The first table below looks at the demand for TDD skills in IT contracts advertised for the Nottinghamshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited TDD 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 Nottinghamshire 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
Test-Driven Development (TDD)
Rank 36 35 32
Rank change year-on-year
-1 -3
Contract jobs citing TDD 5 5 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Nottinghamshire 1.515% 1.761% 1.007%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.242% 2.604% 1.676%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 4 3
Average daily rate £340 £288 £263
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+18.26% +9.52%
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £325 £350
% change year-on-year
+7.69% -7.14%
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
Nottinghamshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
223 192 179
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Nottinghamshire 67.58% 67.61% 60.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 103 102 60
Average daily rate £350 £338 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.70% -3.57%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £265 £261 £263
10% offered a daily rate of more than £463 £475 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 12 8
Average hourly rate £27.50 £17.50 £23.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+57.14% -24.73%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.00 £8.50 £14.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.00 £30.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.60 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.40% -16.66%
TDD
East Midlands

TDD
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Nottinghamshire 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 Nottinghamshire region.

Nottinghamshire 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 Nottinghamshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Nottinghamshire TDD Daily Rate Histogram

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 Nottinghamshire region over the 3 months to 17 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
Nottingham -5 5 £340 +24.77%
TDD
East Midlands

TDD
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Nottinghamshire 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 8 (88.89%) C#
2 7 (77.78%) .NET
3 6 (66.67%) WCF
4 5 (55.56%) SOA
5 4 (44.44%) Finance
5 4 (44.44%) SOAP
5 4 (44.44%) ASP.NET
5 4 (44.44%) WPF
5 4 (44.44%) Team Foundation Server
6 3 (33.33%) MSTest
6 3 (33.33%) MSMQ
6 3 (33.33%) SQL Server
6 3 (33.33%) IIS
6 3 (33.33%) NUnit
7 2 (22.22%) Google
7 2 (22.22%) Web Development
7 2 (22.22%) .NET Framework
7 2 (22.22%) Agile Software Development
7 2 (22.22%) Web Design
7 2 (22.22%) CMS
7 2 (22.22%) OO
7 2 (22.22%) OOD
7 2 (22.22%) Visual Studio
7 2 (22.22%) Photoshop
7 2 (22.22%) HTML
7 2 (22.22%) JavaScript
7 2 (22.22%) CSS
7 2 (22.22%) HTML5
7 2 (22.22%) MVVM
7 2 (22.22%) CSS3

TDD
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Nottinghamshire 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 7 (77.78%) .NET
2 6 (66.67%) WCF
3 4 (44.44%) WPF
3 4 (44.44%) ASP.NET
3 4 (44.44%) SOAP
4 2 (22.22%) CSS
4 2 (22.22%) HTML
4 2 (22.22%) .NET Framework
4 2 (22.22%) HTML5 Canvas
4 2 (22.22%) Unity DI Container
4 2 (22.22%) jQuery
4 2 (22.22%) HTML5
4 2 (22.22%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
4 2 (22.22%) CSS3
4 2 (22.22%) Modernizr
5 1 (11.11%) Managed Extensibility Framework
5 1 (11.11%) Web Services
5 1 (11.11%) XHTML
Application Platforms
1 3 (33.33%) IIS
1 3 (33.33%) MSMQ
2 2 (22.22%) CMS
3 1 (11.11%) Drupal
3 1 (11.11%) WordPress
Applications
1 2 (22.22%) Photoshop
2 1 (11.11%) Adobe Illustrator
Communications & Networking
1 1 (11.11%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (33.33%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (44.44%) Team Foundation Server
2 3 (33.33%) MSTest
2 3 (33.33%) NUnit
3 2 (22.22%) Visual Studio
4 1 (11.11%) Eclipse
General
1 4 (44.44%) Finance
2 1 (11.11%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 9 (100.00%) Developer
2 4 (44.44%) WPF Developer
3 3 (33.33%) C# Developer
4 2 (22.22%) .NET Developer
5 1 (11.11%) Front-End Developer
5 1 (11.11%) C# .NET Developer
5 1 (11.11%) Web Developer
Operating Systems
1 2 (22.22%) Android
1 2 (22.22%) Apple iOS
2 1 (11.11%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (55.56%) SOA
2 2 (22.22%) SEO
2 2 (22.22%) Web Design
2 2 (22.22%) Agile Software Development
2 2 (22.22%) Web Development
2 2 (22.22%) Dependency Injection
2 2 (22.22%) MVVM
2 2 (22.22%) Performance Improvement
2 2 (22.22%) Responsive Web Design
2 2 (22.22%) OO
2 2 (22.22%) OOD
3 1 (11.11%) OOP
Programming Languages
1 8 (88.89%) C#
2 2 (22.22%) JavaScript
3 1 (11.11%) PHP
3 1 (11.11%) SQL
3 1 (11.11%) T-SQL
Vendors
1 2 (22.22%) Google
1 2 (22.22%) Facebook
1 2 (22.22%) Twitter