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This section looks at the demand for XQuery skills within the South West region with a comparison to our Programming Languages category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited XQuery over the 3 months to 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkXQuery
Location
3 months to
21 Aug 2008
Same period last year
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Matching contract IT job ads00
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As % of the category below0.000 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted00
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% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£330£304
% change on same period last year+8.70 %
Hourly rates quoted00
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% change on same period last year-
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UK excluding London average hourly rate--
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South West IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
South West
Matching contract IT job ads13001974
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.716 %1.966 %
Daily rates quoted292327
Average minimum daily rate£298£324
Average daily rate£326£353
% change on same period last year-7.74 %
Average maximum daily rate£354£382
UK excluding London average daily rate£330£335
% change on same period last year-1.38 %
Hourly rates quoted256312
Average minimum hourly rate£31.13£30.85
Average hourly rate£33.35£33.55
% change on same period last year-0.58 %
Average maximum hourly rate£35.56£36.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate£33.40£33.03
% change on same period last year+1.11 %
XQuery EnglandXQuery
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.

XQuery
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 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 Demand Trend

XQuery
Daily Rate Trend

The 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
Top 22 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, 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.

16 (100.00 %)HTML
16 (100.00 %)Java
16 (100.00 %)JavaScript
16 (100.00 %)SQL
16 (100.00 %)J2EE
16 (100.00 %)CSS
16 (100.00 %)WebServices
16 (100.00 %)XML
16 (100.00 %)XSLT
16 (100.00 %)Solaris
16 (100.00 %)Apache
16 (100.00 %)Tomcat
16 (100.00 %)XHTML
16 (100.00 %)Sun
16 (100.00 %)XForms
16 (100.00 %)AJAX
25 (83.33 %)Service Management
25 (83.33 %)Windows
32 (33.33 %)Oracle
32 (33.33 %)LiveLink
32 (33.33 %)Summit
41 (16.67 %)Government

XQuery
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, 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.

South West IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
16 (100.00 %)HTML
16 (100.00 %)J2EE
16 (100.00 %)CSS
16 (100.00 %)WebServices
16 (100.00 %)XML
16 (100.00 %)XSLT
16 (100.00 %)XHTML
16 (100.00 %)XForms
16 (100.00 %)AJAX
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
16 (100.00 %)Apache
16 (100.00 %)Tomcat
22 (33.33 %)LiveLink
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
12 (33.33 %)Summit
South West IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (16.67 %)Government
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
16 (100.00 %)Developer
25 (83.33 %)Web Developer
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
16 (100.00 %)Solaris
25 (83.33 %)Windows
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
15 (83.33 %)Service Management
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
16 (100.00 %)Java
16 (100.00 %)JavaScript
16 (100.00 %)SQL
South West IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
16 (100.00 %)Sun
22 (33.33 %)Oracle