The first table below looks at the demand for UML 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 UML 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
Unified Modeling Language (UML)
Rank 19 10 16
Rank change year-on-year
-9 +6
Contract jobs citing UML 10 26 19
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Somerset 5.882% 15.29% 10.98%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.75% 25.24% 19.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 15 11
Average daily rate £458 £420 £355
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+9.04% +18.30%
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £375 £400
% change year-on-year
-6.66% -6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Average hourly rate - - £32.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.75 £35.50
% change year-on-year
+0.71% -2.11%
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%
UML
South West

UML
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Somerset 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 Somerset region.

Somerset 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 Somerset region.

Somerset UML Hourly Rate Trend

UML
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing UML within the Somerset region over the 3 months to 24 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
Taunton -3 9 £458 +9.04%
UML
South West

UML
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Somerset 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 36 (76.60%) ITIL
2 34 (72.34%) XML
2 34 (72.34%) HTML
2 34 (72.34%) SQL
3 33 (70.21%) JavaScript
3 33 (70.21%) C#
3 33 (70.21%) .NET
3 33 (70.21%) Oracle
3 33 (70.21%) SharePoint
4 32 (68.09%) VB
4 32 (68.09%) ASP
5 31 (65.96%) Java
6 30 (63.83%) C++
6 30 (63.83%) SQL Server
6 30 (63.83%) Microsoft
7 29 (61.70%) ASP.NET
7 29 (61.70%) IIS
7 29 (61.70%) .NET Framework
8 28 (59.57%) VB.NET
9 27 (57.45%) UNIX
9 27 (57.45%) Ingres
10 23 (48.94%) ISEB
10 23 (48.94%) OpenROAD
11 22 (46.81%) Unit Testing
12 20 (42.55%) Continuous Integration
12 20 (42.55%) Security Cleared
13 16 (34.04%) NUnit
13 16 (34.04%) Subversion
13 16 (34.04%) MSTest
14 15 (31.91%) Service Delivery

UML
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Somerset 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 34 (72.34%) XML
1 34 (72.34%) HTML
2 33 (70.21%) .NET
3 32 (68.09%) ASP
4 29 (61.70%) ASP.NET
4 29 (61.70%) .NET Framework
5 4 (8.511%) XSL
5 4 (8.511%) CSS
6 3 (6.383%) WCF
6 3 (6.383%) WPF
6 3 (6.383%) WF
7 1 (2.128%) XSD
7 1 (2.128%) JSP
7 1 (2.128%) EJB
7 1 (2.128%) J2EE
7 1 (2.128%) WSDL
Application Platforms
1 33 (70.21%) SharePoint
2 29 (61.70%) IIS
3 23 (48.94%) OpenROAD
4 4 (8.511%) SharePoint 2010
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (63.83%) SQL Server
2 27 (57.45%) Ingres
3 13 (27.66%) SQLPlus
4 3 (6.383%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 3 (6.383%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 2 (4.255%) GIS
6 1 (2.128%) DB2
6 1 (2.128%) Informix
Development Applications
1 16 (34.04%) NUnit
1 16 (34.04%) Subversion
1 16 (34.04%) MSTest
2 13 (27.66%) Jenkins
2 13 (27.66%) TeamCity
2 13 (27.66%) Team Foundation Server
3 12 (25.53%) CruiseControl
3 12 (25.53%) VSS/SourceSafe
4 4 (8.511%) Visual Studio
General
1 3 (6.383%) Retail
2 2 (4.255%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 29 (61.70%) Developer
2 27 (57.45%) Analyst
3 17 (36.17%) Analyst Developer
4 13 (27.66%) Senior Developer
4 13 (27.66%) C# .NET Developer
4 13 (27.66%) Senior Analyst
4 13 (27.66%) .NET Developer
4 13 (27.66%) C# Developer
5 11 (23.40%) Senior Analyst Developer
6 9 (19.15%) Support Analyst
7 8 (17.02%) Business Analyst
8 7 (14.89%) Senior Support Analyst
9 6 (12.77%) ASP.NET Developer
9 6 (12.77%) C# ASP.NET Developer
10 4 (8.511%) Architect
11 3 (6.383%) Solutions Architect
11 3 (6.383%) Senior ASP.NET Developer
11 3 (6.383%) Senior C# Developer
11 3 (6.383%) Developer Analyst
11 3 (6.383%) Senior .NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (2.128%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 27 (57.45%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (76.60%) ITIL
2 22 (46.81%) Unit Testing
3 20 (42.55%) Continuous Integration
4 15 (31.91%) Service Delivery
5 13 (27.66%) Service Management
5 13 (27.66%) ITSM
6 12 (25.53%) PRINCE2
7 11 (23.40%) Business Analysis
8 8 (17.02%) Use Case
8 8 (17.02%) Project Management
8 8 (17.02%) Data Modelling
9 6 (12.77%) Systems Analysis
9 6 (12.77%) Test Scripting
9 6 (12.77%) ITIL V3
9 6 (12.77%) Change Management
10 5 (10.64%) SOA
10 5 (10.64%) TOGAF
11 4 (8.511%) Waterfall
11 4 (8.511%) Performance Management
11 4 (8.511%) RAD
Programming Languages
1 34 (72.34%) SQL
2 33 (70.21%) JavaScript
2 33 (70.21%) C#
3 32 (68.09%) VB
4 31 (65.96%) Java
5 30 (63.83%) C++
6 28 (59.57%) VB.NET
7 5 (10.64%) C
8 4 (8.511%) VB6
8 4 (8.511%) VBScript
9 2 (4.255%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 23 (48.94%) ISEB
2 20 (42.55%) Security Cleared
3 14 (29.79%) Microsoft Certification
4 10 (21.28%) MCTS
4 10 (21.28%) MCPD
4 10 (21.28%) SC Cleared
4 10 (21.28%) MCP
5 8 (17.02%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 4 (8.511%) ISEB Practitioner
6 4 (8.511%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 4 (8.511%) MCSD
7 2 (4.255%) BC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (10.64%) ISO 9000
1 5 (10.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (8.511%) TickIT
3 3 (6.383%) COBIT
Vendors
1 33 (70.21%) Oracle
2 30 (63.83%) Microsoft
3 2 (4.255%) SAP
4 1 (2.128%) Sybase
4 1 (2.128%) ATG
4 1 (2.128%) Fredhopper
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