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The table below looks at the demand for Test-Driven Development (TDD) skills within the East Midlands 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 15 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkTest-Driven Development (TDD)
Location
3 months to
15 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank8691
Rank change on same period last yearUp+5
Matching contract IT job ads74
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.010 %0.004 %
As % of the category below0.780 %0.433 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£326£357
% change on same period last year-8.56 %
Hourly rates quoted14
Average minimum hourly rate£35.00£30.00
Average hourly rate£42.50£35.00
% change on same period last year+21.42 %
Average maximum hourly rate£50.00£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£35.94£40.27
% change on same period last year-10.73 %
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
East Midlands
Matching contract IT job ads898923
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.280 %0.955 %
Daily rates quoted295190
Average minimum daily rate£379£356
Average daily rate£401£378
% change on same period last year+6.12 %
Average maximum daily rate£424£400
UK excluding London average daily rate£378£370
% change on same period last year+1.93 %
Hourly rates quoted72117
Average minimum hourly rate£29.07£24.87
Average hourly rate£31.75£26.96
% change on same period last year+17.74 %
Average maximum hourly rate£34.43£29.06
UK excluding London average hourly rate£29.30£29.76
% change on same period last year-1.54 %
TDD EnglandTDD
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 East Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region.

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region.

East Midlands TDD Hourly 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 East Midlands region over the 3 months to 15 October 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
LeicestershireUp+135--
DerbyshireNew entry-2--
TDD EnglandTDD
England

TDD
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands 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 (87.50 %)C#
17 (87.50 %).NET
24 (50.00 %)WebServices
24 (50.00 %)ASP.NET
33 (37.50 %)SQL
33 (37.50 %)ASP
33 (37.50 %)CSS
33 (37.50 %)HTML
33 (37.50 %)UML
33 (37.50 %)OO
33 (37.50 %)Finance
33 (37.50 %)Unit Testing
42 (25.00 %)WinForms
42 (25.00 %).NET Framework
42 (25.00 %)XML
51 (12.50 %)Back Office
51 (12.50 %)XAML
51 (12.50 %)XSD
51 (12.50 %)XSLT
51 (12.50 %)Windows
51 (12.50 %)Oracle 9i
51 (12.50 %)Eclipse
51 (12.50 %)RDBMS
51 (12.50 %)Oracle 10g
51 (12.50 %)Sun
51 (12.50 %)Sun Certification
51 (12.50 %)BEA
51 (12.50 %)WebLogic Workshop
51 (12.50 %)WebLogic Portal
51 (12.50 %)Configuration Management

TDD
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands 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.

East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
17 (87.50 %).NET
24 (50.00 %)WebServices
24 (50.00 %)ASP.NET
33 (37.50 %)HTML
33 (37.50 %)ASP
33 (37.50 %)CSS
42 (25.00 %)WinForms
42 (25.00 %)XML
42 (25.00 %).NET Framework
51 (12.50 %)Microsoft Enterprise Library
51 (12.50 %)WCF
51 (12.50 %)WPF
51 (12.50 %)Silverlight
51 (12.50 %)XSD
51 (12.50 %)XSLT
51 (12.50 %)Hibernate
51 (12.50 %)Spring
51 (12.50 %)EJB
51 (12.50 %)JSP
51 (12.50 %)Servlets
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (12.50 %)WebLogic
11 (12.50 %)WebLogic Portal
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (12.50 %)SQL Server
11 (12.50 %)Oracle 9i
11 (12.50 %)RDBMS
11 (12.50 %)Oracle 10g
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (12.50 %)JUnit
11 (12.50 %)Visual Studio
11 (12.50 %)Eclipse
11 (12.50 %)WebLogic Workshop
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13 (37.50 %)Finance
21 (12.50 %)Back Office
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
17 (87.50 %)Developer
26 (75.00 %).NET Developer
32 (25.00 %)C# Developer
32 (25.00 %)Applications Developer
41 (12.50 %)Senior Developer
41 (12.50 %)Java Developer
41 (12.50 %)Software Engineer
41 (12.50 %)ASP.NET Developer
41 (12.50 %)SQL Developer
41 (12.50 %)SQL Server Developer
41 (12.50 %)Senior Java Developer
41 (12.50 %)Senior Applications Developer
41 (12.50 %)Java Applications Developer
41 (12.50 %)Senior Java Applications Developer
41 (12.50 %)C# Application Developer
41 (12.50 %).NET Applications Developer
41 (12.50 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (12.50 %)Mathematics
11 (12.50 %)Computer Science
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (12.50 %)Windows
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (37.50 %)UML
13 (37.50 %)OO
13 (37.50 %)Unit Testing
21 (12.50 %)Continuous Integration
21 (12.50 %)Configuration Management
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
17 (87.50 %)C#
23 (37.50 %)SQL
31 (12.50 %)XAML
31 (12.50 %)C++/CLI
31 (12.50 %)C++
31 (12.50 %)Java
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (12.50 %)Sun Certification
11 (12.50 %)Degree
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (12.50 %)Oracle
11 (12.50 %)Sun
11 (12.50 %)BEA