The first table below looks at the demand for DSDM skills in IT contracts advertised for the South West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited DSDM 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 West 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
Dynamic Systems Development Method (DSDM)
Rank 109 134 112
Rank change year-on-year
+25 -22
Contract jobs citing DSDM 6 5 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 0.293% 0.151% 0.179%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.443% 0.222% 0.278%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 4 3
Average daily rate £410 £399 £458
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.82% -12.84%
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £400 £400
% change year-on-year
+6.18% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.58 - £42.50
All Processes & Methodologies
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1354 2256 1796
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 66.11% 68.07% 64.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 846 1389 926
Average daily rate £375 £390 £388
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.84% +0.64%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £263 £250 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 59 109 125
Average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+24.00% -16.66%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £16.25 £18.00 £15.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £37.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.60 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.40% -16.66%
DSDM
England

DSDM
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West 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 West region.

South West DSDM Daily Rate Trend

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 West region.

South West 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 West 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
Wiltshire +8 5 £410 +2.82%
Somerset - 1 - -
DSDM
England

DSDM
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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 14 (87.50%) UML
2 13 (81.25%) Business Transformation
2 13 (81.25%) SSADM
2 13 (81.25%) BPR
2 13 (81.25%) GAP Analysis
2 13 (81.25%) Finance
2 13 (81.25%) Stakeholder Management
3 12 (75.00%) MS Visio
3 12 (75.00%) Requirements Analysis
4 11 (68.75%) Banking
5 8 (50.00%) Basel II
5 8 (50.00%) Basel III
5 8 (50.00%) Solvency II
6 3 (18.75%) Data Modelling
7 2 (12.50%) Project Management
7 2 (12.50%) Data Mapping
7 2 (12.50%) Business Analysis
8 1 (6.250%) Software Architecture
8 1 (6.250%) Fredhopper
8 1 (6.250%) Agile Software Development
8 1 (6.250%) Retail
8 1 (6.250%) General Ledger
8 1 (6.250%) ATG
8 1 (6.250%) Scrum
8 1 (6.250%) SOA
8 1 (6.250%) WSDL
8 1 (6.250%) E-Commerce
8 1 (6.250%) Informix
8 1 (6.250%) HTML
8 1 (6.250%) Java

DSDM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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 1 (6.250%) HTML
1 1 (6.250%) J2EE
1 1 (6.250%) EJB
1 1 (6.250%) JSP
1 1 (6.250%) XML
1 1 (6.250%) XSD
1 1 (6.250%) WSDL
Applications
1 12 (75.00%) MS Visio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.250%) SQL Server
1 1 (6.250%) DB2
1 1 (6.250%) Informix
General
1 13 (81.25%) Finance
2 11 (68.75%) Banking
3 1 (6.250%) Retail
3 1 (6.250%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 14 (87.50%) Business Analyst
1 14 (87.50%) Analyst
2 2 (12.50%) Senior Business Analyst
2 2 (12.50%) Senior Analyst
2 2 (12.50%) Agile Business Analyst
3 1 (6.250%) Business Project Manager
3 1 (6.250%) Financial Business Analyst
3 1 (6.250%) Business Manager
3 1 (6.250%) Financial Services Business Analyst
3 1 (6.250%) Agile Project Manager
3 1 (6.250%) Technical Architect
3 1 (6.250%) Architect
3 1 (6.250%) Project Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (87.50%) UML
2 13 (81.25%) SSADM
2 13 (81.25%) GAP Analysis
2 13 (81.25%) Stakeholder Management
2 13 (81.25%) BPR
2 13 (81.25%) Business Transformation
3 12 (75.00%) Requirements Analysis
4 3 (18.75%) Data Modelling
5 2 (12.50%) Data Mapping
5 2 (12.50%) Project Management
5 2 (12.50%) Business Analysis
6 1 (6.250%) Software Architecture
6 1 (6.250%) SOA
6 1 (6.250%) E-Commerce
6 1 (6.250%) Scrum
6 1 (6.250%) Agile Software Development
Programming Languages
1 1 (6.250%) Java
1 1 (6.250%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (50.00%) Basel II
1 8 (50.00%) Basel III
1 8 (50.00%) Solvency II
Vendors
1 1 (6.250%) Oracle
1 1 (6.250%) Sybase
1 1 (6.250%) ATG
1 1 (6.250%) Fredhopper
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