The first table below looks at the demand for XMPP skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited XMPP over the 3 months to 19 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP) (Jabber)
Rank 521 555 595
Rank change year-on-year
+34 +40
Contract jobs citing XMPP 20 15 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.042% 0.026% 0.010%
As % of the Application Development category 0.150% 0.100% 0.035%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 14 2
Average daily rate £381 £438 £370
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-12.85% +18.24%
UK excluding London average daily rate £319 £375 -
% change year-on-year
-15.00% -
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
13369 14943 17245
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 27.79% 25.75% 27.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 8406 8920 10221
Average daily rate £375 £353 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.38% -11.87%
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 342 381 538
Average hourly rate £35.00 £32.50 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+7.69% -7.14%
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 £31.50 £35.70
% change year-on-year
+11.11% -11.76%

XMPP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

XMPP Jobs Demand Trend

XMPP
Daily Rate Trend

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

XMPP Daily Rate Trend

XMPP
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing XMPP within the UK over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

XMPP Daily Rate Histogram

XMPP
Hourly Rate Trend

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

XMPP Hourly Rate Trend

XMPP
Top 30 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing XMPP within the UK over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
England +12 11 £381 -19.73%
London +20 6 £438 -7.89%
Hertfordshire - 4 £319 -
East of England - 4 £319 -
Berkshire - 1 - -
South East - 1 - -
South West - - - -
West Midlands - - - -
Cambridgeshire - - - -
Herefordshire - - - -
Nottinghamshire - - - -
Oxfordshire - - - -
Worcestershire - - - -
City of London - - - -
East Midlands - - - -
North West - - - -
Manchester - - - -
Nottingham - - - -
Oxford - - - -
Reading - - - -
St Albans - - - -
Worcester - - - -
County Antrim - - - -
Belfast - - - -
Birmingham - - - -
Bristol - - - -
Cambridge - - - -
Hereford - - - -
Northern Ireland - - - -
Canary Wharf - - - -

XMPP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing XMPP 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 XMPP.

1 13 (50.00%) C
1 13 (50.00%) Java
1 13 (50.00%) Solaris
1 13 (50.00%) Linux
1 13 (50.00%) HTTP
1 13 (50.00%) Mac OS X
1 13 (50.00%) SMPP
1 13 (50.00%) Telecoms
1 13 (50.00%) Agile Software Development
1 13 (50.00%) TDD
1 13 (50.00%) Erlang
2 12 (46.15%) Cisco
3 7 (26.92%) Unified Communications
4 5 (19.23%) Active Directory
4 5 (19.23%) Cisco UCCX
4 5 (19.23%) Cisco CUCM
5 4 (15.38%) CCNP
5 4 (15.38%) Technical Architecture
5 4 (15.38%) IP Telephony
5 4 (15.38%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (7.692%) Microsoft
6 2 (7.692%) CCIE
6 2 (7.692%) VPN
7 1 (3.846%) Windows Server 2003
7 1 (3.846%) 3G
7 1 (3.846%) MGCP
7 1 (3.846%) Project Management
7 1 (3.846%) SharePoint
7 1 (3.846%) MS Exchange
7 1 (3.846%) LAN

XMPP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing XMPP 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 XMPP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 1 (3.846%) SharePoint
1 1 (3.846%) MS Exchange
1 1 (3.846%) IIS
1 1 (3.846%) Exchange Server 2010
Communications & Networking
1 13 (50.00%) HTTP
1 13 (50.00%) SMPP
2 7 (26.92%) Unified Communications
3 4 (15.38%) IP Telephony
4 2 (7.692%) VPN
5 1 (3.846%) 3G
5 1 (3.846%) MGCP
5 1 (3.846%) LAN
5 1 (3.846%) WLAN
5 1 (3.846%) Firewall
5 1 (3.846%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (3.846%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.846%) SQL Server
1 1 (3.846%) SQL Server 2008
1 1 (3.846%) SQL Server 2005
General
1 13 (50.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 13 (50.00%) Test Engineer
1 13 (50.00%) Development Engineer
2 6 (23.08%) Cisco Engineer
3 4 (15.38%) Architect
4 3 (11.54%) Technical Architect
4 3 (11.54%) Support Engineer
4 3 (11.54%) Cisco Support
4 3 (11.54%) Cisco Support Engineer
5 2 (7.692%) Cisco Architect
5 2 (7.692%) Voice Engineer
6 1 (3.846%) Technical Manager
6 1 (3.846%) Security Engineer
6 1 (3.846%) Network Architect
6 1 (3.846%) Windows Support Analyst
6 1 (3.846%) Consultant
6 1 (3.846%) Server Support
6 1 (3.846%) Support Analyst
6 1 (3.846%) Analyst
6 1 (3.846%) Voice Consultant
6 1 (3.846%) Network Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.846%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 13 (50.00%) Solaris
1 13 (50.00%) Linux
1 13 (50.00%) Mac OS X
2 1 (3.846%) Windows Server 2003
2 1 (3.846%) Windows
2 1 (3.846%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (50.00%) Agile Software Development
1 13 (50.00%) TDD
2 4 (15.38%) Technical Architecture
3 1 (3.846%) Project Management
3 1 (3.846%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 13 (50.00%) C
1 13 (50.00%) Java
1 13 (50.00%) Erlang
Qualifications
1 4 (15.38%) CCNP
1 4 (15.38%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (7.692%) CCIE
3 1 (3.846%) CCVP
System Software
1 5 (19.23%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (19.23%) Cisco UCCX
1 5 (19.23%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 12 (46.15%) Cisco
2 2 (7.692%) Microsoft
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