The first table below looks at the demand for XML skills in IT contracts advertised for the Wilmslow region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited XML over the 3 months to 17 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 Wilmslow 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Extensible Markup Language (XML)
Rank - 1 -
Contract jobs citing XML 0 2 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wilmslow - 66.67% -
As % of the Application Development category - 100.00% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 0
Average daily rate - £293 -
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
Wilmslow
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
0 2 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wilmslow - 66.67% 50.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 2
Average daily rate - £285 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -28.75%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
XML
Cheshire

XML
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wilmslow 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 Wilmslow region.

Wilmslow XML Daily Rate Trend

XML
Top 18 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wilmslow 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 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) HTML
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) IIS
1 1 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 1 (100.00%) CSS
1 1 (100.00%) DSDM
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) Extreme Programming
1 1 (100.00%) Agile Software Development
1 1 (100.00%) TDD
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server 2005
1 1 (100.00%) Kanban
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server 2008
1 1 (100.00%) Team Foundation Server

XML
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wilmslow 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 1 (100.00%) HTML
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 1 (100.00%) CSS
Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) IIS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server 2005
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Team Foundation Server
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Team Leader
1 1 (100.00%) Development Team Leader
1 1 (100.00%) .NET Team Leader
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) DSDM
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) Extreme Programming
1 1 (100.00%) Agile Software Development
1 1 (100.00%) TDD
1 1 (100.00%) Kanban
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript