The first table below looks at the demand for RAD skills in IT contracts advertised for the Buckinghamshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited RAD over the 3 months to 21 May 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 Buckinghamshire 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Rapid Application Development (RAD)
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing RAD 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire - - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £350 £350
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.24 - £30.00
All Processes & Methodologies
Buckinghamshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
565 669 643
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 69.75% 66.63% 61.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 347 316 269
Average daily rate £325 £325 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £186 £200 £198
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £425 £508
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 31 47
Average hourly rate £18.00 £15.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+20.00% -25.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.50 £10.58 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £32.60 £18.50 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.50 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.00% -16.66%
RAD
South East

RAD
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Buckinghamshire RAD Jobs Demand Trend

RAD
Daily Rate Trend

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

Buckinghamshire RAD Daily Rate Trend

RAD
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Buckinghamshire RAD Hourly Rate Trend

RAD
Top 20 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire region citing RAD 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 RAD.

1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) J2EE
1 1 (100.00%) WebSphere Application Server
1 1 (100.00%) Web Services
1 1 (100.00%) OO
1 1 (100.00%) RUP
1 1 (100.00%) E-Commerce
1 1 (100.00%) SOA
1 1 (100.00%) IBM
1 1 (100.00%) Sun
1 1 (100.00%) Middleware
1 1 (100.00%) E-business
1 1 (100.00%) ATG
1 1 (100.00%) Retail
1 1 (100.00%) Zachman Framework
1 1 (100.00%) TOGAF
1 1 (100.00%) Marketing
1 1 (100.00%) WebSphere
1 1 (100.00%) Use Case
1 1 (100.00%) Product Marketing

RAD
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire region citing RAD 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 RAD. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (100.00%) J2EE
1 1 (100.00%) Web Services
1 1 (100.00%) Middleware
1 1 (100.00%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) WebSphere Application Server
General
1 1 (100.00%) Retail
1 1 (100.00%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Solutions Architect
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) OO
1 1 (100.00%) RUP
1 1 (100.00%) E-Commerce
1 1 (100.00%) SOA
1 1 (100.00%) E-business
1 1 (100.00%) Zachman Framework
1 1 (100.00%) TOGAF
1 1 (100.00%) Use Case
1 1 (100.00%) Product Marketing
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) IBM
1 1 (100.00%) Sun
1 1 (100.00%) ATG