Dynamic Systems Development Method (DSDM)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for DSDM skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited DSDM over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 581 695 783
Rank change year-on-year +114 +88 -113
Contract jobs citing DSDM 17 24 66
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.039% 0.040% 0.074%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.045% 0.045% 0.082%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 21 47
10th Percentile £550 £406 £406
25th Percentile £559 £475 £509
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £637 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year +10.70% +4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £712 £588 £700
90th Percentile - £750 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £600 £575 £525
% change year-on-year +4.35% +9.52% -30.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

DSDM is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,374 53,774 80,482
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.31% 89.91% 90.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,095 37,304 56,474
10th Percentile £300 £325 £340
25th Percentile £413 £438 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +9.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,422 1,763 1,928
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.00 £37.34 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.27% +49.36% -
75th Percentile £59.44 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £63.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £36.00 £36.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year - +80.00% -8.17%

DSDM
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing DSDM as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for DSDM in the UK

DSDM
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing DSDM.

Daily rate trend for DSDM in the UK

DSDM
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing DSDM over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for DSDM in the UK

DSDM
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing DSDM.

Hourly rate trend for DSDM in the UK

DSDM
Top 7 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing DSDM within the UK over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +122 16 £637 +10.70% 2
London +107 12 £681 +29.71% 1
Work from Home +132 8 £712 +22.76% 1
UK excluding London +54 4 £600 +4.35% 1
South West +14 3 £600 +3.54%
East Midlands - 1 - -
Midlands - 1 - -

DSDM
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (5.88%) Apache
1 1 (5.88%) CMS
1 1 (5.88%) IIS
1 1 (5.88%) Tomcat
Business Applications
1 9 (52.94%) Loan IQ
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.88%) MariaDB
1 1 (5.88%) MySQL
1 1 (5.88%) Relational Database
General
1 11 (64.71%) Finance
2 10 (58.82%) Social Skills
3 9 (52.94%) Financial Institution
4 3 (17.65%) Banking
4 3 (17.65%) Public Sector
5 2 (11.76%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (5.88%) Electronics
6 1 (5.88%) Legal
6 1 (5.88%) Local Government
6 1 (5.88%) Manufacturing
6 1 (5.88%) Marketing
6 1 (5.88%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (5.88%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 6 (35.29%) Business Analyst
2 4 (23.53%) Project Manager
3 3 (17.65%) Consultant
3 3 (17.65%) Digital Project Manager
4 2 (11.76%) Developer
5 1 (5.88%) Agile Project Manager
5 1 (5.88%) Analyst
5 1 (5.88%) Lead
5 1 (5.88%) Procurement Specialist
5 1 (5.88%) SC Cleared Project Manager
5 1 (5.88%) Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (47.06%) Apache Camel
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.88%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Licensing
Operating Systems
1 9 (52.94%) Linux
1 9 (52.94%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (94.12%) Agile
2 11 (64.71%) Waterfall
3 10 (58.82%) UML
4 9 (52.94%) Data Modelling
4 9 (52.94%) RAD
4 9 (52.94%) SSADM
5 8 (47.06%) CI/CD
5 8 (47.06%) Continuous Deployment
5 8 (47.06%) Continuous Integration
5 8 (47.06%) Data Migration
5 8 (47.06%) Migration
5 8 (47.06%) Scrum
6 4 (23.53%) Project Management
7 3 (17.65%) Change Management
7 3 (17.65%) PRINCE2
7 3 (17.65%) Project Delivery
8 2 (11.76%) Acceptance Criteria
8 2 (11.76%) Business Intelligence
8 2 (11.76%) ITIL
8 2 (11.76%) Performance Metrics
Programming Languages
1 9 (52.94%) SQL
2 7 (41.18%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (11.76%) Degree
2 1 (5.88%) APMP
2 1 (5.88%) CBAP
2 1 (5.88%) IIBA
2 1 (5.88%) ISEB
2 1 (5.88%) PMP
2 1 (5.88%) SC Cleared
2 1 (5.88%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 9 (52.94%) IBM
2 2 (11.76%) Microsoft
3 1 (5.88%) SAP