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The table below looks at the demand for Extensible Hypertext Markup Language (XHTML) skills within the Hertfordshire region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited XHTML over the 3 months to 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkExtensible Hypertext Markup Language (XHTML)
Location
3 months to
2 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank5115
Rank change on same period last yearDown-36
Matching contract IT job ads20131
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.032 %0.141 %
As % of the category below8.197 %25.24 %
Daily rates quoted975
Average minimum daily rate£260£234
Average daily rate£286£243
% change on same period last year+17.69 %
Average maximum daily rate£312£252
UK excluding London average daily rate£265£259
% change on same period last year+2.03 %
Hourly rates quoted11
Average minimum hourly rate£24.50£45.00
Average hourly rate£24.50£45.00
% change on same period last year-45.55 %
Average maximum hourly rate£24.50£45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.06£27.66
% change on same period last year-16.64 %
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Hertfordshire
Matching contract IT job ads244519
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.392 %0.557 %
Daily rates quoted92208
Average minimum daily rate£317£274
Average daily rate£339£290
% change on same period last year+17.02 %
Average maximum daily rate£361£305
UK excluding London average daily rate£323£334
% change on same period last year-3.21 %
Hourly rates quoted1439
Average minimum hourly rate£28.87£31.48
Average hourly rate£29.93£32.78
% change on same period last year-8.66 %
Average maximum hourly rate£31.00£34.07
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.57£31.61
% change on same period last year-9.61 %
XHTML East of EnglandXHTML
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.

XHTML
Demand Trend

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

Hertfordshire XHTML Demand Trend

XHTML
Daily Rate Trend

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

Hertfordshire XHTML Daily Rate Trend

XHTML
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Hertfordshire XHTML Daily Rate Histogram

XHTML
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hertfordshire XHTML Hourly Rate Trend

XHTML
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing XHTML within the Hertfordshire 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
HertfordNew entry-5£305-
WatfordDown-193£300+13.48 %
St AlbansNo change01--
XHTML East of EnglandXHTML
East of England

XHTML
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire region citing XHTML 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 XHTML.

156 (88.89 %)CSS
240 (63.49 %)JavaScript
326 (41.27 %)XML
425 (39.68 %)HTML
520 (31.75 %)XSL
618 (28.57 %)Retail
717 (26.98 %)JSP
816 (25.40 %)XSLT
915 (23.81 %).NET
915 (23.81 %)E-Commerce
1013 (20.63 %)W3C
1013 (20.63 %)Content Management
1013 (20.63 %)Java
1112 (19.05 %)ASP.NET
1112 (19.05 %)JSTL
1210 (15.87 %)AJAX
1210 (15.87 %)Internet
1210 (15.87 %)PHP
1210 (15.87 %)Oracle
139 (14.29 %)Perl
139 (14.29 %)CMS
148 (12.70 %)C#
148 (12.70 %)Microsoft
157 (11.11 %)SQL Server
157 (11.11 %)UNIX
157 (11.11 %)Intranet
157 (11.11 %)Web Development
157 (11.11 %)Morello
166 (9.524 %)SQL Server 2005
166 (9.524 %)GAP Analysis

XHTML
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire region citing XHTML 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 XHTML. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
156 (88.89 %)CSS
226 (41.27 %)XML
325 (39.68 %)HTML
420 (31.75 %)XSL
517 (26.98 %)JSP
616 (25.40 %)XSLT
715 (23.81 %).NET
812 (19.05 %)ASP.NET
812 (19.05 %)JSTL
910 (15.87 %)AJAX
105 (7.937 %)WebServices
105 (7.937 %)ADO.NET
112 (3.175 %)ASP
112 (3.175 %)RSS
112 (3.175 %)MVC
112 (3.175 %)Microformats
112 (3.175 %).NET Framework
121 (1.587 %)WebSphere
121 (1.587 %)Adobe Flex
121 (1.587 %)CakePHP
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
19 (14.29 %)CMS
27 (11.11 %)Morello
36 (9.524 %)Tomcat
45 (7.937 %)SharePoint
45 (7.937 %)TeamSite
45 (7.937 %)Commerce Server
45 (7.937 %)Commerce Server 2007
52 (3.175 %)Oracle 10gAS
52 (3.175 %)SharePoint Server 2007
61 (1.587 %)WebSphere Application Server
61 (1.587 %)Apache
61 (1.587 %)BizTalk Server
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (1.587 %)Photoshop
11 (1.587 %)Adobe Illustrator
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
110 (15.87 %)Internet
27 (11.11 %)Intranet
31 (1.587 %)Firewall
31 (1.587 %)SMTP
31 (1.587 %)FTP
31 (1.587 %)HTTP
31 (1.587 %)TCP/IP
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
17 (11.11 %)SQL Server
26 (9.524 %)SQL Server 2005
35 (7.937 %)MySQL
35 (7.937 %)Oracle 10g
41 (1.587 %)DB2
41 (1.587 %)Oracle 8/8i
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
16 (9.524 %)Flash
21 (1.587 %)WebSphere Studio Application Developer
21 (1.587 %)Eclipse
21 (1.587 %)Dreamweaver
21 (1.587 %)WinRunner
21 (1.587 %)TestDirector
21 (1.587 %)QuickTest Pro
21 (1.587 %)LoadRunner
21 (1.587 %)JMeter
21 (1.587 %)Subversion
21 (1.587 %)Selenium
21 (1.587 %)FitNesse
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
118 (28.57 %)Retail
24 (6.349 %)Finance
24 (6.349 %)Insurance
24 (6.349 %)Marketing
31 (1.587 %)Pharmaceutical
31 (1.587 %)Education
31 (1.587 %)Multimedia
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
147 (74.60 %)Developer
219 (30.16 %)Web Developer
314 (22.22 %)Architect
49 (14.29 %)Solutions Architect
55 (7.937 %)Senior Developer
64 (6.349 %)PHP Developer
72 (3.175 %)Java Developer
72 (3.175 %)Web Designer
72 (3.175 %)SharePoint Developer
72 (3.175 %)JavaScript Developer
72 (3.175 %)UI Designer
72 (3.175 %)UI Developer
81 (1.587 %)Java Web Developer
81 (1.587 %)Web Architect
81 (1.587 %)Senior Web Developer
81 (1.587 %)ASP Developer
81 (1.587 %)ASP.NET Developer
81 (1.587 %)Team Leader
81 (1.587 %)Development Team Leader
81 (1.587 %)Perl Developer
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
113 (20.63 %)W3C
23 (4.762 %)Computer Science
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
17 (11.11 %)UNIX
25 (7.937 %)Solaris
32 (3.175 %)Linux
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
115 (23.81 %)E-Commerce
213 (20.63 %)Content Management
37 (11.11 %)Web Development
46 (9.524 %)GAP Analysis
55 (7.937 %)User Acceptance Testing
55 (7.937 %)UML
55 (7.937 %)OO
64 (6.349 %)B2C
73 (4.762 %)Scrum
82 (3.175 %)RAD
82 (3.175 %)SOA
91 (1.587 %)Automated Testing
91 (1.587 %)OOP
91 (1.587 %)Change Management
91 (1.587 %)Data Modelling
91 (1.587 %)Extreme Programming
91 (1.587 %)Web Design
91 (1.587 %)Agile Software Development
91 (1.587 %)Performance Testing
91 (1.587 %)Unit Testing
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
140 (63.49 %)JavaScript
213 (20.63 %)Java
310 (15.87 %)PHP
49 (14.29 %)Perl
58 (12.70 %)C#
65 (7.937 %)C
65 (7.937 %)ActionScript
74 (6.349 %)Transact-SQL
74 (6.349 %)PHP5
82 (3.175 %)PHP4
82 (3.175 %)SQL
91 (1.587 %)DHTML
91 (1.587 %)VB
91 (1.587 %)VB.NET
91 (1.587 %)Python
91 (1.587 %)Shell Script
91 (1.587 %)VB6
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
14 (6.349 %)Degree
21 (1.587 %)Sun Certification
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
13 (4.762 %)WCAG
21 (1.587 %)QA
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
110 (15.87 %)Oracle
28 (12.70 %)Microsoft
36 (9.524 %)Sun
43 (4.762 %)Interwoven
52 (3.175 %)Adobe
52 (3.175 %)Symbian
61 (1.587 %)IBM
61 (1.587 %)Tridion