The first table below looks at the demand for XMPP 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 XMPP over the 3 months to 24 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP) (Jabber)
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing XMPP 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wales - - -
As % of the Application Development category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
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
Wales
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
85 142 165
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wales 19.95% 24.91% 25.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 58 62 65
Average daily rate £325 £315 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.17% -3.07%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £225 £228
10% offered a daily rate of more than £410 £470 £511
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 4 12
Average hourly rate £37.50 £27.50 £42.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+36.36% -35.29%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
XMPP
UK