The first table below looks at the demand for RAD skills in IT contracts advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited RAD over the 3 months to 19 June 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 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Rapid Application Development (RAD)
Rank 337 389 296
Rank change year-on-year
+52 -93
Contract jobs citing RAD 202 158 316
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.467% 0.298% 0.552%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.652% 0.433% 0.815%
Number of daily rates quoted 124 101 228
Average daily rate £503 £500 £525
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+0.50% -4.76%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £325 £350 £363
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £600 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £425 £388
% change year-on-year
-11.76% +9.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 2
Average hourly rate £30.24 £32.50 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-6.95% +8.33%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.24 £40.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
-24.40% +33.33%
All Processes & Methodologies
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
30962 36467 38788
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 71.55% 68.86% 67.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 18973 21328 22498
Average daily rate £420 £408 £440
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.06% -7.38%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £273 £275 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £588 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.36% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 918 1180 1380
Average hourly rate £31.00 £25.74 £28.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+20.43% -9.68%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.50 £13.00 £13.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £48.84 £47.50 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
RAD
UK

RAD
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England RAD Jobs Demand Trend

RAD
Daily Rate Trend

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

England RAD Daily Rate Trend

RAD
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing RAD across the England region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

England RAD Daily Rate Histogram

RAD
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England RAD Hourly Rate Trend

RAD
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing RAD within the England region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
London +48 141 £550 +10.00% 13
South East +36 19 £400 +6.66% 5
East Midlands +14 17 £344 - 1
North West +21 6 £350 +7.69% 3
Yorkshire +5 6 £330 -2.94% 2
South West +32 5 £458 +35.70% 3
East of England +7 5 £300 -55.55% 1
West Midlands - 2 £325 -
North East - - - -
RAD
UK

RAD
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing RAD 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 RAD.

1 199 (50.90%) SQL
2 153 (39.13%) C#
3 141 (36.06%) VBA
4 128 (32.74%) Java
4 128 (32.74%) Banking
5 111 (28.39%) SQL Server
6 92 (23.53%) Investment Banking
7 88 (22.51%) Front Office
8 87 (22.25%) Oracle
9 86 (21.99%) Finance
10 82 (20.97%) JavaScript
11 80 (20.46%) OO
12 79 (20.20%) HTML
13 71 (18.16%) WebSphere
13 71 (18.16%) .NET
13 71 (18.16%) J2EE
14 69 (17.65%) CSS
15 66 (16.88%) XML
16 64 (16.37%) UML
17 59 (15.09%) JSP
17 59 (15.09%) Ajax
18 56 (14.32%) IBM
19 54 (13.81%) JUnit
20 53 (13.55%) Microsoft
21 51 (13.04%) UNIX
22 49 (12.53%) Python
23 47 (12.02%) Retail
24 45 (11.51%) Derivative
25 44 (11.25%) Fixed Income
26 43 (11.00%) E-Commerce

RAD
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing RAD 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 RAD. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 79 (20.20%) HTML
2 71 (18.16%) WebSphere
2 71 (18.16%) .NET
2 71 (18.16%) J2EE
3 69 (17.65%) CSS
4 66 (16.88%) XML
5 59 (15.09%) JSP
5 59 (15.09%) Ajax
6 41 (10.49%) EJB
7 39 (9.974%) Web Services
8 34 (8.696%) XHTML
9 33 (8.440%) jQuery
10 31 (7.928%) JDBC
11 27 (6.905%) Servlets
12 24 (6.138%) JSON
12 24 (6.138%) JSTL
12 24 (6.138%) ASP.NET
13 23 (5.882%) JMS
14 21 (5.371%) .NET Framework
15 19 (4.859%) WCF
Application Platforms
1 35 (8.951%) WebSphere Application Server
2 21 (5.371%) SharePoint
3 12 (3.069%) Alfresco
4 11 (2.813%) CMS
5 9 (2.302%) MQSeries
5 9 (2.302%) FileNet
6 8 (2.046%) SharePoint 2010
7 5 (1.279%) TIBCO EMS
7 5 (1.279%) DotNetNuke
8 3 (0.767%) Commerce Server
8 3 (0.767%) Apache Solr
9 2 (0.512%) SharePoint 2013
9 2 (0.512%) Adobe CQ
9 2 (0.512%) Oracle Application Server
9 2 (0.512%) Apache
9 2 (0.512%) BizTalk Server
9 2 (0.512%) WebLogic
9 2 (0.512%) IIS
10 1 (0.256%) ESB
10 1 (0.256%) Amazon AWS
Applications
1 38 (9.719%) MS Excel
2 26 (6.650%) MS Office
3 12 (3.069%) Spreadsheet
4 6 (1.535%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.512%) MS Project
6 1 (0.256%) Maya
Business Applications
1 9 (2.302%) Tridion
1 9 (2.302%) RMDS
2 2 (0.512%) Visualfiles
2 2 (0.512%) LatentZero
3 1 (0.256%) Capstone
3 1 (0.256%) Sophis RISQUE
3 1 (0.256%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.256%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (0.256%) Eagle PACE
3 1 (0.256%) Oracle BPM
Communications & Networking
1 19 (4.859%) Internet
2 8 (2.046%) Intranet
3 5 (1.279%) HTTP
4 3 (0.767%) Unified Communications
5 2 (0.512%) FTP
5 2 (0.512%) Extranet
5 2 (0.512%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.256%) Ethernet
6 1 (0.256%) ATM
6 1 (0.256%) ISDN
6 1 (0.256%) VoIP
6 1 (0.256%) 2G
6 1 (0.256%) 3G
6 1 (0.256%) Network Security
6 1 (0.256%) LTE
6 1 (0.256%) 4G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 111 (28.39%) SQL Server
2 43 (11.00%) DB2
3 27 (6.905%) RDBMS
4 22 (5.627%) SQL Server 2005
5 20 (5.115%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 18 (4.604%) MS Access
7 17 (4.348%) QlikView
8 11 (2.813%) Oracle Reports
8 11 (2.813%) SQL Server 2008
9 10 (2.558%) InterSystems Cache
9 10 (2.558%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 9 (2.302%) NoSQL
11 7 (1.790%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 5 (1.279%) Crystal Reports
12 5 (1.279%) Riak
12 5 (1.279%) MongoDB
13 3 (0.767%) Oracle 10g
13 3 (0.767%) Data Warehouse
13 3 (0.767%) Oracle 8/8i
13 3 (0.767%) BusinessObjects XI
Development Applications
1 54 (13.81%) JUnit
2 41 (10.49%) Eclipse
3 27 (6.905%) WebSphere Studio Application Developer
4 19 (4.859%) Subversion
5 18 (4.604%) Visual Studio
6 16 (4.092%) Ant
7 14 (3.581%) Maven
8 12 (3.069%) Hudson
9 9 (2.302%) Log4j
9 9 (2.302%) Team Foundation Server
10 5 (1.279%) Git (software)
11 3 (0.767%) NUnit
11 3 (0.767%) Selenium
11 3 (0.767%) FitNesse
12 2 (0.512%) Jenkins
12 2 (0.512%) MSTest
12 2 (0.512%) WATIR
12 2 (0.512%) JIRA
12 2 (0.512%) ClearCase
12 2 (0.512%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 128 (32.74%) Banking
2 92 (23.53%) Investment Banking
3 88 (22.51%) Front Office
4 86 (21.99%) Finance
5 47 (12.02%) Retail
6 10 (2.558%) Games
7 6 (1.535%) Legal
8 5 (1.279%) Financial Institution
9 4 (1.023%) Marketing
9 4 (1.023%) Retail Banking
9 4 (1.023%) Back Office
10 3 (0.767%) Military
10 3 (0.767%) Manufacturing
11 2 (0.512%) General Ledger
11 2 (0.512%) Automotive
11 2 (0.512%) Law
12 1 (0.256%) Advertising
12 1 (0.256%) Publishing
12 1 (0.256%) Telecoms
12 1 (0.256%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 289 (73.91%) Developer
2 93 (23.79%) RAD Developer
3 79 (20.20%) Excel Developer
4 58 (14.83%) VBA Developer
4 58 (14.83%) Analyst
5 56 (14.32%) Excel VBA Developer
6 45 (11.51%) C# Developer
7 39 (9.974%) Business Analyst
8 37 (9.463%) Java Developer
9 23 (5.882%) WebSphere Developer
10 17 (4.348%) Project Manager
11 16 (4.092%) Market Risk Developer
12 15 (3.836%) SQL Developer
13 14 (3.581%) Analyst Developer
13 14 (3.581%) Web Developer
14 13 (3.325%) .NET Developer
14 13 (3.325%) Java/J2EE Developer
14 13 (3.325%) Java Web Developer
15 12 (3.069%) Agile Java Developer
15 12 (3.069%) J2EE Developer
Miscellaneous
1 45 (11.51%) Derivative
2 44 (11.25%) Fixed Income
3 40 (10.23%) Market Risk
4 30 (7.673%) Credit Derivative
5 14 (3.581%) Computer Science
6 12 (3.069%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 10 (2.558%) Credit Risk
8 9 (2.302%) Web 2.0
9 7 (1.790%) Management Information System
9 7 (1.790%) PaaS
10 6 (1.535%) Interest Rate Derivative
11 5 (1.279%) Grid Computing
11 5 (1.279%) Cloud Computing
11 5 (1.279%) IaaS
12 4 (1.023%) Inversion of Control
12 4 (1.023%) Equity Derivative
13 3 (0.767%) Client/Server
13 3 (0.767%) Equities
13 3 (0.767%) Social Media
13 3 (0.767%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 51 (13.04%) UNIX
2 22 (5.627%) Linux
3 18 (4.604%) Apple iOS
4 13 (3.325%) Windows
5 9 (2.302%) HPUX
5 9 (2.302%) Solaris
6 6 (1.535%) Android
7 4 (1.023%) Windows 7
8 2 (0.512%) Windows Phone
8 2 (0.512%) Windows Phone 7
8 2 (0.512%) MVS
9 1 (0.256%) VME
Processes & Methodologies
1 80 (20.46%) OO
2 64 (16.37%) UML
3 43 (11.00%) E-Commerce
4 42 (10.74%) Agile Software Development
5 40 (10.23%) Scrum
6 35 (8.951%) MVC
7 31 (7.928%) Business Analysis
7 31 (7.928%) Content Management
8 30 (7.673%) Project Management
9 27 (6.905%) SOA
10 26 (6.650%) Waterfall
11 24 (6.138%) Workflow
11 24 (6.138%) TDD
12 23 (5.882%) PRINCE2
12 23 (5.882%) Continuous Integration
13 22 (5.627%) User Acceptance Testing
14 21 (5.371%) RUP
15 20 (5.115%) Data Modelling
16 19 (4.859%) Software Testing
17 18 (4.604%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 199 (50.90%) SQL
2 153 (39.13%) C#
3 141 (36.06%) VBA
4 128 (32.74%) Java
5 82 (20.97%) JavaScript
6 49 (12.53%) Python
7 27 (6.905%) C++
8 26 (6.650%) Perl
9 25 (6.394%) Bash shell
10 22 (5.627%) VB
11 17 (4.348%) Groovy
12 13 (3.325%) T-SQL
13 11 (2.813%) PL/SQL
14 10 (2.558%) XPath
14 10 (2.558%) VB6
14 10 (2.558%) C
15 9 (2.302%) VBScript
16 8 (2.046%) PHP
17 7 (1.790%) VB.NET
17 7 (1.790%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 30 (7.673%) Degree
2 21 (5.371%) Security Cleared
3 18 (4.604%) SC Cleared
4 14 (3.581%) Sun Certification
5 11 (2.813%) ISEB
6 7 (1.790%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 6 (1.535%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 6 (1.535%) Microsoft Certification
8 4 (1.023%) ISEB Practitioner
8 4 (1.023%) ISTQB
8 4 (1.023%) MCSD
9 3 (0.767%) PMP
9 3 (0.767%) PMI Certification
10 2 (0.512%) BC Cleared
11 1 (0.256%) MCSE
11 1 (0.256%) MCP
11 1 (0.256%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (1.279%) ISO 9000
1 5 (1.279%) TickIT
1 5 (1.279%) QA
2 4 (1.023%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (0.767%) COBIT
System Software
1 1 (0.256%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 3 (0.767%) Oracle Identity Manager
2 2 (0.512%) SCOM
Vendors
1 87 (22.25%) Oracle
2 56 (14.32%) IBM
3 53 (13.55%) Microsoft
4 19 (4.859%) ATG
5 15 (3.836%) Sun
6 12 (3.069%) Google
7 11 (2.813%) Bloomberg
8 10 (2.558%) Business Objects
9 9 (2.302%) Interwoven
9 9 (2.302%) Reuters
9 9 (2.302%) Blue Martini
9 9 (2.302%) Elastic Path
10 8 (2.046%) Adobe
11 7 (1.790%) Perforce
12 6 (1.535%) Sybase
13 5 (1.279%) FatWire
13 5 (1.279%) TIBCO
13 5 (1.279%) Facebook
14 4 (1.023%) Twitter
14 4 (1.023%) 29West
City, London
Relevant Experience/Qualifications: Object oriented programming experience essential is essential (OOP - particular knowledge of Java or C# would be ideal. Relevant experience within the Risk arena (VaR, greeks,...
ComputAppoint
Rate: £500 - £600 per day
Posted: 13 June 2013
City, London
Business Analyst, RAD Developer, SQL, VaR, Greeks, Front Office Risk... It requires a strong background in a front office risk environment (VaR and greeks etc.) as well as...
Thomson Keene Associates
Rate: £500 - £600 per day
Posted: 12 June 2013
London
Working closely alongside the business users you will be required to have excellent Excel VBA skills as well as being comfortable working in a RAD environment and having...
Hays Specialist Recruitment
Rate: £450.00 - £550.00 per annum
Posted: 17 June 2013
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
WebSphere - WebSphere Commerce - WCS - JAVA - J2EE... * Experience of Web technologies such as Javascript, CSS, HTML, XHTML ? Working knowledge of IBM WebSphere Application Server preferred but other platforms accepted *...
Computer People
Rate: Good Daily Rates
Posted: 17 June 2013
City, London
The main responsibility for this is to lead the development of a new application, integrated with a number of other Treasury applications and other required tools to implement...
Nicoll Curtin
Rate: £450 - £550 per day
Posted: 14 June 2013
Essex
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Rate: From £375 to £450 per day
Posted: 13 June 2013
London
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Rate: £200 - £220 per day
Posted: 23 May 2013
London
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Posted: 23 May 2013
London
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Rate: £150 - £200 per day
Posted: 23 May 2013
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