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The table below looks at the demand for Rapid Application Development (RAD) 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 RAD over the 3 months to 5 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkRapid Application Development (RAD)
Location
3 months to
5 Dec 2008		Same period last year
Rank200237
Rank change on same period last yearUp+37
Matching contract IT job ads3251
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.052 %0.056 %
As % of the category below0.531 %0.640 %
Daily rates quoted1115
Average minimum daily rate£383£370
Average daily rate£403£389
% change on same period last year+3.64 %
Average maximum daily rate£424£408
UK excluding London average daily rate£371£383
% change on same period last year-3.20 %
Hourly rates quoted11
Average minimum hourly rate£21.60£50.00
Average hourly rate£21.60£50.00
% change on same period last year-56.80 %
Average maximum hourly rate£21.60£50.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£21.60£32.70
% change on same period last year-33.94 %
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
South East
Matching contract IT job ads60317974
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled9.841 %8.736 %
Daily rates quoted17502371
Average minimum daily rate£355£351
Average daily rate£375£371
% change on same period last year+1.18 %
Average maximum daily rate£396£391
UK excluding London average daily rate£380£373
% change on same period last year+2.00 %
Hourly rates quoted599850
Average minimum hourly rate£26.74£28.66
Average hourly rate£28.53£30.28
% change on same period last year-5.77 %
Average maximum hourly rate£30.32£31.89
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.25£29.44
% change on same period last year-4.04 %
RAD EnglandRAD
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.

RAD
Demand Trend

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

South East RAD Demand Trend

RAD
Daily Rate Trend

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

South East RAD Daily Rate Trend

RAD
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing RAD across the South East region over the 3 months to 5 December 2008.

South East RAD Daily Rate Histogram

RAD
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South East RAD Hourly Rate Trend

RAD
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing RAD within the South East region over the 3 months to 5 December 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
BerkshireUp+4119£463-
HampshireUp+276£383+25.06 %
SurreyUp+302--
KentNew entry-1£258-
OxfordshireNew entry-1--
RAD EnglandRAD
England

RAD
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing RAD 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 RAD.

130 (46.15 %)SQL
223 (35.38 %)Oracle
320 (30.77 %)PRINCE2
415 (23.08 %)PL/SQL
514 (21.54 %)SSADM
514 (21.54 %)Oracle 9i
613 (20.00 %)Business Intelligence
613 (20.00 %)ITIL
712 (18.46 %)Finance
712 (18.46 %)HP
712 (18.46 %)DSDM
712 (18.46 %)Datawarehouse
712 (18.46 %)ServiceCenter
811 (16.92 %)Incident Management
811 (16.92 %)Change Management
811 (16.92 %)Health
811 (16.92 %)PRINCE2 Certification
910 (15.38 %)Peregrine
910 (15.38 %)Windows
109 (13.85 %)Management Information System
118 (12.31 %)Government
118 (12.31 %)UML
118 (12.31 %)J2EE
127 (10.77 %).NET
127 (10.77 %)Agile Software Development
127 (10.77 %)Degree
136 (9.231 %)Java
136 (9.231 %)MS Access
136 (9.231 %)SharePoint
145 (7.692 %)MS Excel

RAD
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing RAD 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 RAD. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

South East IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
18 (12.31 %)J2EE
27 (10.77 %).NET
35 (7.692 %)HTML
35 (7.692 %)WebSphere
44 (6.154 %)XML
44 (6.154 %)SOAP
53 (4.615 %)ASP.NET
53 (4.615 %)JSP
53 (4.615 %)JSF
62 (3.077 %)AJAX
62 (3.077 %)Struts
62 (3.077 %)XSLT
62 (3.077 %)MVC
71 (1.538 %)EJB
71 (1.538 %)CSS
71 (1.538 %)STL
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
16 (9.231 %)SharePoint
25 (7.692 %)SharePoint Server 2007
32 (3.077 %)WebSphere Application Server
32 (3.077 %)Apache
41 (1.538 %)SAS
41 (1.538 %)CMS
South East IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
15 (7.692 %)MS Excel
24 (6.154 %)MS Visio
24 (6.154 %)MS Office
32 (3.077 %)MS Project
41 (1.538 %)CA Clarity
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
14 (6.154 %)Oracle Applications
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (3.077 %)Intranet
21 (1.538 %)TCP/IP
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
114 (21.54 %)Oracle 9i
212 (18.46 %)Datawarehouse
36 (9.231 %)MS Access
44 (6.154 %)SQL Server
53 (4.615 %)RDBMS
62 (3.077 %)Oracle 10g
71 (1.538 %)SQL Server 2000
71 (1.538 %)SQL Server Integration Services
71 (1.538 %)Star Schema
71 (1.538 %)OLAP
71 (1.538 %)MySQL
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
13 (4.615 %)Dreamweaver
22 (3.077 %)Visual Studio
22 (3.077 %)WebSphere Studio Application Developer
22 (3.077 %)Eclipse
31 (1.538 %)Ant
31 (1.538 %)Rational Rose
31 (1.538 %)NUnit
South East IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
112 (18.46 %)Finance
211 (16.92 %)Health
38 (12.31 %)Government
45 (7.692 %)Insurance
53 (4.615 %)Retail
62 (3.077 %)Pensions
62 (3.077 %)Banking
71 (1.538 %)Investment Banking
71 (1.538 %)Publishing
71 (1.538 %)Back Office
71 (1.538 %)Automotive
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
128 (43.08 %)Developer
216 (24.62 %)Analyst
315 (23.08 %)Project Manager
413 (20.00 %)Programmer
510 (15.38 %)Consultant
510 (15.38 %)Business Analyst
65 (7.692 %)IT Project Manager
74 (6.154 %)Access Developer
74 (6.154 %)MIS Manager
83 (4.615 %)Analyst Programmer
83 (4.615 %)Java Developer
83 (4.615 %)Oracle Developer
83 (4.615 %)Architect
83 (4.615 %)Web Developer
92 (3.077 %)Solutions Architect
92 (3.077 %)Development Manager
92 (3.077 %)Software Development Manager
92 (3.077 %)SQL Developer
92 (3.077 %)Development Project Manager
92 (3.077 %)Software Project Manager
South East IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
19 (13.85 %)Management Information System
23 (4.615 %)Data Extraction
31 (1.538 %)E-Learning
31 (1.538 %)Web 2.0
31 (1.538 %)Statistics
31 (1.538 %)Taxonomies
31 (1.538 %)Client/Server
31 (1.538 %)EPoS
31 (1.538 %)NHS
31 (1.538 %)W3C
31 (1.538 %)Mainframe
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
110 (15.38 %)Windows
22 (3.077 %)Solaris
22 (3.077 %)UNIX
31 (1.538 %)Linux
31 (1.538 %)Windows NT
31 (1.538 %)Windows Server 2003
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
120 (30.77 %)PRINCE2
214 (21.54 %)SSADM
313 (20.00 %)Business Intelligence
313 (20.00 %)ITIL
412 (18.46 %)DSDM
511 (16.92 %)Change Management
511 (16.92 %)Incident Management
68 (12.31 %)UML
77 (10.77 %)Agile Software Development
85 (7.692 %)Content Management
94 (6.154 %)Enterprise Architecture
94 (6.154 %)e-GIF
103 (4.615 %)Project Management
103 (4.615 %)RUP
103 (4.615 %)CRM
103 (4.615 %)Scrum
103 (4.615 %)Unit Testing
112 (3.077 %)Configuration Management
112 (3.077 %)Stakeholder Management
112 (3.077 %)Web Development
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
130 (46.15 %)SQL
215 (23.08 %)PL/SQL
36 (9.231 %)Java
45 (7.692 %)C
45 (7.692 %)VB
51 (1.538 %)VB.NET
51 (1.538 %)ActionScript
51 (1.538 %)VBScript
51 (1.538 %)C#
51 (1.538 %)C++
51 (1.538 %)JavaScript
51 (1.538 %)PHP
South East IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
111 (16.92 %)PRINCE2 Certification
27 (10.77 %)Degree
33 (4.615 %)ISEB
41 (1.538 %)Microsoft Certification
41 (1.538 %)MCSD
41 (1.538 %)MCSE
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
13 (4.615 %)QA
21 (1.538 %)HL7
South East IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
12 (3.077 %)Citrix Presentation Server
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
112 (18.46 %)ServiceCenter
South East IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
123 (35.38 %)Oracle
212 (18.46 %)HP
310 (15.38 %)Peregrine
43 (4.615 %)IBM
52 (3.077 %)Microsoft
52 (3.077 %)Sun
52 (3.077 %)Citrix
61 (1.538 %)JD Edwards
61 (1.538 %)Niku
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