The first table below looks at the demand for UML skills in IT contracts advertised for the East of England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited UML 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 of England 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
Unified Modeling Language (UML)
Rank 80 58 39
Rank change year-on-year
-22 -19
Contract jobs citing UML 34 81 107
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 1.590% 2.741% 4.047%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.383% 4.256% 6.228%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 33 33
Average daily rate £375 £375 £375
90% offered a daily rate of more than £303 £308 £266
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £375 £400
% change year-on-year
-6.66% -6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 13 32
Average hourly rate £34.00 £37.50 £37.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-9.33% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £32.00 £27.53 £30.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £38.25 £37.50 £47.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.75 £35.50
% change year-on-year
+0.71% -2.11%
All Processes & Methodologies
East of England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1427 1903 1718
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 66.71% 64.40% 64.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 813 915 776
Average daily rate £375 £363 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.44% -3.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £250 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 122 154 186
Average hourly rate £35.22 £31.00 £32.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+13.61% -3.12%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £19.08 £12.28 £13.88
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £43.00 £49.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
UML
England

UML
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East of England UML Jobs Demand Trend

UML
Daily Rate Trend

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

East of England UML Daily Rate Trend

UML
Daily Rate Histogram

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

East of England UML Daily Rate Histogram

UML
Hourly Rate Trend

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

East of England UML Hourly Rate Trend

UML
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing UML within the East of England 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
Hertfordshire -1 17 £350 -9.67%
Essex -7 7 £313 -10.71%
Suffolk -3 5 £460 +23.48%
Cambridgeshire 0 3 £425 -8.10%
East Anglia +12 1 £310 -
Norfolk -3 1 £400 +2.56%
UML
England

UML
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing UML 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 UML.

1 40 (42.11%) SQL
2 31 (32.63%) Java
3 26 (27.37%) J2EE
3 26 (27.37%) XML
4 25 (26.32%) Finance
5 23 (24.21%) Oracle
6 22 (23.16%) JavaScript
6 22 (23.16%) OO
7 21 (22.11%) Use Case
8 20 (21.05%) Spring
9 19 (20.00%) Business Analysis
9 19 (20.00%) Struts
10 18 (18.95%) Web Services
10 18 (18.95%) Hibernate
10 18 (18.95%) Degree
11 17 (17.89%) JUnit
11 17 (17.89%) JSP
12 16 (16.84%) SQL Server
12 16 (16.84%) Security Cleared
13 13 (13.68%) CSS
13 13 (13.68%) HTML
14 12 (12.63%) XSLT
14 12 (12.63%) Apache
14 12 (12.63%) SOA
14 12 (12.63%) SC Cleared
14 12 (12.63%) System Testing
15 11 (11.58%) Agile Software Development
15 11 (11.58%) Unit Testing
15 11 (11.58%) Data Warehouse
15 11 (11.58%) Servlets

UML
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 26 (27.37%) J2EE
1 26 (27.37%) XML
2 20 (21.05%) Spring
3 19 (20.00%) Struts
4 18 (18.95%) Web Services
4 18 (18.95%) Hibernate
5 17 (17.89%) JSP
6 13 (13.68%) CSS
6 13 (13.68%) HTML
7 12 (12.63%) XSLT
8 11 (11.58%) Servlets
9 10 (10.53%) JDBC
9 10 (10.53%) XHTML
10 9 (9.474%) Ajax
10 9 (9.474%) WebSphere
10 9 (9.474%) EJB
11 8 (8.421%) JMS
12 7 (7.368%) JSF
12 7 (7.368%) XML Schema
13 6 (6.316%) Swing
Application Platforms
1 12 (12.63%) Apache
2 7 (7.368%) Tomcat
3 6 (6.316%) MQSeries
3 6 (6.316%) WebSphere Application Server
3 6 (6.316%) ActiveMQ
4 4 (4.211%) WebLogic
4 4 (4.211%) Oracle Workflow
4 4 (4.211%) ESB
4 4 (4.211%) Liferay
5 2 (2.105%) Oracle Service Bus
6 1 (1.053%) Oracle Spatial
6 1 (1.053%) IIS
6 1 (1.053%) Tuxedo
6 1 (1.053%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (1.053%) OpenStack
Applications
1 3 (3.158%) MS Visio
2 1 (1.053%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 6 (6.316%) Tridion
2 2 (2.105%) Oracle Applications
3 1 (1.053%) Oracle BPM
Communications & Networking
1 6 (6.316%) Internet
2 1 (1.053%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (16.84%) SQL Server
2 11 (11.58%) Data Warehouse
3 9 (9.474%) RDBMS
4 7 (7.368%) JasperReports
5 6 (6.316%) DB2
6 5 (5.263%) GIS
6 5 (5.263%) Oracle Reports
7 4 (4.211%) MySQL
8 3 (3.158%) Crystal Reports
9 1 (1.053%) Data Mining
9 1 (1.053%) Oracle 10g
9 1 (1.053%) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
1 17 (17.89%) JUnit
2 10 (10.53%) Eclipse
2 10 (10.53%) Maven
2 10 (10.53%) Rational DOORS
3 8 (8.421%) Ant
3 8 (8.421%) WebSphere Studio Application Developer
3 8 (8.421%) Subversion
4 7 (7.368%) Log4j
5 4 (4.211%) Rational Rhapsody
6 3 (3.158%) Team Foundation Server
6 3 (3.158%) Visual Studio
7 2 (2.105%) GoogleTest
7 2 (2.105%) Axure RP
7 2 (2.105%) ClearCase
7 2 (2.105%) LabVIEW
8 1 (1.053%) JBehave
8 1 (1.053%) Git (software)
8 1 (1.053%) JDeveloper
8 1 (1.053%) Rational Rose
8 1 (1.053%) PVCS
General
1 25 (26.32%) Finance
2 7 (7.368%) Retail
3 5 (5.263%) Games
4 4 (4.211%) Manufacturing
5 2 (2.105%) Telecoms
5 2 (2.105%) Publishing
5 2 (2.105%) Aerospace
5 2 (2.105%) General Ledger
5 2 (2.105%) Billing
5 2 (2.105%) Banking
5 2 (2.105%) Marketing
6 1 (1.053%) Retail Banking
6 1 (1.053%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 49 (51.58%) Analyst
2 43 (45.26%) Business Analyst
3 24 (25.26%) Developer
4 21 (22.11%) Java Developer
5 12 (12.63%) UML Business Analyst
6 9 (9.474%) J2EE Developer
6 9 (9.474%) Java/J2EE Developer
7 7 (7.368%) Systems Analyst
7 7 (7.368%) Software Engineer
8 6 (6.316%) Programmer
9 5 (5.263%) Senior Java Developer
9 5 (5.263%) Architect
9 5 (5.263%) Consultant
9 5 (5.263%) Business Systems Analyst
9 5 (5.263%) Senior Developer
10 4 (4.211%) Senior Analyst
11 3 (3.158%) Designer
11 3 (3.158%) NHS Business Analyst
11 3 (3.158%) Java Programmer
11 3 (3.158%) Analyst Programmer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (7.368%) Open Source
2 6 (6.316%) Web 2.0
3 5 (5.263%) NHS
4 4 (4.211%) IIBA
5 3 (3.158%) Client/Server
6 2 (2.105%) SaaS
7 1 (1.053%) Physics
7 1 (1.053%) Management Information System
7 1 (1.053%) Mainframe
7 1 (1.053%) N-Tier
7 1 (1.053%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 10 (10.53%) Linux
2 9 (9.474%) UNIX
3 8 (8.421%) Windows
4 7 (7.368%) Solaris
5 6 (6.316%) HPUX
6 1 (1.053%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (1.053%) VME
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (23.16%) OO
2 21 (22.11%) Use Case
3 19 (20.00%) Business Analysis
4 12 (12.63%) SOA
4 12 (12.63%) System Testing
5 11 (11.58%) Agile Software Development
5 11 (11.58%) Unit Testing
6 10 (10.53%) Systems Analysis
7 9 (9.474%) Migration
7 9 (9.474%) User Acceptance Testing
7 9 (9.474%) Data Migration
8 8 (8.421%) RUP
8 8 (8.421%) Requirements Analysis
9 7 (7.368%) OOD
10 6 (6.316%) Root Cause Analysis
10 6 (6.316%) RAD
10 6 (6.316%) E-Commerce
10 6 (6.316%) Configuration Management
10 6 (6.316%) Content Management
10 6 (6.316%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 40 (42.11%) SQL
2 31 (32.63%) Java
3 22 (23.16%) JavaScript
4 8 (8.421%) Perl
5 7 (7.368%) C++
6 6 (6.316%) PL/SQL
6 6 (6.316%) XPath
6 6 (6.316%) Bash shell
7 3 (3.158%) C#
8 2 (2.105%) Ada
8 2 (2.105%) PHP
8 2 (2.105%) T-SQL
8 2 (2.105%) Shell Script
9 1 (1.053%) MATLAB
9 1 (1.053%) C
9 1 (1.053%) Delphi
Qualifications
1 18 (18.95%) Degree
2 16 (16.84%) Security Cleared
3 12 (12.63%) SC Cleared
4 5 (5.263%) ISEB
5 4 (4.211%) CTC Cleared
6 3 (3.158%) DV Cleared
7 2 (2.105%) Sun Certification
8 1 (1.053%) BC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.105%) ISO 9001
1 2 (2.105%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (1.053%) HL7
Vendors
1 23 (24.21%) Oracle
2 8 (8.421%) JBoss
3 6 (6.316%) Elastic Path
3 6 (6.316%) IBM
3 6 (6.316%) Interwoven
3 6 (6.316%) Blue Martini
3 6 (6.316%) ATG
4 5 (5.263%) Civica
5 4 (4.211%) Sun
5 4 (4.211%) Microsoft
6 3 (3.158%) Serena
6 3 (3.158%) Google
7 2 (2.105%) Unisys
7 2 (2.105%) webMethods
8 1 (1.053%) Coverity
8 1 (1.053%) AccuRev
8 1 (1.053%) Fujitsu
8 1 (1.053%) VMware
8 1 (1.053%) TIBCO
8 1 (1.053%) Remedy
Hertfordshire
You will be joining a team of developers on change projects on existing systems where the knowledge of JAVA / J2EE web application experience is needed. Essential experience needed :-...
Lorien Resourcing
Salary: £45000 - £50000 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013
Southend-On-Sea, South East
J2EE experience must include experience of Servlets, JSPs and Session Beans delivering transactional web-based applications.*BEA WebLogic at version 9, or later... *development on UNIX environments, preferably...
Capita Resourcing
Posted: 30 April 2013
Cambridge, East Anglia
The Role: - Systems Software Engineer - Feedback to Manager & Team Required: - Embedded device control using, for example: GPIB, MIPI, USB, LAN, SNMP - Experience of MATLAB or C# - Understanding of...
Computer Futures
Posted: 15 May 2013
Stevenage, Hertfordshire
2 years professional experience); C coding; Linux scripting skills... Configuration management using ClearCase, CVS or similar. Change tracking with ClearQuest, Bugzilla or similar... Microsoft Windows 7; Linux Red...
s-com
Rate: £0.00 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013
Stevenage, Hertfordshire
SYS UML) - Software process oriented... Cygwin, UML, HOOD) - Embedded C, Java, pearl, bash (or scripting languages) - Proficient in the use of debuggers (gdb,….) - Desirable: - Previous experience developing satellite...
s-com
Rate: £0.00 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013