Reading XML Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Extensible Markup Language (XML) skills within the Reading 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 7 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Extensible Markup Language (XML)
Location Aberdeen Abingdon Alderley Edge Avon Aylesbury Banbury Barnsley Barrow-in-Furness Basildon Basingstoke Bath Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Bicester Birmingham Blackburn Bournemouth Bracknell Bradford Brentwood Brighton Bristol Bromley Buckinghamshire Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Carlisle Chatham Cheadle Chelmsford Cheltenham Cheshire Chester Chesterfield City of London Colchester Corby County Antrim Coventry Crawley Crewe Croydon Cumbria Darlington Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Dorset Dundee Durham Ealing East Anglia East Grinstead East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Eastleigh Edinburgh England Epsom Essex Fareham Farnborough Farnham Gateshead Gatwick Glamorgan Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Great Yarmouth Guildford Halesowen Halifax Hammersmith Hampshire Harrogate Havant Hemel Hempstead Hendon Hereford Herefordshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Home Counties Huddersfield Hull Huntingdon Ipswich Isle of Man Kendal Kenilworth Kent Kingston Upon Thames Lanarkshire Lancashire Lancaster Leatherhead Leeds Leicestershire Lincoln Lincolnshire Liverpool Livingston London Luton Lyndhurst M4 Corridor Macclesfield Maidenhead Manchester Marlow Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Motherwell Nantwich Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Newton-le-Willows Norfolk North East North Lanarkshire North West North Yorkshire Northallerton Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Nuneaton Oxford Oxfordshire Peterborough Poole Portsmouth Potters Bar Reading Redditch Redhill Renfrew Renfrewshire Rickmansworth Ross-on-Wye Rotherham Rugby Salford Salisbury Scotland Sheffield Shropshire Slough Solihull Somerset South Coast South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Southend-on-Sea Southport Southwark St Albans Staffordshire Staines Stevenage Stockport Stoke-on-Trent Street Suffolk Sunbury-on-Thames Sunderland Surbiton Surrey Sussex Swansea Swindon Teddington Teesside Telford Thames Valley Tring Trowbridge Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wakefield Wales Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Watford Wells Welwyn Garden City West Lothian West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Wigan Wilmslow Wiltshire Wimbledon Winchester Windsor Wirral Woking Wolverhampton Worcester Worcestershire Worthing York Yorkshire	3 months to 7 Oct 2008	Same period last year
Rank	18	9
Rank change on same period last year	-9
Matching contract IT job ads	61	114
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.087 %	0.115 %
As % of the category below	29.05 %	42.22 %
Daily rates quoted	13	38
Average minimum daily rate	£323	£306
Average daily rate	£361	£341
% change on same period last year	+5.80 %
Average maximum daily rate	£399	£376
UK excluding London average daily rate	£336	£332
% change on same period last year	+1.10 %
Hourly rates quoted	5	4
Average minimum hourly rate	£34.20	£40.00
Average hourly rate	£37.50	£40.00
% change on same period last year	-6.25 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£40.80	£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£32.87	£32.76
% change on same period last year	+0.32 %
Application Development Reading
Matching contract IT job ads	210	270
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.298 %	0.273 %
Daily rates quoted	53	103
Average minimum daily rate	£274	£318
Average daily rate	£299	£346
% change on same period last year	-13.57 %
Average maximum daily rate	£324	£374
UK excluding London average daily rate	£329	£333
% change on same period last year	-1.25 %
Hourly rates quoted	18	10
Average minimum hourly rate	£33.70	£34.78
Average hourly rate	£36.91	£36.41
% change on same period last year	+1.37 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£40.13	£38.04
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£31.18	£32.06
% change on same period last year	-2.72 %
XML Berkshire

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.

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Demand Trend

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

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Daily Rate Trend

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

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing XML across the Reading region over the 3 months to 7 October 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing XML across the Reading region over the 3 months to 7 October 2008.

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Reading 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 76 (50.00 %) SQL 2 65 (42.76 %) HTML 3 54 (35.53 %) SQL Server 4 52 (34.21 %) C# 5 51 (33.55 %) JavaScript 6 50 (32.89 %) Security Cleared 7 44 (28.95 %) SQL Server 2005 8 41 (26.97 %) CSS 9 37 (24.34 %) XHTML 10 36 (23.68 %) SC Cleared 11 35 (23.03 %) Visual Studio 12 34 (22.37 %) Transact-SQL 13 32 (21.05 %) .NET 14 29 (19.08 %) Java 14 29 (19.08 %) ASP.NET

15 28 (18.42 %) DTS 16 27 (17.76 %) MIIS 16 27 (17.76 %) SQL Server Integration Services 16 27 (17.76 %) CMS 17 26 (17.11 %) XSL 18 24 (15.79 %) XSLT 18 24 (15.79 %) X.500 19 23 (15.13 %) WebServices 19 23 (15.13 %) Content Management 20 22 (14.47 %) PHP 21 21 (13.82 %) AJAX 22 20 (13.16 %) PHP5 22 20 (13.16 %) MySQL 23 19 (12.50 %) LAMP 24 18 (11.84 %) Subversion

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Reading 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 65 (42.76 %) HTML 2 41 (26.97 %) CSS 3 37 (24.34 %) XHTML 4 32 (21.05 %) .NET 5 29 (19.08 %) ASP.NET 6 26 (17.11 %) XSL 7 24 (15.79 %) XSLT 8 23 (15.13 %) WebServices 9 21 (13.82 %) AJAX 10 19 (12.50 %) LAMP 11 18 (11.84 %) Drupal 12 10 (6.579 %) DOM 12 10 (6.579 %) JSP 13 7 (4.605 %) XSD 13 7 (4.605 %) .NET Framework 14 6 (3.947 %) SOAP 14 6 (3.947 %) J2EE 14 6 (3.947 %) WCF 15 4 (2.632 %) UDDI 16 3 (1.974 %) WAP	Application Platforms 1 27 (17.76 %) CMS 2 10 (6.579 %) Apache 3 9 (5.921 %) Tomcat 4 8 (5.263 %) IIS 5 7 (4.605 %) BizTalk Server 6 6 (3.947 %) WebLogic 7 5 (3.289 %) WebLogic Portal 8 4 (2.632 %) Oracle Application Server 8 4 (2.632 %) TIBCO EMS 8 4 (2.632 %) ESB 9 2 (1.316 %) WPS 9 2 (1.316 %) SharePoint 9 2 (1.316 %) NetWeaver 10 1 (0.658 %) TeamSite 10 1 (0.658 %) SharePoint Portal Server 10 1 (0.658 %) Movable Type 10 1 (0.658 %) Mambo
Applications 1 5 (3.289 %) MS Excel 2 1 (0.658 %) MS Visio 2 1 (0.658 %) CA Clarity 2 1 (0.658 %) MS Office	Business Applications 1 4 (2.632 %) BusinessWorks
Communications & Networking 1 24 (15.79 %) X.500 2 9 (5.921 %) HTTP 3 3 (1.974 %) TCP/IP 3 3 (1.974 %) Wireless 4 2 (1.316 %) Intranet 5 1 (0.658 %) Internet	Database & Business Intelligence 1 54 (35.53 %) SQL Server 2 44 (28.95 %) SQL Server 2005 3 28 (18.42 %) DTS 4 27 (17.76 %) SQL Server Integration Services 5 20 (13.16 %) MySQL 6 4 (2.632 %) Oracle 10g 7 3 (1.974 %) SQL Server 2000 8 2 (1.316 %) SAP BI 9 1 (0.658 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 9 1 (0.658 %) BusinessObjects 9 1 (0.658 %) Informix 9 1 (0.658 %) Oracle 9i
Development Applications 1 35 (23.03 %) Visual Studio 2 18 (11.84 %) Subversion 3 11 (7.237 %) Eclipse 4 4 (2.632 %) Visual Studio Team System 5 2 (1.316 %) Flash 5 2 (1.316 %) Ant 6 1 (0.658 %) Dreamweaver 6 1 (0.658 %) ERwin 6 1 (0.658 %) MSI 6 1 (0.658 %) Bugzilla	General 1 11 (7.237 %) Government 2 10 (6.579 %) Finance 3 9 (5.921 %) Telecoms 4 5 (3.289 %) Education 5 2 (1.316 %) Pharmaceutical 6 1 (0.658 %) Back Office 6 1 (0.658 %) Advertising 6 1 (0.658 %) Games 6 1 (0.658 %) Flash Games
Job Titles 1 77 (50.66 %) Developer 2 29 (19.08 %) Web Developer 3 22 (14.47 %) Architect 4 17 (11.18 %) .NET Developer 5 10 (6.579 %) PHP Developer 6 9 (5.921 %) Infrastructure Engineer 7 8 (5.263 %) C# Developer 7 8 (5.263 %) Senior Developer 8 7 (4.605 %) Consultant 8 7 (4.605 %) Enterprise Architect 9 6 (3.947 %) Web Editor 9 6 (3.947 %) Solutions Architect 9 6 (3.947 %) Java Developer 9 6 (3.947 %) ASP.NET Developer 10 5 (3.289 %) PHP Web Developer 11 4 (2.632 %) Senior Web Developer 11 4 (2.632 %) C#/ASP.NET Developer 11 4 (2.632 %) Solutions Designer 12 3 (1.974 %) Deployment Manager 12 3 (1.974 %) Implementation Consultant	Miscellaneous 1 7 (4.605 %) Replication 1 7 (4.605 %) Clustering 2 3 (1.974 %) Smartphone 2 3 (1.974 %) W3C 3 2 (1.316 %) Handset 4 1 (0.658 %) Client/Server 4 1 (0.658 %) Firmware 4 1 (0.658 %) Data Conversion 4 1 (0.658 %) Web 2.0
Operating Systems 1 18 (11.84 %) Windows 1 18 (11.84 %) Linux 2 15 (9.868 %) Red Hat Linux 3 7 (4.605 %) Windows Server 2003 4 4 (2.632 %) UNIX 5 3 (1.974 %) Windows Mobile 5 3 (1.974 %) Windows 2000 Server 6 1 (0.658 %) Windows 2000 6 1 (0.658 %) AIX 6 1 (0.658 %) HPUX 6 1 (0.658 %) Solaris	Processes & Methodologies 1 50 (32.89 %) Security Cleared 2 36 (23.68 %) SC Cleared 3 23 (15.13 %) Content Management 4 18 (11.84 %) Web Development 5 14 (9.211 %) Migration 6 8 (5.263 %) OO 6 8 (5.263 %) Data Migration 6 8 (5.263 %) Technical Architecture 7 7 (4.605 %) Load Balancing 8 6 (3.947 %) Time Management 8 6 (3.947 %) B2B 9 5 (3.289 %) UML 10 4 (2.632 %) SOA 10 4 (2.632 %) Service Management 10 4 (2.632 %) Web Design 10 4 (2.632 %) Workflow 11 3 (1.974 %) CRM 11 3 (1.974 %) OOP 11 3 (1.974 %) BC Cleared 12 2 (1.316 %) Enterprise Architecture
Programming Languages 1 76 (50.00 %) SQL 2 52 (34.21 %) C# 3 51 (33.55 %) JavaScript 4 34 (22.37 %) Transact-SQL 5 29 (19.08 %) Java 6 22 (14.47 %) PHP 7 20 (13.16 %) PHP5 8 17 (11.18 %) XPath 9 13 (8.553 %) VBScript 10 12 (7.895 %) Python 11 4 (2.632 %) Shell Script 12 3 (1.974 %) VB.NET 12 3 (1.974 %) ActionScript 12 3 (1.974 %) PL/SQL 12 3 (1.974 %) C 12 3 (1.974 %) C++ 13 2 (1.316 %) Perl 13 2 (1.316 %) VB 14 1 (0.658 %) XQuery 14 1 (0.658 %) DHTML	Qualifications 1 4 (2.632 %) Degree 2 1 (0.658 %) MCAD 2 1 (0.658 %) MCSD 2 1 (0.658 %) ISEB 2 1 (0.658 %) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 7 (4.605 %) WCAG	System Software 1 2 (1.316 %) MSMQ
Systems Management 1 27 (17.76 %) MIIS 2 3 (1.974 %) Systems Management Server (SMS) 3 1 (0.658 %) Netcool 3 1 (0.658 %) Netcool/OMNIbus 3 1 (0.658 %) OpenView Configuration Management 3 1 (0.658 %) Netcool/Webtop 3 1 (0.658 %) Tivoli	Vendors 1 17 (11.18 %) Proxima 1 17 (11.18 %) Red Hat 2 15 (9.868 %) Microsoft 3 12 (7.895 %) Oracle 4 10 (6.579 %) CA 5 6 (3.947 %) TIBCO 6 3 (1.974 %) IBM 6 3 (1.974 %) Symbian 7 2 (1.316 %) SAP 7 2 (1.316 %) HP 7 2 (1.316 %) Avaya 8 1 (0.658 %) BEA 8 1 (0.658 %) FatWire 8 1 (0.658 %) VMware 8 1 (0.658 %) Zend 8 1 (0.658 %) Cognos 8 1 (0.658 %) Business Objects 8 1 (0.658 %) Cisco 8 1 (0.658 %) Sun