The first table below looks at the demand for Pair Programming skills in IT contracts advertised for the East Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Pair Programming over the 3 months to 24 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 East Midlands 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Pair Programming
Rank 79 79 -
Rank change year-on-year
0 -
Contract jobs citing Pair Programming 4 1 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East Midlands 0.319% 0.073% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.476% 0.113% -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
Average daily rate £450 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £363 £325
% change year-on-year
-3.44% +11.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £40.00 - -
All Processes & Methodologies
East Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
840 883 906
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East Midlands 66.99% 64.41% 64.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 397 449 392
Average daily rate £375 £375 £375
90% offered a daily rate of more than £235 £245 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £525
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 50 49 65
Average hourly rate £27.50 £32.50 £26.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-15.38% +25.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.00 £10.50 £14.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.00 £57.50 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
Pair Programming
England

Pair Programming
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East Midlands Pair Programming Jobs Demand Trend

Pair Programming
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Pair Programming across the East Midlands region.

East Midlands Pair Programming Daily Rate Trend

Pair Programming
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Pair Programming across the East Midlands region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

East Midlands Pair Programming Daily Rate Histogram

Pair Programming
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Pair Programming within the East Midlands region over the 3 months to 24 May 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
Leicestershire - 4 £450 -
Pair Programming
England

Pair Programming
Top 23 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands region citing Pair Programming 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 Pair Programming.

1 10 (100.00%) Scrum
1 10 (100.00%) TDD
1 10 (100.00%) Kanban
1 10 (100.00%) BDD
2 7 (70.00%) Extreme Programming
2 7 (70.00%) Java
3 6 (60.00%) E-Commerce
3 6 (60.00%) Retail
4 4 (40.00%) Agile Software Development
5 3 (30.00%) Spring
5 3 (30.00%) WebSphere
6 2 (20.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (20.00%) Software Engineering
6 2 (20.00%) Migration
6 2 (20.00%) Red Hat
6 2 (20.00%) Middleware
6 2 (20.00%) Service Management
6 2 (20.00%) ITIL
6 2 (20.00%) UNIX
6 2 (20.00%) Linux
7 1 (10.00%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
7 1 (10.00%) Velocity

Pair Programming
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands region citing Pair Programming 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 Pair Programming. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (30.00%) Spring
1 3 (30.00%) WebSphere
2 2 (20.00%) Middleware
3 1 (10.00%) Velocity
Communications & Networking
1 1 (10.00%) Wi-Fi
General
1 6 (60.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 6 (60.00%) Agile Coach
2 1 (10.00%) Head of Development
2 1 (10.00%) Head of Software Development
2 1 (10.00%) ScrumMaster
Operating Systems
1 2 (20.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 2 (20.00%) UNIX
1 2 (20.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (100.00%) Scrum
1 10 (100.00%) TDD
1 10 (100.00%) Kanban
1 10 (100.00%) BDD
2 7 (70.00%) Extreme Programming
3 6 (60.00%) E-Commerce
4 4 (40.00%) Agile Software Development
5 2 (20.00%) Software Engineering
5 2 (20.00%) Migration
5 2 (20.00%) Service Management
5 2 (20.00%) ITIL
6 1 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (70.00%) Java
Vendors
1 2 (20.00%) Red Hat