Midlands XPath Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for XPath (XML Path Language) skills within the Midlands region with a comparison to our Programming Languages category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited XPath over the 3 months to 4 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

XPath (XML Path Language)
Location Berkshire Blackburn Bristol Cambridge Cambridgeshire Cheltenham Cheshire Chester City of London Devon East of England Edinburgh England Essex Gloucestershire Hertfordshire Kent Lancashire Leeds London M4 Corridor Macclesfield Manchester Midlands North West Reading Scotland South East South West Stockport UK Uxbridge West Malling West Yorkshire Yorkshire	3 months to 4 Dec 2008	Same period last year
Rank	-	-
Rank change on same period last year	-
Matching contract IT job ads	0	0
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.000 %	0.000 %
As % of the category below	0.000 %	0.000 %
Daily rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum daily rate	-	-
Average daily rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£324	£327
% change on same period last year	-0.84 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£32.50	-
% change on same period last year	-
Programming Languages Midlands
Matching contract IT job ads	196	429
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.318 %	0.468 %
Daily rates quoted	14	43
Average minimum daily rate	£326	£349
Average daily rate	£345	£364
% change on same period last year	-5.30 %
Average maximum daily rate	£364	£380
UK excluding London average daily rate	£317	£330
% change on same period last year	-4.21 %
Hourly rates quoted	10	20
Average minimum hourly rate	£32.29	£27.45
Average hourly rate	£32.65	£29.03
% change on same period last year	+12.45 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£33.00	£30.61
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£31.06	£32.67
% change on same period last year	-4.94 %
XPath England

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.

XPath
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing XPath across the Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

XPath
Hourly Rate Trend

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