The first table below looks at the demand for Tcl skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Tcl 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 Programming Languages 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
Tool Command Language (Tcl)
Rank 516 556 539
Rank change year-on-year
+40 -17
Contract jobs citing Tcl 14 22 49
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.030% 0.038% 0.080%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.081% 0.109% 0.213%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 10 20
Average daily rate £360 £381 £650
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.57% -41.34%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £325 £255 £503
10% offered a daily rate of more than £570 £600 £675
UK excluding London average daily rate £360 £360 £450
% change year-on-year
- -20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 6 3
Average hourly rate £33.00 £27.50 £33.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+20.00% -17.91%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £21.10 £27.50 £33.10
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £34.75 £38.70
UK excluding London average hourly rate £33.00 £27.50 £33.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -17.91%
All Programming Languages
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
17354 20123 22996
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 37.40% 34.53% 37.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 10695 11930 13290
Average daily rate £380 £375 £413
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.33% -9.09%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £250 £260
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £560 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 624 707 934
Average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £35.00
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £16.72 £17.50 £19.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £43.50 £45.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £35.00

Tcl
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Tcl within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Tcl Jobs Demand Trend

Tcl
Daily Rate Trend

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

Tcl Daily Rate Trend

Tcl
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Tcl Daily Rate Histogram

Tcl
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Tcl Hourly Rate Trend

Tcl
Hourly Rate Histogram

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

Tcl Hourly Rate Histogram

Tcl
Top 12 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Tcl 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 +45 13 £388 +1.63%
London +20 5 £388 -6.62%
South East +23 3 - -
Yorkshire - 3 - -
Hampshire -5 2 - -
South West +23 1 - -
East of England +12 1 - -
Cambridgeshire +12 1 - -
Cambridge +8 1 - -
Surrey - 1 - -
Devon - 1 - -
Guildford - 1 - -

Tcl
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 12 (42.86%) Python
2 10 (35.71%) Degree
3 9 (32.14%) STB
3 9 (32.14%) Perl
4 8 (28.57%) HND
4 8 (28.57%) Microsoft
5 7 (25.00%) MPEG
5 7 (25.00%) MS Project
5 7 (25.00%) MS Office
5 7 (25.00%) Linux
5 7 (25.00%) Middleware
5 7 (25.00%) IPTV
5 7 (25.00%) Computer Science
6 6 (21.43%) SQL
6 6 (21.43%) C
6 6 (21.43%) C++
7 5 (17.86%) UNIX
7 5 (17.86%) Java
7 5 (17.86%) Selenium
8 4 (14.29%) Telecoms
8 4 (14.29%) Wireless
8 4 (14.29%) VB
8 4 (14.29%) Security Cleared
9 3 (10.71%) Bash shell
9 3 (10.71%) Automation Testing
9 3 (10.71%) Windows
9 3 (10.71%) Solaris
9 3 (10.71%) Shell Script
9 3 (10.71%) TCP/IP
9 3 (10.71%) HP

Tcl
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 7 (25.00%) Middleware
2 2 (7.143%) REST
2 2 (7.143%) .NET
2 2 (7.143%) SOAP
2 2 (7.143%) Web Services
2 2 (7.143%) CGI
Application Platforms
1 2 (7.143%) SAS
Applications
1 7 (25.00%) MS Project
1 7 (25.00%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 1 (3.571%) EMB Igloo
Communications & Networking
1 4 (14.29%) Wireless
2 3 (10.71%) TCP/IP
3 2 (7.143%) Firewall
3 2 (7.143%) LTE
3 2 (7.143%) CDMA
3 2 (7.143%) GPRS
3 2 (7.143%) GSM
3 2 (7.143%) UMTS
3 2 (7.143%) 3G
4 1 (3.571%) DWDM
4 1 (3.571%) MPLS
4 1 (3.571%) OSPF
4 1 (3.571%) BGP
4 1 (3.571%) DVB
4 1 (3.571%) RSVP
4 1 (3.571%) SS7
4 1 (3.571%) X.25
4 1 (3.571%) VoIP
4 1 (3.571%) HTTP
4 1 (3.571%) RIP
Development Applications
1 5 (17.86%) Selenium
2 2 (7.143%) WebDriver
2 2 (7.143%) Jenkins
2 2 (7.143%) Visual Studio
2 2 (7.143%) ProC
2 2 (7.143%) Subversion
General
1 4 (14.29%) Telecoms
2 3 (10.71%) Electronics
3 2 (7.143%) Finance
3 2 (7.143%) Banking
4 1 (3.571%) Multimedia
4 1 (3.571%) Investment Banking
4 1 (3.571%) Marketing
4 1 (3.571%) Arabic Language
4 1 (3.571%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 7 (25.00%) Test Engineer
2 6 (21.43%) Developer
3 4 (14.29%) Tester
4 3 (10.71%) Software Engineer
5 2 (7.143%) Senior Software Engineer
5 2 (7.143%) Senior Tester
5 2 (7.143%) Perl Developer
5 2 (7.143%) Wireless Engineer
5 2 (7.143%) Test Leader
5 2 (7.143%) Automation Tester
5 2 (7.143%) Software Developer
6 1 (3.571%) Automated Test Engineer
6 1 (3.571%) Firmware Engineer
6 1 (3.571%) Verification Engineer
6 1 (3.571%) Fidessa Developer
6 1 (3.571%) QA Engineer
6 1 (3.571%) Linux Engineer
6 1 (3.571%) Fidessa Consultant
6 1 (3.571%) FPGA Engineer
6 1 (3.571%) Senior Software Developer
Miscellaneous
1 9 (32.14%) STB
2 7 (25.00%) MPEG
2 7 (25.00%) IPTV
2 7 (25.00%) Computer Science
3 3 (10.71%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
4 2 (7.143%) NHS
4 2 (7.143%) Firmware
4 2 (7.143%) VHDL
5 1 (3.571%) Verilog
5 1 (3.571%) ASIC Verification
5 1 (3.571%) Cryptography
5 1 (3.571%) ASIC
5 1 (3.571%) 3D Graphics
5 1 (3.571%) Embedded Systems
5 1 (3.571%) Derivative
Operating Systems
1 7 (25.00%) Linux
2 5 (17.86%) UNIX
3 3 (10.71%) Windows
3 3 (10.71%) Solaris
4 2 (7.143%) SUSE
5 1 (3.571%) Windows Vista
5 1 (3.571%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (3.571%) Windows XP
5 1 (3.571%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (10.71%) Automation Testing
2 2 (7.143%) OO
2 2 (7.143%) Software Engineering
2 2 (7.143%) Software Testing
2 2 (7.143%) Manual Testing
2 2 (7.143%) TDD
2 2 (7.143%) BDD
3 1 (3.571%) Network Management
3 1 (3.571%) Software Distribution
3 1 (3.571%) Network Design
3 1 (3.571%) Automated Testing
3 1 (3.571%) System Testing
3 1 (3.571%) Communications Security
3 1 (3.571%) Test Automation
3 1 (3.571%) Network Architecture
3 1 (3.571%) Capacity Planning
3 1 (3.571%) Integration Testing
3 1 (3.571%) Test Scripting
3 1 (3.571%) Continuous Integration
3 1 (3.571%) Configuration Management
Programming Languages
1 12 (42.86%) Python
2 9 (32.14%) Perl
3 6 (21.43%) SQL
3 6 (21.43%) C
3 6 (21.43%) C++
4 5 (17.86%) Java
5 4 (14.29%) VB
6 3 (10.71%) Shell Script
6 3 (10.71%) Bash shell
7 2 (7.143%) VB6
7 2 (7.143%) VB.NET
7 2 (7.143%) Embedded C
7 2 (7.143%) PHP
8 1 (3.571%) T-SQL
8 1 (3.571%) COBOL
8 1 (3.571%) C#
8 1 (3.571%) REXX
8 1 (3.571%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 10 (35.71%) Degree
2 8 (28.57%) HND
3 4 (14.29%) Security Cleared
4 2 (7.143%) SC Cleared
5 1 (3.571%) HNC
5 1 (3.571%) CCNP
5 1 (3.571%) CCIP
5 1 (3.571%) CCNA
5 1 (3.571%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (3.571%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.571%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (3.571%) OpenView
1 1 (3.571%) OpenView Configuration Management
1 1 (3.571%) HP NNM
1 1 (3.571%) Cacti
1 1 (3.571%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 8 (28.57%) Microsoft
2 3 (10.71%) HP
3 2 (7.143%) Fidessa
3 2 (7.143%) Red Hat
3 2 (7.143%) Perforce
3 2 (7.143%) Xilinx
3 2 (7.143%) Agilent
4 1 (3.571%) SolarWinds
4 1 (3.571%) Altera
4 1 (3.571%) Actel
4 1 (3.571%) Nokia Siemens Networks
4 1 (3.571%) Huawei
4 1 (3.571%) Green Hills
4 1 (3.571%) Reuters
4 1 (3.571%) Algorithmics
4 1 (3.571%) Cisco
4 1 (3.571%) Sun
4 1 (3.571%) Intel
4 1 (3.571%) Motorola
4 1 (3.571%) Siemens
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