Midlands XSD Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for XML Schema Definition (XSD) skills within the Midlands region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited XSD over the 3 months to 4 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

XML Schema Definition (XSD)
Location Berkshire Birmingham Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cheshire City of London Croydon Devon Docklands, London East Midlands East of England England Essex Halifax Hammersmith Hampshire Hertfordshire Leeds Liverpool London Merseyside Midlands North West Nottinghamshire Nuneaton Portsmouth Shropshire South East South West Stevenage Telford UK Warwickshire West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Yorkshire	3 months to 4 Sep 2008	Same period last year
Rank	-	77
Rank change on same period last year	-
Matching contract IT job ads	0	2
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.000 %	0.002 %
As % of the category below	0.000 %	0.512 %
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	£309	£400
% change on same period last year	-22.81 %
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	£35.00	£24.00
% change on same period last year	+45.83 %
Application Development Midlands
Matching contract IT job ads	232	391
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.313 %	0.391 %
Daily rates quoted	44	39
Average minimum daily rate	£341	£358
Average daily rate	£362	£375
% change on same period last year	-3.63 %
Average maximum daily rate	£382	£393
UK excluding London average daily rate	£339	£336
% change on same period last year	+0.74 %
Hourly rates quoted	3	13
Average minimum hourly rate	£23.50	£29.22
Average hourly rate	£27.13	£29.79
% change on same period last year	-8.94 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£30.75	£30.36
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£32.45	£33.05
% change on same period last year	-1.82 %
XSD 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.

XSD
Demand Trend

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

XSD
Daily Rate Trend

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

XSD
Hourly Rate Trend

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