East of England DSDM Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Dynamic Systems Development Method (DSDM) skills within the East of England region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited DSDM over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Dynamic Systems Development Method (DSDM)
Location Birmingham Blackpool Brentford Buckinghamshire Cardiff Cheshire City of London Croydon Docklands, London Dorset East Anglia East Midlands East of England England Essex Gloucester Gloucestershire Guildford Hampshire Hertfordshire Lancashire Leeds Leicester Leicestershire London Middlesbrough Milton Keynes Newcastle Newport Norfolk North East North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Somerset South East South Wales South West Southend-on-Sea Surrey Swindon Tyne and Wear UK Wales Warrington West Midlands West Yorkshire Wiltshire Woking Yorkshire	3 months to 25 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	89	128
Rank change on same period last year	+39
Matching contract IT job ads	58	25
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.077 %	0.025 %
As % of the category below	2.628 %	1.074 %
Daily rates quoted	21	19
Average minimum daily rate	£455	£412
Average daily rate	£464	£415
% change on same period last year	+11.84 %
Average maximum daily rate	£473	£418
UK excluding London average daily rate	£449	£401
% change on same period last year	+11.93 %
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	-	£20.00
% change on same period last year	-
Processes & Methodologies East of England
Matching contract IT job ads	2207	2327
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	2.942 %	2.354 %
Daily rates quoted	810	817
Average minimum daily rate	£375	£362
Average daily rate	£399	£383
% change on same period last year	+4.14 %
Average maximum daily rate	£422	£403
UK excluding London average daily rate	£380	£376
% change on same period last year	+1.21 %
Hourly rates quoted	209	236
Average minimum hourly rate	£29.47	£28.76
Average hourly rate	£30.60	£30.20
% change on same period last year	+1.32 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£31.74	£31.65
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£29.33	£30.16
% change on same period last year	-2.72 %
DSDM 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.

DSDM
Demand Trend

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

DSDM
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing DSDM across the East of England region.

DSDM
Daily Rate Histogram

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

DSDM
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing DSDM across the East of England region.

DSDM
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing DSDM within the East of England 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
Norfolk	+29	33	£405	-18.92 %
Essex	+16	21	£493	-7.19 %
East Anglia	-	3	-	-
Hertfordshire	-9	1	-	-

DSDM England

DSDM
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing DSDM 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 DSDM.

1 40 (44.94 %) Finance 2 37 (41.57 %) Java 3 30 (33.71 %) Oracle 4 29 (32.58 %) E-Commerce 5 27 (30.34 %) Government 6 26 (29.21 %) WebSphere 7 23 (25.84 %) Pensions 8 20 (22.47 %) Internet 9 18 (20.22 %) Client/Server 10 17 (19.10 %) Insurance 11 16 (17.98 %) Enterprise Architecture 11 16 (17.98 %) Project Management 11 16 (17.98 %) J2EE 12 14 (15.73 %) PRINCE2 12 14 (15.73 %) WPF

13 13 (14.61 %) BODI 13 13 (14.61 %) ETL 14 12 (13.48 %) IBM 14 12 (13.48 %) XML 14 12 (13.48 %) Business Objects 14 12 (13.48 %) BusinessObjects 14 12 (13.48 %) Scrum 14 12 (13.48 %) Agile Software Development 15 11 (12.36 %) ODBC 15 11 (12.36 %) JMS 16 10 (11.24 %) Migration 16 10 (11.24 %) Project Planning 17 7 (7.865 %) PRINCE 17 7 (7.865 %) Oracle 8/8i 18 6 (6.742 %) Matrix Management

DSDM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing DSDM 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 DSDM. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 26 (29.21 %) WebSphere 2 16 (17.98 %) J2EE 3 14 (15.73 %) WPF 4 12 (13.48 %) XML 5 11 (12.36 %) ODBC 5 11 (12.36 %) JMS 6 1 (1.124 %) Hibernate 6 1 (1.124 %) Spring 6 1 (1.124 %) AJAX 6 1 (1.124 %) ADO.NET 6 1 (1.124 %) ASP.NET 6 1 (1.124 %) .NET	Application Platforms 1 5 (5.618 %) Lotus Domino 1 5 (5.618 %) WPS 2 1 (1.124 %) WebSphere Application Server 2 1 (1.124 %) SharePoint
Applications 1 5 (5.618 %) MS Excel	Business Applications 1 2 (2.247 %) SAP CRM
Communications & Networking 1 20 (22.47 %) Internet	Database & Business Intelligence 1 13 (14.61 %) ETL 1 13 (14.61 %) BODI 2 12 (13.48 %) BusinessObjects 3 7 (7.865 %) Oracle 8/8i 4 6 (6.742 %) SQL Server 5 3 (3.371 %) Datawarehouse
Development Applications 1 3 (3.371 %) ERwin	General 1 40 (44.94 %) Finance 2 27 (30.34 %) Government 3 23 (25.84 %) Pensions 4 17 (19.10 %) Insurance 5 3 (3.371 %) Telecoms 6 1 (1.124 %) Marketing 6 1 (1.124 %) Education
Job Titles 1 42 (47.19 %) Project Manager 2 19 (21.35 %) Developer 3 17 (19.10 %) Technical Project Manager 3 17 (19.10 %) Technical Manager 4 10 (11.24 %) Analyst 5 9 (10.11 %) Business Analyst 6 7 (7.865 %) WebSphere Developer 7 4 (4.494 %) Java/J2EE Developer 7 4 (4.494 %) Java Developer 7 4 (4.494 %) J2EE Developer 7 4 (4.494 %) Team Leader 8 3 (3.371 %) ETL Developer 8 3 (3.371 %) Lead Project Manager 9 2 (2.247 %) SAP Business Analyst 9 2 (2.247 %) CRM Business Analyst 9 2 (2.247 %) Applications Manager 9 2 (2.247 %) Architect 9 2 (2.247 %) Senior Business Analyst 9 2 (2.247 %) Senior Analyst 9 2 (2.247 %) Data Analyst	Miscellaneous 1 18 (20.22 %) Client/Server 2 5 (5.618 %) Data Integration 3 4 (4.494 %) iDTV
Processes & Methodologies 1 29 (32.58 %) E-Commerce 2 16 (17.98 %) Project Management 2 16 (17.98 %) Enterprise Architecture 3 14 (15.73 %) PRINCE2 4 12 (13.48 %) Scrum 4 12 (13.48 %) Agile Software Development 5 10 (11.24 %) Migration 5 10 (11.24 %) Project Planning 6 7 (7.865 %) PRINCE 7 6 (6.742 %) SOA 7 6 (6.742 %) Matrix Management 7 6 (6.742 %) Security Cleared 8 5 (5.618 %) Use Case 8 5 (5.618 %) Content Management 8 5 (5.618 %) Workflow 9 4 (4.494 %) Stakeholder Management 10 3 (3.371 %) Requirements Management 10 3 (3.371 %) Change Management 10 3 (3.371 %) Data Modelling 10 3 (3.371 %) RAD	Programming Languages 1 37 (41.57 %) Java 2 6 (6.742 %) SQL 3 1 (1.124 %) Transact-SQL 3 1 (1.124 %) C#
Qualifications 1 2 (2.247 %) PRINCE2 Certification 1 2 (2.247 %) Degree 2 1 (1.124 %) PRINCE2 Practitioner	Vendors 1 30 (33.71 %) Oracle 2 12 (13.48 %) Business Objects 2 12 (13.48 %) IBM 3 5 (5.618 %) Lotus 4 2 (2.247 %) SAP