XML Contracts in the South West
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Hourly Rate Histogram Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for XML 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 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 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
21 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Extensible Markup Language (XML)
Rank 35 32 24
Rank change year-on-year
-3 -8
Contract jobs citing XML 107 179 150
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 5.134% 5.482% 5.453%
As % of the Application Development category 21.97% 22.92% 24.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 65 92 53
Average daily rate £325 £335 £310
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.98% +8.06%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £294 £238 £220
10% offered a daily rate of more than £440 £470 £420
UK excluding London average daily rate £335 £325 £325
% change year-on-year
+3.07% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 9 13
Average hourly rate £24.50 £25.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.00% -28.57%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £20.10 £10.00 £21.80
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £48.50 £38.40 £41.30
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £30.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+16.66% -14.28%
All Application Development
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category		 487 781 623
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 23.37% 23.92% 22.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 308 472 275
Average daily rate £325 £339 £310
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.12% +9.35%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £228 £240 £205
10% offered a daily rate of more than £454 £475 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 23 37
Average hourly rate £24.50 £25.00 £32.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.00% -23.07%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £16.20 £10.00 £15.05
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
England

XML
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West XML Jobs Demand Trend

XML
Daily Rate Trend

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

South West XML Daily Rate Trend

XML
Daily Rate Histogram

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

South West XML Daily Rate Histogram

XML
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South West XML Hourly Rate Trend

XML
Hourly Rate Histogram

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

South West XML Hourly Rate Histogram

XML
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing XML within the South West 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
Devon +13 23 £350 +62.79%
Gloucestershire +14 22 £400 -15.78%
Wiltshire -11 21 £306 -5.76%
Bristol -1 16 £325 +8.33%
Somerset -8 13 £320 -8.57%
Dorset +6 6 £313 -21.87%
XML
England

XML
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 145 (57.09%) SQL
2 139 (54.72%) .NET
3 126 (49.61%) C#
4 119 (46.85%) JavaScript
5 113 (44.49%) HTML
6 100 (39.37%) Web Services
7 98 (38.58%) Oracle
8 96 (37.80%) Java
9 83 (32.68%) CSS
10 82 (32.28%) ASP.NET
11 75 (29.53%) SQL Server
12 65 (25.59%) VB.NET
13 63 (24.80%) Security Cleared
14 61 (24.02%) Microsoft
15 59 (23.23%) UML
16 55 (21.65%) SharePoint
17 50 (19.69%) ITIL
17 50 (19.69%) VB
17 50 (19.69%) jQuery
18 49 (19.29%) .NET Framework
19 47 (18.50%) XSLT
20 46 (18.11%) Finance
21 43 (16.93%) ASP
22 42 (16.54%) Unit Testing
23 41 (16.14%) C++
24 38 (14.96%) Agile Software Development
25 37 (14.57%) IIS
25 37 (14.57%) WCF
26 36 (14.17%) Visual Studio
26 36 (14.17%) SOA

XML
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 139 (54.72%) .NET
2 113 (44.49%) HTML
3 100 (39.37%) Web Services
4 83 (32.68%) CSS
5 82 (32.28%) ASP.NET
6 50 (19.69%) jQuery
7 49 (19.29%) .NET Framework
8 47 (18.50%) XSLT
9 43 (16.93%) ASP
10 37 (14.57%) WCF
11 34 (13.39%) J2EE
12 32 (12.60%) Ajax
13 22 (8.661%) Silverlight
14 21 (8.268%) JSP
15 20 (7.874%) JSON
16 18 (7.087%) Middleware
16 18 (7.087%) SOAP
16 18 (7.087%) REST
17 16 (6.299%) Hibernate
18 15 (5.906%) J2SE
Application Platforms
1 55 (21.65%) SharePoint
2 37 (14.57%) IIS
3 25 (9.843%) OpenROAD
4 12 (4.724%) Oracle Service Bus
5 11 (4.331%) SharePoint 2010
6 6 (2.362%) AquaLogic
6 6 (2.362%) SharePoint Server
6 6 (2.362%) AquaLogic Service Bus
6 6 (2.362%) ArcGIS
6 6 (2.362%) ArcSDE
6 6 (2.362%) MQSeries
7 5 (1.969%) BizTalk Server
7 5 (1.969%) WebSphere Application Server
7 5 (1.969%) Oracle Workflow
7 5 (1.969%) CMS
7 5 (1.969%) ESB
8 4 (1.575%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 4 (1.575%) WebLogic
9 3 (1.181%) Apache
10 2 (0.787%) TIBCO EMS
Applications
1 11 (4.331%) MS Excel
2 4 (1.575%) Photoshop
3 3 (1.181%) MS Office
4 1 (0.394%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 16 (6.299%) Oracle Applications
2 14 (5.512%) Remedy ITSM
3 5 (1.969%) Oracle EBS R12
4 4 (1.575%) BusinessWorks
5 3 (1.181%) Summit
5 3 (1.181%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.787%) Maximo
6 2 (0.787%) Oracle Financials
7 1 (0.394%) Tridion
7 1 (0.394%) SAP R/3
7 1 (0.394%) Hyperion Planning
7 1 (0.394%) Google Analytics
7 1 (0.394%) TIBCO iProcess
7 1 (0.394%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.362%) HTTP
2 5 (1.969%) Internet
3 4 (1.575%) Intranet
3 4 (1.575%) SSL
4 2 (0.787%) Firewall
4 2 (0.787%) LDAP
4 2 (0.787%) HTTPS
5 1 (0.394%) IIOP
5 1 (0.394%) DNS
5 1 (0.394%) POP3
5 1 (0.394%) SMTP
5 1 (0.394%) TETRA
5 1 (0.394%) IMAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 75 (29.53%) SQL Server
2 29 (11.42%) Ingres
3 15 (5.906%) SQLPlus
4 13 (5.118%) SQL Server 2008
5 12 (4.724%) Oracle 11g
5 12 (4.724%) Data Warehouse
5 12 (4.724%) TOAD
6 9 (3.543%) GIS
7 7 (2.756%) Oracle Reports
7 7 (2.756%) DB2
8 6 (2.362%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 5 (1.969%) Oracle BI EE
9 5 (1.969%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 5 (1.969%) SQL Server 2005
10 4 (1.575%) MySQL
11 2 (0.787%) MarkLogic
11 2 (0.787%) Oracle 8/8i
11 2 (0.787%) RDBMS
12 1 (0.394%) DTS
12 1 (0.394%) Informix
Development Applications
1 36 (14.17%) Visual Studio
2 33 (12.99%) Team Foundation Server
3 30 (11.81%) Subversion
4 18 (7.087%) Git (software)
5 17 (6.693%) MSTest
5 17 (6.693%) NUnit
6 14 (5.512%) VSS/SourceSafe
7 13 (5.118%) Jenkins
7 13 (5.118%) TeamCity
8 12 (4.724%) CruiseControl
9 8 (3.150%) Eclipse
10 5 (1.969%) Oracle Forms
11 2 (0.787%) ReSharper
12 1 (0.394%) Rational Rose
12 1 (0.394%) JUnit
12 1 (0.394%) Xcode
12 1 (0.394%) WiX
General
1 46 (18.11%) Finance
2 11 (4.331%) Retail
3 8 (3.150%) Banking
4 7 (2.756%) Back Office
5 6 (2.362%) Publishing
6 3 (1.181%) Telecoms
7 1 (0.394%) Multimedia
7 1 (0.394%) Aerospace
7 1 (0.394%) Avionics
7 1 (0.394%) General Ledger
7 1 (0.394%) Corporate Banking
7 1 (0.394%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 214 (84.25%) Developer
2 64 (25.20%) .NET Developer
3 35 (13.78%) Analyst
4 28 (11.02%) Analyst Developer
4 28 (11.02%) Java Developer
5 27 (10.63%) Senior Developer
6 26 (10.24%) C# Developer
7 24 (9.449%) C# .NET Developer
8 19 (7.480%) Oracle Developer
9 14 (5.512%) Senior Analyst
10 12 (4.724%) Senior Analyst Developer
10 12 (4.724%) Consultant
11 11 (4.331%) Support Analyst
11 11 (4.331%) ASP.NET Developer
12 10 (3.937%) Senior .NET Developer
13 9 (3.543%) GIS Developer
13 9 (3.543%) C# ASP.NET Developer
14 8 (3.150%) Android Developer
14 8 (3.150%) Web Developer
14 8 (3.150%) Senior Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 14 (5.512%) CMDB
2 7 (2.756%) Mobile App
3 6 (2.362%) Computer Science
4 5 (1.969%) NHS
4 5 (1.969%) Social Network
5 3 (1.181%) Management Information System
5 3 (1.181%) iPad
5 3 (1.181%) Blog
6 2 (0.787%) Web 2.0
6 2 (0.787%) iPhone
6 2 (0.787%) Social Media
6 2 (0.787%) Inversion of Control
6 2 (0.787%) AS400
7 1 (0.394%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 1 (0.394%) W3C
7 1 (0.394%) Thin Client
7 1 (0.394%) N-Tier
7 1 (0.394%) MPEG
7 1 (0.394%) Streaming Video
7 1 (0.394%) DTV
Operating Systems
1 33 (12.99%) UNIX
2 26 (10.24%) Windows
3 10 (3.937%) Windows Server 2008
3 10 (3.937%) Linux
4 8 (3.150%) Android
5 7 (2.756%) Windows 7
6 6 (2.362%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 5 (1.969%) Apple iOS
8 3 (1.181%) Mac OS X
8 3 (1.181%) Windows Server 2003
9 2 (0.787%) Windows Mobile
9 2 (0.787%) Windows Phone 7
9 2 (0.787%) Windows Phone 8
9 2 (0.787%) Windows Phone
10 1 (0.394%) Windows XP
10 1 (0.394%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.394%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (23.23%) UML
2 50 (19.69%) ITIL
3 42 (16.54%) Unit Testing
4 38 (14.96%) Agile Software Development
5 36 (14.17%) SOA
6 31 (12.20%) OO
7 29 (11.42%) ITSM
8 23 (9.055%) Continuous Integration
8 23 (9.055%) MVC
9 22 (8.661%) Scrum
10 20 (7.874%) Web Development
11 18 (7.087%) Service Management
12 17 (6.693%) Service Delivery
13 16 (6.299%) Business Intelligence
14 14 (5.512%) Waterfall
14 14 (5.512%) OOP
15 12 (4.724%) Configuration Management
16 11 (4.331%) Dimensional Modelling
17 9 (3.543%) TDD
17 9 (3.543%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 145 (57.09%) SQL
2 126 (49.61%) C#
3 119 (46.85%) JavaScript
4 96 (37.80%) Java
5 65 (25.59%) VB.NET
6 50 (19.69%) VB
7 41 (16.14%) C++
8 31 (12.20%) PL/SQL
9 24 (9.449%) XPath
10 20 (7.874%) XQuery
11 13 (5.118%) C
12 10 (3.937%) VB6
13 8 (3.150%) Python
14 6 (2.362%) T-SQL
14 6 (2.362%) VBScript
15 5 (1.969%) Objective-C
16 4 (1.575%) PHP
17 2 (0.787%) XAML
17 2 (0.787%) Perl
17 2 (0.787%) ActionScript
Qualifications
1 63 (24.80%) Security Cleared
2 35 (13.78%) SC Cleared
3 29 (11.42%) Microsoft Certification
4 25 (9.843%) ISEB
5 18 (7.087%) Degree
6 15 (5.906%) DV Cleared
7 12 (4.724%) MCPD
7 12 (4.724%) MCTS
7 12 (4.724%) MCP
7 12 (4.724%) MCSD
8 8 (3.150%) MCAD
9 4 (1.575%) ISEB Practitioner
9 4 (1.575%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 3 (1.181%) OCP
10 3 (1.181%) Oracle Certification
10 3 (1.181%) MCDBA
11 2 (0.787%) ITIL Certification
12 1 (0.394%) BC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (3.150%) ISO 9001
2 7 (2.756%) Basel II
3 5 (1.969%) ISO 9000
3 5 (1.969%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (1.575%) TickIT
5 3 (1.181%) ISO 14001
5 3 (1.181%) COBIT
6 2 (0.787%) HL7
7 1 (0.394%) SLA
7 1 (0.394%) DO-178B
7 1 (0.394%) QA
System Software
1 2 (0.787%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.394%) Terminal Services
2 1 (0.394%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 2 (0.787%) SCOM
1 2 (0.787%) Tivoli
1 2 (0.787%) Netcool
2 1 (0.394%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 98 (38.58%) Oracle
2 61 (24.02%) Microsoft
3 14 (5.512%) Remedy
3 14 (5.512%) BMC
4 9 (3.543%) ESRI
5 6 (2.362%) Red Hat
6 5 (1.969%) JBoss
6 5 (1.969%) TIBCO
7 4 (1.575%) IBM
7 4 (1.575%) CA
7 4 (1.575%) Hyperion
8 3 (1.181%) Adobe
8 3 (1.181%) Stellent
8 3 (1.181%) Facebook
8 3 (1.181%) Twitter
8 3 (1.181%) Google
9 2 (0.787%) Ektron
9 2 (0.787%) Infragistics
9 2 (0.787%) Telerik
10 1 (0.394%) BEA
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