Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for ebXML skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited ebXML over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Application Development category.

LinkElectronic Business using eXtensible Markup Language (e-Business XML)
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank486-599
Rank change year-on-year
New entry-No change0
Matching contract IT job ads701
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK0.014 %-0.001 %
As % of the Application Development category0.054 %-0.005 %
Daily rates quoted200
Average daily rate£338--
UK excluding London average daily rate£338--
Hourly rates quoted000
Average hourly rate---
UK excluding London average hourly rate---
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryAll Application Development
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
12893871819870
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK26.69 %22.10 %24.17 %
Daily rates quoted657530396466
Average daily rate£375£350£363
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.140 %-3.440 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£225£220£250
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£600£500£550
UK excluding London average daily rate£300£300£325
% change year-on-year
--7.690 %
Hourly rates quoted4254911255
Average hourly rate£30.00£29.70£32.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+1.010 %-7.180 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£16.30£14.50£20.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£42.50£41.50£45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.50£27.50£32.50
% change year-on-year
+3.630 %-15.38 %

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.

ebXML
Demand Trend

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

ebXML Demand Trend

ebXML
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing ebXML within the UK.

ebXML Daily Rate Trend

ebXML
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing ebXML within the UK.

ebXML Hourly Rate Trend

ebXML
Top 6 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ebXML within the UK over the 3 months to 19 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandNew entry-7£338-
LeedsNew entry-6£300-
YorkshireNew entry-6£300-
West YorkshireNew entry-6£300-
South EastNew entry-1£375-
MiddlesexNew entry-1£375-

ebXML
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing ebXML 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 ebXML.

17 (70.00 %)Oracle
17 (70.00 %)XML
17 (70.00 %)NHS
26 (60.00 %)SOAP
26 (60.00 %)HL7
34 (40.00 %)Test Management
34 (40.00 %)Software Testing
34 (40.00 %)Health
34 (40.00 %)SOA
43 (30.00 %)SAML
43 (30.00 %)TOAD
43 (30.00 %)MS Excel
43 (30.00 %)SQL
43 (30.00 %)SQL Server
43 (30.00 %)Quality Management
43 (30.00 %)Content Management
43 (30.00 %)Supplier Management
43 (30.00 %)PKI
43 (30.00 %)Network Security
52 (20.00 %)Test Scripting
52 (20.00 %)Government
52 (20.00 %)Automated Testing
52 (20.00 %)Programme Management
52 (20.00 %)Migration
52 (20.00 %)PL/SQL
52 (20.00 %)MS Access
52 (20.00 %)ITIL
52 (20.00 %)HTTP
52 (20.00 %)Microsoft
52 (20.00 %)Compuware

ebXML
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing ebXML 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 ebXML. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
17 (70.00 %)XML
26 (60.00 %)SOAP
33 (30.00 %)SAML
41 (10.00 %)WSDL
41 (10.00 %)XSD
41 (10.00 %)XSLT
IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
13 (30.00 %)MS Excel
IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
11 (10.00 %)Maximo
11 (10.00 %)Oracle EBS
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
13 (30.00 %)Network Security
22 (20.00 %)HTTP
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (30.00 %)TOAD
13 (30.00 %)SQL Server
22 (20.00 %)MS Access
31 (10.00 %)ETL
31 (10.00 %)Oracle 8/8i
IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
12 (20.00 %)TestDirector
12 (20.00 %)LoadRunner
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
14 (40.00 %)Health
22 (20.00 %)Government
IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
14 (40.00 %)Developer
23 (30.00 %)Analyst
23 (30.00 %)Senior Manager
31 (10.00 %)Configuration Manager
31 (10.00 %)Test Analyst
31 (10.00 %)Senior Analyst
31 (10.00 %)Technical Analyst
31 (10.00 %)Analyst Developer
31 (10.00 %)Technical Manager
31 (10.00 %)Technical Designer
31 (10.00 %)Configuration Analyst
31 (10.00 %)Designer
31 (10.00 %)Senior Configuration Manager
31 (10.00 %)Technical Developer
31 (10.00 %)Senior Technical Manager
IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
17 (70.00 %)NHS
23 (30.00 %)PKI
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
14 (40.00 %)Test Management
14 (40.00 %)Software Testing
14 (40.00 %)SOA
23 (30.00 %)Quality Management
23 (30.00 %)Content Management
23 (30.00 %)Supplier Management
32 (20.00 %)Test Scripting
32 (20.00 %)Automated Testing
32 (20.00 %)Programme Management
32 (20.00 %)Migration
32 (20.00 %)ITIL
32 (20.00 %)Configuration Management
41 (10.00 %)Project Management
41 (10.00 %)Unified Process
41 (10.00 %)Change Management
41 (10.00 %)Risk Management
41 (10.00 %)Agile Software Development
41 (10.00 %)Time Management
41 (10.00 %)Test Automation
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
13 (30.00 %)SQL
22 (20.00 %)PL/SQL
31 (10.00 %)XQuery
31 (10.00 %)C
31 (10.00 %)XPath
IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
12 (20.00 %)CCIE
12 (20.00 %)Cisco Certification
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
16 (60.00 %)HL7
21 (10.00 %)ISO9001
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
17 (70.00 %)Oracle
22 (20.00 %)Microsoft
22 (20.00 %)Compuware