TDD Contracts in the North West
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for TDD skills in IT contracts advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited TDD over the 3 months to 21 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 North West 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
21 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test-Driven Development (TDD)
Rank 60 53 84
Rank change year-on-year
-7 +31
Contract jobs citing TDD 60 87 46
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 2.541% 2.758% 1.528%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.595% 4.473% 2.341%
Number of daily rates quoted 40 61 31
Average daily rate £323 £300 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.50% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £238 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £400 £355
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £325 £355
% change year-on-year
+7.69% -8.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £39.00 £40.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year
-2.50% -5.88%
All Processes & Methodologies
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category		 1669 1945 1965
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 70.69% 61.67% 65.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 819 1005 1027
Average daily rate £350 £350 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +7.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £226 £238 £223
10% offered a daily rate of more than £465 £500 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 81 84 96
Average hourly rate £22.00 £20.00 £21.12
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+10.00% -5.29%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.20 £13.35 £12.95
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £55.00 £37.50 £36.60
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.50 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.00% -16.66%
TDD
England

TDD
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West TDD Jobs Demand Trend

TDD
Daily Rate Trend

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

North West TDD Daily Rate Trend

TDD
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing TDD across the North West region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

North West TDD Daily Rate Histogram

TDD
Hourly Rate Trend

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

North West TDD Hourly Rate Trend

TDD
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing TDD within the North West region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)		 Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads		 Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months		 Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Manchester -2 42 £323 +17.27%
Cheshire +5 14 £375 +7.14%
Lancashire - 1 £190 -
TDD
England

TDD
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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.

1 64 (48.85%) .NET
2 61 (46.56%) C#
2 61 (46.56%) JavaScript
3 59 (45.04%) MVC
4 56 (42.75%) SQL Server
5 53 (40.46%) Java
6 52 (39.69%) ASP.NET
7 51 (38.93%) Web Services
8 47 (35.88%) CSS
8 47 (35.88%) Agile Software Development
9 42 (32.06%) jQuery
10 36 (27.48%) HTML
11 35 (26.72%) XML
12 34 (25.95%) Scrum
12 34 (25.95%) WCF
13 31 (23.66%) Ajax
14 29 (22.14%) BDD
15 28 (21.37%) ASP.NET MVC
15 28 (21.37%) Continuous Integration
15 28 (21.37%) RESTful
15 28 (21.37%) Spring
15 28 (21.37%) OO
16 24 (18.32%) J2EE
16 24 (18.32%) .NET Framework
16 24 (18.32%) JSON
17 22 (16.79%) SQL Server 2008
17 22 (16.79%) SQL
18 21 (16.03%) SQL Server 2005
19 20 (15.27%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
19 20 (15.27%) Pair Programming

TDD
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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.

Application Development
1 64 (48.85%) .NET
2 52 (39.69%) ASP.NET
3 51 (38.93%) Web Services
4 47 (35.88%) CSS
5 42 (32.06%) jQuery
6 36 (27.48%) HTML
7 35 (26.72%) XML
8 34 (25.95%) WCF
9 31 (23.66%) Ajax
10 28 (21.37%) ASP.NET MVC
10 28 (21.37%) RESTful
10 28 (21.37%) Spring
11 24 (18.32%) J2EE
11 24 (18.32%) .NET Framework
11 24 (18.32%) JSON
12 20 (15.27%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
13 19 (14.50%) LINQ
14 16 (12.21%) XSLT
15 15 (11.45%) Hibernate
15 15 (11.45%) HTML5
Application Platforms
1 13 (9.924%) SharePoint
2 11 (8.397%) Apache
3 6 (4.580%) IIS
4 4 (3.053%) Orchard CMS
4 4 (3.053%) CMS
5 2 (1.527%) ESB
5 2 (1.527%) Apache Solr
6 1 (0.763%) BizTalk Server
6 1 (0.763%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.763%) Mule
6 1 (0.763%) ActiveMQ
Applications
1 3 (2.290%) MS Excel
2 1 (0.763%) Fireworks
2 1 (0.763%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 1 (0.763%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 12 (9.160%) Internet
2 10 (7.634%) HTTP
3 1 (0.763%) Wireless
3 1 (0.763%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (42.75%) SQL Server
2 22 (16.79%) SQL Server 2008
3 21 (16.03%) SQL Server 2005
4 9 (6.870%) RavenDB
5 5 (3.817%) NoSQL
6 4 (3.053%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 4 (3.053%) MongoDB
6 4 (3.053%) MySQL
7 3 (2.290%) CouchDB
7 3 (2.290%) SQL Server 2012
8 2 (1.527%) MarkLogic
8 2 (1.527%) SQL Server 7
9 1 (0.763%) DB2
9 1 (0.763%) RDBMS
9 1 (0.763%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 1 (0.763%) InterSystems Cache
9 1 (0.763%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 1 (0.763%) Couchbase
Development Applications
1 15 (11.45%) Visual Studio
2 11 (8.397%) Subversion
3 10 (7.634%) Git (software)
3 10 (7.634%) Team Foundation Server
4 7 (5.344%) JUnit
5 6 (4.580%) Cucumber
6 5 (3.817%) Eclipse
6 5 (3.817%) TeamCity
6 5 (3.817%) JIRA
7 4 (3.053%) MSBuild
7 4 (3.053%) MTASC
8 3 (2.290%) Ant
8 3 (2.290%) Maven
8 3 (2.290%) QUnit
9 2 (1.527%) PHPUnit
9 2 (1.527%) Xcode
10 1 (0.763%) NUnit
10 1 (0.763%) CruiseControl
10 1 (0.763%) Hudson
10 1 (0.763%) Mercurial
General
1 8 (6.107%) Finance
2 6 (4.580%) Publishing
3 5 (3.817%) Retail
4 4 (3.053%) Banking
5 1 (0.763%) Games
5 1 (0.763%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 108 (82.44%) Developer
2 31 (23.66%) .NET Developer
3 27 (20.61%) Java Developer
4 19 (14.50%) C# Developer
5 13 (9.924%) Senior Developer
6 10 (7.634%) Web Developer
7 9 (6.870%) Agile C# Developer
8 8 (6.107%) Software Engineer
9 7 (5.344%) Analyst
9 7 (5.344%) Business Analyst
10 6 (4.580%) C# .NET Developer
10 6 (4.580%) Software Developer
11 5 (3.817%) Lead Developer
11 5 (3.817%) C# ASP.NET Developer
12 4 (3.053%) WPF Developer
12 4 (3.053%) Java Web Developer
12 4 (3.053%) Android Developer
12 4 (3.053%) ASP.NET Developer
12 4 (3.053%) Flash Developer
12 4 (3.053%) Senior Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 11 (8.397%) Mobile App
2 6 (4.580%) Enterprise Software
2 6 (4.580%) Web 2.0
3 5 (3.817%) Semantic Web
3 5 (3.817%) Interactive TV
3 5 (3.817%) Statistics
4 4 (3.053%) Embedded Systems
4 4 (3.053%) N-Tier
4 4 (3.053%) Streaming Video
4 4 (3.053%) NHS
5 3 (2.290%) Blackberry
5 3 (2.290%) Open Source
5 3 (2.290%) iPhone
6 2 (1.527%) Linked Data
6 2 (1.527%) New Media
6 2 (1.527%) Social Network
6 2 (1.527%) Computer Science
6 2 (1.527%) Smartphone
6 2 (1.527%) E-Learning
6 2 (1.527%) BBC
Operating Systems
1 11 (8.397%) Android
2 10 (7.634%) Apple iOS
2 10 (7.634%) Windows
3 7 (5.344%) Linux
4 4 (3.053%) Windows Mobile
4 4 (3.053%) Mac OS X
5 2 (1.527%) bada
5 2 (1.527%) Maemo
6 1 (0.763%) Windows CE
6 1 (0.763%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (45.04%) MVC
2 47 (35.88%) Agile Software Development
3 34 (25.95%) Scrum
4 29 (22.14%) BDD
5 28 (21.37%) Continuous Integration
5 28 (21.37%) OO
6 20 (15.27%) Pair Programming
7 19 (14.50%) OOP
8 14 (10.69%) RDF
9 13 (9.924%) E-Commerce
10 11 (8.397%) Test Automation
11 10 (7.634%) MVVM
11 10 (7.634%) Enterprise Architecture
12 9 (6.870%) Benchmarking
12 9 (6.870%) Content Management
13 8 (6.107%) Kanban
14 7 (5.344%) Business Analysis
15 6 (4.580%) User Stories
15 6 (4.580%) UML
16 5 (3.817%) SOA
Programming Languages
1 61 (46.56%) C#
1 61 (46.56%) JavaScript
2 53 (40.46%) Java
3 22 (16.79%) SQL
4 15 (11.45%) XPath
5 13 (9.924%) Ruby
6 11 (8.397%) XQuery
6 11 (8.397%) T-SQL
7 8 (6.107%) PHP
7 8 (6.107%) C++
8 7 (5.344%) VB.NET
9 5 (3.817%) ActionScript
9 5 (3.817%) PL/SQL
9 5 (3.817%) ActionScript 2.0
9 5 (3.817%) Bash shell
9 5 (3.817%) Groovy
10 4 (3.053%) SPARQL
10 4 (3.053%) VB
10 4 (3.053%) Objective-C
11 3 (2.290%) VB6
Qualifications
1 5 (3.817%) Security Cleared
2 3 (2.290%) Sun Certification
3 2 (1.527%) ISTQB
3 2 (1.527%) Degree
3 2 (1.527%) ISEB
4 1 (0.763%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.527%) QA
2 1 (0.763%) TickIT
2 1 (0.763%) ISO 9001
Vendors
1 10 (7.634%) Telerik
2 9 (6.870%) Microsoft
3 8 (6.107%) Oracle
4 5 (3.817%) Apple
5 4 (3.053%) Zend
5 4 (3.053%) JBoss
6 3 (2.290%) Perforce
6 3 (2.290%) IBM
7 2 (1.527%) Razor Risk
7 2 (1.527%) Symbian
8 1 (0.763%) Sage
8 1 (0.763%) Sybase
8 1 (0.763%) Endeca
8 1 (0.763%) Google
8 1 (0.763%) Twitter
.Net Developer
Manchester, Lancashire
The individual will have technical knowledge of C#, .NET, SQL Server for web-based ASP.Net (MVC) application development with further experience of WCF etc seen as desirable.
Harvey Nash plc
Rate: £300 - £350 per day
Posted: 20 May 2013
.Net Developer
Manchester, Lancashire
The individual will have technical knowledge of C#, .NET, SQL Server for web-based ASP.Net (MVC) application development with further experience of WCF etc seen as desirable.
Harvey Nash plc
Rate: £300 - £350 per day + Contract - 3 Months
Posted: 16 May 2013
.Net Developer
Manchester, North West
The individual will have technical knowledge of C#, .NET, SQL Server for web-based ASP.Net (MVC) application development with further experience of WCF etc seen as desirable.
Harvey Nash plc
Rate: £300 - £350 per day
Posted: 21 May 2013
Java Developer - Central Manchester - Contract
Manchester, North West
Tasks & Responsibilities: Design, development and testing of web applications and web services Review and refactor code and advise/mentor more junior developers Deploy and support solutions through testing...
Computer Futures
Rate: £300 - £400 per day
Posted: 21 May 2013
Software Tester - Manchester - 3 month contract
Manchester, North West
Scrum, XP) and Test Driven Development. * Full Performance Testing Lifecycle exposure and understanding... * Solid understanding of test automation principles and test frameworks. Additional understanding of Java and practical...
Computer Futures
Rate: £150 - £250 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
Java Developer With JSF - Contract - Chester
Chester, North West
Required: * Extensive (minimum 5yrs + commercial) experience of Web 2.0 technologies i.e AJAX, XHTML, JavaScript, XPATH, CSS, XSLT, DOM, JSP, Servlets * Minimum 2yrs + JSF experience * Minimum 5yrs...
Computer Futures
Rate: £350 - £400 per day
Posted: 21 May 2013
Software Engineer - Java, J2EE
Chester, North West
Required Skills:SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:Essential:-Extensive experience of Web 2.0 technologies i.e AJAX, XHTML, JavaScript, XPATH, CSS, XSLT, DOM, JSP, Servlets-Minimum 2yrs + JSF...
Rate: £350 - £400 per day
Posted: 11 May 2013
Business Analyst / Functional Analyst (Agile / eCommerce)
Manchester, North West
You will be responsible for working on the functional needs for high profile eCommerce solutions, working with senior members of the business and development teams, hence the need...
Applause IT Ltd
Rate: £320 - £360 per day +
Posted: 8 May 2013
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