The first table below looks at the demand for UML skills in IT contracts advertised for the Leicestershire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited UML over the 3 months to 21 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 Leicestershire 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Unified Modeling Language (UML)
Rank 30 19 12
Rank change year-on-year
-11 -7
Contract jobs citing UML 3 6 26
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leicestershire 1.415% 2.844% 11.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.174% 4.800% 16.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 6
Average daily rate - - £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £375 £400
% change year-on-year
-6.66% -6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
Average hourly rate - - £33.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £36.00 £35.00 £35.50
% change year-on-year
+2.85% -1.40%
All Processes & Methodologies
Leicestershire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
138 125 155
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leicestershire 65.09% 59.24% 66.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 64 43 51
Average daily rate £425 £350 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+21.42% -12.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £288 £207 £240
10% offered a daily rate of more than £725 £413 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 7 20
Average hourly rate £32.50 £11.00 £32.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+195.45% -65.89%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.50 £8.50 £26.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.00 £30.35 £36.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.50 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.00% -16.66%
UML
East Midlands

UML
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leicestershire 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 Leicestershire region.

Leicestershire UML Daily Rate Trend

UML
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Leicestershire UML Hourly Rate Trend

UML
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing UML within the Leicestershire region over the 3 months to 21 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
Hinckley - 1 - -
Loughborough - 1 - -
UML
East Midlands

UML
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leicestershire 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 13 (86.67%) Visual Studio
1 13 (86.67%) C#
1 13 (86.67%) .NET
2 10 (66.67%) SQL
3 8 (53.33%) ASP.NET
4 7 (46.67%) Web Services
4 7 (46.67%) Oracle
4 7 (46.67%) MS Excel
4 7 (46.67%) ISO 9001
4 7 (46.67%) TickIT
5 6 (40.00%) Microsoft
5 6 (40.00%) TCP/IP
5 6 (40.00%) Windows
5 6 (40.00%) MS PowerPoint
5 6 (40.00%) MS Office
6 5 (33.33%) Logistics
6 5 (33.33%) .NET Framework
6 5 (33.33%) Degree
6 5 (33.33%) Computer Science
7 3 (20.00%) TDD
7 3 (20.00%) WPF
7 3 (20.00%) Silverlight
7 3 (20.00%) Modbus
7 3 (20.00%) Linux
7 3 (20.00%) SQL Server
7 3 (20.00%) Siemens
8 2 (13.33%) Windows Server 2003
8 2 (13.33%) Business Intelligence
8 2 (13.33%) Windows Server 2008
8 2 (13.33%) Windows Mobile

UML
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leicestershire 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 13 (86.67%) .NET
2 8 (53.33%) ASP.NET
3 7 (46.67%) Web Services
4 5 (33.33%) .NET Framework
5 3 (20.00%) WPF
5 3 (20.00%) Silverlight
Application Platforms
1 1 (6.667%) ESB
Applications
1 7 (46.67%) MS Excel
2 6 (40.00%) MS PowerPoint
2 6 (40.00%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 6 (40.00%) TCP/IP
2 3 (20.00%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (20.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (6.667%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 13 (86.67%) Visual Studio
Job Titles
1 10 (66.67%) Developer
2 4 (26.67%) C# Developer
3 3 (20.00%) Development Project Manager
3 3 (20.00%) Software Developer
3 3 (20.00%) Project Manager
3 3 (20.00%) Development Manager
4 2 (13.33%) Senior Developer
4 2 (13.33%) Lead Developer
4 2 (13.33%) Architect
4 2 (13.33%) IT Development Manager
4 2 (13.33%) IT Project Manager
5 1 (6.667%) Lead Software Engineer
5 1 (6.667%) C# Software Developer
5 1 (6.667%) Silverlight Developer
5 1 (6.667%) Software Engineer
5 1 (6.667%) Technical Architect
5 1 (6.667%) Software Architect
5 1 (6.667%) Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 5 (33.33%) Computer Science
2 1 (6.667%) SCADA
2 1 (6.667%) Mathematics
Operating Systems
1 6 (40.00%) Windows
2 3 (20.00%) Linux
3 2 (13.33%) Windows Server 2003
3 2 (13.33%) Windows Server 2008
3 2 (13.33%) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (33.33%) Logistics
2 3 (20.00%) TDD
3 2 (13.33%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (6.667%) Waterfall
4 1 (6.667%) Change Control
4 1 (6.667%) SOA
4 1 (6.667%) RAD
4 1 (6.667%) SSADM
4 1 (6.667%) GAP Analysis
4 1 (6.667%) Yourdon
Programming Languages
1 13 (86.67%) C#
2 10 (66.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (33.33%) Degree
2 1 (6.667%) Chartered Engineer
2 1 (6.667%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (46.67%) ISO 9001
1 7 (46.67%) TickIT
Vendors
1 7 (46.67%) Oracle
2 6 (40.00%) Microsoft
3 3 (20.00%) Siemens