The first table below looks at the demand for Pair Programming 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 Pair Programming 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 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Pair Programming
Rank 105 131 -
Rank change year-on-year
+26 -
Contract jobs citing Pair Programming 3 5 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 0.149% 0.155% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.223% 0.227% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 5 0
Average daily rate £458 £358 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+28.11% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £363 £325
% change year-on-year
-3.44% +11.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £40.00 - -
All Processes & Methodologies
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1344 2204 1843
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 66.63% 68.13% 65.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 843 1360 953
Average daily rate £375 £390 £384
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.84% +1.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £263 £265 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £480 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 62 110 129
Average hourly rate £29.00 £25.00 £32.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+16.00% -23.07%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.50 £16.00 £15.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.75 £39.50 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
Pair Programming
England

Pair Programming
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West Pair Programming Jobs Demand Trend

Pair Programming
Daily Rate Trend

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

South West Pair Programming Daily Rate Trend

Pair Programming
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Pair Programming within the South West 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
Somerset - 3 £458 -
Pair Programming
England

Pair Programming
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West region citing Pair Programming 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 Pair Programming.

1 3 (100.00%) C
1 3 (100.00%) C#
1 3 (100.00%) HTML
1 3 (100.00%) Java
1 3 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 3 (100.00%) SQL
1 3 (100.00%) VBScript
1 3 (100.00%) VB
1 3 (100.00%) .NET
1 3 (100.00%) Oracle
1 3 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 3 (100.00%) Visual Studio
1 3 (100.00%) ASP
1 3 (100.00%) CSS
1 3 (100.00%) XML
1 3 (100.00%) XSL
1 3 (100.00%) ITIL
1 3 (100.00%) MCSD
1 3 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 3 (100.00%) UML
1 3 (100.00%) RAD
1 3 (100.00%) SharePoint
1 3 (100.00%) SOA
1 3 (100.00%) ISO 9000
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (100.00%) ISEB
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 3 (100.00%) Service Management
1 3 (100.00%) TickIT
1 3 (100.00%) Change Management

Pair Programming
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 3 (100.00%) HTML
1 3 (100.00%) .NET
1 3 (100.00%) ASP
1 3 (100.00%) CSS
1 3 (100.00%) XML
1 3 (100.00%) XSL
1 3 (100.00%) .NET Framework
1 3 (100.00%) WCF
1 3 (100.00%) WPF
1 3 (100.00%) WF
Application Platforms
1 3 (100.00%) SharePoint
1 3 (100.00%) SharePoint 2010
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 3 (100.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 3 (100.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 3 (100.00%) Visual Studio
1 3 (100.00%) Subversion
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Development Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) ITIL
1 3 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 3 (100.00%) UML
1 3 (100.00%) RAD
1 3 (100.00%) SOA
1 3 (100.00%) Service Management
1 3 (100.00%) Change Management
1 3 (100.00%) ITSM
1 3 (100.00%) TOGAF
1 3 (100.00%) Performance Management
1 3 (100.00%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) C
1 3 (100.00%) C#
1 3 (100.00%) Java
1 3 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 3 (100.00%) SQL
1 3 (100.00%) VBScript
1 3 (100.00%) VB
1 3 (100.00%) VB6
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) MCSD
1 3 (100.00%) ISEB
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 3 (100.00%) ISEB Practitioner
1 3 (100.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
1 3 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) ISO 9000
1 3 (100.00%) TickIT
1 3 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (100.00%) COBIT
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Oracle
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft