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The table below looks at the demand for Extensible Hypertext Markup Language (XHTML) skills within the Slough 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
Rank1635
Rank change on same period last yearUp+19
Matching contract IT job ads142
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.020 %0.002 %
As % of the category below18.67 %2.564 %
Daily rates quoted22
Average minimum daily rate£275£325
Average daily rate£285£381
% change on same period last year-25.24 %
Average maximum daily rate£295£438
UK excluding London average daily rate£255£271
% change on same period last year-5.76 %
Hourly rates quoted20
Average minimum hourly rate£19.50-
Average hourly rate£20.25-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£21.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£26.50£32.61
% change on same period last year-18.74 %
Slough IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Slough
Matching contract IT job ads7578
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.106 %0.079 %
Daily rates quoted1110
Average minimum daily rate£246£305
Average daily rate£265£317
% change on same period last year-16.40 %
Average maximum daily rate£285£329
UK excluding London average daily rate£329£333
% change on same period last year-1.25 %
Hourly rates quoted2634
Average minimum hourly rate£37.15£40.82
Average hourly rate£38.65£40.96
% change on same period last year-5.62 %
Average maximum hourly rate£40.15£41.09
UK excluding London average hourly rate£31.10£32.14
% change on same period last year-3.23 %
XHTML BerkshireXHTML
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.

XHTML
Demand Trend

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

Slough 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 Slough region.

Slough XHTML Daily Rate Trend

XHTML
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Slough XHTML Hourly Rate Trend

XHTML
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Slough 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.

117 (89.47 %)CSS
214 (73.68 %)HTML
310 (52.63 %)DHTML
310 (52.63 %)CMS
310 (52.63 %)Web Design
49 (47.37 %)AJAX
49 (47.37 %)NHS
58 (42.11 %)Content Management
66 (31.58 %)Photoshop
75 (26.32 %)JSP
75 (26.32 %)Dreamweaver
84 (21.05 %)XSLT
84 (21.05 %)ASP.NET
84 (21.05 %).NET
84 (21.05 %)Plone
93 (15.79 %)Web Development
93 (15.79 %)IIS
93 (15.79 %)C#
93 (15.79 %)JavaScript
93 (15.79 %)VB.NET
93 (15.79 %)XML
102 (10.53 %)SQL Server
102 (10.53 %)WebServices
102 (10.53 %)Eclipse
102 (10.53 %)Subversion
111 (5.263 %)ION Trading
111 (5.263 %)Degree
111 (5.263 %)Joomla!
111 (5.263 %)SharePoint Server 2007
111 (5.263 %)Drupal

XHTML
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Slough 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.

Slough IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
117 (89.47 %)CSS
214 (73.68 %)HTML
39 (47.37 %)AJAX
45 (26.32 %)JSP
54 (21.05 %).NET
54 (21.05 %)ASP.NET
54 (21.05 %)XSLT
63 (15.79 %)XML
72 (10.53 %)WebServices
81 (5.263 %)ASP
81 (5.263 %)Windows SharePoint Services
81 (5.263 %)Drupal
81 (5.263 %)ASP.NET 2.0
Slough IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
110 (52.63 %)CMS
24 (21.05 %)Plone
33 (15.79 %)IIS
41 (5.263 %)SharePoint
41 (5.263 %)Joomla!
41 (5.263 %)SharePoint Server 2007
Slough IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
16 (31.58 %)Photoshop
21 (5.263 %)MS Excel
Slough IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (5.263 %)Extranet
Slough IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (10.53 %)SQL Server
21 (5.263 %)DB2
21 (5.263 %)DB2 UDB
Slough IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
15 (26.32 %)Dreamweaver
22 (10.53 %)Subversion
22 (10.53 %)Eclipse
31 (5.263 %)VSS/SourceSafe
31 (5.263 %)Flash
Slough IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (5.263 %)Telecoms
11 (5.263 %)Health
Slough IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
110 (52.63 %)Developer
29 (47.37 %)Analyst
29 (47.37 %)Support Analyst
29 (47.37 %)Web Analyst
34 (21.05 %)Web Developer
41 (5.263 %)Analyst Developer
41 (5.263 %)SharePoint Developer
Slough IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
19 (47.37 %)NHS
Slough IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (5.263 %)Windows
11 (5.263 %)Windows Server 2003
Slough IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
110 (52.63 %)Web Design
28 (42.11 %)Content Management
33 (15.79 %)Web Development
Slough IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
110 (52.63 %)DHTML
23 (15.79 %)JavaScript
23 (15.79 %)VB.NET
23 (15.79 %)C#
31 (5.263 %)ActionScript
31 (5.263 %)SQL
31 (5.263 %)Java
Slough IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (5.263 %)MCSD
11 (5.263 %)Microsoft Certification
11 (5.263 %)Degree
Slough IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (5.263 %)IBM
11 (5.263 %)Microsoft
11 (5.263 %)ION Trading