The first table below looks at the demand for UML 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 UML over the 3 months to 23 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Unified Modeling Language (UML)
Rank - 40 41
Contract jobs citing UML 0 17 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxfordshire - 2.733% 1.509%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - 4.620% 2.703%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 4 5
Average daily rate - £255 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -32.00%
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £375 £400
% change year-on-year
-6.66% -6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 7 0
Average hourly rate - £30.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £35.50
% change year-on-year
- -1.40%
All Processes & Methodologies
Oxfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
309 368 259
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 68.51% 59.16% 55.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 195 193 136
Average daily rate £350 £400 £315
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-12.50% +26.98%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £230 £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 10 35 10
Average hourly rate £11.50 £22.50 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-48.88% -10.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.45 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+21.78% -13.79%
UML
South East

UML
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire UML Hourly Rate Trend

UML
Top 25 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire 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 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%) RAD
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

UML
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire 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 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%) RAD
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