Cambridgeshire Extreme Programming Contracts

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for Extreme Programming skills in IT contracts advertised for the Cambridgeshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Extreme Programming over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Processes & Methodologies category for the Cambridgeshire region.

Extreme Programming (XP)
Location Brentford Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf City of London East Midlands East of England Edinburgh England Fareham Hampshire London Middlesex Norfolk Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Scotland Somerset South East South West Staines Surrey UK Warwickshire West Midlands	3 months to 19 Mar 2010	Same period 2009	Same period 2008
Rank	-	47	72
Matching contract IT job ads	0	3	3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire	-	0.587 %	0.266 %
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category	-	1.299 %	0.605 %
Daily rates quoted	0	1	0
Average daily rate	-	£325	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£350	£325	£385
% change year-on-year	+7.690 % -15.58 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0	0
Average hourly rate	-	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	-	-	£32.50
All Processes & Methodologies Cambridgeshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the Processes & Methodologies category	231	231	496
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire	55.53 %	45.21 %	44.05 %
Daily rates quoted	94	91	150
Average daily rate	£314	£350	£375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year	-10.35 % -6.660 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than	£203	£214	£270
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than	£500	£450	£500
UK excluding London average daily rate	£350	£360	£375
% change year-on-year	-2.770 % -4.000 %
Hourly rates quoted	35	32	57
Average hourly rate	£32.50	£30.00	£27.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year	+8.330 % +9.090 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than	£14.35	£18.10	£18.88
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than	£36.55	£40.00	£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£24.50	£27.50	£30.00
% change year-on-year	-10.90 % -8.330 %
Extreme Programming East of England

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.

Extreme Programming
Demand Trend

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

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 Cambridgeshire region.

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 Cambridgeshire region.