The first table below looks at the demand for UML skills in IT contracts advertised for the Leeds region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited UML over the 3 months to 17 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 Leeds 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Unified Modeling Language (UML)
Rank 50 56 47
Rank change year-on-year
+6 -9
Contract jobs citing UML 26 12 10
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leeds 3.490% 1.348% 1.597%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.710% 1.872% 2.353%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 10 6
Average daily rate £310 £325 £413
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.61% -21.21%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £294 £273 £363
10% offered a daily rate of more than £469 £364 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £375 £400
% change year-on-year
-6.66% -6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £38.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.75 £35.50
% change year-on-year
+0.71% -2.11%
All Processes & Methodologies
Leeds
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
552 641 425
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leeds 74.09% 72.02% 67.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 311 377 211
Average daily rate £315 £345 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-8.69% -1.42%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £245 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 14 19
Average hourly rate £34.00 £20.50 £17.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+65.85% +17.14%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.90 £12.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £38.00 £62.50 £25.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.60 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.40% -16.66%
UML
West Yorkshire

UML
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leeds UML Jobs Demand Trend

UML
Daily Rate Trend

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

Leeds UML Daily Rate Trend

UML
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing UML across the Leeds region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Leeds UML Daily Rate Histogram

UML
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing UML across the Leeds region.

Leeds UML Hourly Rate Trend

UML
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leeds region citing UML 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 UML.

1 23 (63.89%) Stakeholder Management
2 10 (27.78%) MS Visio
2 10 (27.78%) BPMN
3 9 (25.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 9 (25.00%) Logistics
3 9 (25.00%) Systems Analysis
3 9 (25.00%) CMS
4 8 (22.22%) Migration
4 8 (22.22%) Maximo
4 8 (22.22%) Asset Management
4 8 (22.22%) Data Migration
5 6 (16.67%) .NET
6 5 (13.89%) Oracle
6 5 (13.89%) Scrum
6 5 (13.89%) Finance
6 5 (13.89%) Agile Software Development
6 5 (13.89%) Business Analysis
7 4 (11.11%) Retail
7 4 (11.11%) JIRA
7 4 (11.11%) Enterprise Software
7 4 (11.11%) Microsoft
7 4 (11.11%) SQL Server
7 4 (11.11%) C#
7 4 (11.11%) Java
7 4 (11.11%) MS Excel
8 3 (8.333%) Data Modelling
8 3 (8.333%) SOA
8 3 (8.333%) XML
8 3 (8.333%) ITIL
8 3 (8.333%) RUP

UML
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leeds region citing UML 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 UML. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 6 (16.67%) .NET
2 3 (8.333%) XML
2 3 (8.333%) LAMP
2 3 (8.333%) REST
3 2 (5.556%) WinForms
3 2 (5.556%) Java EE
3 2 (5.556%) WCF
3 2 (5.556%) WPF
3 2 (5.556%) RESTful
3 2 (5.556%) ASP.NET MVC
3 2 (5.556%) JMS
3 2 (5.556%) SOAP
3 2 (5.556%) ASP.NET
4 1 (2.778%) CSS
4 1 (2.778%) ASP
4 1 (2.778%) HTML
4 1 (2.778%) Middleware
4 1 (2.778%) jQuery
4 1 (2.778%) JSON
4 1 (2.778%) Ajax
Application Platforms
1 9 (25.00%) CMS
2 3 (8.333%) SharePoint
3 2 (5.556%) SAS
3 2 (5.556%) WebLogic
3 2 (5.556%) ActiveMQ
3 2 (5.556%) ESB
4 1 (2.778%) Drupal
4 1 (2.778%) WordPress
Applications
1 10 (27.78%) MS Visio
2 4 (11.11%) MS Excel
3 2 (5.556%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 8 (22.22%) Maximo
2 2 (5.556%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.556%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (11.11%) SQL Server
2 2 (5.556%) Big Data
3 1 (2.778%) MySQL
3 1 (2.778%) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
1 4 (11.11%) JIRA
2 2 (5.556%) VSS/SourceSafe
2 2 (5.556%) Subversion
General
1 5 (13.89%) Finance
2 4 (11.11%) Retail
3 3 (8.333%) Telecoms
3 3 (8.333%) Games
4 1 (2.778%) Banking
4 1 (2.778%) Manufacturing
4 1 (2.778%) Online Betting
Job Titles
1 29 (80.56%) Analyst
2 27 (75.00%) Business Analyst
3 3 (8.333%) Architect
3 3 (8.333%) Agile Business Analyst
3 3 (8.333%) Solutions Architect
4 2 (5.556%) Developer
4 2 (5.556%) Systems Analyst
5 1 (2.778%) Applications Specialist
5 1 (2.778%) Support Specialist
5 1 (2.778%) Applications Support
5 1 (2.778%) .NET Developer
5 1 (2.778%) C# Developer
5 1 (2.778%) Technical Analyst
5 1 (2.778%) Applications Support Specialist
5 1 (2.778%) Financial Business Analyst
5 1 (2.778%) Technical Business Analyst
5 1 (2.778%) UML Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 4 (11.11%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (5.556%) Computer Science
3 1 (2.778%) Online Games
3 1 (2.778%) Online Gambling
3 1 (2.778%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (2.778%) Client/Server
3 1 (2.778%) NHS
3 1 (2.778%) Web 2.0
Operating Systems
1 3 (8.333%) Windows
2 2 (5.556%) Linux
2 2 (5.556%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (63.89%) Stakeholder Management
2 10 (27.78%) BPMN
3 9 (25.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 9 (25.00%) Logistics
3 9 (25.00%) Systems Analysis
4 8 (22.22%) Migration
4 8 (22.22%) Asset Management
4 8 (22.22%) Data Migration
5 5 (13.89%) Agile Software Development
5 5 (13.89%) Business Analysis
5 5 (13.89%) Scrum
6 3 (8.333%) SOA
6 3 (8.333%) ITIL
6 3 (8.333%) RUP
6 3 (8.333%) Data Modelling
7 2 (5.556%) OOD
7 2 (5.556%) CRM
7 2 (5.556%) CMMI
7 2 (5.556%) Disaster Recovery
7 2 (5.556%) GAP Analysis
Programming Languages
1 4 (11.11%) C#
1 4 (11.11%) Java
2 3 (8.333%) PHP
2 3 (8.333%) SQL
3 2 (5.556%) C++
Qualifications
1 2 (5.556%) Degree
1 2 (5.556%) SC Cleared
1 2 (5.556%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.778%) WAI
System Software
1 2 (5.556%) VMware Server
1 2 (5.556%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (2.778%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (5.556%) OpenView
1 2 (5.556%) CA Wily
2 1 (2.778%) Oracle Identity Manager
2 1 (2.778%) Oracle Identity Management
Vendors
1 5 (13.89%) Oracle
2 4 (11.11%) Microsoft
3 2 (5.556%) HP
3 2 (5.556%) TIBCO
3 2 (5.556%) Perforce
3 2 (5.556%) VMware
3 2 (5.556%) hybris
4 1 (2.778%) Remedy