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This section looks at the demand for Extensible Markup Language (XML) skills within the Portsmouth 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
Rank2019
Rank change on same period last yearDown-1
Matching contract IT job ads1212
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.016 %0.012 %
As % of the category below22.64 %21.82 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£336£338
% change on same period last year-0.71 %
Hourly rates quoted810
Average minimum hourly rate£33.00£29.50
Average hourly rate£34.50£30.50
% change on same period last year+13.11 %
Average maximum hourly rate£36.00£31.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£34.06£33.04
% change on same period last year+3.08 %
Portsmouth IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Portsmouth
Matching contract IT job ads5355
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.071 %0.056 %
Daily rates quoted17
Average minimum daily rate£450£244
Average daily rate£450£267
% change on same period last year+68.39 %
Average maximum daily rate£450£290
UK excluding London average daily rate£340£336
% change on same period last year+1.20 %
Hourly rates quoted4332
Average minimum hourly rate£31.40£29.98
Average hourly rate£34.02£30.97
% change on same period last year+9.82 %
Average maximum hourly rate£36.63£31.96
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.78£33.23
% change on same period last year-1.32 %
XML HampshireXML
Hampshire

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 Portsmouth region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Portsmouth 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 Portsmouth region.

Portsmouth XML Daily Rate Trend

XML
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Portsmouth 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 Portsmouth region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

Portsmouth XML Hourly Rate Histogram

XML
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

114 (82.35 %)C++
210 (58.82 %)UML
39 (52.94 %)SQL Server
39 (52.94 %)Visual Studio
39 (52.94 %)VB
47 (41.18 %)Microsoft
56 (35.29 %)XML Schema
56 (35.29 %)Java
65 (29.41 %)OO
65 (29.41 %)Validation
74 (23.53 %)RDBMS
74 (23.53 %)Configuration Management
74 (23.53 %)DVB
74 (23.53 %)SSADM
74 (23.53 %)Security Cleared
74 (23.53 %)Telecoms
83 (17.65 %)Aerospace
83 (17.65 %)C#
83 (17.65 %)ISO12207
83 (17.65 %)Unit Testing
83 (17.65 %)SQL Server 7
92 (11.76 %)SQL
92 (11.76 %)Transact-SQL
92 (11.76 %)VSS/SourceSafe
92 (11.76 %)VBA
92 (11.76 %)SC Cleared
92 (11.76 %)SQL Server 2005
101 (5.882 %)Construction
101 (5.882 %).NET
101 (5.882 %)J2EE

XML
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Portsmouth IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
16 (35.29 %)XML Schema
21 (5.882 %)HTML
21 (5.882 %).NET
21 (5.882 %)J2EE
21 (5.882 %)EJB
21 (5.882 %)JSP
21 (5.882 %)Servlets
21 (5.882 %)XSLT
Portsmouth IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
14 (23.53 %)DVB
21 (5.882 %)SNMP
Portsmouth IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
19 (52.94 %)SQL Server
24 (23.53 %)RDBMS
33 (17.65 %)SQL Server 7
42 (11.76 %)SQL Server 2005
Portsmouth IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
19 (52.94 %)Visual Studio
22 (11.76 %)VSS/SourceSafe
31 (5.882 %)LabVIEW
Portsmouth IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
14 (23.53 %)Telecoms
23 (17.65 %)Aerospace
31 (5.882 %)Construction
Portsmouth IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
110 (58.82 %)Software Engineer
27 (41.18 %)Software Designer
34 (23.53 %)Architect
34 (23.53 %)Software Architect
34 (23.53 %)Systems Designer
41 (5.882 %)Design Engineer
41 (5.882 %).NET Developer
41 (5.882 %)Team Leader
41 (5.882 %)Java Team Leader
41 (5.882 %)Software Design Engineer
41 (5.882 %)Senior Software Architect
Portsmouth IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
110 (58.82 %)UML
25 (29.41 %)OO
25 (29.41 %)Validation
34 (23.53 %)SSADM
34 (23.53 %)Configuration Management
34 (23.53 %)Security Cleared
43 (17.65 %)Unit Testing
52 (11.76 %)SC Cleared
61 (5.882 %)Unified Process
61 (5.882 %)Network Planning
61 (5.882 %)RUP
Portsmouth IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
114 (82.35 %)C++
29 (52.94 %)VB
36 (35.29 %)Java
43 (17.65 %)C#
52 (11.76 %)VBA
52 (11.76 %)SQL
52 (11.76 %)Transact-SQL
61 (5.882 %)VB6
61 (5.882 %)JavaScript
61 (5.882 %)DHTML
Portsmouth IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
13 (17.65 %)ISO12207
Portsmouth IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
17 (41.18 %)Microsoft
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