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The table below looks at the demand for Test-Driven Development (TDD) skills within the Suffolk region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited TDD over the 3 months to 6 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkTest-Driven Development (TDD)
Location
3 months to
6 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank--
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads00
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.000 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£332£372
% change on same period last year-10.72 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£35.60£40.92
% change on same period last year-12.99 %
Suffolk IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
Suffolk
Matching contract IT job ads58109
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.081 %0.110 %
Daily rates quoted1339
Average minimum daily rate£235£321
Average daily rate£249£334
% change on same period last year-25.36 %
Average maximum daily rate£263£347
UK excluding London average daily rate£378£372
% change on same period last year+1.69 %
Hourly rates quoted1324
Average minimum hourly rate£22.87£32.90
Average hourly rate£24.14£33.46
% change on same period last year-27.85 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.41£34.02
UK excluding London average hourly rate£29.30£30.27
% change on same period last year-3.20 %
TDD East of EnglandTDD
East of 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.

TDD
Demand Trend

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

Suffolk TDD Demand Trend

TDD
Top 22 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Suffolk region citing TDD 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 TDD.

11 (100.00 %)HTML
11 (100.00 %)Java
11 (100.00 %)J2EE
11 (100.00 %)MySQL
11 (100.00 %)JUnit
11 (100.00 %)Linux
11 (100.00 %)JBoss
11 (100.00 %)XHTML
11 (100.00 %)SMS
11 (100.00 %)WAP
11 (100.00 %)Red Hat
11 (100.00 %)Configuration Management
11 (100.00 %)Service Delivery
11 (100.00 %)Hibernate
11 (100.00 %)Agile Software Development
11 (100.00 %)Subversion
11 (100.00 %)Content Management
11 (100.00 %)Spring
11 (100.00 %)Tapestry
11 (100.00 %)Degree
11 (100.00 %)Computer Science
11 (100.00 %)Red Hat Linux

TDD
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Suffolk region citing TDD 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 TDD. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Suffolk IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (100.00 %)HTML
11 (100.00 %)J2EE
11 (100.00 %)XHTML
11 (100.00 %)WAP
11 (100.00 %)Hibernate
11 (100.00 %)Spring
11 (100.00 %)Tapestry
Suffolk IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (100.00 %)JBoss
Suffolk IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (100.00 %)SMS
Suffolk IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (100.00 %)MySQL
Suffolk IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (100.00 %)JUnit
11 (100.00 %)Subversion
Suffolk IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11 (100.00 %)Developer
11 (100.00 %)Senior Developer
Suffolk IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (100.00 %)Computer Science
Suffolk IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (100.00 %)Linux
11 (100.00 %)Red Hat Linux
Suffolk IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (100.00 %)Configuration Management
11 (100.00 %)Service Delivery
11 (100.00 %)Agile Software Development
11 (100.00 %)Content Management
Suffolk IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (100.00 %)Java
Suffolk IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (100.00 %)Degree
Suffolk IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (100.00 %)Red Hat