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This section looks at the demand for XPath (XML Path Language) skills within the South East region with a comparison to our Programming Languages category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited XPath over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkXPath (XML Path Language)
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank226276
Rank change on same period last yearUp+50
Matching contract IT job ads3321
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.044 %0.021 %
As % of the category below0.813 %0.341 %
Daily rates quoted77
Average minimum daily rate£398£324
Average daily rate£429£353
% change on same period last year+21.61 %
Average maximum daily rate£459£381
UK excluding London average daily rate£393£358
% change on same period last year+9.55 %
Hourly rates quoted21
Average minimum hourly rate£34.50£21.00
Average hourly rate£37.25£21.00
% change on same period last year+77.38 %
Average maximum hourly rate£40.00£21.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£33.50£29.63
% change on same period last year+13.08 %
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
South East
Matching contract IT job ads40586164
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled5.355 %6.139 %
Daily rates quoted10441565
Average minimum daily rate£313£313
Average daily rate£333£332
% change on same period last year+0.47 %
Average maximum daily rate£354£350
UK excluding London average daily rate£331£335
% change on same period last year-1.24 %
Hourly rates quoted459737
Average minimum hourly rate£34.57£33.53
Average hourly rate£36.51£35.66
% change on same period last year+2.38 %
Average maximum hourly rate£38.45£37.79
UK excluding London average hourly rate£33.47£33.03
% change on same period last year+1.31 %
XPath EnglandXPath
England

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.

XPath
Demand Trend

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

South East XPath Demand Trend

XPath
Daily Rate Trend

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

South East XPath Daily Rate Trend

XPath
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing XPath across the South East region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008.

South East XPath Daily Rate Histogram

XPath
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South East XPath Hourly Rate Trend

XPath
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing XPath within the South East region over the 3 months to 20 August 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
BerkshireUp+5220£435+27.80 %
SurreyUp+54--
OxfordshireUp+24--
HampshireUp+223£420+39.99 %
SussexNew entry-2£430-
M4 CorridorNew entry-2--
XPath EnglandXPath
England

XPath
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing XPath 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 XPath.

135 (97.22 %)XML
230 (83.33 %)Java
327 (75.00 %)SQL
422 (61.11 %)XSL
519 (52.78 %)HTML
618 (50.00 %)JavaScript
618 (50.00 %)Proxima
618 (50.00 %)Security Cleared
717 (47.22 %)Web Development
816 (44.44 %)SC Cleared
910 (27.78 %)Time Management
910 (27.78 %)CA
109 (25.00 %)XQuery
118 (22.22 %)Eclipse
127 (19.44 %)UNIX
127 (19.44 %)Windows
136 (16.67 %)XSLT
136 (16.67 %)JSP
136 (16.67 %)E-Commerce
136 (16.67 %)AJAX
145 (13.89 %)OO
145 (13.89 %).NET
145 (13.89 %)Oracle
145 (13.89 %)ASP.NET
154 (11.11 %)MySQL
154 (11.11 %)PHP
154 (11.11 %)C#
154 (11.11 %)SOAP
154 (11.11 %)XSD
154 (11.11 %)UML

XPath
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing XPath 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 XPath. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

South East IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
135 (97.22 %)XML
222 (61.11 %)XSL
319 (52.78 %)HTML
46 (16.67 %)XSLT
46 (16.67 %)JSP
46 (16.67 %)AJAX
55 (13.89 %).NET
55 (13.89 %)ASP.NET
64 (11.11 %)SOAP
64 (11.11 %)XSD
64 (11.11 %)Symfony
64 (11.11 %)jQuery
73 (8.333 %)JSTL
73 (8.333 %)JMS
73 (8.333 %)Servlets
82 (5.556 %)WebSphere
91 (2.778 %)ASP.NET 2.0
91 (2.778 %)LAMP
91 (2.778 %)MIDP
91 (2.778 %)Java ME
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
14 (11.11 %)Apache
14 (11.11 %)WebLogic
23 (8.333 %)TIBCO EMS
32 (5.556 %)MQSeries
32 (5.556 %)JBoss
32 (5.556 %)WebSphere MQ
32 (5.556 %)ATG Dynamo
41 (2.778 %)ESB
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
13 (8.333 %)BusinessWorks
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
14 (11.11 %)MySQL
14 (11.11 %)PostgreSQL
23 (8.333 %)Oracle 10g
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
18 (22.22 %)Eclipse
24 (11.11 %)Subversion
31 (2.778 %)CruiseControl
31 (2.778 %)Ant
31 (2.778 %)JUnit
South East IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
14 (11.11 %)Government
22 (5.556 %)Telecoms
31 (2.778 %)Finance
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
118 (50.00 %)Developer
212 (33.33 %)Infrastructure Engineer
35 (13.89 %)Java Developer
43 (8.333 %)TIBCO Developer
43 (8.333 %)PHP Developer
52 (5.556 %)Graduate
52 (5.556 %)Junior
52 (5.556 %)Consultant
52 (5.556 %)Junior Developer
52 (5.556 %)Junior Java Developer
61 (2.778 %)Graduate Java Developer
61 (2.778 %)Senior Java Developer
61 (2.778 %)Graduate Developer
61 (2.778 %)Technical Engineer
61 (2.778 %).NET Developer
61 (2.778 %)ASP.NET Developer
61 (2.778 %)Technical Lead
61 (2.778 %)WebLogic Developer
61 (2.778 %)Web Applications Developer
61 (2.778 %)Applications Developer
South East IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (5.556 %)Computer Science
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
17 (19.44 %)UNIX
17 (19.44 %)Windows
22 (5.556 %)Solaris
22 (5.556 %)Linux
22 (5.556 %)Windows Server 2003
22 (5.556 %)Nucleus RTOS
22 (5.556 %)Red Hat Linux
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
118 (50.00 %)Security Cleared
217 (47.22 %)Web Development
316 (44.44 %)SC Cleared
410 (27.78 %)Time Management
56 (16.67 %)E-Commerce
65 (13.89 %)OO
74 (11.11 %)UML
83 (8.333 %)OOA/OOD
92 (5.556 %)B2C
101 (2.778 %)Scrum
101 (2.778 %)SOA
101 (2.778 %)PRINCE2
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
130 (83.33 %)Java
227 (75.00 %)SQL
318 (50.00 %)JavaScript
49 (25.00 %)XQuery
54 (11.11 %)PHP
54 (11.11 %)C#
54 (11.11 %)PHP5
54 (11.11 %)PHP4
63 (8.333 %)Shell Script
63 (8.333 %)PL/SQL
63 (8.333 %)Perl
72 (5.556 %)DHTML
81 (2.778 %)C
81 (2.778 %)VB.NET
South East IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (2.778 %)PRINCE2 Certification
South East IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
12 (5.556 %)AquaLogic
South East IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
118 (50.00 %)Proxima
210 (27.78 %)CA
35 (13.89 %)Oracle
44 (11.11 %)Zend
53 (8.333 %)TIBCO
62 (5.556 %)Red Hat
62 (5.556 %)ATG
71 (2.778 %)IBM
71 (2.778 %)BEA