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The table below looks at the demand for Extensible Markup Language (XML) skills within the Worcester region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited XML over the 3 months to 3 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkExtensible Markup Language (XML)
Location
3 months to
3 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank26
Rank change on same period last yearUp+4
Matching contract IT job ads43
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.006 %0.003 %
As % of the category below57.14 %33.33 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£334£336
% change on same period last year-0.62 %
Hourly rates quoted22
Average minimum hourly rate£32.50£35.00
Average hourly rate£35.75£35.00
% change on same period last year+2.14 %
Average maximum hourly rate£39.00£35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.95£32.24
% change on same period last year-3.99 %
Worcester IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Worcester
Matching contract IT job ads79
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.011 %0.010 %
Daily rates quoted24
Average minimum daily rate£283£187
Average daily rate£346£220
% change on same period last year+57.38 %
Average maximum daily rate£410£253
UK excluding London average daily rate£323£334
% change on same period last year-3.29 %
Hourly rates quoted22
Average minimum hourly rate£31.67£35.00
Average hourly rate£35.50£35.00
% change on same period last year+1.42 %
Average maximum hourly rate£39.33£35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.63£31.54
% change on same period last year-9.21 %
XML WorcestershireXML
Worcestershire

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.

XML
Demand Trend

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

Worcester XML Demand Trend

XML
Daily Rate Trend

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

Worcester XML Daily Rate Trend

XML
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Worcester XML Hourly Rate Trend

XML
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing XML across the Worcester region over the 3 months to 3 December 2008.

Worcester XML Hourly Rate Histogram

XML
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 3 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Worcester 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.

14 (57.14 %)JavaScript
14 (57.14 %)SQL
14 (57.14 %)Transact-SQL
14 (57.14 %)VB
14 (57.14 %).NET
14 (57.14 %)SQL Server
14 (57.14 %)ASP
14 (57.14 %)ASP.NET
14 (57.14 %)CSS
14 (57.14 %)C#
14 (57.14 %)HTML
14 (57.14 %)MS Excel
14 (57.14 %)Microsoft
14 (57.14 %)Intranet
14 (57.14 %)Internet
14 (57.14 %)SQL Server 2000
14 (57.14 %)Retail
14 (57.14 %)SQL Server 2005
23 (42.86 %)Quality Management
23 (42.86 %)SUSE
23 (42.86 %)Fedora
23 (42.86 %)CORBA
23 (42.86 %)TDD
23 (42.86 %)ClearCase
23 (42.86 %)Linux
23 (42.86 %)UML
23 (42.86 %)XSLT
23 (42.86 %)Multithreading
32 (28.57 %)Software Engineering
32 (28.57 %)OO

XML
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 3 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Worcester 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.

Worcester IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
14 (57.14 %)HTML
14 (57.14 %).NET
14 (57.14 %)ASP
14 (57.14 %)ASP.NET
14 (57.14 %)CSS
23 (42.86 %)XSLT
23 (42.86 %)CORBA
31 (14.29 %)JNI
Worcester IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
14 (57.14 %)MS Excel
Worcester IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
14 (57.14 %)Intranet
14 (57.14 %)Internet
Worcester IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
14 (57.14 %)SQL Server
14 (57.14 %)SQL Server 2000
14 (57.14 %)SQL Server 2005
Worcester IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
13 (42.86 %)ClearCase
Worcester IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
14 (57.14 %)Retail
Worcester IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
14 (57.14 %).NET Developer
23 (42.86 %)Software Engineer
31 (14.29 %)Developer
31 (14.29 %)C# Developer
31 (14.29 %)C++ Software Engineer
31 (14.29 %)ASP.NET Developer
31 (14.29 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
Worcester IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
13 (42.86 %)Multithreading
Worcester IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
13 (42.86 %)Linux
13 (42.86 %)SUSE
13 (42.86 %)Fedora
21 (14.29 %)UNIX
Worcester IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (42.86 %)UML
13 (42.86 %)Quality Management
13 (42.86 %)TDD
22 (28.57 %)Software Engineering
22 (28.57 %)OO
Worcester IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
14 (57.14 %)JavaScript
14 (57.14 %)SQL
14 (57.14 %)Transact-SQL
14 (57.14 %)VB
14 (57.14 %)C#
22 (28.57 %)C++
22 (28.57 %)Java
Worcester IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
14 (57.14 %)Microsoft