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The table below looks at the demand for Extensible Stylesheet Language (XSL) 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 XSL over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkExtensible Stylesheet Language (XSL)
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank-65
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads010
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.011 %
As % of the category below0.000 %3.135 %
Daily rates quoted03
Average minimum daily rate-£367
Average daily rate-£387
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£407
UK excluding London average daily rate£355£344
% change on same period last year+3.12 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.42£36.25
% change on same period last year-24.36 %
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Midlands
Matching contract IT job ads150319
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.236 %0.342 %
Daily rates quoted1432
Average minimum daily rate£353£366
Average daily rate£372£378
% change on same period last year-1.65 %
Average maximum daily rate£391£390
UK excluding London average daily rate£327£334
% change on same period last year-2.10 %
Hourly rates quoted210
Average minimum hourly rate£30.00£23.89
Average hourly rate£30.00£25.04
% change on same period last year+19.82 %
Average maximum hourly rate£30.00£26.19
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.92£31.53
% change on same period last year-8.25 %
XSL EnglandXSL
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.

XSL
Demand Trend

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

Midlands XSL Demand Trend

XSL
Daily Rate Trend

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

Midlands XSL Daily Rate Trend

XSL
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Midlands XSL Hourly Rate Trend

XSL
Top 28 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Midlands region citing XSL 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 XSL.

12 (100.00 %).NET
12 (100.00 %)SQL Server
12 (100.00 %)ASP.NET
12 (100.00 %)CSS
12 (100.00 %)SOAP
12 (100.00 %)WebServices
12 (100.00 %)XML
12 (100.00 %)UML
12 (100.00 %)OOP
12 (100.00 %)OO
12 (100.00 %)XHTML
12 (100.00 %)C#
12 (100.00 %)JavaScript
12 (100.00 %)Microsoft
12 (100.00 %)W3C
12 (100.00 %)Agile Software Development
12 (100.00 %)AJAX
12 (100.00 %)Web Development
12 (100.00 %)ASP.NET 2.0
21 (50.00 %)SQL Server 2005
21 (50.00 %)Subversion
21 (50.00 %)Content Management
21 (50.00 %)Scrum
21 (50.00 %)Web Design
21 (50.00 %)NHS
21 (50.00 %)SQL
21 (50.00 %)MS Excel
21 (50.00 %)OOD

XSL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Midlands region citing XSL 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 XSL. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12 (100.00 %).NET
12 (100.00 %)ASP.NET
12 (100.00 %)CSS
12 (100.00 %)SOAP
12 (100.00 %)WebServices
12 (100.00 %)XML
12 (100.00 %)XHTML
12 (100.00 %)AJAX
12 (100.00 %)ASP.NET 2.0
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (50.00 %)MS Excel
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (100.00 %)SQL Server
21 (50.00 %)SQL Server 2005
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (50.00 %)Subversion
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (100.00 %)Developer
12 (100.00 %)Web Developer
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (100.00 %)W3C
21 (50.00 %)NHS
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (100.00 %)UML
12 (100.00 %)OOP
12 (100.00 %)OO
12 (100.00 %)Agile Software Development
12 (100.00 %)Web Development
21 (50.00 %)Content Management
21 (50.00 %)Scrum
21 (50.00 %)Web Design
21 (50.00 %)OOD
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (100.00 %)C#
12 (100.00 %)JavaScript
21 (50.00 %)SQL
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (100.00 %)Microsoft