The first table below looks at the demand for XML Schema skills in IT contracts advertised for the South West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited XML Schema over the 3 months to 23 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 West 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
XML Schema
Rank 109 134 120
Rank change year-on-year
+25 -14
Contract jobs citing XML Schema 2 7 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 0.100% 0.216% 0.244%
As % of the Application Development category 0.424% 0.901% 1.028%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 5 0
Average daily rate £303 £313 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.20% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £344 £363
% change year-on-year
+7.63% -5.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £24.00
All Application Development
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
472 777 681
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 23.48% 23.94% 23.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 302 465 304
Average daily rate £325 £350 £315
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.14% +11.11%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £223 £248 £205
10% offered a daily rate of more than £458 £475 £430
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 26 38
Average hourly rate £24.50 £25.00 £33.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.00% -24.81%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £16.20 £15.10 £15.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £54.50 £41.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
XML Schema
England

XML Schema
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West XML Schema Jobs Demand Trend

XML Schema
Daily Rate Trend

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

South West XML Schema Daily Rate Trend

XML Schema
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South West XML Schema Hourly Rate Trend

XML Schema
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing XML Schema within the South West region over the 3 months to 23 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
Bristol - 1 £290 -
XML Schema
England

XML Schema
Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West region citing XML Schema 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 XML Schema.

1 3 (100.00%) XML
2 2 (66.67%) Java
2 2 (66.67%) Spring
3 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
3 1 (33.33%) Spring MVC
3 1 (33.33%) Grails
3 1 (33.33%) jQuery
3 1 (33.33%) Mule
3 1 (33.33%) JPA
3 1 (33.33%) Waterfall
3 1 (33.33%) MarkLogic
3 1 (33.33%) HQL
3 1 (33.33%) MVC
3 1 (33.33%) Hibernate
3 1 (33.33%) JavaScript
3 1 (33.33%) SQL
3 1 (33.33%) Oracle
3 1 (33.33%) CSS
3 1 (33.33%) OO
3 1 (33.33%) NHS
3 1 (33.33%) HTML

XML Schema
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West region citing XML Schema 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 XML Schema. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (100.00%) XML
2 2 (66.67%) Spring
3 1 (33.33%) Spring MVC
3 1 (33.33%) Grails
3 1 (33.33%) jQuery
3 1 (33.33%) JPA
3 1 (33.33%) Hibernate
3 1 (33.33%) CSS
3 1 (33.33%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 1 (33.33%) Mule
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) MarkLogic
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Java Developer
1 2 (66.67%) Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Test Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Consultant
2 1 (33.33%) Test Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Test Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
1 1 (33.33%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Waterfall
1 1 (33.33%) MVC
1 1 (33.33%) OO
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) Java
2 1 (33.33%) HQL
2 1 (33.33%) JavaScript
2 1 (33.33%) SQL
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle