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The table below looks at the demand for Extreme Programming (XP) skills within the Reading region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Extreme Programming over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkExtreme Programming (XP)
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank69-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads10
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.176 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted10
Average minimum daily rate£325-
Average daily rate£325-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£325-
UK excluding London average daily rate£376£371
% change on same period last year+1.36 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£31.29£48.61
% change on same period last year-35.63 %
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
Reading
Matching contract IT job ads569613
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.801 %0.619 %
Daily rates quoted160256
Average minimum daily rate£363£364
Average daily rate£390£391
% change on same period last year-0.11 %
Average maximum daily rate£418£417
UK excluding London average daily rate£377£370
% change on same period last year+1.87 %
Hourly rates quoted4774
Average minimum hourly rate£33.05£30.48
Average hourly rate£35.03£32.47
% change on same period last year+7.86 %
Average maximum hourly rate£37.01£34.47
UK excluding London average hourly rate£29.44£30.00
% change on same period last year-1.89 %
Extreme Programming BerkshireExtreme Programming
Berkshire

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.

Extreme Programming
Demand Trend

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

Reading Extreme Programming Demand Trend

Extreme Programming
Daily Rate Trend

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

Reading Extreme Programming Daily Rate Trend

Extreme Programming
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Reading Extreme Programming Hourly Rate Trend

Extreme Programming
Top 7 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Reading region citing Extreme Programming 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 Extreme Programming.

13 (100.00 %)J2EE
13 (100.00 %)UML
13 (100.00 %)N-Tier
22 (66.67 %)Project Management
22 (66.67 %)Telecoms
22 (66.67 %)Use Case
22 (66.67 %)Java

Extreme Programming
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Reading region citing Extreme Programming 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 Extreme Programming. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
13 (100.00 %)J2EE
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (66.67 %)Telecoms
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (66.67 %)Technical Designer
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
13 (100.00 %)N-Tier
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (100.00 %)UML
22 (66.67 %)Project Management
22 (66.67 %)Use Case
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (66.67 %)Java