Wales XML Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Extensible Markup Language (XML) skills within the Wales region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited XML over the 3 months to 4 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Extensible Markup Language (XML)
Location Aberdeen Alderley Edge Aldershot Avon Aylesbury Basildon Basingstoke Bath Batley Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Birmingham Blackburn Bournemouth Bracknell Bradford Braintree Brentford Brentwood Bridgend Brighton Bristol Bromley Buckinghamshire Bury St Edmunds Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Carrickfergus Channel Islands Cheadle Chelmsford Cheltenham Cheshire Chester Chesterfield Chippenham City of London Colchester Conwy Corby County Antrim Coventry Crawley Crewe Croydon Darlington Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Doncaster Dorking Dorset Durham East Anglia East Kilbride East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Eastbourne Edinburgh England Epsom Essex Exeter Fareham Farnham Feltham Gatwick Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Godalming Gosport Greenhithe Guildford Halifax Hammersmith Hampshire Harrogate Harrow Hemel Hempstead Hendon Hereford Herefordshire Hertfordshire Highlands Home Counties Horsham Hull Huntingdon Ilford Inverness Ipswich Isle of Man Jersey Kenilworth Kent Knutsford Lancashire Leamington Spa Leatherhead Leeds Leicestershire Lewes Linlithgow Liverpool Livingston Llandudno London Luton M4 Corridor Macclesfield Maidenhead Maidstone Manchester Marlow Merseyside Merthyr Tydfil Middlesbrough Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newmarket Newport Newton-le-Willows Norfolk North East North Wales North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Paddington Paisley Peel Peterborough Pontypridd Poole Portsmouth Preston Reading Reigate Renfrewshire Rhondda Cynon Taff Rickmansworth Ringwood Romford Rotherham Salford Salisbury Scotland Sheffield Shropshire Slough Solihull Somerset South Coast South East South Lanarkshire South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Southend-on-Sea Southport Southwark St Albans St Neots Staffordshire Stevenage Stockport Stoke-on-Trent Suffolk Sunbury-on-Thames Sunderland Surrey Sussex Swansea Swindon Taunton Telford Thame Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wales Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Watford Wells West Lothian West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Westminster Weston-super-Mare Weybridge Wiltshire Wimbledon Windsor Wirral Woking Wokingham Wolverhampton Worcestershire Worthing York Yorkshire	3 months to 4 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	15	17
Rank change on same period last year	+2
Matching contract IT job ads	66	47
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.087 %	0.050 %
As % of the category below	34.55 %	33.57 %
Daily rates quoted	11	4
Average minimum daily rate	£345	£399
Average daily rate	£369	£443
% change on same period last year	-16.66 %
Average maximum daily rate	£392	£486
UK excluding London average daily rate	£341	£340
% change on same period last year	+0.17 %
Hourly rates quoted	12	0
Average minimum hourly rate	£22.08	-
Average hourly rate	£25.88	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	£29.69	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£33.90	£33.38
% change on same period last year	+1.55 %
Application Development Wales
Matching contract IT job ads	191	140
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.252 %	0.149 %
Daily rates quoted	47	21
Average minimum daily rate	£350	£285
Average daily rate	£375	£307
% change on same period last year	+22.10 %
Average maximum daily rate	£399	£329
UK excluding London average daily rate	£349	£336
% change on same period last year	+3.94 %
Hourly rates quoted	23	8
Average minimum hourly rate	£23.59	£28.39
Average hourly rate	£27.37	£29.50
% change on same period last year	-7.20 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£31.16	£30.61
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£32.44	£33.08
% change on same period last year	-1.93 %
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We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

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Demand Trend

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

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Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing XML across the Wales region.

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing XML across the Wales region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing XML across the Wales region.

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing XML across the Wales region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT job ads citing XML within the Wales region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
South Wales	+6	49	£353	-26.93 %
West Wales	+7	14	£378	+18.03 %
North Wales	-5	2	-	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Wales region citing XML 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.

1 80 (42.55 %) .NET 2 72 (38.30 %) Java 3 68 (36.17 %) ASP.NET 4 62 (32.98 %) SQL 5 57 (30.32 %) HTML 6 56 (29.79 %) J2EE 7 52 (27.66 %) WebServices 8 47 (25.00 %) CSS 9 46 (24.47 %) XSLT 10 43 (22.87 %) JavaScript 11 42 (22.34 %) Oracle 11 42 (22.34 %) SOAP 12 41 (21.81 %) C# 12 41 (21.81 %) SOA 13 40 (21.28 %) Government

13 40 (21.28 %) AJAX 14 39 (20.74 %) UML 15 38 (20.21 %) Windows 16 37 (19.68 %) VB.NET 16 37 (19.68 %) SQL Server 16 37 (19.68 %) Unix 17 35 (18.62 %) OO 17 35 (18.62 %) Security Cleared 18 34 (18.09 %) Microsoft 19 31 (16.49 %) WebLogic 20 26 (13.83 %) Web Development 20 26 (13.83 %) JUnit 21 24 (12.77 %) VB 22 22 (11.70 %) SharePoint Server 2007 23 21 (11.17 %) EJB

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Wales region citing XML 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. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 80 (42.55 %) .NET 2 68 (36.17 %) ASP.NET 3 57 (30.32 %) HTML 4 56 (29.79 %) J2EE 5 52 (27.66 %) WebServices 6 47 (25.00 %) CSS 7 46 (24.47 %) XSLT 8 42 (22.34 %) SOAP 9 40 (21.28 %) AJAX 10 21 (11.17 %) EJB 11 19 (10.11 %) Middleware 12 18 (9.574 %) WinForms 12 18 (9.574 %) JDBC 13 15 (7.979 %) Struts 14 13 (6.915 %) WebSphere 15 10 (5.319 %) ASP 15 10 (5.319 %) JMS 16 9 (4.787 %) WSDL 17 8 (4.255 %) JSP 18 7 (3.723 %) XSD	Application Platforms 1 31 (16.49 %) WebLogic 2 22 (11.70 %) SharePoint Server 2007 3 19 (10.11 %) IIS 4 18 (9.574 %) BizTalk Server 5 14 (7.447 %) SharePoint 6 13 (6.915 %) WebLogic Portal 7 9 (4.787 %) WebSphere MQ 8 7 (3.723 %) WebSphere Application Server 8 7 (3.723 %) Apache 9 6 (3.191 %) WebSphere Message Broker 10 4 (2.128 %) CMS 11 3 (1.596 %) JBoss 12 2 (1.064 %) ESB 13 1 (0.532 %) Oracle 10gAS 13 1 (0.532 %) Oracle Workflow 13 1 (0.532 %) Oracle Application Server 13 1 (0.532 %) ArcGIS 13 1 (0.532 %) Lotus Notes 13 1 (0.532 %) Lotus Domino 13 1 (0.532 %) Tomcat
Applications 1 14 (7.447 %) MS Office 2 2 (1.064 %) Photoshop 3 1 (0.532 %) MS Project	Business Applications 1 5 (2.660 %) assyst 2 4 (2.128 %) Oracle EBS 3 2 (1.064 %) Oracle CRM 3 2 (1.064 %) Oracle Applications 3 2 (1.064 %) Oracle 11i
Communications & Networking 1 9 (4.787 %) Internet 2 1 (0.532 %) TCP/IP	Database & Business Intelligence 1 37 (19.68 %) SQL Server 2 16 (8.511 %) SQL Server 2000 3 11 (5.851 %) MySQL 4 7 (3.723 %) Crystal Reports 4 7 (3.723 %) SQL Server 7 5 6 (3.191 %) SQL Server 2005 6 4 (2.128 %) Oracle 10g 7 3 (1.596 %) RDBMS 7 3 (1.596 %) Oracle Reports 8 2 (1.064 %) Oracle 8/8i 8 2 (1.064 %) MS Access 9 1 (0.532 %) Datawarehouse 9 1 (0.532 %) ETL 9 1 (0.532 %) Oracle Discoverer 9 1 (0.532 %) BusinessObjects 9 1 (0.532 %) Data Cleansing 9 1 (0.532 %) GIS
Development Applications 1 26 (13.83 %) JUnit 2 19 (10.11 %) Eclipse 3 18 (9.574 %) Ant 4 15 (7.979 %) Visual Studio 5 10 (5.319 %) ClearCase 6 7 (3.723 %) Rational Rose 7 6 (3.191 %) Cactus 8 5 (2.660 %) CheckStyle 8 5 (2.660 %) Visual Studio Team System 8 5 (2.660 %) CruiseControl 9 4 (2.128 %) TestDirector 10 3 (1.596 %) RequisitePro 10 3 (1.596 %) ClearQuest 10 3 (1.596 %) Flash 11 2 (1.064 %) VSS/SourceSafe 11 2 (1.064 %) JDeveloper 12 1 (0.532 %) COOL:Gen 12 1 (0.532 %) Oracle Forms 12 1 (0.532 %) Log4j 12 1 (0.532 %) Subversion	General 1 40 (21.28 %) Government 2 19 (10.11 %) Health 3 5 (2.660 %) Telecoms 3 5 (2.660 %) Finance 3 5 (2.660 %) Marketing 3 5 (2.660 %) Graphic Design 4 3 (1.596 %) Military 4 3 (1.596 %) Retail 5 2 (1.064 %) Back Office 6 1 (0.532 %) Pharmaceutical 6 1 (0.532 %) Advertising 6 1 (0.532 %) Publishing 6 1 (0.532 %) Insurance 6 1 (0.532 %) Pensions 6 1 (0.532 %) Retail Banking 6 1 (0.532 %) Banking 6 1 (0.532 %) Animation
Job Titles 1 151 (80.32 %) Developer 2 39 (20.74 %) .NET Developer 3 29 (15.43 %) Java Developer 4 22 (11.70 %) Web Developer 5 19 (10.11 %) VB.NET Developer 6 14 (7.447 %) Applications Developer 7 13 (6.915 %) Senior Developer 7 13 (6.915 %) J2EE Developer 8 12 (6.383 %) ASP.NET Developer 9 10 (5.319 %) C# Developer 9 10 (5.319 %) Java/J2EE Developer 10 8 (4.255 %) Software Developer 11 7 (3.723 %) Consultant 12 6 (3.191 %) Architect 12 6 (3.191 %) SharePoint Developer 13 5 (2.660 %) Senior Java Developer 13 5 (2.660 %) .NET Web Developer 13 5 (2.660 %) Analyst 13 5 (2.660 %) Programmer 14 4 (2.128 %) Senior J2EE Developer	Miscellaneous 1 6 (3.191 %) NHS 2 4 (2.128 %) N-Tier 3 3 (1.596 %) Welsh Language 4 2 (1.064 %) Client/Server 4 2 (1.064 %) W3C 4 2 (1.064 %) Data Integration 5 1 (0.532 %) Thin Client 5 1 (0.532 %) Web 2.0 5 1 (0.532 %) Wiki 5 1 (0.532 %) Fat Client
Operating Systems 1 38 (20.21 %) Windows 2 37 (19.68 %) Unix 3 8 (4.255 %) Windows XP 4 3 (1.596 %) Linux 4 3 (1.596 %) Windows 2000 5 2 (1.064 %) AIX	Processes & Methodologies 1 41 (21.81 %) SOA 2 39 (20.74 %) UML 3 35 (18.62 %) OO 3 35 (18.62 %) Security Cleared 4 26 (13.83 %) Web Development 5 19 (10.11 %) E-business 6 16 (8.511 %) Unit Testing 7 11 (5.851 %) Software Engineering 8 10 (5.319 %) CTC Cleared 8 10 (5.319 %) SC Cleared 9 8 (4.255 %) BPEL 9 8 (4.255 %) RAD 10 7 (3.723 %) SEO 11 5 (2.660 %) RUP 11 5 (2.660 %) DSDM 11 5 (2.660 %) CRM 11 5 (2.660 %) Content Management 11 5 (2.660 %) Agile Software Development 11 5 (2.660 %) User Acceptance Testing 11 5 (2.660 %) Continuous Integration
Programming Languages 1 72 (38.30 %) Java 2 62 (32.98 %) SQL 3 43 (22.87 %) JavaScript 4 41 (21.81 %) C# 5 37 (19.68 %) VB.NET 6 24 (12.77 %) VB 7 13 (6.915 %) C 8 12 (6.383 %) C++ 9 11 (5.851 %) PHP 10 7 (3.723 %) PL/SQL 10 7 (3.723 %) VB6 11 6 (3.191 %) DHTML 12 5 (2.660 %) VBScript 13 4 (2.128 %) Perl 14 2 (1.064 %) ActionScript 14 2 (1.064 %) VC++ 15 1 (0.532 %) Shell Script 15 1 (0.532 %) LotusScript 15 1 (0.532 %) Ruby 15 1 (0.532 %) XPath	Qualifications 1 15 (7.979 %) MCTS
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 3 (1.596 %) QA	Systems Management 1 1 (0.532 %) OpenView 1 1 (0.532 %) Netcool
Vendors 1 42 (22.34 %) Oracle 2 34 (18.09 %) Microsoft 3 16 (8.511 %) BEA 4 5 (2.660 %) telerik 5 2 (1.064 %) Sybase 5 2 (1.064 %) QNX 6 1 (0.532 %) Business Objects 6 1 (0.532 %) HP 6 1 (0.532 %) Altova 6 1 (0.532 %) Lotus 6 1 (0.532 %) Micromuse