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The table below looks at the demand for FitNesse skills within the England region with a comparison to our Development Applications category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited FitNesse over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkFitNesse
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank428547
Rank change on same period last yearUp+119
Matching contract IT job ads9178
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.143 %0.084 %
As % of the category below1.681 %1.003 %
Daily rates quoted3136
Average minimum daily rate£314£298
Average daily rate£346£310
% change on same period last year+11.62 %
Average maximum daily rate£378£322
UK excluding London average daily rate£319£282
% change on same period last year+13.00 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
England IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
England
Matching contract IT job ads54137775
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled8.526 %8.331 %
Daily rates quoted17272427
Average minimum daily rate£325£351
Average daily rate£348£373
% change on same period last year-6.61 %
Average maximum daily rate£372£395
UK excluding London average daily rate£311£326
% change on same period last year-4.49 %
Hourly rates quoted442657
Average minimum hourly rate£28.16£29.36
Average hourly rate£30.15£31.13
% change on same period last year-3.14 %
Average maximum hourly rate£32.15£32.90
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.68£31.31
% change on same period last year-2.00 %
FitNesse UKFitNesse
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.

FitNesse
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing FitNesse across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Development Applications category.

England FitNesse Demand Trend

FitNesse
Daily Rate Trend

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

England FitNesse Daily Rate Trend

FitNesse
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing FitNesse across the England region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008.

England FitNesse Daily Rate Histogram

FitNesse
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England FitNesse Hourly Rate Trend

FitNesse
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing FitNesse within the England region over the 3 months to 21 November 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+14981£359-8.97 %
West MidlandsNew entry-4£275-
South WestNew entry-3£304-
South EastNew entry-2£349-
FitNesse UKFitNesse
UK

FitNesse
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing FitNesse 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 FitNesse.

1123 (73.21 %)Selenium
287 (51.79 %)Agile Software Development
383 (49.40 %)Java
482 (48.81 %)Scrum
560 (35.71 %)TDD
656 (33.33 %).NET
750 (29.76 %)C#
847 (27.98 %)SQL
946 (27.38 %)JavaScript
946 (27.38 %)AJAX
1042 (25.00 %)J2EE
1134 (20.24 %)QA
1232 (19.05 %)Automated Testing
1232 (19.05 %)Hibernate
1232 (19.05 %)Spring
1331 (18.45 %)SQL Server
1331 (18.45 %)UML
1430 (17.86 %)QuickTest Pro
1528 (16.67 %)Finance
1627 (16.07 %)OO
1726 (15.48 %)LoadRunner
1726 (15.48 %)JUnit
1823 (13.69 %)WinRunner
1922 (13.10 %)Eclipse
1922 (13.10 %)NUnit
2021 (12.50 %)Games
2021 (12.50 %)WebLogic
2021 (12.50 %)Oracle
2021 (12.50 %)GWT
2021 (12.50 %)DWR

FitNesse
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing FitNesse 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 FitNesse. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

England IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
156 (33.33 %).NET
246 (27.38 %)AJAX
342 (25.00 %)J2EE
432 (19.05 %)Hibernate
432 (19.05 %)Spring
521 (12.50 %)GWT
521 (12.50 %)DWR
619 (11.31 %)XML
718 (10.71 %)XHTML
718 (10.71 %)CSS
815 (8.929 %)ASP.NET
911 (6.548 %)HTML
1010 (5.952 %)WebServices
118 (4.762 %)Java EE
127 (4.167 %)SOAP
136 (3.571 %)WinForms
136 (3.571 %).NET Remoting
136 (3.571 %)YUI
145 (2.976 %)WebSphere
154 (2.381 %)XSLT
England IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
121 (12.50 %)WebLogic
215 (8.929 %)Apache
36 (3.571 %)IIS
44 (2.381 %)WebSphere MQ
53 (1.786 %)BizTalk Server
61 (0.595 %)Tomcat
61 (0.595 %)MQSeries
61 (0.595 %)TeamSite
England IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
16 (3.571 %)TCP/IP
16 (3.571 %)DNS
England IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
131 (18.45 %)SQL Server
211 (6.548 %)MySQL
34 (2.381 %)SQL Server 2005
42 (1.190 %)SQL Server 2000
51 (0.595 %)TOAD
England IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
1123 (73.21 %)Selenium
230 (17.86 %)QuickTest Pro
326 (15.48 %)LoadRunner
326 (15.48 %)JUnit
423 (13.69 %)WinRunner
522 (13.10 %)Eclipse
522 (13.10 %)NUnit
621 (12.50 %)WATIR
717 (10.12 %)Ant
812 (7.143 %)Subversion
911 (6.548 %)TestDirector
1010 (5.952 %)JMeter
117 (4.167 %)SilkPerformer
126 (3.571 %)QARun
135 (2.976 %)IntelliJ
144 (2.381 %)JIRA
152 (1.190 %)Flash
161 (0.595 %)ClearCase
161 (0.595 %)Visual Studio
161 (0.595 %)VSS/SourceSafe
England IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
128 (16.67 %)Finance
221 (12.50 %)Games
317 (10.12 %)Banking
416 (9.524 %)Investment Banking
515 (8.929 %)Online Games
66 (3.571 %)Publishing
75 (2.976 %)Online Betting
84 (2.381 %)Telecoms
93 (1.786 %)Retail
102 (1.190 %)Legal
102 (1.190 %)Pharmaceutical
102 (1.190 %)Back Office
102 (1.190 %)Insurance
111 (0.595 %)Pensions
England IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
146 (27.38 %)Analyst
146 (27.38 %)Test Analyst
245 (26.79 %)Tester
338 (22.62 %)Developer
425 (14.88 %)Java Developer
514 (8.333 %)J2EE Developer
514 (8.333 %)Java/J2EE Developer
611 (6.548 %)QA Analyst
611 (6.548 %)QA Test Analyst
77 (4.167 %)Technical Tester
86 (3.571 %).NET Developer
95 (2.976 %)Architect
95 (2.976 %)Test Engineer
95 (2.976 %)Java Architect
104 (2.381 %)Lead Test Analyst
104 (2.381 %)Senior Test Analyst
104 (2.381 %)Senior Analyst
113 (1.786 %)Design Engineer
113 (1.786 %)C# Developer
113 (1.786 %)Systems Tester
England IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
118 (10.71 %)Derivative
214 (8.333 %)Spread Betting
311 (6.548 %)Fixed Income
49 (5.357 %)Equities
49 (5.357 %)Contract for Difference
58 (4.762 %)Web 2.0
67 (4.167 %)IPTV
75 (2.976 %)Computer Science
82 (1.190 %)Swaptions
82 (1.190 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
82 (1.190 %)STB
91 (0.595 %)Streaming Media
91 (0.595 %)Social Network
England IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
114 (8.333 %)Linux
28 (4.762 %)UNIX
37 (4.167 %)Windows
England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
187 (51.79 %)Agile Software Development
282 (48.81 %)Scrum
360 (35.71 %)TDD
432 (19.05 %)Automated Testing
531 (18.45 %)UML
627 (16.07 %)OO
720 (11.90 %)Extreme Programming
818 (10.71 %)Continuous Integration
916 (9.524 %)Test Scripting
1014 (8.333 %)Software Testing
1014 (8.333 %)Web Development
1113 (7.738 %)Performance Testing
1113 (7.738 %)E-Commerce
1212 (7.143 %)SOA
1310 (5.952 %)Web Testing
147 (4.167 %)Refactoring
147 (4.167 %)Software Engineering
147 (4.167 %)OOD
156 (3.571 %)OOP
156 (3.571 %)Pair Programming
England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
183 (49.40 %)Java
250 (29.76 %)C#
347 (27.98 %)SQL
446 (27.38 %)JavaScript
513 (7.738 %)C++
67 (4.167 %)VB
73 (1.786 %)Ruby
82 (1.190 %)C
82 (1.190 %)VBScript
91 (0.595 %)Smalltalk
91 (0.595 %)Transact-SQL
91 (0.595 %)Perl
91 (0.595 %)PHP
England IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
116 (9.524 %)ISEB
26 (3.571 %)Degree
32 (1.190 %)ISEB Practitioner
England IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
134 (20.24 %)QA
England IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
16 (3.571 %)Active Directory
England IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
121 (12.50 %)Oracle
219 (11.31 %)Sybase
314 (8.333 %)Google
47 (4.167 %)Microsoft
56 (3.571 %)Yahoo!
65 (2.976 %)IBM
73 (1.786 %)VMware
82 (1.190 %)Calypso
82 (1.190 %)Nokia
82 (1.190 %)ATG
91 (0.595 %)OpenTV
91 (0.595 %)Red Hat
91 (0.595 %)Compuware
91 (0.595 %)SAP