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The table below looks at the demand for Extensible Markup Language (XML) skills within the York 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
Rank1419
Rank change on same period last yearUp+5
Matching contract IT job ads316
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.005 %0.017 %
As % of the category below23.08 %24.62 %
Daily rates quoted01
Average minimum daily rate-£320
Average daily rate-£320
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£320
UK excluding London average daily rate£334£336
% change on same period last year-0.62 %
Hourly rates quoted11
Average minimum hourly rate£20.00£33.00
Average hourly rate£25.00£34.50
% change on same period last year-27.53 %
Average maximum hourly rate£30.00£36.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.95£32.24
% change on same period last year-3.99 %
York IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
York
Matching contract IT job ads1365
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.021 %0.071 %
Daily rates quoted116
Average minimum daily rate£400£354
Average daily rate£400£362
% change on same period last year+10.51 %
Average maximum daily rate£400£369
UK excluding London average daily rate£323£334
% change on same period last year-3.29 %
Hourly rates quoted22
Average minimum hourly rate£20.86£31.33
Average hourly rate£24.36£32.00
% change on same period last year-23.88 %
Average maximum hourly rate£27.86£32.67
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.63£31.54
% change on same period last year-9.21 %
XML North YorkshireXML
North Yorkshire

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 York region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

York 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 York region.

York 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 York region.

York XML Hourly Rate Trend

XML
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

16 (100.00 %).NET
25 (83.33 %)VB.NET
34 (66.67 %)ASP.NET
43 (50.00 %)C#
43 (50.00 %)HTML
43 (50.00 %)JavaScript
43 (50.00 %)SQL Server
43 (50.00 %)Microsoft
52 (33.33 %)ASP.NET 2.0
52 (33.33 %)Migration
52 (33.33 %)VB
52 (33.33 %)ADO.NET
52 (33.33 %)VB6
52 (33.33 %)VBA
52 (33.33 %)CSS
52 (33.33 %)SOAP
52 (33.33 %)XSLT
52 (33.33 %)UML
52 (33.33 %)OO
61 (16.67 %)SharePoint
61 (16.67 %)B2B
61 (16.67 %)B2C
61 (16.67 %)MFC
61 (16.67 %)SQL
61 (16.67 %)C++
61 (16.67 %)Document Management
61 (16.67 %)AJAX
61 (16.67 %)Pensions
61 (16.67 %).NET Framework
61 (16.67 %)SharePoint Server 2007

XML
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

York IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
16 (100.00 %).NET
24 (66.67 %)ASP.NET
33 (50.00 %)HTML
42 (33.33 %)ADO.NET
42 (33.33 %)CSS
42 (33.33 %)SOAP
42 (33.33 %)XSLT
42 (33.33 %)ASP.NET 2.0
51 (16.67 %)AJAX
51 (16.67 %).NET Framework
51 (16.67 %)MFC
York IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (16.67 %)SharePoint
11 (16.67 %)CMS
11 (16.67 %)SharePoint Server 2007
York IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (16.67 %)MS Office
York IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (50.00 %)SQL Server
York IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (16.67 %)Finance
11 (16.67 %)Health
11 (16.67 %)Pensions
York IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
16 (100.00 %)Developer
23 (50.00 %).NET Developer
32 (33.33 %)VB.NET Developer
41 (16.67 %)Microsoft Developer
41 (16.67 %)SharePoint Developer
41 (16.67 %)CSharp Software Developer
41 (16.67 %)C# Developer
41 (16.67 %)Web Developer
41 (16.67 %)Software Developer
York IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (33.33 %)UML
12 (33.33 %)OO
12 (33.33 %)Migration
21 (16.67 %)Document Management
21 (16.67 %)B2B
21 (16.67 %)B2C
21 (16.67 %)SEO
York IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
15 (83.33 %)VB.NET
23 (50.00 %)C#
23 (50.00 %)JavaScript
32 (33.33 %)VBA
32 (33.33 %)VB6
32 (33.33 %)VB
41 (16.67 %)SQL
41 (16.67 %)C++
York IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (16.67 %)Microsoft Certification
York IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (50.00 %)Microsoft