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The table below looks at the demand for Extensible Markup Language (XML) skills within the Street 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 9 January 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkExtensible Markup Language (XML)
Location
3 months to
9 Jan 2009
Same period last year
Rank45
Rank change on same period last yearUp+1
Matching contract IT job ads12
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.002 %0.002 %
As % of the category below100.00 %100.00 %
Daily rates quoted01
Average minimum daily rate-£300
Average daily rate-£300
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£300
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£336
% change on same period last year-3.17 %
Hourly rates quoted01
Average minimum hourly rate-£20.00
Average hourly rate-£30.00
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£31.50£32.29
% change on same period last year-2.45 %
Street IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Street
Matching contract IT job ads12
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.002 %0.002 %
Daily rates quoted01
Average minimum daily rate-£300
Average daily rate-£300
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£300
UK excluding London average daily rate£318£334
% change on same period last year-4.99 %
Hourly rates quoted01
Average minimum hourly rate-£20.00
Average hourly rate-£30.00
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.38£31.41
% change on same period last year-9.62 %
XML SomersetXML
Somerset

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 Street region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Street 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 Street region.

Street 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 Street region.

Street XML Hourly Rate Trend

XML
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 9 January 2009, IT contractor jobs across the Street 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.

18 (100.00 %)C#
18 (100.00 %).NET
27 (87.50 %)ASP.NET
36 (75.00 %)SQL Server
45 (62.50 %)HTML
45 (62.50 %)JavaScript
45 (62.50 %)SQL
45 (62.50 %)ADO.NET
45 (62.50 %)MS Excel
54 (50.00 %)BizTalk Server
54 (50.00 %)E-Commerce
54 (50.00 %)XSL
54 (50.00 %)IIS
54 (50.00 %)Retail
63 (37.50 %)Microsoft
72 (25.00 %)C
72 (25.00 %)Commerce Server
72 (25.00 %)Manufacturing
81 (12.50 %)Data Analysis
81 (12.50 %)Workflow
81 (12.50 %)Health
81 (12.50 %)AJAX
81 (12.50 %).NET Framework
81 (12.50 %)LINQ
81 (12.50 %)ASP.NET 2.0
81 (12.50 %)NUnit
81 (12.50 %)VSS/SourceSafe
81 (12.50 %)Transact-SQL
81 (12.50 %)VBScript
81 (12.50 %)VB

XML
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 9 January 2009, IT contractor jobs across the Street 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.

Street IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
18 (100.00 %).NET
27 (87.50 %)ASP.NET
35 (62.50 %)ADO.NET
35 (62.50 %)HTML
44 (50.00 %)XSL
51 (12.50 %)XSLT
51 (12.50 %)AJAX
51 (12.50 %).NET Framework
51 (12.50 %)LINQ
51 (12.50 %)ASP.NET 2.0
51 (12.50 %)ASP
51 (12.50 %)CSS
51 (12.50 %)WebServices
Street IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
14 (50.00 %)IIS
14 (50.00 %)BizTalk Server
22 (25.00 %)Commerce Server
Street IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
15 (62.50 %)MS Excel
Street IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
16 (75.00 %)SQL Server
Street IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (12.50 %)VSS/SourceSafe
11 (12.50 %)NUnit
Street IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
14 (50.00 %)Retail
22 (25.00 %)Manufacturing
31 (12.50 %)Health
Street IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
15 (62.50 %)Developer
15 (62.50 %)Analyst
23 (37.50 %).NET Developer
32 (25.00 %)Analyst Programmer
32 (25.00 %)Programmer
32 (25.00 %)Analyst Developer
32 (25.00 %).NET Analyst Programmer
32 (25.00 %).NET Programmer
32 (25.00 %)C# Analyst Programmer
32 (25.00 %)C Programmer
41 (12.50 %)C# Developer
41 (12.50 %)Business Analyst
Street IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14 (50.00 %)E-Commerce
21 (12.50 %)Data Modelling
21 (12.50 %)Workflow
21 (12.50 %)Data Analysis
Street IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
18 (100.00 %)C#
25 (62.50 %)JavaScript
25 (62.50 %)SQL
32 (25.00 %)C
41 (12.50 %)Transact-SQL
41 (12.50 %)VBScript
41 (12.50 %)VB
Street IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (37.50 %)Microsoft