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This section looks at the demand for Extensible Stylesheet Language (XSL) skills within the Leeds region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited XSL over the 3 months to 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkExtensible Stylesheet Language (XSL)
Location
3 months to
29 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank75-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads50
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.007 %0.000 %
As % of the category below1.404 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted10
Average minimum daily rate£150-
Average daily rate£205-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£260-
UK excluding London average daily rate£359£346
% change on same period last year+3.49 %
Hourly rates quoted10
Average minimum hourly rate£30.00-
Average hourly rate£35.00-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£40.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£39.27£23.96
% change on same period last year+63.87 %
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Leeds
Matching contract IT job ads356365
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.475 %0.364 %
Daily rates quoted6356
Average minimum daily rate£274£319
Average daily rate£297£346
% change on same period last year-14.13 %
Average maximum daily rate£319£372
UK excluding London average daily rate£338£337
% change on same period last year+0.41 %
Hourly rates quoted2639
Average minimum hourly rate£29.26£27.84
Average hourly rate£32.60£29.03
% change on same period last year+12.30 %
Average maximum hourly rate£35.95£30.22
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.55£33.03
% change on same period last year-1.44 %
XSL West YorkshireXSL
West Yorkshire

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.

XSL
Demand Trend

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

Leeds XSL Demand Trend

XSL
Daily Rate Trend

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

Leeds XSL Daily Rate Trend

XSL
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Leeds XSL Hourly Rate Trend

XSL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Leeds region citing XSL 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 XSL.

17 (100.00 %)XML
25 (71.43 %)JavaScript
34 (57.14 %)Perl
34 (57.14 %)CSS
43 (42.86 %).NET
43 (42.86 %)C#
43 (42.86 %)ASP
52 (28.57 %)HTML
52 (28.57 %)Java
52 (28.57 %)UNIX
52 (28.57 %)Linux
52 (28.57 %)MySQL
52 (28.57 %)Oracle
52 (28.57 %)PHP
52 (28.57 %)PL/SQL
52 (28.57 %)SQL
52 (28.57 %)Telecoms
52 (28.57 %)Apache
52 (28.57 %)Tomcat
52 (28.57 %)XHTML
52 (28.57 %)CMS
52 (28.57 %)JSP
52 (28.57 %)TeamSite
61 (14.29 %)Agile Software Development
61 (14.29 %)Retail
61 (14.29 %)Web Development
61 (14.29 %)Community Server
61 (14.29 %)E-Commerce
61 (14.29 %)Finance
61 (14.29 %)SQL Server

XSL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Leeds region citing XSL 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 XSL. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
17 (100.00 %)XML
24 (57.14 %)CSS
33 (42.86 %).NET
33 (42.86 %)ASP
42 (28.57 %)JSP
42 (28.57 %)XHTML
42 (28.57 %)HTML
51 (14.29 %)ASP.NET
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (28.57 %)Apache
12 (28.57 %)Tomcat
12 (28.57 %)TeamSite
12 (28.57 %)CMS
21 (14.29 %)Community Server
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (28.57 %)MySQL
21 (14.29 %)SQL Server
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (14.29 %)Visual Studio
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (28.57 %)Telecoms
21 (14.29 %)Finance
21 (14.29 %)Retail
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
16 (85.71 %)Developer
24 (57.14 %)Web Developer
31 (14.29 %)ASP Developer
31 (14.29 %)SQL Developer
31 (14.29 %)SQL Server Developer
31 (14.29 %)PHP Developer
31 (14.29 %)JavaScript Developer
31 (14.29 %)GUI Developer
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (28.57 %)UNIX
12 (28.57 %)Linux
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (14.29 %)OO
11 (14.29 %)E-Commerce
11 (14.29 %)Agile Software Development
11 (14.29 %)Web Development
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
15 (71.43 %)JavaScript
24 (57.14 %)Perl
33 (42.86 %)C#
42 (28.57 %)Java
42 (28.57 %)PHP
42 (28.57 %)PL/SQL
42 (28.57 %)SQL
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (28.57 %)Oracle