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This section looks at the demand for Rapid Application Development (RAD) skills within the Hertfordshire region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited RAD over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkRapid Application Development (RAD)
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank6878
Rank change on same period last yearUp+10
Matching contract IT job ads1315
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.017 %0.015 %
As % of the category below1.459 %1.571 %
Daily rates quoted76
Average minimum daily rate£386£380
Average daily rate£418£403
% change on same period last year+3.83 %
Average maximum daily rate£450£425
UK excluding London average daily rate£366£404
% change on same period last year-9.30 %
Hourly rates quoted01
Average minimum hourly rate-£35.00
Average hourly rate-£37.50
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£43.75£35.60
% change on same period last year+22.89 %
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
Hertfordshire
Matching contract IT job ads891955
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.176 %0.951 %
Daily rates quoted326396
Average minimum daily rate£377£354
Average daily rate£404£374
% change on same period last year+8.10 %
Average maximum daily rate£432£395
UK excluding London average daily rate£380£377
% change on same period last year+0.71 %
Hourly rates quoted9690
Average minimum hourly rate£29.89£26.44
Average hourly rate£30.48£28.44
% change on same period last year+7.17 %
Average maximum hourly rate£31.07£30.44
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.34£30.18
% change on same period last year+0.55 %
RAD East of EnglandRAD
East of England

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.

RAD
Demand Trend

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

Hertfordshire RAD Demand Trend

RAD
Daily Rate Trend

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

Hertfordshire RAD Daily Rate Trend

RAD
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing RAD across the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008.

Hertfordshire RAD Daily Rate Histogram

RAD
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hertfordshire RAD Hourly Rate Trend

RAD
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing RAD within the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 20 August 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
RickmansworthNew entry-4£475-
RAD East of EnglandRAD
East of England

RAD
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire 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.

168 (87.18 %)OO
256 (71.79 %)SQL
346 (58.97 %)Java
445 (57.69 %)UML
445 (57.69 %)Spring
544 (56.41 %)Hibernate
544 (56.41 %)Eclipse
643 (55.13 %)JUnit
742 (53.85 %)Finance
838 (48.72 %)Oracle
936 (46.15 %)PL/SQL
1031 (39.74 %)Banking
1129 (37.18 %)Back Office
1129 (37.18 %)SOA
1226 (33.33 %).NET
1226 (33.33 %)ASP.NET
1226 (33.33 %)XML
1324 (30.77 %)J2EE
1324 (30.77 %)Scrum
1423 (29.49 %)Java EE
1423 (29.49 %)C#
1522 (28.21 %)XSLT
1621 (26.92 %)E-Commerce
1720 (25.64 %)Internet
1720 (25.64 %)AJAX
1819 (24.36 %)Retail
1819 (24.36 %)WPF
1819 (24.36 %)SMTP
1819 (24.36 %)FTP
1819 (24.36 %)HTTP

RAD
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire 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.

Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
145 (57.69 %)Spring
244 (56.41 %)Hibernate
326 (33.33 %).NET
326 (33.33 %)ASP.NET
326 (33.33 %)XML
424 (30.77 %)J2EE
523 (29.49 %)Java EE
622 (28.21 %)XSLT
720 (25.64 %)AJAX
819 (24.36 %)WPF
918 (23.08 %)ADO.NET
1016 (20.51 %)WebServices
1112 (15.38 %)JSF
129 (11.54 %)HTML
134 (5.128 %)CSS
134 (5.128 %)DOM
134 (5.128 %)XHTML
142 (2.564 %)WebSphere
142 (2.564 %)NetBeans
142 (2.564 %)Servlets
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
118 (23.08 %)BizTalk Server
216 (20.51 %)WebLogic
32 (2.564 %)JBoss
32 (2.564 %)Tomcat
41 (1.282 %)IIS
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
120 (25.64 %)Internet
219 (24.36 %)SMTP
219 (24.36 %)FTP
219 (24.36 %)HTTP
219 (24.36 %)TCP/IP
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (3.846 %)SQL Server
22 (2.564 %)SQL Server 2005
22 (2.564 %)SQL Server 2000
31 (1.282 %)Oracle 8/8i
31 (1.282 %)DTS
31 (1.282 %)DB2
31 (1.282 %)SQL Server Integration Services
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
144 (56.41 %)Eclipse
243 (55.13 %)JUnit
312 (15.38 %)Subversion
411 (14.10 %)ClearCase
411 (14.10 %)JIRA
411 (14.10 %)ClearQuest
510 (12.82 %)VSS/SourceSafe
62 (2.564 %)JDeveloper
62 (2.564 %)Synon
62 (2.564 %)JBuilder
62 (2.564 %)WebSphere Studio Application Developer
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
142 (53.85 %)Finance
231 (39.74 %)Banking
329 (37.18 %)Back Office
419 (24.36 %)Retail
511 (14.10 %)Games
65 (6.410 %)Financial Institution
71 (1.282 %)Telecoms
71 (1.282 %)Education
71 (1.282 %)Publishing
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
151 (65.38 %)Developer
234 (43.59 %)Java Developer
317 (21.79 %)Senior Developer
415 (19.23 %)Senior Java Developer
512 (15.38 %)Analyst
512 (15.38 %)Technical Analyst
611 (14.10 %).NET Developer
710 (12.82 %)C# Developer
710 (12.82 %)J2EE Developer
710 (12.82 %)Java/J2EE Developer
88 (10.26 %)Development Manager
95 (6.410 %)Senior Java/J2EE Developer
95 (6.410 %)Senior J2EE Developer
104 (5.128 %)Team Leader
104 (5.128 %)Web Developer
112 (2.564 %)Senior .NET Developer
112 (2.564 %)Web Manager
112 (2.564 %)Web Team Leader
112 (2.564 %)AS400 Developer
112 (2.564 %)Project Manager
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
14 (5.128 %)W3C
22 (2.564 %)AS400
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (2.564 %)UNIX
12 (2.564 %)HPUX
12 (2.564 %)Solaris
12 (2.564 %)Linux
21 (1.282 %)Windows
21 (1.282 %)Windows XP
21 (1.282 %)Windows Server 2003
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
168 (87.18 %)OO
245 (57.69 %)UML
329 (37.18 %)SOA
424 (30.77 %)Scrum
521 (26.92 %)E-Commerce
613 (16.67 %)Change Management
78 (10.26 %)Supplier Management
86 (7.692 %)Web Development
93 (3.846 %)Agile Software Development
102 (2.564 %)Continuous Integration
102 (2.564 %)Project Management
111 (1.282 %)DSDM
111 (1.282 %)PRINCE2
111 (1.282 %)Software Engineering
111 (1.282 %)Content Management
111 (1.282 %)ERD
111 (1.282 %)Release Management
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
156 (71.79 %)SQL
246 (58.97 %)Java
336 (46.15 %)PL/SQL
423 (29.49 %)C#
57 (8.974 %)JavaScript
64 (5.128 %)C
73 (3.846 %)VB.NET
82 (2.564 %)DHTML
82 (2.564 %)VBScript
91 (1.282 %)VB
91 (1.282 %)Perl
91 (1.282 %)XPath
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (2.564 %)Degree
12 (2.564 %)MCP
12 (2.564 %)MCAD
12 (2.564 %)MCSD
12 (2.564 %)Microsoft Certification
21 (1.282 %)Sun Certification
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
138 (48.72 %)Oracle
212 (15.38 %)BEA
310 (12.82 %)Serena
44 (5.128 %)Sun
53 (3.846 %)StorageTek
53 (3.846 %)Brocade
62 (2.564 %)IBM
71 (1.282 %)Microsoft
71 (1.282 %)Interwoven
71 (1.282 %)Tridion