Dorset Extreme Programming Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Extreme Programming (XP) skills within the Dorset region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Extreme Programming over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Extreme Programming (XP)
Location Bath Bristol Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Cheshire Chester City of London Croydon Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Dorset East Midlands East of England Eastleigh Edinburgh England Hampshire Leeds London Milton Keynes North West Northwich Scotland Somerset South East South West Southampton UK West Yorkshire Yorkshire	3 months to 21 Nov 2008	Same period last year
Rank	-	-
Rank change on same period last year	-
Matching contract IT job ads	0	0
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.000 %	0.000 %
As % of the category below	0.000 %	0.000 %
Daily rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum daily rate	-	-
Average daily rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£410	£366
% change on same period last year	+11.96 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	-	£52.50
% change on same period last year	-
Processes & Methodologies Dorset
Matching contract IT job ads	160	325
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.252 %	0.348 %
Daily rates quoted	60	126
Average minimum daily rate	£354	£332
Average daily rate	£370	£352
% change on same period last year	+5.00 %
Average maximum daily rate	£386	£373
UK excluding London average daily rate	£380	£370
% change on same period last year	+2.76 %
Hourly rates quoted	40	47
Average minimum hourly rate	£31.16	£34.05
Average hourly rate	£32.56	£36.01
% change on same period last year	-9.58 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£33.96	£37.97
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£28.17	£29.91
% change on same period last year	-5.80 %
Extreme Programming South West

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.

Extreme Programming
Demand Trend

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