The first table below looks at the demand for XML skills in IT contracts advertised for the Northamptonshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited XML over the 3 months to 22 May 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 Northamptonshire 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Extensible Markup Language (XML)
Rank 24 41 31
Rank change year-on-year
+17 -10
Contract jobs citing XML 3 1 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Northamptonshire 1.215% 0.238% 0.741%
As % of the Application Development category 11.11% 1.235% 10.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 2
Average daily rate £300 £250 £244
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+20.00% +2.56%
UK excluding London average daily rate £338 £325 £325
% change year-on-year
+3.84% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £30.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+16.66% -14.28%
All Application Development
Northamptonshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
27 81 19
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Northamptonshire 10.93% 19.29% 7.037%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 54 9
Average daily rate £325 £250 £256
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+30.00% -2.43%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £225 £216
10% offered a daily rate of more than £430 £296 £368
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 1
Average hourly rate £35.00 - £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
XML
East Midlands

XML
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Northamptonshire XML Jobs Demand Trend

XML
Daily Rate Trend

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

Northamptonshire XML Daily Rate Trend

XML
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Northamptonshire XML Hourly Rate Trend

XML
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 Northamptonshire region over the 3 months to 22 May 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
Northampton +8 3 £300 +20.00%
XML
East Midlands

XML
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Northamptonshire 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 6 (75.00%) .NET
2 5 (62.50%) C#
2 5 (62.50%) JavaScript
2 5 (62.50%) CSS
3 4 (50.00%) ASP.NET
3 4 (50.00%) HTML
3 4 (50.00%) SharePoint
3 4 (50.00%) .NET Framework
4 3 (37.50%) SharePoint 2010
4 3 (37.50%) Intranet
4 3 (37.50%) SQL Server
4 3 (37.50%) XSLT
4 3 (37.50%) SQL
5 2 (25.00%) IIS
5 2 (25.00%) XSL
5 2 (25.00%) XHTML
5 2 (25.00%) Microsoft
5 2 (25.00%) Web Development
5 2 (25.00%) PowerShell
5 2 (25.00%) SQL Server 2008
5 2 (25.00%) LINQ
5 2 (25.00%) jQuery
5 2 (25.00%) Ajax
5 2 (25.00%) InfoPath
5 2 (25.00%) SQL Server 2005
6 1 (12.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (12.50%) Marketing
6 1 (12.50%) BC Cleared
6 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
6 1 (12.50%) HTML5

XML
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Northamptonshire 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 6 (75.00%) .NET
2 5 (62.50%) CSS
3 4 (50.00%) ASP.NET
3 4 (50.00%) HTML
3 4 (50.00%) .NET Framework
4 3 (37.50%) XSLT
5 2 (25.00%) XSL
5 2 (25.00%) XHTML
5 2 (25.00%) LINQ
5 2 (25.00%) jQuery
5 2 (25.00%) Ajax
6 1 (12.50%) HTML5
6 1 (12.50%) CSS3
6 1 (12.50%) SOAP
6 1 (12.50%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 4 (50.00%) SharePoint
2 3 (37.50%) SharePoint 2010
3 2 (25.00%) IIS
Applications
1 2 (25.00%) InfoPath
2 1 (12.50%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Agresso
Communications & Networking
1 3 (37.50%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (37.50%) SQL Server
2 2 (25.00%) SQL Server 2008
2 2 (25.00%) SQL Server 2005
3 1 (12.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (12.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (12.50%) MySQL
General
1 1 (12.50%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 7 (87.50%) Developer
2 2 (25.00%) Senior Developer
2 2 (25.00%) .NET Developer
2 2 (25.00%) Senior .NET Developer
2 2 (25.00%) SharePoint Developer
3 1 (12.50%) XML Developer
3 1 (12.50%) CSS Developer
3 1 (12.50%) PHP MySQL Developer
3 1 (12.50%) MySQL Developer
3 1 (12.50%) PHP Programmer
3 1 (12.50%) PHP Developer
3 1 (12.50%) Programmer
3 1 (12.50%) Web Developer
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (25.00%) Web Development
2 1 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (12.50%) OOP
Programming Languages
1 5 (62.50%) C#
1 5 (62.50%) JavaScript
2 3 (37.50%) SQL
3 2 (25.00%) PowerShell
4 1 (12.50%) PHP
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) BC Cleared
1 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft