The first table below looks at the demand for XSL skills in IT contracts advertised for the South East region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited XSL over the 3 months to 21 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Application Development category for the South East region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Extensible Stylesheet Language (XSL)
Rank 194 233 182
Rank change year-on-year
+39 -51
Contract jobs citing XSL 26 12 71
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.328% 0.118% 0.692%
As % of the Application Development category 1.331% 0.518% 2.639%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 4 24
Average daily rate £275 £300 £303
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-8.33% -0.82%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £300 £233
10% offered a daily rate of more than £350 £300 £443
UK excluding London average daily rate £318 £360 £313
% change year-on-year
-11.80% +15.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 2 11
Average hourly rate £35.00 £36.50 £42.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-4.10% -13.09%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £33.10 £32.50 £39.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £40.50 £56.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £36.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year
-4.10% -8.75%
All Application Development
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
1954 2318 2690
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 24.67% 22.82% 26.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 1020 1151 1233
Average daily rate £350 £328 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.87% +0.76%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £240 £240
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 123 105 196
Average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £38.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -7.89%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.33 £17.60 £29.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £43.50 £40.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
XSL
England

XSL
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing XSL across the South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

South East XSL Jobs Demand Trend

XSL
Daily Rate Trend

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

South East XSL Daily Rate Trend

XSL
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing XSL across the South East region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

South East XSL Daily Rate Histogram

XSL
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South East XSL Hourly Rate Trend

XSL
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing XSL across the South East region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

South East XSL Hourly Rate Histogram

XSL
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing XSL within the South East region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Hampshire - 11 £225 -
Berkshire - 9 - -
West Sussex - 3 - -
Surrey +14 2 £275 -
Buckinghamshire -4 1 - -
XSL
England

XSL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing XSL 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 XSL.

1 46 (76.67%) XML
2 33 (55.00%) JavaScript
3 27 (45.00%) HTML
3 27 (45.00%) SQL
4 25 (41.67%) Java
5 24 (40.00%) C#
6 23 (38.33%) .NET
7 20 (33.33%) Web Services
8 19 (31.67%) SQL Server
9 18 (30.00%) CSS
10 14 (23.33%) Microsoft
10 14 (23.33%) jQuery
11 11 (18.33%) ASP.NET
11 11 (18.33%) J2EE
12 10 (16.67%) XSD
12 10 (16.67%) T-SQL
13 9 (15.00%) Oracle
13 9 (15.00%) CRM
13 9 (15.00%) SharePoint
13 9 (15.00%) Windows
13 9 (15.00%) Ajax
14 8 (13.33%) SalesLogix
14 8 (13.33%) Dynamics CRM
14 8 (13.33%) Linux
14 8 (13.33%) XHTML
14 8 (13.33%) W3C
14 8 (13.33%) Migration
14 8 (13.33%) Agile Software Development
15 7 (11.67%) Scrum
15 7 (11.67%) UML

XSL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing XSL 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 XSL. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 46 (76.67%) XML
2 27 (45.00%) HTML
3 23 (38.33%) .NET
4 20 (33.33%) Web Services
5 18 (30.00%) CSS
6 14 (23.33%) jQuery
7 11 (18.33%) ASP.NET
7 11 (18.33%) J2EE
8 10 (16.67%) XSD
9 9 (15.00%) Ajax
10 8 (13.33%) XHTML
11 7 (11.67%) JSP
11 7 (11.67%) ASP
11 7 (11.67%) Silverlight
11 7 (11.67%) REST
12 6 (10.00%) HTML5
12 6 (10.00%) JSON
12 6 (10.00%) XSLT
12 6 (10.00%) COM+
13 5 (8.333%) Hibernate
Application Platforms
1 9 (15.00%) SharePoint
2 5 (8.333%) ActiveMQ
2 5 (8.333%) ESB
3 2 (3.333%) Mule
3 2 (3.333%) Apache
3 2 (3.333%) IIS
4 1 (1.667%) WebSphere MQ
4 1 (1.667%) CMS
4 1 (1.667%) Lync
Applications
1 2 (3.333%) MS Excel
2 1 (1.667%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 8 (13.33%) SalesLogix
1 8 (13.33%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 6 (10.00%) TCP/IP
2 5 (8.333%) DVB
2 5 (8.333%) HTTP
3 3 (5.000%) SMTP
4 1 (1.667%) SAN
4 1 (1.667%) Intranet
4 1 (1.667%) Internet
4 1 (1.667%) Extranet
4 1 (1.667%) SSL
4 1 (1.667%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (31.67%) SQL Server
2 7 (11.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 6 (10.00%) SQL Server 2008
4 5 (8.333%) DTS
4 5 (8.333%) SQL Server 2005
5 1 (1.667%) Oracle 10g
Development Applications
1 6 (10.00%) Ant
2 5 (8.333%) Maven
2 5 (8.333%) Git (software)
2 5 (8.333%) Cucumber
3 3 (5.000%) XMLSpy
3 3 (5.000%) Visual Studio
4 2 (3.333%) Team Foundation Server
4 2 (3.333%) Firebug
4 2 (3.333%) Fiddler
4 2 (3.333%) Selenium
4 2 (3.333%) FitNesse
4 2 (3.333%) Eclipse
4 2 (3.333%) QuickTest Pro
General
1 5 (8.333%) Telecoms
1 5 (8.333%) Retail
2 1 (1.667%) Finance
2 1 (1.667%) Banking
2 1 (1.667%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 39 (65.00%) Developer
2 7 (11.67%) Front-End Developer
3 6 (10.00%) Java Developer
3 6 (10.00%) .NET Developer
3 6 (10.00%) Senior Developer
3 6 (10.00%) Software Engineer
4 5 (8.333%) Consultant
4 5 (8.333%) SQL Developer
5 4 (6.667%) SQL Server Developer
5 4 (6.667%) J2EE Developer
5 4 (6.667%) Architect
6 3 (5.000%) VB Developer
6 3 (5.000%) Senior Java Developer
6 3 (5.000%) CRM Consultant
6 3 (5.000%) Java Software Engineer
6 3 (5.000%) C# Developer
6 3 (5.000%) Team Leader
6 3 (5.000%) Agile .NET Developer
6 3 (5.000%) Agile C# Developer
6 3 (5.000%) C# .NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 8 (13.33%) W3C
2 5 (8.333%) DTV
2 5 (8.333%) Computer Science
3 3 (5.000%) N-Tier
3 3 (5.000%) Derivative
4 2 (3.333%) DataPower
5 1 (1.667%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.667%) NHS
5 1 (1.667%) Client/Server
5 1 (1.667%) CMDB
5 1 (1.667%) Data Integration
5 1 (1.667%) Mobile App
5 1 (1.667%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.667%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 9 (15.00%) Windows
2 8 (13.33%) Linux
3 5 (8.333%) UNIX
4 3 (5.000%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (15.00%) CRM
2 8 (13.33%) Migration
2 8 (13.33%) Agile Software Development
3 7 (11.67%) Scrum
3 7 (11.67%) UML
4 6 (10.00%) Software Engineering
4 6 (10.00%) Web Development
5 5 (8.333%) Multithreading
6 4 (6.667%) Continuous Integration
6 4 (6.667%) TDD
7 3 (5.000%) Workflow
7 3 (5.000%) Workflow Management
7 3 (5.000%) Unit Testing
7 3 (5.000%) Data Migration
7 3 (5.000%) Test Automation
8 2 (3.333%) Test Strategy
8 2 (3.333%) Integration Testing
8 2 (3.333%) User Acceptance Testing
8 2 (3.333%) Compatibility Testing
8 2 (3.333%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 33 (55.00%) JavaScript
2 27 (45.00%) SQL
3 25 (41.67%) Java
4 24 (40.00%) C#
5 10 (16.67%) T-SQL
6 7 (11.67%) VB
7 6 (10.00%) XPath
7 6 (10.00%) VBScript
8 5 (8.333%) VB6
8 5 (8.333%) VB.NET
9 4 (6.667%) PL/SQL
10 3 (5.000%) Perl
10 3 (5.000%) C++
10 3 (5.000%) Python
10 3 (5.000%) Bash shell
11 1 (1.667%) PHP
11 1 (1.667%) C
Qualifications
1 5 (8.333%) Degree
2 4 (6.667%) Security Cleared
3 2 (3.333%) ISEB
4 1 (1.667%) SC Cleared
4 1 (1.667%) DV Cleared
System Software
1 1 (1.667%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (1.667%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
1 1 (1.667%) Netcool
1 1 (1.667%) OpenView Configuration Management
1 1 (1.667%) HP UCMDB
Vendors
1 14 (23.33%) Microsoft
2 9 (15.00%) Oracle
3 7 (11.67%) IBM
4 6 (10.00%) JBoss
4 6 (10.00%) Sage
5 1 (1.667%) Citrix
5 1 (1.667%) CA
5 1 (1.667%) Veritas
5 1 (1.667%) TIBCO
5 1 (1.667%) Compuware
5 1 (1.667%) HP
5 1 (1.667%) Google