The first table below looks at the demand for XML Schema skills in IT contracts advertised for the Hertfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited XML Schema over the 3 months to 21 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 Hertfordshire 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
XML Schema
Rank 57 66 -
Rank change year-on-year
+9 -
Contract jobs citing XML Schema 2 6 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 0.306% 0.623% -
As % of the Application Development category 0.926% 2.222% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 4 0
Average daily rate £450 £325 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+38.46% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £350 £363
% change year-on-year
+5.71% -3.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £24.00
All Application Development
Hertfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
216 270 212
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 33.03% 28.04% 24.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 107 116 93
Average daily rate £394 £350 £313
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+12.50% +12.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £216 £275 £213
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £490 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 17 25
Average hourly rate £20.00 £35.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-42.85% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.00 £20.00 £33.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £39.50 £36.00 £37.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
XML Schema
East of England

XML Schema
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hertfordshire XML Schema Jobs Demand Trend

XML Schema
Daily Rate Trend

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

Hertfordshire XML Schema Daily Rate Trend

XML Schema
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire region citing XML Schema 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 Schema.

1 6 (100.00%) DHTML
1 6 (100.00%) Java
1 6 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 6 (100.00%) SQL
1 6 (100.00%) J2EE
1 6 (100.00%) Oracle
1 6 (100.00%) CSS
1 6 (100.00%) JSP
1 6 (100.00%) Struts
1 6 (100.00%) Web Services
1 6 (100.00%) XML
1 6 (100.00%) UML
1 6 (100.00%) Apache
1 6 (100.00%) RUP
1 6 (100.00%) ActiveMQ
1 6 (100.00%) Spring
1 6 (100.00%) JSF
1 6 (100.00%) Maven
1 6 (100.00%) Hibernate
1 6 (100.00%) Unit Testing
1 6 (100.00%) Struts2
1 6 (100.00%) Open Source
1 6 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
2 5 (83.33%) SC Cleared
2 5 (83.33%) JasperReports
2 5 (83.33%) Security Cleared
3 4 (66.67%) Liferay
3 4 (66.67%) GIS
3 4 (66.67%) Workflow
3 4 (66.67%) Migration

XML Schema
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire region citing XML Schema 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 Schema. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 6 (100.00%) DHTML
1 6 (100.00%) J2EE
1 6 (100.00%) CSS
1 6 (100.00%) JSP
1 6 (100.00%) Struts
1 6 (100.00%) Web Services
1 6 (100.00%) XML
1 6 (100.00%) Spring
1 6 (100.00%) JSF
1 6 (100.00%) Hibernate
1 6 (100.00%) Struts2
Application Platforms
1 6 (100.00%) Apache
1 6 (100.00%) ActiveMQ
2 4 (66.67%) Liferay
2 4 (66.67%) Oracle Workflow
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (83.33%) JasperReports
2 4 (66.67%) GIS
2 4 (66.67%) Oracle Reports
2 4 (66.67%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (100.00%) Maven
Job Titles
1 5 (83.33%) Java Developer
1 5 (83.33%) Developer
2 4 (66.67%) Senior Java Developer
2 4 (66.67%) Senior Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Java/J2EE Architect
3 1 (16.67%) Java Architect
3 1 (16.67%) J2EE Architect
3 1 (16.67%) Report Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Architect
Miscellaneous
1 6 (100.00%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 4 (66.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) UML
1 6 (100.00%) RUP
1 6 (100.00%) Unit Testing
1 6 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
2 4 (66.67%) Workflow
2 4 (66.67%) Migration
2 4 (66.67%) Requirements Analysis
2 4 (66.67%) Data Migration
Programming Languages
1 6 (100.00%) Java
1 6 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 6 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (83.33%) SC Cleared
1 5 (83.33%) Security Cleared
2 4 (66.67%) CTC Cleared
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) Oracle