The first table below looks at the demand for RAD 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 RAD over the 3 months to 22 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 Cambridgeshire 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
22 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 Cambridgeshire - - -
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 £40.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
-24.40% +33.33%
All Processes & Methodologies
Cambridgeshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
306 405 333
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 55.84% 57.86% 64.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 168 200 171
Average daily rate £375 £390 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.84% +4.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £275 £255
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £550 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 35 40
Average hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £27.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-5.88% +54.54%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £25.75 £12.00 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £56.50 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
RAD
East of England

RAD
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire region.

Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire region.

Cambridgeshire RAD Hourly Rate Trend

RAD
Top 25 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, 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.

1 6 (100.00%) .NET
1 6 (100.00%) J2EE
1 6 (100.00%) Oracle
1 6 (100.00%) Web Services
1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 6 (100.00%) BizTalk Server
1 6 (100.00%) WebSphere
1 6 (100.00%) Oracle Fusion
1 6 (100.00%) Waterfall
2 5 (83.33%) Talend
2 5 (83.33%) webMethods
2 5 (83.33%) Degree
2 5 (83.33%) ESB
2 5 (83.33%) Talend Open Studio
2 5 (83.33%) Unified Process
2 5 (83.33%) Retail
2 5 (83.33%) TOGAF
2 5 (83.33%) Enterprise Architecture
2 5 (83.33%) Service Management
2 5 (83.33%) ITIL
2 5 (83.33%) RUP
2 5 (83.33%) Oracle 8/8i
2 5 (83.33%) Data Modelling
3 2 (33.33%) Finance
4 1 (16.67%) Middleware

RAD
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, 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.

Application Development
1 6 (100.00%) .NET
1 6 (100.00%) J2EE
1 6 (100.00%) Web Services
1 6 (100.00%) WebSphere
1 6 (100.00%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (16.67%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 6 (100.00%) BizTalk Server
2 5 (83.33%) ESB
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (83.33%) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
1 5 (83.33%) Talend Open Studio
General
1 5 (83.33%) Retail
2 2 (33.33%) Finance
Job Titles
1 6 (100.00%) Architect
2 5 (83.33%) Data Architect
3 4 (66.67%) Solutions Architect
4 1 (16.67%) Integration Architect
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Waterfall
2 5 (83.33%) Unified Process
2 5 (83.33%) TOGAF
2 5 (83.33%) Enterprise Architecture
2 5 (83.33%) Service Management
2 5 (83.33%) ITIL
2 5 (83.33%) RUP
2 5 (83.33%) Data Modelling
Qualifications
1 5 (83.33%) Degree
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) Oracle
1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (83.33%) Talend
2 5 (83.33%) webMethods