The first table below looks at the demand for RAD skills in IT contracts advertised for the Oxfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited RAD over the 3 months to 22 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 Oxfordshire 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Rapid Application Development (RAD)
Rank - - 46
Contract jobs citing RAD 0 0 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxfordshire - - 0.668%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - - 1.205%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £350 £350
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.24 £40.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
-24.40% +33.33%
All Processes & Methodologies
Oxfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
312 370 249
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 68.87% 58.73% 55.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 192 193 133
Average daily rate £350 £400 £313
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-12.50% +28.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £227 £253 £183
10% offered a daily rate of more than £498 £500 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 35 9
Average hourly rate £12.50 £22.50 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-44.44% -10.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
RAD
South East

RAD
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Oxfordshire RAD Jobs Demand Trend

RAD
Daily Rate Trend

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

Oxfordshire RAD Daily Rate Trend

RAD
Top 25 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire region citing RAD 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 RAD.

1 2 (100.00%) HTML
1 2 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 2 (100.00%) CSS
1 2 (100.00%) Web Services
1 2 (100.00%) XML
1 2 (100.00%) XSL
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
1 2 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 2 (100.00%) UML
1 2 (100.00%) ISEB
1 2 (100.00%) QuickTest Pro
1 2 (100.00%) Regression Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Scrum
1 2 (100.00%) Ajax
1 2 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 2 (100.00%) JSON
1 2 (100.00%) Selenium
1 2 (100.00%) FitNesse
1 2 (100.00%) Firebug
1 2 (100.00%) Fiddler
1 2 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Compatibility Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Integration Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Integration
1 2 (100.00%) Test Strategy

RAD
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire region citing RAD 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 RAD. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (100.00%) HTML
1 2 (100.00%) CSS
1 2 (100.00%) Web Services
1 2 (100.00%) XML
1 2 (100.00%) XSL
1 2 (100.00%) Ajax
1 2 (100.00%) JSON
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) QuickTest Pro
1 2 (100.00%) Selenium
1 2 (100.00%) FitNesse
1 2 (100.00%) Firebug
1 2 (100.00%) Fiddler
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Test Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
1 2 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 2 (100.00%) UML
1 2 (100.00%) Regression Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Scrum
1 2 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 2 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Compatibility Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Integration Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Integration
1 2 (100.00%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) ISEB