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This section looks at the demand for Extensible Stylesheet Language (XSL) 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 XSL over the 3 months to 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkExtensible Stylesheet Language (XSL)
Location
3 months to
21 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank107139
Rank change on same period last yearUp+32
Matching contract IT job ads196
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.025 %0.006 %
As % of the category below2.273 %0.665 %
Daily rates quoted40
Average minimum daily rate£288-
Average daily rate£301-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£315-
UK excluding London average daily rate£356£349
% change on same period last year+1.93 %
Hourly rates quoted21
Average minimum hourly rate£32.50£21.30
Average hourly rate£35.00£21.30
% change on same period last year+64.30 %
Average maximum hourly rate£37.50£21.30
UK excluding London average hourly rate£39.78£24.29
% change on same period last year+63.74 %
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Yorkshire
Matching contract IT job ads836902
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.103 %0.898 %
Daily rates quoted140143
Average minimum daily rate£304£316
Average daily rate£325£331
% change on same period last year-1.95 %
Average maximum daily rate£346£347
UK excluding London average daily rate£338£337
% change on same period last year+0.48 %
Hourly rates quoted9161
Average minimum hourly rate£27.98£27.77
Average hourly rate£30.68£29.23
% change on same period last year+4.96 %
Average maximum hourly rate£33.38£30.69
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.73£33.29
% change on same period last year-1.67 %
XSL EnglandXSL
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.

XSL
Demand Trend

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

Yorkshire XSL Demand Trend

XSL
Daily Rate Trend

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

Yorkshire XSL Daily Rate Trend

XSL
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing XSL across the Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 21 August 2008.

Yorkshire XSL Daily Rate Histogram

XSL
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Yorkshire XSL Hourly Rate Trend

XSL
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing XSL across the Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 21 August 2008.

Yorkshire XSL Hourly Rate Histogram

XSL
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing XSL within the Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 21 August 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 YorkshireUp+1814£252-
South YorkshireDown-11£450-
XSL EnglandXSL
England

XSL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Yorkshire region citing XSL 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 XSL.

133 (97.06 %)XML
224 (70.59 %).NET
323 (67.65 %)JavaScript
419 (55.88 %)C#
419 (55.88 %)HTML
514 (41.18 %)Finance
514 (41.18 %)E-Commerce
613 (38.24 %)CSS
711 (32.35 %)ASP
711 (32.35 %)SQL Server
711 (32.35 %)Perl
711 (32.35 %)CMS
88 (23.53 %)TeamSite
88 (23.53 %)ASP.NET
88 (23.53 %)JSP
97 (20.59 %)Java
97 (20.59 %)UML
106 (17.65 %)Internet
115 (14.71 %)Fireworks
115 (14.71 %)W3C
115 (14.71 %)WebServices
115 (14.71 %)Photoshop
124 (11.76 %)Windows
124 (11.76 %)Microsoft
124 (11.76 %)Flash
124 (11.76 %)Commerce Server
124 (11.76 %)BizTalk Server
124 (11.76 %)Financial Institution
124 (11.76 %)SQL Server 2005
124 (11.76 %)OpenCms

XSL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Yorkshire region citing XSL 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 XSL. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
133 (97.06 %)XML
224 (70.59 %).NET
319 (55.88 %)HTML
413 (38.24 %)CSS
511 (32.35 %)ASP
68 (23.53 %)ASP.NET
68 (23.53 %)JSP
75 (14.71 %)WebServices
84 (11.76 %)ASP.NET 2.0
93 (8.824 %)AJAX
93 (8.824 %)XHTML
93 (8.824 %)XML Schema
102 (5.882 %)ADO.NET
102 (5.882 %).NET Framework
111 (2.941 %)Spring
111 (2.941 %)Hibernate
111 (2.941 %)XSLT
111 (2.941 %)SOAP
111 (2.941 %)JDBC
111 (2.941 %)J2EE
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
111 (32.35 %)CMS
28 (23.53 %)TeamSite
34 (11.76 %)Commerce Server
34 (11.76 %)BizTalk Server
34 (11.76 %)OpenCms
34 (11.76 %)Commerce Server 2007
42 (5.882 %)SharePoint
42 (5.882 %)Apache
42 (5.882 %)Tomcat
51 (2.941 %)Community Server
51 (2.941 %)IIS
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
15 (14.71 %)Fireworks
15 (14.71 %)Photoshop
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
16 (17.65 %)Internet
22 (5.882 %)TETRA
31 (2.941 %)VoIP
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
111 (32.35 %)SQL Server
24 (11.76 %)SQL Server 2005
32 (5.882 %)MySQL
32 (5.882 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
41 (2.941 %)Oracle 9i
41 (2.941 %)Oracle 10g
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
14 (11.76 %)Flash
23 (8.824 %)Visual Studio
31 (2.941 %)InstallShield
31 (2.941 %)Eclipse
31 (2.941 %)Ant
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
114 (41.18 %)Finance
24 (11.76 %)Financial Institution
32 (5.882 %)Telecoms
41 (2.941 %)Marketing
41 (2.941 %)Banking
41 (2.941 %)Retail
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
131 (91.18 %)Developer
215 (44.12 %)Web Developer
34 (11.76 %)Senior Developer
34 (11.76 %)Web Designer
43 (8.824 %).NET Developer
52 (5.882 %)BizTalk Developer
61 (2.941 %)Java/J2EE Developer
61 (2.941 %)GUI Developer
61 (2.941 %)C# Developer
61 (2.941 %)J2EE Developer
61 (2.941 %)VB.NET Developer
61 (2.941 %)VB Developer
61 (2.941 %)JavaScript Developer
61 (2.941 %)ASP Developer
61 (2.941 %)SQL Developer
61 (2.941 %)SQL Server Developer
61 (2.941 %)PHP Developer
61 (2.941 %)Architect
61 (2.941 %)Solutions Architect
61 (2.941 %)Java Developer
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
15 (14.71 %)W3C
21 (2.941 %)Copywriting
21 (2.941 %)Fat Client
21 (2.941 %)Thin Client
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
14 (11.76 %)Windows
14 (11.76 %)Windows Server 2008
22 (5.882 %)Linux
22 (5.882 %)UNIX
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
114 (41.18 %)E-Commerce
27 (20.59 %)UML
34 (11.76 %)User Acceptance Testing
42 (5.882 %)B2C
42 (5.882 %)Content Management
51 (2.941 %)Web Development
51 (2.941 %)Agile Software Development
51 (2.941 %)Stakeholder Management
51 (2.941 %)OO
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
123 (67.65 %)JavaScript
219 (55.88 %)C#
311 (32.35 %)Perl
47 (20.59 %)Java
53 (8.824 %)SQL
62 (5.882 %)Transact-SQL
62 (5.882 %)PHP
62 (5.882 %)PL/SQL
62 (5.882 %)C
71 (2.941 %)VB
71 (2.941 %)VB.NET
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
14 (11.76 %)Microsoft
23 (8.824 %)Oracle
31 (2.941 %)Motorola