The first table below looks at the demand for MXML skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MXML over the 3 months to 24 May 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
MXML
Rank - 577 580
Contract jobs citing MXML 0 7 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK - 0.012% 0.007%
As % of the Application Development category - 0.047% 0.024%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 3 3
Average daily rate - £500 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +66.66%
UK excluding London average daily rate - £300 £220
% change year-on-year
- +36.36%
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
12670 14829 16814
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 27.31% 25.43% 27.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 7931 8681 9832
Average daily rate £375 £350 £393
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% -10.82%
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 364 388 570
Average hourly rate £35.00 £32.50 £36.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+7.69% -9.72%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.33 £15.00 £19.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £41.00 £47.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%

MXML
Jobs Demand Trend

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

MXML Jobs Demand Trend

MXML
Daily Rate Trend

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

MXML Daily Rate Trend

MXML
Top 15 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing MXML 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 MXML.

1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) ATL
1 1 (100.00%) STL
1 1 (100.00%) UNIX
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Solaris
1 1 (100.00%) TDD
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Investment Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Automated Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Derivative
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Integration
1 1 (100.00%) Multithreading
1 1 (100.00%) Boost C++ Libraries

MXML
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing MXML 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 MXML. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (100.00%) ATL
1 1 (100.00%) STL
1 1 (100.00%) Boost C++ Libraries
General
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) C++ Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Derivative
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) UNIX
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) TDD
1 1 (100.00%) Automated Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Integration
1 1 (100.00%) Multithreading
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) C++