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The table below looks at the demand for Extensible Markup Language (XML) skills within the Herefordshire 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 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkExtensible Markup Language (XML)
Location
3 months to
2 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank1117
Rank change on same period last yearUp+6
Matching contract IT job ads55
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.008 %0.005 %
As % of the category below16.13 %19.23 %
Daily rates quoted01
Average minimum daily rate-£150
Average daily rate-£175
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£200
UK excluding London average daily rate£334£336
% change on same period last year-0.39 %
Hourly rates quoted30
Average minimum hourly rate£31.00-
Average hourly rate£32.50-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£34.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.77£32.33
% change on same period last year-4.82 %
Herefordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Herefordshire
Matching contract IT job ads3126
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.050 %0.028 %
Daily rates quoted614
Average minimum daily rate£217£243
Average daily rate£227£266
% change on same period last year-14.51 %
Average maximum daily rate£238£290
UK excluding London average daily rate£323£334
% change on same period last year-3.21 %
Hourly rates quoted41
Average minimum hourly rate£38.64£32.00
Average hourly rate£39.59£33.50
% change on same period last year+18.18 %
Average maximum hourly rate£40.55£35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.57£31.61
% change on same period last year-9.61 %
XML West MidlandsXML
West Midlands

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

Herefordshire 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 Herefordshire region.

Herefordshire 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 Herefordshire region.

Herefordshire XML Hourly Rate Trend

XML
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing XML across the Herefordshire region over the 3 months to 2 December 2008.

Herefordshire XML Hourly Rate Histogram

XML
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing XML within the Herefordshire region over the 3 months to 2 December 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
HerefordNew entry-3--
Ross-on-WyeNew entry-2--
CheshuntNew entry-1--
Hemel HempsteadUp+41--
XML West MidlandsXML
West Midlands

XML
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Herefordshire 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.

119 (82.61 %)XHTML
119 (82.61 %)CSS
119 (82.61 %)Web Development
218 (78.26 %).NET
218 (78.26 %)C#
218 (78.26 %)ASP.NET
317 (73.91 %)SQL Server
415 (65.22 %)JavaScript
415 (65.22 %)SQL
415 (65.22 %)MS Excel
415 (65.22 %)Agile Software Development
415 (65.22 %)SharePoint
415 (65.22 %)Microsoft
415 (65.22 %)ASP.NET 2.0
510 (43.48 %)SharePoint Server 2007
64 (17.39 %)OO
73 (13.04 %)OOP
73 (13.04 %)HTML
73 (13.04 %)SOAP
82 (8.696 %)Direct Marketing
82 (8.696 %)VB6
82 (8.696 %)Marketing
82 (8.696 %)Transact-SQL
82 (8.696 %)VB
82 (8.696 %)MS Access
91 (4.348 %)ClearCase
91 (4.348 %)CORBA
91 (4.348 %)Quality Management
91 (4.348 %)Regression Testing
91 (4.348 %)Back Office

XML
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Herefordshire 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.

Herefordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
119 (82.61 %)CSS
119 (82.61 %)XHTML
218 (78.26 %).NET
218 (78.26 %)ASP.NET
315 (65.22 %)ASP.NET 2.0
43 (13.04 %)HTML
43 (13.04 %)SOAP
51 (4.348 %)XSLT
51 (4.348 %)CORBA
51 (4.348 %)XML Schema
51 (4.348 %)LAMP
51 (4.348 %)WebSphere
Herefordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
115 (65.22 %)SharePoint
210 (43.48 %)SharePoint Server 2007
31 (4.348 %)WebSphere Message Broker
31 (4.348 %)WebSphere MQ
Herefordshire IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
115 (65.22 %)MS Excel
Herefordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (4.348 %)FTP
11 (4.348 %)HTTP
Herefordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
117 (73.91 %)SQL Server
22 (8.696 %)MS Access
31 (4.348 %)MySQL
Herefordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (4.348 %)Ant
11 (4.348 %)ClearCase
Herefordshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (8.696 %)Marketing
21 (4.348 %)Back Office
21 (4.348 %)Government
Herefordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
120 (86.96 %)Developer
215 (65.22 %)SharePoint Developer
33 (13.04 %)Web Developer
33 (13.04 %)Senior Developer
33 (13.04 %)Senior Web Developer
42 (8.696 %)Data Manager
51 (4.348 %)WebSphere Developer
51 (4.348 %)Software Engineer
51 (4.348 %)PHP Developer
Herefordshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (4.348 %)Multithreading
Herefordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (4.348 %)UNIX
11 (4.348 %)Linux
11 (4.348 %)SUSE
11 (4.348 %)Fedora
Herefordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
119 (82.61 %)Web Development
215 (65.22 %)Agile Software Development
34 (17.39 %)OO
43 (13.04 %)OOP
52 (8.696 %)Direct Marketing
61 (4.348 %)TDD
61 (4.348 %)UML
61 (4.348 %)Quality Management
61 (4.348 %)Regression Testing
Herefordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
118 (78.26 %)C#
215 (65.22 %)JavaScript
215 (65.22 %)SQL
32 (8.696 %)Transact-SQL
32 (8.696 %)VB
32 (8.696 %)VB6
41 (4.348 %)PHP
41 (4.348 %)C++
41 (4.348 %)Java
Herefordshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
115 (65.22 %)Microsoft