The first table below looks at the demand for RAD 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 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 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
Rapid Application Development (RAD)
Rank 110 131 113
Rank change year-on-year
+21 -18
Contract jobs citing RAD 5 8 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 0.244% 0.241% 0.143%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.369% 0.355% 0.223%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 4
Average daily rate £458 £350 £416
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+30.85% -15.91%
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 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%
RAD
England

RAD
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West 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 West region.

South West RAD Daily Rate Trend

RAD
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South West 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 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
Somerset - 5 £458 -
RAD
England

RAD
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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 5 (83.33%) C
1 5 (83.33%) C#
1 5 (83.33%) HTML
1 5 (83.33%) JavaScript
1 5 (83.33%) SQL
1 5 (83.33%) VBScript
1 5 (83.33%) VB
1 5 (83.33%) .NET
1 5 (83.33%) Visual Studio
1 5 (83.33%) ASP
1 5 (83.33%) CSS
1 5 (83.33%) XML
1 5 (83.33%) XSL
1 5 (83.33%) SharePoint
1 5 (83.33%) ISO 9000
1 5 (83.33%) Microsoft
1 5 (83.33%) VB6
1 5 (83.33%) .NET Framework
1 5 (83.33%) Waterfall
2 4 (66.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (66.67%) SharePoint 2010
2 4 (66.67%) Performance Management
2 4 (66.67%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
2 4 (66.67%) SC Cleared
2 4 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 4 (66.67%) Subversion
2 4 (66.67%) Service Management
2 4 (66.67%) TickIT
2 4 (66.67%) ISEB Practitioner
2 4 (66.67%) ISEB

RAD
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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 5 (83.33%) HTML
1 5 (83.33%) .NET
1 5 (83.33%) ASP
1 5 (83.33%) CSS
1 5 (83.33%) XML
1 5 (83.33%) XSL
1 5 (83.33%) .NET Framework
2 3 (50.00%) WCF
2 3 (50.00%) WPF
2 3 (50.00%) WF
3 1 (16.67%) ODBC
Application Platforms
1 5 (83.33%) SharePoint
2 4 (66.67%) SharePoint 2010
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (50.00%) SQL Server
1 3 (50.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 3 (50.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (16.67%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 5 (83.33%) Visual Studio
2 4 (66.67%) Subversion
3 1 (16.67%) TeamCity
3 1 (16.67%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (16.67%) MSTest
3 1 (16.67%) Jenkins
3 1 (16.67%) C++Builder
3 1 (16.67%) NUnit
General
1 1 (16.67%) Electronics
1 1 (16.67%) Aerospace
1 1 (16.67%) Avionics
Job Titles
1 1 (16.67%) Software Developer
1 1 (16.67%) Developer
1 1 (16.67%) Development Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Waterfall
2 4 (66.67%) Performance Management
2 4 (66.67%) Service Management
2 4 (66.67%) ITIL
2 4 (66.67%) PRINCE2
2 4 (66.67%) UML
2 4 (66.67%) ITSM
3 3 (50.00%) Pair Programming
3 3 (50.00%) TOGAF
3 3 (50.00%) SOA
3 3 (50.00%) Change Management
4 2 (33.33%) Configuration Management
5 1 (16.67%) Incident Management
5 1 (16.67%) Enterprise Architecture
5 1 (16.67%) Integration Testing
5 1 (16.67%) Continuous Integration
Programming Languages
1 5 (83.33%) JavaScript
1 5 (83.33%) SQL
1 5 (83.33%) VBScript
1 5 (83.33%) VB
1 5 (83.33%) VB6
1 5 (83.33%) C
1 5 (83.33%) C#
2 4 (66.67%) Java
3 1 (16.67%) C++
Qualifications
1 4 (66.67%) MCSD
1 4 (66.67%) ISEB
1 4 (66.67%) Microsoft Certification
1 4 (66.67%) ISEB Practitioner
1 4 (66.67%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
1 4 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 4 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 1 (16.67%) BC Cleared
2 1 (16.67%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (83.33%) ISO 9000
2 4 (66.67%) TickIT
2 4 (66.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (50.00%) COBIT
Vendors
1 5 (83.33%) Microsoft
2 3 (50.00%) Oracle
3 1 (16.67%) Embarcadero
3 1 (16.67%) Borland
3 1 (16.67%) Serena