Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

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

LinkXSL Transformations (XSLT)
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank124141122
Rank change year-on-year
Up+17Down-19
Matching contract IT job ads6544051097
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK1.354 %1.027 %1.335 %
As % of the Application Development category5.073 %4.646 %5.521 %
Daily rates quoted360164385
Average daily rate£389£350£362
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+11.14 %-3.380 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£263£250£276
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£600£483£500
UK excluding London average daily rate£300£300£325
% change year-on-year
--7.690 %
Hourly rates quoted152466
Average hourly rate£36.25£32.75£30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+10.68 %+9.160 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£20.00£30.00£28.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£42.50£40.00£46.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£36.25£32.50£42.25
% change year-on-year
+11.53 %-23.07 %
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.

XSLT
Demand Trend

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

XSLT Demand Trend

XSLT
Daily Rate Trend

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

XSLT Daily Rate Trend

XSLT
Daily Rate Histogram

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

XSLT Daily Rate Histogram

XSLT
Hourly Rate Trend

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

XSLT Hourly Rate Trend

XSLT
Hourly Rate Histogram

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

XSLT Hourly Rate Histogram

XSLT
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 XSLT 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+27621£400+14.28 %
LondonUp+23426£475+18.75 %
City of LondonDown-2893£475+11.76 %
South EastDown-163£340+21.42 %
North WestUp+2855£290-3.33 %
ManchesterUp+2339£275-
ScotlandDown-625£335-4.28 %
GlasgowUp+521£335-1.47 %
BerkshireDown-620£270-9.92 %
YorkshireUp+219£270-10.00 %
South WestUp+218£248-12.00 %
East of EnglandUp+816£375+25.00 %
LeedsUp+1715£298+112.50 %
West YorkshireDown-515£298-0.83 %
SurreyDown-813£369+47.50 %
BristolDown-211£250-
HampshireUp+110£340-24.44 %
West MidlandsDown-210£350+29.62 %
HertfordshireUp+158--
OxfordshireUp+18£290+22.10 %
SloughUp+87£265-
OxfordUp+57£290-
ReadingDown-157£388+29.16 %
LancashireUp+115£278-
East MidlandsDown-25£263-
West SussexDown-75£320-14.66 %
Canary WharfDown-275--
Northern IrelandUp+54£313-
County AntrimUp+44£313-
BelfastUp+44£313-

XSLT
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1954 (89.33 %)XML
2440 (41.20 %)Java
3430 (40.26 %)JavaScript
4423 (39.61 %).NET
5419 (39.23 %)C#
6388 (36.33 %)CSS
7365 (34.18 %)SQL
8330 (30.90 %)HTML
8330 (30.90 %)SQL Server
9280 (26.22 %)ASP.NET
10279 (26.12 %)Web Services
11227 (21.25 %)Oracle
12210 (19.66 %)XHTML
13199 (18.63 %)Banking
14195 (18.26 %)AJAX
15158 (14.79 %)Web Development
16145 (13.58 %)Spring
17138 (12.92 %)Finance
18137 (12.83 %)SQL Server 2005
19135 (12.64 %)J2EE
20133 (12.45 %)Agile Software Development
21130 (12.17 %)Visual Studio
22129 (12.08 %)UNIX
23127 (11.89 %)Microsoft
24126 (11.80 %)Hibernate
25120 (11.24 %)OO
26108 (10.11 %)JSP
26108 (10.11 %)PHP
27107 (10.02 %)Subversion
28104 (9.738 %)SharePoint

XSLT
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
1954 (89.33 %)XML
2423 (39.61 %).NET
3388 (36.33 %)CSS
4330 (30.90 %)HTML
5280 (26.22 %)ASP.NET
6279 (26.12 %)Web Services
7210 (19.66 %)XHTML
8195 (18.26 %)AJAX
9145 (13.58 %)Spring
10135 (12.64 %)J2EE
11126 (11.80 %)Hibernate
12108 (10.11 %)JSP
13104 (9.738 %)Middleware
14103 (9.644 %)jQuery
1597 (9.082 %)SOAP
1695 (8.895 %)XSD
1780 (7.491 %)Flash
1878 (7.303 %)ASP
1976 (7.116 %).NET Framework
2052 (4.869 %)WCF
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
1104 (9.738 %)SharePoint
275 (7.022 %)CMS
374 (6.929 %)Apache
471 (6.648 %)SharePoint Server 2007
557 (5.337 %)Tomcat
647 (4.401 %)ESB
741 (3.839 %)IIS
839 (3.652 %)TIBCO EMS
922 (2.060 %)MQSeries
922 (2.060 %)AquaLogic
1021 (1.966 %)WebSphere MQ
1021 (1.966 %)WebLogic
1119 (1.779 %)Drupal
1119 (1.779 %)Oracle Application Server
1218 (1.685 %)WebSphere Message Broker
1315 (1.404 %)BizTalk Server
1414 (1.311 %)SharePoint Portal Server
1512 (1.124 %)Apache Solr
1611 (1.030 %)Umbraco
1710 (0.936 %)Sitecore CMS
IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
143 (4.026 %)MS Office
240 (3.745 %)MS Excel
315 (1.404 %)Photoshop
414 (1.311 %)InfoPath
56 (0.562 %)Adobe Illustrator
65 (0.468 %)MS Project
74 (0.375 %)MS Visio
83 (0.281 %)Spreadsheet
92 (0.187 %)MS PowerPoint
101 (0.094 %)XMetaL
101 (0.094 %)Fireworks
IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
18 (0.749 %)BusinessWorks
18 (0.749 %)Oracle BPM
26 (0.562 %)Oracle 11i
26 (0.562 %)Oracle EBS
26 (0.562 %)Oracle Applications
35 (0.468 %)Oracle EBS R12
35 (0.468 %)Dynamics CRM
43 (0.281 %)AquaLogic BPM
52 (0.187 %)Axapta
52 (0.187 %)Murex MxG2000
52 (0.187 %)Dynamics AX
61 (0.094 %)Google Analytics
61 (0.094 %)Siebel Analytics
61 (0.094 %)TIBCO iProcess
61 (0.094 %)Maximo
61 (0.094 %)SAP MDM
61 (0.094 %)Summit
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
164 (5.993 %)Internet
230 (2.809 %)HTTP
328 (2.622 %)Intranet
420 (1.873 %)Extranet
514 (1.311 %)Firewall
613 (1.217 %)Network Security
613 (1.217 %)SSL
711 (1.030 %)LDAP
87 (0.655 %)X.500
95 (0.468 %)HTTPS
104 (0.375 %)SMTP
113 (0.281 %)TCP/IP
122 (0.187 %)DNS
122 (0.187 %)IMAP
131 (0.094 %)X.400
131 (0.094 %)ICMP
131 (0.094 %)3G
131 (0.094 %)DMZ
131 (0.094 %)S/MIME
131 (0.094 %)FTP
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1330 (30.90 %)SQL Server
2137 (12.83 %)SQL Server 2005
362 (5.805 %)RDBMS
461 (5.712 %)Oracle Reports
557 (5.337 %)SQL Server 2008
649 (4.588 %)MySQL
746 (4.307 %)SQL Server 2000
841 (3.839 %)Oracle 10g
927 (2.528 %)SQL Server Integration Services
1025 (2.341 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
1124 (2.247 %)Oracle 11g
1222 (2.060 %)ETL
1320 (1.873 %)Oracle 9i
1419 (1.779 %)Oracle 8/8i
1511 (1.030 %)Datawarehouse
167 (0.655 %)Crystal Reports
176 (0.562 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
176 (0.562 %)Reference Data
185 (0.468 %)BusinessObjects XI
185 (0.468 %)Oracle Discoverer
IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
1130 (12.17 %)Visual Studio
2107 (10.02 %)Subversion
367 (6.273 %)Ant
459 (5.524 %)JUnit
555 (5.150 %)NUnit
634 (3.184 %)ClearCase
731 (2.903 %)Eclipse
824 (2.247 %)Oracle Forms
922 (2.060 %)Maven
1018 (1.685 %)Team Foundation Server
1117 (1.592 %)VSS/SourceSafe
1117 (1.592 %)Dreamweaver
1214 (1.311 %)ClearQuest
1313 (1.217 %)FrontPage
1412 (1.124 %)CruiseControl
1510 (0.936 %)JIRA
169 (0.843 %)XMLSpy
177 (0.655 %)NCover
177 (0.655 %)FxCop
177 (0.655 %)Visual Studio Team System
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1199 (18.63 %)Banking
2138 (12.92 %)Finance
395 (8.895 %)Investment Banking
441 (3.839 %)Government
536 (3.371 %)Front Office
629 (2.715 %)Publishing
726 (2.434 %)Games
822 (2.060 %)Telecoms
822 (2.060 %)Back Office
916 (1.498 %)Multimedia
1013 (1.217 %)Insurance
1112 (1.124 %)Marketing
1112 (1.124 %)Health
128 (0.749 %)Advertising
136 (0.562 %)Financial Institution
145 (0.468 %)Education
154 (0.375 %)Graphic Design
154 (0.375 %)Criminal Justice
154 (0.375 %)Home Office
163 (0.281 %)Online Games
IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1849 (79.49 %)Developer
2189 (17.70 %)Java Developer
3177 (16.57 %).NET Developer
4155 (14.51 %)Web Developer
5130 (12.17 %)C# Developer
671 (6.648 %)ASP.NET Developer
760 (5.618 %)Analyst
853 (4.963 %)Senior Developer
950 (4.682 %)SharePoint Developer
1047 (4.401 %)Designer
1139 (3.652 %)Front-End Developer
1139 (3.652 %)C# ASP.NET Developer
1238 (3.558 %)Architect
1327 (2.528 %)J2EE Developer
1327 (2.528 %)Oracle Developer
1426 (2.434 %)Java/J2EE Developer
1525 (2.341 %)PHP Developer
1525 (2.341 %)Technical Manager
1525 (2.341 %)Consultant
1624 (2.247 %)Project Manager
IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
184 (7.865 %)Derivative
274 (6.929 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
335 (3.277 %)W3C
428 (2.622 %)Web 2.0
523 (2.154 %)Fixed Income
621 (1.966 %)Client/Server
718 (1.685 %)Equities
817 (1.592 %)Open Source
915 (1.404 %)NHS
1014 (1.311 %)N-Tier
1112 (1.124 %)Computer Science
129 (0.843 %)RIA
137 (0.655 %)Mathematics
137 (0.655 %)Management Information System
137 (0.655 %)Credit Derivative
146 (0.562 %)Equity Derivative
146 (0.562 %)Clustering
146 (0.562 %)Multithreading
146 (0.562 %)Credit Risk
155 (0.468 %)Dependency Injection
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1129 (12.08 %)UNIX
288 (8.240 %)Windows
361 (5.712 %)Linux
421 (1.966 %)Windows Server 2003
518 (1.685 %)Solaris
613 (1.217 %)Windows Server 2008
710 (0.936 %)AIX
85 (0.468 %)Windows Vista
94 (0.375 %)Red Hat Linux
102 (0.187 %)HPUX
102 (0.187 %)SUSE
111 (0.094 %)Debian
111 (0.094 %)zOS
111 (0.094 %)Windows XP
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1158 (14.79 %)Web Development
2133 (12.45 %)Agile Software Development
3120 (11.24 %)OO
498 (9.176 %)SOA
583 (7.772 %)TDD
676 (7.116 %)Content Management
768 (6.367 %)UML
852 (4.869 %)Unit Testing
948 (4.494 %)MVC
1044 (4.120 %)Scrum
1138 (3.558 %)E-Commerce
1236 (3.371 %)Data Modelling
1335 (3.277 %)Workflow
1431 (2.903 %)BPEL
1530 (2.809 %)Project Management
1625 (2.341 %)Continuous Integration
1723 (2.154 %)Web Design
1819 (1.779 %)Configuration Management
1918 (1.685 %)OOP
1918 (1.685 %)OOD
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1440 (41.20 %)Java
2430 (40.26 %)JavaScript
3419 (39.23 %)C#
4365 (34.18 %)SQL
5108 (10.11 %)PHP
6103 (9.644 %)PL/SQL
779 (7.397 %)T-SQL
874 (6.929 %)XPath
973 (6.835 %)VB.NET
1064 (5.993 %)Perl
1152 (4.869 %)ActionScript
1246 (4.307 %)C
1344 (4.120 %)XQuery
1442 (3.933 %)VB
1532 (2.996 %)C++
1629 (2.715 %)VB6
1725 (2.341 %)Shell Script
1819 (1.779 %)VBScript
1918 (1.685 %)VBA
1918 (1.685 %)Python
IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
171 (6.648 %)Security Cleared
249 (4.588 %)SC Cleared
326 (2.434 %)Degree
416 (1.498 %)Microsoft Certification
512 (1.124 %)MCAD
610 (0.936 %)MCSD
610 (0.936 %)Oracle Certification
79 (0.843 %)MCTS
79 (0.843 %)ISEB
87 (0.655 %)OCP
87 (0.655 %)OCA
96 (0.562 %)BC Cleared
104 (0.375 %)MCP
113 (0.281 %)CTC Cleared
113 (0.281 %)DV Cleared
113 (0.281 %)MCPD
113 (0.281 %)PRINCE2 Certification
122 (0.187 %)Sun Certification
131 (0.094 %)Brainbench
131 (0.094 %)MCDBA
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
112 (1.124 %)QA
26 (0.562 %)Dublin Core
34 (0.375 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
34 (0.375 %)Basel II
34 (0.375 %)HL7
41 (0.094 %)WCAG
41 (0.094 %)WAI
41 (0.094 %)SLA
IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
113 (1.217 %)Active Directory
25 (0.468 %)VMware Infrastructure
25 (0.468 %)VMware ESX
34 (0.375 %)MSMQ
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
16 (0.562 %)MIIS
23 (0.281 %)MSI
31 (0.094 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1227 (21.25 %)Oracle
2127 (11.89 %)Microsoft
363 (5.899 %)Sybase
454 (5.056 %)TIBCO
527 (2.528 %)Adobe
625 (2.341 %)IBM
717 (1.592 %)JBoss
816 (1.498 %)Mercator
914 (1.311 %)Bloomberg
1012 (1.124 %)BEA
1012 (1.124 %)Sitecore
1111 (1.030 %)SAP
1210 (0.936 %)Terracotta
138 (0.749 %)Lotus
138 (0.749 %)Interwoven
147 (0.655 %)Ektron
147 (0.655 %)Google
147 (0.655 %)Salesforce.com
156 (0.562 %)Actuate
156 (0.562 %)Red Hat