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This section looks at the demand for Extensible Markup Language (XML) skills within the Leicestershire 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 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkExtensible Markup Language (XML)
Location
3 months to
29 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank3224
Rank change on same period last yearDown-8
Matching contract IT job ads112
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.012 %
As % of the category below1.724 %18.75 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£332£335
% change on same period last year-0.82 %
Hourly rates quoted02
Average minimum hourly rate-£27.50
Average hourly rate-£30.85
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£34.20
UK excluding London average hourly rate£33.97£32.71
% change on same period last year+3.85 %
Leicestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Leicestershire
Matching contract IT job ads5864
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.077 %0.064 %
Daily rates quoted811
Average minimum daily rate£298£457
Average daily rate£335£459
% change on same period last year-26.98 %
Average maximum daily rate£371£460
UK excluding London average daily rate£338£337
% change on same period last year+0.41 %
Hourly rates quoted35
Average minimum hourly rate£22.33£27.90
Average hourly rate£24.23£30.74
% change on same period last year-21.16 %
Average maximum hourly rate£26.13£33.58
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.55£33.03
% change on same period last year-1.44 %
XML East MidlandsXML
East Midlands

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

Leicestershire 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 Leicestershire region.

Leicestershire XML Daily Rate Trend

XML
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Leicestershire XML Hourly Rate Trend

XML
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Leicestershire 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.

19 (64.29 %)SQL
19 (64.29 %)MS Excel
19 (64.29 %)Microsoft
27 (50.00 %)Java
36 (42.86 %)MS Office
36 (42.86 %)Retail
36 (42.86 %)Retail-J
45 (35.71 %)ASP.NET
45 (35.71 %)HTML
45 (35.71 %)VB.NET
45 (35.71 %).NET
45 (35.71 %)SQL Server
54 (28.57 %)Windows
54 (28.57 %)Intranet
54 (28.57 %)Internet
54 (28.57 %)Extranet
62 (14.29 %)Legal
62 (14.29 %)Informatics
62 (14.29 %)EPoS
62 (14.29 %)Oracle
62 (14.29 %)Perl
62 (14.29 %)XSLT
71 (7.143 %)UNIX
71 (7.143 %)EJB
71 (7.143 %)E-Commerce
71 (7.143 %)Rational Rose
71 (7.143 %)HTTP
71 (7.143 %)C#
71 (7.143 %)Transact-SQL
71 (7.143 %)Mainframe

XML
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Leicestershire 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.

Leicestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
15 (35.71 %)ASP.NET
15 (35.71 %)HTML
15 (35.71 %).NET
22 (14.29 %)XSLT
31 (7.143 %)EJB
31 (7.143 %)Spring
Leicestershire IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
19 (64.29 %)MS Excel
26 (42.86 %)MS Office
Leicestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
16 (42.86 %)Retail-J
Leicestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
14 (28.57 %)Intranet
14 (28.57 %)Internet
14 (28.57 %)Extranet
21 (7.143 %)HTTP
Leicestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
15 (35.71 %)SQL Server
Leicestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (7.143 %)Rational Rose
Leicestershire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
16 (42.86 %)Retail
22 (14.29 %)Legal
Leicestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
15 (35.71 %)Developer
15 (35.71 %)Analyst
15 (35.71 %)Support Analyst
24 (28.57 %).NET Developer
24 (28.57 %)VB.NET Developer
24 (28.57 %)ASP.NET Developer
24 (28.57 %)VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
31 (7.143 %)Web Developer
31 (7.143 %)Lead Designer
Leicestershire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (14.29 %)Informatics
12 (14.29 %)EPoS
21 (7.143 %)Mainframe
21 (7.143 %)Taxonomies
21 (7.143 %)Ontologies
Leicestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
14 (28.57 %)Windows
21 (7.143 %)UNIX
Leicestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (7.143 %)E-Commerce
11 (7.143 %)SEO
11 (7.143 %)AOP
11 (7.143 %)Pay per click
Leicestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
19 (64.29 %)SQL
27 (50.00 %)Java
35 (35.71 %)VB.NET
42 (14.29 %)Perl
51 (7.143 %)C#
51 (7.143 %)Transact-SQL
Leicestershire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
19 (64.29 %)Microsoft
22 (14.29 %)Oracle