The first table below looks at the demand for CMMI skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited CMMI 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.

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
Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI)
Rank 471 480 502
Rank change year-on-year
+9 +22
Contract jobs citing CMMI 59 98 86
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.127% 0.168% 0.140%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.179% 0.248% 0.207%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 71 53
Average daily rate £375 £425 £475
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-11.76% -10.52%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £280 £290 £325
10% offered a daily rate of more than £470 £500 £575
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £350 £363
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -3.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 1
Average hourly rate £50.00 - £20.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £44.00 - £20.00
All Processes & Methodologies
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
32885 39492 41512
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 70.87% 67.77% 67.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 19655 22706 23594
Average daily rate £413 £400 £440
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.12% -9.09%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £275 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £579 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 974 1268 1474
Average hourly rate £31.25 £25.00 £29.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+25.00% -15.25%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.50 £13.00 £13.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £50.00 £45.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.60 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.40% -16.66%

CMMI
Jobs Demand Trend

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

CMMI Jobs Demand Trend

CMMI
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing CMMI within the UK.

CMMI Daily Rate Trend

CMMI
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing CMMI within the UK over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

CMMI Daily Rate Histogram

CMMI
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing CMMI within the UK.

CMMI Hourly Rate Trend

CMMI
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing CMMI within the UK over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

CMMI Hourly Rate Histogram

CMMI
Top 30 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CMMI within the UK 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
England +3 50 £381 -10.29%
London -5 26 £350 -26.31%
South East +24 12 £400 +40.35%
City of London +10 9 £299 -37.10%
Berkshire +22 7 £395 -
Yorkshire -3 6 £280 -20.00%
West Yorkshire +1 5 £280 -20.00%
Leeds -7 5 £280 +3.70%
Buckinghamshire +11 3 £400 -
North West +10 3 £275 -25.67%
Canary Wharf -6 3 - -
Scotland -13 3 £325 -23.52%
Windsor - 3 £400 -
Reading - 3 £390 -
Cheshire +6 2 - -
Erskine - 2 £331 -
Renfrewshire - 2 £331 -
South West +23 1 £450 +79.28%
Surrey +23 1 - -
Milton Keynes +11 1 £388 -
Northern Ireland -5 1 £375 -
Midlands - 1 £450 -
East Midlands - 1 - -
West Sussex - 1 - -
Leicestershire - 1 - -
Devon - 1 £450 -
Leicester - 1 - -
Leatherhead - 1 - -
Horsham - 1 - -
Glasgow - 1 £323 -

CMMI
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing CMMI 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 CMMI.

1 62 (48.82%) ITIL
2 55 (43.31%) PRINCE2
2 55 (43.31%) Project Management
3 38 (29.92%) QA
4 35 (27.56%) RUP
5 32 (25.20%) Microsoft
5 32 (25.20%) Finance
6 25 (19.69%) PMI Certification
6 25 (19.69%) COBIT
7 24 (18.90%) PMI
7 24 (18.90%) MS Excel
7 24 (18.90%) UML
8 23 (18.11%) IT Governance
8 23 (18.11%) Agile Software Development
9 22 (17.32%) Scrum
10 21 (16.54%) Banking
11 20 (15.75%) Six Sigma
11 20 (15.75%) Process Improvement
12 19 (14.96%) Configuration Management
12 19 (14.96%) Fixed Income
13 18 (14.17%) Performance Management
14 17 (13.39%) MS Project
14 17 (13.39%) MS Visio
15 15 (11.81%) SOA
15 15 (11.81%) Test Management
16 14 (11.02%) Equities
16 14 (11.02%) Programme Management
16 14 (11.02%) Service Management
16 14 (11.02%) Project Governance
16 14 (11.02%) Portfolio Management

CMMI
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing CMMI 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 CMMI. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 13 (10.24%) .NET
2 8 (6.299%) WSDL
3 7 (5.512%) Web Services
3 7 (5.512%) Ajax
3 7 (5.512%) jQuery
4 6 (4.724%) XML
4 6 (4.724%) J2EE
4 6 (4.724%) ASP.NET
5 5 (3.937%) EJB
5 5 (3.937%) JSP
5 5 (3.937%) Servlets
5 5 (3.937%) Struts
5 5 (3.937%) XSD
5 5 (3.937%) JMS
5 5 (3.937%) Hibernate
5 5 (3.937%) WCF
5 5 (3.937%) WebSphere
5 5 (3.937%) WinForms
5 5 (3.937%) Struts2
6 4 (3.150%) ASP.NET MVC
Application Platforms
1 7 (5.512%) WebLogic
2 4 (3.150%) SharePoint
2 4 (3.150%) CMS
2 4 (3.150%) Sitecore CMS
3 2 (1.575%) SAS
3 2 (1.575%) Oracle Workflow
4 1 (0.787%) MS Exchange
4 1 (0.787%) SharePoint 2010
4 1 (0.787%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 24 (18.90%) MS Excel
2 17 (13.39%) MS Visio
2 17 (13.39%) MS Project
3 5 (3.937%) MS PowerPoint
4 1 (0.787%) InfoPath
4 1 (0.787%) Office 365
4 1 (0.787%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 5 (3.937%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (1.575%) Temenos T24
2 2 (1.575%) FLEXCUBE
2 2 (1.575%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.787%) SAP HR
3 1 (0.787%) Bloomberg TOMS
3 1 (0.787%) Oracle Retail
Communications & Networking
1 4 (3.150%) Intranet
2 1 (0.787%) ATM
2 1 (0.787%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (7.087%) SQL Server
2 5 (3.937%) DB2
2 5 (3.937%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (3.150%) SAP BW
4 2 (1.575%) BODI
4 2 (1.575%) Oracle Reports
4 2 (1.575%) Oracle 8/8i
4 2 (1.575%) BusinessObjects
4 2 (1.575%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
5 1 (0.787%) QlikView
5 1 (0.787%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 10 (7.874%) QuickTest Pro
2 7 (5.512%) JIRA
3 6 (4.724%) Subversion
4 5 (3.937%) ClearCase
5 3 (2.362%) Gradle
5 3 (2.362%) Git (software)
5 3 (2.362%) ClearQuest
6 1 (0.787%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.787%) Oracle Forms
6 1 (0.787%) WatiN
6 1 (0.787%) Rational DOORS
6 1 (0.787%) SpecFlow
General
1 32 (25.20%) Finance
2 21 (16.54%) Banking
3 9 (7.087%) Investment Banking
4 8 (6.299%) Retail
5 2 (1.575%) Wholesale Banking
6 1 (0.787%) Corporate Banking
6 1 (0.787%) Marketing
6 1 (0.787%) Dutch Language
6 1 (0.787%) French Language
6 1 (0.787%) Legal
6 1 (0.787%) Manufacturing
6 1 (0.787%) Local Government
6 1 (0.787%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 27 (21.26%) Project Manager
2 19 (14.96%) Developer
3 14 (11.02%) Analyst
3 14 (11.02%) QA Manager
4 11 (8.661%) Quality Manager
5 9 (7.087%) Portfolio Manager
6 7 (5.512%) Software Developer
7 6 (4.724%) Architect
7 6 (4.724%) Agile Project Manager
8 5 (3.937%) Business Analyst
8 5 (3.937%) Senior Developer
8 5 (3.937%) Configuration Manager
8 5 (3.937%) Java Developer
8 5 (3.937%) Senior Java Developer
9 4 (3.150%) QA Analyst
9 4 (3.150%) PRINCE2 Project Manager
9 4 (3.150%) Quality Analyst
9 4 (3.150%) Consultant
10 3 (2.362%) Tester
10 3 (2.362%) Senior Manager
Miscellaneous
1 24 (18.90%) PMI
2 19 (14.96%) Fixed Income
3 14 (11.02%) Equities
4 5 (3.937%) E-Learning
4 5 (3.937%) CMDB
5 3 (2.362%) Telematics
5 3 (2.362%) Management Information System
6 2 (1.575%) Computer Science
7 1 (0.787%) Device Driver
7 1 (0.787%) Firmware
7 1 (0.787%) SWIFT
7 1 (0.787%) Wiki
7 1 (0.787%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 8 (6.299%) Windows
2 1 (0.787%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (48.82%) ITIL
2 55 (43.31%) PRINCE2
2 55 (43.31%) Project Management
3 35 (27.56%) RUP
4 24 (18.90%) UML
5 23 (18.11%) Agile Software Development
5 23 (18.11%) IT Governance
6 22 (17.32%) Scrum
7 20 (15.75%) Six Sigma
7 20 (15.75%) Process Improvement
8 19 (14.96%) Configuration Management
9 18 (14.17%) Performance Management
10 15 (11.81%) Test Management
10 15 (11.81%) SOA
11 14 (11.02%) Service Management
11 14 (11.02%) Programme Management
11 14 (11.02%) Portfolio Management
11 14 (11.02%) Project Governance
12 13 (10.24%) Stakeholder Management
13 12 (9.449%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 12 (9.449%) C#
2 11 (8.661%) SQL
3 10 (7.874%) Java
4 9 (7.087%) JavaScript
5 3 (2.362%) C++
5 3 (2.362%) Groovy
6 2 (1.575%) C
7 1 (0.787%) COBOL
7 1 (0.787%) Perl
7 1 (0.787%) VB
7 1 (0.787%) Ada
7 1 (0.787%) VB6
Qualifications
1 25 (19.69%) PMI Certification
2 12 (9.449%) Six Sigma Black Belt
3 11 (8.661%) ISEB
4 10 (7.874%) Security Cleared
5 9 (7.087%) SC Cleared
6 4 (3.150%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 4 (3.150%) ISTQB
6 4 (3.150%) Degree
6 4 (3.150%) ITIL Certification
7 2 (1.575%) PMP
7 2 (1.575%) ISEB Practitioner
7 2 (1.575%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 1 (0.787%) APMP
8 1 (0.787%) Six Sigma Green Belt
8 1 (0.787%) CEH
8 1 (0.787%) ACSA
8 1 (0.787%) BC Cleared
8 1 (0.787%) CISSP
8 1 (0.787%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.787%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (29.92%) QA
2 25 (19.69%) COBIT
3 11 (8.661%) ISO 9001
4 2 (1.575%) TickIT
4 2 (1.575%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.787%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.787%) SLA
5 1 (0.787%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1 (0.787%) Active Directory
1 1 (0.787%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (0.787%) XenServer
Systems Management
1 10 (7.874%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (0.787%) OpenView
2 1 (0.787%) OVSD
Vendors
1 32 (25.20%) Microsoft
2 12 (9.449%) Oracle
3 10 (7.874%) Niku
4 8 (6.299%) SAP
5 7 (5.512%) Perforce
6 6 (4.724%) Remedy
7 5 (3.937%) HP
7 5 (3.937%) BMC
7 5 (3.937%) JBoss
7 5 (3.937%) Chordiant
8 4 (3.150%) Sitecore
9 2 (1.575%) hybris
9 2 (1.575%) Business Objects
9 2 (1.575%) Temenos
10 1 (0.787%) IBM
10 1 (0.787%) ArcSight
10 1 (0.787%) VMware
10 1 (0.787%) Bloomberg
10 1 (0.787%) Citrix
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