The first table below looks at the demand for TDD skills in IT contracts advertised for the Basingstoke region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited TDD over the 3 months to 20 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Processes & Methodologies category for the Basingstoke region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test-Driven Development (TDD)
Rank 20 21 32
Rank change year-on-year
+1 +11
Contract jobs citing TDD 16 9 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Basingstoke 8.000% 4.787% 0.375%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.60% 8.911% 0.602%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 3 0
Average daily rate £400 £263 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+52.38% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £325 £355
% change year-on-year
+7.69% -8.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
Average hourly rate £39.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £39.00 £40.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year
-2.50% -5.88%
All Processes & Methodologies
Basingstoke
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
151 101 166
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Basingstoke 75.50% 53.72% 62.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 83 24 61
Average daily rate £400 £400 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +6.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £245 £263 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £475 £480
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £363 £375
% change year-on-year
+2.06% -3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 13 17
Average hourly rate £39.00 £17.50 £18.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+122.85% -2.77%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.50 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+22.00% -13.79%
TDD
Hampshire

TDD
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing TDD across the Basingstoke region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Basingstoke TDD Jobs Demand Trend

TDD
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing TDD across the Basingstoke region.

Basingstoke TDD Daily Rate Trend

TDD
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing TDD across the Basingstoke region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

Basingstoke TDD Daily Rate Histogram

TDD
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing TDD across the Basingstoke region.

Basingstoke TDD Hourly Rate Trend

TDD
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Basingstoke region citing TDD 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 TDD.

1 35 (72.92%) BDD
2 32 (66.67%) C#
3 31 (64.58%) Web Services
3 31 (64.58%) MVC
4 28 (58.33%) SQL
5 27 (56.25%) Scrum
6 25 (52.08%) Java
6 25 (52.08%) .NET
6 25 (52.08%) SQL Server
7 24 (50.00%) jQuery
8 23 (47.92%) OO
9 22 (45.83%) WCF
10 21 (43.75%) Git (software)
10 21 (43.75%) Subversion
10 21 (43.75%) Hibernate
10 21 (43.75%) SpecFlow
11 20 (41.67%) Selenium
12 19 (39.58%) JavaScript
13 18 (37.50%) Agile Software Development
14 17 (35.42%) SQL Server 2008
14 17 (35.42%) ASP.NET MVC
14 17 (35.42%) ASP.NET
14 17 (35.42%) XML
15 16 (33.33%) SOAP
16 15 (31.25%) OOD
16 15 (31.25%) SOA
16 15 (31.25%) Pair Programming
17 14 (29.17%) Spring
17 14 (29.17%) Kanban
17 14 (29.17%) JSP

TDD
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Basingstoke region citing TDD 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 TDD. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 31 (64.58%) Web Services
2 25 (52.08%) .NET
3 24 (50.00%) jQuery
4 22 (45.83%) WCF
5 21 (43.75%) Hibernate
6 17 (35.42%) ASP.NET MVC
6 17 (35.42%) ASP.NET
6 17 (35.42%) XML
7 16 (33.33%) SOAP
8 14 (29.17%) Spring
8 14 (29.17%) JSP
9 13 (27.08%) EJB
9 13 (27.08%) JMS
9 13 (27.08%) JAXB
9 13 (27.08%) JPA
9 13 (27.08%) Apache CXF
9 13 (27.08%) Spring MVC
9 13 (27.08%) Spring Security
9 13 (27.08%) Spring Web Flow
9 13 (27.08%) JTA
Application Platforms
1 13 (27.08%) BizTalk Server
2 7 (14.58%) ESB
3 1 (2.083%) Windows Azure
Applications
1 1 (2.083%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (4.167%) SAP Oil and Gas
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (52.08%) SQL Server
2 17 (35.42%) SQL Server 2008
3 14 (29.17%) MySQL
4 6 (12.50%) SQL Server 2000
4 6 (12.50%) SQL Server 2005
4 6 (12.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 6 (12.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 21 (43.75%) Git (software)
1 21 (43.75%) Subversion
1 21 (43.75%) SpecFlow
2 20 (41.67%) Selenium
3 14 (29.17%) JUnit
4 13 (27.08%) ReSharper
5 7 (14.58%) Maven
5 7 (14.58%) Eclipse
6 6 (12.50%) Mockito
7 5 (10.42%) WebDriver
8 4 (8.333%) WATIR
8 4 (8.333%) FitNesse
9 3 (6.250%) NUnit
10 2 (4.167%) JIRA
11 1 (2.083%) Jenkins
11 1 (2.083%) MSBuild
11 1 (2.083%) Hudson
11 1 (2.083%) Team Foundation Server
11 1 (2.083%) Visual Studio
General
1 4 (8.333%) Telecoms
2 3 (6.250%) Finance
3 2 (4.167%) Manufacturing
3 2 (4.167%) Electronics
3 2 (4.167%) Banking
3 2 (4.167%) Investment Banking
3 2 (4.167%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 34 (70.83%) Developer
2 14 (29.17%) Java Developer
3 13 (27.08%) C# Developer
4 12 (25.00%) Agile C# Developer
5 10 (20.83%) .NET Developer
6 7 (14.58%) Architect
6 7 (14.58%) ASP.NET Developer
6 7 (14.58%) Software Architect
6 7 (14.58%) C# .NET Developer
7 6 (12.50%) Solutions Architect
7 6 (12.50%) Agile .NET Developer
7 6 (12.50%) C# ASP.NET Developer
8 5 (10.42%) Java Swing Developer
8 5 (10.42%) Analyst
8 5 (10.42%) Test Analyst
9 4 (8.333%) Team Leader
9 4 (8.333%) Test Team Leader
9 4 (8.333%) Java Architect
9 4 (8.333%) Java Solutions Architect
10 2 (4.167%) Software Developer
Miscellaneous
1 8 (16.67%) SaaS
2 6 (12.50%) Cloud Computing
3 2 (4.167%) DTV
Operating Systems
1 7 (14.58%) Windows
1 7 (14.58%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (72.92%) BDD
2 31 (64.58%) MVC
3 27 (56.25%) Scrum
4 23 (47.92%) OO
5 18 (37.50%) Agile Software Development
6 15 (31.25%) OOD
6 15 (31.25%) SOA
6 15 (31.25%) Pair Programming
7 14 (29.17%) Kanban
8 13 (27.08%) Web Development
9 11 (22.92%) Continuous Integration
10 9 (18.75%) Software Architecture
11 8 (16.67%) UML
12 7 (14.58%) Technical Architecture
12 7 (14.58%) OOP
13 4 (8.333%) Unit Testing
14 3 (6.250%) Integration Testing
15 2 (4.167%) Programme Management
15 2 (4.167%) Business Intelligence
15 2 (4.167%) AOP
Programming Languages
1 32 (66.67%) C#
2 28 (58.33%) SQL
3 25 (52.08%) Java
4 19 (39.58%) JavaScript
5 11 (22.92%) C++
5 11 (22.92%) Python
6 8 (16.67%) T-SQL
7 4 (8.333%) Perl
7 4 (8.333%) C
8 1 (2.083%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 5 (10.42%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (8.333%) QA
Vendors
1 11 (22.92%) Microsoft
2 7 (14.58%) Oracle
2 7 (14.58%) webMethods
2 7 (14.58%) Software AG
3 6 (12.50%) JBoss
4 2 (4.167%) SAP
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