The first table below looks at the demand for XQuery skills in IT contracts advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited XQuery over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Programming Languages category for the London region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
XQuery
Rank 341 384 392
Rank change year-on-year
+43 +8
Contract jobs citing XQuery 36 31 50
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.166% 0.115% 0.161%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.406% 0.305% 0.379%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 21 33
Average daily rate £400 £450 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-11.11% +5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £325 £313 £388
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £550 £700
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £406 £428
% change year-on-year
-13.84% -4.97%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Programming Languages
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
8875 10154 13197
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 40.98% 37.69% 42.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 6378 6878 8900
Average daily rate £450 £440 £475
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.27% -7.36%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £288 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £600 £625
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 122 157 180
Average hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £18.85 £18.00 £18.60
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £50.00 £50.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+1.44% -1.42%
XQuery
England

XQuery
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing XQuery across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

London XQuery Jobs Demand Trend

XQuery
Daily Rate Trend

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

London XQuery Daily Rate Trend

XQuery
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing XQuery across the London region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

London XQuery Daily Rate Histogram

XQuery
Hourly Rate Trend

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

London XQuery Hourly Rate Trend

XQuery
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing XQuery within the London region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
City of London +16 8 £325 -23.52%
XQuery
England

XQuery
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing XQuery 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 XQuery.

1 54 (52.94%) XML
2 53 (51.96%) XSLT
3 47 (46.08%) Publishing
4 45 (44.12%) Java
5 43 (42.16%) CSS
6 41 (40.20%) TDD
7 40 (39.22%) HTML
8 38 (37.25%) MarkLogic
9 34 (33.33%) SQL Server
9 34 (33.33%) MVC
10 28 (27.45%) HTTP
11 27 (26.47%) RESTful
12 26 (25.49%) Python
12 26 (25.49%) Finance
13 24 (23.53%) Spring
13 24 (23.53%) .NET
13 24 (23.53%) C#
14 23 (22.55%) Web Services
14 23 (22.55%) W3C
14 23 (22.55%) XPath
14 23 (22.55%) REST
15 21 (20.59%) BDD
15 21 (20.59%) Scrum
16 20 (19.61%) Data Conversion
17 19 (18.63%) JIRA
17 19 (18.63%) CMS
17 19 (18.63%) JMS
17 19 (18.63%) SQL
18 18 (17.65%) J2EE
18 18 (17.65%) XSD

XQuery
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing XQuery 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 XQuery. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 54 (52.94%) XML
2 53 (51.96%) XSLT
3 43 (42.16%) CSS
4 40 (39.22%) HTML
5 27 (26.47%) RESTful
6 24 (23.53%) Spring
6 24 (23.53%) .NET
7 23 (22.55%) Web Services
7 23 (22.55%) REST
8 19 (18.63%) JMS
9 18 (17.65%) J2EE
9 18 (17.65%) XSD
10 17 (16.67%) jQuery
11 16 (15.69%) JSP
12 15 (14.71%) Spring MVC
13 14 (13.73%) ASP.NET
14 13 (12.75%) JSTL
15 12 (11.76%) XML Schema
16 11 (10.78%) Struts
16 11 (10.78%) .NET Framework
Application Platforms
1 19 (18.63%) CMS
2 15 (14.71%) Apache
3 10 (9.804%) Tomcat
4 7 (6.863%) Sitecore CMS
5 3 (2.941%) WebLogic
5 3 (2.941%) IIS
5 3 (2.941%) TIBCO EMS
6 2 (1.961%) ESB
7 1 (0.980%) Apache Pig
7 1 (0.980%) Jetty
7 1 (0.980%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 4 (3.922%) MS Excel
2 1 (0.980%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 28 (27.45%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (37.25%) MarkLogic
2 34 (33.33%) SQL Server
3 18 (17.65%) NoSQL
4 15 (14.71%) MySQL
5 7 (6.863%) Hadoop
6 6 (5.882%) Big Data
7 4 (3.922%) RDBMS
8 3 (2.941%) Data Mining
9 1 (0.980%) Sqoop
9 1 (0.980%) Oracle 11g
9 1 (0.980%) Apache Hive
9 1 (0.980%) Pentaho
Development Applications
1 19 (18.63%) JIRA
2 17 (16.67%) SpecFlow
3 9 (8.824%) Maven
4 5 (4.902%) Git (software)
5 4 (3.922%) Subversion
5 4 (3.922%) PowerDesigner
5 4 (3.922%) JUnit
6 3 (2.941%) jMock
6 3 (2.941%) Cucumber
6 3 (2.941%) TeamCity
6 3 (2.941%) EasyMock
6 3 (2.941%) Ant
7 1 (0.980%) Trac
7 1 (0.980%) Hudson
7 1 (0.980%) Behat
7 1 (0.980%) Mockito
7 1 (0.980%) Talend Open Studio
7 1 (0.980%) Mercurial
7 1 (0.980%) Log4j
General
1 47 (46.08%) Publishing
2 26 (25.49%) Finance
3 8 (7.843%) Banking
4 2 (1.961%) Legal
4 2 (1.961%) Investment Banking
5 1 (0.980%) Retail
Job Titles
1 55 (53.92%) Developer
2 42 (41.18%) Architect
3 16 (15.69%) Java Developer
4 15 (14.71%) Consultant
5 13 (12.75%) Technical Architect
6 12 (11.76%) C# Developer
7 11 (10.78%) Data Architect
8 8 (7.843%) XML Developer
8 8 (7.843%) Java/J2EE Developer
9 5 (4.902%) Functional Architect
9 5 (4.902%) J2EE Developer
10 4 (3.922%) .NET Developer
11 3 (2.941%) Business Architect
11 3 (2.941%) Software Developer
11 3 (2.941%) Web Developer
11 3 (2.941%) Lead Developer
12 2 (1.961%) Programmer
12 2 (1.961%) Technical Consultant
12 2 (1.961%) Senior Developer
12 2 (1.961%) Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 23 (22.55%) W3C
2 20 (19.61%) Data Conversion
3 16 (15.69%) Semantic Web
4 4 (3.922%) Mathematics
4 4 (3.922%) Physics
4 4 (3.922%) Computer Science
5 2 (1.961%) Open Source
6 1 (0.980%) Linked Data
6 1 (0.980%) Digital Media
6 1 (0.980%) SWIFT
6 1 (0.980%) Data Extraction
6 1 (0.980%) Ontologies
6 1 (0.980%) Derivative
Operating Systems
1 10 (9.804%) Linux
2 9 (8.824%) UNIX
3 8 (7.843%) Windows
4 1 (0.980%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (40.20%) TDD
2 34 (33.33%) MVC
3 21 (20.59%) BDD
3 21 (20.59%) Scrum
4 14 (13.73%) Continuous Integration
5 13 (12.75%) Agile Software Development
6 11 (10.78%) RDF
7 9 (8.824%) OO
7 9 (8.824%) SOA
8 8 (7.843%) Kanban
9 7 (6.863%) Domain-Driven Design
10 6 (5.882%) Knowledge Management
10 6 (5.882%) UML
11 5 (4.902%) Waterfall
12 4 (3.922%) Data Analysis
12 4 (3.922%) Project Planning
12 4 (3.922%) Technical Architecture
12 4 (3.922%) Business Intelligence
12 4 (3.922%) E-Commerce
13 3 (2.941%) Multithreading
Programming Languages
1 45 (44.12%) Java
2 26 (25.49%) Python
3 24 (23.53%) C#
4 23 (22.55%) XPath
5 19 (18.63%) SQL
6 17 (16.67%) JavaScript
7 7 (6.863%) SPARQL
8 4 (3.922%) Scala
9 3 (2.941%) PHP
9 3 (2.941%) C++
9 3 (2.941%) Ruby
10 1 (0.980%) PowerShell
10 1 (0.980%) Bash shell
10 1 (0.980%) PowerHouse
10 1 (0.980%) T-SQL
10 1 (0.980%) VBScript
10 1 (0.980%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (12.75%) Degree
2 6 (5.882%) CIPD
3 4 (3.922%) SC Cleared
3 4 (3.922%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (0.980%) Basel III
System Software
1 9 (8.824%) Squid
2 1 (0.980%) Apache Flume
Systems Management
1 3 (2.941%) Splunk
Vendors
1 11 (10.78%) Oracle
2 8 (7.843%) Sitecore
3 6 (5.882%) Mercator
4 5 (4.902%) Microsoft
5 3 (2.941%) TIBCO
6 1 (0.980%) Tableau
6 1 (0.980%) Talend
6 1 (0.980%) Zend
6 1 (0.980%) Cognos
6 1 (0.980%) Bloomberg
6 1 (0.980%) Informatica
6 1 (0.980%) Red Hat
6 1 (0.980%) Google
6 1 (0.980%) PolarLake
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