The first table below looks at the demand for XML skills in IT contracts advertised for the Wiltshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited XML over the 3 months to 21 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 Wiltshire 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Extensible Markup Language (XML)
Rank 29 18 23
Rank change year-on-year
-11 +5
Contract jobs citing XML 21 39 23
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wiltshire 4.615% 6.280% 4.236%
As % of the Application Development category 19.44% 36.45% 21.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 25 6
Average daily rate £306 £325 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.76% -23.52%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £283 £240 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £403 £475 £488
UK excluding London average daily rate £335 £325 £325
% change year-on-year
+3.07% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 5
Average hourly rate - - £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £30.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+16.66% -14.28%
All Application Development
Wiltshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
108 107 107
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wiltshire 23.74% 17.23% 19.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 83 69 56
Average daily rate £325 £320 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.56% -8.57%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £253 £245 £210
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £475 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 7
Average hourly rate - £23.88 £35.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -32.74%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
XML
South West

XML
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wiltshire 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 Wiltshire region.

Wiltshire 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 Wiltshire region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Wiltshire 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 Wiltshire region.

Wiltshire 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 Wiltshire region over the 3 months to 21 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
Swindon -6 17 £306 -5.76%
Corsham -4 1 £300 -
XML
South West

XML
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wiltshire 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 27 (75.00%) C#
2 26 (72.22%) .NET
3 24 (66.67%) SQL
4 20 (55.56%) SQL Server
4 20 (55.56%) jQuery
5 16 (44.44%) Microsoft
6 15 (41.67%) JavaScript
6 15 (41.67%) Web Services
6 15 (41.67%) XSLT
6 15 (41.67%) WCF
7 12 (33.33%) Finance
7 12 (33.33%) ASP.NET
8 11 (30.56%) SharePoint
9 10 (27.78%) MS Excel
9 10 (27.78%) HTML
9 10 (27.78%) Scrum
9 10 (27.78%) Agile Software Development
9 10 (27.78%) JSON
10 9 (25.00%) .NET Framework
10 9 (25.00%) Unit Testing
10 9 (25.00%) Ajax
10 9 (25.00%) CSS
10 9 (25.00%) Windows
10 9 (25.00%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
11 8 (22.22%) Security Cleared
11 8 (22.22%) Team Foundation Server
12 7 (19.44%) Silverlight
12 7 (19.44%) Java
13 6 (16.67%) Oracle
13 6 (16.67%) Oracle Reports

XML
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wiltshire 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 26 (72.22%) .NET
2 20 (55.56%) jQuery
3 15 (41.67%) Web Services
3 15 (41.67%) XSLT
3 15 (41.67%) WCF
4 12 (33.33%) ASP.NET
5 10 (27.78%) HTML
5 10 (27.78%) JSON
6 9 (25.00%) .NET Framework
6 9 (25.00%) Ajax
6 9 (25.00%) CSS
6 9 (25.00%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
7 7 (19.44%) Silverlight
8 5 (13.89%) LINQ
9 4 (11.11%) J2EE
9 4 (11.11%) Middleware
9 4 (11.11%) Oracle Fusion
9 4 (11.11%) HTML5
10 3 (8.333%) OLE DB
10 3 (8.333%) ADO.NET
Application Platforms
1 11 (30.56%) SharePoint
2 6 (16.67%) SharePoint Server
2 6 (16.67%) SharePoint 2010
3 4 (11.11%) Oracle Workflow
3 4 (11.11%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 2 (5.556%) WebSphere Application Server
4 2 (5.556%) WebLogic
5 1 (2.778%) RabbitMQ
5 1 (2.778%) CMS
5 1 (2.778%) Jetty
5 1 (2.778%) Content Management Server
Applications
1 10 (27.78%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (11.11%) Oracle EBS R12
1 4 (11.11%) Oracle Applications
2 3 (8.333%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (5.556%) Maximo
4 1 (2.778%) Oracle Financials
Communications & Networking
1 3 (8.333%) Intranet
1 3 (8.333%) HTTP
2 2 (5.556%) LDAP
2 2 (5.556%) SSL
2 2 (5.556%) Firewall
2 2 (5.556%) Internet
3 1 (2.778%) TETRA
3 1 (2.778%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (55.56%) SQL Server
2 6 (16.67%) Oracle Reports
3 4 (11.11%) Oracle BI EE
4 2 (5.556%) DB2
5 1 (2.778%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 8 (22.22%) Team Foundation Server
2 6 (16.67%) Visual Studio
2 6 (16.67%) Subversion
3 4 (11.11%) Oracle Forms
General
1 12 (33.33%) Finance
2 3 (8.333%) Telecoms
2 3 (8.333%) Retail
3 1 (2.778%) Banking
3 1 (2.778%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 36 (100.00%) Developer
2 13 (36.11%) .NET Developer
3 6 (16.67%) SharePoint Developer
4 5 (13.89%) C# Developer
5 4 (11.11%) Front-End Developer
5 4 (11.11%) Oracle Developer
6 3 (8.333%) C# .NET Developer
6 3 (8.333%) Database Developer
6 3 (8.333%) Consultant
7 2 (5.556%) Web Developer
7 2 (5.556%) Front-End Web Developer
7 2 (5.556%) Maximo Developer
7 2 (5.556%) Maximo Specialist
7 2 (5.556%) Maximo Consultant
7 2 (5.556%) SQL Developer
8 1 (2.778%) C++ Developer
8 1 (2.778%) Oracle Applications Developer
8 1 (2.778%) Oracle Consultant
8 1 (2.778%) Oracle Technical Consultant
8 1 (2.778%) VB.NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (2.778%) iPad
1 1 (2.778%) Blog
1 1 (2.778%) Social Network
1 1 (2.778%) W3C
Operating Systems
1 9 (25.00%) Windows
2 1 (2.778%) Windows 7
2 1 (2.778%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (27.78%) Scrum
1 10 (27.78%) Agile Software Development
2 9 (25.00%) Unit Testing
3 5 (13.89%) Performance Management
3 5 (13.89%) ITIL
4 4 (11.11%) CRM
4 4 (11.11%) SOA
4 4 (11.11%) Business Intelligence
4 4 (11.11%) Workflow
4 4 (11.11%) Database Security
5 3 (8.333%) Release Management
5 3 (8.333%) Change Management
5 3 (8.333%) PRINCE2
6 2 (5.556%) Asset Management
6 2 (5.556%) Content Management
6 2 (5.556%) Service Management
6 2 (5.556%) MVC
7 1 (2.778%) Web Usability
7 1 (2.778%) Web Development
7 1 (2.778%) Security Management
Programming Languages
1 27 (75.00%) C#
2 24 (66.67%) SQL
3 15 (41.67%) JavaScript
4 7 (19.44%) Java
5 4 (11.11%) PL/SQL
6 3 (8.333%) T-SQL
7 2 (5.556%) VB
7 2 (5.556%) VB.NET
8 1 (2.778%) C
8 1 (2.778%) PHP
8 1 (2.778%) C++
Qualifications
1 8 (22.22%) Security Cleared
2 6 (16.67%) SC Cleared
3 3 (8.333%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (8.333%) OCP
3 3 (8.333%) Oracle Certification
3 3 (8.333%) MCDBA
4 1 (2.778%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (11.11%) ISO 9001
Systems Management
1 2 (5.556%) Tivoli
1 2 (5.556%) Netcool
Vendors
1 16 (44.44%) Microsoft
2 6 (16.67%) Oracle
3 3 (8.333%) Stellent
3 3 (8.333%) Hyperion
4 2 (5.556%) CA
4 2 (5.556%) IBM