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The table below looks at the demand for Unified Modeling Language (UML) skills within the Cambridge region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited UML over the 3 months to 6 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkUnified Modeling Language (UML)
Location
3 months to
6 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank1915
Rank change on same period last yearDown-4
Matching contract IT job ads2564
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.035 %0.064 %
As % of the category below12.95 %18.29 %
Daily rates quoted1012
Average minimum daily rate£296£286
Average daily rate£315£329
% change on same period last year-4.36 %
Average maximum daily rate£334£373
UK excluding London average daily rate£388£364
% change on same period last year+6.54 %
Hourly rates quoted114
Average minimum hourly rate£45.00£32.86
Average hourly rate£45.00£36.50
% change on same period last year+23.28 %
Average maximum hourly rate£45.00£40.14
UK excluding London average hourly rate£36.79£35.87
% change on same period last year+2.57 %
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
Cambridge
Matching contract IT job ads193350
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.270 %0.352 %
Daily rates quoted4874
Average minimum daily rate£290£356
Average daily rate£318£373
% change on same period last year-14.65 %
Average maximum daily rate£346£389
UK excluding London average daily rate£378£372
% change on same period last year+1.69 %
Hourly rates quoted4152
Average minimum hourly rate£23.18£35.83
Average hourly rate£25.22£38.69
% change on same period last year-34.81 %
Average maximum hourly rate£27.25£41.54
UK excluding London average hourly rate£29.30£30.27
% change on same period last year-3.20 %
UML CambridgeshireUML
Cambridgeshire

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.

UML
Demand Trend

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

Cambridge UML Demand Trend

UML
Daily Rate Trend

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

Cambridge UML Daily Rate Trend

UML
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing UML across the Cambridge region over the 3 months to 6 October 2008.

Cambridge UML Daily Rate Histogram

UML
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Cambridge UML Hourly Rate Trend

UML
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge region citing UML 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 UML.

120 (55.56 %)C++
216 (44.44 %)C
313 (36.11 %)OO
411 (30.56 %)Telecoms
411 (30.56 %)Java
510 (27.78 %)Linux
510 (27.78 %)OOD
510 (27.78 %)GSM
510 (27.78 %)3G
510 (27.78 %)RNC
69 (25.00 %)Software Engineering
69 (25.00 %)SS7
69 (25.00 %)2G
69 (25.00 %)UNIX
69 (25.00 %)J2EE
77 (19.44 %)Security Cleared
86 (16.67 %)JBoss
95 (13.89 %)Wireless
95 (13.89 %)Windows
95 (13.89 %).NET
104 (11.11 %)C#
104 (11.11 %)JMS
104 (11.11 %)Business Analysis
104 (11.11 %)Government
113 (8.333 %)Business Development
113 (8.333 %)Use Case
113 (8.333 %)Oracle
122 (5.556 %)SQL Server
122 (5.556 %)VB
122 (5.556 %)MFC

UML
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge region citing UML 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 UML. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
19 (25.00 %)J2EE
25 (13.89 %).NET
34 (11.11 %)JMS
42 (5.556 %)MFC
42 (5.556 %)CSS
51 (2.778 %)Servlets
51 (2.778 %)STL
51 (2.778 %)WebServices
51 (2.778 %)XML
51 (2.778 %)ActiveX
51 (2.778 %)Swing
51 (2.778 %)ASP
51 (2.778 %)ASP.NET
51 (2.778 %)Hibernate
51 (2.778 %)Spring
51 (2.778 %)AJAX
51 (2.778 %)ASP.NET 2.0
51 (2.778 %)HTML
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
16 (16.67 %)JBoss
21 (2.778 %)Apache
21 (2.778 %)MQSeries
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
110 (27.78 %)GSM
110 (27.78 %)3G
110 (27.78 %)RNC
29 (25.00 %)SS7
29 (25.00 %)2G
35 (13.89 %)Wireless
42 (5.556 %)UWB
42 (5.556 %)Bluetooth
42 (5.556 %)WLAN
42 (5.556 %)HTTP
51 (2.778 %)TCP/IP
51 (2.778 %)WCDMA
51 (2.778 %)FTP
51 (2.778 %)CDMA
51 (2.778 %)UMTS
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (5.556 %)SQL Server
21 (2.778 %)Crystal Reports
21 (2.778 %)GIS
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (2.778 %)JUnit
11 (2.778 %)VSS/SourceSafe
11 (2.778 %)Flash
11 (2.778 %)IntelliJ
11 (2.778 %)Rational Robot
11 (2.778 %)Subversion
11 (2.778 %)Rational Functional Tester
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
111 (30.56 %)Telecoms
24 (11.11 %)Government
31 (2.778 %)Retail
31 (2.778 %)Electric
31 (2.778 %)Pharmaceutical
31 (2.778 %)Electronics
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
112 (33.33 %)Software Engineer
211 (30.56 %)Developer
310 (27.78 %)Analyst
310 (27.78 %)Business Analyst
46 (16.67 %)Java Developer
52 (5.556 %).NET Developer
52 (5.556 %)C# Developer
52 (5.556 %)Technical Analyst
52 (5.556 %)Technical Business Analyst
52 (5.556 %)Java/J2EE Developer
52 (5.556 %)Software Developer
61 (2.778 %)Tester
61 (2.778 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
61 (2.778 %)Software Team Leader
61 (2.778 %)C++ Software Engineer
61 (2.778 %)ASP.NET Developer
61 (2.778 %)Team Leader
61 (2.778 %)Test Engineer
61 (2.778 %)J2EE Developer
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (5.556 %)Device Driver
21 (2.778 %)Cryptography
21 (2.778 %)PKI
21 (2.778 %)Multithreading
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
110 (27.78 %)Linux
29 (25.00 %)UNIX
35 (13.89 %)Windows
42 (5.556 %)Windows XP
51 (2.778 %)Windows Vista
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
113 (36.11 %)OO
210 (27.78 %)OOD
39 (25.00 %)Software Engineering
47 (19.44 %)Security Cleared
54 (11.11 %)Business Analysis
63 (8.333 %)Business Development
63 (8.333 %)Use Case
71 (2.778 %)SC Cleared
71 (2.778 %)OOP
71 (2.778 %)Refactoring
71 (2.778 %)Change Management
71 (2.778 %)Agile Software Development
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
120 (55.56 %)C++
216 (44.44 %)C
311 (30.56 %)Java
44 (11.11 %)C#
52 (5.556 %)VB6
52 (5.556 %)JavaScript
52 (5.556 %)VB
61 (2.778 %)VC++
61 (2.778 %)Python
61 (2.778 %)Embedded C
61 (2.778 %)Embedded C++
61 (2.778 %)Perl
61 (2.778 %)SQL
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (8.333 %)Oracle
21 (2.778 %)Microsoft