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This section looks at the demand for Extensible Markup Language (XML) skills within the Lowestoft 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 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkExtensible Markup Language (XML)
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank-6
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads01
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.001 %
As % of the category below0.000 %14.29 %
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£336
% change on same period last year-1.19 %
Hourly rates quoted01
Average minimum hourly rate-£35.00
Average hourly rate-£37.50
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£34.30£33.12
% change on same period last year+3.57 %
Lowestoft IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Lowestoft
Matching contract IT job ads07
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.007 %
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£338£337
% change on same period last year+0.55 %
Hourly rates quoted07
Average minimum hourly rate-£27.50
Average hourly rate-£27.95
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£28.41
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.72£33.29
% change on same period last year-1.69 %
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 Lowestoft region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Lowestoft 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 Lowestoft region.

Lowestoft 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 Lowestoft region.

Lowestoft XML Hourly Rate Trend

XML
Top 10 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Lowestoft 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.

11 (100.00 %)C#
11 (100.00 %)HTML
11 (100.00 %)JavaScript
11 (100.00 %)VB.NET
11 (100.00 %).NET
11 (100.00 %)ASP.NET
11 (100.00 %)CSS
11 (100.00 %)E-Commerce
11 (100.00 %)N-Tier
11 (100.00 %)AJAX

XML
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Lowestoft 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.

Lowestoft IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (100.00 %)HTML
11 (100.00 %).NET
11 (100.00 %)ASP.NET
11 (100.00 %)CSS
11 (100.00 %)AJAX
Lowestoft IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11 (100.00 %)Developer
11 (100.00 %).NET Developer
11 (100.00 %)C# Developer
11 (100.00 %)VB.NET Developer
11 (100.00 %)ASP.NET Developer
11 (100.00 %)VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
11 (100.00 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
Lowestoft IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (100.00 %)N-Tier
Lowestoft IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (100.00 %)E-Commerce
Lowestoft IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (100.00 %)C#
11 (100.00 %)JavaScript
11 (100.00 %)VB.NET