Midlands UML Contracts

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

Unified Modeling Language (UML)
Location Ascot Basildon Basingstoke Bath Batley Bedford Bedfordshire Berkshire Birmingham Blackpool Bournemouth Bracknell Bradford Brentford Brentwood Bridgend Brighton Bristol Buckinghamshire Bury St Edmunds Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Cheadle Cheltenham Cheshire Chester City of London Coventry Crawley Crewe Croydon Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Dorking Dorset Dover East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Edinburgh England Epsom Essex Exeter Farnborough Farnham Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Gosport Guildford Hammersmith Hampshire Harrogate Harrow Havant Hemel Hempstead Hendon Herefordshire Hertfordshire Horsham Hull Ipswich Kent Lancashire Leamington Spa Leatherhead Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Lincolnshire Liverpool Livingston London Luton Macclesfield Manchester Marlow Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Newton-le-Willows Norfolk North East North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Nuneaton Oxford Oxfordshire Peterborough Portsmouth Reading Rickmansworth Rugby Salford Salisbury Scotland Sheffield Shropshire Slough Somerset South Coast South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Southend-on-Sea Staffordshire Staines Stevenage Stockport Street Suffolk Sunderland Surrey Sussex Swansea Swindon Telford Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wales Warminster Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Watford Wells Welwyn Garden City West Lothian West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Whyteleafe Wigan Wiltshire Wolverhampton Worcestershire Worthing Yeovil York Yorkshire	3 months to 25 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	44	41
Rank change on same period last year	-3
Matching contract IT job ads	32	45
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.043 %	0.046 %
As % of the category below	4.591 %	5.515 %
Daily rates quoted	7	5
Average minimum daily rate	£387	£390
Average daily rate	£396	£423
% change on same period last year	-6.45 %
Average maximum daily rate	£404	£456
UK excluding London average daily rate	£385	£364
% change on same period last year	+5.92 %
Hourly rates quoted	3	4
Average minimum hourly rate	£36.00	£27.63
Average hourly rate	£39.97	£27.63
% change on same period last year	+44.67 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£43.93	£27.63
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£38.05	£34.62
% change on same period last year	+9.89 %
Processes & Methodologies Midlands
Matching contract IT job ads	697	816
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.929 %	0.826 %
Daily rates quoted	164	157
Average minimum daily rate	£389	£374
Average daily rate	£409	£395
% change on same period last year	+3.47 %
Average maximum daily rate	£429	£417
UK excluding London average daily rate	£380	£376
% change on same period last year	+1.21 %
Hourly rates quoted	23	61
Average minimum hourly rate	£25.00	£28.21
Average hourly rate	£27.35	£29.23
% change on same period last year	-6.43 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£29.69	£30.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£29.33	£30.16
% change on same period last year	-2.72 %
UML England

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.

UML
Demand Trend

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

UML
Daily Rate Trend

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

UML
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing UML across the Midlands region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

UML
Hourly Rate Trend

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

UML
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing UML across the Midlands region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

UML
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Midlands 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 32 (52.46 %) .NET 2 23 (37.70 %) C# 3 18 (29.51 %) Oracle 3 18 (29.51 %) SQL Server 3 18 (29.51 %) WebServices 4 17 (27.87 %) ASP.NET 5 15 (24.59 %) RUP 6 13 (21.31 %) Java 7 11 (18.03 %) SOA 8 10 (16.39 %) Microsoft 8 10 (16.39 %) C++ 9 9 (14.75 %) JavaScript 9 9 (14.75 %) J2EE 9 9 (14.75 %) OO 10 8 (13.11 %) XML

10 8 (13.11 %) AJAX 10 8 (13.11 %) .NET Framework 11 7 (11.48 %) Use Case 11 7 (11.48 %) Enterprise Architecture 11 7 (11.48 %) WebSphere 11 7 (11.48 %) EAI 11 7 (11.48 %) WinForms 11 7 (11.48 %) Agile Software Development 12 6 (9.836 %) Manufacturing 12 6 (9.836 %) OOD 12 6 (9.836 %) XHTML 12 6 (9.836 %) RAD 12 6 (9.836 %) SOAP 12 6 (9.836 %) CSS 12 6 (9.836 %) Web Development

UML
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Midlands 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 32 (52.46 %) .NET 2 18 (29.51 %) WebServices 3 17 (27.87 %) ASP.NET 4 9 (14.75 %) J2EE 5 8 (13.11 %) XML 5 8 (13.11 %) AJAX 5 8 (13.11 %) .NET Framework 6 7 (11.48 %) WebSphere 6 7 (11.48 %) WinForms 7 6 (9.836 %) XHTML 7 6 (9.836 %) SOAP 7 6 (9.836 %) CSS 7 6 (9.836 %) ASP.NET 2.0 8 4 (6.557 %) EJB 9 3 (4.918 %) HTML 9 3 (4.918 %) Struts 9 3 (4.918 %) Hibernate 10 2 (3.279 %) XSL 10 2 (3.279 %) Spring 10 2 (3.279 %) JSP	Application Platforms 1 4 (6.557 %) SharePoint 2 3 (4.918 %) WebLogic 2 3 (4.918 %) IIS 3 2 (3.279 %) Apache 4 1 (1.639 %) WebLogic Portal 4 1 (1.639 %) SharePoint Server 2007
Applications 1 5 (8.197 %) MS Excel 2 1 (1.639 %) MATLAB 2 1 (1.639 %) Simulink 2 1 (1.639 %) Stateflow	Communications & Networking 1 2 (3.279 %) LAN 1 2 (3.279 %) VoIP 1 2 (3.279 %) WAN 1 2 (3.279 %) TCP/IP 1 2 (3.279 %) SAN 1 2 (3.279 %) MPLS 1 2 (3.279 %) Firewall 2 1 (1.639 %) BSS
Database & Business Intelligence 1 18 (29.51 %) SQL Server 2 3 (4.918 %) Oracle 10g 2 3 (4.918 %) SQL Server 7 2 3 (4.918 %) SQL Server 2005 3 2 (3.279 %) SQL Server 2000 3 2 (3.279 %) Crystal Reports 3 2 (3.279 %) Oracle Reports 4 1 (1.639 %) RDBMS 4 1 (1.639 %) BusinessObjects 4 1 (1.639 %) MySQL	Development Applications 1 4 (6.557 %) Visual Studio 2 3 (4.918 %) Ant 3 2 (3.279 %) Eclipse 4 1 (1.639 %) RequisitePro 4 1 (1.639 %) Subversion 4 1 (1.639 %) ClearCase 4 1 (1.639 %) Rational Rose
General 1 6 (9.836 %) Manufacturing 2 4 (6.557 %) Finance 3 3 (4.918 %) Automotive 4 2 (3.279 %) Aerospace 5 1 (1.639 %) Health 5 1 (1.639 %) Publishing 5 1 (1.639 %) Banking 5 1 (1.639 %) Retail 5 1 (1.639 %) Pensions 5 1 (1.639 %) Retail Banking 5 1 (1.639 %) Electronics	Job Titles 1 19 (31.15 %) Developer 2 18 (29.51 %) Architect 3 10 (16.39 %) Analyst 3 10 (16.39 %) Technical Architect 4 9 (14.75 %) Business Analyst 5 6 (9.836 %) Software Engineer 5 6 (9.836 %) Systems Analyst 5 6 (9.836 %) .NET Developer 5 6 (9.836 %) C# Developer 6 5 (8.197 %) Business Systems Analyst 7 4 (6.557 %) UML Business Analyst 7 4 (6.557 %) SharePoint Developer 7 4 (6.557 %) Java Developer 8 3 (4.918 %) Solutions Architect 9 2 (3.279 %) Senior Developer 9 2 (3.279 %) Senior Java Developer 9 2 (3.279 %) Java/J2EE Developer 9 2 (3.279 %) Software Architect 9 2 (3.279 %) Web Developer 9 2 (3.279 %) J2EE Developer
Miscellaneous 1 5 (8.197 %) NHS 2 2 (3.279 %) W3C 2 2 (3.279 %) EPoS 3 1 (1.639 %) Mainframe	Operating Systems 1 4 (6.557 %) Windows 2 3 (4.918 %) UNIX 3 2 (3.279 %) Windows Server 2003 3 2 (3.279 %) AIX 3 2 (3.279 %) HPUX 4 1 (1.639 %) Linux
Processes & Methodologies 1 15 (24.59 %) RUP 2 11 (18.03 %) SOA 3 9 (14.75 %) OO 4 7 (11.48 %) EAI 4 7 (11.48 %) Agile Software Development 4 7 (11.48 %) Enterprise Architecture 4 7 (11.48 %) Use Case 5 6 (9.836 %) Web Development 5 6 (9.836 %) OOD 5 6 (9.836 %) RAD 6 4 (6.557 %) OOA/OOD 6 4 (6.557 %) Systems Analysis 7 3 (4.918 %) SSADM 7 3 (4.918 %) Security Cleared 8 2 (3.279 %) Software Engineering 8 2 (3.279 %) OOP 8 2 (3.279 %) TDD 8 2 (3.279 %) Yourdon 8 2 (3.279 %) Scrum 9 1 (1.639 %) Extreme Programming	Programming Languages 1 23 (37.70 %) C# 2 13 (21.31 %) Java 3 10 (16.39 %) C++ 4 9 (14.75 %) JavaScript 5 5 (8.197 %) SQL 5 5 (8.197 %) VB 6 4 (6.557 %) C 7 3 (4.918 %) VC++ 8 2 (3.279 %) PL/SQL 8 2 (3.279 %) Embedded C 8 2 (3.279 %) Assembly Language 8 2 (3.279 %) VB6 9 1 (1.639 %) Jython 9 1 (1.639 %) Python 9 1 (1.639 %) Perl 9 1 (1.639 %) COBOL
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 2 (3.279 %) QA 2 1 (1.639 %) SLA	System Software 1 2 (3.279 %) Oracle RAC
Systems Management 1 1 (1.639 %) OpenView	Vendors 1 18 (29.51 %) Oracle 2 10 (16.39 %) Microsoft 3 4 (6.557 %) Borland 4 3 (4.918 %) IBM 5 2 (3.279 %) Sun 6 1 (1.639 %) HP 6 1 (1.639 %) Business Objects 6 1 (1.639 %) Remedy 6 1 (1.639 %) Cramer