The first table below looks at the demand for XSD skills in IT contracts advertised for the Hampshire 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 Hampshire 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 95 92 98
Rank change year-on-year
-3 +6
Contract jobs citing XSD 5 7 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 0.328% 0.441% 0.266%
As % of the Application Development category 1.126% 1.566% 0.960%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 0
Average daily rate £320 £410 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-21.95% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £338 £405 £425
% change year-on-year
-16.66% -4.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £42.50
All Application Development
Hampshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
444 447 521
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 29.15% 28.18% 27.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 258 195 212
Average daily rate £350 £330 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.06% +1.53%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £250 £240
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £463 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 51 72
Average hourly rate £39.00 £37.50 £36.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+4.00% +2.73%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £23.13 £19.00 £33.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £47.50 £42.50 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
XSD
South East

XSD
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hampshire 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 Hampshire region.

Hampshire XSD Daily Rate Trend

XSD
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hampshire 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 Hampshire 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
Southampton - 1 £320 -
Winchester - 1 £285 -
XSD
South East

XSD
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire 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 10 (90.91%) XML
2 9 (81.82%) SQL
3 8 (72.73%) PL/SQL
4 7 (63.64%) XSLT
4 7 (63.64%) Java
4 7 (63.64%) J2EE
5 6 (54.55%) Eclipse
6 5 (45.45%) Oracle
7 4 (36.36%) WebLogic
7 4 (36.36%) UNIX
7 4 (36.36%) UML
7 4 (36.36%) Web Services
7 4 (36.36%) DOM
7 4 (36.36%) JAXP
7 4 (36.36%) SAX
7 4 (36.36%) Telecoms
7 4 (36.36%) WebLogic Portal
7 4 (36.36%) ClearCase
7 4 (36.36%) ClearQuest
7 4 (36.36%) Billing
7 4 (36.36%) Spring
7 4 (36.36%) XPath
7 4 (36.36%) Liferay
8 3 (27.27%) Shell Script
8 3 (27.27%) EJB
9 2 (18.18%) CSS
9 2 (18.18%) Active Directory
9 2 (18.18%) XSL
9 2 (18.18%) IBM
9 2 (18.18%) RESTful

XSD
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire 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 10 (90.91%) XML
2 7 (63.64%) XSLT
2 7 (63.64%) J2EE
3 4 (36.36%) Web Services
3 4 (36.36%) DOM
3 4 (36.36%) JAXP
3 4 (36.36%) SAX
3 4 (36.36%) Spring
4 3 (27.27%) EJB
5 2 (18.18%) CSS
5 2 (18.18%) XSL
5 2 (18.18%) RESTful
5 2 (18.18%) OAuth
5 2 (18.18%) JSON
5 2 (18.18%) JSF
5 2 (18.18%) Hibernate
6 1 (9.091%) WebSphere
6 1 (9.091%) Silverlight
6 1 (9.091%) JAX-RS
6 1 (9.091%) SOAP
Application Platforms
1 4 (36.36%) WebLogic
1 4 (36.36%) WebLogic Portal
1 4 (36.36%) Liferay
2 2 (18.18%) ESB
3 1 (9.091%) WebSphere MQ
3 1 (9.091%) IIS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (9.091%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (54.55%) Eclipse
2 4 (36.36%) ClearCase
2 4 (36.36%) ClearQuest
3 1 (9.091%) Talend Open Studio
General
1 4 (36.36%) Telecoms
1 4 (36.36%) Billing
2 1 (9.091%) Finance
Job Titles
1 11 (100.00%) Developer
2 4 (36.36%) Java Developer
3 2 (18.18%) Applications Developer
4 1 (9.091%) .NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (18.18%) DataPower
Operating Systems
1 4 (36.36%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (36.36%) UML
2 2 (18.18%) Agile Software Development
3 1 (9.091%) Scrum
3 1 (9.091%) Continuous Integration
3 1 (9.091%) TDD
3 1 (9.091%) OO
Programming Languages
1 9 (81.82%) SQL
2 8 (72.73%) PL/SQL
3 7 (63.64%) Java
4 4 (36.36%) XPath
5 3 (27.27%) Shell Script
6 1 (9.091%) C#
Qualifications
1 1 (9.091%) Security Cleared
1 1 (9.091%) Degree
System Software
1 2 (18.18%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 5 (45.45%) Oracle
2 2 (18.18%) IBM
3 1 (9.091%) Talend
3 1 (9.091%) Microsoft