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This section looks at the demand for Extensible Hypertext Markup Language (XHTML) skills within the North West 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 last 3 months to 16 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkExtensible Hypertext Markup Language (XHTML)
Location
3 months to 16 May 2008Same period last year
Rank8065
Rank change on same period last yearDown-15
Matching contract IT job ads6462
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.082 %0.070 %
As % of the category below5.689 %6.958 %
Daily rates quoted610
Average minimum daily rate£263£252
Average daily rate£269£271
% change on same period last year-0.83 %
Average maximum daily rate£275£290
UK excluding London average daily rate£294£280
% change on same period last year+4.91 %
Hourly rates quoted109
Average minimum hourly rate£24.40£21.89
Average hourly rate£26.25£23.83
% change on same period last year+10.14 %
Average maximum hourly rate£28.10£25.78
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.23£25.90
% change on same period last year-6.44 %
Application Development North WestApplication Development
North West
Matching contract IT job ads1125891
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.443 %1.001 %
Daily rates quoted243138
Average minimum daily rate£341£264
Average daily rate£362£281
% change on same period last year+28.84 %
Average maximum daily rate£382£297
UK excluding London average daily rate£352£335
% change on same period last year+5.30 %
Hourly rates quoted12775
Average minimum hourly rate£28.64£29.35
Average hourly rate£31.11£31.33
% change on same period last year-0.70 %
Average maximum hourly rate£33.58£33.32
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.42£31.87
% change on same period last year+1.71 %
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 starting in 2004 of contract IT jobs ads citing XHTML across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

North West XHTML Demand Trend

XHTML
Daily Rate Trend

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

North West XHTML Daily Rate Trend

XHTML
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing XHTML across the North West region over the past 3 months.

North West XHTML Daily Rate Histogram

XHTML
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs ads citing XHTML across the North West region.

North West XHTML Hourly Rate Trend

XHTML
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing XHTML across the North West region over the past 3 months.

North West XHTML Hourly Rate Histogram

XHTML
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing XHTML within the North West region over the past 3 months.

RankLocationRank 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
1ManchesterDown-1637£228-15.82 %
2CheshireDown-1911--
3LancashireUp+34--
3MerseysideDown-94--
XHTML EnglandXHTML
England

XHTML
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the North West region citing XHTML also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing XHTML.

170 (72.92 %)CSS
252 (54.17 %)JavaScript
347 (48.96 %)XML
440 (41.67 %)HTML
531 (32.29 %)SQL
630 (31.25 %).NET
630 (31.25 %)ASP.NET
729 (30.21 %)AJAX
828 (29.17 %)C#
918 (18.75 %)PHP
918 (18.75 %)Photoshop
1016 (16.67 %)SQL Server
1115 (15.63 %)WebServices
1115 (15.63 %)Flash
1115 (15.63 %)W3C
1115 (15.63 %)Web Design
1214 (14.58 %)Java
1313 (13.54 %)ASP
1313 (13.54 %)Adobe Illustrator
1412 (12.50 %)JSP
1412 (12.50 %)Adobe
1412 (12.50 %)E-Commerce
1412 (12.50 %)XSLT
1511 (11.46 %)MySQL
1610 (10.42 %)Dreamweaver
179 (9.375 %)Web Development
179 (9.375 %)jQuery
188 (8.333 %)Umbraco
188 (8.333 %)E-Learning
197 (7.292 %)Internet

XHTML
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the North West region citing XHTML also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing XHTML. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
170 (72.92 %)CSS
247 (48.96 %)XML
340 (41.67 %)HTML
430 (31.25 %).NET
430 (31.25 %)ASP.NET
529 (30.21 %)AJAX
615 (15.63 %)WebServices
713 (13.54 %)ASP
812 (12.50 %)XSLT
812 (12.50 %)JSP
99 (9.375 %)jQuery
106 (6.250 %)Spring
106 (6.250 %)Hibernate
106 (6.250 %)Struts
114 (4.167 %)SiteMesh
114 (4.167 %)J2EE
114 (4.167 %)Velocity
114 (4.167 %)FreeMarker
114 (4.167 %)ASP.NET 2.0
123 (3.125 %).NET Framework
Application Platforms
18 (8.333 %)Umbraco
26 (6.250 %)CMS
26 (6.250 %)SharePoint
34 (4.167 %)IIS
34 (4.167 %)Apache
43 (3.125 %)ColdFusion
43 (3.125 %)SharePoint Server 2007
51 (1.042 %)BizTalk Server
51 (1.042 %)Tomcat
Applications
118 (18.75 %)Photoshop
213 (13.54 %)Adobe Illustrator
34 (4.167 %)Fireworks
43 (3.125 %)MS PowerPoint
51 (1.042 %)PageMaker
51 (1.042 %)CorelDRAW
51 (1.042 %)MS Office
51 (1.042 %)MS Excel
51 (1.042 %)Acrobat
51 (1.042 %)QuarkXPress
Communications & Networking
17 (7.292 %)Internet
21 (1.042 %)Extranet
21 (1.042 %)LDAP
21 (1.042 %)Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
116 (16.67 %)SQL Server
211 (11.46 %)MySQL
35 (5.208 %)SQL Server 2005
43 (3.125 %)SQL Server 2000
52 (2.083 %)SQL Server 7
61 (1.042 %)Crystal Reports
61 (1.042 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
115 (15.63 %)Flash
210 (10.42 %)Dreamweaver
34 (4.167 %)Ant
41 (1.042 %)Visual Studio
41 (1.042 %)Subversion
General
14 (4.167 %)Finance
14 (4.167 %)Graphic Design
23 (3.125 %)Insurance
32 (2.083 %)Animation
32 (2.083 %)Education
32 (2.083 %)Government
32 (2.083 %)Health
32 (2.083 %)Publishing
32 (2.083 %)Retail
32 (2.083 %)Multimedia
41 (1.042 %)Marketing
Job Titles
176 (79.17 %)Developer
240 (41.67 %)Web Developer
319 (19.79 %)Web Designer
412 (12.50 %).NET Developer
511 (11.46 %)C# Developer
67 (7.292 %)ASP.NET Developer
76 (6.250 %)PHP Developer
76 (6.250 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
84 (4.167 %)MySQL Developer
84 (4.167 %)Programmer
93 (3.125 %)Analyst
93 (3.125 %)Flash Developer
93 (3.125 %).NET Web Developer
102 (2.083 %)HTML Developer
102 (2.083 %)Analyst Programmer
102 (2.083 %)ColdFusion Developer
102 (2.083 %)SharePoint Developer
102 (2.083 %)Photoshop Designer
102 (2.083 %)Graduate
102 (2.083 %)Author
Miscellaneous
115 (15.63 %)W3C
28 (8.333 %)E-Learning
32 (2.083 %)SCORM
32 (2.083 %)Web 2.0
41 (1.042 %)Psychology
41 (1.042 %)Ergonomics
41 (1.042 %)Human Factors
41 (1.042 %)EPoS
41 (1.042 %)NHS
Operating Systems
13 (3.125 %)Linux
21 (1.042 %)Windows Server 2003
21 (1.042 %)Windows
Processes & Methodologies
115 (15.63 %)Web Design
212 (12.50 %)E-Commerce
39 (9.375 %)Web Development
46 (6.250 %)OO
54 (4.167 %)Content Management
62 (2.083 %)OOD
62 (2.083 %)Migration
62 (2.083 %)CRM
62 (2.083 %)OOP
62 (2.083 %)B2B
71 (1.042 %)e-GIF
71 (1.042 %)SEO
71 (1.042 %)Workflow
71 (1.042 %)UML
71 (1.042 %)Performance Testing
71 (1.042 %)Unit Testing
71 (1.042 %)SOA
71 (1.042 %)Software Testing
Programming Languages
152 (54.17 %)JavaScript
231 (32.29 %)SQL
328 (29.17 %)C#
418 (18.75 %)PHP
514 (14.58 %)Java
66 (6.250 %)VB
75 (5.208 %)ActionScript
83 (3.125 %)VB.NET
83 (3.125 %)VBScript
83 (3.125 %)DHTML
92 (2.083 %)Transact-SQL
92 (2.083 %)Python
92 (2.083 %)Ruby
92 (2.083 %)PHP5
101 (1.042 %)XPath
101 (1.042 %)Jython
101 (1.042 %)VBA
Qualifications
11 (1.042 %)MCSD
11 (1.042 %)Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
12 (2.083 %)QA
21 (1.042 %)PAS 78
System Software
11 (1.042 %)Active Directory
Vendors
112 (12.50 %)Adobe
26 (6.250 %)Oracle
33 (3.125 %)Microsoft
41 (1.042 %)Macromedia
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