The first table below looks at the demand for UML skills in IT contracts advertised for the Middlesex region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited UML over the 3 months to 17 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 Middlesex 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Unified Modeling Language (UML)
Rank 27 26 22
Rank change year-on-year
-1 -4
Contract jobs citing UML 1 8 16
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Middlesex 0.478% 2.469% 4.545%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.645% 3.704% 5.634%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 4 7
Average daily rate - £363 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -14.70%
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £375 £400
% change year-on-year
-6.66% -6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 2
Average hourly rate - £50.50 £37.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +34.66%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.75 £35.50
% change year-on-year
+0.71% -2.11%
All Processes & Methodologies
Middlesex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
155 216 284
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Middlesex 74.16% 66.67% 80.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 96 109 117
Average daily rate £400 £375 £420
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.66% -10.71%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £260 £250 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £545 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 10 11
Average hourly rate £16.00 £39.00 £36.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-58.97% +6.12%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.40 £27.00 £29.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £21.60 £50.50 £39.21
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.60 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.40% -16.66%
UML
South East

UML
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Middlesex UML Jobs Demand Trend

UML
Daily Rate Trend

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

Middlesex UML Daily Rate Trend

UML
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Middlesex UML Hourly Rate Trend

UML
Top 24 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Middlesex region citing UML 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 UML.

1 1 (50.00%) C++
1 1 (50.00%) Java
1 1 (50.00%) .NET
1 1 (50.00%) MS Project
1 1 (50.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (50.00%) Linux
1 1 (50.00%) Python
1 1 (50.00%) MS Excel
1 1 (50.00%) MS Visio
1 1 (50.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (50.00%) PMI
1 1 (50.00%) PMP
1 1 (50.00%) PMI Certification
1 1 (50.00%) Project Management
1 1 (50.00%) Agile Software Development
1 1 (50.00%) Business Analysis
1 1 (50.00%) MS PowerPoint
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) Mathematics
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Bash shell
1 1 (50.00%) Rational DOORS
1 1 (50.00%) Mobile App

UML
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Middlesex region citing UML 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 UML. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (50.00%) .NET
Applications
1 1 (50.00%) MS Project
1 1 (50.00%) MS Excel
1 1 (50.00%) MS Visio
1 1 (50.00%) MS PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Rational DOORS
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Project Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Programme Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Software Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Project Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Programme Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) PMI
1 1 (50.00%) Mathematics
1 1 (50.00%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (50.00%) Project Management
1 1 (50.00%) Agile Software Development
1 1 (50.00%) Business Analysis
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) C++
1 1 (50.00%) Java
1 1 (50.00%) Python
1 1 (50.00%) Bash shell
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) PMP
1 1 (50.00%) PMI Certification
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft