Cambridgeshire UML Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Unified Modeling Language (UML) 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 UML over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Unified Modeling Language (UML)
Location Ascot Basildon Basingstoke Bath Batley Bedford Bedfordshire Berkshire Birmingham Blackpool Bournemouth Bracknell Bradford Brentford Brentwood Bridgend Brighton Bristol Buckinghamshire Bury St Edmunds Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Cheadle Cheltenham Cheshire Chester City of London Coventry Crawley Crewe Croydon Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Dorking Dorset Dover East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Edinburgh England Epsom Essex Exeter Farnborough Farnham Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Gosport Guildford Hammersmith Hampshire Harrogate Harrow Havant Hemel Hempstead Hendon Herefordshire Hertfordshire Horsham Hull Ipswich Kent Lancashire Leamington Spa Leatherhead Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Lincolnshire Liverpool Livingston London Luton Macclesfield Manchester Marlow Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Newton-le-Willows Norfolk North East North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Nuneaton Oxford Oxfordshire Peterborough Portsmouth Reading Rickmansworth Rugby Salford Salisbury Scotland Sheffield Shropshire Slough Somerset South Coast South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Southend-on-Sea Staffordshire Staines Stevenage Stockport Street Suffolk Sunderland Surrey Sussex Swansea Swindon Telford Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wales Warminster Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Watford Wells Welwyn Garden City West Lothian West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Whyteleafe Wigan Wiltshire Wolverhampton Worcestershire Worthing Yeovil York Yorkshire	3 months to 25 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	32	27
Rank change on same period last year	-5
Matching contract IT job ads	31	42
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.041 %	0.042 %
As % of the category below	8.470 %	10.82 %
Daily rates quoted	6	4
Average minimum daily rate	£303	£309
Average daily rate	£328	£326
% change on same period last year	+0.83 %
Average maximum daily rate	£353	£343
UK excluding London average daily rate	£385	£364
% change on same period last year	+5.92 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	6
Average minimum hourly rate	-	£30.83
Average hourly rate	-	£33.50
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	£36.17
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£38.05	£34.62
% change on same period last year	+9.89 %
Processes & Methodologies Cambridgeshire
Matching contract IT job ads	366	388
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.488 %	0.393 %
Daily rates quoted	85	128
Average minimum daily rate	£332	£337
Average daily rate	£348	£357
% change on same period last year	-2.36 %
Average maximum daily rate	£365	£377
UK excluding London average daily rate	£380	£376
% change on same period last year	+1.21 %
Hourly rates quoted	41	39
Average minimum hourly rate	£23.90	£30.28
Average hourly rate	£25.79	£32.36
% change on same period last year	-20.30 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£27.68	£34.43
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£29.33	£30.16
% change on same period last year	-2.72 %
UML 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.

UML
Demand Trend

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

UML
Daily Rate Trend

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

UML
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing UML across the Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

UML
Hourly Rate Trend

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

UML
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing UML within the Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 25 July 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.

Location	Rank 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
Cambridge	-4	18	£313	-1.57 %
Peterborough	-	9	£320	-

UML East of England

UML
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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.

1 45 (43.27 %) OO 2 41 (39.42 %) Java 3 35 (33.65 %) SQL 4 29 (27.88 %) Finance 5 28 (26.92 %) J2EE 6 27 (25.96 %) .NET 7 26 (25.00 %) CSS 8 25 (24.04 %) SQL Server 8 25 (24.04 %) Linux 9 24 (23.08 %) XML 9 24 (23.08 %) JUnit 9 24 (23.08 %) ASP.NET 10 23 (22.12 %) C++ 11 22 (21.15 %) CRM 12 21 (20.19 %) C

12 21 (20.19 %) JavaScript 12 21 (20.19 %) VB 12 21 (20.19 %) VB.NET 13 20 (19.23 %) Agile Software Development 14 19 (18.27 %) VB6 14 19 (18.27 %) UNIX 15 17 (16.35 %) ASP 15 17 (16.35 %) Spring 15 17 (16.35 %) Hibernate 16 16 (15.38 %) XSLT 16 16 (15.38 %) Transact-SQL 16 16 (15.38 %) WebSphere 17 15 (14.42 %) WCF 17 15 (14.42 %) WPF 17 15 (14.42 %) Ant

UML
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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.

Application Development 1 28 (26.92 %) J2EE 2 27 (25.96 %) .NET 3 26 (25.00 %) CSS 4 24 (23.08 %) ASP.NET 4 24 (23.08 %) XML 5 17 (16.35 %) Hibernate 5 17 (16.35 %) Spring 5 17 (16.35 %) ASP 6 16 (15.38 %) WebSphere 6 16 (15.38 %) XSLT 7 15 (14.42 %) WCF 7 15 (14.42 %) WPF 8 8 (7.692 %) JSP 9 7 (6.731 %) JMS 10 6 (5.769 %) Servlets 10 6 (5.769 %) HTML 11 5 (4.808 %) Struts 12 4 (3.846 %) ASP.NET 2.0 13 3 (2.885 %) WinForms 14 2 (1.923 %) iBATIS	Application Platforms 1 14 (13.46 %) JBoss 2 12 (11.54 %) WebSphere Application Server 3 7 (6.731 %) MQSeries 4 1 (0.962 %) WebLogic Portal 4 1 (0.962 %) WebLogic 4 1 (0.962 %) IIS 4 1 (0.962 %) Apache
Applications 1 1 (0.962 %) MS Office	Communications & Networking 1 9 (8.654 %) 3G 1 9 (8.654 %) RNC 2 8 (7.692 %) 2G 2 8 (7.692 %) SS7 2 8 (7.692 %) GSM 3 3 (2.885 %) Wireless 3 3 (2.885 %) Bluetooth 4 2 (1.923 %) UWB 4 2 (1.923 %) WLAN 4 2 (1.923 %) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence 1 25 (24.04 %) SQL Server 2 13 (12.50 %) DB2 3 7 (6.731 %) SQL Server 2005 4 4 (3.846 %) SQL Server 2000 5 2 (1.923 %) Oracle 10g 5 2 (1.923 %) Oracle Reports 5 2 (1.923 %) Oracle 9i 6 1 (0.962 %) Datawarehouse 6 1 (0.962 %) DTS 6 1 (0.962 %) MySQL	Development Applications 1 24 (23.08 %) JUnit 2 15 (14.42 %) Ant 3 13 (12.50 %) Eclipse 4 12 (11.54 %) IntelliJ 5 11 (10.58 %) CruiseControl 5 11 (10.58 %) Atlassian Bamboo 6 7 (6.731 %) Subversion 7 1 (0.962 %) JBuilder 7 1 (0.962 %) WebSphere Studio Application Developer 7 1 (0.962 %) JDeveloper 7 1 (0.962 %) Rational Robot
General 1 29 (27.88 %) Finance 2 10 (9.615 %) Telecoms 2 10 (9.615 %) Retail 3 9 (8.654 %) Banking 4 2 (1.923 %) Government 4 2 (1.923 %) Insurance 5 1 (0.962 %) Multimedia	Job Titles 1 63 (60.58 %) Developer 2 35 (33.65 %) Java Developer 3 28 (26.92 %) Analyst 4 27 (25.96 %) Business Analyst 5 20 (19.23 %) .NET Developer 6 15 (14.42 %) VB.NET Developer 7 14 (13.46 %) ASP.NET Developer 8 11 (10.58 %) VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer 9 10 (9.615 %) Software Engineer 10 8 (7.692 %) C# Developer 11 7 (6.731 %) Lead Developer 12 6 (5.769 %) J2EE Developer 12 6 (5.769 %) C#/ASP.NET Developer 12 6 (5.769 %) Java/J2EE Developer 13 5 (4.808 %) Lead Java Developer 13 5 (4.808 %) UML Business Analyst 13 5 (4.808 %) Software Developer 14 4 (3.846 %) Senior Developer 14 4 (3.846 %) C++/Java Developer 15 2 (1.923 %) Senior J2EE Developer
Miscellaneous 1 7 (6.731 %) PKI 2 5 (4.808 %) Cryptography 3 1 (0.962 %) Device Driver 3 1 (0.962 %) E-Learning 3 1 (0.962 %) Web 2.0 3 1 (0.962 %) Computer Science 3 1 (0.962 %) Blog	Operating Systems 1 25 (24.04 %) Linux 2 19 (18.27 %) UNIX 3 11 (10.58 %) HPUX 3 11 (10.58 %) Solaris 4 10 (9.615 %) Windows
Processes & Methodologies 1 45 (43.27 %) OO 2 22 (21.15 %) CRM 3 20 (19.23 %) Agile Software Development 4 14 (13.46 %) Continuous Integration 4 14 (13.46 %) OOD 5 11 (10.58 %) Security Cleared 5 11 (10.58 %) Business Development 6 10 (9.615 %) Use Case 6 10 (9.615 %) SOA 7 8 (7.692 %) Software Engineering 8 7 (6.731 %) TDD 9 6 (5.769 %) Business Analysis 9 6 (5.769 %) OOA/OOD 10 5 (4.808 %) E-Commerce 10 5 (4.808 %) Change Management 11 3 (2.885 %) Requirements Analysis 11 3 (2.885 %) Performance Testing 12 2 (1.923 %) SC Cleared 12 2 (1.923 %) Scrum 12 2 (1.923 %) B2C	Programming Languages 1 41 (39.42 %) Java 2 35 (33.65 %) SQL 3 23 (22.12 %) C++ 4 21 (20.19 %) C 4 21 (20.19 %) JavaScript 4 21 (20.19 %) VB 4 21 (20.19 %) VB.NET 5 19 (18.27 %) VB6 6 16 (15.38 %) Transact-SQL 7 11 (10.58 %) C# 8 1 (0.962 %) DHTML 8 1 (0.962 %) PHP 8 1 (0.962 %) PL/SQL 8 1 (0.962 %) Python 8 1 (0.962 %) Embedded C 8 1 (0.962 %) Embedded C++
Qualifications 1 2 (1.923 %) Degree 2 1 (0.962 %) Sun Certification	Vendors 1 15 (14.42 %) IBM 2 14 (13.46 %) Oracle 3 1 (0.962 %) Microsoft 3 1 (0.962 %) Sun