XML Contracts in Wales
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for XML skills in IT contracts advertised for the Wales region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited XML over the 3 months to 17 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 Application Development category for the Wales region.

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
17 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Extensible Markup Language (XML)
Rank 22 14 29
Rank change year-on-year
-8 +15
Contract jobs citing XML 21 45 31
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wales 5.198% 8.108% 4.784%
As % of the Application Development category 23.86% 33.33% 18.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 23 9
Average daily rate £338 £400 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-15.62% +23.07%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £251 £250 £240
10% offered a daily rate of more than £419 £440 £486
UK excluding London average daily rate £338 £325 £325
% change year-on-year
+3.84% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 6
Average hourly rate £17.00 - £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £30.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+16.66% -14.28%
All Application Development
Wales
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category		 88 135 166
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wales 21.78% 24.32% 25.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 60 55 63
Average daily rate £325 £315 £349
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.17% -9.61%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £225 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £397 £440 £513
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 2 13
Average hourly rate £35.00 £27.50 £42.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+27.27% -35.29%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
XML
UK

XML
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wales XML Jobs Demand Trend

XML
Daily Rate Trend

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

Wales XML Daily Rate Trend

XML
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing XML across the Wales region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Wales XML Daily Rate Histogram

XML
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Wales XML Hourly Rate Trend

XML
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing XML within the Wales region over the 3 months to 17 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
South Wales +1 16 £344 +14.58%
West Wales -2 3 £314 -26.23%
North Wales -2 1 £350 +40.00%
XML
UK

XML
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, 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 43 (69.35%) Java
2 37 (59.68%) SQL
3 34 (54.84%) Security Cleared
4 31 (50.00%) Oracle
5 30 (48.39%) XSLT
6 27 (43.55%) CSS
7 24 (38.71%) XSD
7 24 (38.71%) PL/SQL
8 23 (37.10%) WebLogic
9 22 (35.48%) UML
9 22 (35.48%) ClearCase
9 22 (35.48%) ClearQuest
9 22 (35.48%) Spring
10 21 (33.87%) Eclipse
11 20 (32.26%) Web Services
11 20 (32.26%) HTML
12 19 (30.65%) J2EE
12 19 (30.65%) DOM
12 19 (30.65%) SAX
12 19 (30.65%) XPath
13 18 (29.03%) JSF
13 18 (29.03%) JAXP
14 16 (25.81%) Agile Software Development
15 15 (24.19%) Liferay
16 14 (22.58%) SC Cleared
16 14 (22.58%) WebLogic Portal
17 13 (20.97%) .NET
18 11 (17.74%) Hibernate
19 8 (12.90%) SQL Server
19 8 (12.90%) C#

XML
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, 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 30 (48.39%) XSLT
2 27 (43.55%) CSS
3 24 (38.71%) XSD
4 22 (35.48%) Spring
5 20 (32.26%) Web Services
5 20 (32.26%) HTML
6 19 (30.65%) J2EE
6 19 (30.65%) DOM
6 19 (30.65%) SAX
7 18 (29.03%) JSF
7 18 (29.03%) JAXP
8 13 (20.97%) .NET
9 11 (17.74%) Hibernate
10 8 (12.90%) jQuery
11 5 (8.065%) Ajax
11 5 (8.065%) SOAP
11 5 (8.065%) WSDL
12 4 (6.452%) ASP.NET
12 4 (6.452%) Java EE
12 4 (6.452%) JPA
Application Platforms
1 23 (37.10%) WebLogic
2 15 (24.19%) Liferay
3 14 (22.58%) WebLogic Portal
4 4 (6.452%) Oracle Workflow
5 3 (4.839%) Apache
6 2 (3.226%) SharePoint
6 2 (3.226%) CMS
6 2 (3.226%) WordPress
6 2 (3.226%) Magento
6 2 (3.226%) Zen Cart
7 1 (1.613%) WebSphere Transformation Extender
7 1 (1.613%) SharePoint 2010
7 1 (1.613%) Kentico
7 1 (1.613%) ESB
7 1 (1.613%) WebSphere Message Broker
7 1 (1.613%) WebSphere MQ
7 1 (1.613%) IIS
Applications
1 3 (4.839%) MS Office
2 1 (1.613%) MS Excel
2 1 (1.613%) Photoshop
2 1 (1.613%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 2 (3.226%) Oracle Financials
1 2 (3.226%) Oracle 11i
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.226%) HTTPS
1 2 (3.226%) SSL
2 1 (1.613%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (12.90%) SQL Server
2 4 (6.452%) RDBMS
3 3 (4.839%) Oracle Reports
4 2 (3.226%) DB2
4 2 (3.226%) Oracle 11g
5 1 (1.613%) SQL Server 2008
5 1 (1.613%) MySQL
5 1 (1.613%) TOAD
5 1 (1.613%) Oracle Discoverer
5 1 (1.613%) Oracle 10g
5 1 (1.613%) SQLPlus
5 1 (1.613%) GIS
5 1 (1.613%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 22 (35.48%) ClearCase
1 22 (35.48%) ClearQuest
2 21 (33.87%) Eclipse
3 4 (6.452%) LoadRunner
3 4 (6.452%) Visual Studio
3 4 (6.452%) Maven
3 4 (6.452%) Cucumber
4 3 (4.839%) Hudson
4 3 (4.839%) Oracle Forms
4 3 (4.839%) Ant
4 3 (4.839%) Team Foundation Server
5 2 (3.226%) WATIR
5 2 (3.226%) Selenium
5 2 (3.226%) Capybara
5 2 (3.226%) Talend Open Studio
6 1 (1.613%) TeamCity
6 1 (1.613%) Git (software)
6 1 (1.613%) CruiseControl
6 1 (1.613%) Subversion
6 1 (1.613%) Jenkins
General
1 5 (8.065%) Telecoms
2 2 (3.226%) Finance
2 2 (3.226%) General Ledger
3 1 (1.613%) Manufacturing
3 1 (1.613%) Banking
Job Titles
1 40 (64.52%) Developer
2 19 (30.65%) Java Developer
3 7 (11.29%) Analyst
4 5 (8.065%) Lead Developer
4 5 (8.065%) Lead Java Developer
5 4 (6.452%) Performance Tester
5 4 (6.452%) Software Developer
5 4 (6.452%) Tester
5 4 (6.452%) Junior
6 3 (4.839%) Software Engineer
6 3 (4.839%) Administrator
6 3 (4.839%) .NET Developer
7 2 (3.226%) C# Developer
7 2 (3.226%) Designer
7 2 (3.226%) Technical Analyst
7 2 (3.226%) Java Software Engineer
7 2 (3.226%) Junior Developer
7 2 (3.226%) Solutions Architect
7 2 (3.226%) Data Analyst
7 2 (3.226%) Oracle Developer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (4.839%) Computer Science
2 2 (3.226%) DataPower
2 2 (3.226%) Open Source
2 2 (3.226%) Clustering
2 2 (3.226%) Mobile App
3 1 (1.613%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (1.613%) Web 2.0
3 1 (1.613%) N-Tier
3 1 (1.613%) NHS
3 1 (1.613%) Blackberry
3 1 (1.613%) Social Media
3 1 (1.613%) iSeries
Operating Systems
1 8 (12.90%) UNIX
1 8 (12.90%) Windows
2 3 (4.839%) Linux
3 2 (3.226%) AIX
4 1 (1.613%) Mac OS X
4 1 (1.613%) Android
4 1 (1.613%) Windows Server 2008
4 1 (1.613%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (35.48%) UML
2 16 (25.81%) Agile Software Development
3 7 (11.29%) Web Development
4 5 (8.065%) TDD
4 5 (8.065%) Data Management
4 5 (8.065%) Content Management
4 5 (8.065%) Scrum
5 4 (6.452%) Workflow
5 4 (6.452%) OO
6 3 (4.839%) Data Modelling
6 3 (4.839%) Migration
6 3 (4.839%) PLM
6 3 (4.839%) PDM
6 3 (4.839%) CAD
6 3 (4.839%) SysML
6 3 (4.839%) Requirements Analysis
6 3 (4.839%) Data Migration
7 2 (3.226%) Test Automation
7 2 (3.226%) BDD
7 2 (3.226%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 43 (69.35%) Java
2 37 (59.68%) SQL
3 24 (38.71%) PL/SQL
4 19 (30.65%) XPath
5 8 (12.90%) C#
6 6 (9.677%) JavaScript
6 6 (9.677%) Perl
7 5 (8.065%) PHP
8 4 (6.452%) C
8 4 (6.452%) Ruby
8 4 (6.452%) VB.NET
8 4 (6.452%) Shell Script
9 2 (3.226%) Korn
10 1 (1.613%) Jython
10 1 (1.613%) Python
10 1 (1.613%) RPG
Qualifications
1 34 (54.84%) Security Cleared
2 14 (22.58%) SC Cleared
3 6 (9.677%) Degree
4 3 (4.839%) HND
5 1 (1.613%) ISEB
5 1 (1.613%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (1.613%) BC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.613%) QA
System Software
1 1 (1.613%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 31 (50.00%) Oracle
2 6 (9.677%) Microsoft
3 2 (3.226%) Talend
4 1 (1.613%) Mercator
4 1 (1.613%) Perforce
4 1 (1.613%) IBM
Oracle Financials Administrator and Developer
South Wales
Oracle Financials Applications Developer. Rate: £400 -£450 per day Duration: 3 months Location: Newport, South Wales Key skills are the day-to-day administration and support of the...
LA International
Rate: £400 - £450 per day
Posted: 14 May 2013
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