Hertfordshire XML Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Extensible Markup Language (XML) 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 XML over the 3 months to 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Extensible Markup Language (XML)
Location Aberdeen Abingdon Alderley Edge Barnsley Barrow-in-Furness Basildon Basingstoke Bath Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Bicester Birmingham Blackburn Bolton Bournemouth Bracknell Bradford Braintree Brentford Brentwood Bridgwater Bristol Buckinghamshire Caerphilly Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Chelmsford Cheltenham Chertsey Cheshire Cheshunt Chester City of London Colchester County Antrim Coventry Crawley Croydon Cumbria Darlington Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Dorset Durham Ealing East Anglia East Grinstead East Midlands East of England Eastleigh Edinburgh England Essex Exeter Fareham Farnborough Glamorgan Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Godalming Great Yarmouth Guildford Halifax Hammersmith Hampshire Harrogate Harrow Havant Hemel Hempstead Hereford Herefordshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Home Counties Ipswich Isle of Man Kenilworth Kent Kingston Upon Thames Lancashire Leatherhead Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Lincoln Lincolnshire Liverpool London Luton Lyndhurst M4 Corridor Macclesfield Maidenhead Maidstone Malvern Manchester Marlow Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Newton-le-Willows Norfolk North East North Wales North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Nuneaton Oxford Oxfordshire Peterborough Plymouth Poole Portsmouth Potters Bar Reading Reigate Renfrew Renfrewshire Rickmansworth Romford Ross-on-Wye Rugby Salford Salisbury Scotland Sheffield Shropshire Slough Solihull Somerset South Coast South East South Lanarkshire South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Southend-on-Sea Southport Southwark St Albans Staines Stevenage Stockport Street Suffolk Sunbury-on-Thames Surrey Sussex Sutton-in-Ashfield Swansea Swindon Taunton Teesside Telford Thames Valley Trowbridge Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wales Walsall Waltham Abbey Warrington Warwickshire Watford West Malling West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Westminster Wigan Wiltshire Windsor Wirral Woking Wokingham Wolverhampton Worcester Worcestershire Worthing Yeovil York Yorkshire	3 months to 2 Dec 2008	Same period last year
Rank	21	16
Rank change on same period last year	-5
Matching contract IT job ads	55	127
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.088 %	0.136 %
As % of the category below	22.54 %	24.47 %
Daily rates quoted	14	53
Average minimum daily rate	£277	£280
Average daily rate	£296	£294
% change on same period last year	+0.95 %
Average maximum daily rate	£316	£308
UK excluding London average daily rate	£334	£336
% change on same period last year	-0.39 %
Hourly rates quoted	5	1
Average minimum hourly rate	£31.90	£45.00
Average hourly rate	£34.40	£45.00
% change on same period last year	-23.55 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£36.90	£45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£30.77	£32.33
% change on same period last year	-4.82 %
Application Development Hertfordshire
Matching contract IT job ads	244	519
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.392 %	0.557 %
Daily rates quoted	92	208
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 quoted	14	39
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 %
XML 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.

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Demand Trend

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

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Daily Rate Trend

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

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Daily Rate Histogram

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

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Hourly Rate Histogram

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

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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 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.

Location	Rank 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
Stevenage	+4	5	-	-
Watford	-13	2	£300	+19.30 %
Rickmansworth	-	2	-	-
Potters Bar	-10	1	-	-
St Albans	-	1	-	-

XML East of England

XML
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 40 (28.37 %) SQL 2 36 (25.53 %) JavaScript 2 36 (25.53 %) WebServices 3 34 (24.11 %) HTML 4 30 (21.28 %) CSS 5 28 (19.86 %) Java 6 26 (18.44 %) .NET 6 26 (18.44 %) SQL Server 6 26 (18.44 %) XHTML 7 25 (17.73 %) Oracle 7 25 (17.73 %) C++ 8 20 (14.18 %) J2EE 9 17 (12.06 %) PL/SQL 9 17 (12.06 %) Microsoft 10 16 (11.35 %) ASP.NET

10 16 (11.35 %) XSLT 11 15 (10.64 %) Finance 11 15 (10.64 %) UML 11 15 (10.64 %) Flash 11 15 (10.64 %) E-Commerce 12 14 (9.929 %) ActionScript 13 13 (9.220 %) C# 13 13 (9.220 %) JSP 13 13 (9.220 %) Telecoms 14 12 (8.511 %) SQL Server 2005 14 12 (8.511 %) Degree 14 12 (8.511 %) ASP 14 12 (8.511 %) XSL 14 12 (8.511 %) C 14 12 (8.511 %) Linux

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development 1 36 (25.53 %) WebServices 2 34 (24.11 %) HTML 3 30 (21.28 %) CSS 4 26 (18.44 %) .NET 4 26 (18.44 %) XHTML 5 20 (14.18 %) J2EE 6 16 (11.35 %) ASP.NET 6 16 (11.35 %) XSLT 7 13 (9.220 %) JSP 8 12 (8.511 %) ASP 8 12 (8.511 %) XSL 9 11 (7.801 %) SOAP 10 10 (7.092 %) JDBC 10 10 (7.092 %) AJAX 11 9 (6.383 %) Hibernate 12 8 (5.674 %) Servlets 13 7 (4.965 %) ADO.NET 13 7 (4.965 %) JSF 14 6 (4.255 %) Spring 14 6 (4.255 %) Struts	Application Platforms 1 9 (6.383 %) WebLogic 2 8 (5.674 %) JBoss 3 5 (3.546 %) SharePoint 3 5 (3.546 %) Commerce Server 3 5 (3.546 %) Commerce Server 2007 4 4 (2.837 %) TeamSite 4 4 (2.837 %) BizTalk Server 5 3 (2.128 %) CMS 6 2 (1.418 %) Apache 6 2 (1.418 %) Tomcat 6 2 (1.418 %) IIS 7 1 (0.709 %) SharePoint Server 2007 7 1 (0.709 %) WebSphere Application Server
Applications 1 6 (4.255 %) Photoshop 1 6 (4.255 %) Adobe Illustrator 2 5 (3.546 %) FreeHand 3 2 (1.418 %) MS Excel 3 2 (1.418 %) InDesign 4 1 (0.709 %) FrameMaker	Business Applications 1 1 (0.709 %) MAXIMO
Communications & Networking 1 12 (8.511 %) LAN 2 9 (6.383 %) TCP/IP 2 9 (6.383 %) Internet 3 7 (4.965 %) HTTP 3 7 (4.965 %) RNC 4 5 (3.546 %) UMTS 5 4 (2.837 %) 3G 5 4 (2.837 %) 2G 6 3 (2.128 %) ASN.1 7 2 (1.418 %) SMTP 7 2 (1.418 %) FTP 8 1 (0.709 %) DVB 8 1 (0.709 %) Firewall 8 1 (0.709 %) ATM	Database & Business Intelligence 1 26 (18.44 %) SQL Server 2 12 (8.511 %) SQL Server 2005 3 7 (4.965 %) MySQL 4 4 (2.837 %) Oracle Reports 5 3 (2.128 %) DTS 5 3 (2.128 %) ETL 5 3 (2.128 %) SQL Server Integration Services 6 2 (1.418 %) JasperReports 6 2 (1.418 %) TOAD 6 2 (1.418 %) RDBMS 6 2 (1.418 %) Oracle 10g 6 2 (1.418 %) SQL Server 2000 6 2 (1.418 %) Oracle 9i 6 2 (1.418 %) MS Access 7 1 (0.709 %) Datawarehouse 7 1 (0.709 %) GIS 7 1 (0.709 %) DB2
Development Applications 1 15 (10.64 %) Flash 2 7 (4.965 %) Eclipse 3 6 (4.255 %) Dreamweaver 3 6 (4.255 %) ClearCase 3 6 (4.255 %) ClearQuest 4 5 (3.546 %) JUnit 5 4 (2.837 %) RequisitePro 6 2 (1.418 %) Rational Rose 6 2 (1.418 %) Subversion 6 2 (1.418 %) JIRA 6 2 (1.418 %) VSS/SourceSafe 7 1 (0.709 %) Ant 7 1 (0.709 %) Visual Studio 7 1 (0.709 %) PVCS 7 1 (0.709 %) WebSphere Studio Application Developer 7 1 (0.709 %) TestDirector 7 1 (0.709 %) Visual Studio Team System 7 1 (0.709 %) WebLogic Workshop	General 1 15 (10.64 %) Finance 2 13 (9.220 %) Telecoms 3 7 (4.965 %) Pharmaceutical 3 7 (4.965 %) Retail 4 2 (1.418 %) Financial Institution 4 2 (1.418 %) Education 4 2 (1.418 %) Government 4 2 (1.418 %) Insurance 4 2 (1.418 %) Marketing 5 1 (0.709 %) Publishing 5 1 (0.709 %) Banking 5 1 (0.709 %) Multimedia
Job Titles 1 92 (65.25 %) Developer 2 16 (11.35 %) Web Developer 3 15 (10.64 %) Radio Access Network Engineer 4 11 (7.801 %) Analyst 5 10 (7.092 %) C++ Developer 6 8 (5.674 %) Java Developer 7 7 (4.965 %) Architect 7 7 (4.965 %) Software Engineer 8 6 (4.255 %) Senior Developer 8 6 (4.255 %) ASP Developer 8 6 (4.255 %) Report Developer 8 6 (4.255 %) PHP Developer 9 5 (3.546 %) Software Developer 10 4 (2.837 %) Business Analyst 10 4 (2.837 %) Test Analyst 10 4 (2.837 %) C# Developer 10 4 (2.837 %) .NET Developer 10 4 (2.837 %) Flash Developer 11 3 (2.128 %) Junior Developer 11 3 (2.128 %) Performance Engineer	Miscellaneous 1 9 (6.383 %) W3C 2 4 (2.837 %) Computer Science 3 3 (2.128 %) LIMS 4 1 (0.709 %) Multithreading
Operating Systems 1 12 (8.511 %) Linux 2 8 (5.674 %) UNIX 2 8 (5.674 %) Windows 3 3 (2.128 %) Embedded Linux 4 2 (1.418 %) Windows XP 4 2 (1.418 %) Windows Server 2003 5 1 (0.709 %) Solaris 5 1 (0.709 %) Windows Vista 5 1 (0.709 %) Windows Server 2008	Processes & Methodologies 1 15 (10.64 %) UML 1 15 (10.64 %) E-Commerce 2 10 (7.092 %) OO 2 10 (7.092 %) Security Cleared 3 8 (5.674 %) Content Management 4 7 (4.965 %) Web Development 4 7 (4.965 %) SOA 5 6 (4.255 %) Business Intelligence 5 6 (4.255 %) Agile Software Development 5 6 (4.255 %) Workflow 6 5 (3.546 %) Use Case 6 5 (3.546 %) User Acceptance Testing 6 5 (3.546 %) RAD 7 4 (2.837 %) RUP 7 4 (2.837 %) EAI 7 4 (2.837 %) B2C 7 4 (2.837 %) Systems Analysis 7 4 (2.837 %) Unified Process 8 3 (2.128 %) Scrum 8 3 (2.128 %) Configuration Management
Programming Languages 1 40 (28.37 %) SQL 2 36 (25.53 %) JavaScript 3 28 (19.86 %) Java 4 25 (17.73 %) C++ 5 17 (12.06 %) PL/SQL 6 14 (9.929 %) ActionScript 7 13 (9.220 %) C# 8 12 (8.511 %) C 9 11 (7.801 %) PHP 10 7 (4.965 %) PHP5 11 5 (3.546 %) PHP4 11 5 (3.546 %) Transact-SQL 12 4 (2.837 %) VBScript 12 4 (2.837 %) VB 12 4 (2.837 %) VB.NET 12 4 (2.837 %) XPath 13 2 (1.418 %) VB6 13 2 (1.418 %) Perl 13 2 (1.418 %) DHTML 14 1 (0.709 %) Python	Qualifications 1 12 (8.511 %) Degree 2 5 (3.546 %) HND 3 3 (2.128 %) Microsoft Certification 4 2 (1.418 %) MCP 4 2 (1.418 %) MCAD 4 2 (1.418 %) MCSD 5 1 (0.709 %) MCDBA 5 1 (0.709 %) Sun Certification
System Software 1 1 (0.709 %) AquaLogic	Vendors 1 25 (17.73 %) Oracle 2 17 (12.06 %) Microsoft 3 9 (6.383 %) SAP 3 9 (6.383 %) Nokia 4 5 (3.546 %) BEA 4 5 (3.546 %) Ericsson 5 4 (2.837 %) Nortel 5 4 (2.837 %) Interwoven 6 3 (2.128 %) Adobe 6 3 (2.128 %) InterSystems 7 2 (1.418 %) Serena 7 2 (1.418 %) Quark 8 1 (0.709 %) Tridion 8 1 (0.709 %) Sun 8 1 (0.709 %) Siebel 8 1 (0.709 %) Chordiant 8 1 (0.709 %) IBM