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The first part of the table below looks at the demand for XML Messaging skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited XML Messaging 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.

 XML Messaging
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank438431557
Rank change year-on-year
Down-7Up+126
Matching contract IT job ads551043
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK0.114 %0.025 %0.052 %
As % of the Application Development category0.427 %0.115 %0.216 %
Daily rates quoted27217
Average daily rate£500£405£357
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+23.45 %+13.39 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£366£329£319
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£550£481£455
UK excluding London average daily rate£446£310£328
% change year-on-year
+43.95 %-5.410 %
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.

XML Messaging
Demand Trend

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

XML Messaging Demand Trend

XML Messaging
Daily Rate Trend

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

XML Messaging Daily Rate Trend

XML Messaging
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing XML Messaging within the UK over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

XML Messaging Daily Rate Histogram

XML Messaging
Hourly Rate Trend

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

XML Messaging Hourly Rate Trend

XML Messaging
Top 8 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing XML Messaging 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
EnglandUp+153£500+23.45 %
LondonDown-1853£500-
City of LondonDown-5414£500-
Canary WharfNew entry-10£525-
Docklands, LondonNew entry-5£376-
ScotlandDown-132£446-
GlasgowDown-81£343-
EdinburghNew entry-1£550-

XML Messaging
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

192 (100.00 %)XML
258 (63.04 %)SQL
357 (61.96 %)Banking
448 (52.17 %)Investment Banking
538 (41.30 %)Oracle
633 (35.87 %)Java
731 (33.70 %)Derivative
829 (31.52 %)Back Office
925 (27.17 %)TIBCO
1024 (26.09 %)C#
1024 (26.09 %)Finance
1123 (25.00 %)Front Office
1123 (25.00 %)SQL Server
1222 (23.91 %)Data Analysis
1320 (21.74 %)Sybase
1320 (21.74 %).NET
1419 (20.65 %)Business Analysis
1517 (18.48 %)UNIX
1615 (16.30 %)XSL
1615 (16.30 %)Middleware
1714 (15.22 %)Project Management
1714 (15.22 %)Migration
1813 (14.13 %)Data Migration
1912 (13.04 %)User Acceptance Testing
1912 (13.04 %)Summit
1912 (13.04 %)QuickTest Pro
1912 (13.04 %)XML Schema
2010 (10.87 %)Data Modelling
2010 (10.87 %)XSLT
2010 (10.87 %)Test Automation

XML Messaging
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
192 (100.00 %)XML
220 (21.74 %).NET
315 (16.30 %)XSL
315 (16.30 %)Middleware
412 (13.04 %)XML Schema
510 (10.87 %)XSLT
69 (9.783 %)NHibernate
69 (9.783 %)Web Services
69 (9.783 %)J2EE
76 (6.522 %).NET Framework
85 (5.435 %)XSD
93 (3.261 %)ASP.NET
102 (2.174 %)SOAP
102 (2.174 %)Spring
111 (1.087 %)WebSphere
111 (1.087 %)Oracle Coherence
111 (1.087 %)WinForms
111 (1.087 %)FpML
111 (1.087 %)JSP
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
18 (8.696 %)TIBCO EMS
24 (4.348 %)JCAPS
32 (2.174 %)MQSeries
32 (2.174 %)Apache
32 (2.174 %)Tomcat
41 (1.087 %)Oracle Workflow
IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
11 (1.087 %)MS Visio
11 (1.087 %)MS Excel
IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
112 (13.04 %)Summit
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
12 (2.174 %)LDAP
12 (2.174 %)VPN
12 (2.174 %)Firewall
21 (1.087 %)Internet
21 (1.087 %)LAN
21 (1.087 %)WAN
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
123 (25.00 %)SQL Server
29 (9.783 %)Oracle Reports
29 (9.783 %)Datawarehouse
37 (7.609 %)RDBMS
37 (7.609 %)Oracle 8/8i
46 (6.522 %)Oracle 10g
46 (6.522 %)BusinessObjects
46 (6.522 %)SQL Server 2005
52 (2.174 %)Reference Data
61 (1.087 %)Data Mining
61 (1.087 %)Crystal Reports
IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
112 (13.04 %)QuickTest Pro
29 (9.783 %)NUnit
29 (9.783 %)JUnit
38 (8.696 %)Subversion
45 (5.435 %)LoadRunner
53 (3.261 %)JIRA
53 (3.261 %)ClearCase
61 (1.087 %)XMLSpy
61 (1.087 %)TestDirector
61 (1.087 %)VSS/SourceSafe
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
157 (61.96 %)Banking
248 (52.17 %)Investment Banking
329 (31.52 %)Back Office
424 (26.09 %)Finance
523 (25.00 %)Front Office
62 (2.174 %)Insurance
71 (1.087 %)Private Banking
71 (1.087 %)Retail
71 (1.087 %)Home Office
71 (1.087 %)Health
IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
153 (57.61 %)Analyst
242 (45.65 %)Business Analyst
319 (20.65 %)Developer
410 (10.87 %)C# Developer
59 (9.783 %)Summit Business Analyst
59 (9.783 %)Tester
68 (8.696 %)Data Analyst
77 (7.609 %)Business Project Manager
77 (7.609 %)Business Manager
77 (7.609 %)Project Manager
86 (6.522 %)Technical Business Analyst
86 (6.522 %)Technical Analyst
86 (6.522 %)Banking Business Analyst
95 (5.435 %)Business Change Analyst
95 (5.435 %)Change Analyst
95 (5.435 %)Support Analyst
104 (4.348 %)Architect
104 (4.348 %)Java Developer
104 (4.348 %)Middleware Developer
113 (3.261 %)IT Support
IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
131 (33.70 %)Derivative
29 (9.783 %)Credit Derivative
36 (6.522 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
36 (6.522 %)Interest Rate Derivative
44 (4.348 %)Equity Derivative
52 (2.174 %)Smartcard
52 (2.174 %)Equities
52 (2.174 %)Fixed Income
52 (2.174 %)Data Integration
52 (2.174 %)Credit Risk
52 (2.174 %)PKI
52 (2.174 %)Exotic Derivative
52 (2.174 %)DTCC
61 (1.087 %)Mathematics
61 (1.087 %)AS400
61 (1.087 %)NHS
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
117 (18.48 %)UNIX
27 (7.609 %)Windows
34 (4.348 %)Linux
34 (4.348 %)Windows Mobile
42 (2.174 %)Windows 2000
42 (2.174 %)Windows XP
42 (2.174 %)Windows Server 2003
42 (2.174 %)Windows Vista
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
122 (23.91 %)Data Analysis
219 (20.65 %)Business Analysis
314 (15.22 %)Project Management
314 (15.22 %)Migration
413 (14.13 %)Data Migration
512 (13.04 %)User Acceptance Testing
610 (10.87 %)Data Modelling
610 (10.87 %)Test Automation
78 (8.696 %)Manual Testing
85 (5.435 %)Data Architecture
85 (5.435 %)Agile Software Development
85 (5.435 %)Regression Testing
85 (5.435 %)SOA
85 (5.435 %)ITIL
94 (4.348 %)Stakeholder Management
94 (4.348 %)Enterprise Architecture
103 (3.261 %)Technical Architecture
103 (3.261 %)Validation
103 (3.261 %)Risk Management
103 (3.261 %)OO
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
158 (63.04 %)SQL
233 (35.87 %)Java
324 (26.09 %)C#
45 (5.435 %)PL/SQL
52 (2.174 %)T-SQL
IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
12 (2.174 %)Degree
21 (1.087 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
14 (4.348 %)QA
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
15 (5.435 %)AutoSys
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
138 (41.30 %)Oracle
225 (27.17 %)TIBCO
320 (21.74 %)Sybase
46 (6.522 %)Business Objects
53 (3.261 %)Microsoft
61 (1.087 %)Syncfusion
61 (1.087 %)DevExpress
61 (1.087 %)GoldenSource
61 (1.087 %)Infragistics
61 (1.087 %)Calypso