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

LinkSmalltalk
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank517624
Rank change on same period last yearUp+107
Matching contract IT job ads21
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.001 %
As % of the category below0.010 %0.003 %
Daily rates quoted11
Average minimum daily rate£400£350
Average daily rate£475£400
% change on same period last year+18.75 %
Average maximum daily rate£550£450
UK excluding London average daily rate-£400
% change on same period last year-
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, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
England
Matching contract IT job ads1909531527
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled30.08 %33.78 %
Daily rates quoted643710177
Average minimum daily rate£356£400
Average daily rate£381£426
% change on same period last year-10.59 %
Average maximum daily rate£406£451
UK excluding London average daily rate£317£332
% change on same period last year-4.58 %
Hourly rates quoted15392309
Average minimum hourly rate£28.96£30.78
Average hourly rate£30.86£32.96
% change on same period last year-6.37 %
Average maximum hourly rate£32.75£35.13
UK excluding London average hourly rate£31.21£32.89
% change on same period last year-5.10 %
Smalltalk UKSmalltalk
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.

Smalltalk
Demand Trend

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

England Smalltalk Demand Trend

Smalltalk
Daily Rate Trend

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

England Smalltalk Daily Rate Trend

Smalltalk
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England Smalltalk Hourly Rate Trend

Smalltalk
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Smalltalk 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
LondonNew entry-2£475-
Smalltalk UKSmalltalk
UK

Smalltalk
Top 23 Related IT Skills

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

12 (100.00 %)Java
12 (100.00 %).NET
12 (100.00 %)Agile Software Development
12 (100.00 %)TDD
12 (100.00 %)OO
21 (50.00 %)Scrum
21 (50.00 %)Extreme Programming
21 (50.00 %)Python
21 (50.00 %)Microsoft
21 (50.00 %)NUnit
21 (50.00 %)Ruby
21 (50.00 %)Ruby on Rails
21 (50.00 %)Refactoring
21 (50.00 %)Selenium
21 (50.00 %)FitNesse
21 (50.00 %)Continuous Integration
21 (50.00 %)ASP.NET
21 (50.00 %)XML
21 (50.00 %)XSLT
21 (50.00 %)UML
21 (50.00 %)PHP
21 (50.00 %)C#
21 (50.00 %)C++

Smalltalk
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

England IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12 (100.00 %).NET
21 (50.00 %)ASP.NET
21 (50.00 %)XML
21 (50.00 %)XSLT
21 (50.00 %)Ruby on Rails
England IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (50.00 %)NUnit
11 (50.00 %)Selenium
11 (50.00 %)FitNesse
England IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (100.00 %)Developer
21 (50.00 %)Software Developer
England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (100.00 %)Agile Software Development
12 (100.00 %)TDD
12 (100.00 %)OO
21 (50.00 %)Scrum
21 (50.00 %)Extreme Programming
21 (50.00 %)UML
21 (50.00 %)Refactoring
21 (50.00 %)Continuous Integration
England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (100.00 %)Java
21 (50.00 %)PHP
21 (50.00 %)Python
21 (50.00 %)Ruby
21 (50.00 %)C#
21 (50.00 %)C++
England IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (50.00 %)Microsoft