North East XSLT Contracts

This section looks at the demand for XSL Transformations (XSLT) 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 XSLT over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

XSL Transformations (XSLT)
Location Alderley Edge Aylesbury Belfast Berkshire Birmingham Bradford Bridgend Brighton Bristol Buckinghamshire Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Cheshire Chester City of London County Antrim Coventry Croydon Docklands, London Dorset East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Sussex Edinburgh England Essex Gatwick Glasgow Guildford Halifax Hammersmith Hampshire Hertfordshire Home Counties Kent Lancashire Leamington Spa Leeds Lincoln Lincolnshire Linlithgow Liverpool London Luton Macclesfield Manchester Merseyside Middlesbrough Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Norfolk North East North West North Yorkshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Nuneaton Oxford Oxfordshire Peterborough Poole Portsmouth Preston Reading Scotland Shropshire Slough Solihull Somerset South Coast South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Southport Stevenage Sunbury-on-Thames Sunderland Surrey Swansea Telford Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Wales Warrington Warwickshire Wells West Lothian West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Wiltshire Woking Wolverhampton Yorkshire	3 months to 25 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	53	68
Rank change on same period last year	+15
Matching contract IT job ads	6	6
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.008 %	0.006 %
As % of the category below	3.429 %	2.532 %
Daily rates quoted	2	1
Average minimum daily rate	£325	£250
Average daily rate	£350	£250
% change on same period last year	+40.00 %
Average maximum daily rate	£375	£250
UK excluding London average daily rate	£390	£370
% change on same period last year	+5.55 %
Hourly rates quoted	2	2
Average minimum hourly rate	£33.33	£40.00
Average hourly rate	£35.83	£40.00
% change on same period last year	-10.41 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£38.33	£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£29.70	£34.32
% change on same period last year	-13.45 %
Application Development North East
Matching contract IT job ads	175	237
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.233 %	0.240 %
Daily rates quoted	17	31
Average minimum daily rate	£304	£328
Average daily rate	£322	£339
% change on same period last year	-5.01 %
Average maximum daily rate	£340	£350
UK excluding London average daily rate	£340	£336
% change on same period last year	+1.20 %
Hourly rates quoted	33	26
Average minimum hourly rate	£30.90	£30.59
Average hourly rate	£34.10	£32.58
% change on same period last year	+4.64 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£37.30	£34.57
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£32.78	£33.23
% change on same period last year	-1.32 %
XSLT 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.

XSLT
Demand Trend

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

XSLT
Daily Rate Trend

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

XSLT
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing XSLT across the North East region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

XSLT
Hourly Rate Trend

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

XSLT
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing XSLT across the North East region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

XSLT
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing XSLT within the North East region over the 3 months to 25 July 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	+9	5	£350	+40.00 %

XSLT England

XSLT
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North East region citing XSLT 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 XSLT.

1 6 (85.71 %) XML 2 5 (71.43 %) SQL Server 2 5 (71.43 %) .NET 3 4 (57.14 %) ASP.NET 3 4 (57.14 %) SQL 3 4 (57.14 %) UML 3 4 (57.14 %) SQL Server 2005 4 3 (42.86 %) C# 5 2 (28.57 %) Java 5 2 (28.57 %) PL/SQL 5 2 (28.57 %) Ant 5 2 (28.57 %) JUnit 5 2 (28.57 %) WebLogic 5 2 (28.57 %) EJB 5 2 (28.57 %) JDBC

5 2 (28.57 %) JSP 5 2 (28.57 %) Struts 5 2 (28.57 %) WebServices 5 2 (28.57 %) OOA/OOD 5 2 (28.57 %) RUP 5 2 (28.57 %) Oracle 5 2 (28.57 %) UNIX 5 2 (28.57 %) Oracle 9i 5 2 (28.57 %) ClearCase 5 2 (28.57 %) JMS 5 2 (28.57 %) Rational Rose 5 2 (28.57 %) Hibernate 5 2 (28.57 %) Unified Process 5 2 (28.57 %) webMethods 5 2 (28.57 %) Sun

XSLT
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North East region citing XSLT 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 XSLT. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 6 (85.71 %) XML 2 5 (71.43 %) .NET 3 4 (57.14 %) ASP.NET 4 2 (28.57 %) EJB 4 2 (28.57 %) JDBC 4 2 (28.57 %) JSP 4 2 (28.57 %) Struts 4 2 (28.57 %) WebServices 4 2 (28.57 %) Java EE 4 2 (28.57 %) JMS 4 2 (28.57 %) Hibernate 4 2 (28.57 %) Spring 5 1 (14.29 %) AJAX 5 1 (14.29 %) .NET Remoting 5 1 (14.29 %) .NET Framework 5 1 (14.29 %) CSLA 5 1 (14.29 %) XSD 5 1 (14.29 %) XSL 5 1 (14.29 %) J2EE 5 1 (14.29 %) SOAP	Application Platforms 1 2 (28.57 %) WebLogic 2 1 (14.29 %) SharePoint
Applications 1 1 (14.29 %) MS Office	Database & Business Intelligence 1 5 (71.43 %) SQL Server 2 4 (57.14 %) SQL Server 2005 3 2 (28.57 %) Oracle 9i 4 1 (14.29 %) Datawarehouse 4 1 (14.29 %) SQL Server 2000 4 1 (14.29 %) Microsoft Analysis Services 4 1 (14.29 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 4 1 (14.29 %) SQL Server Analysis Services 4 1 (14.29 %) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications 1 2 (28.57 %) ClearCase 1 2 (28.57 %) Rational Rose 1 2 (28.57 %) Ant 1 2 (28.57 %) JUnit 2 1 (14.29 %) Visual Studio 2 1 (14.29 %) ClearQuest 2 1 (14.29 %) NUnit	General 1 1 (14.29 %) Telecoms
Job Titles 1 7 (100.00 %) Developer 2 3 (42.86 %) .NET Developer 3 2 (28.57 %) Web Developer 3 2 (28.57 %) Java Developer 3 2 (28.57 %) SQL Developer 3 2 (28.57 %) .NET Web Developer 4 1 (14.29 %) Java/J2EE Developer 4 1 (14.29 %) SQL Server Developer 4 1 (14.29 %) C# Developer 4 1 (14.29 %) J2EE Developer 4 1 (14.29 %) VB.NET Developer 4 1 (14.29 %) ASP.NET Developer	Miscellaneous 1 1 (14.29 %) N-Tier
Operating Systems 1 2 (28.57 %) UNIX	Processes & Methodologies 1 4 (57.14 %) UML 2 2 (28.57 %) OOA/OOD 2 2 (28.57 %) RUP 2 2 (28.57 %) Unified Process 2 2 (28.57 %) Web Development 3 1 (14.29 %) Software Testing 3 1 (14.29 %) OO
Programming Languages 1 4 (57.14 %) SQL 2 3 (42.86 %) C# 3 2 (28.57 %) Java 3 2 (28.57 %) PL/SQL 4 1 (14.29 %) VB 4 1 (14.29 %) VB.NET 4 1 (14.29 %) VB6	Qualifications 1 2 (28.57 %) Sun Certification
Vendors 1 2 (28.57 %) Oracle 1 2 (28.57 %) Sun 1 2 (28.57 %) BEA 1 2 (28.57 %) webMethods 2 1 (14.29 %) Microsoft