The first table below looks at the demand for XQuery 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 XQuery 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
XQuery
Rank 101 129 113
Rank change year-on-year
+28 -16
Contract jobs citing XQuery 14 10 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 0.684% 0.302% 0.143%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.867% 0.781% 0.419%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 7 3
Average daily rate £350 £450 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-22.16% +5.88%
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £419 £430
% change year-on-year
-16.41% -2.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
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
XQuery
England

XQuery
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West XQuery Jobs Demand Trend

XQuery
Daily Rate Trend

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

South West XQuery Daily Rate Trend

XQuery
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing XQuery 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 - 11 £350 -
Wiltshire +2 3 £425 -5.55%
XQuery
England

XQuery
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 22 (78.57%) SOA
2 20 (71.43%) CSS
2 20 (71.43%) XML
2 20 (71.43%) XSLT
3 19 (67.86%) JavaScript
3 19 (67.86%) Oracle
3 19 (67.86%) XPath
4 18 (64.29%) HTML
5 17 (60.71%) Web Services
6 15 (53.57%) VB.NET
6 15 (53.57%) .NET
7 14 (50.00%) C#
7 14 (50.00%) ASP.NET
8 11 (39.29%) Agile Software Development
8 11 (39.29%) Oracle Applications
9 10 (35.71%) Finance
9 10 (35.71%) Git (software)
10 9 (32.14%) SQL
11 8 (28.57%) PL/SQL
11 8 (28.57%) MCAD
11 8 (28.57%) MCSD
11 8 (28.57%) Linux
11 8 (28.57%) JDeveloper
11 8 (28.57%) Microsoft Certification
11 8 (28.57%) Shell Script
11 8 (28.57%) Oracle Workflow
11 8 (28.57%) Oracle EBS
11 8 (28.57%) Workflow
11 8 (28.57%) BPEL
11 8 (28.57%) ESB

XQuery
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 20 (71.43%) CSS
1 20 (71.43%) XML
1 20 (71.43%) XSLT
2 18 (64.29%) HTML
3 17 (60.71%) Web Services
4 15 (53.57%) .NET
5 14 (50.00%) ASP.NET
6 5 (17.86%) JAXB
6 5 (17.86%) Hibernate
6 5 (17.86%) Dojo
6 5 (17.86%) jQuery
6 5 (17.86%) RESTful
6 5 (17.86%) HTML5
6 5 (17.86%) CSS3
7 4 (14.29%) WebCenter
7 4 (14.29%) .NET Framework
8 2 (7.143%) Oracle Fusion
9 1 (3.571%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 8 (28.57%) Oracle Workflow
1 8 (28.57%) ESB
2 4 (14.29%) WebLogic
Business Applications
1 11 (39.29%) Oracle Applications
2 8 (28.57%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (10.71%) Oracle ERP
3 3 (10.71%) Summit
4 1 (3.571%) Oracle EBS R12
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (14.29%) Oracle Reports
1 4 (14.29%) Oracle BI EE
2 2 (7.143%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (3.571%) Oracle 10g
3 1 (3.571%) Oracle 11g
Development Applications
1 10 (35.71%) Git (software)
2 8 (28.57%) JDeveloper
General
1 10 (35.71%) Finance
2 5 (17.86%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 24 (85.71%) Developer
2 15 (53.57%) .NET Developer
3 4 (14.29%) Consultant
3 4 (14.29%) Oracle Consultant
3 4 (14.29%) OBIEE Developer
4 3 (10.71%) HTML Developer
4 3 (10.71%) Analyst
4 3 (10.71%) Web Developer
4 3 (10.71%) Analyst Developer
4 3 (10.71%) ASP.NET Developer
5 2 (7.143%) VB.NET Developer
5 2 (7.143%) Oracle BI Developer
6 1 (3.571%) Software Developer
6 1 (3.571%) Senior .NET Developer
6 1 (3.571%) VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
6 1 (3.571%) Senior Developer
6 1 (3.571%) Lead Developer
Operating Systems
1 8 (28.57%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (78.57%) SOA
2 11 (39.29%) Agile Software Development
3 8 (28.57%) BPEL
3 8 (28.57%) Workflow
4 7 (25.00%) OO
5 6 (21.43%) Configuration Management
5 6 (21.43%) User Acceptance Testing
6 5 (17.86%) Waterfall
6 5 (17.86%) Data Analysis
6 5 (17.86%) B2B
6 5 (17.86%) B2C
7 4 (14.29%) CRM
7 4 (14.29%) ETL
7 4 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
7 4 (14.29%) Migration
7 4 (14.29%) Data Migration
8 3 (10.71%) ERP
9 2 (7.143%) Performance Testing
10 1 (3.571%) Unit Testing
10 1 (3.571%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 19 (67.86%) JavaScript
1 19 (67.86%) XPath
2 15 (53.57%) VB.NET
3 14 (50.00%) C#
4 9 (32.14%) SQL
5 8 (28.57%) Shell Script
5 8 (28.57%) PL/SQL
6 2 (7.143%) C
Qualifications
1 8 (28.57%) MCAD
1 8 (28.57%) MCSD
1 8 (28.57%) Microsoft Certification
2 5 (17.86%) SC Cleared
2 5 (17.86%) Security Cleared
3 2 (7.143%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (10.71%) ISO 9001
1 3 (10.71%) ISO 14001
Vendors
1 19 (67.86%) Oracle
2 4 (14.29%) Siebel
2 4 (14.29%) Informatica
2 4 (14.29%) Kofax
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