User Stories Contracts in London
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for User Stories skills in IT contracts advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited User Stories 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 London 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
User Story
Rank 220 297 325
Rank change year-on-year
+77 +28
Contract jobs citing User Stories 172 108 105
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.781% 0.400% 0.342%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.047% 0.557% 0.480%
Number of daily rates quoted 118 66 64
Average daily rate £428 £375 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+14.00% -6.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £321 £325 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £500 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £375 £336
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +11.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Average hourly rate - - £47.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £65.00 -
% change year-on-year
-53.84% -
All Processes & Methodologies
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category		 16430 19385 21875
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 74.58% 71.84% 71.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 11280 12741 14396
Average daily rate £450 £450 £483
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -6.73%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £300 £305
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £600 £625
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 257 335 346
Average hourly rate £31.00 £27.50 £28.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+12.72% -1.78%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.00 £15.00 £14.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £135.00 £45.00 £50.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.50 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.00% -16.66%
User Stories
England

User Stories
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London User Stories Jobs Demand Trend

User Stories
Daily Rate Trend

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

London User Stories Daily Rate Trend

User Stories
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing User Stories across the London region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

London User Stories Daily Rate Histogram

User Stories
Hourly Rate Trend

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

London User Stories Hourly Rate Trend

User Stories
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing User Stories within the London 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
City of London +55 63 £425 +1.19%
Paddington - 3 - -
Docklands, London +1 1 - -
Hounslow -4 1 - -
User Stories
England

User Stories
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing User Stories 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 User Stories.

1 157 (52.68%) Agile Software Development
2 126 (42.28%) Scrum
3 97 (32.55%) Use Case
4 79 (26.51%) Finance
5 67 (22.48%) Business Analysis
6 63 (21.14%) UML
7 49 (16.44%) User Acceptance Testing
8 48 (16.11%) Test Scripting
9 43 (14.43%) E-Commerce
10 37 (12.42%) QA
11 36 (12.08%) Stakeholder Management
12 35 (11.74%) TDD
13 32 (10.74%) BDD
14 29 (9.732%) JIRA
14 29 (9.732%) Banking
15 28 (9.396%) SQL
16 24 (8.054%) Project Management
17 23 (7.718%) Java
17 23 (7.718%) JavaScript
18 22 (7.383%) .NET
18 22 (7.383%) Degree
18 22 (7.383%) Mobile App
19 21 (7.047%) Data Modelling
20 20 (6.711%) SOA
20 20 (6.711%) RUP
20 20 (6.711%) HTML
20 20 (6.711%) CSS
20 20 (6.711%) Selenium
21 19 (6.376%) Market Risk
21 19 (6.376%) ASP.NET

User Stories
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing User Stories 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 User Stories. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 22 (7.383%) .NET
2 20 (6.711%) HTML
2 20 (6.711%) CSS
3 19 (6.376%) ASP.NET
4 16 (5.369%) Web Services
5 12 (4.027%) RESTful
6 10 (3.356%) HTML5
7 9 (3.020%) REST
8 8 (2.685%) CSS3
8 8 (2.685%) jQuery
9 7 (2.349%) XML
9 7 (2.349%) Cocoa
9 7 (2.349%) ASP.NET MVC
10 6 (2.013%) JSON
10 6 (2.013%) Cocoa Touch
10 6 (2.013%) ASP.NET MVC 4
10 6 (2.013%) Spring
11 5 (1.678%) Ajax
12 3 (1.007%) Middleware
12 3 (1.007%) SOAP
Application Platforms
1 7 (2.349%) CMS
2 5 (1.678%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.678%) Tomcat
3 4 (1.342%) SharePoint 2010
4 3 (1.007%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 2 (0.671%) Confluence
5 2 (0.671%) Apache
6 1 (0.336%) BizTalk Server
6 1 (0.336%) Oracle Workflow
6 1 (0.336%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 8 (2.685%) MS Excel
2 6 (2.013%) Photoshop
2 6 (2.013%) MS Visio
3 3 (1.007%) Office 365
3 3 (1.007%) OmniGraffle
4 2 (0.671%) Adobe Illustrator
5 1 (0.336%) InDesign
5 1 (0.336%) FastStats
Business Applications
1 2 (0.671%) Adaptiv
1 2 (0.671%) PeopleSoft HRMS
2 1 (0.336%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.336%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.336%) Bloomberg TOMS
Communications & Networking
1 11 (3.691%) Internet
2 9 (3.020%) Intranet
3 7 (2.349%) HTTP
4 3 (1.007%) Wireshark
5 2 (0.671%) TCP/IP
5 2 (0.671%) ATM
5 2 (0.671%) DNS
5 2 (0.671%) MPLS
6 1 (0.336%) HTTPS
6 1 (0.336%) Broadband
6 1 (0.336%) SMS
6 1 (0.336%) ADSL
6 1 (0.336%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (6.040%) SQL Server
2 9 (3.020%) MySQL
3 7 (2.349%) Data Warehouse
3 7 (2.349%) Oracle BI EE
4 5 (1.678%) Big Data
4 5 (1.678%) SQL Server 2012
5 4 (1.342%) SSDT
6 3 (1.007%) RDBMS
6 3 (1.007%) PostgreSQL
6 3 (1.007%) MongoDB
6 3 (1.007%) Apache Cassandra
6 3 (1.007%) NoSQL
7 1 (0.336%) InterSystems Cache
7 1 (0.336%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.336%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 29 (9.732%) JIRA
2 20 (6.711%) Selenium
3 16 (5.369%) Cucumber
4 12 (4.027%) Subversion
5 11 (3.691%) ClearCase
6 9 (3.020%) Axure RP
7 6 (2.013%) Hudson
7 6 (2.013%) JUnit
8 5 (1.678%) Maven
8 5 (1.678%) Team Foundation Server
9 4 (1.342%) WebDriver
10 3 (1.007%) PeopleTools
10 3 (1.007%) JMeter
10 3 (1.007%) SpecFlow
10 3 (1.007%) RSpec
10 3 (1.007%) JBehave
10 3 (1.007%) FitNesse
11 2 (0.671%) WATIR
11 2 (0.671%) Mockito
11 2 (0.671%) TeamCity
General
1 79 (26.51%) Finance
2 29 (9.732%) Banking
3 19 (6.376%) Retail
4 18 (6.040%) Publishing
5 16 (5.369%) Advertising
6 14 (4.698%) Front Office
7 11 (3.691%) Legal
7 11 (3.691%) Games
7 11 (3.691%) Marketing
8 10 (3.356%) Telecoms
9 9 (3.020%) Back Office
9 9 (3.020%) Investment Banking
10 7 (2.349%) Financial Institution
11 4 (1.342%) Music
11 4 (1.342%) Music Industry
12 3 (1.007%) Online Betting
13 2 (0.671%) Retail Banking
14 1 (0.336%) Law
14 1 (0.336%) Corporate Banking
Job Titles
1 210 (70.47%) Analyst
2 187 (62.75%) Business Analyst
3 58 (19.46%) Agile Business Analyst
4 32 (10.74%) Technical Analyst
5 22 (7.383%) Technical Business Analyst
6 17 (5.705%) Developer
7 12 (4.027%) Market Risk Business Analyst
7 12 (4.027%) Market Risk Analyst
8 11 (3.691%) Tester
8 11 (3.691%) Senior Analyst
8 11 (3.691%) ScrumMaster
9 10 (3.356%) Systems Analyst
10 9 (3.020%) Business Systems Analyst
10 9 (3.020%) Architect
10 9 (3.020%) QA Engineer
11 8 (2.685%) Product Manager
11 8 (2.685%) Senior Business Analyst
12 7 (2.349%) Test Analyst
12 7 (2.349%) Java Developer
12 7 (2.349%) Designer
Miscellaneous
1 22 (7.383%) Mobile App
2 19 (6.376%) Market Risk
3 18 (6.040%) Digital Media
4 14 (4.698%) Derivative
5 12 (4.027%) Management Information System
6 9 (3.020%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 9 (3.020%) Video on Demand
7 7 (2.349%) IPTV
8 6 (2.013%) Credit Risk
8 6 (2.013%) Open Source
8 6 (2.013%) Reference Data
8 6 (2.013%) iPhone
8 6 (2.013%) Blackberry
9 5 (1.678%) Fixed Income
9 5 (1.678%) iPad
9 5 (1.678%) Online Games
10 4 (1.342%) Data Protection Act
10 4 (1.342%) Social Media
10 4 (1.342%) New Media
10 4 (1.342%) Equities
Operating Systems
1 16 (5.369%) Windows
2 14 (4.698%) Apple iOS
3 13 (4.362%) Android
4 4 (1.342%) Windows Phone
4 4 (1.342%) UNIX
4 4 (1.342%) Linux
5 3 (1.007%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 157 (52.68%) Agile Software Development
2 126 (42.28%) Scrum
3 97 (32.55%) Use Case
4 67 (22.48%) Business Analysis
5 63 (21.14%) UML
6 49 (16.44%) User Acceptance Testing
7 48 (16.11%) Test Scripting
8 43 (14.43%) E-Commerce
9 36 (12.08%) Stakeholder Management
10 35 (11.74%) TDD
11 32 (10.74%) BDD
12 24 (8.054%) Project Management
13 21 (7.047%) Data Modelling
14 20 (6.711%) SOA
14 20 (6.711%) RUP
15 18 (6.040%) Continuous Improvement
16 16 (5.369%) Waterfall
17 13 (4.362%) OO
18 12 (4.027%) BPMN
18 12 (4.027%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 28 (9.396%) SQL
2 23 (7.718%) Java
2 23 (7.718%) JavaScript
3 17 (5.705%) C#
4 13 (4.362%) Ruby
5 11 (3.691%) Objective-C
6 8 (2.685%) T-SQL
7 5 (1.678%) C++
7 5 (1.678%) Scala
8 3 (1.007%) PeopleCode
8 3 (1.007%) Python
8 3 (1.007%) Perl
9 1 (0.336%) PHP
Qualifications
1 22 (7.383%) Degree
2 19 (6.376%) ISEB
3 6 (2.013%) ISTQB
4 3 (1.007%) PMP
4 3 (1.007%) PMI Certification
5 2 (0.671%) Security Cleared
6 1 (0.336%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 1 (0.336%) CTC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (12.42%) QA
2 2 (0.671%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 2 (0.671%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 8 (2.685%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 16 (5.369%) Oracle
2 14 (4.698%) Microsoft
3 8 (2.685%) HP
4 5 (1.678%) Adobe
4 5 (1.678%) Hyperion
4 5 (1.678%) Business Objects
4 5 (1.678%) Google
5 4 (1.342%) TOWER Software
6 3 (1.007%) IBM
6 3 (1.007%) PeopleSoft
7 2 (0.671%) Endeca
7 2 (0.671%) Perforce
7 2 (0.671%) Sybase
7 2 (0.671%) Apple
7 2 (0.671%) Murex
7 2 (0.671%) Bloomberg
7 2 (0.671%) Algorithmics
8 1 (0.336%) Symantec
8 1 (0.336%) Salesforce.com
8 1 (0.336%) Mercator
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