The first table below looks at the demand for KML skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited KML over the 3 months to 18 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.

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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Keyhole Markup Language (KML)
Rank 549 - 578
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing KML 5 0 9
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.010% - 0.014%
As % of the Application Development category 0.037% - 0.052%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 5
Average daily rate - - £265
UK excluding London average daily rate - - £265
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Application Development
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
13461 14911 17217
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 27.65% 25.68% 27.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 8473 8895 10217
Average daily rate £375 £351 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.99% -12.37%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £250 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £550 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 345 381 538
Average hourly rate £35.00 £32.50 £35.70
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+7.69% -8.96%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £20.00 £17.50 £18.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £42.50 £47.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £31.00 £35.70
% change year-on-year
+12.90% -13.16%

KML
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing KML within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

KML Jobs Demand Trend

KML
Daily Rate Trend

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

KML Daily Rate Trend

KML
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing KML 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 KML.

1 10 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 9 (90.00%) Unit Testing
2 9 (90.00%) WebSphere Process Server
2 9 (90.00%) Tivoli
2 9 (90.00%) WebSphere
2 9 (90.00%) Web Services
2 9 (90.00%) UML
2 9 (90.00%) SharePoint
2 9 (90.00%) WSDL
2 9 (90.00%) IBM
3 8 (80.00%) WebSphere Application Server
3 8 (80.00%) Tivoli Identity Manager
4 7 (70.00%) SharePoint Server
4 7 (70.00%) SC Cleared
4 7 (70.00%) Rational Application Developer
4 7 (70.00%) WebSphere Message Broker
4 7 (70.00%) Visual Studio
4 7 (70.00%) Microsoft
5 6 (60.00%) ESB
6 5 (50.00%) XSLT
7 4 (40.00%) Windows
7 4 (40.00%) Java
8 3 (30.00%) SQL
8 3 (30.00%) .NET
8 3 (30.00%) SOA
8 3 (30.00%) MS Excel
8 3 (30.00%) Fujitsu
8 3 (30.00%) .NET Framework
8 3 (30.00%) Java EE
9 1 (10.00%) C#

KML
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing KML 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 KML. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 9 (90.00%) Web Services
1 9 (90.00%) WSDL
1 9 (90.00%) WebSphere
2 5 (50.00%) XSLT
3 3 (30.00%) .NET
3 3 (30.00%) .NET Framework
3 3 (30.00%) Java EE
4 1 (10.00%) J2EE
4 1 (10.00%) J2SE
Application Platforms
1 9 (90.00%) SharePoint
1 9 (90.00%) WebSphere Process Server
2 8 (80.00%) WebSphere Application Server
3 7 (70.00%) WebSphere Message Broker
3 7 (70.00%) SharePoint Server
4 6 (60.00%) ESB
Applications
1 3 (30.00%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (10.00%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 7 (70.00%) Visual Studio
1 7 (70.00%) Rational Application Developer
Job Titles
1 9 (90.00%) Developer
1 9 (90.00%) WebSphere Developer
2 1 (10.00%) Software Engineer
Operating Systems
1 4 (40.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (90.00%) UML
1 9 (90.00%) Unit Testing
2 3 (30.00%) SOA
Programming Languages
1 4 (40.00%) Java
2 3 (30.00%) SQL
3 1 (10.00%) C#
Qualifications
1 10 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 7 (70.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) ISO 9001
Systems Management
1 9 (90.00%) Tivoli
2 8 (80.00%) Tivoli Identity Manager
Vendors
1 9 (90.00%) IBM
2 7 (70.00%) Microsoft
3 3 (30.00%) Fujitsu