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This section looks at the demand for Test-Driven Development (TDD) 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 TDD over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkTest-Driven Development (TDD)
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank5867
Rank change on same period last yearUp+9
Matching contract IT job ads16
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.006 %
As % of the category below0.264 %1.345 %
Daily rates quoted11
Average minimum daily rate£320£500
Average daily rate£320£500
% change on same period last year-36.00 %
Average maximum daily rate£320£500
UK excluding London average daily rate£317£417
% change on same period last year-23.86 %
Hourly rates quoted05
Average minimum hourly rate-£50.80
Average hourly rate-£51.30
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£51.80
UK excluding London average hourly rate£36.88£41.57
% change on same period last year-11.29 %
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
Cambridgeshire
Matching contract IT job ads379446
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.500 %0.444 %
Daily rates quoted93128
Average minimum daily rate£328£355
Average daily rate£348£376
% change on same period last year-7.29 %
Average maximum daily rate£368£397
UK excluding London average daily rate£380£377
% change on same period last year+0.71 %
Hourly rates quoted5248
Average minimum hourly rate£22.06£34.87
Average hourly rate£23.93£37.25
% change on same period last year-35.74 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.81£39.63
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.34£30.18
% change on same period last year+0.55 %
TDD East of EnglandTDD
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.

TDD
Demand Trend

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

Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire region.

Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire region.

Cambridgeshire TDD Hourly Rate Trend

TDD
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing TDD within the Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 20 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
PeterboroughNew entry-1£320-
TDD East of EnglandTDD
East of England

TDD
Top 27 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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.

17 (100.00 %)VB.NET
17 (100.00 %).NET
17 (100.00 %)ASP.NET
17 (100.00 %)CSS
17 (100.00 %)XML
17 (100.00 %)XSLT
17 (100.00 %)SQL
17 (100.00 %)Transact-SQL
17 (100.00 %)UML
17 (100.00 %)Agile Software Development
26 (85.71 %)Finance
26 (85.71 %)JavaScript
35 (71.43 %)WCF
35 (71.43 %)WPF
44 (57.14 %)VB6
44 (57.14 %)CRM
44 (57.14 %)VB
44 (57.14 %)SQL Server
44 (57.14 %)ASP
53 (42.86 %)OO
53 (42.86 %)OOD
53 (42.86 %)SQL Server 2000
53 (42.86 %)SQL Server 2005
53 (42.86 %)Performance Testing
53 (42.86 %)Continuous Integration
61 (14.29 %)Web Development
61 (14.29 %)Windows

TDD
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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.

Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
17 (100.00 %).NET
17 (100.00 %)ASP.NET
17 (100.00 %)CSS
17 (100.00 %)XML
17 (100.00 %)XSLT
25 (71.43 %)WCF
25 (71.43 %)WPF
34 (57.14 %)ASP
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
14 (57.14 %)SQL Server
23 (42.86 %)SQL Server 2000
23 (42.86 %)SQL Server 2005
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
16 (85.71 %)Finance
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
17 (100.00 %)Developer
24 (57.14 %).NET Developer
24 (57.14 %)VB.NET Developer
33 (42.86 %)ASP.NET Developer
33 (42.86 %)VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
41 (14.29 %)Senior Developer
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (14.29 %)Windows
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
17 (100.00 %)UML
17 (100.00 %)Agile Software Development
24 (57.14 %)CRM
33 (42.86 %)OO
33 (42.86 %)OOD
33 (42.86 %)Performance Testing
33 (42.86 %)Continuous Integration
41 (14.29 %)Web Development
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
17 (100.00 %)VB.NET
17 (100.00 %)SQL
17 (100.00 %)Transact-SQL
26 (85.71 %)JavaScript
34 (57.14 %)VB6
34 (57.14 %)VB