The first table below looks at the demand for XAML skills in IT contracts advertised for the Merseyside region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited XAML over the 3 months to 22 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 Merseyside 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Extensible Application Markup Language (XAML)
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing XAML 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Merseyside - - -
As % of the Programming Languages category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £301 £325 £325
% change year-on-year
-7.53% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £38.50 - -
All Programming Languages
Merseyside
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
76 106 66
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Merseyside 35.35% 39.70% 26.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 51 31
Average daily rate £350 £325 £283
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.69% +15.04%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £260 £210
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £400 £350
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 10 1
Average hourly rate £16.72 £17.51 £15.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-4.51% +16.73%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+2.94% -2.85%
XAML
North West

XAML
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Merseyside XAML Jobs Demand Trend

XAML
Daily Rate Trend

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

Merseyside XAML Daily Rate Trend