The first table below looks at the demand for XHTML skills in IT contracts advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited XHTML over the 3 months to 18 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Application Development category for the North West region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Extensible Hypertext Markup Language (XHTML)
Rank 91 102 83
Rank change year-on-year
+11 -19
Contract jobs citing XHTML 31 32 49
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 1.286% 1.051% 1.610%
As % of the Application Development category 4.814% 3.575% 6.422%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 14 20
Average daily rate £325 £275 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+18.18% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £275 £188
10% offered a daily rate of more than £375 £325 £355
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £283 £280
% change year-on-year
+6.19% +0.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 4 1
Average hourly rate £17.81 £15.00 £15.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+18.70% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £30.00 £21.00
% change year-on-year
-8.33% +42.85%
All Application Development
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
644 895 763
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 26.72% 29.39% 25.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 327 491 435
Average daily rate £300 £325 £338
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.69% -3.70%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £247 £238 £217
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £450 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 32 32
Average hourly rate £33.00 £17.51 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+88.46% -41.63%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.61 £13.50 £16.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £112.50 £33.30 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £31.00 £35.70
% change year-on-year
+12.90% -13.16%
XHTML
England

XHTML
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing XHTML across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

North West XHTML Jobs Demand Trend

XHTML
Daily Rate Trend

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

North West XHTML Daily Rate Trend

XHTML
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing XHTML across the North West region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

North West XHTML Daily Rate Histogram

XHTML
Hourly Rate Trend

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

North West XHTML Hourly Rate Trend

XHTML
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing XHTML across the North West region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

North West XHTML Hourly Rate Histogram

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 West region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Find
Job
Vacancies
Manchester +17 17 £278 -7.50% 16
Cheshire -8 7 £375 +33.92% 4
Lancashire +11 2 £350 +27.27% 3
Merseyside +3 1 £250 -9.09% 2
Cumbria - - - -
XHTML
England

XHTML
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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.

1 59 (86.76%) JavaScript
1 59 (86.76%) CSS
2 35 (51.47%) HTML
3 33 (48.53%) SQL
4 31 (45.59%) Ajax
5 27 (39.71%) jQuery
6 24 (35.29%) .NET
7 23 (33.82%) XML
8 21 (30.88%) Java
9 20 (29.41%) C#
10 19 (27.94%) ASP.NET
11 18 (26.47%) E-Commerce
12 16 (23.53%) XSLT
12 16 (23.53%) J2EE
12 16 (23.53%) HTML5
13 14 (20.59%) MVC
13 14 (20.59%) JSP
13 14 (20.59%) Servlets
13 14 (20.59%) Web Services
13 14 (20.59%) CSS3
13 14 (20.59%) Web 2.0
14 13 (19.12%) WebSphere
14 13 (19.12%) XPath
14 13 (19.12%) Agile Software Development
14 13 (19.12%) Content Management
15 12 (17.65%) Finance
15 12 (17.65%) IBM
15 12 (17.65%) Eclipse
16 11 (16.18%) JUnit
16 11 (16.18%) Oracle

XHTML
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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.

Application Development
1 59 (86.76%) CSS
2 35 (51.47%) HTML
3 31 (45.59%) Ajax
4 27 (39.71%) jQuery
5 24 (35.29%) .NET
6 23 (33.82%) XML
7 19 (27.94%) ASP.NET
8 16 (23.53%) J2EE
8 16 (23.53%) XSLT
8 16 (23.53%) HTML5
9 14 (20.59%) CSS3
9 14 (20.59%) Web Services
9 14 (20.59%) JSP
9 14 (20.59%) Servlets
10 13 (19.12%) WebSphere
11 9 (13.24%) SOAP
12 8 (11.76%) JDBC
12 8 (11.76%) Spring
13 7 (10.29%) JSF
13 7 (10.29%) DOM
Application Platforms
1 10 (14.71%) Apache
2 8 (11.76%) WebSphere Application Server
3 4 (5.882%) MQSeries
3 4 (5.882%) CMS
4 3 (4.412%) Apache Solr
5 2 (2.941%) Drupal
5 2 (2.941%) SharePoint
6 1 (1.471%) ESB
6 1 (1.471%) IIS
6 1 (1.471%) Tomcat
6 1 (1.471%) Umbraco
6 1 (1.471%) Mule
6 1 (1.471%) Magento
Applications
1 7 (10.29%) Photoshop
2 4 (5.882%) Fireworks
2 4 (5.882%) Adobe Illustrator
3 3 (4.412%) MS Office
3 3 (4.412%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (5.882%) Tridion
2 2 (2.941%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (1.471%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 8 (11.76%) Internet
2 4 (5.882%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (13.24%) SQL Server
2 8 (11.76%) MySQL
3 7 (10.29%) DB2
3 7 (10.29%) RDBMS
4 5 (7.353%) SQL Server 2005
4 5 (7.353%) SQL Server 2008
5 4 (5.882%) RavenDB
6 2 (2.941%) MarkLogic
7 1 (1.471%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 12 (17.65%) Eclipse
2 11 (16.18%) JUnit
2 11 (16.18%) Subversion
3 7 (10.29%) Visual Studio
3 7 (10.29%) WebSphere Studio Application Developer
4 5 (7.353%) JIRA
5 4 (5.882%) Ant
5 4 (5.882%) Log4j
6 3 (4.412%) Git (software)
7 2 (2.941%) Mercurial
8 1 (1.471%) Dreamweaver
General
1 12 (17.65%) Finance
2 6 (8.824%) Retail
3 4 (5.882%) Games
4 2 (2.941%) Publishing
5 1 (1.471%) Banking
5 1 (1.471%) Billing
5 1 (1.471%) Investment Banking
5 1 (1.471%) Local Government
5 1 (1.471%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 57 (83.82%) Developer
2 17 (25.00%) Web Developer
3 15 (22.06%) .NET Developer
4 10 (14.71%) ASP.NET Developer
5 9 (13.24%) Designer
5 9 (13.24%) Java Developer
6 7 (10.29%) Front-End Developer
7 5 (7.353%) Java/J2EE Developer
7 5 (7.353%) Web Designer
7 5 (7.353%) J2EE Developer
7 5 (7.353%) Software Developer
8 4 (5.882%) UI Designer
9 3 (4.412%) VB.NET Developer
9 3 (4.412%) PHP Developer
10 2 (2.941%) .NET Web Developer
10 2 (2.941%) WebSphere Developer
10 2 (2.941%) VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
10 2 (2.941%) C# ASP.NET Developer
10 2 (2.941%) Front-End Web Developer
10 2 (2.941%) Agile .NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 14 (20.59%) Web 2.0
2 2 (2.941%) Graphic Design
2 2 (2.941%) Computer Science
2 2 (2.941%) Client/Server
2 2 (2.941%) NHS
2 2 (2.941%) Open Source
2 2 (2.941%) Mobile App
2 2 (2.941%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (1.471%) W3C
3 1 (1.471%) Streaming Video
3 1 (1.471%) RIA
Operating Systems
1 7 (10.29%) UNIX
1 7 (10.29%) Linux
2 5 (7.353%) HPUX
2 5 (7.353%) Solaris
3 1 (1.471%) Windows
3 1 (1.471%) Fedora
3 1 (1.471%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (26.47%) E-Commerce
2 14 (20.59%) MVC
3 13 (19.12%) Agile Software Development
3 13 (19.12%) Content Management
4 10 (14.71%) OO
5 9 (13.24%) TDD
6 8 (11.76%) Continuous Integration
7 7 (10.29%) UML
7 7 (10.29%) Waterfall
7 7 (10.29%) RAD
8 6 (8.824%) Integration Testing
9 5 (7.353%) Web Accessibility
10 4 (5.882%) Software Engineering
10 4 (5.882%) Scrum
10 4 (5.882%) Web Development
11 3 (4.412%) Web Design
11 3 (4.412%) ITIL
11 3 (4.412%) Web Application Development
12 2 (2.941%) Change Control
12 2 (2.941%) Responsive Web Design
Programming Languages
1 59 (86.76%) JavaScript
2 33 (48.53%) SQL
3 21 (30.88%) Java
4 20 (29.41%) C#
5 13 (19.12%) XPath
6 9 (13.24%) PHP
6 9 (13.24%) VB.NET
7 7 (10.29%) Bash shell
7 7 (10.29%) Perl
8 5 (7.353%) PL/SQL
9 4 (5.882%) T-SQL
9 4 (5.882%) VBScript
9 4 (5.882%) VB
10 2 (2.941%) XQuery
10 2 (2.941%) Ruby
11 1 (1.471%) PHP5
Qualifications
1 4 (5.882%) Degree
2 2 (2.941%) Security Cleared
2 2 (2.941%) Sun Certification
System Software
1 2 (2.941%) Postfix
Vendors
1 12 (17.65%) IBM
2 11 (16.18%) Oracle
3 8 (11.76%) Microsoft
4 5 (7.353%) ATG
4 5 (7.353%) Blue Martini
5 4 (5.882%) Orchard
5 4 (5.882%) Elastic Path
5 4 (5.882%) Perforce
5 4 (5.882%) Interwoven
6 3 (4.412%) Adobe
7 2 (2.941%) Sun
7 2 (2.941%) Red Hat
Manchester, North West
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Computer Futures
Rate: £200 - £300 per day
Posted: 3 June 2013
UK North West
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Premier Group
Rate: £200.00 - £250.00 per day
Posted: 18 June 2013
Manchester, North West
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Sand Resources
Rate: £20 - £24 per hour
Posted: 23 May 2013
Manchester, North West
Technical/Software skills: (X)HTML, CSS, JavaScript (knowledge of jQuery), Photoshop, Illustrator/Fireworks, Microsoft Office suite. *Knowledge and understanding of web authoring using web standards and of web...
Sand Resources
Rate: £20 - £30 per hour
Posted: 31 May 2013
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