The first table below looks at the demand for RAD skills in IT contracts advertised for the South Wales region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited RAD over the 3 months to 17 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 Wales 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Rapid Application Development (RAD)
Rank 35 36 44
Rank change year-on-year
+1 +8
Contract jobs citing RAD 4 4 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Wales 1.307% 1.034% 0.496%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.961% 1.550% 0.826%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 1
Average daily rate £431 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+32.69% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £348 £350
% change year-on-year
+7.91% -0.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.48 - £30.00
All Processes & Methodologies
South Wales
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
204 258 242
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Wales 66.67% 66.67% 60.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 127 142 122
Average daily rate £375 £370 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.35% +13.84%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £260 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £505 £440
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 8 15
Average hourly rate £15.00 £16.16 £42.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-7.17% -61.97%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.60 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.40% -16.66%
RAD
Wales

RAD
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South Wales RAD Jobs Demand Trend

RAD
Daily Rate Trend

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

South Wales RAD Daily Rate Trend

RAD
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing RAD across the South Wales region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

South Wales RAD Daily Rate Histogram

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 Wales region over the 3 months to 17 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
Newport - 3 £513 -
RAD
Wales

RAD
Top 23 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South Wales 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.

1 4 (80.00%) SQL
1 4 (80.00%) Oracle
1 4 (80.00%) UML
1 4 (80.00%) Lotus Notes
1 4 (80.00%) Data Modelling
1 4 (80.00%) IBM
1 4 (80.00%) Lotus
1 4 (80.00%) Migration
1 4 (80.00%) Hibernate
1 4 (80.00%) Scrum
1 4 (80.00%) Requirements Analysis
1 4 (80.00%) Dimensional Modelling
1 4 (80.00%) Kanban
1 4 (80.00%) Data Migration
2 3 (60.00%) Data Analysis
2 3 (60.00%) Data Architecture
3 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
4 1 (20.00%) SharePoint 2010
4 1 (20.00%) SharePoint 2013
4 1 (20.00%) SharePoint Server
4 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
4 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
4 1 (20.00%) SharePoint

RAD
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South Wales 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.

Application Development
1 4 (80.00%) Hibernate
Application Platforms
1 4 (80.00%) Lotus Notes
2 1 (20.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (20.00%) SharePoint Server
2 1 (20.00%) SharePoint 2010
2 1 (20.00%) SharePoint 2013
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Architect
1 4 (80.00%) Data Architect
2 1 (20.00%) SharePoint Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) Consultant
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) UML
1 4 (80.00%) Data Modelling
1 4 (80.00%) Migration
1 4 (80.00%) Scrum
1 4 (80.00%) Requirements Analysis
1 4 (80.00%) Dimensional Modelling
1 4 (80.00%) Kanban
1 4 (80.00%) Data Migration
2 3 (60.00%) Data Architecture
2 3 (60.00%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 4 (80.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) Oracle
1 4 (80.00%) IBM
1 4 (80.00%) Lotus
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft