The first table below looks at the demand for XMetaL skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited XMetaL over the 3 months to 21 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 Applications 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
JustSystems XMetaL
Rank 538 580 -
Rank change year-on-year
+42 -
Contract jobs citing XMetaL 2 1 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.004% 0.002% -
As % of the Applications category 0.032% 0.014% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Average daily rate £375 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate - - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Applications
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
6194 7224 7126
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 13.12% 12.36% 11.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 3216 3695 3547
Average daily rate £338 £350 £370
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.57% -5.40%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £170 £175 £180
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £515 £575
UK excluding London average daily rate £305 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.66% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 709 753 860
Average hourly rate £16.25 £16.00 £16.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+1.56% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.50 £10.50 £10.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £36.00 £35.00 £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £15.56 £16.00
% change year-on-year
-0.38% -2.75%

XMetaL
Jobs Demand Trend

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

XMetaL Jobs Demand Trend

XMetaL
Daily Rate Trend

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

XMetaL Daily Rate Trend

XMetaL
Hourly Rate Trend

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

XMetaL Hourly Rate Trend

XMetaL
Top 3 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing XMetaL within the UK over the 3 months to 21 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank 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
England +46 2 £375 -
London +17 2 £375 -
City of London - 2 £375 -

XMetaL
Top 25 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing XMetaL 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 XMetaL.

1 4 (50.00%) JavaScript
1 4 (50.00%) VBA
1 4 (50.00%) .NET
1 4 (50.00%) CSS
1 4 (50.00%) XML
1 4 (50.00%) XSL
1 4 (50.00%) XSLT
1 4 (50.00%) XHTML
1 4 (50.00%) XML Schema
1 4 (50.00%) RDF
1 4 (50.00%) C#
1 4 (50.00%) C++
1 4 (50.00%) Ontologies
1 4 (50.00%) Semantic Web
1 4 (50.00%) MarkLogic
2 3 (37.50%) HTML
2 3 (37.50%) Telecoms
2 3 (37.50%) Publishing
2 3 (37.50%) Acrobat
2 3 (37.50%) MS Office
3 1 (12.50%) Windows
3 1 (12.50%) Project Management
3 1 (12.50%) CMS
3 1 (12.50%) Windows 7
3 1 (12.50%) Windows Server 2008

XMetaL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing XMetaL 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 XMetaL. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 4 (50.00%) .NET
1 4 (50.00%) CSS
1 4 (50.00%) XML
1 4 (50.00%) XSL
1 4 (50.00%) XSLT
1 4 (50.00%) XHTML
1 4 (50.00%) XML Schema
2 3 (37.50%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 1 (12.50%) CMS
Applications
1 3 (37.50%) Acrobat
1 3 (37.50%) MS Office
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (50.00%) MarkLogic
General
1 3 (37.50%) Telecoms
1 3 (37.50%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 4 (50.00%) Author
1 4 (50.00%) Technical Author
1 4 (50.00%) Developer
1 4 (50.00%) XML Developer
2 1 (12.50%) Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 4 (50.00%) Ontologies
1 4 (50.00%) Semantic Web
Operating Systems
1 1 (12.50%) Windows
1 1 (12.50%) Windows 7
1 1 (12.50%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) RDF
2 1 (12.50%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (50.00%) JavaScript
1 4 (50.00%) VBA
1 4 (50.00%) C#
1 4 (50.00%) C++