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The table below looks at the demand for Smalltalk skills across the UK with a comparison to our Programming Languages category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Smalltalk over the 3 months to 6 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSmalltalk
Location
3 months to
6 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank569660
Rank change on same period last yearUp+91
Matching contract IT job ads212
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.012 %
As % of the category below0.009 %0.033 %
Daily rates quoted16
Average minimum daily rate£400£358
Average daily rate£475£392
% change on same period last year+21.27 %
Average maximum daily rate£550£425
UK excluding London average daily rate-£358
% change on same period last year-
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
UK
Matching contract IT job ads2350836454
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled32.84 %36.62 %
Daily rates quoted798511326
Average minimum daily rate£368£400
Average daily rate£394£427
% change on same period last year-7.79 %
Average maximum daily rate£420£454
UK excluding London average daily rate£324£335
% change on same period last year-3.10 %
Hourly rates quoted16712710
Average minimum hourly rate£30.25£30.72
Average hourly rate£32.37£32.85
% change on same period last year-1.48 %
Average maximum hourly rate£34.48£34.99
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.48£32.81
% change on same period last year-0.99 %

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Smalltalk
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Smalltalk within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Smalltalk Demand Trend

Smalltalk
Daily Rate Trend

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

Smalltalk Daily Rate Trend

Smalltalk
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Smalltalk Hourly Rate Trend

Smalltalk
Top 2 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Smalltalk within the UK over the 3 months to 6 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
LondonUp+692£475-15.55 %
EnglandUp+832£475+15.15 %

Smalltalk
Top 29 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Smalltalk 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 Smalltalk.

13 (100.00 %)Java
13 (100.00 %).NET
13 (100.00 %)OO
22 (66.67 %)C#
22 (66.67 %)C++
22 (66.67 %)Ruby
22 (66.67 %)Agile Software Development
22 (66.67 %)TDD
22 (66.67 %)UML
31 (33.33 %)NUnit
31 (33.33 %)Spring
31 (33.33 %)Ruby on Rails
31 (33.33 %)Refactoring
31 (33.33 %)Selenium
31 (33.33 %)FitNesse
31 (33.33 %)Unit Testing
31 (33.33 %)Continuous Integration
31 (33.33 %)PHP
31 (33.33 %)J2EE
31 (33.33 %)Ant
31 (33.33 %)ASP.NET
31 (33.33 %)XML
31 (33.33 %)XSLT
31 (33.33 %)Hibernate
31 (33.33 %)Scrum
31 (33.33 %)Extreme Programming
31 (33.33 %)Python
31 (33.33 %)J2SE
31 (33.33 %)Microsoft

Smalltalk
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Smalltalk 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 Smalltalk. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
13 (100.00 %).NET
21 (33.33 %)J2EE
21 (33.33 %)ASP.NET
21 (33.33 %)XML
21 (33.33 %)XSLT
21 (33.33 %)J2SE
21 (33.33 %)Hibernate
21 (33.33 %)Spring
21 (33.33 %)Ruby on Rails
IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (33.33 %)Ant
11 (33.33 %)NUnit
11 (33.33 %)Selenium
11 (33.33 %)FitNesse
IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
13 (100.00 %)Developer
21 (33.33 %)Java Developer
21 (33.33 %)J2EE Developer
21 (33.33 %)Technical Lead
21 (33.33 %)Java/J2EE Developer
21 (33.33 %)Software Developer
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (100.00 %)OO
22 (66.67 %)UML
22 (66.67 %)Agile Software Development
22 (66.67 %)TDD
31 (33.33 %)Refactoring
31 (33.33 %)Unit Testing
31 (33.33 %)Continuous Integration
31 (33.33 %)Scrum
31 (33.33 %)Extreme Programming
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13 (100.00 %)Java
22 (66.67 %)C#
22 (66.67 %)C++
22 (66.67 %)Ruby
31 (33.33 %)PHP
31 (33.33 %)Python
IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (33.33 %)Microsoft