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This section looks at the demand for Unified Modeling Language (UML) 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 UML over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkUnified Modeling Language (UML)
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank5150
Rank change on same period last yearDown-1
Matching contract IT job ads19842726
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled2.645 %2.758 %
As % of the category below5.214 %5.897 %
Daily rates quoted732874
Average minimum daily rate£390£379
Average daily rate£419£404
% change on same period last year+3.78 %
Average maximum daily rate£449£429
UK excluding London average daily rate£385£364
% change on same period last year+5.92 %
Hourly rates quoted191232
Average minimum hourly rate£36.23£34.54
Average hourly rate£37.93£36.24
% change on same period last year+4.67 %
Average maximum hourly rate£39.64£37.95
UK excluding London average hourly rate£38.05£34.62
% change on same period last year+9.89 %
England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
England
Matching contract IT job ads3805046228
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled50.72 %46.77 %
Daily rates quoted1413915557
Average minimum daily rate£390£394
Average daily rate£417£419
% change on same period last year-0.48 %
Average maximum daily rate£445£444
UK excluding London average daily rate£380£376
% change on same period last year+1.21 %
Hourly rates quoted22402855
Average minimum hourly rate£27.15£28.88
Average hourly rate£28.92£30.71
% change on same period last year-5.83 %
Average maximum hourly rate£30.69£32.54
UK excluding London average hourly rate£29.33£30.16
% change on same period last year-2.72 %
UML UKUML
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.

UML
Demand Trend

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

England UML Demand Trend

UML
Daily Rate Trend

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

England UML Daily Rate Trend

UML
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing UML across the England region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

England UML Daily Rate Histogram

UML
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England UML Hourly Rate Trend

UML
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing UML across the England region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

England UML Hourly Rate Histogram

UML
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing UML within the England region over the 3 months to 25 July 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+6862£444+2.62 %
South EastDown-3366£375+5.08 %
East of EnglandDown-2188£411+3.35 %
South WestDown-3163£399+4.35 %
West MidlandsUp+38127£359-12.17 %
YorkshireDown-20106£388+17.09 %
East MidlandsUp+2078£386+3.71 %
North WestDown-2368£363-1.51 %
MidlandsDown-332£396-6.45 %
South CoastUp+1510--
North EastDown-238£390+33.14 %
UML UKUML
UK

UML
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing UML 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 UML.

11223 (29.46 %)Java
21107 (26.66 %)OO
31066 (25.67 %)XML
4917 (22.09 %).NET
5905 (21.80 %)Oracle
6867 (20.88 %)J2EE
7839 (20.21 %)Finance
8770 (18.55 %)SQL
9712 (17.15 %)C#
10620 (14.93 %)SQL Server
11593 (14.28 %)RUP
12578 (13.92 %)C++
13538 (12.96 %)WebServices
14516 (12.43 %)ASP.NET
15472 (11.37 %)Banking
16464 (11.18 %)Use Case
17444 (10.69 %)Security Cleared
18421 (10.14 %)HTML
19413 (9.947 %)Spring
20412 (9.923 %)Hibernate
21393 (9.465 %)Business Analysis
22372 (8.960 %)JavaScript
23362 (8.719 %)Eclipse
24346 (8.333 %)Windows
25332 (7.996 %)UNIX
25332 (7.996 %)Microsoft
26307 (7.394 %)SOA
27300 (7.225 %)JSP
28296 (7.129 %)JUnit
29288 (6.936 %)WebSphere

UML
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing UML 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 UML. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

England IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11066 (25.67 %)XML
2917 (22.09 %).NET
3867 (20.88 %)J2EE
4538 (12.96 %)WebServices
5516 (12.43 %)ASP.NET
6421 (10.14 %)HTML
7413 (9.947 %)Spring
8412 (9.923 %)Hibernate
9300 (7.225 %)JSP
10288 (6.936 %)WebSphere
11277 (6.671 %)Struts
12269 (6.479 %)CSS
13218 (5.250 %)EJB
14196 (4.721 %)XSLT
15194 (4.672 %)AJAX
16158 (3.805 %)SOAP
17141 (3.396 %)Servlets
18130 (3.131 %)XSL
19128 (3.083 %)Middleware
20125 (3.011 %)JDBC
England IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1279 (6.720 %)WebLogic
2128 (3.083 %)JBoss
394 (2.264 %)WebSphere Application Server
486 (2.071 %)SharePoint
486 (2.071 %)IIS
577 (1.855 %)BizTalk Server
672 (1.734 %)Apache
758 (1.397 %)Tomcat
850 (1.204 %)ESB
949 (1.180 %)CMS
1043 (1.036 %)WebLogic Portal
1138 (0.915 %)MQSeries
1224 (0.578 %)Oracle Application Server
1322 (0.530 %)TeamSite
1421 (0.506 %)WPS
1421 (0.506 %)ColdFusion
1421 (0.506 %)SharePoint Server 2007
1513 (0.313 %)Documentum
1611 (0.265 %)ATG Dynamo
1611 (0.265 %)Commerce Server
England IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1130 (3.131 %)MS Office
2105 (2.529 %)MS Visio
392 (2.216 %)MS Excel
465 (1.566 %)MS Project
557 (1.373 %)Photoshop
650 (1.204 %)CA Clarity
714 (0.337 %)MS PowerPoint
813 (0.313 %)MATLAB
912 (0.289 %)Simulink
108 (0.193 %)InfoPath
117 (0.169 %)Adobe Illustrator
125 (0.120 %)Doxygen
134 (0.096 %)Stateflow
134 (0.096 %)Fireworks
141 (0.024 %)Casewise Corporate Modeler Suite
141 (0.024 %)Open Workbench
141 (0.024 %)Spreadsheet
England IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
16 (0.145 %)Oracle Applications
25 (0.120 %)Summit
33 (0.072 %)BusinessWorks
42 (0.048 %)HiInvest
42 (0.048 %)SAP Oil and Gas
42 (0.048 %)BASE24
42 (0.048 %)Siebel Analytics
42 (0.048 %)TIBCO iProcess
51 (0.024 %)INSURE/90
51 (0.024 %)SunGard GMI
51 (0.024 %)ADP Wilco Gloss
51 (0.024 %)Oracle Financial Analyzer
51 (0.024 %)Oracle EBS
51 (0.024 %)Oracle Financials
51 (0.024 %)PeopleSoft HRMS
51 (0.024 %)Great Plains
England IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1128 (3.083 %)Internet
272 (1.734 %)TCP/IP
342 (1.012 %)HTTP
431 (0.747 %)DVB
529 (0.698 %)LDAP
622 (0.530 %)VoIP
716 (0.385 %)Intranet
814 (0.337 %)SSL
814 (0.337 %)Ethernet
912 (0.289 %)ATM
1011 (0.265 %)3G
1110 (0.241 %)GSM
1110 (0.241 %)Wireless
1110 (0.241 %)BSS
129 (0.217 %)Firewall
129 (0.217 %)RNC
129 (0.217 %)SNMP
129 (0.217 %)SS7
138 (0.193 %)SAN
138 (0.193 %)DNS
England IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1620 (14.93 %)SQL Server
2226 (5.443 %)SQL Server 2005
3146 (3.516 %)Oracle 10g
4116 (2.794 %)SQL Server 2000
5100 (2.408 %)RDBMS
683 (1.999 %)Datawarehouse
778 (1.879 %)DB2
876 (1.830 %)Oracle 9i
957 (1.373 %)SQL Server 7
1056 (1.349 %)MySQL
1150 (1.204 %)Oracle 8/8i
1246 (1.108 %)Crystal Reports
1345 (1.084 %)ETL
1345 (1.084 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
1345 (1.084 %)Reference Data
1444 (1.060 %)BusinessObjects
1543 (1.036 %)Oracle Reports
1631 (0.747 %)GIS
1723 (0.554 %)TOAD
1819 (0.458 %)OLAP
England IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
1362 (8.719 %)Eclipse
2296 (7.129 %)JUnit
3228 (5.491 %)Ant
4205 (4.937 %)Rational Rose
5157 (3.781 %)Visual Studio
6155 (3.733 %)ClearCase
7137 (3.300 %)Subversion
8122 (2.938 %)ClearQuest
9105 (2.529 %)RequisitePro
1094 (2.264 %)NUnit
1173 (1.758 %)Selenium
1271 (1.710 %)FitNesse
1370 (1.686 %)VSS/SourceSafe
1456 (1.349 %)JDeveloper
1550 (1.204 %)ARTiSAN
1641 (0.987 %)Flash
1733 (0.795 %)WebSphere Studio Application Developer
1832 (0.771 %)ReSharper
1921 (0.506 %)CruiseControl
2020 (0.482 %)JIRA
England IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1839 (20.21 %)Finance
2472 (11.37 %)Banking
3275 (6.623 %)Government
4207 (4.986 %)Investment Banking
5173 (4.167 %)Retail
6152 (3.661 %)Insurance
7130 (3.131 %)Back Office
8115 (2.770 %)Telecoms
998 (2.360 %)Front Office
1079 (1.903 %)Pensions
1178 (1.879 %)Military
1256 (1.349 %)Aerospace
1256 (1.349 %)Retail Banking
1354 (1.301 %)Marketing
1452 (1.252 %)Education
1551 (1.228 %)Financial Institution
1649 (1.180 %)Health
1738 (0.915 %)Billing
1837 (0.891 %)Games
1934 (0.819 %)Legal
England IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11552 (37.38 %)Developer
21394 (33.57 %)Analyst
31108 (26.69 %)Business Analyst
4553 (13.32 %)Java Developer
5424 (10.21 %)Architect
6330 (7.948 %).NET Developer
7316 (7.611 %)Software Engineer
8250 (6.021 %)J2EE Developer
9223 (5.371 %)Systems Analyst
10215 (5.178 %)Java/J2EE Developer
11203 (4.889 %)C# Developer
12177 (4.263 %)Senior Developer
13127 (3.059 %)UML Business Analyst
14110 (2.649 %)Business Systems Analyst
15104 (2.505 %)Technical Architect
16101 (2.433 %)Web Developer
1792 (2.216 %)ASP.NET Developer
1888 (2.119 %)Banking Business Analyst
1984 (2.023 %)Senior Java Developer
2083 (1.999 %)Software Developer
England IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
1159 (3.829 %)Derivative
2111 (2.673 %)Fixed Income
3106 (2.553 %)N-Tier
481 (1.951 %)Equities
573 (1.758 %)Credit Risk
655 (1.325 %)Multithreading
753 (1.276 %)Management Information System
852 (1.252 %)Computer Science
938 (0.915 %)NHS
1034 (0.819 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
1129 (0.698 %)Client/Server
1129 (0.698 %)Web 2.0
1228 (0.674 %)W3C
1327 (0.650 %)Thin Client
1327 (0.650 %)Fat Client
1426 (0.626 %)STB
1521 (0.506 %)Equity Derivative
1619 (0.458 %)Handset
1619 (0.458 %)iDTV
1718 (0.434 %)E-Learning
England IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1346 (8.333 %)Windows
2332 (7.996 %)UNIX
3241 (5.804 %)Linux
483 (1.999 %)Solaris
530 (0.723 %)Windows XP
628 (0.674 %)Windows 2000
726 (0.626 %)VxWorks
819 (0.458 %)HPUX
913 (0.313 %)Windows Mobile
1012 (0.289 %)Windows CE
1012 (0.289 %)AIX
1012 (0.289 %)Windows NT
1111 (0.265 %)VMS
1210 (0.241 %)MVS
136 (0.145 %)Symbian OS
136 (0.145 %)VME
145 (0.120 %)Windows Server 2003
152 (0.048 %)ThreadX
152 (0.048 %)pSOS
152 (0.048 %)Nucleus RTOS
England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11107 (26.66 %)OO
2593 (14.28 %)RUP
3464 (11.18 %)Use Case
4444 (10.69 %)Security Cleared
5393 (9.465 %)Business Analysis
6307 (7.394 %)SOA
7269 (6.479 %)Agile Software Development
8268 (6.455 %)OOD
9267 (6.431 %)Data Modelling
10234 (5.636 %)PRINCE2
11218 (5.250 %)SC Cleared
12216 (5.202 %)Unit Testing
13206 (4.961 %)Project Management
14197 (4.745 %)OOA/OOD
15181 (4.359 %)SSADM
16171 (4.118 %)E-Commerce
17157 (3.781 %)RAD
18155 (3.733 %)Systems Analysis
19151 (3.637 %)TDD
20129 (3.107 %)Web Development
England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11223 (29.46 %)Java
2770 (18.55 %)SQL
3712 (17.15 %)C#
4578 (13.92 %)C++
5372 (8.960 %)JavaScript
6255 (6.142 %)C
7178 (4.287 %)PL/SQL
8145 (3.492 %)VB
9123 (2.962 %)VB.NET
1089 (2.144 %)VB6
1184 (2.023 %)Transact-SQL
1283 (1.999 %)Ada
1365 (1.566 %)PHP
1454 (1.301 %)Perl
1551 (1.228 %)Embedded C
1647 (1.132 %)VC++
1746 (1.108 %)VBA
1845 (1.084 %)Delphi
1937 (0.891 %)DHTML
2035 (0.843 %)Embedded C++
England IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1174 (4.191 %)Degree
262 (1.493 %)ISEB
352 (1.252 %)Sun Certification
418 (0.434 %)PRINCE2 Certification
512 (0.289 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
611 (0.265 %)Microsoft Certification
78 (0.193 %)Citrix Certification
78 (0.193 %)MCAD
87 (0.169 %)MCSD
87 (0.169 %)HNC
94 (0.096 %)SCJD
102 (0.048 %)HND
102 (0.048 %)Postgraduate
102 (0.048 %)PhD
102 (0.048 %)MCP
102 (0.048 %)SCBCD
102 (0.048 %)SCDJWS
111 (0.024 %)SCJP
111 (0.024 %)MCDST
111 (0.024 %)CFA
England IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
1126 (3.035 %)QA
223 (0.554 %)ISO9001
316 (0.385 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
48 (0.193 %)SLA
55 (0.120 %)ISO12207
55 (0.120 %)BS7666
64 (0.096 %)WAI
64 (0.096 %)Basel II
64 (0.096 %)ISO17799
73 (0.072 %)BS7799
73 (0.072 %)ISO27001
73 (0.072 %)HL7
82 (0.048 %)ISO9000
82 (0.048 %)TickIT
82 (0.048 %)ISO8583
91 (0.024 %)WCAG
91 (0.024 %)MiFID
England IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
130 (0.723 %)AquaLogic
216 (0.385 %)Active Directory
315 (0.361 %)MSMQ
43 (0.072 %)Oracle RAC
52 (0.048 %)VMware Infrastructure
61 (0.024 %)Oracle RMAN
61 (0.024 %)Squid
England IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
110 (0.241 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
23 (0.072 %)MIIS
32 (0.048 %)ServiceCenter
41 (0.024 %)CA SiteMinder
41 (0.024 %)OpenView
41 (0.024 %)Legato
England IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
1905 (21.80 %)Oracle
2332 (7.996 %)Microsoft
3164 (3.950 %)IBM
4118 (2.842 %)BEA
580 (1.927 %)Sybase
669 (1.662 %)Sun
744 (1.060 %)Business Objects
841 (0.987 %)ILOG
940 (0.963 %)Siebel
1026 (0.626 %)Chordiant
1124 (0.578 %)SAP
1222 (0.530 %)Borland
1222 (0.530 %)Google
1320 (0.482 %)Symbian
1417 (0.409 %)Calypso
1417 (0.409 %)TIBCO
1516 (0.385 %)ATG
1615 (0.361 %)Serena
1615 (0.361 %)Green Hills
1714 (0.337 %)Telelogic
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