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The table below looks at the demand for Extensible Markup Language (XML) skills within the Stockport region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited XML over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkExtensible Markup Language (XML)
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank36
Rank change on same period last yearUp+3
Matching contract IT job ads25
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.005 %
As % of the category below50.00 %55.56 %
Daily rates quoted02
Average minimum daily rate-£200
Average daily rate-£210
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£220
UK excluding London average daily rate£340£334
% change on same period last year+1.86 %
Hourly rates quoted22
Average minimum hourly rate£27.50£25.00
Average hourly rate£31.25£32.00
% change on same period last year-2.34 %
Average maximum hourly rate£35.00£39.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.77£32.03
% change on same period last year-3.94 %
Stockport IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Stockport
Matching contract IT job ads49
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.006 %0.010 %
Daily rates quoted22
Average minimum daily rate£273£200
Average daily rate£285£210
% change on same period last year+35.71 %
Average maximum daily rate£298£220
UK excluding London average daily rate£327£334
% change on same period last year-2.10 %
Hourly rates quoted23
Average minimum hourly rate£27.50£26.67
Average hourly rate£31.25£32.89
% change on same period last year-4.98 %
Average maximum hourly rate£35.00£39.11
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.92£31.53
% change on same period last year-8.25 %
XML ManchesterXML
Manchester

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.

XML
Demand Trend

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

Stockport XML Demand Trend

XML
Daily Rate Trend

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

Stockport XML Daily Rate Trend

XML
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Stockport XML Hourly Rate Trend

XML
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing XML across the Stockport region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008.

Stockport XML Hourly Rate Histogram

XML
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Stockport 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.

13 (60.00 %)Microsoft
13 (60.00 %)Oracle
22 (40.00 %)SQL Server
22 (40.00 %)WebSphere Application Server
22 (40.00 %)Visual Studio
22 (40.00 %)Java
22 (40.00 %)C#
22 (40.00 %).NET
22 (40.00 %)ILOG
22 (40.00 %)Oracle Discoverer
22 (40.00 %)UML
22 (40.00 %)Hibernate
22 (40.00 %)SQL Server 2005
22 (40.00 %)WebSphere
22 (40.00 %)JRules
22 (40.00 %)Spring
31 (20.00 %)AJAX
31 (20.00 %).NET Framework
31 (20.00 %)XPath
31 (20.00 %)Social Network
31 (20.00 %)PHP5
31 (20.00 %)PHP4
31 (20.00 %)Multithreading
31 (20.00 %)Manufacturing
31 (20.00 %)OOP
31 (20.00 %)OO
31 (20.00 %)RAD
31 (20.00 %)XHTML
31 (20.00 %)MS Excel
31 (20.00 %)MS Access

XML
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Stockport 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.

Stockport IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12 (40.00 %).NET
12 (40.00 %)Hibernate
12 (40.00 %)JRules
12 (40.00 %)Spring
12 (40.00 %)WebSphere
21 (20.00 %).NET Framework
21 (20.00 %)HTML
21 (20.00 %)AJAX
21 (20.00 %)J2EE
21 (20.00 %)COM
21 (20.00 %)CSS
21 (20.00 %)SOAP
21 (20.00 %)Struts
21 (20.00 %)WebServices
21 (20.00 %)XHTML
Stockport IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (40.00 %)WebSphere Application Server
Stockport IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (20.00 %)MS Excel
Stockport IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (40.00 %)SQL Server
12 (40.00 %)Oracle Discoverer
12 (40.00 %)SQL Server 2005
21 (20.00 %)MySQL
21 (20.00 %)SQL Server 2000
21 (20.00 %)MS Access
Stockport IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (40.00 %)Visual Studio
Stockport IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (20.00 %)Manufacturing
Stockport IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
15 (100.00 %)Developer
22 (40.00 %)C# Developer
31 (20.00 %)PHP Developer
31 (20.00 %)C Developer
31 (20.00 %)C++/C# Developer
31 (20.00 %)Java Developer
31 (20.00 %).NET Developer
31 (20.00 %)C++ Developer
Stockport IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (20.00 %)Social Network
11 (20.00 %)Multithreading
Stockport IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (20.00 %)Linux
Stockport IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (40.00 %)UML
21 (20.00 %)OOP
21 (20.00 %)OO
21 (20.00 %)RAD
Stockport IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (40.00 %)Java
12 (40.00 %)C#
21 (20.00 %)C++
21 (20.00 %)C
21 (20.00 %)JavaScript
21 (20.00 %)PHP
21 (20.00 %)SQL
21 (20.00 %)XPath
21 (20.00 %)PHP5
21 (20.00 %)PHP4
Stockport IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (60.00 %)Oracle
13 (60.00 %)Microsoft
22 (40.00 %)ILOG