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The table below looks at the demand for Extensible Hypertext Markup Language (XHTML) skills within the South Yorkshire region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited XHTML over the 3 months to 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkExtensible Hypertext Markup Language (XHTML)
Location
3 months to
2 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank2539
Rank change on same period last yearUp+14
Matching contract IT job ads818
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.013 %0.019 %
As % of the category below10.13 %17.48 %
Daily rates quoted10
Average minimum daily rate£300-
Average daily rate£325-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£350-
UK excluding London average daily rate£265£259
% change on same period last year+2.03 %
Hourly rates quoted03
Average minimum hourly rate-£23.00
Average hourly rate-£25.00
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£27.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.06£27.66
% change on same period last year-16.64 %
South Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
South Yorkshire
Matching contract IT job ads79103
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.127 %0.111 %
Daily rates quoted1711
Average minimum daily rate£310£323
Average daily rate£331£352
% change on same period last year-5.92 %
Average maximum daily rate£352£380
UK excluding London average daily rate£323£334
% change on same period last year-3.21 %
Hourly rates quoted1013
Average minimum hourly rate£22.07£21.08
Average hourly rate£25.31£23.79
% change on same period last year+6.42 %
Average maximum hourly rate£28.56£26.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.57£31.61
% change on same period last year-9.61 %
XHTML YorkshireXHTML
Yorkshire

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.

XHTML
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing XHTML across the South Yorkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

South Yorkshire XHTML Demand Trend

XHTML
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing XHTML across the South Yorkshire region.

South Yorkshire XHTML Daily Rate Trend

XHTML
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing XHTML across the South Yorkshire region.

South Yorkshire XHTML Hourly Rate Trend

XHTML
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing XHTML within the South Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 2 December 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
SheffieldUp+194£325-
RotherhamNew entry-3--
DoncasterNew entry-3--
BarnsleyNew entry-1--
XHTML YorkshireXHTML
Yorkshire

XHTML
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South Yorkshire region citing XHTML 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 XHTML.

19 (90.00 %)CSS
24 (40.00 %)SQL
24 (40.00 %)ASP
33 (30.00 %)W3C
33 (30.00 %).NET
33 (30.00 %)JavaScript
33 (30.00 %)SQL Server
33 (30.00 %)Photoshop
33 (30.00 %)SEO
33 (30.00 %)Web Development
42 (20.00 %)SQL Server 2005
42 (20.00 %)C#
42 (20.00 %)ASP.NET
42 (20.00 %)E-Commerce
51 (10.00 %)Microsoft
51 (10.00 %)Adobe
51 (10.00 %)JDeveloper
51 (10.00 %)EJB
51 (10.00 %)Windows Server 2003
51 (10.00 %)NUnit
51 (10.00 %)CruiseControl
51 (10.00 %)Subversion
51 (10.00 %)Content Management
51 (10.00 %)JSF
51 (10.00 %)Automated Testing
51 (10.00 %)Software Engineering
51 (10.00 %)DHTML
51 (10.00 %)Java
51 (10.00 %)PL/SQL
51 (10.00 %)J2EE

XHTML
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South Yorkshire region citing XHTML 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 XHTML. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

South Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
19 (90.00 %)CSS
24 (40.00 %)ASP
33 (30.00 %).NET
42 (20.00 %)ASP.NET
51 (10.00 %)EJB
51 (10.00 %)J2EE
51 (10.00 %)ADO.NET
51 (10.00 %)Struts
51 (10.00 %)XML
51 (10.00 %)JSF
51 (10.00 %).NET Framework
South Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (10.00 %)IIS
South Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
13 (30.00 %)Photoshop
21 (10.00 %)MS Excel
South Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (30.00 %)SQL Server
22 (20.00 %)SQL Server 2005
31 (10.00 %)MS Access
South Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (10.00 %)Visual Studio
11 (10.00 %)Flash
11 (10.00 %)JDeveloper
11 (10.00 %)NUnit
11 (10.00 %)CruiseControl
11 (10.00 %)Subversion
11 (10.00 %)Selenium
South Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
17 (70.00 %)Developer
24 (40.00 %)Web Developer
33 (30.00 %)Web Designer
33 (30.00 %)Photoshop Designer
42 (20.00 %).NET Developer
51 (10.00 %)C# Developer
51 (10.00 %)ASP.NET Developer
51 (10.00 %).NET Web Developer
51 (10.00 %)Java Developer
51 (10.00 %)Oracle Developer
51 (10.00 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
South Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
13 (30.00 %)W3C
South Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (10.00 %)Windows
11 (10.00 %)Windows Server 2003
South Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (30.00 %)SEO
13 (30.00 %)Web Development
22 (20.00 %)E-Commerce
31 (10.00 %)Content Management
31 (10.00 %)Automated Testing
31 (10.00 %)Software Engineering
South Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
14 (40.00 %)SQL
23 (30.00 %)JavaScript
32 (20.00 %)C#
41 (10.00 %)DHTML
41 (10.00 %)Java
41 (10.00 %)PL/SQL
South Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (10.00 %)Oracle
11 (10.00 %)Microsoft
11 (10.00 %)Adobe