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This section looks at the demand for Rapid Application Development (RAD) skills within the London region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited RAD over the 3 months to 8 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkRapid Application Development (RAD)
Location
3 months to 8 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank269168
Rank change on same period last yearDown-101
Matching contract IT job ads135443
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.178 %0.463 %
As % of the category below0.759 %1.950 %
Daily rates quoted59168
Average minimum daily rate£444£454
Average daily rate£469£484
% change on same period last year-3.07 %
Average maximum daily rate£494£514
UK excluding London average daily rate£406£378
% change on same period last year+7.59 %
Hourly rates quoted11
Average minimum hourly rate£40.00£30.00
Average hourly rate£45.00£32.50
% change on same period last year+38.46 %
Average maximum hourly rate£50.00£35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£37.60£32.48
% change on same period last year+15.76 %
Processes & Methodologies LondonProcesses & Methodologies
London
Matching contract IT job ads1778422721
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled23.45 %23.76 %
Daily rates quoted79688969
Average minimum daily rate£411£422
Average daily rate£441£450
% change on same period last year-1.96 %
Average maximum daily rate£472£478
UK excluding London average daily rate£384£375
% change on same period last year+2.22 %
Hourly rates quoted584784
Average minimum hourly rate£26.65£29.57
Average hourly rate£28.60£31.71
% change on same period last year-9.78 %
Average maximum hourly rate£30.56£33.84
UK excluding London average hourly rate£29.33£30.33
% change on same period last year-3.28 %
RAD EnglandRAD
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 London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

London 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 London region.

London 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 London region over the 3 months to 8 July 2008.

London 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 London region.

London 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 job ads citing RAD within the London region over the 3 months to 8 July 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
City of LondonDown-4340£479-15.76 %
CroydonUp+116--
Docklands, LondonUp+32--
Canary WharfDown-42--
RAD EnglandRAD
England

RAD
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London 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.

1165 (37.93 %)VBA
2135 (31.03 %)Front Office
3134 (30.80 %)Banking
4132 (30.34 %)C#
5130 (29.89 %)Finance
6128 (29.43 %)SQL
7109 (25.06 %)Java
885 (19.54 %)Derivative
982 (18.85 %)Oracle
1081 (18.62 %)Investment Banking
1178 (17.93 %).NET
1274 (17.01 %)SQL Server
1367 (15.40 %)XML
1367 (15.40 %)Fixed Income
1465 (14.94 %)UML
1465 (14.94 %)J2EE
1550 (11.49 %)OO
1647 (10.80 %)Spring
1745 (10.34 %)PL/SQL
1841 (9.425 %)JUnit
1841 (9.425 %)DSDM
1937 (8.506 %)VB
2036 (8.276 %)JavaScript
2036 (8.276 %)Risk Management
2135 (8.046 %)ASP.NET
2234 (7.816 %)Hibernate
2333 (7.586 %)WebServices
2333 (7.586 %)HTML
2333 (7.586 %)Eclipse
2432 (7.356 %)C++

RAD
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London 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.

Application Development
178 (17.93 %).NET
267 (15.40 %)XML
365 (14.94 %)J2EE
447 (10.80 %)Spring
535 (8.046 %)ASP.NET
634 (7.816 %)Hibernate
733 (7.586 %)WebServices
733 (7.586 %)HTML
819 (4.368 %)WebSphere
918 (4.138 %)XSLT
1016 (3.678 %)CSS
1115 (3.448 %)JSP
1115 (3.448 %)AJAX
1214 (3.218 %)ASP
1313 (2.989 %)EJB
1313 (2.989 %)JSF
1411 (2.529 %)WML
1411 (2.529 %)Servlets
158 (1.839 %)JDBC
167 (1.609 %)XHTML
Application Platforms
111 (2.529 %)WebLogic
29 (2.069 %)Tomcat
29 (2.069 %)JBoss
38 (1.839 %)Apache
47 (1.609 %)SharePoint
56 (1.379 %)WPS
65 (1.149 %)SharePoint Server 2007
74 (0.920 %)WebSphere Application Server
83 (0.690 %)BizTalk Server
83 (0.690 %)CMS
83 (0.690 %)Documentum
92 (0.460 %)ESB
92 (0.460 %)IBM HTTP Server
101 (0.230 %)WebSphere MQ
101 (0.230 %)Oracle HTTP Server
101 (0.230 %)MQSeries
101 (0.230 %)Lotus Domino
101 (0.230 %)Office Project Server
101 (0.230 %)Oracle Application Server
101 (0.230 %)WebSphere Message Broker
Applications
121 (4.828 %)MS Excel
212 (2.759 %)MS Project
33 (0.690 %)MATLAB
41 (0.230 %)MS Visio
41 (0.230 %)MS Office
41 (0.230 %)MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
12 (0.460 %)assyst
21 (0.230 %)Endur
21 (0.230 %)Summit
21 (0.230 %)Oracle HRMS
21 (0.230 %)Oracle ERP
21 (0.230 %)FRONT ARENA
Communications & Networking
113 (2.989 %)Internet
25 (1.149 %)SMS
34 (0.920 %)HTTP
42 (0.460 %)TCP/IP
42 (0.460 %)SMTP
42 (0.460 %)FTP
51 (0.230 %)ATM
51 (0.230 %)Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
174 (17.01 %)SQL Server
226 (5.977 %)SQL Server 2005
319 (4.368 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
319 (4.368 %)SQL Server Integration Services
414 (3.218 %)MS Access
58 (1.839 %)MySQL
67 (1.609 %)EDRMS
75 (1.149 %)ETL
84 (0.920 %)Oracle 8/8i
84 (0.920 %)SQL Server 2000
93 (0.690 %)Oracle OWB
93 (0.690 %)TOAD
93 (0.690 %)Data Mining
93 (0.690 %)Reference Data
102 (0.460 %)Oracle Discoverer
111 (0.230 %)GIS
111 (0.230 %)OLTP
111 (0.230 %)SQL Server 7
111 (0.230 %)Oracle Reports
111 (0.230 %)Datawarehouse
Development Applications
141 (9.425 %)JUnit
233 (7.586 %)Eclipse
311 (2.529 %)Flash
45 (1.149 %)TestDirector
45 (1.149 %)ClearCase
45 (1.149 %)Ant
54 (0.920 %)Visual Studio
54 (0.920 %)ClearQuest
63 (0.690 %)JBuilder
63 (0.690 %)VSS/SourceSafe
72 (0.460 %)jMock
72 (0.460 %)WebSphere Studio Application Developer
72 (0.460 %)Oracle Forms
72 (0.460 %)JDeveloper
72 (0.460 %)Bugzilla
81 (0.230 %)RequisitePro
81 (0.230 %)XDE
81 (0.230 %)Subversion
81 (0.230 %)Selenium
General
1135 (31.03 %)Front Office
2134 (30.80 %)Banking
3130 (29.89 %)Finance
481 (18.62 %)Investment Banking
532 (7.356 %)Back Office
618 (4.138 %)Government
711 (2.529 %)Financial Institution
810 (2.299 %)Retail
98 (1.839 %)Billing
106 (1.379 %)Marketing
115 (1.149 %)Pensions
124 (0.920 %)Private Banking
124 (0.920 %)Local Government
124 (0.920 %)Legal
133 (0.690 %)Publishing
133 (0.690 %)Retail Banking
133 (0.690 %)Insurance
142 (0.460 %)Online Banking
142 (0.460 %)Games
142 (0.460 %)Education
Job Titles
1308 (70.80 %)Developer
2103 (23.68 %)RAD Developer
394 (21.61 %)Excel Developer
477 (17.70 %)VBA Developer
562 (14.25 %)Excel VBA Developer
661 (14.02 %)Analyst
757 (13.10 %)Java Developer
851 (11.72 %)C# Developer
945 (10.34 %)Business Analyst
1041 (9.425 %)Front Office Developer
1140 (9.195 %)Senior Developer
1233 (7.586 %)Project Manager
1332 (7.356 %)Senior Java Developer
1429 (6.667 %)Excel Specialist
1524 (5.517 %)SQL Developer
1623 (5.287 %)J2EE Developer
1721 (4.828 %)Java/J2EE Developer
1818 (4.138 %)Senior Java/J2EE Developer
1917 (3.908 %)Senior J2EE Developer
2016 (3.678 %)Access Developer
Miscellaneous
185 (19.54 %)Derivative
267 (15.40 %)Fixed Income
329 (6.667 %)Credit Derivative
423 (5.287 %)Market Risk
521 (4.828 %)Asset Management
619 (4.368 %)Equity Derivative
717 (3.908 %)Equities
717 (3.908 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
717 (3.908 %)Multithreading
811 (2.529 %)French Language
910 (2.299 %)Statistics
106 (1.379 %)Taxonomies
114 (0.920 %)Economics
114 (0.920 %)Web 2.0
123 (0.690 %)Biometrics
123 (0.690 %)NHS
123 (0.690 %)Client/Server
123 (0.690 %)Interest Rate Derivative
123 (0.690 %)Exotic Derivative
123 (0.690 %)RIA
Operating Systems
116 (3.678 %)Unix
211 (2.529 %)Linux
38 (1.839 %)Windows
44 (0.920 %)Windows NT
53 (0.690 %)AIX
62 (0.460 %)Solaris
71 (0.230 %)VMS
71 (0.230 %)HPUX
Processes & Methodologies
165 (14.94 %)UML
250 (11.49 %)OO
341 (9.425 %)DSDM
436 (8.276 %)Risk Management
531 (7.126 %)Project Management
630 (6.897 %)PRINCE2
723 (5.287 %)SSADM
820 (4.598 %)Agile Software Development
919 (4.368 %)Software Engineering
919 (4.368 %)Project Planning
1018 (4.138 %)User Acceptance Testing
1117 (3.908 %)Security Cleared
1117 (3.908 %)Business Analysis
1215 (3.448 %)E-Commerce
1313 (2.989 %)Data Modelling
1412 (2.759 %)Logistics
1412 (2.759 %)RUP
1412 (2.759 %)Scrum
1412 (2.759 %)Stakeholder Management
1510 (2.299 %)Content Management
Programming Languages
1165 (37.93 %)VBA
2132 (30.34 %)C#
3128 (29.43 %)SQL
4109 (25.06 %)Java
545 (10.34 %)PL/SQL
637 (8.506 %)VB
736 (8.276 %)JavaScript
832 (7.356 %)C++
914 (3.218 %)Perl
1013 (2.989 %)VBScript
119 (2.069 %)PHP
127 (1.609 %)ActionScript
127 (1.609 %)VB.NET
135 (1.149 %)Transact-SQL
135 (1.149 %)VB6
144 (0.920 %)C
144 (0.920 %)Python
153 (0.690 %)Groovy
153 (0.690 %)PHP5
153 (0.690 %)PHP4
Qualifications
19 (2.069 %)Degree
26 (1.379 %)PRINCE2 Certification
32 (0.460 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
32 (0.460 %)ISEB
41 (0.230 %)Sun Certification
41 (0.230 %)PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
16 (1.379 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
24 (0.920 %)QA
32 (0.460 %)PCI DSS
32 (0.460 %)MiFID
System Software
11 (0.230 %)VMware ESX
Systems Management
11 (0.230 %)ServiceCenter
Vendors
182 (18.85 %)Oracle
225 (5.747 %)Microsoft
322 (5.057 %)BEA
416 (3.678 %)Bloomberg
514 (3.218 %)Reuters
611 (2.529 %)Primavera
78 (1.839 %)Sybase
86 (1.379 %)IBM
86 (1.379 %)Chordiant
93 (0.690 %)Vignette
93 (0.690 %)SAP
93 (0.690 %)Google
102 (0.460 %)FileNet
111 (0.230 %)Mercator
111 (0.230 %)Algorithmics
111 (0.230 %)OpenLink
111 (0.230 %)ESRI
111 (0.230 %)Open Text
111 (0.230 %)Stellent
111 (0.230 %)Serena
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