The first table below looks at the demand for XML skills in IT contracts advertised for the Thames Valley region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited XML over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Application Development category for the Thames Valley 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Extensible Markup Language (XML)
Rank 3 - 8
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing XML 4 0 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the Thames Valley 36.36% - 8.621%
As % of the Application Development category 66.67% - 20.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Average daily rate £450 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £332 £325 £325
% change year-on-year
+2.15% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £31.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+11.11% -10.00%
All Application Development
Thames Valley
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
6 15 25
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the Thames Valley 54.55% 40.54% 43.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 4 2
Average daily rate £450 £230 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+95.65% -34.28%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £31.50 £35.70
% change year-on-year
+11.11% -11.76%
XML
South East

XML
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing XML across the Thames Valley region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Thames Valley XML Jobs Demand Trend

XML
Daily Rate Trend

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

Thames Valley XML Daily Rate Trend

XML
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Thames Valley XML Hourly Rate Trend

XML
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Thames Valley 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.

1 4 (100.00%) .NET
1 4 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
1 4 (100.00%) SQL Server 2005
2 3 (75.00%) ASP.NET
2 3 (75.00%) C#
2 3 (75.00%) Visual Studio
3 2 (50.00%) Web Services
3 2 (50.00%) SharePoint
3 2 (50.00%) SOA
3 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (50.00%) IDOL
3 2 (50.00%) SharePoint Server
3 2 (50.00%) BizTalk Server
3 2 (50.00%) Meridio
3 2 (50.00%) .NET Framework
3 2 (50.00%) WCF
3 2 (50.00%) WF
3 2 (50.00%) Security Cleared
3 2 (50.00%) SQL Server 2008
3 2 (50.00%) Windows Azure
3 2 (50.00%) AppFabric
3 2 (50.00%) MS Office
4 1 (25.00%) CM System
4 1 (25.00%) Test Automation
4 1 (25.00%) Release Management
4 1 (25.00%) Continuous Integration
4 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
4 1 (25.00%) MS Project Server
4 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2003

XML
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Thames Valley 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.

Application Development
1 4 (100.00%) .NET
2 3 (75.00%) ASP.NET
3 2 (50.00%) Web Services
3 2 (50.00%) .NET Framework
3 2 (50.00%) WCF
3 2 (50.00%) WF
3 2 (50.00%) AppFabric
4 1 (25.00%) Windows SharePoint Services
Application Platforms
1 2 (50.00%) SharePoint
1 2 (50.00%) SharePoint Server
1 2 (50.00%) BizTalk Server
1 2 (50.00%) Windows Azure
2 1 (25.00%) CM System
2 1 (25.00%) MS Project Server
Applications
1 2 (50.00%) MS Office
2 1 (25.00%) MS Project
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) LDAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 4 (100.00%) SQL Server 2005
2 2 (50.00%) IDOL
2 2 (50.00%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (25.00%) DTS
3 1 (25.00%) OLAP
Development Applications
1 3 (75.00%) Visual Studio
2 1 (25.00%) PVCS
General
1 1 (25.00%) Finance
1 1 (25.00%) Banking
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Developer
2 2 (50.00%) Consultant
2 2 (50.00%) BizTalk Developer
2 2 (50.00%) BizTalk Consultant
3 1 (25.00%) SharePoint Developer
3 1 (25.00%) Team Leader
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
2 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) SOA
2 1 (25.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (25.00%) Release Management
2 1 (25.00%) Continuous Integration
2 1 (25.00%) Web Development
2 1 (25.00%) Unified Process
2 1 (25.00%) Agile Software Development
2 1 (25.00%) UML
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) C#
2 1 (25.00%) SQL
2 1 (25.00%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (25.00%) MCSD
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) OpenView Configuration Management
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (50.00%) Meridio