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

LinkExtensible Hypertext Markup Language (XHTML)
Location
3 months to
3 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank911
Rank change on same period last yearUp+2
Matching contract IT job ads52
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.008 %0.002 %
As % of the category below26.32 %14.29 %
Daily rates quoted01
Average minimum daily rate-£160
Average daily rate-£160
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£160
UK excluding London average daily rate£265£258
% change on same period last year+2.66 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.16£27.57
% change on same period last year-16.00 %
Worcestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Worcestershire
Matching contract IT job ads1914
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.031 %0.015 %
Daily rates quoted35
Average minimum daily rate£303£225
Average daily rate£344£262
% change on same period last year+31.22 %
Average maximum daily rate£384£298
UK excluding London average daily rate£323£334
% change on same period last year-3.29 %
Hourly rates quoted43
Average minimum hourly rate£31.00£34.23
Average hourly rate£34.30£34.62
% change on same period last year-0.91 %
Average maximum hourly rate£37.60£35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.63£31.54
% change on same period last year-9.21 %
XHTML West MidlandsXHTML
West Midlands

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.

XHTML
Demand Trend

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

Worcestershire XHTML Demand Trend

XHTML
Daily Rate Trend

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

Worcestershire XHTML Daily Rate Trend

XHTML
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Worcestershire XHTML Hourly Rate Trend

XHTML
Top 18 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 3 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Worcestershire region citing XHTML 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 XHTML.

16 (100.00 %)JavaScript
16 (100.00 %)CSS
24 (66.67 %)Pharmaceutical
24 (66.67 %)Health
24 (66.67 %)E-Learning
24 (66.67 %)OOP
24 (66.67 %)Flash
24 (66.67 %)ActionScript
31 (16.67 %).NET
31 (16.67 %)MySQL
31 (16.67 %)PHP
31 (16.67 %)W3C
31 (16.67 %)XML
31 (16.67 %)AJAX
31 (16.67 %)PHP5
31 (16.67 %)PHP4
31 (16.67 %)HTML
31 (16.67 %)MVC

XHTML
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 3 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Worcestershire region citing XHTML 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 XHTML. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Worcestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
16 (100.00 %)CSS
21 (16.67 %)XML
21 (16.67 %)MVC
21 (16.67 %)AJAX
21 (16.67 %)HTML
21 (16.67 %).NET
Worcestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (16.67 %)MySQL
Worcestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
14 (66.67 %)Flash
Worcestershire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
14 (66.67 %)Pharmaceutical
14 (66.67 %)Health
Worcestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
16 (100.00 %)Developer
24 (66.67 %)Web Developer
31 (16.67 %)PHP Developer
Worcestershire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
14 (66.67 %)E-Learning
21 (16.67 %)W3C
Worcestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14 (66.67 %)OOP
Worcestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
16 (100.00 %)JavaScript
24 (66.67 %)ActionScript
31 (16.67 %)PHP5
31 (16.67 %)PHP4
31 (16.67 %)PHP