The first table below looks at the demand for XML Schema skills in IT contracts advertised for the Manchester region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited XML Schema over the 3 months to 21 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 Application Development category for the Manchester 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
XML Schema
Rank 71 88 72
Rank change year-on-year
+17 -16
Contract jobs citing XML Schema 2 1 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 0.212% 0.077% 0.198%
As % of the Application Development category 0.690% 0.257% 0.712%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £325 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £350 £363
% change year-on-year
+5.71% -3.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £24.00
All Application Development
Manchester
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
290 389 281
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 30.72% 29.92% 27.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 153 232 153
Average daily rate £290 £300 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.33% +9.09%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £230 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £350 £375 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 14 13
Average hourly rate £21.00 £17.50 £27.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+20.00% -36.36%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.61 £15.00 £18.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £160.50 £33.32 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
XML Schema
North West

XML Schema
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing XML Schema across the Manchester region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Manchester XML Schema Jobs Demand Trend

XML Schema
Daily Rate Trend

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

Manchester XML Schema Daily Rate Trend

XML Schema
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing XML Schema within the Manchester region over the 3 months to 21 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
Salford - 2 £325 -
XML Schema
North West

XML Schema
Top 24 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester region citing XML Schema 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 Schema.

1 7 (100.00%) XML
2 4 (57.14%) B2B
2 4 (57.14%) B2C
2 4 (57.14%) Business Analysis
3 2 (28.57%) Waterfall
3 2 (28.57%) MarkLogic
3 2 (28.57%) Finance
3 2 (28.57%) Manufacturing
3 2 (28.57%) Publishing
3 2 (28.57%) Banking
3 2 (28.57%) Content Management
3 2 (28.57%) Logistics
3 2 (28.57%) XQuery
3 2 (28.57%) ISEB
3 2 (28.57%) XSLT
3 2 (28.57%) XHTML
3 2 (28.57%) HTML
3 2 (28.57%) Java
3 2 (28.57%) JavaScript
3 2 (28.57%) SAP
3 2 (28.57%) CSS
4 1 (14.29%) E-Commerce
4 1 (14.29%) Systems Analysis
4 1 (14.29%) Degree

XML Schema
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester region citing XML Schema 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 Schema. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 7 (100.00%) XML
2 2 (28.57%) XSLT
2 2 (28.57%) XHTML
2 2 (28.57%) HTML
2 2 (28.57%) CSS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (28.57%) MarkLogic
General
1 2 (28.57%) Finance
1 2 (28.57%) Manufacturing
1 2 (28.57%) Publishing
1 2 (28.57%) Banking
Job Titles
1 5 (71.43%) Business Analyst
1 5 (71.43%) Analyst
2 2 (28.57%) Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Business Systems Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Systems Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) B2B
1 4 (57.14%) B2C
1 4 (57.14%) Business Analysis
2 2 (28.57%) Waterfall
2 2 (28.57%) Content Management
2 2 (28.57%) Logistics
3 1 (14.29%) E-Commerce
3 1 (14.29%) Systems Analysis
Programming Languages
1 2 (28.57%) XQuery
1 2 (28.57%) Java
1 2 (28.57%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) ISEB
2 1 (14.29%) Degree
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) SAP