The first table below looks at the demand for XML skills in IT contracts advertised for the Warwickshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited XML over the 3 months to 23 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 Warwickshire 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Extensible Markup Language (XML)
Rank 22 20 21
Rank change year-on-year
-2 +1
Contract jobs citing XML 6 6 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Warwickshire 2.927% 2.419% 2.765%
As % of the Application Development category 13.64% 12.00% 13.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 2 5
Average daily rate £375 £325 £285
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+15.38% +14.03%
UK excluding London average daily rate £338 £325 £325
% change year-on-year
+3.84% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £30.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+16.66% -14.28%
All Application Development
Warwickshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
44 50 45
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Warwickshire 21.46% 20.16% 20.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 31 28
Average daily rate £300 £325 £475
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.69% -31.57%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 5
Average hourly rate £21.00 £16.50 £21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+27.27% -21.42%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
XML
West Midlands

XML
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Warwickshire 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 Warwickshire region.

Warwickshire XML Daily Rate Trend

XML
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Warwickshire 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 Warwickshire region over the 3 months to 23 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
Leamington Spa - 2 £338 -
Stratford-upon-Avon - 2 £350 -
Warwick - 1 £375 -
Kenilworth - 1 £375 -
XML
West Midlands

XML
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Warwickshire 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 7 (58.33%) SQL
2 6 (50.00%) JavaScript
3 4 (33.33%) C#
4 3 (25.00%) HTML
4 3 (25.00%) SQL Server
4 3 (25.00%) Web Services
4 3 (25.00%) Ajax
4 3 (25.00%) jQuery
5 2 (16.67%) Oracle
5 2 (16.67%) Data Mapping
5 2 (16.67%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (16.67%) Internet
5 2 (16.67%) DOM
5 2 (16.67%) XSLT
5 2 (16.67%) Automotive
5 2 (16.67%) ASP
5 2 (16.67%) VB.NET
5 2 (16.67%) .NET
5 2 (16.67%) DHTML
5 2 (16.67%) VBScript
5 2 (16.67%) ActiveX
6 1 (8.333%) SOA
6 1 (8.333%) VoIP
6 1 (8.333%) DHCP
6 1 (8.333%) HTTP
6 1 (8.333%) Business Intelligence
6 1 (8.333%) IBM
6 1 (8.333%) Microsoft
6 1 (8.333%) IPv4
6 1 (8.333%) Firewall

XML
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Warwickshire 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 3 (25.00%) HTML
1 3 (25.00%) Web Services
1 3 (25.00%) Ajax
1 3 (25.00%) jQuery
2 2 (16.67%) DOM
2 2 (16.67%) XSLT
2 2 (16.67%) ASP
2 2 (16.67%) .NET
2 2 (16.67%) DHTML
2 2 (16.67%) ActiveX
3 1 (8.333%) ASP.NET
3 1 (8.333%) XSD
3 1 (8.333%) LAMP
3 1 (8.333%) WebSphere
3 1 (8.333%) .NET Framework
3 1 (8.333%) Silverlight
3 1 (8.333%) ASP.NET MVC
Application Platforms
1 1 (8.333%) WebSphere MQ
1 1 (8.333%) WebSphere Message Broker
Applications
1 2 (16.67%) Spreadsheet
Communications & Networking
1 2 (16.67%) Internet
2 1 (8.333%) VoIP
2 1 (8.333%) DHCP
2 1 (8.333%) HTTP
2 1 (8.333%) IPv4
2 1 (8.333%) Firewall
2 1 (8.333%) Asterisk PBX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (25.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (8.333%) MySQL
2 1 (8.333%) Oracle Reports
General
1 2 (16.67%) Automotive
2 1 (8.333%) Finance
Job Titles
1 11 (91.67%) Developer
2 3 (25.00%) C# Developer
3 2 (16.67%) Web Developer
4 1 (8.333%) Business Developer
4 1 (8.333%) Consultant
4 1 (8.333%) Telephony Engineer
4 1 (8.333%) .NET Developer
4 1 (8.333%) Business Objects Developer
4 1 (8.333%) VoIP Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (8.333%) Handset
1 1 (8.333%) IVR
Operating Systems
1 1 (8.333%) Linux
1 1 (8.333%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (16.67%) Data Mapping
2 1 (8.333%) SOA
2 1 (8.333%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (8.333%) MVC
2 1 (8.333%) Workflow
2 1 (8.333%) Scrum
2 1 (8.333%) OOP
2 1 (8.333%) Web Development
2 1 (8.333%) Dimensional Modelling
Programming Languages
1 7 (58.33%) SQL
2 6 (50.00%) JavaScript
3 4 (33.33%) C#
4 2 (16.67%) VB.NET
4 2 (16.67%) VBScript
5 1 (8.333%) VB
5 1 (8.333%) PHP
5 1 (8.333%) PL/SQL
5 1 (8.333%) Java
5 1 (8.333%) Shell Script
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (8.333%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (8.333%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 2 (16.67%) Oracle
2 1 (8.333%) IBM
2 1 (8.333%) Microsoft
2 1 (8.333%) Business Objects
2 1 (8.333%) Aastra
2 1 (8.333%) SolarWinds