The first table below looks at the demand for XML skills in IT contracts advertised for the Nottinghamshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited XML over the 3 months to 24 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 Nottinghamshire 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Extensible Markup Language (XML)
Rank 17 17 21
Rank change year-on-year
0 +4
Contract jobs citing XML 25 23 15
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Nottinghamshire 7.622% 8.156% 5.051%
As % of the Application Development category 25.00% 18.70% 18.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 18 8
Average daily rate £369 £319 £295
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+15.68% +8.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £262 £275 £238
10% offered a daily rate of more than £424 £418 £347
UK excluding London average daily rate £338 £325 £325
% change year-on-year
+3.84% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Average hourly rate - - £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £30.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+16.66% -14.28%
All Application Development
Nottinghamshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
100 123 80
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Nottinghamshire 30.49% 43.62% 26.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 50 72 35
Average daily rate £325 £300 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.33% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £215 £263 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £423 £410 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 7 3
Average hourly rate £29.50 £8.50 £40.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+247.05% -78.75%
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 Nottinghamshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Nottinghamshire 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 Nottinghamshire region.

Nottinghamshire XML Daily Rate Trend

XML
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing XML across the Nottinghamshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Nottinghamshire XML Daily Rate Histogram

XML
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Nottinghamshire 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 Nottinghamshire region over the 3 months to 24 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
Nottingham 0 22 £361 +16.53%
XML
East Midlands

XML
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Nottinghamshire 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 17 (48.57%) HTML
1 17 (48.57%) Web Services
2 13 (37.14%) SOA
3 10 (28.57%) Middleware
4 9 (25.71%) SQL
4 9 (25.71%) Oracle
5 8 (22.86%) JavaScript
5 8 (22.86%) SOAP
5 8 (22.86%) TIBCO
5 8 (22.86%) Scrum
5 8 (22.86%) ESB
6 7 (20.00%) Subversion
6 7 (20.00%) Enterprise Software
7 6 (17.14%) QA
7 6 (17.14%) WebSphere
7 6 (17.14%) XPath
7 6 (17.14%) InterSystems
7 6 (17.14%) WSDL
7 6 (17.14%) Oracle 10g
7 6 (17.14%) Uniface
7 6 (17.14%) XSD
7 6 (17.14%) XSLT
7 6 (17.14%) CSS
7 6 (17.14%) Java
8 5 (14.29%) J2EE
8 5 (14.29%) Finance
8 5 (14.29%) Agile Software Development
8 5 (14.29%) Waterfall
9 4 (11.43%) DataPower
9 4 (11.43%) BPEL

XML
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Nottinghamshire 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 17 (48.57%) HTML
1 17 (48.57%) Web Services
2 10 (28.57%) Middleware
3 8 (22.86%) SOAP
4 6 (17.14%) WebSphere
4 6 (17.14%) WSDL
4 6 (17.14%) XSD
4 6 (17.14%) XSLT
4 6 (17.14%) CSS
5 5 (14.29%) J2EE
6 4 (11.43%) XML Schema
7 3 (8.571%) JMS
7 3 (8.571%) XHTML
7 3 (8.571%) jQuery
8 2 (5.714%) JSON
8 2 (5.714%) soapUI
8 2 (5.714%) iOS SDK
8 2 (5.714%) WS-I
8 2 (5.714%) ASP
8 2 (5.714%) ASP.NET
Application Platforms
1 8 (22.86%) ESB
2 4 (11.43%) WebSphere MQ
3 2 (5.714%) CMS
3 2 (5.714%) SharePoint
3 2 (5.714%) WebLogic
4 1 (2.857%) WebSphere Application Server
4 1 (2.857%) Commerce Server
4 1 (2.857%) Apache Solr
Communications & Networking
1 4 (11.43%) SSL
1 4 (11.43%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (17.14%) Oracle 10g
2 4 (11.43%) InterSystems Cache
2 4 (11.43%) SQL Server
3 2 (5.714%) MS Access
4 1 (2.857%) DB2
4 1 (2.857%) RDBMS
4 1 (2.857%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 7 (20.00%) Subversion
2 3 (8.571%) Eclipse
3 2 (5.714%) Xcode
3 2 (5.714%) Maven
3 2 (5.714%) Hudson
3 2 (5.714%) QuickTest Pro
3 2 (5.714%) LoadRunner
3 2 (5.714%) ClearCase
3 2 (5.714%) JUnit
4 1 (2.857%) WebSphere Studio Application Developer
General
1 5 (14.29%) Finance
2 2 (5.714%) Local Government
3 1 (2.857%) Telecoms
3 1 (2.857%) Retail
Job Titles
1 25 (71.43%) Developer
2 7 (20.00%) SOA Developer
3 6 (17.14%) Uniface Developer
4 4 (11.43%) SQL Developer
4 4 (11.43%) SQL Server Developer
5 2 (5.714%) Oracle Developer
5 2 (5.714%) .NET Developer
5 2 (5.714%) C# Developer
5 2 (5.714%) Test Architect
5 2 (5.714%) Web Content Developer
5 2 (5.714%) C# .NET Developer
5 2 (5.714%) Android Developer
5 2 (5.714%) iOS Developer
5 2 (5.714%) Architect
5 2 (5.714%) Web Developer
5 2 (5.714%) Consultant
6 1 (2.857%) Administrator
6 1 (2.857%) Analyst
6 1 (2.857%) Software Developer
6 1 (2.857%) Middleware Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (20.00%) Enterprise Software
2 4 (11.43%) DataPower
3 2 (5.714%) Smart Meter
3 2 (5.714%) Digital Media
3 2 (5.714%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 4 (11.43%) UNIX
2 2 (5.714%) Android
2 2 (5.714%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (37.14%) SOA
2 8 (22.86%) Scrum
3 5 (14.29%) Agile Software Development
3 5 (14.29%) Waterfall
4 4 (11.43%) BPEL
4 4 (11.43%) QMS
4 4 (11.43%) Quality Management
4 4 (11.43%) Project Management
5 3 (8.571%) Content Management
6 2 (5.714%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (5.714%) Web Design
6 2 (5.714%) Unit Testing
6 2 (5.714%) Time Management
6 2 (5.714%) UML
7 1 (2.857%) OO
7 1 (2.857%) RAD
7 1 (2.857%) E-Commerce
7 1 (2.857%) ERP
7 1 (2.857%) MVC
7 1 (2.857%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 9 (25.71%) SQL
2 8 (22.86%) JavaScript
3 6 (17.14%) XPath
3 6 (17.14%) Uniface
3 6 (17.14%) Java
4 2 (5.714%) Objective-C
4 2 (5.714%) Groovy
4 2 (5.714%) C#
4 2 (5.714%) VBScript
5 1 (2.857%) Perl
5 1 (2.857%) C
5 1 (2.857%) Bash shell
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (17.14%) QA
System Software
1 2 (5.714%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (2.857%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 9 (25.71%) Oracle
2 8 (22.86%) TIBCO
3 6 (17.14%) InterSystems
4 4 (11.43%) IBM
5 3 (8.571%) HP
6 2 (5.714%) Interwoven
7 1 (2.857%) SAP
7 1 (2.857%) Cordys