West Midlands XSLT Contracts

This section looks at the demand for XSL Transformations (XSLT) skills within the West Midlands region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited XSLT over the 3 months to 24 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

XSL Transformations (XSLT)
Location Alderley Edge Aylesbury Bath Belfast Berkshire Birmingham Bradford Bridgend Brighton Bristol Buckinghamshire Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Cheshire Chester City of London County Antrim Coventry Croydon Docklands, London Dorset East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Sussex Edinburgh England Essex Gatwick Glasgow Guildford Halifax Hammersmith Hampshire Hertfordshire Home Counties Kent Lancashire Leamington Spa Leeds Lincoln Lincolnshire Linlithgow Liverpool London Luton Macclesfield Manchester Merseyside Middlesbrough Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Norfolk North East North West North Yorkshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Nuneaton Oxford Oxfordshire Peterborough Poole Portsmouth Preston Reading Scotland Shropshire Slough Solihull Somerset South Coast South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Southport Stevenage Sunbury-on-Thames Sunderland Surrey Swansea Telford Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Wales Warrington Warwickshire Wells West Lothian West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Wiltshire Woking Wolverhampton Yorkshire	3 months to 24 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	88	78
Rank change on same period last year	-10
Matching contract IT job ads	34	50
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.045 %	0.051 %
As % of the category below	4.558 %	7.342 %
Daily rates quoted	9	8
Average minimum daily rate	£376	£283
Average daily rate	£389	£298
% change on same period last year	+30.54 %
Average maximum daily rate	£403	£313
UK excluding London average daily rate	£391	£371
% change on same period last year	+5.18 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	2
Average minimum hourly rate	-	£25.00
Average hourly rate	-	£29.25
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	£33.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£30.13	£33.97
% change on same period last year	-11.31 %
Application Development West Midlands
Matching contract IT job ads	746	681
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.993 %	0.690 %
Daily rates quoted	161	124
Average minimum daily rate	£298	£292
Average daily rate	£316	£308
% change on same period last year	+2.50 %
Average maximum daily rate	£333	£323
UK excluding London average daily rate	£340	£335
% change on same period last year	+1.50 %
Hourly rates quoted	25	52
Average minimum hourly rate	£28.19	£31.18
Average hourly rate	£30.07	£33.56
% change on same period last year	-10.40 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£31.94	£35.93
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£32.66	£33.10
% change on same period last year	-1.32 %
XSLT England

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.

XSLT
Demand Trend

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

XSLT
Daily Rate Trend

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

XSLT
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing XSLT across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 24 July 2008.

XSLT
Hourly Rate Trend

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

XSLT
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing XSLT within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 24 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
Birmingham	+7	9	£450	+58.82 %
Warwickshire	+12	9	-	-
Solihull	+4	5	-	-
Wolverhampton	-	4	£290	-
Shropshire	-9	4	£350	-
Coventry	-21	1	£400	+23.07 %

XSLT England

XSLT
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing XSLT 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 XSLT.

1 51 (75.00 %) XML 2 31 (45.59 %) .NET 3 26 (38.24 %) SQL Server 4 23 (33.82 %) ASP.NET 5 22 (32.35 %) C# 5 22 (32.35 %) WebServices 6 19 (27.94 %) CSS 7 18 (26.47 %) Windows 8 17 (25.00 %) JavaScript 9 16 (23.53 %) OO 9 16 (23.53 %) XSD 9 16 (23.53 %) UML 10 15 (22.06 %) XHTML 10 15 (22.06 %) HTML 11 13 (19.12 %) JMS

12 12 (17.65 %) SQL 12 12 (17.65 %) VB.NET 12 12 (17.65 %) SOA 12 12 (17.65 %) AJAX 13 11 (16.18 %) J2EE 14 10 (14.71 %) Java 14 10 (14.71 %) Dreamweaver 14 10 (14.71 %) SQL Server 2005 14 10 (14.71 %) WebSphere 15 9 (13.24 %) BizTalk Server 15 9 (13.24 %) C++ 15 9 (13.24 %) JUnit 16 8 (11.76 %) EAI 16 8 (11.76 %) EJB 16 8 (11.76 %) SOAP

XSLT
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing XSLT 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 XSLT. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 51 (75.00 %) XML 2 31 (45.59 %) .NET 3 23 (33.82 %) ASP.NET 4 22 (32.35 %) WebServices 5 19 (27.94 %) CSS 6 16 (23.53 %) XSD 7 15 (22.06 %) HTML 7 15 (22.06 %) XHTML 8 13 (19.12 %) JMS 9 12 (17.65 %) AJAX 10 11 (16.18 %) J2EE 11 10 (14.71 %) WebSphere 12 8 (11.76 %) .NET Framework 12 8 (11.76 %) EJB 12 8 (11.76 %) SOAP 13 7 (10.29 %) DOM 13 7 (10.29 %) JDBC 13 7 (10.29 %) JSP 13 7 (10.29 %) Servlets 13 7 (10.29 %) Hibernate	Application Platforms 1 9 (13.24 %) BizTalk Server 2 7 (10.29 %) WebSphere Application Server 3 4 (5.882 %) IIS 4 3 (4.412 %) WebSphere MQ 4 3 (4.412 %) WebSphere Message Broker 5 2 (2.941 %) Oracle Workflow 5 2 (2.941 %) Apache 6 1 (1.471 %) MTS
Applications 1 2 (2.941 %) MS Excel 2 1 (1.471 %) InfoPath 2 1 (1.471 %) Photoshop 2 1 (1.471 %) MS Office	Communications & Networking 1 1 (1.471 %) HTTP 1 1 (1.471 %) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence 1 26 (38.24 %) SQL Server 2 10 (14.71 %) SQL Server 2005 3 6 (8.824 %) SQL Server 2000 4 2 (2.941 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 4 2 (2.941 %) Oracle 8/8i 4 2 (2.941 %) RDBMS 4 2 (2.941 %) Oracle 10g 5 1 (1.471 %) SQL Server 7 5 1 (1.471 %) MS Access	Development Applications 1 10 (14.71 %) Dreamweaver 2 9 (13.24 %) JUnit 3 8 (11.76 %) Flash 4 6 (8.824 %) Ant 5 4 (5.882 %) WebSphere Studio Application Developer 5 4 (5.882 %) Eclipse 6 3 (4.412 %) Visual Studio 6 3 (4.412 %) CruiseControl 7 1 (1.471 %) StarTeam 7 1 (1.471 %) Visual Studio Team System 7 1 (1.471 %) NUnit 7 1 (1.471 %) Oracle Forms
General 1 5 (7.353 %) Finance 1 5 (7.353 %) Pensions 2 3 (4.412 %) Graphic Design 3 2 (2.941 %) Government 4 1 (1.471 %) Health 4 1 (1.471 %) Games 4 1 (1.471 %) Banking 4 1 (1.471 %) Telecoms 4 1 (1.471 %) International Banking	Job Titles 1 62 (91.18 %) Developer 2 22 (32.35 %) .NET Developer 3 12 (17.65 %) Lead Developer 4 11 (16.18 %) C# Developer 5 9 (13.24 %) Web Developer 6 8 (11.76 %) J2EE Developer 7 4 (5.882 %) Java Developer 8 3 (4.412 %) Consultant 8 3 (4.412 %) Web Designer 8 3 (4.412 %) BizTalk Developer 8 3 (4.412 %) BizTalk Consultant 8 3 (4.412 %) Java/J2EE Developer 8 3 (4.412 %) WebSphere Developer 9 2 (2.941 %) Graphic Designer 9 2 (2.941 %) JSP Developer 9 2 (2.941 %) ASP.NET Developer 9 2 (2.941 %) VB.NET Developer 9 2 (2.941 %) Applications Developer 10 1 (1.471 %) Analyst Programmer 10 1 (1.471 %) Programmer
Miscellaneous 1 6 (8.824 %) W3C 2 3 (4.412 %) E-Learning 2 3 (4.412 %) N-Tier 2 3 (4.412 %) NHS 3 1 (1.471 %) Client/Server 3 1 (1.471 %) Streaming Media 3 1 (1.471 %) Mathematics 3 1 (1.471 %) Computer Science	Operating Systems 1 18 (26.47 %) Windows 2 4 (5.882 %) UNIX 3 2 (2.941 %) Linux 4 1 (1.471 %) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies 1 16 (23.53 %) OO 1 16 (23.53 %) UML 2 12 (17.65 %) SOA 3 8 (11.76 %) EAI 4 7 (10.29 %) OOD 5 5 (7.353 %) Scrum 5 5 (7.353 %) Web Development 6 3 (4.412 %) Agile Software Development 6 3 (4.412 %) RAD 7 2 (2.941 %) Workflow 7 2 (2.941 %) Unit Testing 7 2 (2.941 %) SC Cleared 7 2 (2.941 %) Security Cleared 7 2 (2.941 %) OOA/OOD 8 1 (1.471 %) Integration Testing 8 1 (1.471 %) Continuous Integration 8 1 (1.471 %) Network Load Balancing 8 1 (1.471 %) Use Case 8 1 (1.471 %) Usability Testing 8 1 (1.471 %) Stakeholder Management	Programming Languages 1 22 (32.35 %) C# 2 17 (25.00 %) JavaScript 3 12 (17.65 %) SQL 3 12 (17.65 %) VB.NET 4 10 (14.71 %) Java 5 9 (13.24 %) C++ 6 7 (10.29 %) VB 7 6 (8.824 %) ActionScript 7 6 (8.824 %) VB6 8 5 (7.353 %) VBScript 9 4 (5.882 %) C 10 3 (4.412 %) COBOL 10 3 (4.412 %) PL/SQL 10 3 (4.412 %) XAML 11 2 (2.941 %) VBA 11 2 (2.941 %) Transact-SQL 11 2 (2.941 %) DHTML 12 1 (1.471 %) PHP 12 1 (1.471 %) PHP5 12 1 (1.471 %) C++/CLI
Qualifications 1 1 (1.471 %) MCAD 1 1 (1.471 %) MCSE 1 1 (1.471 %) Microsoft Certification 1 1 (1.471 %) Sun Certification 1 1 (1.471 %) SCJP 1 1 (1.471 %) Degree 1 1 (1.471 %) SCJA	System Software 1 1 (1.471 %) AquaLogic
Systems Management 1 3 (4.412 %) MIIS	Vendors 1 6 (8.824 %) Oracle 2 4 (5.882 %) Microsoft 3 2 (2.941 %) Adobe 4 1 (1.471 %) Sun 4 1 (1.471 %) Citrix 4 1 (1.471 %) Borland 4 1 (1.471 %) Red Hat 4 1 (1.471 %) webMethods 4 1 (1.471 %) Infragistics 4 1 (1.471 %) IBM