RAD Contracts
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for RAD skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited RAD 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
Rapid Application Development (RAD)
Rank 335 392 287
Rank change year-on-year
+57 -105
Contract jobs citing RAD 214 188 357
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.461% 0.323% 0.582%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.651% 0.476% 0.860%
Number of daily rates quoted 140 117 247
Average daily rate £488 £450 £540
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.33% -16.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £325 £321 £358
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £600 £625
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £348 £350
% change year-on-year
+7.91% -0.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 3
Average hourly rate £27.48 £25.00 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+9.92% -16.66%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.48 - £30.00
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%

RAD
Jobs Demand Trend

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

RAD Jobs Demand Trend

RAD
Daily Rate Trend

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

RAD Daily Rate Trend

RAD
Daily Rate Histogram

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

RAD Daily Rate Histogram

RAD
Hourly Rate Trend

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

RAD Hourly Rate Trend

RAD
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 RAD 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 +66 194 £500 +5.26%
London +38 139 £525 +10.52%
City of London +24 52 £500 +12.73%
South East +32 20 £400 +14.28%
Scotland -9 16 £375 +32.74%
Hampshire +3 10 - -
Glasgow -17 10 £275 -
East Midlands +10 9 £325 -
North West +21 8 £300 -2.04%
Berkshire - 8 £400 -
Yorkshire -2 6 £330 -10.81%
South West +21 5 £458 +30.85%
East of England +7 5 £331 -50.92%
Somerset - 5 £458 -
Essex - 5 £331 -
Manchester +14 4 - -
Wales +11 4 £431 +32.69%
South Wales +1 4 £431 +32.69%
West Yorkshire 0 4 £340 -8.10%
Lancashire - 4 £300 -
Taunton - 4 £458 -
Edinburgh +11 3 £375 -
Canary Wharf -15 3 £572 +4.00%
Harlow - 3 £450 -
Newport - 3 £513 -
Bradford - 3 £330 -
Surrey +19 2 £388 +10.71%
Dalkeith - 2 - -
Midlothian - 2 - -
Westminster - 2 £500 -

RAD
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 210 (50.12%) SQL
2 164 (39.14%) C#
3 150 (35.80%) VBA
4 125 (29.83%) Banking
5 118 (28.16%) Java
6 115 (27.45%) SQL Server
7 106 (25.30%) Finance
8 91 (21.72%) Oracle
9 89 (21.24%) .NET
9 89 (21.24%) Investment Banking
10 84 (20.05%) Front Office
11 77 (18.38%) JavaScript
12 76 (18.14%) HTML
13 75 (17.90%) WebSphere
14 72 (17.18%) J2EE
15 69 (16.47%) OO
16 65 (15.51%) UML
17 64 (15.27%) XML
17 64 (15.27%) Ajax
18 60 (14.32%) Microsoft
19 59 (14.08%) CSS
20 58 (13.84%) IBM
21 56 (13.37%) Retail
22 52 (12.41%) JSP
23 51 (12.17%) UNIX
23 51 (12.17%) Derivative
24 49 (11.69%) Web Services
25 48 (11.46%) JUnit
25 48 (11.46%) Python
26 46 (10.98%) Fixed Income

RAD
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 89 (21.24%) .NET
2 76 (18.14%) HTML
3 75 (17.90%) WebSphere
4 72 (17.18%) J2EE
5 64 (15.27%) XML
5 64 (15.27%) Ajax
6 59 (14.08%) CSS
7 52 (12.41%) JSP
8 49 (11.69%) Web Services
9 36 (8.592%) EJB
10 34 (8.115%) ASP.NET
11 32 (7.637%) JDBC
11 32 (7.637%) jQuery
12 29 (6.921%) XHTML
13 27 (6.444%) Servlets
13 27 (6.444%) JSTL
14 26 (6.205%) JMS
15 24 (5.728%) Struts
16 22 (5.251%) JSON
17 21 (5.012%) XSLT
Application Platforms
1 36 (8.592%) WebSphere Application Server
2 20 (4.773%) SharePoint
3 14 (3.341%) MQSeries
4 12 (2.864%) Lotus Notes
4 12 (2.864%) CMS
5 11 (2.625%) FileNet
6 9 (2.148%) Alfresco
6 9 (2.148%) SharePoint 2010
6 9 (2.148%) BizTalk Server
7 8 (1.909%) Lotus Domino
7 8 (1.909%) DotNetNuke
8 7 (1.671%) ESB
9 6 (1.432%) WebSphere Portal
9 6 (1.432%) RabbitMQ
9 6 (1.432%) ActiveMQ
10 5 (1.193%) IIS
10 5 (1.193%) TIBCO EMS
11 4 (0.955%) Apache
12 3 (0.716%) SharePoint 2013
13 2 (0.477%) WebLogic
Applications
1 34 (8.115%) MS Excel
2 17 (4.057%) MS Office
3 6 (1.432%) Spreadsheet
3 6 (1.432%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.239%) Maya
Business Applications
1 14 (3.341%) Tridion
2 9 (2.148%) RMDS
3 2 (0.477%) LatentZero
4 1 (0.239%) Capstone
4 1 (0.239%) Sophis RISQUE
4 1 (0.239%) Visualfiles
4 1 (0.239%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.239%) Dynamics AX
4 1 (0.239%) Eagle PACE
4 1 (0.239%) Oracle BPM
Communications & Networking
1 20 (4.773%) Internet
2 10 (2.387%) HTTP
3 7 (1.671%) Intranet
4 4 (0.955%) Unified Communications
4 4 (0.955%) LDAP
5 2 (0.477%) Extranet
5 2 (0.477%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.239%) 4G
6 1 (0.239%) 3G
6 1 (0.239%) 2G
6 1 (0.239%) Network Security
6 1 (0.239%) LTE
6 1 (0.239%) ATM
6 1 (0.239%) ISDN
6 1 (0.239%) VoIP
6 1 (0.239%) Ethernet
6 1 (0.239%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 115 (27.45%) SQL Server
2 43 (10.26%) DB2
3 27 (6.444%) SQL Server 2005
3 27 (6.444%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 26 (6.205%) RDBMS
5 21 (5.012%) QlikView
6 18 (4.296%) MS Access
7 11 (2.625%) Oracle Reports
8 10 (2.387%) NoSQL
9 9 (2.148%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 9 (2.148%) SQL Server 2008
9 9 (2.148%) Oracle 8/8i
10 8 (1.909%) InterSystems Cache
11 7 (1.671%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 6 (1.432%) MongoDB
12 6 (1.432%) Riak
13 5 (1.193%) DTS
14 4 (0.955%) Oracle 10g
15 3 (0.716%) TOAD
15 3 (0.716%) OLAP
Development Applications
1 48 (11.46%) JUnit
2 40 (9.547%) Eclipse
3 26 (6.205%) Subversion
4 24 (5.728%) WebSphere Studio Application Developer
5 20 (4.773%) Visual Studio
6 19 (4.535%) Ant
7 14 (3.341%) Log4j
7 14 (3.341%) Maven
8 9 (2.148%) Hudson
9 8 (1.909%) Team Foundation Server
10 7 (1.671%) Git (software)
11 6 (1.432%) Rational Application Developer
11 6 (1.432%) Talend Open Studio
11 6 (1.432%) NUnit
12 4 (0.955%) Selenium
12 4 (0.955%) FitNesse
13 3 (0.716%) ClearCase
14 2 (0.477%) VSS/SourceSafe
14 2 (0.477%) QuickTest Pro
14 2 (0.477%) Firebug
General
1 125 (29.83%) Banking
2 106 (25.30%) Finance
3 89 (21.24%) Investment Banking
4 84 (20.05%) Front Office
5 56 (13.37%) Retail
6 13 (3.103%) Games
7 5 (1.193%) Financial Institution
8 4 (0.955%) Back Office
8 4 (0.955%) Legal
8 4 (0.955%) Retail Banking
9 3 (0.716%) Manufacturing
9 3 (0.716%) Military
10 2 (0.477%) General Ledger
10 2 (0.477%) Law
11 1 (0.239%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.239%) Automotive
11 1 (0.239%) Electronics
11 1 (0.239%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.239%) Multimedia
11 1 (0.239%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 290 (69.21%) Developer
2 87 (20.76%) RAD Developer
3 81 (19.33%) Excel Developer
4 57 (13.60%) Analyst
5 56 (13.37%) VBA Developer
6 55 (13.13%) Excel VBA Developer
7 48 (11.46%) C# Developer
8 42 (10.02%) Java Developer
9 32 (7.637%) Business Analyst
10 19 (4.535%) Architect
11 18 (4.296%) WebSphere Developer
12 17 (4.057%) Project Manager
13 16 (3.819%) J2EE Developer
13 16 (3.819%) Java/J2EE Developer
14 15 (3.580%) .NET Developer
14 15 (3.580%) Analyst Developer
15 12 (2.864%) SQL Developer
15 12 (2.864%) Market Risk Developer
16 11 (2.625%) Java Web Developer
16 11 (2.625%) Web Developer
Miscellaneous
1 51 (12.17%) Derivative
2 46 (10.98%) Fixed Income
3 34 (8.115%) Market Risk
4 30 (7.160%) Credit Derivative
5 15 (3.580%) Computer Science
6 14 (3.341%) Web 2.0
7 13 (3.103%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 13 (3.103%) Credit Risk
8 8 (1.909%) PaaS
9 6 (1.432%) IaaS
9 6 (1.432%) Cloud Computing
9 6 (1.432%) Interest Rate Derivative
10 5 (1.193%) Management Information System
10 5 (1.193%) Grid Computing
11 4 (0.955%) Equity Derivative
11 4 (0.955%) Inversion of Control
12 3 (0.716%) Mobile App
13 2 (0.477%) Hedge funds
13 2 (0.477%) Data Extraction
13 2 (0.477%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 51 (12.17%) UNIX
2 33 (7.876%) Linux
3 14 (3.341%) Windows
3 14 (3.341%) HPUX
3 14 (3.341%) Solaris
3 14 (3.341%) Apple iOS
4 5 (1.193%) Android
5 3 (0.716%) Windows Phone 7
5 3 (0.716%) Windows Phone
6 1 (0.239%) MVS
6 1 (0.239%) VME
Processes & Methodologies
1 69 (16.47%) OO
2 65 (15.51%) UML
3 44 (10.50%) E-Commerce
3 44 (10.50%) Scrum
4 42 (10.02%) Waterfall
5 41 (9.785%) Agile Software Development
6 34 (8.115%) Project Management
7 30 (7.160%) Content Management
8 29 (6.921%) Business Analysis
9 28 (6.683%) MVC
10 26 (6.205%) Data Modelling
11 25 (5.967%) RUP
12 24 (5.728%) ITIL
13 23 (5.489%) User Acceptance Testing
14 22 (5.251%) TDD
14 22 (5.251%) Migration
15 20 (4.773%) Software Testing
15 20 (4.773%) SOA
16 18 (4.296%) Unit Testing
17 17 (4.057%) Continuous Integration
Programming Languages
1 210 (50.12%) SQL
2 164 (39.14%) C#
3 150 (35.80%) VBA
4 118 (28.16%) Java
5 77 (18.38%) JavaScript
6 48 (11.46%) Python
7 24 (5.728%) VB
8 23 (5.489%) Perl
8 23 (5.489%) C++
8 23 (5.489%) Bash shell
9 17 (4.057%) XPath
10 15 (3.580%) Groovy
11 14 (3.341%) T-SQL
12 13 (3.103%) VB.NET
12 13 (3.103%) VB6
13 11 (2.625%) PL/SQL
14 10 (2.387%) VBScript
15 9 (2.148%) PHP
16 8 (1.909%) C
16 8 (1.909%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 42 (10.02%) Degree
2 23 (5.489%) Security Cleared
3 17 (4.057%) SC Cleared
4 12 (2.864%) ISEB
5 9 (2.148%) Sun Certification
6 6 (1.432%) Microsoft Certification
6 6 (1.432%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 5 (1.193%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 4 (0.955%) MCSD
8 4 (0.955%) ISEB Practitioner
8 4 (0.955%) ISTQB
9 3 (0.716%) PMP
9 3 (0.716%) PMI Certification
10 2 (0.477%) BC Cleared
11 1 (0.239%) MCP
11 1 (0.239%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (2.387%) QA
2 5 (1.193%) ISO 9000
2 5 (1.193%) TickIT
3 4 (0.955%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (0.716%) COBIT
5 2 (0.477%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (0.955%) Tivoli Directory Server
2 1 (0.239%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 4 (0.955%) Tivoli
1 4 (0.955%) Oracle Identity Manager
2 3 (0.716%) HP Quality Center
3 2 (0.477%) SCOM
4 1 (0.239%) Control-M
Vendors
1 91 (21.72%) Oracle
2 60 (14.32%) Microsoft
3 58 (13.84%) IBM
4 24 (5.728%) ATG
5 16 (3.819%) Lotus
6 14 (3.341%) Interwoven
6 14 (3.341%) Blue Martini
6 14 (3.341%) Elastic Path
7 11 (2.625%) Perforce
7 11 (2.625%) Bloomberg
8 10 (2.387%) Sun
9 9 (2.148%) Google
9 9 (2.148%) Reuters
10 7 (1.671%) Adobe
11 6 (1.432%) Sybase
11 6 (1.432%) HP
11 6 (1.432%) webMethods
11 6 (1.432%) Talend
12 5 (1.193%) TIBCO
12 5 (1.193%) Business Objects
RAD Developer (VBA, C#, SQL) - Banking
London
I currently have an opportunity with a top investment bank's risk IT team. The role is for a tactical developer to work closely with variousrisk teams to...
Real Staffing
Rate: £550 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
C# RAD Developer
London
I currently have a fantastic opportunity for a C# RAD developer to join a top tier Investment Bank... Key Requirements:- Strong .net experience working in a RAD environment...
Real Staffing
Rate: £550 per day
Posted: 18 May 2013
C# Developer - Investment Banking - FX Options
City, London
C# Developer - Investment Banking - FX Options A C# Developer is required by a leading investment Bank to work within a development team within FX Options IT Responsibilities: You...
Nicoll Curtin
Rate: £500 - £550 per day
Posted: 14 May 2013
C# / VBA / Contract / London / £500-£600pd
City of London
Any of the following would also be nice to have: - Knowledge of Equity derivatives. - Knowledge of Exotic Equity Derivatives... Haskell, F#)... - Knowledge of databases & their SQL languages (e...
Real Staffing
Rate: £500 - £600 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
RAD Developer - Java/Oracle/SQL £500 SCOTLAND
Scotland
The role is for a RAD / Tactical Developer: This will be a rolling 6 month contract paying £500/day... The ideal candidate will have experience in a rapid...
Huxley Associates
Rate: £400 - £500 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013
Websphere Commerce Developer / WCS Developer
Berkshire, Thames Valley
Websphere Commerce Developer / WCS Developer - Berkshire - 6 Months+ - Market RatesIQ Retail are working with a well-known organisation based in Berkshire; who require a Websphere Commerce Developer / WCS...
IQ Resourcing
Rate: £350 - £450 per day
Posted: 26 April 2013
Database Developer (Java/Oracle/SQL)
Stirlingshire
Key/Technical skills required; *Oracle 10g and 11g *Java SE 5.x and web applications with Java, struts, HSP *SQL Server 2000 and 2005 *Familiar with development best...
Head Resourcing
Posted: 16 May 2013
C# RAD Developer, equities, Banking
London
C# RAD Developer, Equities, Investment Banking, London... Development will be C# with SQL backend. Knowledge of winforms/WPF, server side C# and SQl including stored procedures is required.....
Aston Carter
Rate: £500 - £600 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013
RAD Xcelsius Access Excel VBA Developer - Risk - Banking
London
A global Investment Bank is currently seeking to hire a RAD Developer to join a team that's currently working on front office related projects around operational risk.....
iKas International
Rate: £475 - £530 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013
RAD Access/Excel VBA Developer - Investment banking
City, London
A leading investment bank requires a RAD Access VBA/ Excel VBA developer to work in the front office risk area. The successful candidate will be required to; 1]...
iKas International
Rate: £450 - £530 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013
Technology Project Manager - Finance IT/Product Control IT - IB
London
Technology Project Manager - Finance IT - Investment Banking - Oracle/SQL... They are expected to understand the full SDLC, have an appreciation of various methodologies (Prince, RAD, Scrum, Agile etc)...
Nicoll Curtin
Rate: £550 - £650 per day
Posted: 14 May 2013
Business Analyst
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
Experience of using application development methodologies is also desired (Agile / RAD /DSDM). *Previous experience is required of working on projects that are either Internet or software application based.
Spring Technology
Rate: £300.00 - £350.00 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
Data Centre Project Manager - Cisco / Flexpod
London
The role may also potentially involve; operating System upgrades, Application upgrades and hardening, any form of business process analysis or re-engineering.Technologies Involved: Flexpod Deployments, Cloupia implementation,...
Rate: £400 - £500 per day
Posted: 30 April 2013
Product Control IT
City of London
My Client is a leading investment bank, they are looking for a project manager to plan and manage a portfolio of projects in the MOTIF area:- Skills:- - Experience...
Huxley Associates
Rate: £600 - £700 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
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