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The table below looks at the demand for Extreme Programming (XP) skills within the 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 Extreme Programming over the 3 months to 7 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkExtreme Programming (XP)
Location
3 months to
7 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank445509
Rank change on same period last yearUp+64
Matching contract IT job ads103122
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.146 %0.123 %
As % of the category below0.289 %0.260 %
Daily rates quoted5639
Average minimum daily rate£427£356
Average daily rate£480£391
% change on same period last year+22.68 %
Average maximum daily rate£532£426
UK excluding London average daily rate£376£371
% change on same period last year+1.36 %
Hourly rates quoted119
Average minimum hourly rate£31.29£46.81
Average hourly rate£31.29£48.25
% change on same period last year-35.15 %
Average maximum hourly rate£31.29£49.70
UK excluding London average hourly rate£31.29£48.61
% change on same period last year-35.63 %
England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
England
Matching contract IT job ads3562346842
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled50.62 %47.31 %
Daily rates quoted1290615754
Average minimum daily rate£385£386
Average daily rate£413£410
% change on same period last year+0.60 %
Average maximum daily rate£440£434
UK excluding London average daily rate£377£371
% change on same period last year+1.63 %
Hourly rates quoted23653132
Average minimum hourly rate£27.33£28.28
Average hourly rate£29.11£30.11
% change on same period last year-3.34 %
Average maximum hourly rate£30.89£31.95
UK excluding London average hourly rate£29.32£30.04
% change on same period last year-2.39 %
Extreme Programming UKExtreme Programming
UK

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.

Extreme Programming
Demand Trend

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

England Extreme Programming Demand Trend

Extreme Programming
Daily Rate Trend

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

England Extreme Programming Daily Rate Trend

Extreme Programming
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Extreme Programming across the England region over the 3 months to 7 October 2008.

England Extreme Programming Daily Rate Histogram

Extreme Programming
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England Extreme Programming Hourly Rate Trend

Extreme Programming
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Extreme Programming within the England region over the 3 months to 7 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
LondonUp+8373£504+26.03 %
South WestUp+4014£344-
South EastUp+469£363-2.61 %
East of EnglandUp+164--
YorkshireUp+22£300+1.05 %
North WestUp+151--
Extreme Programming UKExtreme Programming
UK

Extreme Programming
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Extreme 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 Extreme Programming.

194 (54.65 %)Scrum
276 (44.19 %)Java
276 (44.19 %)Agile Software Development
369 (40.12 %)SQL
457 (33.14 %)C#
555 (31.98 %).NET
650 (29.07 %)XML
749 (28.49 %)OO
843 (25.00 %)TDD
941 (23.84 %)J2EE
1040 (23.26 %)Derivative
1134 (19.77 %)Banking
1134 (19.77 %)Investment Banking
1232 (18.60 %)Equities
1331 (18.02 %)Algorithmic Trading
1430 (17.44 %)C++
1528 (16.28 %)UNIX
1625 (14.53 %)C
1625 (14.53 %)Asset Management
1723 (13.37 %)Selenium
1723 (13.37 %)FitNesse
1723 (13.37 %)QA
1723 (13.37 %)HTML
1723 (13.37 %)UML
1822 (12.79 %)Calypso
1822 (12.79 %)FpML
1921 (12.21 %)Fixed Income
2020 (11.63 %)Back Office
2020 (11.63 %)ASP.NET
2020 (11.63 %)Interest Rate Derivative

Extreme Programming
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Extreme 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 Extreme Programming. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

England IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
155 (31.98 %).NET
250 (29.07 %)XML
341 (23.84 %)J2EE
423 (13.37 %)HTML
522 (12.79 %)FpML
620 (11.63 %)ASP.NET
713 (7.558 %)XSD
812 (6.977 %)JSP
812 (6.977 %)Spring
812 (6.977 %)Castor
911 (6.395 %).NET Framework
911 (6.395 %)WebServices
911 (6.395 %)WCF
1010 (5.814 %)XML Messaging
1010 (5.814 %)CSS
1010 (5.814 %)ADO.NET
119 (5.233 %)XHTML
119 (5.233 %)AJAX
128 (4.651 %)Hibernate
135 (2.907 %)NHibernate
England IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
112 (6.977 %)Tomcat
112 (6.977 %)ATG Dynamo
25 (2.907 %)MQSeries
34 (2.326 %)SharePoint
43 (1.744 %)JBoss
52 (1.163 %)BizTalk Server
England IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (0.581 %)Quicktime
England IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
120 (11.63 %)Summit
21 (0.581 %)Compiere
England IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
112 (6.977 %)HTTP
112 (6.977 %)Extranet
21 (0.581 %)Broadband
England IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
113 (7.558 %)Oracle 9i
211 (6.395 %)SQL Server
33 (1.744 %)SQL Server 2000
33 (1.744 %)SQL Server 2005
42 (1.163 %)MySQL
51 (0.581 %)SQL Server 2008
51 (0.581 %)Oracle 8/8i
51 (0.581 %)RDBMS
England IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
123 (13.37 %)Selenium
123 (13.37 %)FitNesse
220 (11.63 %)NUnit
314 (8.140 %)Ant
314 (8.140 %)Eclipse
48 (4.651 %)JUnit
57 (4.070 %)QuickTest Pro
57 (4.070 %)LoadRunner
57 (4.070 %)JMeter
66 (3.488 %)WinRunner
66 (3.488 %)TestDirector
66 (3.488 %)Subversion
72 (1.163 %)Flash
81 (0.581 %)Log4j
81 (0.581 %)WATIR
81 (0.581 %)CruiseControl
England IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
134 (19.77 %)Banking
134 (19.77 %)Investment Banking
220 (11.63 %)Back Office
319 (11.05 %)Finance
415 (8.721 %)Front Office
55 (2.907 %)Telecoms
64 (2.326 %)Pharmaceutical
72 (1.163 %)Health
72 (1.163 %)Retail
81 (0.581 %)Multimedia
81 (0.581 %)Manufacturing
England IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
179 (45.93 %)Developer
263 (36.63 %)Analyst
332 (18.60 %)Business Analyst
420 (11.63 %)J2EE Developer
519 (11.05 %)Applications Support
617 (9.884 %)Java Developer
715 (8.721 %)C# Developer
813 (7.558 %)Investment Banking Business Analyst
912 (6.977 %)Lead Developer
1011 (6.395 %)Tester
1011 (6.395 %)Test Analyst
1011 (6.395 %)C++ Developer
1110 (5.814 %)Senior Developer
1110 (5.814 %)Operations Analyst
128 (4.651 %)QA Test Analyst
128 (4.651 %)Analyst Developer
128 (4.651 %)QA Analyst
137 (4.070 %)Java/J2EE Developer
137 (4.070 %)Applications Support Analyst
137 (4.070 %)Support Analyst
England IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
140 (23.26 %)Derivative
232 (18.60 %)Equities
321 (12.21 %)Fixed Income
420 (11.63 %)Interest Rate Derivative
517 (9.884 %)Credit Derivative
612 (6.977 %)DTCC
711 (6.395 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
85 (2.907 %)N-Tier
94 (2.326 %)Management Information System
103 (1.744 %)Client/Server
112 (1.163 %)Web 2.0
121 (0.581 %)Swaptions
121 (0.581 %)Streaming Media
121 (0.581 %)MPEG
121 (0.581 %)EPoS
England IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
128 (16.28 %)UNIX
217 (9.884 %)Linux
316 (9.302 %)Windows
412 (6.977 %)Solaris
412 (6.977 %)Windows NT
54 (2.326 %)VMS
61 (0.581 %)SUSE
61 (0.581 %)Red Hat Linux
England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
194 (54.65 %)Scrum
276 (44.19 %)Agile Software Development
349 (28.49 %)OO
443 (25.00 %)TDD
531 (18.02 %)Algorithmic Trading
625 (14.53 %)Asset Management
723 (13.37 %)UML
820 (11.63 %)Continuous Integration
915 (8.721 %)Use Case
1012 (6.977 %)Workflow
1111 (6.395 %)ITIL
1210 (5.814 %)Web Development
1210 (5.814 %)Refactoring
1210 (5.814 %)Web Testing
138 (4.651 %)Performance Testing
138 (4.651 %)E-Commerce
147 (4.070 %)OOA/OOD
147 (4.070 %)Automated Testing
156 (3.488 %)User Acceptance Testing
156 (3.488 %)Pair Programming
England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
176 (44.19 %)Java
269 (40.12 %)SQL
357 (33.14 %)C#
430 (17.44 %)C++
525 (14.53 %)C
613 (7.558 %)JavaScript
712 (6.977 %)XPath
712 (6.977 %)Shell Script
85 (2.907 %)Perl
94 (2.326 %)Ruby
103 (1.744 %)VB.NET
111 (0.581 %)Smalltalk
111 (0.581 %)PL/SQL
England IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
112 (6.977 %)Sun Certification
England IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
123 (13.37 %)QA
England IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
15 (2.907 %)MSMQ
England IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
122 (12.79 %)Calypso
219 (11.05 %)Reuters
219 (11.05 %)Bloomberg
317 (9.884 %)Oracle
412 (6.977 %)Sun
412 (6.977 %)ATG
510 (5.814 %)Murex
65 (2.907 %)TIBCO
73 (1.744 %)VMware
81 (0.581 %)Microsoft
81 (0.581 %)Red Hat