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The table below looks at the demand for Test-Driven Development (TDD) skills within the Surrey 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
Rank54116
Rank change on same period last yearUp+62
Matching contract IT job ads401
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.056 %0.001 %
As % of the category below4.020 %0.079 %
Daily rates quoted271
Average minimum daily rate£303£325
Average daily rate£312£363
% change on same period last year-14.01 %
Average maximum daily rate£320£400
UK excluding London average daily rate£332£372
% change on same period last year-10.72 %
Hourly rates quoted40
Average minimum hourly rate£30.00-
Average hourly rate£30.00-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£30.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£35.60£40.92
% change on same period last year-12.99 %
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
Surrey
Matching contract IT job ads9951260
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.390 %1.266 %
Daily rates quoted282400
Average minimum daily rate£338£343
Average daily rate£358£361
% change on same period last year-1.00 %
Average maximum daily rate£377£380
UK excluding London average daily rate£378£372
% change on same period last year+1.69 %
Hourly rates quoted77120
Average minimum hourly rate£31.19£23.03
Average hourly rate£33.57£24.67
% change on same period last year+36.07 %
Average maximum hourly rate£35.94£26.30
UK excluding London average hourly rate£29.30£30.27
% change on same period last year-3.20 %
TDD South EastTDD
South East

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 Surrey region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Surrey TDD Demand Trend

TDD
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing TDD across the Surrey region.

Surrey TDD Daily Rate Trend

TDD
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing TDD across the Surrey region over the 3 months to 6 October 2008.

Surrey TDD Daily Rate Histogram

TDD
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing TDD across the Surrey region.

Surrey TDD Hourly Rate Trend

TDD
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing TDD across the Surrey region over the 3 months to 6 October 2008.

Surrey TDD Hourly Rate Histogram

TDD
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing TDD within the Surrey region over the 3 months to 6 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
FarnhamNew entry-13£266-
GuildfordNew entry-7£250-
TDD South EastTDD
South East

TDD
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Surrey 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.

196 (93.20 %)C#
276 (73.79 %)Agile Software Development
276 (73.79 %)NUnit
370 (67.96 %).NET
465 (63.11 %)Scrum
560 (58.25 %)MVC
640 (38.83 %)Hibernate
737 (35.92 %)Spring
834 (33.01 %)Visual Studio
931 (30.10 %)SQL Server
1030 (29.13 %)MonoRail
1129 (28.16 %)Marketing
1222 (21.36 %).NET Framework
1317 (16.50 %)Motorola
1415 (14.56 %)Cisco
159 (8.738 %)ASP.NET
159 (8.738 %)WebServices
159 (8.738 %)Windows
167 (6.796 %)WinForms
176 (5.825 %)NHibernate
176 (5.825 %)XML
176 (5.825 %)JUnit
176 (5.825 %)HTTP
185 (4.854 %)Microsoft
185 (4.854 %)SOA
185 (4.854 %)Java
185 (4.854 %)OO
185 (4.854 %)RUP
185 (4.854 %)SQL Server 2005
185 (4.854 %)JSF

TDD
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Surrey 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.

Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
170 (67.96 %).NET
260 (58.25 %)MVC
340 (38.83 %)Hibernate
437 (35.92 %)Spring
530 (29.13 %)MonoRail
622 (21.36 %).NET Framework
79 (8.738 %)WebServices
79 (8.738 %)ASP.NET
87 (6.796 %)WinForms
96 (5.825 %)XML
96 (5.825 %)NHibernate
105 (4.854 %)JSF
105 (4.854 %)WPF
114 (3.883 %)Velocity
114 (3.883 %)WCF
114 (3.883 %)J2EE
123 (2.913 %)CSS
123 (2.913 %)Struts
123 (2.913 %)JMS
123 (2.913 %)MyFaces
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
14 (3.883 %)Apache
23 (2.913 %)WebLogic
23 (2.913 %)TIBCO EMS
31 (0.971 %)JBoss
31 (0.971 %)Tomcat
31 (0.971 %)BizTalk Server
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (0.971 %)MS Excel
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
16 (5.825 %)HTTP
23 (2.913 %)TCP/IP
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
131 (30.10 %)SQL Server
25 (4.854 %)SQL Server 2005
31 (0.971 %)MySQL
31 (0.971 %)DB2
31 (0.971 %)Oracle 9i
31 (0.971 %)Oracle 10g
31 (0.971 %)SQL Server 2000
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
176 (73.79 %)NUnit
234 (33.01 %)Visual Studio
36 (5.825 %)JUnit
43 (2.913 %)WebLogic Workshop
52 (1.942 %)ClearCase
52 (1.942 %)Eclipse
61 (0.971 %)RequisitePro
61 (0.971 %)ClearQuest
61 (0.971 %)Ant
61 (0.971 %)Subversion
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
129 (28.16 %)Marketing
23 (2.913 %)Health
23 (2.913 %)Insurance
32 (1.942 %)Finance
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
192 (89.32 %)Developer
280 (77.67 %)C# Developer
341 (39.81 %).NET Developer
422 (21.36 %)Senior Developer
521 (20.39 %)Senior C# Developer
610 (9.709 %)Senior .NET Developer
75 (4.854 %)Analyst
84 (3.883 %)Developer Analyst
92 (1.942 %)C# Software Engineer
92 (1.942 %)Software Engineer
92 (1.942 %)Java Developer
92 (1.942 %)Software Developer
92 (1.942 %)WinForms Developer
92 (1.942 %)CSharp Software Developer
101 (0.971 %)JavaScript Developer
101 (0.971 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
101 (0.971 %)Technical Lead
101 (0.971 %)Project Manager
101 (0.971 %)Business Analyst
101 (0.971 %)Tester
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (1.942 %)Computer Science
12 (1.942 %)Multithreading
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
19 (8.738 %)Windows
21 (0.971 %)Windows Mobile
21 (0.971 %)UNIX
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
176 (73.79 %)Agile Software Development
265 (63.11 %)Scrum
35 (4.854 %)OO
35 (4.854 %)RUP
35 (4.854 %)SOA
44 (3.883 %)Unit Testing
53 (2.913 %)UML
53 (2.913 %)DSDM
62 (1.942 %)OOD
62 (1.942 %)Web Development
62 (1.942 %)Extreme Programming
62 (1.942 %)SC Cleared
62 (1.942 %)Security Cleared
71 (0.971 %)Automated Testing
71 (0.971 %)Requirements Analysis
71 (0.971 %)Use Case
71 (0.971 %)Test Scripting
71 (0.971 %)OOP
71 (0.971 %)ITIL
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
196 (93.20 %)C#
25 (4.854 %)Java
34 (3.883 %)JavaScript
34 (3.883 %)SQL
42 (1.942 %)VB.NET
51 (0.971 %)XAML
51 (0.971 %)Transact-SQL
51 (0.971 %)PL/SQL
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
13 (2.913 %)Microsoft Certification
22 (1.942 %)Degree
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
13 (2.913 %)QA
21 (0.971 %)ISO9001
21 (0.971 %)TickIT
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
13 (2.913 %)AquaLogic
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
117 (16.50 %)Motorola
215 (14.56 %)Cisco
35 (4.854 %)Microsoft
43 (2.913 %)BEA
43 (2.913 %)TIBCO
51 (0.971 %)Oracle