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This section looks at the demand for Unified Modeling Language (UML) 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 job ads that have cited UML over the 3 months to 4 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkUnified Modeling Language (UML)
Location
3 months to 4 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank3734
Rank change on same period last yearDown-3
Matching contract IT job ads167166
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.220 %0.176 %
As % of the category below7.509 %7.664 %
Daily rates quoted4254
Average minimum daily rate£379£381
Average daily rate£409£408
% change on same period last year+0.29 %
Average maximum daily rate£439£436
UK excluding London average daily rate£386£362
% change on same period last year+6.79 %
Hourly rates quoted2631
Average minimum hourly rate£35.69£32.85
Average hourly rate£37.14£33.43
% change on same period last year+11.11 %
Average maximum hourly rate£38.60£34.01
UK excluding London average hourly rate£38.07£34.40
% change on same period last year+10.68 %
Processes & Methodologies East of EnglandProcesses & Methodologies
East of England
Matching contract IT job ads22242166
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled2.933 %2.298 %
Daily rates quoted857749
Average minimum daily rate£375£360
Average daily rate£399£381
% change on same period last year+4.72 %
Average maximum daily rate£424£403
UK excluding London average daily rate£384£374
% change on same period last year+2.50 %
Hourly rates quoted189213
Average minimum hourly rate£30.65£27.80
Average hourly rate£31.80£29.25
% change on same period last year+8.73 %
Average maximum hourly rate£32.95£30.69
UK excluding London average hourly rate£29.40£30.19
% change on same period last year-2.62 %
UML EnglandUML
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.

UML
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 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 Demand Trend

UML
Daily Rate Trend

The 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

The 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 4 July 2008.

East of England UML Daily Rate Histogram

UML
Hourly Rate Trend

The 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
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing UML across the East of England region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

East of England UML Hourly Rate Histogram

UML
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT job ads citing UML within the East of England region over the 3 months to 4 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.

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
HertfordshireUp+18100£409+6.35 %
EssexDown-1630£420+0.11 %
CambridgeshireDown-623£365+12.30 %
SuffolkUp+68£400-
East AngliaDown-52--
NorfolkDown-12£415-22.42 %
BedfordshireDown-62--
UML EnglandUML
England

UML
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, 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.

1190 (41.04 %)Java
2166 (35.85 %)SQL
2166 (35.85 %)OO
3153 (33.05 %)Finance
4142 (30.67 %)J2EE
5130 (28.08 %)XML
6118 (25.49 %)Oracle
7111 (23.97 %)JUnit
8106 (22.89 %)Hibernate
9103 (22.25 %)Spring
1096 (20.73 %).NET
1189 (19.22 %)Eclipse
1278 (16.85 %)SOA
1374 (15.98 %)SQL Server
1471 (15.33 %)ASP.NET
1568 (14.69 %)RAD
1667 (14.47 %)WebServices
1766 (14.25 %)Use Case
1863 (13.61 %)Banking
1960 (12.96 %)C#
2059 (12.74 %)PL/SQL
2158 (12.53 %)WebLogic
2257 (12.31 %)WebSphere
2356 (12.10 %)RUP
2454 (11.66 %)C++
2454 (11.66 %)ClearCase
2552 (11.23 %)Struts
2552 (11.23 %)ClearQuest
2650 (10.80 %)Back Office
2749 (10.58 %)E-Commerce

UML
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, 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
1142 (30.67 %)J2EE
2130 (28.08 %)XML
3106 (22.89 %)Hibernate
4103 (22.25 %)Spring
596 (20.73 %).NET
671 (15.33 %)ASP.NET
767 (14.47 %)WebServices
857 (12.31 %)WebSphere
952 (11.23 %)Struts
1044 (9.503 %)Java EE
1135 (7.559 %)CSS
1233 (7.127 %)ADO.NET
1332 (6.911 %)HTML
1430 (6.479 %)XML Schema
1529 (6.263 %)XSLT
1628 (6.048 %)Servlets
1727 (5.832 %)JSP
1826 (5.616 %)JSF
1924 (5.184 %)SOAP
2021 (4.536 %)EJB
Application Platforms
158 (12.53 %)WebLogic
228 (6.048 %)WebSphere Application Server
325 (5.400 %)SharePoint
419 (4.104 %)MQSeries
516 (3.456 %)JBoss
611 (2.376 %)WebLogic Portal
78 (1.728 %)CMS
85 (1.080 %)Apache
93 (0.648 %)IIS
93 (0.648 %)Commerce Server 2007
93 (0.648 %)Commerce Server
102 (0.432 %)BizTalk Server
102 (0.432 %)Tuxedo
111 (0.216 %)JRun
111 (0.216 %)Tomcat
111 (0.216 %)ESB
111 (0.216 %)Jetty
111 (0.216 %)Resin
Applications
18 (1.728 %)InfoPath
27 (1.512 %)MS Excel
36 (1.296 %)MS Visio
45 (1.080 %)MATLAB
45 (1.080 %)Simulink
54 (0.864 %)MS Office
Business Applications
11 (0.216 %)TIBCO iProcess
Communications & Networking
19 (1.944 %)HTTP
19 (1.944 %)TCP/IP
26 (1.296 %)3G
26 (1.296 %)SNMP
26 (1.296 %)RNC
35 (1.080 %)Internet
35 (1.080 %)GSM
35 (1.080 %)SS7
35 (1.080 %)2G
43 (0.648 %)Firewall
43 (0.648 %)Wireless
43 (0.648 %)Bluetooth
52 (0.432 %)WLAN
52 (0.432 %)DVB
52 (0.432 %)UWB
61 (0.216 %)SSL
61 (0.216 %)CTI
61 (0.216 %)TETRA
61 (0.216 %)SMTP
61 (0.216 %)FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
174 (15.98 %)SQL Server
234 (7.343 %)SQL Server 2005
328 (6.048 %)DB2
413 (2.808 %)Datawarehouse
510 (2.160 %)SQL Server 7
67 (1.512 %)SQL Server 2000
75 (1.080 %)ETL
84 (0.864 %)Oracle 8/8i
93 (0.648 %)Oracle 9i
93 (0.648 %)RDBMS
102 (0.432 %)Oracle 10g
102 (0.432 %)Oracle Reports
102 (0.432 %)MySQL
102 (0.432 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
111 (0.216 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
111 (0.216 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
111 (0.216 %)MS Access
111 (0.216 %)DTS
Development Applications
1111 (23.97 %)JUnit
289 (19.22 %)Eclipse
354 (11.66 %)ClearCase
452 (11.23 %)ClearQuest
523 (4.968 %)Visual Studio
622 (4.752 %)RequisitePro
721 (4.536 %)Subversion
820 (4.320 %)Ant
917 (3.672 %)IntelliJ
1016 (3.456 %)CruiseControl
1016 (3.456 %)Atlassian Bamboo
1115 (3.240 %)WebSphere Studio Application Developer
1211 (2.376 %)JIRA
135 (1.080 %)PowerDesigner
143 (0.648 %)Telelogic Rhapsody
152 (0.432 %)Rational Rose
152 (0.432 %)VSS/SourceSafe
161 (0.216 %)PVCS
161 (0.216 %)JBuilder
161 (0.216 %)JDeveloper
General
1153 (33.05 %)Finance
263 (13.61 %)Banking
350 (10.80 %)Back Office
436 (7.775 %)Retail
526 (5.616 %)Telecoms
625 (5.400 %)Financial Institution
718 (3.888 %)Insurance
815 (3.240 %)Government
98 (1.728 %)Automotive
98 (1.728 %)Education
107 (1.512 %)Billing
107 (1.512 %)Marketing
115 (1.080 %)Publishing
115 (1.080 %)Military
123 (0.648 %)Electronics
132 (0.432 %)Local Government
141 (0.216 %)Pharmaceutical
141 (0.216 %)Aerospace
141 (0.216 %)Multimedia
141 (0.216 %)Police
Job Titles
1219 (47.30 %)Developer
2153 (33.05 %)Analyst
3119 (25.70 %)Java Developer
4100 (21.60 %)Business Analyst
565 (14.04 %)Senior Developer
645 (9.719 %)Senior Java Developer
742 (9.071 %)J2EE Developer
839 (8.423 %)Systems Analyst
839 (8.423 %).NET Developer
935 (7.559 %)Architect
935 (7.559 %)Java/J2EE Developer
1028 (6.048 %)Software Engineer
1122 (4.752 %)Business Systems Analyst
1219 (4.104 %)C# Developer
1219 (4.104 %)UML Business Analyst
1318 (3.888 %)VB.NET Developer
1417 (3.672 %)ASP.NET Developer
1516 (3.456 %)Senior J2EE Developer
1614 (3.024 %)Software Architect
1713 (2.808 %)Technical Analyst
Miscellaneous
123 (4.968 %)N-Tier
28 (1.728 %)Computer Science
37 (1.512 %)PKI
46 (1.296 %)Cryptography
46 (1.296 %)IVR
54 (0.864 %)Client/Server
62 (0.432 %)Derivative
62 (0.432 %)Equity Derivative
62 (0.432 %)Streaming Media
62 (0.432 %)EFT
71 (0.216 %)Firmware
71 (0.216 %)Device Driver
71 (0.216 %)Streaming Video
71 (0.216 %)E-Learning
71 (0.216 %)VHDL
71 (0.216 %)STB
71 (0.216 %)EPoS
71 (0.216 %)IPTV
71 (0.216 %)Web 2.0
71 (0.216 %)Blog
Operating Systems
138 (8.207 %)Unix
231 (6.695 %)Linux
319 (4.104 %)Windows
417 (3.672 %)HPUX
417 (3.672 %)Solaris
58 (1.728 %)VxWorks
62 (0.432 %)Windows 2000
62 (0.432 %)Windows XP
62 (0.432 %)AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1166 (35.85 %)OO
278 (16.85 %)SOA
368 (14.69 %)RAD
466 (14.25 %)Use Case
556 (12.10 %)RUP
649 (10.58 %)E-Commerce
737 (7.991 %)CRM
737 (7.991 %)Agile Software Development
834 (7.343 %)Continuous Integration
933 (7.127 %)OOD
1032 (6.911 %)Security Cleared
1128 (6.048 %)Systems Analysis
1221 (4.536 %)Unified Process
1318 (3.888 %)Business Analysis
1318 (3.888 %)SC Cleared
1416 (3.456 %)Unit Testing
1515 (3.240 %)Scrum
1515 (3.240 %)Change Management
1614 (3.024 %)E-business
1614 (3.024 %)Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1190 (41.04 %)Java
2166 (35.85 %)SQL
360 (12.96 %)C#
459 (12.74 %)PL/SQL
554 (11.66 %)C++
645 (9.719 %)Transact-SQL
741 (8.855 %)C
840 (8.639 %)JavaScript
928 (6.048 %)VB.NET
1019 (4.104 %)VB
1117 (3.672 %)VB6
125 (1.080 %)Embedded C++
134 (0.864 %)VBA
143 (0.648 %)Embedded C
152 (0.432 %)VBScript
152 (0.432 %)Python
152 (0.432 %)Perl
161 (0.216 %)PHP
161 (0.216 %)DHTML
161 (0.216 %)Assembly Language
Qualifications
129 (6.263 %)Degree
27 (1.512 %)MCAD
27 (1.512 %)MCSD
27 (1.512 %)Microsoft Certification
34 (0.864 %)MCP
42 (0.432 %)PhD
42 (0.432 %)Sun Certification
51 (0.216 %)PMP
51 (0.216 %)PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
112 (2.592 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
16 (1.296 %)AquaLogic
Vendors
1118 (25.49 %)Oracle
231 (6.695 %)BEA
330 (6.479 %)Microsoft
426 (5.616 %)IBM
518 (3.888 %)ILOG
65 (1.080 %)Sun
73 (0.648 %)Vignette
73 (0.648 %)Borland
73 (0.648 %)Brocade
73 (0.648 %)StorageTek
73 (0.648 %)Telelogic
73 (0.648 %)Amdocs
82 (0.432 %)ION Trading
82 (0.432 %)SAP
91 (0.216 %)TIBCO
91 (0.216 %)Mercator
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