The first table below looks at the demand for UML skills in IT contracts advertised for the Taunton region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited UML over the 3 months to 21 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 Taunton 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Unified Modeling Language (UML)
Rank 9 6 11
Rank change year-on-year
-3 +5
Contract jobs citing UML 12 18 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Taunton 15.79% 31.03% 13.95%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 27.91% 36.73% 28.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 10 3
Average daily rate £458 £420 £263
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+9.04% +60.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £361 £361 £243
10% offered a daily rate of more than £459 £435 £341
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £375 £400
% change year-on-year
-6.66% -6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £36.00 £35.00 £35.50
% change year-on-year
+2.85% -1.40%
All Processes & Methodologies
Taunton
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
43 49 21
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Taunton 56.58% 84.48% 48.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 30 6
Average daily rate £458 £398 £340
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+15.22% +16.91%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £265 £230 £238
10% offered a daily rate of more than £460 £420 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £14.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.50 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.00% -16.66%
UML
Somerset

UML
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Taunton UML Jobs Demand Trend

UML
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing UML across the Taunton region.

Taunton UML Daily Rate Trend

UML
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing UML across the Taunton region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Taunton UML Daily Rate Histogram

UML
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Taunton region citing UML 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 UML.

1 22 (75.86%) ITIL
2 18 (62.07%) XML
2 18 (62.07%) SharePoint
2 18 (62.07%) C#
2 18 (62.07%) HTML
2 18 (62.07%) JavaScript
2 18 (62.07%) SQL
2 18 (62.07%) VB
2 18 (62.07%) .NET
2 18 (62.07%) ASP
3 17 (58.62%) Oracle
3 17 (58.62%) Java
4 15 (51.72%) Microsoft
4 15 (51.72%) Subversion
4 15 (51.72%) .NET Framework
5 14 (48.28%) ISEB
5 14 (48.28%) Ingres
5 14 (48.28%) UNIX
5 14 (48.28%) C++
5 14 (48.28%) VB.NET
5 14 (48.28%) SQL Server
5 14 (48.28%) IIS
5 14 (48.28%) ASP.NET
6 13 (44.83%) Microsoft Certification
6 13 (44.83%) Service Management
6 13 (44.83%) ITSM
7 12 (41.38%) NUnit
7 12 (41.38%) PRINCE2
7 12 (41.38%) Continuous Integration
7 12 (41.38%) TeamCity

UML
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Taunton region citing UML 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 UML. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 18 (62.07%) XML
1 18 (62.07%) HTML
1 18 (62.07%) .NET
1 18 (62.07%) ASP
2 15 (51.72%) .NET Framework
3 14 (48.28%) ASP.NET
4 4 (13.79%) XSL
4 4 (13.79%) CSS
5 3 (10.34%) WCF
5 3 (10.34%) WPF
5 3 (10.34%) WF
Application Platforms
1 18 (62.07%) SharePoint
2 14 (48.28%) IIS
3 11 (37.93%) OpenROAD
4 4 (13.79%) SharePoint 2010
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (48.28%) Ingres
1 14 (48.28%) SQL Server
2 3 (10.34%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 3 (10.34%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 2 (6.897%) SQLPlus
3 2 (6.897%) GIS
Development Applications
1 15 (51.72%) Subversion
2 12 (41.38%) NUnit
2 12 (41.38%) TeamCity
2 12 (41.38%) Team Foundation Server
2 12 (41.38%) MSTest
2 12 (41.38%) Jenkins
3 11 (37.93%) VSS/SourceSafe
3 11 (37.93%) CruiseControl
4 4 (13.79%) Visual Studio
General
1 2 (6.897%) Manufacturing
1 2 (6.897%) Retail
Job Titles
1 14 (48.28%) Developer
2 13 (44.83%) Analyst
3 12 (41.38%) .NET Developer
3 12 (41.38%) C# Developer
3 12 (41.38%) C# .NET Developer
4 8 (27.59%) Business Analyst
5 5 (17.24%) Analyst Developer
5 5 (17.24%) ASP.NET Developer
5 5 (17.24%) C# ASP.NET Developer
6 4 (13.79%) Senior Support Analyst
6 4 (13.79%) Senior Analyst
6 4 (13.79%) Senior Analyst Developer
6 4 (13.79%) Support Analyst
6 4 (13.79%) Senior Developer
7 3 (10.34%) Architect
7 3 (10.34%) Solutions Architect
7 3 (10.34%) Senior C# Developer
7 3 (10.34%) Senior .NET Developer
7 3 (10.34%) Senior ASP.NET Developer
8 1 (3.448%) Analyst Programmer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.448%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 14 (48.28%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (75.86%) ITIL
2 13 (44.83%) Service Management
2 13 (44.83%) ITSM
3 12 (41.38%) PRINCE2
3 12 (41.38%) Continuous Integration
4 11 (37.93%) Unit Testing
4 11 (37.93%) Business Analysis
5 10 (34.48%) Service Delivery
6 8 (27.59%) Use Case
6 8 (27.59%) Data Modelling
6 8 (27.59%) Project Management
7 6 (20.69%) Test Scripting
7 6 (20.69%) Systems Analysis
7 6 (20.69%) ITIL V3
7 6 (20.69%) Change Management
8 5 (17.24%) TOGAF
9 4 (13.79%) Performance Management
9 4 (13.79%) Waterfall
9 4 (13.79%) SOA
9 4 (13.79%) RAD
Programming Languages
1 18 (62.07%) C#
1 18 (62.07%) JavaScript
1 18 (62.07%) SQL
1 18 (62.07%) VB
2 17 (58.62%) Java
3 14 (48.28%) C++
3 14 (48.28%) VB.NET
4 4 (13.79%) C
4 4 (13.79%) VBScript
4 4 (13.79%) VB6
Qualifications
1 14 (48.28%) ISEB
2 13 (44.83%) Microsoft Certification
3 9 (31.03%) MCP
3 9 (31.03%) MCTS
3 9 (31.03%) MCPD
4 8 (27.59%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 7 (24.14%) Security Cleared
6 6 (20.69%) SC Cleared
7 4 (13.79%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 4 (13.79%) ISEB Practitioner
7 4 (13.79%) MCSD
8 2 (6.897%) BC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (17.24%) ISO 9000
1 5 (17.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (13.79%) TickIT
3 3 (10.34%) COBIT
Vendors
1 17 (58.62%) Oracle
2 15 (51.72%) Microsoft
3 2 (6.897%) SAP