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This section looks at the demand for Extensible Markup Language (XML) skills within the Oxford region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited XML over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkExtensible Markup Language (XML)
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank1018
Rank change on same period last yearUp+8
Matching contract IT job ads3120
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.041 %0.020 %
As % of the category below31.31 %20.62 %
Daily rates quoted34
Average minimum daily rate£267£288
Average daily rate£300£308
% change on same period last year-2.43 %
Average maximum daily rate£333£328
UK excluding London average daily rate£336£338
% change on same period last year-0.71 %
Hourly rates quoted30
Average minimum hourly rate£16.33-
Average hourly rate£18.17-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£20.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£34.06£33.04
% change on same period last year+3.08 %
Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Oxford
Matching contract IT job ads9997
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.132 %0.098 %
Daily rates quoted3018
Average minimum daily rate£345£301
Average daily rate£386£336
% change on same period last year+14.98 %
Average maximum daily rate£427£371
UK excluding London average daily rate£340£336
% change on same period last year+1.20 %
Hourly rates quoted76
Average minimum hourly rate£18.41£18.22
Average hourly rate£20.12£21.11
% change on same period last year-4.70 %
Average maximum hourly rate£21.82£24.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.78£33.23
% change on same period last year-1.32 %
XML OxfordshireXML
Oxfordshire

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.

XML
Demand Trend

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

Oxford XML Demand Trend

XML
Daily Rate Trend

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

Oxford XML Daily Rate Trend

XML
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Oxford XML Daily Rate Histogram

XML
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Oxford XML Hourly Rate Trend

XML
Hourly Rate Histogram

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

Oxford XML Hourly Rate Histogram

XML
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Oxford 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.

128 (62.22 %)C#
128 (62.22 %).NET
226 (57.78 %)ASP.NET
321 (46.67 %)SQL Server
415 (33.33 %)SQL Server 2005
514 (31.11 %)SQL
613 (28.89 %)HTML
613 (28.89 %)JavaScript
711 (24.44 %)WebServices
711 (24.44 %)XSLT
89 (20.00 %)CSS
98 (17.78 %)Java
98 (17.78 %)Microsoft
107 (15.56 %)BizTalk Server
107 (15.56 %)E-Commerce
107 (15.56 %)OO
107 (15.56 %)Internet
116 (13.33 %)SQL Server 7
125 (11.11 %)Middleware
125 (11.11 %)AJAX
125 (11.11 %)SharePoint
125 (11.11 %)MySQL
125 (11.11 %)PHP
125 (11.11 %)Visual Studio
134 (8.889 %)IIS
134 (8.889 %)MS Office
134 (8.889 %)ASP
134 (8.889 %)Oracle
134 (8.889 %)VB
134 (8.889 %)Apache

XML
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Oxford 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.

Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
128 (62.22 %).NET
226 (57.78 %)ASP.NET
313 (28.89 %)HTML
411 (24.44 %)WebServices
411 (24.44 %)XSLT
59 (20.00 %)CSS
65 (11.11 %)Middleware
65 (11.11 %)AJAX
74 (8.889 %)ASP
83 (6.667 %)Servlets
83 (6.667 %)SOAP
83 (6.667 %)XHTML
83 (6.667 %)WebSphere
83 (6.667 %)Symfony
83 (6.667 %)jQuery
92 (4.444 %).NET Framework
92 (4.444 %)XSL
92 (4.444 %)JDBC
92 (4.444 %)J2EE
92 (4.444 %)COM
Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
17 (15.56 %)BizTalk Server
25 (11.11 %)SharePoint
34 (8.889 %)IIS
34 (8.889 %)Apache
43 (6.667 %)WPS
43 (6.667 %)ESB
43 (6.667 %)WebSphere MQ
52 (4.444 %)CMS
52 (4.444 %)SharePoint Server 2007
52 (4.444 %)Commerce Server 2007
52 (4.444 %)MTS
52 (4.444 %)JBoss
52 (4.444 %)Commerce Server
61 (2.222 %)ColdFusion
61 (2.222 %)Tomcat
Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
14 (8.889 %)MS Office
22 (4.444 %)MS Excel
31 (2.222 %)Adobe Illustrator
31 (2.222 %)Photoshop
Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
17 (15.56 %)Internet
23 (6.667 %)Intranet
32 (4.444 %)Firewall
32 (4.444 %)DHCP
32 (4.444 %)DNS
Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
121 (46.67 %)SQL Server
215 (33.33 %)SQL Server 2005
36 (13.33 %)SQL Server 7
45 (11.11 %)MySQL
53 (6.667 %)Oracle 10g
53 (6.667 %)SQL Server 2000
53 (6.667 %)PostgreSQL
61 (2.222 %)Oracle OLAP
61 (2.222 %)OLAP
61 (2.222 %)Datawarehouse
Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
15 (11.11 %)Visual Studio
23 (6.667 %)VSS/SourceSafe
23 (6.667 %)Eclipse
32 (4.444 %)Flash
32 (4.444 %)Subversion
41 (2.222 %)Ant
41 (2.222 %)NUnit
Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13 (6.667 %)Marketing
21 (2.222 %)Automotive
Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
125 (55.56 %)Developer
216 (35.56 %).NET Developer
313 (28.89 %)C# Developer
410 (22.22 %)ASP.NET Developer
410 (22.22 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
55 (11.11 %)SQL Developer
55 (11.11 %)SQL Server Developer
64 (8.889 %)Software Engineer
72 (4.444 %)Lead Developer
72 (4.444 %)Administrator
72 (4.444 %)Data Administrator
72 (4.444 %)PHP Developer
72 (4.444 %)Senior Software Engineer
81 (2.222 %)VB Developer
81 (2.222 %)Analyst
81 (2.222 %)Web Developer
81 (2.222 %)Consultant
81 (2.222 %)Programmer
81 (2.222 %)Flash Developer
81 (2.222 %)Integration Engineer
Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
14 (8.889 %)Data Conversion
23 (6.667 %)Computer Science
32 (4.444 %)Clustering
41 (2.222 %)Client/Server
41 (2.222 %)Mashup
41 (2.222 %)Data Extraction
Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (4.444 %)UNIX
12 (4.444 %)Windows
21 (2.222 %)Windows NT
Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
17 (15.56 %)OO
17 (15.56 %)E-Commerce
23 (6.667 %)UML
23 (6.667 %)Requirements Analysis
23 (6.667 %)Content Management
23 (6.667 %)BPEL
32 (4.444 %)Logistics
32 (4.444 %)OOA/OOD
32 (4.444 %)Time Management
32 (4.444 %)Load Balancing
32 (4.444 %)RUP
32 (4.444 %)SOA
41 (2.222 %)Configuration Management
41 (2.222 %)Agile Software Development
41 (2.222 %)OOP
41 (2.222 %)Matrix Management
41 (2.222 %)Email Marketing
41 (2.222 %)Unit Testing
Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
128 (62.22 %)C#
214 (31.11 %)SQL
313 (28.89 %)JavaScript
48 (17.78 %)Java
55 (11.11 %)PHP
64 (8.889 %)VB6
64 (8.889 %)VB
73 (6.667 %)XPath
73 (6.667 %)PHP5
73 (6.667 %)PHP4
73 (6.667 %)XQuery
82 (4.444 %)ActionScript
82 (4.444 %)Transact-SQL
82 (4.444 %)Perl
91 (2.222 %)VC++
Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
14 (8.889 %)Degree
23 (6.667 %)MCAD
23 (6.667 %)MCSD
23 (6.667 %)Microsoft Certification
Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (2.222 %)QA
Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (2.222 %)Active Directory
Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
18 (17.78 %)Microsoft
24 (8.889 %)Oracle
33 (6.667 %)IBM
33 (6.667 %)Zend
41 (2.222 %)Google
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