XML Contracts in the South East

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for XML skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited XML over the 3 months to 26 June 2017 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

Note that daily and hourly rates are treated separately in these statistics. When calculating contractor rate percentiles, daily rates are never derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

XML England / South East
Location	3 months to 26 Jun 2017	Same period 2016	Same period 2015
Rank	61	40	37
Rank change year-on-year	-21	-3
Contract jobs citing XML	262	396	447
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East	3.36%	4.49%	4.73%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category	12.31%	16.80%	18.57%
Number of daily rates quoted	180	253	270
Median daily rate	£449	£400	£375
Median daily rate % change year-on-year	+12.12%	+6.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than	£325	£271	£250
10% offered a daily rate of more than	£538	£500	£500
UK excluding London median daily rate	£405	£400	£375
% change year-on-year	+1.25%	+6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted	8	15	2
Median hourly rate	£40.00	£45.00	£15.50
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year	-11.11%	+190.32%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than	£11.93	£18.40	£13.90
10% offered a hourly rate of more than	£46.00	£59.31	£17.10
UK excluding London median hourly rate	£40.00	£33.00	£37.45
% change year-on-year	+21.21%	-11.88%

XML is in the industry standards, technical specifications and software library and framework skills category. The next table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for industry standards, technical specifications and software library and framework skills.

Contract Software Library & Framework Skills South East
Contract job vacancies with a requirement for industry standards, technical specifications and software library and framework skills	2129	2357	2407
As % of all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the South East	27.32%	26.73%	25.46%
Number of daily rates quoted	1359	1512	1525
Median daily rate	£400	£400	£363
Median daily rate % change year-on-year	-	+10.34%
90% offered a daily rate of more than	£313	£300	£275
10% offered a daily rate of more than	£525	£525	£470
UK excluding London median daily rate	£400	£375	£350
% change year-on-year	+6.66%	+7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted	29	55	29
Median hourly rate	£42.50	£43.00	£40.00
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year	-1.16%	+7.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than	£14.40	£12.50	£15.75
10% offered a hourly rate of more than	£48.50	£55.00	£50.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate	£42.50	£36.00	£40.00
% change year-on-year	+18.05%	-10.00%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

The job posting trend of jobs advertised in the South East citing XML as a proportion of all contract or permanent IT jobs with a match in the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category.

Job vacancy trend for XML in the South East

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in contract jobs citing XML in the South East.

Contractor daily rate trend for XML in the South East

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Contractor Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

The daily rate distribution of IT jobs citing XML in the South East over the 3 months to 26 June 2017.

Contractor daily rate histogram for XML in the South East

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for contractor hourly rates quoted in IT jobs citing XML in the South East.

Contractor hourly rate trend for XML in the South East

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Contractor Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

The hourly rate distribution of IT jobs citing XML in the South East over the 3 months to 26 June 2017.

Contractor hourly rate histogram for XML in the South East

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Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing XML within the South East region over the 3 months to 26 June 2017. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Year	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Median Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Job Vacancies
West Sussex	+47	44	£475	+20.25%	8
Hampshire	-24	42	£337	-15.75%	16
Berkshire	-8	41	£450	+12.50%	19
Surrey	-32	37	£513	+13.88%	15
Buckinghamshire	-14	36	£388	+40.90%	4
Kent	-11	19	£345	+6.15%	11
Oxfordshire	-31	9	£331	-32.74%	6
Sussex	+5	8	£463	+94.73%
East Sussex	+2	5	£325	-18.75%	6
Middlesex	+9	3	£325	-18.75%
XML England

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Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills in the South East

For the 6 months to 26 June 2017, IT contractor jobs citing XML also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number co-occurrences and its proportion to all contract ads across the South East region with a requirement for XML.

1	252 (41.72%)	Web Services
2	248 (41.06%)	SQL
3	242 (40.07%)	Agile Software Development
4	216 (35.76%)	Java
5	194 (32.12%)	JSON
6	178 (29.47%)	JavaScript
7	174 (28.81%)	Oracle
8	158 (26.16%)	HTML
9	150 (24.83%)	CSS
10	145 (24.01%)	.NET
11	142 (23.51%)	C#
12	133 (22.02%)	Finance
13	116 (19.21%)	OO
14	115 (19.04%)	SQL Server
15	111 (18.38%)	REST

16	102 (16.89%)	Linux
16	102 (16.89%)	Relational Database
17	98 (16.23%)	TDD
18	96 (15.89%)	SOAP
19	92 (15.23%)	Python
20	88 (14.57%)	XSLT
21	86 (14.24%)	Spring
22	83 (13.74%)	SDLC
23	82 (13.58%)	Scrum
24	81 (13.41%)	Git (software)
25	80 (13.25%)	Oracle Database
26	79 (13.08%)	Data Analysis
26	79 (13.08%)	Microsoft
27	76 (12.58%)	Unix
28	74 (12.25%)	Windows

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Co-occurring IT Skills in the South East by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
Applications
Business Applications
Cloud Services
Communications & Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
Development Applications
General
Job Titles
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
Miscellaneous
Operating Systems
Processes & Methodologies
Programming Languages
Qualifications
Quality Assurance & Compliance
System Software
Systems Management
Vendors

Application Platforms
1	48 (7.95%)	CMS
2	46 (7.62%)	WebLogic
3	40 (6.62%)	Apache
4	37 (6.13%)	JBoss
5	31 (5.13%)	Oracle SOA Suite
6	25 (4.14%)	SharePoint
7	19 (3.15%)	IIS
7	19 (3.15%)	Sitecore CMS
8	17 (2.81%)	WebSphere
9	16 (2.65%)	Tomcat
10	15 (2.48%)	Umbraco
11	12 (1.99%)	MS Exchange
12	11 (1.82%)	Confluence
12	11 (1.82%)	nginx
12	11 (1.82%)	SharePoint 2013
13	10 (1.66%)	Exchange Server 2010
14	8 (1.32%)	ATG Dynamo
14	8 (1.32%)	Skype for Business
15	7 (1.16%)	Oracle Workflow
15	7 (1.16%)	SharePoint 2010

Applications
1	12 (1.99%)	Microsoft Excel
2	11 (1.82%)	Microsoft Office
3	3 (0.50%)	Microsoft Project
4	2 (0.33%)	Microsoft PowerPoint
4	2 (0.33%)	Spreadsheet
5	1 (0.17%)	LaTeX
5	1 (0.17%)	Photoshop

Business Applications
1	17 (2.81%)	SAP Oil and Gas
2	10 (1.66%)	Oracle BPM
3	7 (1.16%)	Dynamics CRM
4	3 (0.50%)	Salesforce.com CRM
4	3 (0.50%)	Siebel CRM
5	2 (0.33%)	Pega PRPC
6	1 (0.17%)	BusinessWorks
6	1 (0.17%)	IBM Operational Decision Manager
6	1 (0.17%)	Magento
6	1 (0.17%)	Oracle BRM
6	1 (0.17%)	Oracle CRM
6	1 (0.17%)	Oracle ERP
6	1 (0.17%)	SAP ERP
6	1 (0.17%)	SAP R/3

Cloud Services
1	36 (5.96%)	Amazon AWS
2	18 (2.98%)	Microsoft Azure
3	11 (1.82%)	SaaS
4	9 (1.49%)	GitHub
4	9 (1.49%)	PaaS
5	8 (1.32%)	Office 365
6	7 (1.16%)	Google Analytics
7	5 (0.83%)	IaaS
8	4 (0.66%)	Amazon EC2
8	4 (0.66%)	OpenShift
9	1 (0.17%)	Amazon S3
9	1 (0.17%)	CloudFront
9	1 (0.17%)	Google Cloud Platform

Communications & Networking
1	34 (5.63%)	HTTP
2	24 (3.97%)	LDAP
3	19 (3.15%)	Firewall
3	19 (3.15%)	Internet
4	12 (1.99%)	TCP/IP
5	10 (1.66%)	DNS
6	9 (1.49%)	SAN
6	9 (1.49%)	SSL
7	8 (1.32%)	Skype
7	8 (1.32%)	VoIP
8	7 (1.16%)	Extranet
8	7 (1.16%)	Intranet
9	4 (0.66%)	LAN
9	4 (0.66%)	PuTTY
9	4 (0.66%)	WinSCP
10	3 (0.50%)	HTTPS
10	3 (0.50%)	Intrusion Detection
10	3 (0.50%)	Radio Access Network
11	2 (0.33%)	Kerberos
11	2 (0.33%)	VPN

Database & Business Intelligence
1	115 (19.04%)	SQL Server
2	102 (16.89%)	Relational Database
3	80 (13.25%)	Oracle Database
4	60 (9.93%)	MongoDB
5	47 (7.78%)	NoSQL
6	34 (5.63%)	Oracle Database 11g
7	32 (5.30%)	MySQL
8	30 (4.97%)	SQL Server 2008
9	27 (4.47%)	Oracle Database 10g
10	23 (3.81%)	SQL Server Integration Services
11	22 (3.64%)	Oracle Database 12c
12	15 (2.48%)	RDBMS
12	15 (2.48%)	SQL Server 2012
13	13 (2.15%)	Data Warehouse
14	11 (1.82%)	PostgreSQL
15	9 (1.49%)	DB2
16	8 (1.32%)	SQL Server 2005
17	7 (1.16%)	Big Data
18	6 (0.99%)	SQL Server 2014
18	6 (0.99%)	SQL Server 2016

Development Applications
1	81 (13.41%)	Git (software)
2	66 (10.93%)	Maven
3	64 (10.60%)	Team Foundation Server
4	63 (10.43%)	Selenium
5	49 (8.11%)	IntelliJ
6	47 (7.78%)	Jenkins
7	39 (6.46%)	JIRA
8	36 (5.96%)	Eclipse
9	33 (5.46%)	Visual Studio
10	32 (5.30%)	Ant
10	32 (5.30%)	Subversion
11	29 (4.80%)	JUnit
12	24 (3.97%)	Gradle
13	20 (3.31%)	Bitbucket
14	18 (2.98%)	WebDriver
15	16 (2.65%)	Cucumber
15	16 (2.65%)	Gatling
16	15 (2.48%)	SpecFlow
17	14 (2.32%)	Apache Ivy
17	14 (2.32%)	eggPlant

General
1	133 (22.02%)	Finance
2	36 (5.96%)	Marketing
3	32 (5.30%)	Telecoms
4	21 (3.48%)	Retail
5	20 (3.31%)	Publishing
6	18 (2.98%)	Manufacturing
7	17 (2.81%)	Banking
7	17 (2.81%)	Electronics
8	7 (1.16%)	Advertising
9	6 (0.99%)	Back Office
9	6 (0.99%)	Law
10	4 (0.66%)	Multimedia
11	3 (0.50%)	Legal
11	3 (0.50%)	Pharmaceutical
12	2 (0.33%)	Games
13	1 (0.17%)	Aerospace
13	1 (0.17%)	Automotive
13	1 (0.17%)	Billing
13	1 (0.17%)	Military

Job Titles
1	340 (56.29%)	Developer
2	109 (18.05%)	Analyst
3	99 (16.39%)	Java Developer
4	76 (12.58%)	Systems Analyst
5	75 (12.42%)	.NET Developer
6	52 (8.61%)	C# Developer
7	44 (7.28%)	Oracle Analyst
8	43 (7.12%)	C# .NET Developer
8	43 (7.12%)	Pensions Analyst
9	39 (6.46%)	Scala Developer
10	33 (5.46%)	Insurance Systems Analyst
10	33 (5.46%)	Senior Developer
11	31 (5.13%)	Architect
12	28 (4.64%)	Database Analyst
13	24 (3.97%)	Consultant
13	24 (3.97%)	Software Developer
14	22 (3.64%)	Front End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
14	22 (3.64%)	Programmer
15	21 (3.48%)	Web Developer
16	19 (3.15%)	Software Analyst

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1	252 (41.72%)	Web Services
2	194 (32.12%)	JSON
3	158 (26.16%)	HTML
4	150 (24.83%)	CSS
5	145 (24.01%)	.NET
6	111 (18.38%)	REST
7	96 (15.89%)	SOAP
8	88 (14.57%)	XSLT
9	86 (14.24%)	Spring
10	68 (11.26%)	.NET Framework
11	65 (10.76%)	HTML5
12	63 (10.43%)	jQuery
13	59 (9.77%)	ASP.NET
13	59 (9.77%)	Hibernate
14	52 (8.61%)	RESTful
15	51 (8.44%)	Entity Framework
16	50 (8.28%)	Ajax
17	48 (7.95%)	J2EE
17	48 (7.95%)	Play Framework
18	46 (7.62%)	LINQ

Miscellaneous
1	64 (10.60%)	Analytical Skills
2	27 (4.47%)	Algorithms
3	21 (3.48%)	Computer Science
4	19 (3.15%)	User Experience
5	17 (2.81%)	Greenfield Project
6	12 (1.99%)	Client/Server
7	10 (1.66%)	Management Information System
8	8 (1.32%)	Mobile App
9	7 (1.16%)	Enterprise Software
9	7 (1.16%)	Linux Command Line
10	6 (0.99%)	Data Centre
10	6 (0.99%)	W3C
11	4 (0.66%)	BBC
11	4 (0.66%)	New Media
11	4 (0.66%)	N-Tier
11	4 (0.66%)	Replication
12	3 (0.50%)	CMDB
12	3 (0.50%)	PKI
13	2 (0.33%)	TRADACOMS
14	1 (0.17%)	Video on Demand

Operating Systems
1	102 (16.89%)	Linux
2	76 (12.58%)	Unix
3	74 (12.25%)	Windows
4	23 (3.81%)	Windows Server
5	17 (2.81%)	Apple iOS
5	17 (2.81%)	Windows Server 2008
6	14 (2.32%)	Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7	13 (2.15%)	Windows 7
8	10 (1.66%)	Windows Server 2012
9	9 (1.49%)	Ubuntu
10	7 (1.16%)	Solaris
10	7 (1.16%)	Windows Server 2003
11	6 (0.99%)	Android
12	4 (0.66%)	AIX
13	3 (0.50%)	CentOS
13	3 (0.50%)	Mac OS X
14	2 (0.33%)	Debian
14	2 (0.33%)	SUSE
14	2 (0.33%)	Windows 10
14	2 (0.33%)	Windows XP

Processes & Methodologies
1	242 (40.07%)	Agile Software Development
2	116 (19.21%)	OO
3	98 (16.23%)	TDD
4	83 (13.74%)	SDLC
5	82 (13.58%)	Scrum
6	79 (13.08%)	Data Analysis
7	73 (12.09%)	Microservices
8	70 (11.59%)	OOD
8	70 (11.59%)	Test Automation
9	68 (11.26%)	Continuous Integration
9	68 (11.26%)	MVC
10	60 (9.93%)	Open Source
11	48 (7.95%)	Business Analysis
12	46 (7.62%)	SOA
13	44 (7.28%)	DevOps
14	42 (6.95%)	BDD
15	41 (6.79%)	Content Management
16	38 (6.29%)	Automated Trading
16	38 (6.29%)	Multithreading
17	33 (5.46%)	Multithreaded Programming

Programming Languages
1	248 (41.06%)	SQL
2	216 (35.76%)	Java
3	178 (29.47%)	JavaScript
4	142 (23.51%)	C#
5	92 (15.23%)	Python
6	49 (8.11%)	Scala
7	38 (6.29%)	PL/SQL
8	29 (4.80%)	Groovy
9	24 (3.97%)	C++
9	24 (3.97%)	PowerShell
9	24 (3.97%)	T-SQL
10	22 (3.64%)	Ruby
11	18 (2.98%)	PHP
11	18 (2.98%)	XPath
12	17 (2.81%)	Perl
13	14 (2.32%)	Apple Swift
13	14 (2.32%)	Objective-C
13	14 (2.32%)	VB.NET
14	12 (1.99%)	VBScript
15	10 (1.66%)	Shell Script

Qualifications
1	49 (8.11%)	Degree
2	46 (7.62%)	Security Cleared
3	35 (5.79%)	SC Cleared
4	13 (2.15%)	Microsoft Certification
5	11 (1.82%)	ISEB
6	10 (1.66%)	Computer Science Degree
6	10 (1.66%)	DV Cleared
6	10 (1.66%)	ISTQB
7	9 (1.49%)	MCITP
7	9 (1.49%)	MCSA
8	7 (1.16%)	ISTQB Foundation Certification
9	5 (0.83%)	CCNA
9	5 (0.83%)	Cisco Certification
10	4 (0.66%)	CCNP
10	4 (0.66%)	MCSE
11	2 (0.33%)	HNC
11	2 (0.33%)	HND
11	2 (0.33%)	ISEB Practitioner
11	2 (0.33%)	Sun Certification
11	2 (0.33%)	VMware Certified Professional (VCP)

Quality Assurance & Compliance
1	25 (4.14%)	QA
2	5 (0.83%)	Data Quality
3	2 (0.33%)	HL7
3	2 (0.33%)	ISO/IEC 27001
4	1 (0.17%)	Actionable Recommendations
4	1 (0.17%)	COBIT
4	1 (0.17%)	FATCA
4	1 (0.17%)	IFRS
4	1 (0.17%)	IFRS 9
4	1 (0.17%)	ISO 20022
4	1 (0.17%)	PMO

System Software
1	73 (12.09%)	Docker
2	23 (3.81%)	Active Directory
3	12 (1.99%)	VMware Infrastructure
4	9 (1.49%)	VMware ESXi
5	6 (0.99%)	vSphere
6	4 (0.66%)	Terminal Services
7	1 (0.17%)	NDS
7	1 (0.17%)	NetIQ eDirectory
7	1 (0.17%)	Virtual Machines

Systems Management
1	52 (8.61%)	Puppet
2	10 (1.66%)	Kibana
3	9 (1.49%)	HP Fortify
4	7 (1.16%)	Grafana
4	7 (1.16%)	Marathon
4	7 (1.16%)	Mesos
5	6 (0.99%)	Ansible
6	4 (0.66%)	vRealize
7	3 (0.50%)	HP Quality Center
7	3 (0.50%)	Opscode Chef
7	3 (0.50%)	Oracle Identity Management
8	2 (0.33%)	Hadoop YARN
8	2 (0.33%)	Oozie
9	1 (0.17%)	CA Service Virtualization
9	1 (0.17%)	CA Single Sign-On
9	1 (0.17%)	CloudForms
9	1 (0.17%)	Kubernetes
9	1 (0.17%)	SCCM
9	1 (0.17%)	TeamSite
9	1 (0.17%)	vCenter Server

Vendors
1	174 (28.81%)	Oracle
2	79 (13.08%)	Microsoft
3	30 (4.97%)	SAP
4	25 (4.14%)	HP
4	25 (4.14%)	webMethods
5	23 (3.81%)	Sitecore
6	19 (3.15%)	VMware
7	18 (2.98%)	IBM
8	17 (2.81%)	Splunk
9	14 (2.32%)	Red Hat
10	12 (1.99%)	Apple
11	11 (1.82%)	Cisco
11	11 (1.82%)	Talend
12	10 (1.66%)	ServiceNow
13	9 (1.49%)	NetApp
14	8 (1.32%)	Adobe
14	8 (1.32%)	ATG
14	8 (1.32%)	Google
15	7 (1.16%)	CA
16	6 (0.99%)	Twitter