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The table below looks at the demand for XQuery skills within the Scotland region with a comparison to our Programming Languages category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited XQuery over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkXQuery
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank-120
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads08
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.008 %
As % of the category below0.000 %0.684 %
Daily rates quoted07
Average minimum daily rate-£400
Average daily rate-£413
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£426
UK excluding London average daily rate-£388
% change on same period last year-
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
Scotland
Matching contract IT job ads7271170
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.024 %1.182 %
Daily rates quoted146264
Average minimum daily rate£307£311
Average daily rate£327£327
% change on same period last year-0.24 %
Average maximum daily rate£346£343
UK excluding London average daily rate£324£334
% change on same period last year-2.98 %
Hourly rates quoted3656
Average minimum hourly rate£28.15£28.53
Average hourly rate£30.57£29.67
% change on same period last year+3.06 %
Average maximum hourly rate£33.00£30.80
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.24£32.80
% change on same period last year-1.70 %
XQuery UKXQuery
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.

XQuery
Demand Trend

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

Scotland XQuery Demand Trend

XQuery
Daily Rate Trend

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

Scotland XQuery Daily Rate Trend

XQuery
Top 10 Related IT Skills

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

11 (100.00 %)C#
11 (100.00 %)Java
11 (100.00 %).NET
11 (100.00 %)XML
11 (100.00 %)XSLT
11 (100.00 %)UNIX
11 (100.00 %)FpML
11 (100.00 %)Finance
11 (100.00 %)Banking
11 (100.00 %)Investment Banking

XQuery
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (100.00 %).NET
11 (100.00 %)XML
11 (100.00 %)XSLT
11 (100.00 %)FpML
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (100.00 %)Finance
11 (100.00 %)Banking
11 (100.00 %)Investment Banking
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11 (100.00 %)Developer
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (100.00 %)UNIX
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (100.00 %)C#
11 (100.00 %)Java