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The table below looks at the demand for Extensible Hypertext Markup Language (XHTML) skills within the Merseyside region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited XHTML over the 3 months to 13 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkExtensible Hypertext Markup Language (XHTML)
Location
3 months to
13 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank3330
Rank change on same period last yearDown-3
Matching contract IT job ads1315
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.018 %0.015 %
As % of the category below8.725 %15.79 %
Daily rates quoted06
Average minimum daily rate-£293
Average daily rate-£326
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£359
UK excluding London average daily rate£255£269
% change on same period last year-5.15 %
Hourly rates quoted30
Average minimum hourly rate£14.67-
Average hourly rate£17.00-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£19.33-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.82£32.20
% change on same period last year-19.82 %
Merseyside IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Merseyside
Matching contract IT job ads14995
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.211 %0.096 %
Daily rates quoted4225
Average minimum daily rate£299£308
Average daily rate£312£337
% change on same period last year-7.40 %
Average maximum daily rate£325£366
UK excluding London average daily rate£329£333
% change on same period last year-1.09 %
Hourly rates quoted175
Average minimum hourly rate£26.63£29.77
Average hourly rate£29.91£32.15
% change on same period last year-6.96 %
Average maximum hourly rate£33.19£34.52
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.93£31.98
% change on same period last year-3.29 %
XHTML North WestXHTML
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.

XHTML
Demand Trend

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

Merseyside XHTML Demand Trend

XHTML
Daily Rate Trend

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

Merseyside XHTML Daily Rate Trend

XHTML
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Merseyside XHTML Hourly Rate Trend

XHTML
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing XHTML across the Merseyside region over the 3 months to 13 October 2008.

Merseyside XHTML Hourly Rate Histogram

XHTML
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing XHTML within the Merseyside region over the 3 months to 13 October 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.

LocationRank 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
LiverpoolDown-512--
XHTML North WestXHTML
North West

XHTML
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Merseyside region citing XHTML 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 XHTML.

120 (100.00 %)CSS
211 (55.00 %)JavaScript
310 (50.00 %)Photoshop
49 (45.00 %)HTML
56 (30.00 %)W3C
56 (30.00 %)Flash
56 (30.00 %)Dreamweaver
56 (30.00 %)ActionScript
64 (20.00 %)Fireworks
64 (20.00 %)Adobe Illustrator
64 (20.00 %)Graphic Design
73 (15.00 %)Animation
73 (15.00 %)SCORM
73 (15.00 %)E-Learning
73 (15.00 %)AJAX
73 (15.00 %)MS PowerPoint
73 (15.00 %)Java
73 (15.00 %)Education
73 (15.00 %)Government
73 (15.00 %)Health
82 (10.00 %)XML
82 (10.00 %).NET
82 (10.00 %)ASP
82 (10.00 %)DHTML
91 (5.000 %)Web Design
91 (5.000 %)Web Development
91 (5.000 %).NET Framework
91 (5.000 %)Content Management
91 (5.000 %)ASP.NET
91 (5.000 %)JSP

XHTML
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Merseyside region citing XHTML 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 XHTML. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Merseyside IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
120 (100.00 %)CSS
29 (45.00 %)HTML
33 (15.00 %)AJAX
42 (10.00 %).NET
42 (10.00 %)ASP
42 (10.00 %)XML
51 (5.000 %)XSLT
51 (5.000 %)JSP
51 (5.000 %)SOAP
51 (5.000 %)ASP.NET
51 (5.000 %)ADO
51 (5.000 %).NET Framework
Merseyside IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (5.000 %)IIS
11 (5.000 %)SharePoint
11 (5.000 %)CMS
Merseyside IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
110 (50.00 %)Photoshop
24 (20.00 %)Fireworks
24 (20.00 %)Adobe Illustrator
33 (15.00 %)MS PowerPoint
41 (5.000 %)Maya
41 (5.000 %)MS Office
Merseyside IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (5.000 %)SQL Server
Merseyside IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
16 (30.00 %)Flash
16 (30.00 %)Dreamweaver
21 (5.000 %)Visual Studio
21 (5.000 %)VSS/SourceSafe
Merseyside IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
14 (20.00 %)Graphic Design
23 (15.00 %)Animation
23 (15.00 %)Education
23 (15.00 %)Government
23 (15.00 %)Health
31 (5.000 %)Games
31 (5.000 %)Finance
Merseyside IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
112 (60.00 %)Developer
28 (40.00 %)Web Developer
37 (35.00 %)Web Designer
43 (15.00 %)E-Learning Developer
51 (5.000 %)Junior
51 (5.000 %).NET Developer
51 (5.000 %)Junior Developer
51 (5.000 %)HTML Developer
51 (5.000 %)Junior Web Developer
51 (5.000 %)Graphic Designer
Merseyside IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
16 (30.00 %)W3C
23 (15.00 %)E-Learning
23 (15.00 %)SCORM
31 (5.000 %)NHS
Merseyside IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (5.000 %)B2B
11 (5.000 %)SEO
11 (5.000 %)Web Design
11 (5.000 %)Content Management
11 (5.000 %)Web Development
Merseyside IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
111 (55.00 %)JavaScript
26 (30.00 %)ActionScript
33 (15.00 %)Java
42 (10.00 %)DHTML
51 (5.000 %)PHP
51 (5.000 %)VBScript
51 (5.000 %)VBA
Merseyside IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (5.000 %)Microsoft
11 (5.000 %)Adobe