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The table below looks at the demand for Code Coverage skills within the South East region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Code Coverage over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkCode Coverage
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank236275
Rank change on same period last yearUp+39
Matching contract IT job ads16
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.002 %0.006 %
As % of the category below0.016 %0.074 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£363-
% change on same period last year-
Hourly rates quoted02
Average minimum hourly rate-£30.00
Average hourly rate-£35.00
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£47.50£35.00
% change on same period last year+35.71 %
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
South East
Matching contract IT job ads62328141
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled9.816 %8.723 %
Daily rates quoted17992414
Average minimum daily rate£353£350
Average daily rate£374£369
% change on same period last year+1.23 %
Average maximum daily rate£394£389
UK excluding London average daily rate£380£370
% change on same period last year+2.76 %
Hourly rates quoted627852
Average minimum hourly rate£27.05£28.68
Average hourly rate£28.90£30.36
% change on same period last year-4.80 %
Average maximum hourly rate£30.75£32.04
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.17£29.91
% change on same period last year-5.80 %
Code Coverage EnglandCode Coverage
England

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.

Code Coverage
Demand Trend

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

South East Code Coverage Demand Trend

Code Coverage
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Code Coverage across the South East region.

South East Code Coverage Hourly Rate Trend

Code Coverage
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Code Coverage within the South East region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
M4 CorridorNew entry-1--
Code Coverage EnglandCode Coverage
England

Code Coverage
Top 25 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing Code Coverage 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 Code Coverage.

13 (75.00 %)Configuration Management
22 (50.00 %)Java
22 (50.00 %)Oracle
22 (50.00 %)Ant
22 (50.00 %)JUnit
22 (50.00 %)Windows
22 (50.00 %)Linux
22 (50.00 %)Apache
22 (50.00 %)JMeter
22 (50.00 %)Validation
22 (50.00 %)Unit Testing
22 (50.00 %)Integration Testing
22 (50.00 %)Continuous Integration
31 (25.00 %)System Testing
31 (25.00 %)Test Scripting
31 (25.00 %)SMS
31 (25.00 %)3GPP
31 (25.00 %)UMTS
31 (25.00 %)Ethernet
31 (25.00 %)VxWorks
31 (25.00 %)Perl
31 (25.00 %)C
31 (25.00 %)C++
31 (25.00 %)Regression Testing
31 (25.00 %)IPsec

Code Coverage
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing Code Coverage 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 Code Coverage. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

South East IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (50.00 %)Apache
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (25.00 %)SMS
11 (25.00 %)3GPP
11 (25.00 %)UMTS
11 (25.00 %)Ethernet
11 (25.00 %)IPsec
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (50.00 %)Ant
12 (50.00 %)JUnit
12 (50.00 %)JMeter
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (50.00 %)Software Engineer
12 (50.00 %)Developer
21 (25.00 %)Software Development Engineer
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (50.00 %)Windows
12 (50.00 %)Linux
21 (25.00 %)VxWorks
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (75.00 %)Configuration Management
22 (50.00 %)Continuous Integration
22 (50.00 %)Validation
22 (50.00 %)Unit Testing
22 (50.00 %)Integration Testing
31 (25.00 %)Test Scripting
31 (25.00 %)System Testing
31 (25.00 %)Regression Testing
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (50.00 %)Java
21 (25.00 %)Perl
21 (25.00 %)C
21 (25.00 %)C++
South East IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (50.00 %)Oracle