South West SAX Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Simple API for XML (SAX) skills within the South West region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited SAX over the 3 months to 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Simple API for XML (SAX)
Location Basildon Berkshire Bristol City of London East of England England Essex Leeds London Newbury Shropshire South East South West Telford UK West Midlands West Yorkshire Yorkshire	3 months to 21 Aug 2008	Same period last year
Rank	151	162
Rank change on same period last year	+11
Matching contract IT job ads	1	7
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.001 %	0.007 %
As % of the category below	0.124 %	0.617 %
Daily rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum daily rate	-	-
Average daily rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£350	£375
% change on same period last year	-6.66 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	-	£40.00
% change on same period last year	-
Application Development South West
Matching contract IT job ads	805	1135
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	1.062 %	1.130 %
Daily rates quoted	175	252
Average minimum daily rate	£297	£308
Average daily rate	£325	£331
% change on same period last year	-1.72 %
Average maximum daily rate	£353	£354
UK excluding London average daily rate	£338	£337
% change on same period last year	+0.48 %
Hourly rates quoted	134	148
Average minimum hourly rate	£31.39	£29.62
Average hourly rate	£33.51	£33.32
% change on same period last year	+0.57 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£35.63	£37.01
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£32.73	£33.29
% change on same period last year	-1.67 %
SAX 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.

SAX
Demand Trend

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

SAX
Daily Rate Trend

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

SAX
Hourly Rate Trend

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

SAX
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SAX within the South West region over the 3 months to 21 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.

Location	Rank 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
Bristol	-	1	-	-

SAX England

SAX
Top 2 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South West region citing SAX 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 SAX.

1 1 (100.00 %) Microsoft 1 1 (100.00 %) HP

SAX
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South West region citing SAX 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 SAX. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Job Titles 1 1 (100.00 %) Break Fix Engineer

Vendors 1 1 (100.00 %) Microsoft 1 1 (100.00 %) HP