Manchester XML Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Extensible Markup Language (XML) skills within the Manchester 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 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Extensible Markup Language (XML)
Location Aberdeen Alderley Edge Avon Aylesbury Banbury Basildon Basingstoke Bath Batley Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Birmingham Blackburn Bournemouth Bracknell Bradford Braintree Brentwood Bridgend Brighton Bristol Bromley Buckinghamshire Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Carlisle Carrickfergus Channel Islands Chatham Cheadle Chelmsford Cheltenham Cheshire Chester Chippenham City of London Colchester Conwy Corby County Antrim Coventry Crawley Crewe Croydon Cumbria Darlington Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Doncaster Dorking Dorset Dundee Durham East Anglia East Kilbride East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Eastleigh Edinburgh England Epsom Essex Exeter Farnborough Farnham Gatwick Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Godalming Gosport Greenhithe Greenwich Guildford Halesowen Halifax Hammersmith Hampshire Harrow Hendon Hereford Herefordshire Hertfordshire Highlands Home Counties Horsham Hull Huntingdon Ilford Inverness Ipswich Isle of Man Jersey Kendal Kent Lanarkshire Lancashire Lancaster Leamington Spa Leeds Leicestershire Lincoln Lincolnshire Linlithgow Liverpool Livingston Llandudno London Luton M4 Corridor Macclesfield Maidenhead Maidstone Manchester Marlow Merseyside Merthyr Tydfil Middlesbrough Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Nantwich Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Norfolk North East North Wales North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Nuneaton Oxford Oxfordshire Paddington Paisley Peel Peterborough Pontypridd Poole Portsmouth Preston Reading Reigate Renfrewshire Rhondda Cynon Taff Rickmansworth Romford Rotherham Salford Scotland Sheffield Shropshire Slough Solihull Somerset South Coast South East South Lanarkshire South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Southend-on-Sea Southport Southwark St Albans Staffordshire Stevenage Stockport Stoke-on-Trent Suffolk Sunbury-on-Thames Sunderland Surrey Sussex Swansea Swindon Taunton Teddington Telford Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Wales Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Watford Wells West Lothian West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Westminster Weston-super-Mare Weybridge Wigan Wiltshire Wimbledon Winchester Windsor Wirral Woking Wokingham Wolverhampton Worcester Worcestershire Worthing York Yorkshire	3 months to 25 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	13	15
Rank change on same period last year	+2
Matching contract IT job ads	111	74
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.148 %	0.075 %
As % of the category below	24.83 %	28.57 %
Daily rates quoted	17	15
Average minimum daily rate	£258	£250
Average daily rate	£279	£277
% change on same period last year	+0.55 %
Average maximum daily rate	£299	£304
UK excluding London average daily rate	£336	£338
% change on same period last year	-0.71 %
Hourly rates quoted	11	7
Average minimum hourly rate	£29.82	£28.14
Average hourly rate	£32.09	£30.43
% change on same period last year	+5.46 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£34.36	£32.71
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£34.06	£33.04
% change on same period last year	+3.08 %
Application Development Manchester
Matching contract IT job ads	447	259
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.596 %	0.262 %
Daily rates quoted	62	37
Average minimum daily rate	£295	£221
Average daily rate	£314	£245
% change on same period last year	+28.22 %
Average maximum daily rate	£333	£269
UK excluding London average daily rate	£340	£336
% change on same period last year	+1.20 %
Hourly rates quoted	42	20
Average minimum hourly rate	£26.86	£25.63
Average hourly rate	£29.86	£27.50
% change on same period last year	+8.57 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£32.86	£29.37
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£32.78	£33.23
% change on same period last year	-1.32 %
XML North West

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.

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Demand Trend

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

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Daily Rate Trend

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

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Daily Rate Histogram

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

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Hourly Rate Histogram

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

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing XML within the Manchester 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.

Location	Rank 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
Cheadle	-	7	£180	-
Stockport	-2	6	£350	+59.09 %
Salford	-2	3	£240	-45.14 %
Wigan	-	1	-	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester 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.

1 98 (52.69 %) .NET 2 73 (39.25 %) SQL 2 73 (39.25 %) ASP.NET 3 70 (37.63 %) SQL Server 4 68 (36.56 %) C# 5 64 (34.41 %) WebServices 6 59 (31.72 %) HTML 7 52 (27.96 %) JavaScript 8 48 (25.81 %) Java 9 45 (24.19 %) Oracle 9 45 (24.19 %) SQL Server 2005 10 39 (20.97 %) CSS 11 31 (16.67 %) VB.NET 12 29 (15.59 %) XSLT 13 28 (15.05 %) ASP

14 27 (14.52 %) ActionScript 15 26 (13.98 %) AJAX 16 25 (13.44 %) J2EE 17 24 (12.90 %) UML 17 24 (12.90 %) Microsoft 18 23 (12.37 %) PL/SQL 19 21 (11.29 %) XHTML 20 20 (10.75 %) Windows 21 19 (10.22 %) PHP 21 19 (10.22 %) SQL Server 2000 21 19 (10.22 %) .NET Framework 22 18 (9.677 %) MS Excel 22 18 (9.677 %) XSL 23 17 (9.140 %) Visual Studio 24 16 (8.602 %) OO

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester 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.

Application Development 1 98 (52.69 %) .NET 2 73 (39.25 %) ASP.NET 3 64 (34.41 %) WebServices 4 59 (31.72 %) HTML 5 39 (20.97 %) CSS 6 29 (15.59 %) XSLT 7 28 (15.05 %) ASP 8 26 (13.98 %) AJAX 9 25 (13.44 %) J2EE 10 21 (11.29 %) XHTML 11 19 (10.22 %) .NET Framework 12 18 (9.677 %) XSL 13 13 (6.989 %) WebSphere 13 13 (6.989 %) ASP.NET 2.0 14 12 (6.452 %) jQuery 15 9 (4.839 %) SOAP 16 8 (4.301 %) JSP 16 8 (4.301 %) Hibernate 16 8 (4.301 %) Spring 17 6 (3.226 %) JRules	Application Platforms 1 11 (5.914 %) SharePoint 2 7 (3.763 %) IIS 3 5 (2.688 %) Oracle Workflow 3 5 (2.688 %) WebSphere Application Server 4 4 (2.151 %) BizTalk Server 5 3 (1.613 %) Apache 5 3 (1.613 %) SharePoint Server 2007 6 2 (1.075 %) Tomcat 6 2 (1.075 %) MS Exchange 7 1 (0.538 %) CMS 7 1 (0.538 %) JBoss 7 1 (0.538 %) Umbraco 7 1 (0.538 %) Oracle BPEL
Applications 1 18 (9.677 %) MS Excel 2 5 (2.688 %) Photoshop 3 3 (1.613 %) MS Office 3 3 (1.613 %) Doxygen 4 2 (1.075 %) Adobe Illustrator 5 1 (0.538 %) DOC1 5 1 (0.538 %) MS Project 5 1 (0.538 %) Fireworks	Business Applications 1 7 (3.763 %) Oracle iRecruitment 2 6 (3.226 %) Oracle Applications
Communications & Networking 1 6 (3.226 %) Internet 2 4 (2.151 %) TCP/IP 2 4 (2.151 %) SSL 3 1 (0.538 %) Intranet 3 1 (0.538 %) LDAP 3 1 (0.538 %) FTP 3 1 (0.538 %) HTTP 3 1 (0.538 %) Extranet	Database & Business Intelligence 1 70 (37.63 %) SQL Server 2 45 (24.19 %) SQL Server 2005 3 19 (10.22 %) SQL Server 2000 4 11 (5.914 %) Oracle Reports 5 9 (4.839 %) MySQL 5 9 (4.839 %) SQL Server 7 6 8 (4.301 %) RDBMS 7 6 (3.226 %) DTS 8 5 (2.688 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 9 3 (1.613 %) Oracle Discoverer 9 3 (1.613 %) Oracle 8/8i 9 3 (1.613 %) Oracle 9i 9 3 (1.613 %) MS Access 9 3 (1.613 %) Oracle 10g 10 1 (0.538 %) PostgreSQL 10 1 (0.538 %) Oracle OLAP 10 1 (0.538 %) OLAP
Development Applications 1 17 (9.140 %) Visual Studio 2 15 (8.065 %) Flash 3 13 (6.989 %) VSS/SourceSafe 4 8 (4.301 %) Eclipse 5 5 (2.688 %) Oracle Forms 6 3 (1.613 %) Dreamweaver 6 3 (1.613 %) ClearQuest 6 3 (1.613 %) NUnit 6 3 (1.613 %) ClearCase 7 2 (1.075 %) Oracle APEX 7 2 (1.075 %) Selenium 7 2 (1.075 %) Ant 8 1 (0.538 %) JUnit	General 1 8 (4.301 %) Finance 2 7 (3.763 %) Marketing 3 6 (3.226 %) Insurance 4 5 (2.688 %) Retail 4 5 (2.688 %) Government 5 4 (2.151 %) Telecoms 6 2 (1.075 %) Pensions 6 2 (1.075 %) Retail Banking 6 2 (1.075 %) Military 6 2 (1.075 %) Banking 7 1 (0.538 %) Education 7 1 (0.538 %) Legal 7 1 (0.538 %) Manufacturing 7 1 (0.538 %) Home Office 7 1 (0.538 %) Animation
Job Titles 1 150 (80.65 %) Developer 2 52 (27.96 %) .NET Developer 3 28 (15.05 %) C# Developer 4 25 (13.44 %) ASP.NET Developer 5 22 (11.83 %) Web Developer 6 21 (11.29 %) Java Developer 7 19 (10.22 %) VB.NET Developer 8 15 (8.065 %) Programmer 8 15 (8.065 %) C#/ASP.NET Developer 9 12 (6.452 %) Java/J2EE Developer 9 12 (6.452 %) Oracle Developer 9 12 (6.452 %) SQL Developer 10 11 (5.914 %) Web Programmer 11 10 (5.376 %) J2EE Developer 12 9 (4.839 %) Software Engineer 13 8 (4.301 %) VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer 13 8 (4.301 %) .NET Web Developer 14 7 (3.763 %) ActionScript Developer 14 7 (3.763 %) Senior Developer 14 7 (3.763 %) Software Developer	Miscellaneous 1 11 (5.914 %) N-Tier 2 10 (5.376 %) W3C 3 5 (2.688 %) E-Learning 3 5 (2.688 %) SCORM 4 4 (2.151 %) Social Network 4 4 (2.151 %) Multithreading 4 4 (2.151 %) Data Extraction 5 2 (1.075 %) RIA 5 2 (1.075 %) Web 2.0 5 2 (1.075 %) Replication 5 2 (1.075 %) NHS 6 1 (0.538 %) Psychology 6 1 (0.538 %) Ergonomics 6 1 (0.538 %) Human Factors
Operating Systems 1 20 (10.75 %) Windows 2 6 (3.226 %) UNIX 3 5 (2.688 %) Linux 4 1 (0.538 %) Windows NT 4 1 (0.538 %) Windows Mobile	Processes & Methodologies 1 24 (12.90 %) UML 2 16 (8.602 %) OO 3 15 (8.065 %) Security Cleared 4 14 (7.527 %) E-Commerce 5 13 (6.989 %) Web Development 6 7 (3.763 %) Workflow 7 6 (3.226 %) SEO 7 6 (3.226 %) Web Design 8 4 (2.151 %) Requirements Analysis 8 4 (2.151 %) SOA 8 4 (2.151 %) OOP 9 3 (1.613 %) CRM 9 3 (1.613 %) OOD 9 3 (1.613 %) Project Management 9 3 (1.613 %) Agile Software Development 9 3 (1.613 %) Content Management 10 2 (1.075 %) Project Planning 10 2 (1.075 %) Software Engineering 10 2 (1.075 %) DV Cleared 10 2 (1.075 %) Validation
Programming Languages 1 73 (39.25 %) SQL 2 68 (36.56 %) C# 3 52 (27.96 %) JavaScript 4 48 (25.81 %) Java 5 31 (16.67 %) VB.NET 6 27 (14.52 %) ActionScript 7 23 (12.37 %) PL/SQL 8 19 (10.22 %) PHP 9 14 (7.527 %) C++ 10 10 (5.376 %) VB 11 8 (4.301 %) Transact-SQL 11 8 (4.301 %) Python 11 8 (4.301 %) DHTML 11 8 (4.301 %) Lingo 11 8 (4.301 %) PHP5 12 4 (2.151 %) VB6 13 3 (1.613 %) Perl 13 3 (1.613 %) VBScript 14 2 (1.075 %) C 14 2 (1.075 %) XPath	Qualifications 1 7 (3.763 %) Degree 2 2 (1.075 %) Sun Certification 3 1 (0.538 %) MCSD 3 1 (0.538 %) ISEB 3 1 (0.538 %) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 7 (3.763 %) QA 2 1 (0.538 %) ISO9001	System Software 1 1 (0.538 %) Active Directory
Vendors 1 45 (24.19 %) Oracle 2 24 (12.90 %) Microsoft 3 9 (4.839 %) ILOG 4 2 (1.075 %) VMware 4 2 (1.075 %) Zend 5 1 (0.538 %) Adobe 5 1 (0.538 %) IBM