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The table below looks at the demand for Test-Driven Development (TDD) skills within the Hampshire region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited TDD over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkTest-Driven Development (TDD)
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank95113
Rank change on same period last yearUp+18
Matching contract IT job ads312
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.004 %0.012 %
As % of the category below0.252 %0.821 %
Daily rates quoted10
Average minimum daily rate£250-
Average daily rate£263-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£275-
UK excluding London average daily rate£319£417
% change on same period last year-23.62 %
Hourly rates quoted011
Average minimum hourly rate-£39.64
Average hourly rate-£40.00
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£40.36
UK excluding London average hourly rate£37.94£41.10
% change on same period last year-7.70 %
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
Hampshire
Matching contract IT job ads11921461
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.611 %1.441 %
Daily rates quoted394448
Average minimum daily rate£350£354
Average daily rate£373£377
% change on same period last year-1.01 %
Average maximum daily rate£397£401
UK excluding London average daily rate£378£375
% change on same period last year+0.59 %
Hourly rates quoted208257
Average minimum hourly rate£32.42£29.81
Average hourly rate£34.17£31.75
% change on same period last year+7.63 %
Average maximum hourly rate£35.93£33.69
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.41£30.41
% change on same period last year+0.01 %
TDD South EastTDD
South East

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.

TDD
Demand Trend

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

Hampshire TDD Demand Trend

TDD
Daily Rate Trend

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

Hampshire TDD Daily Rate Trend

TDD
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hampshire TDD Hourly Rate Trend

TDD
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing TDD within the Hampshire region over the 3 months to 5 September 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
BasingstokeDown-11£263-
TDD South EastTDD
South East

TDD
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire region citing TDD 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 TDD.

15 (62.50 %)C#
15 (62.50 %).NET
23 (37.50 %)Java
23 (37.50 %)ASP.NET
23 (37.50 %)OO
23 (37.50 %)Swing
23 (37.50 %)XML
23 (37.50 %)Windows
32 (25.00 %)Workflow
32 (25.00 %)UML
32 (25.00 %)Eclipse
32 (25.00 %)Quicktime
32 (25.00 %)WebServices
32 (25.00 %)SQL Server
32 (25.00 %)Ant
32 (25.00 %)SQL
32 (25.00 %)J2EE
32 (25.00 %)HTML
32 (25.00 %)NUnit
32 (25.00 %)Agile Software Development
32 (25.00 %)Security Cleared
41 (12.50 %)Unit Testing
41 (12.50 %)SC Cleared
41 (12.50 %)Pair Programming
41 (12.50 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
41 (12.50 %)Software Engineering
41 (12.50 %)SQL Server 2005
41 (12.50 %).NET Framework
41 (12.50 %)Oracle
41 (12.50 %)Transact-SQL

TDD
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire region citing TDD 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 TDD. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
15 (62.50 %).NET
23 (37.50 %)ASP.NET
23 (37.50 %)XML
23 (37.50 %)Swing
32 (25.00 %)WebServices
32 (25.00 %)J2EE
32 (25.00 %)HTML
41 (12.50 %)Middleware
41 (12.50 %)Hibernate
41 (12.50 %)WinForms
41 (12.50 %).NET Framework
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (12.50 %)BizTalk Server
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (25.00 %)Quicktime
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (25.00 %)SQL Server
21 (12.50 %)Oracle 8/8i
21 (12.50 %)Oracle 10g
21 (12.50 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
21 (12.50 %)SQL Server 2005
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (25.00 %)Ant
12 (25.00 %)Eclipse
12 (25.00 %)NUnit
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
16 (75.00 %)Developer
23 (37.50 %)Java Developer
32 (25.00 %).NET Developer
32 (25.00 %)C# Developer
32 (25.00 %)Software Engineer
32 (25.00 %)Java Swing Developer
41 (12.50 %)Senior Developer
41 (12.50 %)Design Engineer
41 (12.50 %)Embedded Software Engineer
41 (12.50 %)C# Software Engineer
41 (12.50 %)Senior .NET Developer
41 (12.50 %).NET Software Engineer
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
13 (37.50 %)Windows
21 (12.50 %)Windows XP
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (37.50 %)OO
22 (25.00 %)UML
22 (25.00 %)Security Cleared
22 (25.00 %)Workflow
22 (25.00 %)Agile Software Development
31 (12.50 %)Pair Programming
31 (12.50 %)Software Engineering
31 (12.50 %)Unit Testing
31 (12.50 %)SC Cleared
31 (12.50 %)Data Modelling
31 (12.50 %)OOD
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
15 (62.50 %)C#
23 (37.50 %)Java
32 (25.00 %)SQL
41 (12.50 %)Transact-SQL
41 (12.50 %)VB.NET
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (12.50 %)Oracle