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The table below looks at the demand for Extensible Markup Language (XML) skills within the Harrogate 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 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkExtensible Markup Language (XML)
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank1214
Rank change on same period last yearUp+2
Matching contract IT job ads21
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.001 %
As % of the category below15.38 %6.667 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£340£334
% change on same period last year+1.86 %
Hourly rates quoted10
Average minimum hourly rate£25.00-
Average hourly rate£25.00-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£25.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.77£32.03
% change on same period last year-3.94 %
Harrogate IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Harrogate
Matching contract IT job ads1315
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.020 %0.016 %
Daily rates quoted11
Average minimum daily rate£80£400
Average daily rate£80£450
% change on same period last year-82.22 %
Average maximum daily rate£80£500
UK excluding London average daily rate£327£334
% change on same period last year-2.10 %
Hourly rates quoted31
Average minimum hourly rate£20.20£25.00
Average hourly rate£22.00£27.50
% change on same period last year-20.00 %
Average maximum hourly rate£23.80£30.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.92£31.53
% change on same period last year-8.25 %
XML North YorkshireXML
North Yorkshire

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 Harrogate region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Harrogate 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 Harrogate region.

Harrogate 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 Harrogate region.

Harrogate XML Hourly Rate Trend

XML
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Harrogate 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.

12 (100.00 %)CSS
12 (100.00 %)Java
21 (50.00 %)JavaScript
21 (50.00 %)Perl
21 (50.00 %)PHP
21 (50.00 %)SQL
21 (50.00 %)ActionScript
21 (50.00 %)MySQL
21 (50.00 %)SQL Server
21 (50.00 %)Photoshop
21 (50.00 %)Visual Studio
21 (50.00 %)ASP
21 (50.00 %)C
21 (50.00 %)C#
21 (50.00 %)C++
21 (50.00 %)HTML
21 (50.00 %)LAMP
21 (50.00 %)Debian
21 (50.00 %)PostgreSQL
21 (50.00 %)Clustering
21 (50.00 %)Web Design
21 (50.00 %)Ubuntu
21 (50.00 %)SQL Server 2005
21 (50.00 %)Windows Mobile
21 (50.00 %)Web 2.0
21 (50.00 %)Web Development
21 (50.00 %)Degree
21 (50.00 %)Windows Vista
21 (50.00 %)Load Balancing
21 (50.00 %)Mathematics

XML
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Harrogate 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.

Harrogate IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12 (100.00 %)CSS
21 (50.00 %)ASP
21 (50.00 %)HTML
21 (50.00 %)LAMP
21 (50.00 %)SOAP
21 (50.00 %)WebServices
Harrogate IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (50.00 %)Apache
Harrogate IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (50.00 %)Photoshop
11 (50.00 %)Fireworks
Harrogate IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (50.00 %)MySQL
11 (50.00 %)SQL Server
11 (50.00 %)PostgreSQL
11 (50.00 %)SQL Server 2005
Harrogate IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (50.00 %)Visual Studio
11 (50.00 %)Flash
11 (50.00 %)Dreamweaver
11 (50.00 %)ProC
Harrogate IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (100.00 %)Developer
21 (50.00 %)Web Developer
21 (50.00 %)LAMP Developer
Harrogate IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (50.00 %)Clustering
11 (50.00 %)Web 2.0
11 (50.00 %)Mathematics
11 (50.00 %)Computer Science
Harrogate IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (50.00 %)Debian
11 (50.00 %)Ubuntu
11 (50.00 %)Windows Mobile
11 (50.00 %)Windows Vista
11 (50.00 %)CentOS
11 (50.00 %)Red Hat Linux
11 (50.00 %)Windows
11 (50.00 %)Linux
11 (50.00 %)Windows XP
11 (50.00 %)Windows Server 2003
Harrogate IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (50.00 %)Web Design
11 (50.00 %)Web Development
11 (50.00 %)Load Balancing
11 (50.00 %)OO
Harrogate IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (100.00 %)Java
21 (50.00 %)JavaScript
21 (50.00 %)Perl
21 (50.00 %)PHP
21 (50.00 %)SQL
21 (50.00 %)ActionScript
21 (50.00 %)C
21 (50.00 %)C#
21 (50.00 %)C++
21 (50.00 %)Python
Harrogate IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (50.00 %)Degree
Harrogate IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (50.00 %)Microsoft
11 (50.00 %)Red Hat