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This section looks at the demand for Rapid Application Development (RAD) skills within the Cambridgeshire region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited RAD over the 3 months to 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkRapid Application Development (RAD)
Location
3 months to
21 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank52-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads100
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.013 %0.000 %
As % of the category below2.618 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted60
Average minimum daily rate£333-
Average daily rate£342-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£350-
UK excluding London average daily rate£366£404
% change on same period last year-9.30 %
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£43.75£35.60
% change on same period last year+22.89 %
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
Cambridgeshire
Matching contract IT job ads382446
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.504 %0.444 %
Daily rates quoted95128
Average minimum daily rate£326£355
Average daily rate£347£376
% change on same period last year-7.73 %
Average maximum daily rate£367£397
UK excluding London average daily rate£380£377
% change on same period last year+0.74 %
Hourly rates quoted5448
Average minimum hourly rate£22.75£34.87
Average hourly rate£24.76£37.25
% change on same period last year-33.52 %
Average maximum hourly rate£26.77£39.63
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.30£30.18
% change on same period last year+0.42 %
RAD East of EnglandRAD
East of England

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.

RAD
Demand Trend

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

Cambridgeshire RAD Demand Trend

RAD
Daily Rate Trend

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

Cambridgeshire RAD Daily Rate Trend

RAD
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing RAD across the Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 21 August 2008.

Cambridgeshire RAD Daily Rate Histogram

RAD
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing RAD within the Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 21 August 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
CambridgeNew entry-6£342-
RAD East of EnglandRAD
East of England

RAD
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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.

112 (92.31 %)Java
112 (92.31 %)J2EE
112 (92.31 %)IBM
211 (84.62 %)EJB
310 (76.92 %)JSP
310 (76.92 %)Struts
49 (69.23 %)SQL
49 (69.23 %)RUP
56 (46.15 %)HTML
56 (46.15 %)WebSphere
65 (38.46 %)DB2
74 (30.77 %)WebSphere Application Server
83 (23.08 %)Unit Testing
92 (15.38 %)NetBeans
92 (15.38 %)JBuilder
92 (15.38 %)WebSphere Studio Application Developer
92 (15.38 %)Eclipse
92 (15.38 %)Servlets
92 (15.38 %)JDeveloper
101 (7.692 %)Sun
101 (7.692 %)Sun Certification
101 (7.692 %)BEA
101 (7.692 %)Internet
101 (7.692 %)Tomcat
101 (7.692 %)XHTML
101 (7.692 %)WebLogic
101 (7.692 %)CSS
101 (7.692 %)Ant
101 (7.692 %)JavaScript
101 (7.692 %)Perl

RAD
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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.

Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
112 (92.31 %)J2EE
211 (84.62 %)EJB
310 (76.92 %)JSP
310 (76.92 %)Struts
46 (46.15 %)HTML
46 (46.15 %)WebSphere
52 (15.38 %)NetBeans
52 (15.38 %)Servlets
61 (7.692 %)XHTML
61 (7.692 %)CSS
61 (7.692 %)MVC
61 (7.692 %)LAMP
61 (7.692 %)Hibernate
61 (7.692 %)PicoContainer
61 (7.692 %)Spring
61 (7.692 %)AJAX
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
14 (30.77 %)WebSphere Application Server
21 (7.692 %)Tomcat
21 (7.692 %)WebLogic
21 (7.692 %)JBoss
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (7.692 %)Internet
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
15 (38.46 %)DB2
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (15.38 %)JBuilder
12 (15.38 %)WebSphere Studio Application Developer
12 (15.38 %)Eclipse
12 (15.38 %)JDeveloper
21 (7.692 %)Ant
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (7.692 %)Finance
11 (7.692 %)Insurance
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
112 (92.31 %)Developer
112 (92.31 %)Java Developer
22 (15.38 %)Java/J2EE Developer
22 (15.38 %)J2EE Developer
31 (7.692 %)Software Developer
31 (7.692 %)Project Manager
31 (7.692 %)Software Engineer
31 (7.692 %)Java Software Engineer
31 (7.692 %)Java Software Developer
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (7.692 %)Web 2.0
11 (7.692 %)E-Learning
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (7.692 %)UNIX
11 (7.692 %)HPUX
11 (7.692 %)Solaris
11 (7.692 %)Linux
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
19 (69.23 %)RUP
23 (23.08 %)Unit Testing
31 (7.692 %)UML
31 (7.692 %)OO
31 (7.692 %)B2C
31 (7.692 %)E-Commerce
31 (7.692 %)Logistics
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
112 (92.31 %)Java
29 (69.23 %)SQL
31 (7.692 %)JavaScript
31 (7.692 %)Perl
31 (7.692 %)PHP
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (7.692 %)Sun Certification
11 (7.692 %)Degree
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
112 (92.31 %)IBM
21 (7.692 %)Sun
21 (7.692 %)BEA