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The table below looks at the demand for Extreme Programming (XP) skills within the Kent region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Extreme Programming over the 3 months to 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkExtreme Programming (XP)
Location
3 months to
2 Dec 2008
Same period last year
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Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads00
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.000 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£397£355
% change on same period last year+11.79 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
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UK excluding London average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
Kent
Matching contract IT job ads230292
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.370 %0.314 %
Daily rates quoted7167
Average minimum daily rate£315£337
Average daily rate£327£355
% change on same period last year-7.80 %
Average maximum daily rate£339£373
UK excluding London average daily rate£381£372
% change on same period last year+2.31 %
Hourly rates quoted2239
Average minimum hourly rate£22.00£26.99
Average hourly rate£24.10£28.80
% change on same period last year-16.32 %
Average maximum hourly rate£26.19£30.61
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.24£29.63
% change on same period last year-4.68 %
Extreme Programming South EastExtreme Programming
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.

Extreme Programming
Demand Trend

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

Kent Extreme Programming Demand Trend

Extreme Programming
Top 5 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Kent region citing Extreme Programming 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 Extreme Programming.

11 (100.00 %)Java
11 (100.00 %)JUnit
11 (100.00 %)Struts
11 (100.00 %)Hibernate
11 (100.00 %)Spring

Extreme Programming
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Kent region citing Extreme Programming 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 Extreme Programming. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (100.00 %)Struts
11 (100.00 %)Hibernate
11 (100.00 %)Spring
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (100.00 %)JUnit
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11 (100.00 %)Software Developer
11 (100.00 %)Developer
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (100.00 %)Java