Average daily rate£379£325
% change on same period last year+16.38 %
Average maximum daily rate£415£339
UK excluding London average daily rate£338£337
% change on same period last year+0.55 %
Hourly rates quoted15
Average minimum hourly rate£34.00£33.25
Average hourly rate£36.00£36.04
% change on same period last year-0.11 %
Average maximum hourly rate£38.00£38.83
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.72£33.29
% change on same period last year-1.69 %
XML SurreyXML
Surrey

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.

XML
Demand Trend

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

Guildford XML Demand Trend

XML
Daily Rate Trend

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

Guildford XML Daily Rate Trend

XML
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Guildford XML Hourly Rate Trend

XML
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Guildford 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.

16 (42.86 %)C#
16 (42.86 %).NET
16 (42.86 %)SQL Server
16 (42.86 %)Flash
25 (35.71 %)Web Development
34 (28.57 %)XSLT
34 (28.57 %)ASP.NET
34 (28.57 %)CSS
34 (28.57 %)HTML
34 (28.57 %)JavaScript
43 (21.43 %)DHTML
43 (21.43 %)ActionScript
43 (21.43 %)SQL Server 2000
43 (21.43 %)CMS
43 (21.43 %)SQL Server 2005
52 (14.29 %)Content Management
52 (14.29 %)Systems Analysis
52 (14.29 %)Retail
52 (14.29 %)PHP
52 (14.29 %)Java
52 (14.29 %)SOAP
52 (14.29 %)WebServices
52 (14.29 %)MySQL
52 (14.29 %)SharePoint
52 (14.29 %)E-Commerce
52 (14.29 %)Dreamweaver
52 (14.29 %)ColdFusion
61 (7.143 %)Finance
61 (7.143 %)Government
61 (7.143 %)Hyperion

XML
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Guildford 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.

Guildford IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
16 (42.86 %).NET
24 (28.57 %)XSLT
24 (28.57 %)ASP.NET
24 (28.57 %)CSS
24 (28.57 %)HTML
32 (14.29 %)SOAP
32 (14.29 %)WebServices
41 (7.143 %)SAML
41 (7.143 %)XHTML
41 (7.143 %).NET Framework
41 (7.143 %)Microsoft Enterprise Library
Guildford IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
13 (21.43 %)CMS
22 (14.29 %)SharePoint
22 (14.29 %)ColdFusion
31 (7.143 %)Rhythmyx
Guildford IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
16 (42.86 %)SQL Server
23 (21.43 %)SQL Server 2000
23 (21.43 %)SQL Server 2005
32 (14.29 %)MySQL
Guildford IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
16 (42.86 %)Flash
22 (14.29 %)Dreamweaver
31 (7.143 %)Visual Studio
31 (7.143 %)VSS/SourceSafe
31 (7.143 %)CruiseControl
Guildford IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (14.29 %)Retail
21 (7.143 %)Finance
21 (7.143 %)Government
21 (7.143 %)Marketing
Guildford IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
112 (85.71 %)Developer
24 (28.57 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
24 (28.57 %)C# Developer
24 (28.57 %)Flash Developer
33 (21.43 %).NET Developer
42 (14.29 %)Java Developer
42 (14.29 %)ASP.NET Developer
42 (14.29 %)ColdFusion Developer
42 (14.29 %)Applications Support
51 (7.143 %)3rd Line Support
51 (7.143 %)PHP Developer
51 (7.143 %)HTML Developer
51 (7.143 %)Web Developer
51 (7.143 %)ActionScript Developer
Guildford IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
15 (35.71 %)Web Development
22 (14.29 %)Content Management
22 (14.29 %)Systems Analysis
22 (14.29 %)E-Commerce
31 (7.143 %)ITIL
31 (7.143 %)UML
31 (7.143 %)OOP
31 (7.143 %)OO
31 (7.143 %)Technical Architecture
31 (7.143 %)Refactoring
31 (7.143 %)Unit Testing
Guildford IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
16 (42.86 %)C#
24 (28.57 %)JavaScript
33 (21.43 %)DHTML
33 (21.43 %)ActionScript
42 (14.29 %)PHP
42 (14.29 %)Java
51 (7.143 %)C++
51 (7.143 %)SQL
Guildford IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (7.143 %)Hyperion
11 (7.143 %)Microsoft
11 (7.143 %)Perforce
11 (7.143 %)Percussion