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This section looks at the demand for Extensible Markup Language (XML) skills within the Yorkshire 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 24 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkExtensible Markup Language (XML)
Location
3 months to 24 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank2017
Rank change on same period last yearDown-3
Matching contract IT job ads207199
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.276 %0.202 %
As % of the category below26.78 %26.22 %
Daily rates quoted3024
Average minimum daily rate£333£296
Average daily rate£355£316
% change on same period last year+12.40 %
Average maximum daily rate£376£335
UK excluding London average daily rate£336£338
% change on same period last year-0.65 %
Hourly rates quoted136
Average minimum hourly rate£31.54£15.88
Average hourly rate£34.81£17.13
% change on same period last year+103.15 %
Average maximum hourly rate£38.08£18.38
UK excluding London average hourly rate£34.21£33.02
% change on same period last year+3.61 %
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Yorkshire
Matching contract IT job ads773759
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.029 %0.769 %
Daily rates quoted13794
Average minimum daily rate£312£302
Average daily rate£328£319
% change on same period last year+2.61 %
Average maximum daily rate£344£336
UK excluding London average daily rate£340£335
% change on same period last year+1.50 %
Hourly rates quoted8437
Average minimum hourly rate£27.87£23.60
Average hourly rate£30.62£25.12
% change on same period last year+21.90 %
Average maximum hourly rate£33.37£26.63
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.66£33.10
% change on same period last year-1.32 %
XML EnglandXML
England

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

Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

Yorkshire XML Daily Rate Trend

XML
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing XML across the Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 24 July 2008.

Yorkshire XML Daily Rate Histogram

XML
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 24 July 2008.

Yorkshire XML Hourly Rate Histogram

XML
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing XML within the Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 24 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
West YorkshireDown-2135£364+10.70 %
South YorkshireUp+1026£308+2.67 %
North YorkshireDown-619£375+29.31 %
East YorkshireUp+711--
XML EnglandXML
England

XML
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Yorkshire 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.

1215 (54.57 %).NET
2174 (44.16 %)C#
3155 (39.34 %)HTML
4141 (35.79 %)SQL Server
5135 (34.26 %)ASP.NET
6109 (27.66 %)JavaScript
7105 (26.65 %)CSS
892 (23.35 %)WebServices
983 (21.07 %)SQL
1072 (18.27 %)Java
1165 (16.50 %)Finance
1260 (15.23 %)XSLT
1359 (14.97 %)Microsoft
1458 (14.72 %)Visual Studio
1556 (14.21 %)ASP
1556 (14.21 %)SQL Server 2005
1654 (13.71 %)UML
1751 (12.94 %)Windows
1849 (12.44 %)J2EE
1948 (12.18 %)Oracle
2039 (9.898 %)VB
2137 (9.391 %)E-Commerce
2236 (9.137 %)AJAX
2335 (8.883 %).NET Framework
2335 (8.883 %)JSP
2434 (8.629 %)OO
2434 (8.629 %)SQL Server 2000
2533 (8.376 %)XSL
2631 (7.868 %)VB.NET
2727 (6.853 %)Unit Testing

XML
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Yorkshire 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.

Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1215 (54.57 %).NET
2155 (39.34 %)HTML
3135 (34.26 %)ASP.NET
4105 (26.65 %)CSS
592 (23.35 %)WebServices
660 (15.23 %)XSLT
756 (14.21 %)ASP
849 (12.44 %)J2EE
936 (9.137 %)AJAX
1035 (8.883 %).NET Framework
1035 (8.883 %)JSP
1133 (8.376 %)XSL
1225 (6.345 %)SOAP
1324 (6.091 %)COM+
1324 (6.091 %)XHTML
1422 (5.584 %)ADO.NET
1519 (4.822 %)Hibernate
1618 (4.569 %)Struts
1618 (4.569 %)ASP.NET 2.0
1717 (4.315 %)Spring
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
126 (6.599 %)IIS
221 (5.330 %)CMS
320 (5.076 %)SharePoint
413 (3.299 %)BizTalk Server
413 (3.299 %)Lotus Notes
512 (3.046 %)Apache
611 (2.792 %)Lotus Domino
611 (2.792 %)WebSphere MQ
710 (2.538 %)ATG Dynamo
710 (2.538 %)WebSphere Message Broker
88 (2.030 %)SharePoint Server 2007
95 (1.269 %)TeamSite
95 (1.269 %)Commerce Server
104 (1.015 %)ColdFusion
104 (1.015 %)Tomcat
104 (1.015 %)OpenCms
113 (0.761 %)Commerce Server 2007
113 (0.761 %)ColdFusion MX
113 (0.761 %)WebLogic
122 (0.508 %)WebSphere Application Server
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
122 (5.584 %)MS Excel
212 (3.046 %)Photoshop
310 (2.538 %)Fireworks
44 (1.015 %)MS Office
53 (0.761 %)Adobe Illustrator
53 (0.761 %)MS Visio
53 (0.761 %)FreeHand
62 (0.508 %)MS Project
62 (0.508 %)InfoPath
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (0.254 %)BusinessWorks
11 (0.254 %)Dynamics CRM
11 (0.254 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
11 (0.254 %)TIBCO iProcess
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
124 (6.091 %)Internet
215 (3.807 %)HTTP
310 (2.538 %)TCP/IP
49 (2.284 %)VoIP
56 (1.523 %)Extranet
65 (1.269 %)LDAP
72 (0.508 %)TETRA
72 (0.508 %)SSH
72 (0.508 %)SAN
72 (0.508 %)Intranet
81 (0.254 %)ATM
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1141 (35.79 %)SQL Server
256 (14.21 %)SQL Server 2005
334 (8.629 %)SQL Server 2000
420 (5.076 %)SQL Server 7
517 (4.315 %)MySQL
610 (2.538 %)RDBMS
78 (2.030 %)DataStage
78 (2.030 %)MS Access
78 (2.030 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
87 (1.777 %)SQL Server Integration Services
95 (1.269 %)ETL
104 (1.015 %)Oracle 8/8i
113 (0.761 %)Oracle 10g
113 (0.761 %)Crystal Reports
122 (0.508 %)Datawarehouse
131 (0.254 %)DTS
131 (0.254 %)Data Mining
131 (0.254 %)Oracle Reports
131 (0.254 %)OLAP
131 (0.254 %)Oracle 9i
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
158 (14.72 %)Visual Studio
225 (6.345 %)Flash
322 (5.584 %)JUnit
413 (3.299 %)Visual Studio Team System
59 (2.284 %)HttpUnit
59 (2.284 %)Ant
59 (2.284 %)Eclipse
66 (1.523 %)Dreamweaver
75 (1.269 %)VSS/SourceSafe
84 (1.015 %)ClearCase
84 (1.015 %)NUnit
93 (0.761 %)QuickTest Pro
93 (0.761 %)InstallShield
102 (0.508 %)RequisitePro
102 (0.508 %)ClearQuest
102 (0.508 %)Oracle Forms
102 (0.508 %)WinRunner
102 (0.508 %)CheckStyle
111 (0.254 %)CruiseControl
111 (0.254 %)Subversion
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
165 (16.50 %)Finance
218 (4.569 %)Health
312 (3.046 %)Banking
410 (2.538 %)Retail
410 (2.538 %)Financial Institution
58 (2.030 %)Insurance
66 (1.523 %)Government
75 (1.269 %)Telecoms
75 (1.269 %)Pensions
75 (1.269 %)Marketing
84 (1.015 %)Publishing
93 (0.761 %)Back Office
93 (0.761 %)Graphic Design
102 (0.508 %)Education
102 (0.508 %)Legal
102 (0.508 %)Games
102 (0.508 %)Multimedia
102 (0.508 %)Billing
111 (0.254 %)International Banking
111 (0.254 %)Manufacturing
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1300 (76.14 %)Developer
2105 (26.65 %).NET Developer
367 (17.01 %)C# Developer
453 (13.45 %)Web Developer
534 (8.629 %)ASP.NET Developer
630 (7.614 %)Senior Developer
729 (7.360 %)Java Developer
729 (7.360 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
823 (5.838 %)Analyst
920 (5.076 %)J2EE Developer
1013 (3.299 %)Software Developer
1013 (3.299 %)Programmer
1112 (3.046 %).NET Web Developer
1211 (2.792 %)VB.NET Developer
1211 (2.792 %)SQL Developer
1211 (2.792 %)Software Engineer
1310 (2.538 %)Architect
1310 (2.538 %)Lead Developer
1310 (2.538 %)SQL Server Developer
1310 (2.538 %)PHP Developer
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
112 (3.046 %)W3C
211 (2.792 %)NHS
38 (2.030 %)E-Learning
47 (1.777 %)SCORM
55 (1.269 %)PDA
55 (1.269 %)RIA
64 (1.015 %)Computer Science
64 (1.015 %)EFT
73 (0.761 %)N-Tier
82 (0.508 %)Client/Server
82 (0.508 %)Thin Client
82 (0.508 %)NPfIT
82 (0.508 %)Fat Client
91 (0.254 %)Data Integration
91 (0.254 %)Copywriting
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
151 (12.94 %)Windows
219 (4.822 %)Linux
313 (3.299 %)UNIX
410 (2.538 %)AIX
410 (2.538 %)Solaris
55 (1.269 %)Windows XP
64 (1.015 %)Windows NT
72 (0.508 %)OS/390
72 (0.508 %)Windows Mobile
72 (0.508 %)Windows 2000
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
154 (13.71 %)UML
237 (9.391 %)E-Commerce
334 (8.629 %)OO
427 (6.853 %)Unit Testing
516 (4.061 %)Content Management
613 (3.299 %)Web Development
613 (3.299 %)Use Case
712 (3.046 %)SOA
811 (2.792 %)Agile Software Development
811 (2.792 %)Software Engineering
99 (2.284 %)Systems Analysis
99 (2.284 %)ERD
99 (2.284 %)Configuration Management
108 (2.030 %)RUP
117 (1.777 %)RAD
117 (1.777 %)OOD
117 (1.777 %)Identity Management
117 (1.777 %)Software Testing
126 (1.523 %)Enterprise Architecture
126 (1.523 %)Time Management
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1174 (44.16 %)C#
2109 (27.66 %)JavaScript
383 (21.07 %)SQL
472 (18.27 %)Java
539 (9.898 %)VB
631 (7.868 %)VB.NET
725 (6.345 %)DHTML
824 (6.091 %)PHP
923 (5.838 %)VBScript
1015 (3.807 %)C++
1112 (3.046 %)Transact-SQL
1112 (3.046 %)VB6
129 (2.284 %)ActionScript
138 (2.030 %)PL/SQL
138 (2.030 %)Delphi
138 (2.030 %)Perl
147 (1.777 %)C
156 (1.523 %)Shell Script
165 (1.269 %)XPath
173 (0.761 %)XAML
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
19 (2.284 %)Sun Certification
25 (1.269 %)Microsoft Certification
25 (1.269 %)Degree
31 (0.254 %)PRINCE2 Certification
31 (0.254 %)IBM Certification
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
17 (1.777 %)QA
22 (0.508 %)WAI
22 (0.508 %)HL7
31 (0.254 %)SNOMED CT
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
15 (1.269 %)Active Directory
23 (0.761 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
32 (0.508 %)Oracle RAC
32 (0.508 %)VMware Infrastructure
32 (0.508 %)Oracle RMAN
32 (0.508 %)NFS
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
159 (14.97 %)Microsoft
248 (12.18 %)Oracle
314 (3.553 %)IBM
413 (3.299 %)Lotus
510 (2.538 %)Sun
510 (2.538 %)ATG
64 (1.015 %)Adobe
64 (1.015 %)Macromedia
72 (0.508 %)BEA
72 (0.508 %)webMethods
72 (0.508 %)VMware
81 (0.254 %)Northgate
81 (0.254 %)Google
81 (0.254 %)Infor
81 (0.254 %)RedDot
81 (0.254 %)ESRI
81 (0.254 %)Geac
81 (0.254 %)Motorola
81 (0.254 %)Borland
81 (0.254 %)Red Hat
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