The first table below looks at the demand for XPath 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 XPath over the 3 months to 17 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 Programming Languages 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
XPath (XML Path Language)
Rank 104 134 95
Rank change year-on-year
+30 -39
Contract jobs citing XPath 11 5 22
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 0.537% 0.151% 0.785%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.467% 0.391% 2.306%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 2 13
Average daily rate £350 £325 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.69% +8.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £325 £245 £229
10% offered a daily rate of more than £350 £405 £310
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £325 £310
% change year-on-year
+7.69% +4.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £45.00 £36.50 £42.00
% change year-on-year
+23.28% -13.09%
All Programming Languages
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
750 1280 954
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 36.62% 38.62% 34.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 435 741 425
Average daily rate £325 £380 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-14.47% +26.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £250 £213
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £500 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 50 80 92
Average hourly rate £37.50 £32.50 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+15.38% -7.14%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.25 £18.25 £20.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £46.00 £40.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £35.00
XPath
England

XPath
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West XPath Jobs Demand Trend

XPath
Daily Rate Trend

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

South West XPath Daily Rate Trend

XPath
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing XPath within the South West region over the 3 months to 17 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 - 10 £350 -
Bristol +9 1 - -
XPath
England

XPath
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West region citing XPath 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 XPath.

1 23 (100.00%) XML
2 20 (86.96%) CSS
3 19 (82.61%) XQuery
3 19 (82.61%) JavaScript
4 18 (78.26%) HTML
5 17 (73.91%) Web Services
6 15 (65.22%) .NET
7 14 (60.87%) C#
7 14 (60.87%) VB.NET
7 14 (60.87%) ASP.NET
7 14 (60.87%) SOA
8 12 (52.17%) XSLT
9 11 (47.83%) Oracle
10 10 (43.48%) Oracle Applications
10 10 (43.48%) Agile Software Development
10 10 (43.48%) Git (software)
11 9 (39.13%) Finance
12 7 (30.43%) Configuration Management
12 7 (30.43%) Microsoft Certification
12 7 (30.43%) MCAD
12 7 (30.43%) MCSD
12 7 (30.43%) OO
13 6 (26.09%) jQuery
14 5 (21.74%) Data Analysis
14 5 (21.74%) Dojo
14 5 (21.74%) SC Cleared
14 5 (21.74%) Security Cleared
14 5 (21.74%) RESTful
14 5 (21.74%) HTML5
14 5 (21.74%) Waterfall

XPath
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West region citing XPath 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 XPath. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 23 (100.00%) XML
2 20 (86.96%) CSS
3 18 (78.26%) HTML
4 17 (73.91%) Web Services
5 15 (65.22%) .NET
6 14 (60.87%) ASP.NET
7 12 (52.17%) XSLT
8 6 (26.09%) jQuery
9 5 (21.74%) RESTful
9 5 (21.74%) HTML5
9 5 (21.74%) CSS3
9 5 (21.74%) JAXB
9 5 (21.74%) Hibernate
9 5 (21.74%) Dojo
10 3 (13.04%) .NET Framework
11 1 (4.348%) WCF
11 1 (4.348%) Middleware
11 1 (4.348%) WSDL
11 1 (4.348%) COM+
11 1 (4.348%) J2EE
Application Platforms
1 1 (4.348%) IIS
1 1 (4.348%) Apache
1 1 (4.348%) BizTalk Server
1 1 (4.348%) TIBCO EMS
1 1 (4.348%) ESB
1 1 (4.348%) LiveCycle
Business Applications
1 10 (43.48%) Oracle Applications
2 3 (13.04%) Summit
3 2 (8.696%) BusinessWorks
4 1 (4.348%) TIBCO iProcess
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.348%) SQL Server
1 1 (4.348%) DB2
1 1 (4.348%) DTS
1 1 (4.348%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 1 (4.348%) SQL Server 2005
1 1 (4.348%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 1 (4.348%) Spotfire
1 1 (4.348%) SQL Server Analysis Services
1 1 (4.348%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 10 (43.48%) Git (software)
2 1 (4.348%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (4.348%) WiX
2 1 (4.348%) VSS/SourceSafe
2 1 (4.348%) Subversion
General
1 9 (39.13%) Finance
2 4 (17.39%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 20 (86.96%) Developer
2 14 (60.87%) .NET Developer
3 3 (13.04%) Analyst
3 3 (13.04%) Web Developer
3 3 (13.04%) Analyst Developer
3 3 (13.04%) ASP.NET Developer
3 3 (13.04%) HTML Developer
4 2 (8.696%) VB.NET Developer
4 2 (8.696%) Designer
5 1 (4.348%) Software Developer
5 1 (4.348%) TIBCO Consultant
5 1 (4.348%) VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
5 1 (4.348%) Consultant
5 1 (4.348%) Development Manager
5 1 (4.348%) Technical Consultant
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.348%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (60.87%) SOA
2 10 (43.48%) Agile Software Development
3 7 (30.43%) OO
3 7 (30.43%) Configuration Management
4 5 (21.74%) Data Analysis
4 5 (21.74%) Waterfall
5 4 (17.39%) B2B
5 4 (17.39%) B2C
6 1 (4.348%) EAI
6 1 (4.348%) Data Modelling
6 1 (4.348%) Process Management
6 1 (4.348%) Change Management
6 1 (4.348%) Workflow
6 1 (4.348%) Web Development
6 1 (4.348%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 19 (82.61%) JavaScript
1 19 (82.61%) XQuery
2 14 (60.87%) VB.NET
2 14 (60.87%) C#
3 4 (17.39%) SQL
4 2 (8.696%) C
4 2 (8.696%) Java
4 2 (8.696%) PL/SQL
5 1 (4.348%) VB6
5 1 (4.348%) C++
5 1 (4.348%) T-SQL
5 1 (4.348%) VB
5 1 (4.348%) PHP
Qualifications
1 7 (30.43%) MCAD
1 7 (30.43%) MCSD
1 7 (30.43%) Microsoft Certification
2 5 (21.74%) SC Cleared
2 5 (21.74%) Security Cleared
3 3 (13.04%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (13.04%) ISO 9001
1 3 (13.04%) ISO 14001
Vendors
1 11 (47.83%) Oracle
2 2 (8.696%) JBoss
2 2 (8.696%) TIBCO
3 1 (4.348%) Microsoft
3 1 (4.348%) Adobe
3 1 (4.348%) CA