The first table below looks at the demand for Feature Driven Development skills in IT contracts advertised for the Somerset region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Feature Driven Development over the 3 months to 24 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 Somerset 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Feature Driven Development (FDD)
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing Feature Driven Development 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Somerset - - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate - - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Processes & Methodologies
Somerset
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
93 103 99
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Somerset 54.71% 60.59% 57.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 55 46
Average daily rate £400 £410 £355
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.43% +15.49%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £265 £230 £215
10% offered a daily rate of more than £460 £433 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 3 12
Average hourly rate £17.50 £22.00 £15.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-20.45% +44.26%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.23 £22.00 £15.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £19.00 £24.40 £30.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
Feature Driven Development
South West

Feature Driven Development
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Somerset Feature Driven Development Jobs Demand Trend

Feature Driven Development
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Feature Driven Development across the Somerset region.

Somerset Feature Driven Development Daily Rate Trend

Feature Driven Development
Top 3 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Somerset region citing Feature Driven Development 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 Feature Driven Development.

1 1 (100.00%) TDD
1 1 (100.00%) Retail
1 1 (100.00%) Test Scripting

Feature Driven Development
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Somerset region citing Feature Driven Development 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 Feature Driven Development. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

General
1 1 (100.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Solutions Architect
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) TDD
1 1 (100.00%) Test Scripting