The first table below looks at the demand for HOOD skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited HOOD over the 3 months to 24 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Hierarchical Object Oriented Design (HOOD)
Rank 504 531 547
Rank change year-on-year
+27 +16
Contract jobs citing HOOD 25 53 37
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.054% 0.091% 0.061%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.076% 0.134% 0.090%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 7 10
Average daily rate £450 £350 £328
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+28.57% +6.87%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £320 £303 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £540 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £320 £400 £305
% change year-on-year
-20.00% +31.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Processes & Methodologies
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
32941 39581 41270
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 71.01% 67.87% 67.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 19678 22705 23413
Average daily rate £413 £403 £438
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.48% -8.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £275 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £580 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 976 1282 1475
Average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+20.00% -13.79%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.50 £12.50 £13.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £50.00 £45.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%

HOOD
Jobs Demand Trend

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

HOOD Jobs Demand Trend

HOOD
Daily Rate Trend

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

HOOD Daily Rate Trend

HOOD
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing HOOD within the UK over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

HOOD Daily Rate Histogram

HOOD
Hourly Rate Trend

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

HOOD Hourly Rate Trend

HOOD
Top 10 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing HOOD within the UK over the 3 months to 24 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 +21 25 £450 +28.57%
South East -11 17 £320 -20.00%
Berkshire -10 14 £450 -
London +38 7 £500 +48.14%
City of London +17 3 £600 -
Oxford - 3 £320 -
Oxfordshire - 3 £320 -
East of England - 1 £315 -
Hertfordshire - 1 £315 -
Bracknell - 1 £450 -

HOOD
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing HOOD 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 HOOD.

1 22 (37.29%) Telecoms
2 14 (23.73%) ITIL
3 11 (18.64%) PRINCE2
3 11 (18.64%) Project Management
3 11 (18.64%) Radio Access Network
4 7 (11.86%) Law
4 7 (11.86%) Incident Management
5 6 (10.17%) Logistics
5 6 (10.17%) Microsoft
5 6 (10.17%) Citrix
5 6 (10.17%) Windows
6 5 (8.475%) Java
6 5 (8.475%) XML
6 5 (8.475%) MSI
6 5 (8.475%) Service Delivery
6 5 (8.475%) Legal
6 5 (8.475%) Retail
6 5 (8.475%) Microsoft App-V
6 5 (8.475%) Application Packaging
7 4 (6.780%) SCOM
7 4 (6.780%) Business Analysis
7 4 (6.780%) Service Management
7 4 (6.780%) 3G
7 4 (6.780%) PRINCE
8 3 (5.085%) AdminStudio
8 3 (5.085%) Cisco
8 3 (5.085%) HTML
8 3 (5.085%) SQL
8 3 (5.085%) SQL Server
8 3 (5.085%) Linux

HOOD
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing HOOD 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 HOOD. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 5 (8.475%) XML
1 5 (8.475%) Application Packaging
2 3 (5.085%) HTML
2 3 (5.085%) JPA
2 3 (5.085%) Spring
3 2 (3.390%) CSS
4 1 (1.695%) OpenGL
4 1 (1.695%) JMS
4 1 (1.695%) JSP
4 1 (1.695%) EJB
4 1 (1.695%) J2EE
4 1 (1.695%) Ajax
4 1 (1.695%) WebSphere
4 1 (1.695%) JSTL
Application Platforms
1 2 (3.390%) CMS
2 1 (1.695%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 1 (1.695%) SAS
2 1 (1.695%) Lync
Applications
1 2 (3.390%) MS Visio
2 1 (1.695%) MS Excel
2 1 (1.695%) MS Office
2 1 (1.695%) Adobe Illustrator
2 1 (1.695%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 1 (1.695%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (1.695%) Oracle SCM
1 1 (1.695%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 11 (18.64%) Radio Access Network
2 4 (6.780%) 3G
3 2 (3.390%) 4G
3 2 (3.390%) LTE
3 2 (3.390%) BSS
3 2 (3.390%) 2G
4 1 (1.695%) LAN
4 1 (1.695%) WAN
4 1 (1.695%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (5.085%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.695%) Oracle 8/8i
2 1 (1.695%) DB2
2 1 (1.695%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (1.695%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (1.695%) Base SAS
2 1 (1.695%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 5 (8.475%) MSI
2 3 (5.085%) AdminStudio
2 3 (5.085%) Git (software)
3 1 (1.695%) Dreamweaver
3 1 (1.695%) JUnit
3 1 (1.695%) Subversion
General
1 22 (37.29%) Telecoms
2 7 (11.86%) Law
3 5 (8.475%) Legal
3 5 (8.475%) Retail
4 2 (3.390%) Marketing
4 2 (3.390%) Finance
5 1 (1.695%) Billing
5 1 (1.695%) French Language
Job Titles
1 10 (16.95%) Analyst
2 9 (15.25%) Project Manager
3 8 (13.56%) Developer
4 6 (10.17%) Service Manager
4 6 (10.17%) Business Analyst
5 5 (8.475%) Delivery Manager
6 4 (6.780%) Services Delivery Manager
6 4 (6.780%) Consultant
7 3 (5.085%) Operations Manager
7 3 (5.085%) Java Developer
7 3 (5.085%) Systems Developer
7 3 (5.085%) Cisco Consultant
7 3 (5.085%) Transition Manager
8 2 (3.390%) Performance Manager
8 2 (3.390%) Service Performance Manager
8 2 (3.390%) Report Analyst
8 2 (3.390%) Architect
9 1 (1.695%) Coordinator
9 1 (1.695%) Tester
9 1 (1.695%) Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 2 (3.390%) NHS
1 2 (3.390%) Smartcard
2 1 (1.695%) Blackberry
2 1 (1.695%) Streaming Video
2 1 (1.695%) IPTV
2 1 (1.695%) Data Extraction
Operating Systems
1 6 (10.17%) Windows
2 3 (5.085%) Linux
3 2 (3.390%) UNIX
3 2 (3.390%) Windows XP
4 1 (1.695%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (23.73%) ITIL
2 11 (18.64%) PRINCE2
2 11 (18.64%) Project Management
3 7 (11.86%) Incident Management
4 6 (10.17%) Logistics
5 5 (8.475%) Service Delivery
6 4 (6.780%) Business Analysis
6 4 (6.780%) Service Management
6 4 (6.780%) PRINCE
7 3 (5.085%) Requirements Analysis
7 3 (5.085%) Use Case
8 2 (3.390%) Network Performance Management
8 2 (3.390%) User Acceptance Testing
8 2 (3.390%) Performance Management
8 2 (3.390%) Content Management
8 2 (3.390%) Migration
8 2 (3.390%) UML
8 2 (3.390%) ETL
8 2 (3.390%) GAP Analysis
9 1 (1.695%) RAD
Programming Languages
1 5 (8.475%) Java
2 3 (5.085%) SQL
3 1 (1.695%) VB
3 1 (1.695%) JavaScript
3 1 (1.695%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (3.390%) ITIL Certification
1 2 (3.390%) ISEB
2 1 (1.695%) SC Cleared
2 1 (1.695%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.390%) SLA
2 1 (1.695%) QA
System Software
1 5 (8.475%) Microsoft App-V
2 2 (3.390%) XenApp
2 2 (3.390%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (3.390%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (6.780%) SCOM
2 3 (5.085%) Cisco UCCE
2 3 (5.085%) Cisco UCCX
3 1 (1.695%) SCCM
Vendors
1 6 (10.17%) Microsoft
1 6 (10.17%) Citrix
2 3 (5.085%) Cisco
3 2 (3.390%) VMware
3 2 (3.390%) Oracle
3 2 (3.390%) Adobe
4 1 (1.695%) JD Edwards
4 1 (1.695%) Symantec
4 1 (1.695%) IBM
4 1 (1.695%) JBoss
4 1 (1.695%) Business Objects
4 1 (1.695%) Mitel
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