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This section looks at the demand for Extreme Programming (XP) skills within the Berkshire region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Extreme Programming over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkExtreme Programming (XP)
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank122157
Rank change on same period last yearUp+35
Matching contract IT job ads66
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.008 %0.006 %
As % of the category below0.307 %0.233 %
Daily rates quoted11
Average minimum daily rate£325£375
Average daily rate£325£375
% change on same period last year-13.33 %
Average maximum daily rate£325£375
UK excluding London average daily rate£357£425
% change on same period last year-15.94 %
Hourly rates quoted10
Average minimum hourly rate£35.00-
Average hourly rate£37.50-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£40.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£34.40£40.76
% change on same period last year-15.61 %
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
Berkshire
Matching contract IT job ads19532570
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled2.603 %2.600 %
Daily rates quoted515896
Average minimum daily rate£356£357
Average daily rate£378£378
% change on same period last year-0.09 %
Average maximum daily rate£399£399
UK excluding London average daily rate£380£376
% change on same period last year+1.21 %
Hourly rates quoted87150
Average minimum hourly rate£23.32£31.30
Average hourly rate£26.03£33.05
% change on same period last year-21.23 %
Average maximum hourly rate£28.74£34.80
UK excluding London average hourly rate£29.33£30.16
% change on same period last year-2.72 %
Extreme Programming South EastExtreme Programming
South East

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.

Extreme Programming
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Extreme Programming across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Berkshire Extreme Programming Demand Trend

Extreme Programming
Daily Rate Trend

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

Berkshire Extreme Programming Daily Rate Trend

Extreme Programming
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Berkshire Extreme Programming Hourly Rate Trend

Extreme Programming
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Extreme Programming within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 25 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
ReadingNew entry-3£325-
Extreme Programming South EastExtreme Programming
South East

Extreme Programming
Top 13 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing Extreme Programming 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 Extreme Programming.

15 (83.33 %)Java
15 (83.33 %)J2EE
15 (83.33 %)UML
15 (83.33 %)N-Tier
24 (66.67 %)Project Management
24 (66.67 %)Telecoms
24 (66.67 %)Use Case
31 (16.67 %)TDD
31 (16.67 %)Multimedia
31 (16.67 %)MPEG
31 (16.67 %)Quicktime
31 (16.67 %)Swing
31 (16.67 %)JUnit

Extreme Programming
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing Extreme Programming 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 Extreme Programming. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
15 (83.33 %)J2EE
21 (16.67 %)Swing
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (16.67 %)Quicktime
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (16.67 %)JUnit
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
14 (66.67 %)Telecoms
21 (16.67 %)Multimedia
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
14 (66.67 %)Technical Designer
21 (16.67 %)Java Swing Developer
21 (16.67 %)Developer
21 (16.67 %)Java Developer
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
15 (83.33 %)N-Tier
21 (16.67 %)MPEG
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
15 (83.33 %)UML
24 (66.67 %)Project Management
24 (66.67 %)Use Case
31 (16.67 %)TDD
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
15 (83.33 %)Java
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