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This section looks at the demand for NUnit 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 NUnit over the 3 months to 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkNUnit
Location
3 months to
29 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank313466
Rank change on same period last yearUp+153
Matching contract IT job ads285174
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.380 %0.174 %
As % of the category below4.594 %2.162 %
Daily rates quoted14252
Average minimum daily rate£340£395
Average daily rate£361£414
% change on same period last year-12.81 %
Average maximum daily rate£382£434
UK excluding London average daily rate£326£292
% change on same period last year+11.50 %
Hourly rates quoted918
Average minimum hourly rate£32.94£38.61
Average hourly rate£34.33£40.83
% change on same period last year-15.91 %
Average maximum hourly rate£35.72£43.06
UK excluding London average hourly rate£38.75£39.50
% change on same period last year-1.89 %
England IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
England
Matching contract IT job ads62048047
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled8.269 %8.028 %
Daily rates quoted21472383
Average minimum daily rate£335£355
Average daily rate£361£376
% change on same period last year-3.87 %
Average maximum daily rate£388£397
UK excluding London average daily rate£326£335
% change on same period last year-2.74 %
Hourly rates quoted444635
Average minimum hourly rate£29.82£31.08
Average hourly rate£31.77£33.10
% change on same period last year-4.03 %
Average maximum hourly rate£33.71£35.12
UK excluding London average hourly rate£33.37£33.40
% change on same period last year-0.07 %
NUnit UKNUnit
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.

NUnit
Demand Trend

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

England NUnit Demand Trend

NUnit
Daily Rate Trend

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

England NUnit Daily Rate Trend

NUnit
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing NUnit across the England region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008.

England NUnit Daily Rate Histogram

NUnit
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England NUnit Hourly Rate Trend

NUnit
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing NUnit across the England region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008.

England NUnit Hourly Rate Histogram

NUnit
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing NUnit within the England region over the 3 months to 29 August 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+94150£401-11.46 %
South EastUp+13199£324-0.86 %
South WestUp+1811£392+41.60 %
YorkshireUp+2510£252-
North EastNew entry-5--
West MidlandsUp+34£325-
North WestUp+114--
MidlandsNew entry-1--
East of EnglandUp+71--
NUnit UKNUnit
UK

NUnit
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing NUnit 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 NUnit.

1531 (93.49 %)C#
2468 (82.39 %).NET
3282 (49.65 %)SQL Server
4227 (39.96 %)ASP.NET
5204 (35.92 %)OO
6176 (30.99 %)TDD
7164 (28.87 %)Agile Software Development
7164 (28.87 %)Finance
8163 (28.70 %)XML
9149 (26.23 %)SQL
10145 (25.53 %)SQL Server 2005
11118 (20.77 %)WinForms
12117 (20.60 %)JavaScript
12117 (20.60 %)Windows
13110 (19.37 %)SQL Server 2000
14105 (18.49 %)Scrum
15104 (18.31 %)WebServices
16102 (17.96 %)Microsoft
17100 (17.61 %)HTML
1894 (16.55 %)Visual Studio
1992 (16.20 %)NHibernate
2089 (15.67 %)Unit Testing
2187 (15.32 %)Banking
2285 (14.96 %)UML
2380 (14.08 %)Oracle
2478 (13.73 %)Investment Banking
2478 (13.73 %).NET Framework
2575 (13.20 %)Front Office
2672 (12.68 %)OOD
2762 (10.92 %)Fixed Income

NUnit
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing NUnit 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 NUnit. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

England IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1468 (82.39 %).NET
2227 (39.96 %)ASP.NET
3163 (28.70 %)XML
4118 (20.77 %)WinForms
5104 (18.31 %)WebServices
6100 (17.61 %)HTML
792 (16.20 %)NHibernate
878 (13.73 %).NET Framework
958 (10.21 %)CSS
1055 (9.683 %)Spring
1151 (8.979 %)MVC
1245 (7.923 %)WCF
1341 (7.218 %)AJAX
1438 (6.690 %)XSLT
1537 (6.514 %)ASP.NET 2.0
1634 (5.986 %)Hibernate
1727 (4.754 %)Spring.NET
1826 (4.577 %)MonoRail
1923 (4.049 %)SOAP
1923 (4.049 %)ASP
England IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
143 (7.570 %)BizTalk Server
238 (6.690 %)MTS
328 (4.930 %)Rendezvous
418 (3.169 %)TIBCO EMS
418 (3.169 %)IIS
512 (2.113 %)SharePoint
69 (1.585 %)Oracle Workflow
77 (1.232 %)Apache
82 (0.352 %)Content Management Server
82 (0.352 %)WebSphere MQ
82 (0.352 %)SharePoint Server 2007
91 (0.176 %)WorkSite
91 (0.176 %)Office Project Server
91 (0.176 %)CMS
91 (0.176 %)Commerce Server
England IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
128 (4.930 %)MS Excel
28 (1.408 %)MS Office
37 (1.232 %)Spreadsheet
44 (0.704 %)Doxygen
51 (0.176 %)InfoPath
England IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
112 (2.113 %)HTTP
211 (1.937 %)TCP/IP
38 (1.408 %)SSL
47 (1.232 %)Intranet
56 (1.056 %)Internet
56 (1.056 %)DNS
65 (0.880 %)DSL
73 (0.528 %)SSH
82 (0.352 %)Extranet
82 (0.352 %)FTP
England IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1282 (49.65 %)SQL Server
2145 (25.53 %)SQL Server 2005
3110 (19.37 %)SQL Server 2000
435 (6.162 %)Oracle 10g
515 (2.641 %)SQL Server Integration Services
612 (2.113 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
612 (2.113 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
612 (2.113 %)Oracle 9i
78 (1.408 %)Crystal Reports
86 (1.056 %)DTS
86 (1.056 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
95 (0.880 %)RDBMS
103 (0.528 %)MS Access
103 (0.528 %)SQL Server 2008
112 (0.352 %)Sybase ASE
112 (0.352 %)DB2
112 (0.352 %)Oracle 8/8i
121 (0.176 %)Informix
England IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
194 (16.55 %)Visual Studio
262 (10.92 %)Subversion
348 (8.451 %)Log4Net
445 (7.923 %)FitNesse
541 (7.218 %)Selenium
627 (4.754 %)VSS/SourceSafe
726 (4.577 %)CruiseControl
819 (3.345 %)ClearCase
917 (2.993 %)WinRunner
917 (2.993 %)QuickTest Pro
1015 (2.641 %)QARun
1015 (2.641 %)WATIR
1114 (2.465 %)ReSharper
1114 (2.465 %)LoadRunner
128 (1.408 %)Bugzilla
137 (1.232 %)JUnit
146 (1.056 %)MSI
146 (1.056 %)InstallShield
155 (0.880 %)Visual Studio Team System
164 (0.704 %)ClearQuest
England IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1164 (28.87 %)Finance
287 (15.32 %)Banking
378 (13.73 %)Investment Banking
475 (13.20 %)Front Office
541 (7.218 %)Government
622 (3.873 %)Marketing
712 (2.113 %)Retail
811 (1.937 %)Health
98 (1.408 %)Back Office
98 (1.408 %)Insurance
107 (1.232 %)Games
116 (1.056 %)Online Games
124 (0.704 %)Financial Institution
133 (0.528 %)Education
142 (0.352 %)Military
142 (0.352 %)Legal
151 (0.176 %)Publishing
151 (0.176 %)Pensions
151 (0.176 %)Billing
151 (0.176 %)Law
England IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1472 (83.10 %)Developer
2302 (53.17 %)C# Developer
3240 (42.25 %).NET Developer
448 (8.451 %)Senior Developer
539 (6.866 %)Senior C# Developer
637 (6.514 %)SQL Developer
734 (5.986 %)ASP.NET Developer
828 (4.930 %)Analyst
828 (4.930 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
924 (4.225 %)Senior .NET Developer
1022 (3.873 %)SQL Server Developer
1118 (3.169 %)Software Engineer
1217 (2.993 %)Web Developer
1315 (2.641 %)VB Developer
1412 (2.113 %)Design Engineer
1412 (2.113 %)WinForms Developer
1412 (2.113 %)GUI Developer
1511 (1.937 %).NET Web Developer
1610 (1.761 %)Software Developer
1610 (1.761 %)Test Analyst
England IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
162 (10.92 %)Fixed Income
252 (9.155 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
344 (7.746 %)Multithreading
433 (5.810 %)N-Tier
524 (4.225 %)Derivative
68 (1.408 %)Contract for Difference
68 (1.408 %)Computer Science
77 (1.232 %)Credit Derivative
86 (1.056 %)Client/Server
95 (0.880 %)Streaming Video
95 (0.880 %)Replication
95 (0.880 %)Interest Rate Derivative
95 (0.880 %)Mathematics
95 (0.880 %)Credit Risk
104 (0.704 %)W3C
113 (0.528 %)Equities
113 (0.528 %)PKI
121 (0.176 %)Equity Derivative
121 (0.176 %)Social Network
121 (0.176 %)Thin Client
England IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1117 (20.60 %)Windows
27 (1.232 %)Linux
34 (0.704 %)Windows XP
43 (0.528 %)Windows Server 2003
43 (0.528 %)UNIX
51 (0.176 %)Windows 2000
51 (0.176 %)SUSE
51 (0.176 %)Windows Server 2008
51 (0.176 %)Windows 2000 Server
England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1204 (35.92 %)OO
2176 (30.99 %)TDD
3164 (28.87 %)Agile Software Development
4105 (18.49 %)Scrum
589 (15.67 %)Unit Testing
685 (14.96 %)UML
772 (12.68 %)OOD
859 (10.39 %)Continuous Integration
954 (9.507 %)Automated Testing
1026 (4.577 %)OOP
1124 (4.225 %)E-Commerce
1124 (4.225 %)Extreme Programming
1220 (3.521 %)Refactoring
1317 (2.993 %)Web Development
1317 (2.993 %)SOA
1416 (2.817 %)Workflow
1514 (2.465 %)Security Cleared
1613 (2.289 %)User Acceptance Testing
1712 (2.113 %)Risk Management
1811 (1.937 %)Data Modelling
England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1531 (93.49 %)C#
2149 (26.23 %)SQL
3117 (20.60 %)JavaScript
461 (10.74 %)VB
553 (9.331 %)Java
652 (9.155 %)VB6
735 (6.162 %)Transact-SQL
833 (5.810 %)VB.NET
921 (3.697 %)PL/SQL
1017 (2.993 %)C++
1116 (2.817 %)VBA
1213 (2.289 %)C
138 (1.408 %)DHTML
138 (1.408 %)XPath
144 (0.704 %)Delphi
152 (0.352 %)VBScript
152 (0.352 %)Python
152 (0.352 %)Jython
161 (0.176 %)PowerHouse
161 (0.176 %)VC++
England IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
120 (3.521 %)Microsoft Certification
120 (3.521 %)Degree
23 (0.528 %)PhD
31 (0.176 %)MCP
31 (0.176 %)MCAD
31 (0.176 %)MCSD
England IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
113 (2.289 %)QA
22 (0.352 %)ISO9001
22 (0.352 %)TickIT
31 (0.176 %)HIPAA
England IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
16 (1.056 %)Active Directory
22 (0.352 %)MSMQ
England IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
1102 (17.96 %)Microsoft
280 (14.08 %)Oracle
344 (7.746 %)Syncfusion
435 (6.162 %)TIBCO
533 (5.810 %)Bloomberg
630 (5.282 %)Sybase
728 (4.930 %)Tradeweb
827 (4.754 %)eSpeed
912 (2.113 %)Motorola
1011 (1.937 %)Infragistics
1110 (1.761 %)Cisco
127 (1.232 %)VMware
135 (0.880 %)ComponentOne
135 (0.880 %)Reuters
135 (0.880 %)Adobe
142 (0.352 %)webMethods
142 (0.352 %)IBM
151 (0.176 %)Perforce
151 (0.176 %)Dundas