North East XML Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Extensible Markup Language (XML) 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 XML over the 3 months to 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Extensible Markup Language (XML)
Location Aberdeen Abingdon Alderley Edge Barnsley Barrow-in-Furness Basildon Basingstoke Bath Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Bicester Birmingham Blackburn Bolton Bournemouth Bracknell Bradford Braintree Brentford Brentwood Bridgwater Bristol Buckinghamshire Caerphilly Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Chelmsford Cheltenham Chertsey Cheshire Cheshunt Chester City of London Colchester County Antrim Coventry Crawley Croydon Cumbria Darlington Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Dorset Durham Ealing East Anglia East Grinstead East Midlands East of England Eastleigh Edinburgh England Essex Exeter Fareham Farnborough Glamorgan Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Godalming Great Yarmouth Guildford Halifax Hammersmith Hampshire Harrogate Harrow Havant Hemel Hempstead Hereford Herefordshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Home Counties Ipswich Isle of Man Kenilworth Kent Kingston Upon Thames Lancashire Leatherhead Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Lincoln Lincolnshire Liverpool London Luton Lyndhurst M4 Corridor Macclesfield Maidenhead Maidstone Malvern Manchester Marlow Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Newton-le-Willows Norfolk North East North Wales North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Nuneaton Oxford Oxfordshire Peterborough Plymouth Poole Portsmouth Potters Bar Reading Reigate Renfrew Renfrewshire Rickmansworth Romford Ross-on-Wye Rugby Salford Salisbury Scotland Sheffield Shropshire Slough Solihull Somerset South Coast South East South Lanarkshire South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Southend-on-Sea Southport Southwark St Albans Staines Stevenage Stockport Street Suffolk Sunbury-on-Thames Surrey Sussex Sutton-in-Ashfield Swansea Swindon Taunton Teesside Telford Thames Valley Trowbridge Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wales Walsall Waltham Abbey Warrington Warwickshire Watford West Malling West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Westminster Wigan Wiltshire Windsor Wirral Woking Wokingham Wolverhampton Worcester Worcestershire Worthing Yeovil York Yorkshire	3 months to 2 Dec 2008	Same period last year
Rank	15	25
Rank change on same period last year	+10
Matching contract IT job ads	37	38
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.059 %	0.041 %
As % of the category below	30.08 %	16.81 %
Daily rates quoted	4	10
Average minimum daily rate	£388	£322
Average daily rate	£419	£335
% change on same period last year	+25.07 %
Average maximum daily rate	£450	£348
UK excluding London average daily rate	£334	£336
% change on same period last year	-0.39 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	2
Average minimum hourly rate	-	£21.50
Average hourly rate	-	£24.00
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	£26.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£30.77	£32.33
% change on same period last year	-4.82 %
Application Development North East
Matching contract IT job ads	123	226
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.198 %	0.243 %
Daily rates quoted	16	62
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 quoted	6	29
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 %
XML 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.

XML
Demand Trend

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

XML
Daily Rate Trend

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

XML
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing XML across the North East region over the 3 months to 2 December 2008.

XML
Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing XML 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.

Location	Rank 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 Wear	+14	28	£450	+43.82 %
Durham	-	3	£325	-
Teesside	-	3	-	-

XML England

XML
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 30 (49.18 %) CSS 2 27 (44.26 %) SQL Server 2 27 (44.26 %) HTML 2 27 (44.26 %) .NET 3 25 (40.98 %) JavaScript 3 25 (40.98 %) AJAX 4 24 (39.34 %) ASP.NET 5 23 (37.70 %) XHTML 6 22 (36.07 %) C# 7 19 (31.15 %) PHP 8 17 (27.87 %) MySQL 9 16 (26.23 %) Dreamweaver 10 15 (24.59 %) W3C 10 15 (24.59 %) Flash 10 15 (24.59 %) SQL

10 15 (24.59 %) ActionScript 10 15 (24.59 %) Photoshop 10 15 (24.59 %) RSS 10 15 (24.59 %) SQL Server 2005 10 15 (24.59 %) Web 2.0 10 15 (24.59 %) Photography 10 15 (24.59 %) Adobe Illustrator 11 13 (21.31 %) UML 12 12 (19.67 %) OO 12 12 (19.67 %) Oracle 13 10 (16.39 %) SAP 13 10 (16.39 %) SQL Server 2000 13 10 (16.39 %) Microsoft 14 9 (14.75 %) BusinessObjects 14 9 (14.75 %) Business Objects

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development 1 30 (49.18 %) CSS 2 27 (44.26 %) HTML 2 27 (44.26 %) .NET 3 25 (40.98 %) AJAX 4 24 (39.34 %) ASP.NET 5 23 (37.70 %) XHTML 6 15 (24.59 %) RSS 7 9 (14.75 %) WebServices 8 6 (9.836 %) XSL 8 6 (9.836 %) ASP.NET 2.0 9 5 (8.197 %) SAP XI 9 5 (8.197 %) XSLT 9 5 (8.197 %) J2EE 10 4 (6.557 %) JSP 10 4 (6.557 %) .NET Framework 11 3 (4.918 %) Spring 11 3 (4.918 %) Middleware 11 3 (4.918 %) SOAP 11 3 (4.918 %) Struts 11 3 (4.918 %) ASP	Application Platforms 1 7 (11.48 %) SharePoint 2 5 (8.197 %) Apache 3 2 (3.279 %) IIS 3 2 (3.279 %) Tomcat 4 1 (1.639 %) WebLogic 4 1 (1.639 %) Oracle Workflow 4 1 (1.639 %) JBoss 4 1 (1.639 %) MTS
Applications 1 15 (24.59 %) Photoshop 1 15 (24.59 %) Adobe Illustrator 2 5 (8.197 %) MS Excel 3 2 (3.279 %) MS Office 4 1 (1.639 %) MS Visio 4 1 (1.639 %) Fireworks	Business Applications 1 2 (3.279 %) Oracle EBS 1 2 (3.279 %) Oracle Applications 2 1 (1.639 %) Oracle EBS R12 2 1 (1.639 %) Oracle 11i
Communications & Networking 1 6 (9.836 %) HTTP 2 2 (3.279 %) HTTPS 2 2 (3.279 %) Internet 3 1 (1.639 %) 3G 3 1 (1.639 %) TELNET 3 1 (1.639 %) 2G 3 1 (1.639 %) Intranet 3 1 (1.639 %) FTP	Database & Business Intelligence 1 27 (44.26 %) SQL Server 2 17 (27.87 %) MySQL 3 15 (24.59 %) SQL Server 2005 4 10 (16.39 %) SQL Server 2000 5 9 (14.75 %) BusinessObjects 6 7 (11.48 %) DB2 7 5 (8.197 %) Oracle 9i 8 4 (6.557 %) Oracle Reports 8 4 (6.557 %) Oracle 10g 9 1 (1.639 %) BusinessObjects XI 9 1 (1.639 %) Oracle Discoverer 9 1 (1.639 %) SQLPlus 9 1 (1.639 %) Oracle OWB 9 1 (1.639 %) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications 1 16 (26.23 %) Dreamweaver 2 15 (24.59 %) Flash 3 4 (6.557 %) LoadRunner 4 3 (4.918 %) JUnit 4 3 (4.918 %) Visual Studio 4 3 (4.918 %) Oracle Forms 5 2 (3.279 %) JDeveloper 6 1 (1.639 %) ProC 6 1 (1.639 %) InterDev 6 1 (1.639 %) ClearCase 6 1 (1.639 %) Rational Rose 6 1 (1.639 %) Ant	General 1 6 (9.836 %) Government 2 4 (6.557 %) Finance 3 1 (1.639 %) Education 3 1 (1.639 %) Publishing 3 1 (1.639 %) Local Government 3 1 (1.639 %) Telecoms
Job Titles 1 29 (47.54 %) Developer 2 5 (8.197 %) Tester 2 5 (8.197 %) SharePoint Developer 3 4 (6.557 %) Performance Tester 3 4 (6.557 %) Java Developer 3 4 (6.557 %) Web Developer 4 3 (4.918 %) Senior Developer 4 3 (4.918 %) J2EE Developer 4 3 (4.918 %) Oracle Developer 5 2 (3.279 %) .NET Developer 5 2 (3.279 %) C# Developer 5 2 (3.279 %) Senior J2EE Developer 5 2 (3.279 %) Senior Java Developer 5 2 (3.279 %) Java/J2EE Developer 5 2 (3.279 %) Programme Manager 6 1 (1.639 %) Programmer 6 1 (1.639 %) Applications Support 6 1 (1.639 %) Consultant 6 1 (1.639 %) DBA 6 1 (1.639 %) Development Manager	Miscellaneous 1 15 (24.59 %) W3C 1 15 (24.59 %) Web 2.0 1 15 (24.59 %) Photography 2 8 (13.11 %) Management Information System 3 1 (1.639 %) Client/Server 3 1 (1.639 %) NHS 3 1 (1.639 %) German Language
Operating Systems 1 5 (8.197 %) UNIX 2 4 (6.557 %) Linux 3 3 (4.918 %) Windows 4 2 (3.279 %) Solaris 5 1 (1.639 %) Windows 2000 5 1 (1.639 %) Windows Server 2003 5 1 (1.639 %) Red Hat Linux	Processes & Methodologies 1 13 (21.31 %) UML 2 12 (19.67 %) OO 3 8 (13.11 %) Business Intelligence 4 6 (9.836 %) Agile Software Development 5 5 (8.197 %) Web Development 5 5 (8.197 %) Workflow 6 4 (6.557 %) Performance Testing 6 4 (6.557 %) Test Scripting 6 4 (6.557 %) Performance Management 6 4 (6.557 %) E-Commerce 6 4 (6.557 %) SC Cleared 6 4 (6.557 %) Security Cleared 7 3 (4.918 %) Systems Analysis 8 2 (3.279 %) OOA/OOD 9 1 (1.639 %) Business Analysis 9 1 (1.639 %) SOA 9 1 (1.639 %) Data Migration 9 1 (1.639 %) Migration 9 1 (1.639 %) Unified Process 9 1 (1.639 %) RUP
Programming Languages 1 25 (40.98 %) JavaScript 2 22 (36.07 %) C# 3 19 (31.15 %) PHP 4 15 (24.59 %) ActionScript 4 15 (24.59 %) SQL 5 8 (13.11 %) Transact-SQL 5 8 (13.11 %) Java 6 3 (4.918 %) Perl 7 2 (3.279 %) PL/SQL 7 2 (3.279 %) C++ 7 2 (3.279 %) VB 8 1 (1.639 %) VBScript 8 1 (1.639 %) VC++ 8 1 (1.639 %) VB6 8 1 (1.639 %) PHP4 8 1 (1.639 %) COBOL 8 1 (1.639 %) C	Qualifications 1 4 (6.557 %) Degree 2 2 (3.279 %) Sun Certification
System Software 1 1 (1.639 %) Active Directory	Vendors 1 12 (19.67 %) Oracle 2 10 (16.39 %) SAP 2 10 (16.39 %) Microsoft 3 9 (14.75 %) Business Objects 4 3 (4.918 %) Sun 5 1 (1.639 %) BEA 5 1 (1.639 %) Nokia 5 1 (1.639 %) Siemens 5 1 (1.639 %) Red Hat 5 1 (1.639 %) webMethods 5 1 (1.639 %) Lagan