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The table below looks at the demand for Extensible Markup Language (XML) skills within the Ipswich 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
Rank615
Rank change on same period last yearUp+9
Matching contract IT job ads1210
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.019 %0.011 %
As % of the category below48.00 %43.48 %
Daily rates quoted44
Average minimum daily rate£266£283
Average daily rate£274£283
% change on same period last year-3.09 %
Average maximum daily rate£281£283
UK excluding London average daily rate£334£336
% change on same period last year-0.39 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.77£32.33
% change on same period last year-4.82 %
Ipswich IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Ipswich
Matching contract IT job ads2523
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.040 %0.025 %
Daily rates quoted1010
Average minimum daily rate£256£288
Average daily rate£272£295
% change on same period last year-7.66 %
Average maximum daily rate£289£303
UK excluding London average daily rate£323£334
% change on same period last year-3.21 %
Hourly rates quoted01
Average minimum hourly rate-£25.00
Average hourly rate-£27.50
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£30.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.57£31.61
% change on same period last year-9.61 %
XML SuffolkXML
Suffolk

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

Ipswich 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 Ipswich region.

Ipswich XML Daily Rate Trend

XML
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Ipswich XML Daily Rate Histogram

XML
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Ipswich XML Hourly Rate Trend

XML
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

110 (83.33 %)WebServices
29 (75.00 %)SQL Server
29 (75.00 %).NET
38 (66.67 %)JavaScript
38 (66.67 %)HTML
46 (50.00 %)Insurance
46 (50.00 %)SQL Server 2005
46 (50.00 %)CSS
46 (50.00 %)SQL Server 2000
55 (41.67 %)ADO.NET
55 (41.67 %)Web Development
64 (33.33 %)Pensions
64 (33.33 %)C#
64 (33.33 %)Visual Studio
73 (25.00 %)SQL
73 (25.00 %)ASP.NET
73 (25.00 %)Finance
73 (25.00 %)AJAX
82 (16.67 %).NET Framework
82 (16.67 %)Spring
82 (16.67 %)Cocoon
82 (16.67 %)Hibernate
82 (16.67 %)SOA
82 (16.67 %)Eclipse
82 (16.67 %)Microsoft
82 (16.67 %)J2EE
82 (16.67 %)Java
82 (16.67 %)Ant
82 (16.67 %)XSLT
91 (8.333 %)MCP

XML
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Ipswich IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
110 (83.33 %)WebServices
29 (75.00 %).NET
38 (66.67 %)HTML
46 (50.00 %)CSS
55 (41.67 %)ADO.NET
63 (25.00 %)ASP.NET
63 (25.00 %)AJAX
72 (16.67 %).NET Framework
72 (16.67 %)Spring
72 (16.67 %)J2EE
72 (16.67 %)XSLT
72 (16.67 %)Cocoon
72 (16.67 %)Hibernate
81 (8.333 %)WinForms
Ipswich IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (8.333 %)CICS
Ipswich IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (8.333 %)Firewall
Ipswich IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
19 (75.00 %)SQL Server
26 (50.00 %)SQL Server 2000
26 (50.00 %)SQL Server 2005
31 (8.333 %)MySQL
Ipswich IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
14 (33.33 %)Visual Studio
22 (16.67 %)Ant
22 (16.67 %)Eclipse
31 (8.333 %)VSS/SourceSafe
Ipswich IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
16 (50.00 %)Insurance
24 (33.33 %)Pensions
33 (25.00 %)Finance
Ipswich IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
111 (91.67 %)Developer
28 (66.67 %).NET Developer
34 (33.33 %)C# Developer
43 (25.00 %)ASP.NET Developer
43 (25.00 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
52 (16.67 %)Java Developer
61 (8.333 %).NET Web Developer
61 (8.333 %)Infrastructure Support Engineer
61 (8.333 %).NET Applications Developer
61 (8.333 %)Web Developer
61 (8.333 %)Applications Developer
61 (8.333 %)Support Engineer
61 (8.333 %)Infrastructure Engineer
Ipswich IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (8.333 %)Linux
Ipswich IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
15 (41.67 %)Web Development
22 (16.67 %)SOA
31 (8.333 %)Business Intelligence
31 (8.333 %)E-business
31 (8.333 %)Agile Software Development
31 (8.333 %)OO
Ipswich IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
18 (66.67 %)JavaScript
24 (33.33 %)C#
33 (25.00 %)SQL
42 (16.67 %)Java
51 (8.333 %)COBOL
Ipswich IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (8.333 %)MCP
11 (8.333 %)MCSD
11 (8.333 %)Microsoft Certification
11 (8.333 %)Degree
Ipswich IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (16.67 %)Microsoft