The first table below looks at the demand for DSDM skills in IT contracts advertised for the South East region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited DSDM 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 South East 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
Dynamic Systems Development Method (DSDM)
Rank 211 216 218
Rank change year-on-year
+5 +2
Contract jobs citing DSDM 13 23 35
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.167% 0.227% 0.337%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.246% 0.348% 0.524%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 13 15
Average daily rate £488 £310 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+57.25% -17.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £414 £266 £310
10% offered a daily rate of more than £518 £583 £515
UK excluding London average daily rate £417 £400 £406
% change year-on-year
+4.31% -1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £20.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.58 - £42.50
All Processes & Methodologies
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
5291 6603 6683
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 67.89% 65.08% 64.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 2748 3170 3050
Average daily rate £375 £363 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.44% -3.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £260 £250 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £500 £514
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 217 323 365
Average hourly rate £26.98 £26.25 £34.41
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+2.76% -23.70%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.15 £13.50 £13.54
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £50.00 £45.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
DSDM
England

DSDM
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East DSDM Jobs Demand Trend

DSDM
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing DSDM across the South East region.

South East DSDM Daily Rate Trend

DSDM
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing DSDM across the South East region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

South East DSDM Daily Rate Histogram

DSDM
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South East DSDM Hourly Rate Trend

DSDM
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing DSDM within the South East 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
Berkshire +19 9 £388 +19.23%
Buckinghamshire +5 3 £500 +76.99%
Surrey +14 1 - -
DSDM
England

DSDM
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing DSDM 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 DSDM.

1 12 (48.00%) Scrum
1 12 (48.00%) Business Analysis
1 12 (48.00%) Waterfall
2 10 (40.00%) Project Management
3 8 (32.00%) Finance
3 8 (32.00%) Agile Software Development
3 8 (32.00%) PRINCE2
3 8 (32.00%) UML
3 8 (32.00%) RUP
3 8 (32.00%) User Acceptance Testing
4 7 (28.00%) Use Case
4 7 (28.00%) Lean Six Sigma
4 7 (28.00%) ITIL
4 7 (28.00%) Six Sigma
5 6 (24.00%) .NET
6 5 (20.00%) SAP
6 5 (20.00%) ISEB
6 5 (20.00%) Change Management
7 4 (16.00%) E-Commerce
7 4 (16.00%) Business Intelligence
7 4 (16.00%) RDBMS
7 4 (16.00%) Systems Analysis
7 4 (16.00%) Business Transformation
7 4 (16.00%) User Stories
8 3 (12.00%) Agile Project Management
8 3 (12.00%) Test Scripting
8 3 (12.00%) QA
8 3 (12.00%) Data Modelling
8 3 (12.00%) SAP FI
9 2 (8.000%) Data Warehouse

DSDM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing DSDM 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 DSDM. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 6 (24.00%) .NET
2 2 (8.000%) XML
2 2 (8.000%) WebSphere
3 1 (4.000%) WPF
Application Platforms
1 2 (8.000%) Oracle Workflow
1 2 (8.000%) WebSphere MQ
2 1 (4.000%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 3 (12.00%) SAP FI
2 2 (8.000%) Eagle PACE
Communications & Networking
1 2 (8.000%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (16.00%) RDBMS
2 2 (8.000%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (8.000%) TOAD
2 2 (8.000%) DataStage
2 2 (8.000%) SQL Server
2 2 (8.000%) DB2
Development Applications
1 2 (8.000%) ERwin
2 1 (4.000%) JIRA
2 1 (4.000%) Visual Studio
2 1 (4.000%) PowerBuilder
General
1 8 (32.00%) Finance
2 2 (8.000%) Banking
2 2 (8.000%) Retail
2 2 (8.000%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 16 (64.00%) Analyst
2 15 (60.00%) Business Analyst
3 7 (28.00%) Systems Analyst
4 6 (24.00%) Business Systems Analyst
5 5 (20.00%) Senior Business Analyst
5 5 (20.00%) Senior Analyst
6 4 (16.00%) ScrumMaster
7 3 (12.00%) SAP Analyst
7 3 (12.00%) SAP Business Analyst
7 3 (12.00%) Senior SAP Business Analyst
7 3 (12.00%) Lead Business Analyst
7 3 (12.00%) Project Manager
8 2 (8.000%) Developer
8 2 (8.000%) Applications Developer
8 2 (8.000%) Data Analyst
8 2 (8.000%) Team Leader
8 2 (8.000%) Agile Project Manager
8 2 (8.000%) Business Data Analyst
8 2 (8.000%) Agile Coach
9 1 (4.000%) Business Intelligence Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.000%) Mainframe
1 2 (8.000%) iSeries
Operating Systems
1 2 (8.000%) UNIX
1 2 (8.000%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (48.00%) Scrum
1 12 (48.00%) Business Analysis
1 12 (48.00%) Waterfall
2 10 (40.00%) Project Management
3 8 (32.00%) Agile Software Development
3 8 (32.00%) PRINCE2
3 8 (32.00%) UML
3 8 (32.00%) RUP
3 8 (32.00%) User Acceptance Testing
4 7 (28.00%) Use Case
4 7 (28.00%) Lean Six Sigma
4 7 (28.00%) ITIL
4 7 (28.00%) Six Sigma
5 5 (20.00%) Change Management
6 4 (16.00%) E-Commerce
6 4 (16.00%) Business Intelligence
6 4 (16.00%) Systems Analysis
6 4 (16.00%) Business Transformation
6 4 (16.00%) User Stories
7 3 (12.00%) Agile Project Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (8.000%) RPG
1 2 (8.000%) RPG IV
2 1 (4.000%) SQL
2 1 (4.000%) C#
Qualifications
1 5 (20.00%) ISEB
2 2 (8.000%) Degree
3 1 (4.000%) SC Cleared
3 1 (4.000%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (12.00%) QA
2 2 (8.000%) ISO 9000
Vendors
1 5 (20.00%) SAP
2 2 (8.000%) IBM
2 2 (8.000%) Oracle
2 2 (8.000%) Vermilion
3 1 (4.000%) Sybase
3 1 (4.000%) Cognos
3 1 (4.000%) Microsoft