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The table below looks at the demand for Extensible Hypertext Markup Language (XHTML) skills within the South Wales 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
Rank4541
Rank change on same period last yearDown-4
Matching contract IT job ads86
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.011 %0.006 %
As % of the category below5.755 %4.878 %
Daily rates quoted10
Average minimum daily rate£350-
Average daily rate£350-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£350-
UK excluding London average daily rate£255£271
% change on same period last year-5.76 %
Hourly rates quoted20
Average minimum hourly rate£43.50-
Average hourly rate£48.50-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£53.50-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£26.50£32.61
% change on same period last year-18.74 %
South Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
South Wales
Matching contract IT job ads139123
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.196 %0.124 %
Daily rates quoted5221
Average minimum daily rate£304£311
Average daily rate£329£370
% change on same period last year-11.22 %
Average maximum daily rate£353£429
UK excluding London average daily rate£329£333
% change on same period last year-1.25 %
Hourly rates quoted73
Average minimum hourly rate£28.14£21.11
Average hourly rate£34.27£22.94
% change on same period last year+49.37 %
Average maximum hourly rate£40.41£24.78
UK excluding London average hourly rate£31.10£32.14
% change on same period last year-3.23 %
XHTML WalesXHTML
Wales

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 South Wales region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

South Wales 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 South Wales region.

South Wales 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 South Wales region.

South Wales 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 South Wales 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
CardiffDown-72£350-
NewportNew entry-2--
GlamorganNew entry-1--
XHTML WalesXHTML
Wales

XHTML
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

110 (83.33 %)CSS
29 (75.00 %)HTML
37 (58.33 %)CMS
37 (58.33 %)Intranet
37 (58.33 %)Internet
37 (58.33 %)XSLT
43 (25.00 %)PHP
52 (16.67 %)Java
52 (16.67 %)MySQL
52 (16.67 %)Finance
61 (8.333 %)Data Management
61 (8.333 %)Spring
61 (8.333 %)AJAX
61 (8.333 %)SQL Server 2005
61 (8.333 %)SQL Server Integration Services
61 (8.333 %)WebSphere
61 (8.333 %)Web Development
61 (8.333 %)Spring MVC
61 (8.333 %)Spring Web Flow
61 (8.333 %)PHP5
61 (8.333 %)PHP4
61 (8.333 %)ASP.NET 2.0
61 (8.333 %)Publishing
61 (8.333 %)Games
61 (8.333 %)MVC
61 (8.333 %)SQL Server
61 (8.333 %)Photoshop
61 (8.333 %)Visual Studio
61 (8.333 %)ASP.NET
61 (8.333 %)SQL Server 2000

XHTML
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

South Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
110 (83.33 %)CSS
29 (75.00 %)HTML
37 (58.33 %)XSLT
41 (8.333 %)MVC
41 (8.333 %)Spring
41 (8.333 %)AJAX
41 (8.333 %)WebSphere
41 (8.333 %)Spring MVC
41 (8.333 %)Spring Web Flow
41 (8.333 %)ASP.NET 2.0
41 (8.333 %).NET
41 (8.333 %)J2EE
41 (8.333 %)ASP.NET
41 (8.333 %)XML
South Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
17 (58.33 %)CMS
South Wales IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (8.333 %)Photoshop
South Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
17 (58.33 %)Intranet
17 (58.33 %)Internet
South Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (16.67 %)MySQL
21 (8.333 %)SQL Server
21 (8.333 %)DTS
21 (8.333 %)SQL Server 2000
21 (8.333 %)SQL Server 2005
21 (8.333 %)SQL Server Integration Services
South Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (8.333 %)Visual Studio
11 (8.333 %)Flash
11 (8.333 %)Eclipse
11 (8.333 %)Dreamweaver
South Wales IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (16.67 %)Finance
21 (8.333 %)Publishing
21 (8.333 %)Games
South Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
112 (100.00 %)Developer
28 (66.67 %)Web Developer
32 (16.67 %)Java Developer
41 (8.333 %).NET Developer
41 (8.333 %)ASP.NET Developer
41 (8.333 %)SQL Developer
41 (8.333 %)PHP Developer
41 (8.333 %).NET Programmer
41 (8.333 %)Programmer
South Wales IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (8.333 %)W3C
South Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (8.333 %)E-Commerce
11 (8.333 %)Data Management
11 (8.333 %)Web Development
South Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13 (25.00 %)PHP
22 (16.67 %)Java
31 (8.333 %)JavaScript
31 (8.333 %)C#
31 (8.333 %)DHTML
31 (8.333 %)SQL
31 (8.333 %)Transact-SQL
31 (8.333 %)PHP5
31 (8.333 %)PHP4
South Wales IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (8.333 %)Adobe
11 (8.333 %)Macromedia