The first table below looks at the demand for TDD skills in IT contracts advertised for the County Antrim region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited TDD over the 3 months to 19 June 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 County Antrim 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test-Driven Development (TDD)
Rank 22 - 33
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing TDD 3 0 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in County Antrim 1.875% - 2.357%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.778% - 4.268%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 6
Average daily rate £325 - £325
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £325 £350
% change year-on-year
+7.69% -7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £39.00 £40.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year
-2.50% -5.88%
All Processes & Methodologies
County Antrim
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
108 94 164
As % of all contract IT jobs located in County Antrim 67.50% 59.49% 55.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 59 32 46
Average daily rate £350 £400 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-12.50% +23.07%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £180 £263 £210
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.36% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
Average hourly rate £10.50 - £12.42
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
TDD
Northern Ireland

TDD
Jobs Demand Trend

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

County Antrim TDD Jobs Demand Trend

TDD
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing TDD across the County Antrim region.

County Antrim TDD Daily Rate Trend

TDD
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing TDD within the County Antrim region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
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Job
Vacancies
Belfast - 3 £325 -
TDD
Northern Ireland

TDD
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the County Antrim 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.

1 11 (91.67%) Java
2 9 (75.00%) OO
3 8 (66.67%) C#
3 8 (66.67%) C++
4 7 (58.33%) BizTalk Server
4 7 (58.33%) Web Development
4 7 (58.33%) Web Design
4 7 (58.33%) HTML
4 7 (58.33%) JavaScript
4 7 (58.33%) CSS
4 7 (58.33%) E-Commerce
4 7 (58.33%) jQuery
4 7 (58.33%) Dojo
4 7 (58.33%) HTML5
4 7 (58.33%) CSS3
4 7 (58.33%) Responsive Web Design
5 3 (25.00%) Finance
6 2 (16.67%) JUnit
6 2 (16.67%) JSON
6 2 (16.67%) Ajax
6 2 (16.67%) Eclipse
6 2 (16.67%) IBM
6 2 (16.67%) J2EE
6 2 (16.67%) SOAP
6 2 (16.67%) Web Services
6 2 (16.67%) XML
6 2 (16.67%) soapUI
6 2 (16.67%) WebSphere
6 2 (16.67%) REST
7 1 (8.333%) Node.js

TDD
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the County Antrim 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.

Application Development
1 7 (58.33%) HTML
1 7 (58.33%) CSS
1 7 (58.33%) jQuery
1 7 (58.33%) Dojo
1 7 (58.33%) HTML5
1 7 (58.33%) CSS3
2 2 (16.67%) JSON
2 2 (16.67%) Ajax
2 2 (16.67%) J2EE
2 2 (16.67%) SOAP
2 2 (16.67%) Web Services
2 2 (16.67%) XML
2 2 (16.67%) soapUI
2 2 (16.67%) WebSphere
2 2 (16.67%) REST
3 1 (8.333%) Node.js
3 1 (8.333%) WPF
3 1 (8.333%) MDX
Application Platforms
1 7 (58.33%) BizTalk Server
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (8.333%) SQL Server Analysis Services
1 1 (8.333%) SQL Server 2008
1 1 (8.333%) SQL Server
1 1 (8.333%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (8.333%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 1 (8.333%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 2 (16.67%) JUnit
1 2 (16.67%) Eclipse
General
1 3 (25.00%) Finance
2 1 (8.333%) Banking
Job Titles
1 8 (66.67%) Developer
2 2 (16.67%) Java Developer
3 1 (8.333%) SQL Developer
3 1 (8.333%) SQL Server Developer
3 1 (8.333%) Microsoft Developer
3 1 (8.333%) JavaScript Developer
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (75.00%) OO
2 7 (58.33%) Web Development
2 7 (58.33%) Web Design
2 7 (58.33%) E-Commerce
2 7 (58.33%) Responsive Web Design
3 1 (8.333%) Continuous Integration
Programming Languages
1 11 (91.67%) Java
2 8 (66.67%) C#
2 8 (66.67%) C++
3 7 (58.33%) JavaScript
4 1 (8.333%) Groovy
4 1 (8.333%) PowerShell
4 1 (8.333%) Bash shell
4 1 (8.333%) SQL
4 1 (8.333%) Python
4 1 (8.333%) Ruby
Systems Management
1 1 (8.333%) Puppet
Vendors
1 2 (16.67%) IBM
2 1 (8.333%) Microsoft
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