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The table below looks at the demand for Test-Driven Development (TDD) skills within the Herefordshire 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 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkTest-Driven Development (TDD)
Location
3 months to
2 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank1521
Rank change on same period last yearUp+6
Matching contract IT job ads11
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.002 %0.001 %
As % of the category below2.174 %1.099 %
Daily rates quoted01
Average minimum daily rate-£200
Average daily rate-£225
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£250
UK excluding London average daily rate£312£312
% change on same period last year-0.17 %
Hourly rates quoted10
Average minimum hourly rate£35.00-
Average hourly rate£36.50-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£38.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£34.78£35.85
% change on same period last year-2.98 %
Herefordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
Herefordshire
Matching contract IT job ads4691
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.074 %0.098 %
Daily rates quoted1722
Average minimum daily rate£202£271
Average daily rate£230£290
% change on same period last year-20.80 %
Average maximum daily rate£258£309
UK excluding London average daily rate£381£372
% change on same period last year+2.31 %
Hourly rates quoted86
Average minimum hourly rate£32.79£27.14
Average hourly rate£34.04£27.75
% change on same period last year+22.65 %
Average maximum hourly rate£35.29£28.36
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.24£29.63
% change on same period last year-4.68 %
TDD West MidlandsTDD
West Midlands

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 Herefordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Herefordshire 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 Herefordshire region.

Herefordshire 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 Herefordshire region.

Herefordshire 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 Herefordshire region over the 3 months to 2 December 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
HerefordNew entry-1--
TDD West MidlandsTDD
West Midlands

TDD
Top 14 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Herefordshire 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.

11 (100.00 %)C++
11 (100.00 %)Java
11 (100.00 %)XML
11 (100.00 %)XSLT
11 (100.00 %)UNIX
11 (100.00 %)Linux
11 (100.00 %)UML
11 (100.00 %)OO
11 (100.00 %)CORBA
11 (100.00 %)ClearCase
11 (100.00 %)Quality Management
11 (100.00 %)SUSE
11 (100.00 %)Fedora
11 (100.00 %)Multithreading

TDD
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Herefordshire 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.

Herefordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (100.00 %)XML
11 (100.00 %)XSLT
11 (100.00 %)CORBA
Herefordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (100.00 %)ClearCase
Herefordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11 (100.00 %)Software Engineer
Herefordshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (100.00 %)Multithreading
Herefordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (100.00 %)UNIX
11 (100.00 %)Linux
11 (100.00 %)SUSE
11 (100.00 %)Fedora
Herefordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (100.00 %)UML
11 (100.00 %)OO
11 (100.00 %)Quality Management
Herefordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (100.00 %)C++
11 (100.00 %)Java