The first table below looks at the demand for XBRL skills in IT contracts advertised for the Oxfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited XBRL 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 Oxfordshire 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 Business Reporting Language (XBRL)
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing XBRL 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxfordshire - - -
As % of the Application Development category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £460 - £600
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Application Development
Oxfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
98 198 193
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 21.63% 31.43% 42.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 54 103 115
Average daily rate £320 £325 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.53% +8.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £205 £225 £204
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £450 £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 11 5
Average hourly rate £23.75 £30.00 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-20.83% +20.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
XBRL
South East