The first table below looks at the demand for Refactoring 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 Refactoring over the 3 months to 23 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 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Refactoring
Rank 14 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Refactoring 3 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Luton 3.750% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.918% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
Average daily rate £325 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £343 £309
% change year-on-year
-5.10% +10.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £31.00
All Processes & Methodologies
Luton
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
61 50 37
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Luton 76.25% 79.37% 69.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 46 33 23
Average daily rate £375 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £325 £187 £273
10% offered a daily rate of more than £490 £425 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
Average hourly rate - £35.50 £11.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +222.72%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.45 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+21.78% -13.79%
Refactoring
Bedfordshire

Refactoring
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Luton Refactoring Jobs Demand Trend

Refactoring
Daily Rate Trend

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

Luton Refactoring Daily Rate Trend

Refactoring
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Luton region citing Refactoring 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 Refactoring.

1 5 (100.00%) .NET
1 5 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 5 (100.00%) MS Excel
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 5 (100.00%) Change Management
1 5 (100.00%) TDD
1 5 (100.00%) Unit Testing
1 5 (100.00%) Continuous Integration
2 4 (80.00%) AOP
2 4 (80.00%) .NET Framework
2 4 (80.00%) Internet
2 4 (80.00%) N-Tier
2 4 (80.00%) SOA
2 4 (80.00%) Web Services
2 4 (80.00%) XML
3 3 (60.00%) Oracle
3 3 (60.00%) C#
3 3 (60.00%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (40.00%) SQL Server 2008
4 2 (40.00%) Team Foundation Server
4 2 (40.00%) TOGAF
4 2 (40.00%) SQL Server 2005
4 2 (40.00%) ISEB
4 2 (40.00%) BizTalk Server
4 2 (40.00%) ETL
4 2 (40.00%) SharePoint
5 1 (20.00%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (20.00%) SQL
5 1 (20.00%) Windows
5 1 (20.00%) OO

Refactoring
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Luton region citing Refactoring 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 Refactoring. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 5 (100.00%) .NET
2 4 (80.00%) .NET Framework
2 4 (80.00%) Web Services
2 4 (80.00%) XML
Application Platforms
1 2 (40.00%) BizTalk Server
1 2 (40.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (20.00%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 5 (100.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 4 (80.00%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 2 (40.00%) SQL Server 2008
2 2 (40.00%) SQL Server 2005
3 1 (20.00%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (20.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (20.00%) GIS
Development Applications
1 2 (40.00%) Team Foundation Server
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Architect
1 3 (60.00%) Solutions Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Developer
2 1 (20.00%) .NET Developer
2 1 (20.00%) C# Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Team Leader
2 1 (20.00%) Development Team Leader
2 1 (20.00%) C# .NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (80.00%) N-Tier
2 3 (60.00%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Change Management
1 5 (100.00%) TDD
1 5 (100.00%) Unit Testing
1 5 (100.00%) Continuous Integration
2 4 (80.00%) AOP
2 4 (80.00%) SOA
3 2 (40.00%) TOGAF
3 2 (40.00%) ETL
4 1 (20.00%) OO
4 1 (20.00%) Workflow
4 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (20.00%) Agile Software Development
4 1 (20.00%) Data Transformation
Programming Languages
1 3 (60.00%) C#
2 1 (20.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) ISEB
2 1 (20.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (60.00%) Oracle