The first table below looks at the demand for XSL 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 XSL 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 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Extensible Stylesheet Language (XSL)
Rank - - 39
Contract jobs citing XSL 0 0 9
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxfordshire - - 1.944%
As % of the Application Development category - - 4.523%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 6
Average daily rate - - £331
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £360 £313
% change year-on-year
-12.50% +15.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £36.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year
-4.10% -8.75%
All Application Development
Oxfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
96 192 199
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 21.05% 31.02% 42.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 54 98 119
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 £218 £210
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £450 £388
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 10 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%
XSL
South East

XSL
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Oxfordshire XSL Jobs Demand Trend

XSL
Daily Rate Trend

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

Oxfordshire XSL Daily Rate Trend

XSL
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Oxfordshire XSL Hourly Rate Trend

XSL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire region citing XSL 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 XSL.

1 5 (100.00%) HTML
1 5 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 5 (100.00%) XML
1 5 (100.00%) CSS
1 5 (100.00%) Scrum
1 5 (100.00%) Ajax
2 3 (60.00%) Workflow
2 3 (60.00%) Test Automation
2 3 (60.00%) Unit Testing
2 3 (60.00%) Agile Software Development
2 3 (60.00%) TDD
2 3 (60.00%) Workflow Management
2 3 (60.00%) WebSphere
2 3 (60.00%) Python
2 3 (60.00%) N-Tier
2 3 (60.00%) IBM
2 3 (60.00%) .NET
2 3 (60.00%) C#
3 2 (40.00%) ITIL
3 2 (40.00%) PRINCE2
3 2 (40.00%) UML
3 2 (40.00%) RAD
3 2 (40.00%) ISEB
3 2 (40.00%) QuickTest Pro
3 2 (40.00%) Web Services
3 2 (40.00%) JSON
3 2 (40.00%) Selenium
3 2 (40.00%) FitNesse
3 2 (40.00%) Firebug
3 2 (40.00%) Fiddler

XSL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire region citing XSL 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 XSL. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 5 (100.00%) HTML
1 5 (100.00%) XML
1 5 (100.00%) CSS
1 5 (100.00%) Ajax
2 3 (60.00%) WebSphere
2 3 (60.00%) .NET
3 2 (40.00%) Web Services
3 2 (40.00%) JSON
Application Platforms
1 1 (20.00%) CMS
Development Applications
1 2 (40.00%) QuickTest Pro
1 2 (40.00%) Selenium
1 2 (40.00%) FitNesse
1 2 (40.00%) Firebug
1 2 (40.00%) Fiddler
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Agile .NET Developer
1 3 (60.00%) Agile C# Developer
1 3 (60.00%) C# .NET Developer
1 3 (60.00%) .NET Developer
1 3 (60.00%) C# Developer
1 3 (60.00%) Developer
2 2 (40.00%) Analyst
2 2 (40.00%) Test Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) N-Tier
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Scrum
2 3 (60.00%) Workflow
2 3 (60.00%) Test Automation
2 3 (60.00%) Unit Testing
2 3 (60.00%) Agile Software Development
2 3 (60.00%) TDD
2 3 (60.00%) Workflow Management
3 2 (40.00%) ITIL
3 2 (40.00%) PRINCE2
3 2 (40.00%) UML
3 2 (40.00%) RAD
3 2 (40.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 2 (40.00%) Compatibility Testing
3 2 (40.00%) Regression Testing
3 2 (40.00%) Integration Testing
3 2 (40.00%) Continuous Integration
3 2 (40.00%) Test Strategy
3 2 (40.00%) Software Testing
4 1 (20.00%) CRM
4 1 (20.00%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) JavaScript
2 3 (60.00%) Python
2 3 (60.00%) C#
3 1 (20.00%) C
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) ISEB
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) IBM