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This section looks at the demand for Test-Driven Development (TDD) skills within the Middlesex region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited TDD over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkTest-Driven Development (TDD)
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank46-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads10
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.275 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£311£405
% change on same period last year-23.12 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£35.00£40.70
% change on same period last year-14.00 %
Middlesex IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
Middlesex
Matching contract IT job ads364370
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.485 %0.374 %
Daily rates quoted9693
Average minimum daily rate£331£316
Average daily rate£355£338
% change on same period last year+5.07 %
Average maximum daily rate£379£361
UK excluding London average daily rate£380£376
% change on same period last year+1.21 %
Hourly rates quoted2313
Average minimum hourly rate£33.44£38.64
Average hourly rate£35.44£39.35
% change on same period last year-9.94 %
Average maximum hourly rate£37.44£40.07
UK excluding London average hourly rate£29.33£30.16
% change on same period last year-2.72 %
TDD South EastTDD
South East

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.

TDD
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing TDD across the Middlesex region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Middlesex TDD Demand Trend

TDD
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing TDD across the Middlesex region.

Middlesex TDD Daily Rate Trend

TDD
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Middlesex region citing TDD 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 TDD.

111 (68.75 %)Extreme Programming
111 (68.75 %)Pair Programming
210 (62.50 %)AJAX
210 (62.50 %)Java
210 (62.50 %)CSS
38 (50.00 %)Refactoring
38 (50.00 %)Games
38 (50.00 %)Unit Testing
38 (50.00 %)Continuous Integration
47 (43.75 %)Agile Software Development
47 (43.75 %)UML
47 (43.75 %)JavaScript
56 (37.50 %)Scrum
65 (31.25 %)HTML
74 (25.00 %)Grails
74 (25.00 %)Performance Testing
74 (25.00 %)Groovy
83 (18.75 %)OO
92 (12.50 %)JSP
92 (12.50 %)UNIX
92 (12.50 %)Linux
92 (12.50 %)Ant
92 (12.50 %)JUnit
92 (12.50 %)C
92 (12.50 %)DTV
92 (12.50 %)MHP
92 (12.50 %)J2ME
92 (12.50 %)OOD
92 (12.50 %)Eclipse
92 (12.50 %)Subversion

TDD
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Middlesex region citing TDD 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 TDD. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Middlesex IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
110 (62.50 %)CSS
110 (62.50 %)AJAX
25 (31.25 %)HTML
34 (25.00 %)Grails
42 (12.50 %)J2ME
42 (12.50 %)MHP
42 (12.50 %)JSP
51 (6.250 %)XHTML
51 (6.250 %).NET
51 (6.250 %)ASP.NET
Middlesex IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (6.250 %)IIS
11 (6.250 %)SharePoint
Middlesex IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (6.250 %)Intranet
Middlesex IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (6.250 %)SQL Server
11 (6.250 %)DTS
11 (6.250 %)SQL Server 7
11 (6.250 %)SQL Server 2000
Middlesex IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (12.50 %)Ant
12 (12.50 %)JUnit
12 (12.50 %)Eclipse
12 (12.50 %)Subversion
21 (6.250 %)Visual Studio
21 (6.250 %)VSS/SourceSafe
Middlesex IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
18 (50.00 %)Games
Middlesex IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
18 (50.00 %)Developer
26 (37.50 %)Programmer
35 (31.25 %)Web Developer
41 (6.250 %).NET Developer
41 (6.250 %)Embedded Software Engineer
41 (6.250 %)Software Engineer
Middlesex IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (12.50 %)DTV
21 (6.250 %)N-Tier
Middlesex IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (12.50 %)UNIX
12 (12.50 %)Linux
Middlesex IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
111 (68.75 %)Extreme Programming
111 (68.75 %)Pair Programming
28 (50.00 %)Refactoring
28 (50.00 %)Unit Testing
28 (50.00 %)Continuous Integration
37 (43.75 %)Agile Software Development
37 (43.75 %)UML
46 (37.50 %)Scrum
54 (25.00 %)Performance Testing
63 (18.75 %)OO
72 (12.50 %)OOD
72 (12.50 %)Software Engineering
81 (6.250 %)RUP
Middlesex IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
110 (62.50 %)Java
27 (43.75 %)JavaScript
34 (25.00 %)Groovy
42 (12.50 %)C
51 (6.250 %)C#
51 (6.250 %)SQL
51 (6.250 %)Transact-SQL
Middlesex IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (6.250 %)Microsoft
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