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The table below looks at the demand for Extensible Hypertext Markup Language (XHTML) skills within the North East 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 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkExtensible Hypertext Markup Language (XHTML)
Location
3 months to
2 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank2461
Rank change on same period last yearUp+37
Matching contract IT job ads261
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.042 %0.001 %
As % of the category below21.14 %0.442 %
Daily rates quoted10
Average minimum daily rate£300-
Average daily rate£300-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£300-
UK excluding London average daily rate£265£259
% change on same period last year+2.03 %
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£23.06£27.66
% change on same period last year-16.64 %
North East IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
North East
Matching contract IT job ads123226
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.198 %0.243 %
Daily rates quoted1662
Average minimum daily rate£307£298
Average daily rate£334£308
% change on same period last year+8.47 %
Average maximum daily rate£361£318
UK excluding London average daily rate£323£334
% change on same period last year-3.21 %
Hourly rates quoted629
Average minimum hourly rate£26.10£30.28
Average hourly rate£28.30£31.76
% change on same period last year-10.89 %
Average maximum hourly rate£30.50£33.24
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.57£31.61
% change on same period last year-9.61 %
XHTML EnglandXHTML
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.

XHTML
Demand Trend

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

North East 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 North East region.

North East 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 North East region.

North East XHTML Hourly Rate Trend

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 North East region over the 3 months to 2 December 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
Tyne and WearNew entry-16£300-
DurhamDown-63--
TeessideNew entry-1--
XHTML EnglandXHTML
England

XHTML
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North East 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.

129 (93.55 %)JavaScript
228 (90.32 %)CSS
323 (74.19 %)XML
419 (61.29 %)HTML
518 (58.06 %)Photoshop
518 (58.06 %)Dreamweaver
617 (54.84 %)MySQL
716 (51.61 %)PHP
815 (48.39 %)ActionScript
815 (48.39 %)W3C
815 (48.39 %)Flash
815 (48.39 %)RSS
815 (48.39 %)Adobe Illustrator
815 (48.39 %)AJAX
815 (48.39 %)Web 2.0
815 (48.39 %)Photography
911 (35.48 %)SQL Server
1010 (32.26 %)C#
1010 (32.26 %).NET
1010 (32.26 %)ASP.NET
117 (22.58 %)Agile Software Development
126 (19.35 %)ASP.NET 2.0
126 (19.35 %)SharePoint
135 (16.13 %)Microsoft
135 (16.13 %)MS Excel
135 (16.13 %)Web Development
143 (9.677 %)SEO
143 (9.677 %)Advertising
143 (9.677 %)Web Design
143 (9.677 %)NUnit

XHTML
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North East 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.

North East IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
128 (90.32 %)CSS
223 (74.19 %)XML
319 (61.29 %)HTML
415 (48.39 %)RSS
415 (48.39 %)AJAX
510 (32.26 %).NET
510 (32.26 %)ASP.NET
66 (19.35 %)ASP.NET 2.0
71 (3.226 %)XSLT
71 (3.226 %)J2SE
71 (3.226 %)J2EE
71 (3.226 %)Servlets
North East IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
16 (19.35 %)SharePoint
23 (9.677 %)SharePoint Portal Server
31 (3.226 %)Apache
North East IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
118 (58.06 %)Photoshop
215 (48.39 %)Adobe Illustrator
35 (16.13 %)MS Excel
43 (9.677 %)Fireworks
North East IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (3.226 %)Oracle EBS
11 (3.226 %)Oracle Applications
North East IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (3.226 %)Internet
North East IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
117 (54.84 %)MySQL
211 (35.48 %)SQL Server
31 (3.226 %)Oracle 10g
31 (3.226 %)SQL Server 2005
North East IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
118 (58.06 %)Dreamweaver
215 (48.39 %)Flash
33 (9.677 %)NUnit
41 (3.226 %)Visual Studio
41 (3.226 %)JDeveloper
North East IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13 (9.677 %)Advertising
13 (9.677 %)Multimedia
13 (9.677 %)Insurance
13 (9.677 %)Graphic Design
North East IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
114 (45.16 %)Developer
26 (19.35 %)SharePoint Developer
34 (12.90 %)Web Developer
43 (9.677 %).NET Developer
43 (9.677 %)Web Designer
43 (9.677 %)ASP.NET Developer
51 (3.226 %)J2EE Developer
North East IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
115 (48.39 %)W3C
115 (48.39 %)Web 2.0
115 (48.39 %)Photography
North East IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (3.226 %)Windows
11 (3.226 %)Linux
11 (3.226 %)Windows 2000
11 (3.226 %)Red Hat Linux
North East IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
17 (22.58 %)Agile Software Development
25 (16.13 %)Web Development
33 (9.677 %)SEO
33 (9.677 %)Web Design
North East IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
129 (93.55 %)JavaScript
216 (51.61 %)PHP
315 (48.39 %)ActionScript
410 (32.26 %)C#
51 (3.226 %)Java
51 (3.226 %)Perl
51 (3.226 %)SQL
North East IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
15 (16.13 %)Microsoft
22 (6.452 %)Oracle
31 (3.226 %)Red Hat