The first table below looks at the demand for AOP skills in IT contracts advertised for the Luton region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited AOP over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Luton 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Aspect-Oriented Programming (AOP)
Rank 17 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing AOP 3 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Luton 3.659% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.688% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
Average daily rate £325 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £319 £328
% change year-on-year
+33.33% -2.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Processes & Methodologies
Luton
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
64 60 37
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Luton 78.05% 83.33% 80.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 46 37 22
Average daily rate £375 £375 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +15.38%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £325 £200 £230
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £408 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.36% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 3
Average hourly rate - £22.00 £11.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +100.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
AOP
Bedfordshire

AOP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Luton AOP Jobs Demand Trend

AOP
Daily Rate Trend

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

Luton AOP Daily Rate Trend

AOP
Top 24 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Luton region citing AOP 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 AOP.

1 3 (100.00%) .NET
1 3 (100.00%) Oracle
1 3 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 3 (100.00%) Web Services
1 3 (100.00%) XML
1 3 (100.00%) MS Excel
1 3 (100.00%) N-Tier
1 3 (100.00%) SOA
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (100.00%) Internet
1 3 (100.00%) Change Management
1 3 (100.00%) Refactoring
1 3 (100.00%) Unit Testing
1 3 (100.00%) Continuous Integration
1 3 (100.00%) TDD
1 3 (100.00%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (66.67%) TOGAF
2 2 (66.67%) .NET Framework
2 2 (66.67%) ISEB
3 1 (33.33%) BizTalk Server
3 1 (33.33%) SharePoint
3 1 (33.33%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (33.33%) C#

AOP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Luton region citing AOP 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 AOP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (100.00%) .NET
1 3 (100.00%) Web Services
1 3 (100.00%) XML
2 2 (66.67%) .NET Framework
Application Platforms
1 1 (33.33%) BizTalk Server
1 1 (33.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (100.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Team Foundation Server
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Architect
1 3 (100.00%) Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) N-Tier
1 3 (100.00%) Enterprise Software
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) SOA
1 3 (100.00%) Change Management
1 3 (100.00%) Refactoring
1 3 (100.00%) Unit Testing
1 3 (100.00%) Continuous Integration
1 3 (100.00%) TDD
2 2 (66.67%) TOGAF
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) C#
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) ISEB
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Oracle
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft