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This section looks at the demand for Extensible Hypertext Markup Language (XHTML) skills within the London region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited XHTML over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkExtensible Hypertext Markup Language (XHTML)
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank82135
Rank change on same period last yearUp+53
Matching contract IT job ads635563
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.846 %0.570 %
As % of the category below7.539 %4.791 %
Daily rates quoted286197
Average minimum daily rate£277£275
Average daily rate£306£304
% change on same period last year+0.62 %
Average maximum daily rate£335£334
UK excluding London average daily rate£306£297
% change on same period last year+2.93 %
Hourly rates quoted2318
Average minimum hourly rate£33.95£26.67
Average hourly rate£37.67£30.92
% change on same period last year+21.84 %
Average maximum hourly rate£41.39£35.17
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.54£31.34
% change on same period last year-18.51 %
London IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
London
Matching contract IT job ads842311752
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled11.23 %11.89 %
Daily rates quoted37584669
Average minimum daily rate£371£402
Average daily rate£400£431
% change on same period last year-7.20 %
Average maximum daily rate£429£460
UK excluding London average daily rate£340£336
% change on same period last year+1.20 %
Hourly rates quoted235387
Average minimum hourly rate£29.98£31.11
Average hourly rate£32.18£33.97
% change on same period last year-5.27 %
Average maximum hourly rate£34.37£36.83
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.78£33.23
% change on same period last year-1.32 %
XHTML EnglandXHTML
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.

XHTML
Demand Trend

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

London XHTML Demand Trend

XHTML
Daily Rate Trend

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

London XHTML Daily Rate Trend

XHTML
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing XHTML across the London region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

London XHTML Daily Rate Histogram

XHTML
Hourly Rate Trend

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

London XHTML Hourly Rate Trend

XHTML
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing XHTML across the London region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

London XHTML Hourly Rate Histogram

XHTML
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing XHTML within the London region over the 3 months to 25 July 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.

LocationRank 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
City of LondonUp+3690£294-4.45 %
LutonUp+248£225-43.75 %
EnfieldNew entry-2£200-
BeckenhamNew entry-1£215-
Canary WharfUp+81£275-
TwickenhamNew entry-1£288-
BromleyNew entry-1£215-
SouthwarkNew entry-1£440-
HammersmithDown-31--
WestminsterNew entry-1£200-
Docklands, LondonUp+231--
RomfordDown-61--
PaddingtonNew entry-1--
XHTML EnglandXHTML
England

XHTML
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing XHTML 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 XHTML.

11306 (89.70 %)CSS
21049 (72.05 %)JavaScript
3732 (50.27 %)HTML
4581 (39.90 %)AJAX
5506 (34.75 %)XML
6396 (27.20 %)PHP
7355 (24.38 %).NET
8268 (18.41 %)MySQL
8268 (18.41 %)OO
9265 (18.20 %)ASP.NET
10245 (16.83 %)C#
11242 (16.62 %)Flash
12220 (15.11 %)SQL
13217 (14.90 %)Photoshop
14203 (13.94 %)XSLT
15188 (12.91 %)SQL Server
16187 (12.84 %)W3C
17161 (11.06 %)Web Development
18156 (10.71 %)Java
19144 (9.890 %)ASP
20133 (9.135 %)ActionScript
21128 (8.791 %)CMS
22126 (8.654 %)JSP
23115 (7.898 %)DHTML
24114 (7.830 %)PHP5
25112 (7.692 %)WebServices
26108 (7.418 %)Agile Software Development
2796 (6.593 %)Internet
2894 (6.456 %)Content Management
2993 (6.387 %)E-Commerce

XHTML
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing XHTML 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 XHTML. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

London IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11306 (89.70 %)CSS
2732 (50.27 %)HTML
3581 (39.90 %)AJAX
4506 (34.75 %)XML
5355 (24.38 %).NET
6265 (18.20 %)ASP.NET
7203 (13.94 %)XSLT
8144 (9.890 %)ASP
9126 (8.654 %)JSP
10112 (7.692 %)WebServices
1176 (5.220 %)J2EE
1270 (4.808 %)XSL
1363 (4.327 %)jQuery
1453 (3.640 %)MVC
1548 (3.297 %).NET Framework
1647 (3.228 %)Spring
1746 (3.159 %)SOAP
1845 (3.091 %)DOM
1943 (2.953 %)Velocity
2042 (2.885 %)Dojo
London IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1128 (8.791 %)CMS
261 (4.190 %)Apache
353 (3.640 %)SharePoint
445 (3.091 %)IIS
529 (1.992 %)WebLogic
619 (1.305 %)SharePoint Server 2007
718 (1.236 %)ColdFusion
814 (0.962 %)TeamSite
814 (0.962 %)Commerce Server 2007
814 (0.962 %)Commerce Server
98 (0.549 %)Joomla!
98 (0.549 %)BizTalk Server
98 (0.549 %)JBoss
107 (0.481 %)Tomcat
116 (0.412 %)Lotus Notes
116 (0.412 %)Lotus Domino
125 (0.343 %)WordPress
134 (0.275 %)LiveLink
143 (0.206 %)Content Management Server
152 (0.137 %)Office Project Server
London IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1217 (14.90 %)Photoshop
244 (3.022 %)Adobe Illustrator
324 (1.648 %)MS Visio
422 (1.511 %)MS Excel
521 (1.442 %)Fireworks
615 (1.030 %)MS Office
710 (0.687 %)MS Project
86 (0.412 %)Acrobat
95 (0.343 %)Paint Shop Pro
104 (0.275 %)FreeHand
104 (0.275 %)ImageReady
113 (0.206 %)Quicktime
113 (0.206 %)3ds Max
113 (0.206 %)InDesign
122 (0.137 %)QuarkXPress
131 (0.069 %)Shockwave
131 (0.069 %)MS PowerPoint
131 (0.069 %)Spreadsheet
London IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
15 (0.343 %)WebTrends
London IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
196 (6.593 %)Internet
262 (4.258 %)Intranet
38 (0.549 %)DNS
47 (0.481 %)FTP
56 (0.412 %)TCP/IP
65 (0.343 %)HTTP
74 (0.275 %)LDAP
82 (0.137 %)SMS
91 (0.069 %)SAN
91 (0.069 %)Broadband
91 (0.069 %)Extranet
London IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1268 (18.41 %)MySQL
2188 (12.91 %)SQL Server
367 (4.602 %)SQL Server 2005
443 (2.953 %)SQL Server 2000
523 (1.580 %)SQL Server 7
66 (0.412 %)DTS
74 (0.275 %)Informix
74 (0.275 %)MS Access
74 (0.275 %)SQL Server Integration Services
74 (0.275 %)RDBMS
82 (0.137 %)PostgreSQL
82 (0.137 %)Datawarehouse
82 (0.137 %)Crystal Reports
82 (0.137 %)ETL
91 (0.069 %)Data Mining
91 (0.069 %)DB2
91 (0.069 %)BusinessObjects
London IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
1242 (16.62 %)Flash
282 (5.632 %)Dreamweaver
365 (4.464 %)Subversion
453 (3.640 %)Visual Studio
547 (3.228 %)JUnit
624 (1.648 %)VSS/SourceSafe
721 (1.442 %)Selenium
819 (1.305 %)FitNesse
914 (0.962 %)Ant
1013 (0.893 %)NUnit
118 (0.549 %)Eclipse
125 (0.343 %)Log4Net
134 (0.275 %)QuickTest Pro
134 (0.275 %)LoadRunner
134 (0.275 %)JIRA
143 (0.206 %)FrontPage
143 (0.206 %)JMeter
143 (0.206 %)CruiseControl
143 (0.206 %)WinRunner
143 (0.206 %)TestDirector
London IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
162 (4.258 %)Finance
255 (3.777 %)Games
338 (2.610 %)Marketing
435 (2.404 %)Publishing
529 (1.992 %)Government
529 (1.992 %)Retail
626 (1.786 %)Banking
719 (1.305 %)Telecoms
818 (1.236 %)Investment Banking
818 (1.236 %)Interactive Media
917 (1.168 %)Music
1016 (1.099 %)Advertising
1113 (0.893 %)Online Games
1113 (0.893 %)Graphic Design
1212 (0.824 %)Construction
1311 (0.755 %)Insurance
149 (0.618 %)Multimedia
149 (0.618 %)Education
157 (0.481 %)Automotive
157 (0.481 %)Music Industry
London IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11241 (85.23 %)Developer
2463 (31.80 %)Web Developer
3201 (13.80 %)PHP Developer
4148 (10.16 %).NET Developer
581 (5.563 %)C# Developer
673 (5.014 %)ASP.NET Developer
772 (4.945 %)Web Designer
869 (4.739 %)Senior Developer
968 (4.670 %)HTML Developer
1046 (3.159 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
1142 (2.885 %)Java Developer
1235 (2.404 %)UI Developer
1328 (1.923 %)JavaScript Developer
1424 (1.648 %)PHP Web Developer
1523 (1.580 %)Flash Developer
1621 (1.442 %)J2EE Developer
1715 (1.030 %).NET Web Developer
1715 (1.030 %)Senior Web Developer
1814 (0.962 %)Senior .NET Developer
1814 (0.962 %)Java/J2EE Developer
London IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
1187 (12.84 %)W3C
245 (3.091 %)Web 2.0
321 (1.442 %)Social Network
419 (1.305 %)N-Tier
515 (1.030 %)Fixed Income
515 (1.030 %)Equities
612 (0.824 %)iDTV
78 (0.549 %)Computer Science
78 (0.549 %)Blog
87 (0.481 %)Wiki
87 (0.481 %)Streaming Video
95 (0.343 %)E-Learning
95 (0.343 %)NHS
104 (0.275 %)RIA
104 (0.275 %)Management Information System
104 (0.275 %)BBC
113 (0.206 %)Flash Lite
122 (0.137 %)Data Extraction
122 (0.137 %)SCORM
122 (0.137 %)Replication
London IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
175 (5.151 %)UNIX
268 (4.670 %)Linux
333 (2.266 %)Windows
49 (0.618 %)Mac OS X
53 (0.206 %)Windows Server 2003
53 (0.206 %)Debian
53 (0.206 %)Windows 2000
53 (0.206 %)Windows XP
61 (0.069 %)Solaris
London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1268 (18.41 %)OO
2161 (11.06 %)Web Development
3108 (7.418 %)Agile Software Development
494 (6.456 %)Content Management
593 (6.387 %)E-Commerce
679 (5.426 %)OOP
772 (4.945 %)UML
867 (4.602 %)Web Design
965 (4.464 %)SEO
1044 (3.022 %)TDD
1141 (2.816 %)Scrum
1225 (1.717 %)Refactoring
1324 (1.648 %)Continuous Integration
1423 (1.580 %)OOD
1520 (1.374 %)Project Management
1616 (1.099 %)Usability Testing
1711 (0.755 %)Performance Testing
1711 (0.755 %)CRM
189 (0.618 %)OOA/OOD
198 (0.549 %)SOA
London IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11049 (72.05 %)JavaScript
2396 (27.20 %)PHP
3245 (16.83 %)C#
4220 (15.11 %)SQL
5156 (10.71 %)Java
6133 (9.135 %)ActionScript
7115 (7.898 %)DHTML
8114 (7.830 %)PHP5
970 (4.808 %)PHP4
1058 (3.984 %)Perl
1143 (2.953 %)Transact-SQL
1225 (1.717 %)VBScript
1322 (1.511 %)VB.NET
1417 (1.168 %)C++
1417 (1.168 %)Python
1514 (0.962 %)VB
1613 (0.893 %)C
1613 (0.893 %)Shell Script
1710 (0.687 %)Ruby
189 (0.618 %)XPath
London IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
115 (1.030 %)Degree
23 (0.206 %)MCSD
23 (0.206 %)Microsoft Certification
32 (0.137 %)Postgraduate
41 (0.069 %)PRINCE2 Certification
41 (0.069 %)Sun Certification
London IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
142 (2.885 %)WAI
237 (2.541 %)WCAG
38 (0.549 %)QA
London IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
16 (0.412 %)Active Directory
21 (0.069 %)Squid
21 (0.069 %)MSMQ
London IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
163 (4.327 %)Microsoft
249 (3.365 %)Adobe
336 (2.473 %)Oracle
435 (2.404 %)Google
534 (2.335 %)RedDot
622 (1.511 %)Zend
715 (1.030 %)Mercator
89 (0.618 %)Macromedia
96 (0.412 %)Lotus
105 (0.343 %)Red Hat
105 (0.343 %)Yahoo!
114 (0.275 %)Sybase
123 (0.206 %)BEA
123 (0.206 %)IBM
132 (0.137 %)Open Text
132 (0.137 %)Blue Martini
141 (0.069 %)VMware
141 (0.069 %)Ericsson
141 (0.069 %)Tridion
141 (0.069 %)Apple
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