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This section looks at the demand for Extensible Markup Language (XML) 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 XML over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkExtensible Markup Language (XML)
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank1020
Rank change on same period last yearUp+10
Matching contract IT job ads3221
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.043 %0.021 %
As % of the category below26.89 %31.34 %
Daily rates quoted127
Average minimum daily rate£394£300
Average daily rate£415£312
% change on same period last year+33.11 %
Average maximum daily rate£436£324
UK excluding London average daily rate£336£338
% change on same period last year-0.71 %
Hourly rates quoted11
Average minimum hourly rate£15.00£15.00
Average hourly rate£15.00£20.00
% change on same period last year-25.00 %
Average maximum hourly rate£15.00£25.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£34.06£33.04
% change on same period last year+3.08 %
Merseyside IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Merseyside
Matching contract IT job ads11967
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.159 %0.068 %
Daily rates quoted3815
Average minimum daily rate£344£295
Average daily rate£363£326
% change on same period last year+11.37 %
Average maximum daily rate£382£356
UK excluding London average daily rate£340£336
% change on same period last year+1.20 %
Hourly rates quoted115
Average minimum hourly rate£21.94£26.15
Average hourly rate£23.06£29.46
% change on same period last year-21.73 %
Average maximum hourly rate£24.18£32.77
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.78£33.23
% change on same period last year-1.32 %
XML North WestXML
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.

XML
Demand Trend

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

Merseyside 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 Merseyside region.

Merseyside XML Daily Rate Trend

XML
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Merseyside XML Daily Rate Histogram

XML
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Merseyside XML Hourly Rate Trend

XML
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 Merseyside 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.

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
LiverpoolUp+825£415+35.85 %
SouthportUp+43--
WirralNew entry-2--
XML North WestXML
North West

XML
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

122 (44.90 %)Oracle
219 (38.78 %).NET
318 (36.73 %)Security Cleared
417 (34.69 %)ASP.NET
516 (32.65 %)SQL
614 (28.57 %)SQL Server
614 (28.57 %)C#
614 (28.57 %)HTML
614 (28.57 %)WebServices
713 (26.53 %)JavaScript
811 (22.45 %)SC Cleared
811 (22.45 %)SQL Server 2005
910 (20.41 %)Java
910 (20.41 %)CSS
910 (20.41 %)Visual Studio
910 (20.41 %)Windows
109 (18.37 %)VB.NET
109 (18.37 %)SQL Server 2000
117 (14.29 %)Crystal Reports
117 (14.29 %)XSLT
126 (12.24 %)XSD
126 (12.24 %)Struts
126 (12.24 %)Oracle 8/8i
126 (12.24 %)J2EE
126 (12.24 %)InstallShield
126 (12.24 %)Oracle 10g
126 (12.24 %)Government
126 (12.24 %)NUnit
126 (12.24 %)Insurance
126 (12.24 %)WinForms

XML
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Merseyside IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
119 (38.78 %).NET
217 (34.69 %)ASP.NET
314 (28.57 %)HTML
314 (28.57 %)WebServices
410 (20.41 %)CSS
57 (14.29 %)XSLT
66 (12.24 %)XSD
66 (12.24 %)Struts
66 (12.24 %)J2EE
66 (12.24 %)WinForms
75 (10.20 %)JSP
75 (10.20 %)Servlets
84 (8.163 %)Spring
93 (6.122 %)AJAX
93 (6.122 %)XHTML
93 (6.122 %)iBATIS
102 (4.082 %)XSL
111 (2.041 %)ActiveX
111 (2.041 %)EJB
111 (2.041 %)SOAP
Merseyside IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
14 (8.163 %)SharePoint
14 (8.163 %)SharePoint Server 2007
22 (4.082 %)Oracle Application Server
31 (2.041 %)Oracle 10gAS
31 (2.041 %)Oracle Workflow
31 (2.041 %)WebLogic
31 (2.041 %)IIS
31 (2.041 %)Apache
Merseyside IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
14 (8.163 %)Photoshop
23 (6.122 %)ImageReady
23 (6.122 %)Fireworks
32 (4.082 %)Adobe Illustrator
32 (4.082 %)InfoPath
41 (2.041 %)CA Clarity
41 (2.041 %)Adobe Premiere
41 (2.041 %)Adobe After Effects
41 (2.041 %)Adobe Director
41 (2.041 %)MS Project
41 (2.041 %)MS Office
41 (2.041 %)MS Visio
Merseyside IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
12 (4.082 %)Oracle Financials
21 (2.041 %)Oracle 11i
21 (2.041 %)Oracle HRMS
21 (2.041 %)Oracle Applications
Merseyside IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
13 (6.122 %)Intranet
21 (2.041 %)LDAP
Merseyside IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
114 (28.57 %)SQL Server
211 (22.45 %)SQL Server 2005
39 (18.37 %)SQL Server 2000
47 (14.29 %)Crystal Reports
56 (12.24 %)Oracle 8/8i
56 (12.24 %)Oracle 10g
65 (10.20 %)Oracle 9i
74 (8.163 %)RDBMS
82 (4.082 %)ETL
82 (4.082 %)TOAD
91 (2.041 %)Oracle Discoverer
91 (2.041 %)MySQL
91 (2.041 %)Oracle Reports
91 (2.041 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
Merseyside IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
110 (20.41 %)Visual Studio
26 (12.24 %)InstallShield
26 (12.24 %)NUnit
35 (10.20 %)JUnit
44 (8.163 %)Ant
44 (8.163 %)Flash
44 (8.163 %)Dreamweaver
51 (2.041 %)JDeveloper
51 (2.041 %)WebLogic Workshop
51 (2.041 %)Eclipse
51 (2.041 %)VSS/SourceSafe
51 (2.041 %)Oracle Forms
51 (2.041 %)HttpUnit
Merseyside IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
16 (12.24 %)Government
16 (12.24 %)Insurance
24 (8.163 %)Telecoms
33 (6.122 %)Finance
41 (2.041 %)Pensions
41 (2.041 %)Auditing
41 (2.041 %)Law
41 (2.041 %)Publishing
41 (2.041 %)Banking
Merseyside IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
137 (75.51 %)Developer
213 (26.53 %).NET Developer
36 (12.24 %)Java Developer
44 (8.163 %)Analyst
44 (8.163 %)C# Developer
44 (8.163 %)Oracle Developer
53 (6.122 %)Test Analyst
53 (6.122 %)Oracle DBA
53 (6.122 %)Consultant
53 (6.122 %)DBA
53 (6.122 %)VB.NET Developer
62 (4.082 %)Web Designer
62 (4.082 %)ASP.NET Developer
62 (4.082 %)Senior Oracle DBA
62 (4.082 %)Senior DBA
62 (4.082 %)Senior Consultant
62 (4.082 %)Applications Developer
62 (4.082 %)Architect
62 (4.082 %)Java Applications Developer
71 (2.041 %)Java Software Developer
Merseyside IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (2.041 %)NHS
Merseyside IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
110 (20.41 %)Windows
23 (6.122 %)UNIX
32 (4.082 %)Solaris
41 (2.041 %)Linux
Merseyside IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
118 (36.73 %)Security Cleared
211 (22.45 %)SC Cleared
36 (12.24 %)Agile Software Development
45 (10.20 %)UML
45 (10.20 %)BC Cleared
54 (8.163 %)Validation
54 (8.163 %)User Acceptance Testing
62 (4.082 %)Test Scripting
62 (4.082 %)OO
62 (4.082 %)E-Commerce
62 (4.082 %)EAI
62 (4.082 %)E-business
62 (4.082 %)SEO
62 (4.082 %)Workflow
71 (2.041 %)Project Management
71 (2.041 %)CRM
71 (2.041 %)ITIL
71 (2.041 %)PRINCE2
71 (2.041 %)Data Migration
71 (2.041 %)Migration
Merseyside IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
116 (32.65 %)SQL
214 (28.57 %)C#
313 (26.53 %)JavaScript
410 (20.41 %)Java
59 (18.37 %)VB.NET
63 (6.122 %)ActionScript
63 (6.122 %)VBScript
63 (6.122 %)PL/SQL
63 (6.122 %)DHTML
72 (4.082 %)C
72 (4.082 %)VB
72 (4.082 %)Lingo
81 (2.041 %)PHP5
81 (2.041 %)VBA
81 (2.041 %)C++
81 (2.041 %)PHP
Merseyside IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
13 (6.122 %)HND
13 (6.122 %)Microsoft Certification
13 (6.122 %)Sun Certification
13 (6.122 %)Degree
22 (4.082 %)MCSE
22 (4.082 %)MCSD
Merseyside IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
15 (10.20 %)QA
Merseyside IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
122 (44.90 %)Oracle
23 (6.122 %)Sun
32 (4.082 %)Microsoft
32 (4.082 %)Adobe
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