XML Contracts in the West Midlands
 
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 West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited XML over the 3 months to 20 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 West Midlands 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
20 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Extensible Markup Language (XML)
Rank 32 34 18
Rank change year-on-year
+2 -16
Contract jobs citing XML 72 81 115
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 4.332% 3.598% 6.166%
As % of the Application Development category 17.73% 14.70% 24.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 33 72
Average daily rate £350 £325 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.69% +8.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £261 £250 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £375 £350
UK excluding London average daily rate £335 £325 £325
% change year-on-year
+3.07% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 1
Average hourly rate £28.50 £23.25 £13.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+22.58% +78.84%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £30.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+16.66% -14.28%
All Application Development
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category		 406 551 462
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 24.43% 24.48% 24.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 204 301 250
Average daily rate £300 £300 £320
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -6.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £235 £218 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £400 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 14 22
Average hourly rate £28.50 £16.50 £18.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+72.72% -9.58%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £25.00 £12.50 £11.68
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.00 £37.50 £25.30
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
XML
England

XML
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region over the 3 months to 20 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
Staffordshire +12 11 £325 -
Birmingham 0 11 £300 -14.28%
Coventry -2 10 £350 -5.08%
Shropshire +12 8 £565 +67.40%
Worcestershire -5 8 £475 +65.04%
Warwickshire -5 6 £375 +15.38%
Solihull +5 5 - -
Wolverhampton +1 2 £275 -
Herefordshire 0 2 £255 -34.19%
XML
England

XML
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands 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 88 (63.77%) .NET
2 84 (60.87%) C#
3 81 (58.70%) JavaScript
4 76 (55.07%) SQL
5 70 (50.72%) SQL Server
6 67 (48.55%) ASP.NET
7 59 (42.75%) CSS
8 58 (42.03%) jQuery
9 48 (34.78%) HTML
10 46 (33.33%) VB.NET
11 45 (32.61%) XSLT
12 44 (31.88%) Ajax
13 38 (27.54%) Web Services
14 33 (23.91%) HTML5
15 32 (23.19%) Java
16 31 (22.46%) Microsoft
17 30 (21.74%) SOA
18 28 (20.29%) Unit Testing
19 27 (19.57%) XHTML
20 26 (18.84%) CSS3
21 25 (18.12%) E-Commerce
22 23 (16.67%) N-Tier
23 22 (15.94%) SEO
23 22 (15.94%) .NET Framework
24 21 (15.22%) Degree
24 21 (15.22%) Oracle
25 18 (13.04%) Visual Studio
25 18 (13.04%) Web Application Development
26 17 (12.32%) SharePoint
26 17 (12.32%) Web Development

XML
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands 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 88 (63.77%) .NET
2 67 (48.55%) ASP.NET
3 59 (42.75%) CSS
4 58 (42.03%) jQuery
5 48 (34.78%) HTML
6 45 (32.61%) XSLT
7 44 (31.88%) Ajax
8 38 (27.54%) Web Services
9 33 (23.91%) HTML5
10 27 (19.57%) XHTML
11 26 (18.84%) CSS3
12 22 (15.94%) .NET Framework
13 14 (10.14%) JSON
13 14 (10.14%) WCF
14 12 (8.696%) ASP.NET MVC
15 8 (5.797%) WebSphere
16 7 (5.072%) ASP
16 7 (5.072%) J2EE
16 7 (5.072%) ASP.NET MVC 3
17 6 (4.348%) WinForms
Application Platforms
1 17 (12.32%) SharePoint
2 7 (5.072%) SharePoint Server
3 6 (4.348%) WebSphere Message Broker
4 4 (2.899%) ESB
4 4 (2.899%) SharePoint 2010
4 4 (2.899%) BizTalk Server
5 3 (2.174%) WebLogic
5 3 (2.174%) Tomcat
6 2 (1.449%) WebSphere Application Server
6 2 (1.449%) IIS
6 2 (1.449%) CMS
7 1 (0.725%) IBM HTTP Server
7 1 (0.725%) WebSphere Process Server
7 1 (0.725%) WebSphere MQ
7 1 (0.725%) Apache
7 1 (0.725%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 11 (7.971%) MS Excel
2 7 (5.072%) InfoPath
3 2 (1.449%) Spreadsheet
3 2 (1.449%) MS Office
4 1 (0.725%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 8 (5.797%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.725%) Oracle BPM
2 1 (0.725%) Oracle Financials
2 1 (0.725%) ENOVIA
Communications & Networking
1 6 (4.348%) HTTP
2 3 (2.174%) Internet
3 2 (1.449%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.725%) DNS
4 1 (0.725%) HTTPS
4 1 (0.725%) IIOP
4 1 (0.725%) SSL
4 1 (0.725%) IPv4
4 1 (0.725%) LDAP
4 1 (0.725%) VoIP
4 1 (0.725%) SMTP
4 1 (0.725%) DHCP
4 1 (0.725%) FTP
4 1 (0.725%) Firewall
4 1 (0.725%) Reverse Proxy
4 1 (0.725%) Asterisk PBX
4 1 (0.725%) RIP
4 1 (0.725%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 70 (50.72%) SQL Server
2 7 (5.072%) MySQL
3 6 (4.348%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 5 (3.623%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 4 (2.899%) SQL Server 2008
6 3 (2.174%) SQL Server 2005
6 3 (2.174%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (1.449%) OLTP
7 2 (1.449%) Oracle 8/8i
7 2 (1.449%) Oracle 11g
8 1 (0.725%) DB2
8 1 (0.725%) Oracle Reports
8 1 (0.725%) Oracle OWB
8 1 (0.725%) TOAD
Development Applications
1 18 (13.04%) Visual Studio
2 6 (4.348%) Subversion
2 6 (4.348%) JIRA
3 5 (3.623%) Team Foundation Server
4 3 (2.174%) MSBuild
4 3 (2.174%) Eclipse
5 2 (1.449%) Xcode
5 2 (1.449%) Jenkins
5 2 (1.449%) Mercurial
6 1 (0.725%) MSTest
6 1 (0.725%) Hudson
6 1 (0.725%) WiX
6 1 (0.725%) Appcelerator Titanium
6 1 (0.725%) Ant
6 1 (0.725%) SpecFlow
6 1 (0.725%) NUnit
6 1 (0.725%) CruiseControl
6 1 (0.725%) MSI
6 1 (0.725%) Selenium
6 1 (0.725%) Maven
General
1 11 (7.971%) Games
2 5 (3.623%) Automotive
2 5 (3.623%) Manufacturing
3 3 (2.174%) Telecoms
3 3 (2.174%) Finance
4 2 (1.449%) Marketing
5 1 (0.725%) Electronics
5 1 (0.725%) Publishing
5 1 (0.725%) Banking
5 1 (0.725%) Retail
5 1 (0.725%) Billing
Job Titles
1 105 (76.09%) Developer
2 46 (33.33%) .NET Developer
3 28 (20.29%) Web Developer
4 26 (18.84%) ASP.NET Developer
5 20 (14.49%) SQL Developer
6 19 (13.77%) .NET Web Developer
7 18 (13.04%) VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
7 18 (13.04%) VB.NET Developer
8 15 (10.87%) C# Developer
9 11 (7.971%) C# ASP.NET Developer
9 11 (7.971%) C# .NET Developer
10 10 (7.246%) Consultant
11 9 (6.522%) Architect
12 8 (5.797%) Programmer
13 6 (4.348%) Analyst
13 6 (4.348%) SharePoint Developer
14 5 (3.623%) WebSphere Developer
15 4 (2.899%) Flash Developer
15 4 (2.899%) JavaScript Developer
15 4 (2.899%) Lead Architect
Miscellaneous
1 23 (16.67%) N-Tier
2 5 (3.623%) Mobile App
3 4 (2.899%) Blackberry
4 3 (2.174%) WURFL
5 2 (1.449%) Computer Science
6 1 (0.725%) iPhone
6 1 (0.725%) DataPower
6 1 (0.725%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (0.725%) Open Source
6 1 (0.725%) Inversion of Control
6 1 (0.725%) iPad
6 1 (0.725%) Handset
6 1 (0.725%) IVR
6 1 (0.725%) Animation
6 1 (0.725%) Embedded Systems
6 1 (0.725%) W3C
Operating Systems
1 13 (9.420%) Windows
2 7 (5.072%) Apple iOS
3 6 (4.348%) UNIX
4 5 (3.623%) Linux
4 5 (3.623%) Android
5 4 (2.899%) Windows Mobile
6 3 (2.174%) BlackBerry OS
7 2 (1.449%) Windows 8
8 1 (0.725%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.725%) Windows Vista
8 1 (0.725%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (0.725%) CentOS
8 1 (0.725%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (21.74%) SOA
2 28 (20.29%) Unit Testing
3 25 (18.12%) E-Commerce
4 22 (15.94%) SEO
5 18 (13.04%) Web Application Development
6 17 (12.32%) Web Development
7 16 (11.59%) TDD
8 13 (9.420%) Document Management
8 13 (9.420%) OOP
9 11 (7.971%) OO
9 11 (7.971%) Release Management
10 10 (7.246%) CRM
10 10 (7.246%) Workflow
10 10 (7.246%) MVC
11 9 (6.522%) Business Intelligence
12 8 (5.797%) Agile Software Development
13 7 (5.072%) UML
14 6 (4.348%) Project Planning
15 5 (3.623%) Process Management
15 5 (3.623%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 84 (60.87%) C#
2 81 (58.70%) JavaScript
3 76 (55.07%) SQL
4 46 (33.33%) VB.NET
5 32 (23.19%) Java
6 9 (6.522%) PL/SQL
6 9 (6.522%) T-SQL
7 8 (5.797%) VB
8 7 (5.072%) PHP
9 6 (4.348%) Objective-C
10 4 (2.899%) ActionScript 3.0
10 4 (2.899%) ActionScript
11 3 (2.174%) XAML
12 2 (1.449%) VBScript
12 2 (1.449%) VBA
12 2 (1.449%) COBOL
12 2 (1.449%) J#
13 1 (0.725%) VB6
13 1 (0.725%) Jython
13 1 (0.725%) C++
Qualifications
1 21 (15.22%) Degree
2 6 (4.348%) Microsoft Certification
3 5 (3.623%) MCAD
3 5 (3.623%) MCSD
4 4 (2.899%) ISEB
5 3 (2.174%) ISTQB
6 2 (1.449%) Security Cleared
7 1 (0.725%) BC Cleared
7 1 (0.725%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.725%) ISEB Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.449%) QA
2 1 (0.725%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (0.725%) Active Directory
1 1 (0.725%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (0.725%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 31 (22.46%) Microsoft
2 21 (15.22%) Oracle
3 8 (5.797%) IBM
4 6 (4.348%) AccuRev
5 5 (3.623%) SAP
6 4 (2.899%) Pega
7 2 (1.449%) Sitecore
7 2 (1.449%) Apple
7 2 (1.449%) webMethods
7 2 (1.449%) Adobe
7 2 (1.449%) Macromedia
8 1 (0.725%) Red Hat
8 1 (0.725%) JBoss
8 1 (0.725%) Progress
8 1 (0.725%) Business Objects
8 1 (0.725%) VMware
8 1 (0.725%) KANA
8 1 (0.725%) Alterian
8 1 (0.725%) Lagan
8 1 (0.725%) Zend
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