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The table below looks at the demand for Extensible Hypertext Markup Language (XHTML) skills within the Scotland region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited XHTML over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkExtensible Hypertext Markup Language (XHTML)
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank86111
Rank change on same period last yearUp+25
Matching contract IT job ads1517
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.021 %0.017 %
As % of the category below2.852 %1.854 %
Daily rates quoted33
Average minimum daily rate£113£252
Average daily rate£140£260
% change on same period last year-46.15 %
Average maximum daily rate£167£268
UK excluding London average daily rate£255£271
% change on same period last year-5.76 %
Hourly rates quoted10
Average minimum hourly rate£18.00-
Average hourly rate£19.00-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£20.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£26.50£32.61
% change on same period last year-18.74 %
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Scotland
Matching contract IT job ads526917
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.741 %0.927 %
Daily rates quoted113177
Average minimum daily rate£329£321
Average daily rate£351£337
% change on same period last year+4.40 %
Average maximum daily rate£373£352
UK excluding London average daily rate£329£333
% change on same period last year-1.25 %
Hourly rates quoted2345
Average minimum hourly rate£28.78£29.00
Average hourly rate£30.02£29.94
% change on same period last year+0.28 %
Average maximum hourly rate£31.27£30.87
UK excluding London average hourly rate£31.10£32.14
% change on same period last year-3.23 %
XHTML UKXHTML
UK

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.

XHTML
Demand Trend

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

Scotland XHTML Demand Trend

XHTML
Daily Rate Trend

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

Scotland XHTML Daily Rate Trend

XHTML
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing XHTML across the Scotland region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

Scotland XHTML Daily Rate Histogram

XHTML
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Scotland XHTML Hourly Rate Trend

XHTML
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing XHTML within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EdinburghUp+43£140-41.05 %
StirlingNew entry-2--
AberdeenUp+42--
XHTML UKXHTML
UK

XHTML
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region citing XHTML 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 XHTML.

156 (88.89 %)CSS
255 (87.30 %)JavaScript
327 (42.86 %)HTML
421 (33.33 %)Java
421 (33.33 %)CMS
421 (33.33 %)RedDot
516 (25.40 %)Finance
615 (23.81 %).NET
714 (22.22 %)C#
714 (22.22 %)ASP.NET
813 (20.63 %)Photoshop
813 (20.63 %)AJAX
910 (15.87 %)Visual Studio
109 (14.29 %)Windows
109 (14.29 %)Flash
109 (14.29 %)ActionScript
109 (14.29 %)Microsoft Enterprise Library
118 (12.70 %)Content Management
118 (12.70 %)J2EE
118 (12.70 %)SQL Server
127 (11.11 %)XML
127 (11.11 %)Adobe
127 (11.11 %)Publishing
136 (9.524 %)Workflow
136 (9.524 %)IIS
145 (7.937 %)DHTML
145 (7.937 %)Adobe Illustrator
145 (7.937 %)Dreamweaver
145 (7.937 %)Banking
154 (6.349 %)jQuery

XHTML
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region citing XHTML 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 XHTML. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
156 (88.89 %)CSS
227 (42.86 %)HTML
315 (23.81 %).NET
414 (22.22 %)ASP.NET
513 (20.63 %)AJAX
69 (14.29 %)Microsoft Enterprise Library
78 (12.70 %)J2EE
87 (11.11 %)XML
94 (6.349 %)ASP
94 (6.349 %)jQuery
103 (4.762 %)XSL
103 (4.762 %)JSP
112 (3.175 %)WebServices
112 (3.175 %)Spring
121 (1.587 %)JSON
121 (1.587 %)Adobe Flex
121 (1.587 %)YUI
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
121 (33.33 %)CMS
26 (9.524 %)IIS
33 (4.762 %)Lotus Notes
41 (1.587 %)Apache
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
113 (20.63 %)Photoshop
25 (7.937 %)Adobe Illustrator
34 (6.349 %)MS Excel
34 (6.349 %)Fireworks
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
14 (6.349 %)Internet
23 (4.762 %)Intranet
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
18 (12.70 %)SQL Server
24 (6.349 %)MySQL
32 (3.175 %)SQL Server 2005
32 (3.175 %)SQL Server Integration Services
41 (1.587 %)SQL Server 2000
41 (1.587 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
110 (15.87 %)Visual Studio
29 (14.29 %)Flash
35 (7.937 %)Dreamweaver
42 (3.175 %)FrontPage
42 (3.175 %)Oracle APEX
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
116 (25.40 %)Finance
27 (11.11 %)Publishing
35 (7.937 %)Banking
44 (6.349 %)Advertising
53 (4.762 %)Animation
62 (3.175 %)Investment Banking
71 (1.587 %)Legal
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
147 (74.60 %)Developer
216 (25.40 %)Web Developer
36 (9.524 %)Web Designer
45 (7.937 %).NET Developer
54 (6.349 %)Analyst
63 (4.762 %)Systems Analyst
63 (4.762 %)Flash Developer
72 (3.175 %)Systems Developer
72 (3.175 %)Programmer
72 (3.175 %)Java Developer
72 (3.175 %)Java Web Developer
72 (3.175 %)Graphic Designer
72 (3.175 %)PHP Developer
81 (1.587 %)PHP Web Developer
81 (1.587 %)Excel Developer
81 (1.587 %)JavaScript Developer
81 (1.587 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
81 (1.587 %)Flex Developer
81 (1.587 %)Software Engineer
81 (1.587 %)Webmaster
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
14 (6.349 %)W3C
21 (1.587 %)Web 2.0
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
19 (14.29 %)Windows
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
18 (12.70 %)Content Management
26 (9.524 %)Workflow
34 (6.349 %)Web Development
43 (4.762 %)SEO
52 (3.175 %)Web Design
52 (3.175 %)RAD
52 (3.175 %)Wealth Management
61 (1.587 %)Web Analytics
61 (1.587 %)E-Commerce
61 (1.587 %)OOP
61 (1.587 %)OO
61 (1.587 %)Migration
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
155 (87.30 %)JavaScript
221 (33.33 %)Java
314 (22.22 %)C#
49 (14.29 %)ActionScript
55 (7.937 %)DHTML
64 (6.349 %)PHP
64 (6.349 %)SQL
72 (3.175 %)VBScript
81 (1.587 %)VB.NET
81 (1.587 %)Perl
81 (1.587 %)VBA
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (1.587 %)WCAG
11 (1.587 %)WAI
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
121 (33.33 %)RedDot
27 (11.11 %)Adobe
33 (4.762 %)Oracle
33 (4.762 %)Lotus
42 (3.175 %)Mediasurface
42 (3.175 %)Microsoft
51 (1.587 %)Interwoven