The first table below looks at the demand for Rapid Prototyping skills in IT contracts advertised for the Hertfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Rapid Prototyping over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Processes & Methodologies category for the Hertfordshire region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Rapid Prototyping
Rank 58 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Rapid Prototyping 5 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 0.785% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.094% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £375 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £338 £288 -
% change year-on-year
+17.56% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £20.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
- -33.33%
All Processes & Methodologies
Hertfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
457 647 547
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 71.74% 66.22% 62.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 254 289 238
Average daily rate £400 £375 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.66% -6.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £262 £250 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £475 £575
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 55 78
Average hourly rate £21.50 £33.75 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-36.29% -3.57%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.05 £11.75 £16.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £39.60 £49.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
Rapid Prototyping
East of England

Rapid Prototyping
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Rapid Prototyping across the Hertfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Hertfordshire Rapid Prototyping Jobs Demand Trend

Rapid Prototyping
Daily Rate Trend

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

Hertfordshire Rapid Prototyping Daily Rate Trend

Rapid Prototyping
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Rapid Prototyping within the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Watford - 1 - -
Rapid Prototyping
East of England

Rapid Prototyping
Top 25 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire region citing Rapid Prototyping 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 Rapid Prototyping.

1 7 (87.50%) Axure RP
2 5 (62.50%) User Stories
3 4 (50.00%) Photoshop
3 4 (50.00%) Adobe Illustrator
4 3 (37.50%) Retail
4 3 (37.50%) Fireworks
4 3 (37.50%) HTML
4 3 (37.50%) Information Architecture
4 3 (37.50%) Balsamiq Mockups
4 3 (37.50%) Psychology
5 2 (25.00%) Use Case
5 2 (25.00%) OmniGraffle
5 2 (25.00%) ClickTale
5 2 (25.00%) Project Management
5 2 (25.00%) E-Commerce
5 2 (25.00%) MS Visio
5 2 (25.00%) Omniture
5 2 (25.00%) Marketing
5 2 (25.00%) Degree
5 2 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
6 1 (12.50%) Scrum
6 1 (12.50%) Web Design
6 1 (12.50%) Management Information System
6 1 (12.50%) Responsive Web Design
6 1 (12.50%) Waterfall

Rapid Prototyping
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire region citing Rapid Prototyping 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 Rapid Prototyping. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (37.50%) HTML
Applications
1 4 (50.00%) Photoshop
1 4 (50.00%) Adobe Illustrator
2 3 (37.50%) Fireworks
3 2 (25.00%) OmniGraffle
3 2 (25.00%) MS Visio
Development Applications
1 7 (87.50%) Axure RP
2 3 (37.50%) Balsamiq Mockups
General
1 3 (37.50%) Retail
2 2 (25.00%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 5 (62.50%) User Experience Designer
1 5 (62.50%) Designer
1 5 (62.50%) Senior Designer
2 3 (37.50%) Architect
2 3 (37.50%) Information Architect
3 1 (12.50%) Senior Consultant
3 1 (12.50%) Consultant
3 1 (12.50%) User Experience Architect
Miscellaneous
1 3 (37.50%) Psychology
2 1 (12.50%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) User Stories
2 3 (37.50%) Information Architecture
3 2 (25.00%) Use Case
3 2 (25.00%) Project Management
3 2 (25.00%) E-Commerce
3 2 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (12.50%) Scrum
4 1 (12.50%) Web Design
4 1 (12.50%) Responsive Web Design
4 1 (12.50%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) ClickTale
1 2 (25.00%) Omniture