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The table below looks at the demand for Test-Driven Development (TDD) skills within the Buckinghamshire region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited TDD over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkTest-Driven Development (TDD)
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank--
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads00
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.000 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£318£324
% change on same period last year-2.02 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£34.91£38.93
% change on same period last year-10.33 %
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
Buckinghamshire
Matching contract IT job ads781726
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.230 %0.778 %
Daily rates quoted307208
Average minimum daily rate£312£331
Average daily rate£328£351
% change on same period last year-6.61 %
Average maximum daily rate£345£372
UK excluding London average daily rate£380£370
% change on same period last year+2.76 %
Hourly rates quoted80105
Average minimum hourly rate£20.87£24.48
Average hourly rate£21.57£25.31
% change on same period last year-14.77 %
Average maximum hourly rate£22.28£26.15
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.17£29.91
% change on same period last year-5.80 %
TDD South EastTDD
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.

TDD
Demand Trend

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

Buckinghamshire TDD Demand Trend

TDD
Daily Rate Trend

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

Buckinghamshire TDD Daily Rate Trend

TDD
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Buckinghamshire TDD Hourly Rate Trend

TDD
Top 14 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire 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.

13 (100.00 %).NET
13 (100.00 %)Oracle
13 (100.00 %)Agile Software Development
22 (66.67 %)SQL
22 (66.67 %)Microsoft
31 (33.33 %)GIS
31 (33.33 %)Visual Studio
31 (33.33 %)C
31 (33.33 %)C#
31 (33.33 %)C++
31 (33.33 %)Data Analysis
31 (33.33 %)Software Engineering
31 (33.33 %)Oracle Spatial
31 (33.33 %).NET Framework

TDD
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire 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.

Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
13 (100.00 %).NET
21 (33.33 %).NET Framework
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (33.33 %)Oracle Spatial
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (33.33 %)GIS
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (33.33 %)Visual Studio
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
13 (100.00 %)Analyst
13 (100.00 %)Test Analyst
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (100.00 %)Agile Software Development
21 (33.33 %)Data Analysis
21 (33.33 %)Software Engineering
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (66.67 %)SQL
21 (33.33 %)C
21 (33.33 %)C#
21 (33.33 %)C++
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (100.00 %)Oracle
22 (66.67 %)Microsoft