The first table below looks at the demand for XML skills in IT contracts advertised for the West Sussex 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 Sussex 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 29 23 24
Rank change year-on-year
-6 +1
Contract jobs citing XML 14 35 29
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Sussex 3.704% 5.426% 6.621%
As % of the Application Development category 15.91% 22.58% 33.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 19 21
Average daily rate £355 £310 £313
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+14.51% -0.80%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £343 £275 £228
10% offered a daily rate of more than £430 £500 £324
UK excluding London average daily rate £335 £325 £325
% change year-on-year
+3.07% -
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
West Sussex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
88 155 86
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Sussex 23.28% 24.03% 19.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 55 103 49
Average daily rate £400 £350 £305
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+14.28% +14.75%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £325 £258 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £453 £350
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 0 5
Average hourly rate £40.00 - £50.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
XML
South East

XML
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Sussex 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 Sussex region.

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

West Sussex 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 Sussex region.

West Sussex 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 Sussex 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
Crawley +10 10 £355 +18.33%
Horsham -1 2 - -
XML
South East

XML
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Sussex 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 15 (51.72%) SQL
1 15 (51.72%) Web Services
2 13 (44.83%) SOAP
2 13 (44.83%) C#
3 12 (41.38%) .NET
4 11 (37.93%) SQL Server
5 10 (34.48%) Java
6 8 (27.59%) T-SQL
7 7 (24.14%) ASP.NET
7 7 (24.14%) WCF
7 7 (24.14%) ASP.NET MVC
8 6 (20.69%) SQL Server 2008
8 6 (20.69%) Agile Software Development
8 6 (20.69%) HTML
8 6 (20.69%) Microsoft
9 5 (17.24%) SOA
9 5 (17.24%) WSDL
9 5 (17.24%) SAP
9 5 (17.24%) .NET Framework
9 5 (17.24%) ASP.NET MVC 3
9 5 (17.24%) Razor View Engine
10 4 (13.79%) Data Architecture
10 4 (13.79%) Smart Meter
10 4 (13.79%) ESB
10 4 (13.79%) QA
10 4 (13.79%) TDD
10 4 (13.79%) JavaScript
10 4 (13.79%) MS Excel
10 4 (13.79%) XSLT
10 4 (13.79%) IBM

XML
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Sussex 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 15 (51.72%) Web Services
2 13 (44.83%) SOAP
3 12 (41.38%) .NET
4 7 (24.14%) ASP.NET
4 7 (24.14%) WCF
4 7 (24.14%) ASP.NET MVC
5 6 (20.69%) HTML
6 5 (17.24%) WSDL
6 5 (17.24%) .NET Framework
6 5 (17.24%) ASP.NET MVC 3
6 5 (17.24%) Razor View Engine
7 4 (13.79%) XSLT
8 3 (10.34%) XML Schema
8 3 (10.34%) WS-I
8 3 (10.34%) JDBC
8 3 (10.34%) XSD
8 3 (10.34%) XSL
9 2 (6.897%) EJB
9 2 (6.897%) CSS
9 2 (6.897%) Ajax
Application Platforms
1 4 (13.79%) ESB
2 3 (10.34%) MQSeries
3 2 (6.897%) FileNet
3 2 (6.897%) CMS
3 2 (6.897%) Mule
4 1 (3.448%) Sitecore CMS
4 1 (3.448%) Umbraco
4 1 (3.448%) SharePoint Server
4 1 (3.448%) SharePoint
4 1 (3.448%) BizTalk Server
4 1 (3.448%) IIS
Applications
1 4 (13.79%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.448%) HTTP
1 1 (3.448%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (37.93%) SQL Server
2 6 (20.69%) SQL Server 2008
3 3 (10.34%) Crystal Reports
3 3 (10.34%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 3 (10.34%) Eclipse
1 3 (10.34%) XMLSpy
1 3 (10.34%) Git (software)
2 1 (3.448%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (3.448%) Subversion
General
1 3 (10.34%) Finance
2 1 (3.448%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 20 (68.97%) Developer
2 5 (17.24%) Senior Developer
2 5 (17.24%) C# Developer
2 5 (17.24%) XML Developer
3 4 (13.79%) Systems Developer
3 4 (13.79%) Senior Systems Developer
4 3 (10.34%) C# Software Engineer
4 3 (10.34%) Software Engineer
4 3 (10.34%) Analyst
4 3 (10.34%) Designer
5 2 (6.897%) Consultant
5 2 (6.897%) SOA Designer
5 2 (6.897%) webMethods Consultant
5 2 (6.897%) Technical Leader
5 2 (6.897%) Architect
5 2 (6.897%) Java Developer
5 2 (6.897%) .NET Developer
5 2 (6.897%) Analyst Developer
6 1 (3.448%) Test Engineer
6 1 (3.448%) Senior .NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (13.79%) Smart Meter
2 3 (10.34%) EFT
3 1 (3.448%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 3 (10.34%) Solaris
1 3 (10.34%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (20.69%) Agile Software Development
2 5 (17.24%) SOA
3 4 (13.79%) TDD
3 4 (13.79%) Data Architecture
4 3 (10.34%) Business Analysis
4 3 (10.34%) Integration Testing
4 3 (10.34%) EAI
4 3 (10.34%) ITIL
4 3 (10.34%) PRINCE2
4 3 (10.34%) UML
4 3 (10.34%) OO
5 2 (6.897%) Data Modelling
5 2 (6.897%) Scrum
5 2 (6.897%) Service Delivery
5 2 (6.897%) MVC
5 2 (6.897%) Use Case
5 2 (6.897%) Unit Testing
6 1 (3.448%) Migration
6 1 (3.448%) B2B
6 1 (3.448%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 15 (51.72%) SQL
2 13 (44.83%) C#
3 10 (34.48%) Java
4 8 (27.59%) T-SQL
5 4 (13.79%) JavaScript
6 3 (10.34%) C++
6 3 (10.34%) VB.NET
7 1 (3.448%) VB6
7 1 (3.448%) VB
Qualifications
1 3 (10.34%) Degree
2 2 (6.897%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (3.448%) MCP
3 1 (3.448%) MCSD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (13.79%) QA
Vendors
1 6 (20.69%) Microsoft
2 5 (17.24%) SAP
3 4 (13.79%) IBM
4 3 (10.34%) webMethods
5 2 (6.897%) Google
6 1 (3.448%) Sitecore
6 1 (3.448%) Software AG
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