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The first part of the table below looks at the demand for TDD skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited TDD over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Processes & Methodologies category.

LinkTest-Driven Development (TDD)
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank105199259
Rank change year-on-year
Up+94Up+60
Matching contract IT job ads736282425
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK1.524 %0.715 %0.517 %
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category2.588 %1.348 %1.039 %
Daily rates quoted432149153
Average daily rate£408£375£475
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.660 %-21.05 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£285£240£300
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£600£463£600
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£250£400
% change year-on-year
+30.00 %-37.50 %
Hourly rates quoted8216
Average hourly rate£30.50£33.25£40.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-8.270 %-16.87 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£28.50£31.85£27.50
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£35.05£34.65£47.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.50£33.25£44.00
% change year-on-year
-14.28 %-24.43 %
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryAll Processes & Methodologies
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
284392091640911
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK58.87 %53.02 %49.77 %
Daily rates quoted13684739614067
Average daily rate£410£400£400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.500 %-
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£250£235£263
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£575£550£600
UK excluding London average daily rate£350£360£375
% change year-on-year
-2.770 %-4.000 %
Hourly rates quoted114812112463
Average hourly rate£25.00£27.50£30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-9.090 %-8.330 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£12.21£13.00£13.50
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£42.50£42.50£44.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.50£27.50£30.00
% change year-on-year
-10.90 %-8.330 %

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.

TDD
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing TDD within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

TDD Demand Trend

TDD
Daily Rate Trend

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

TDD Daily Rate Trend

TDD
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing TDD within the UK over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

TDD Daily Rate Histogram

TDD
Hourly Rate Trend

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

TDD Hourly Rate Trend

TDD
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing TDD within the UK over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

TDD Hourly Rate Histogram

TDD
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 TDD within the UK over the 3 months to 19 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
EnglandUp+92725£418+11.33 %
LondonUp+51581£450+12.50 %
City of LondonUp+41226£506+26.56 %
South EastUp+3265£323+29.25 %
SurreyDown-632£306+22.74 %
North WestUp+1128£283-24.66 %
ManchesterUp+1323£275-
South WestUp+1119£415+55.14 %
East of EnglandUp+2416£288-
BerkshireUp+1510£270-
West MidlandsUp+109£400+33.33 %
ScotlandDown-98£400-
Canary WharfDown-228--
MiddlesexNew entry-8£350-
CambridgeshireUp+86£325-
EdinburghDown-136£400-
StainesNew entry-6£375-
HampshireNew entry-5£285-
HertfordshireNew entry-4£288-
West SussexNew entry-4£300-
BirminghamUp+53--
SomersetUp+53£425+80.85 %
YorkshireUp+43£350-
East MidlandsDown-33£323-
West YorkshireDown-83£350-
CheshireDown-113£325-13.33 %
BedfordshireNew entry-3--
Welwyn Garden CityNew entry-3£288-
WarringtonNew entry-3£325-
UckfieldNew entry-3£163-

TDD
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing TDD 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 TDD.

1594 (47.41 %)C#
2567 (45.25 %).NET
3530 (42.30 %)Agile Software Development
4506 (40.38 %)Java
5359 (28.65 %)OO
6357 (28.49 %)Scrum
7353 (28.17 %)ASP.NET
8343 (27.37 %)SQL Server
9312 (24.90 %)SQL
10311 (24.82 %)XML
11289 (23.06 %)Spring
12251 (20.03 %)Continuous Integration
13243 (19.39 %)JavaScript
14228 (18.20 %)Hibernate
15224 (17.88 %)Oracle
16218 (17.40 %)NUnit
17193 (15.40 %)Banking
18188 (15.00 %)Web Services
19183 (14.60 %)HTML
20182 (14.53 %)MVC
21181 (14.45 %)AJAX
22177 (14.13 %)Finance
23175 (13.97 %)JUnit
24174 (13.89 %)Subversion
25173 (13.81 %)CSS
26172 (13.73 %)NHibernate
26172 (13.73 %)Unit Testing
27161 (12.85 %)SQL Server 2005
28154 (12.29 %)FitNesse
29148 (11.81 %)Selenium

TDD
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing TDD 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 TDD. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
1567 (45.25 %).NET
2353 (28.17 %)ASP.NET
3311 (24.82 %)XML
4289 (23.06 %)Spring
5228 (18.20 %)Hibernate
6188 (15.00 %)Web Services
7183 (14.60 %)HTML
8181 (14.45 %)AJAX
9173 (13.81 %)CSS
10172 (13.73 %)NHibernate
11138 (11.01 %)WCF
12109 (8.699 %)jQuery
13104 (8.300 %).NET Framework
13104 (8.300 %)WPF
14102 (8.140 %)J2EE
1583 (6.624 %)XSLT
1679 (6.305 %)XHTML
1769 (5.507 %)SOAP
1861 (4.868 %)ASP.NET MVC
1958 (4.629 %)iBATIS
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
142 (3.352 %)SharePoint
236 (2.873 %)Tomcat
331 (2.474 %)WebLogic
422 (1.756 %)BizTalk Server
422 (1.756 %)Apache
520 (1.596 %)Rendezvous
619 (1.516 %)CMS
717 (1.357 %)SharePoint Server 2007
816 (1.277 %)IIS
915 (1.197 %)MQSeries
1011 (0.878 %)Confluence
117 (0.559 %)Mathematica
117 (0.559 %)ESB
117 (0.559 %)Umbraco
126 (0.479 %)Jetty
135 (0.399 %)WebSphere MQ
135 (0.399 %)Drupal
144 (0.319 %)Magento
144 (0.319 %)LiveCycle
144 (0.319 %)Mule
IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
132 (2.554 %)MS Excel
27 (0.559 %)MS Office
34 (0.319 %)MS PowerPoint
42 (0.160 %)MS Project
51 (0.080 %)MS Visio
51 (0.080 %)Photoshop
51 (0.080 %)Fireworks
51 (0.080 %)Spreadsheet
IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
19 (0.718 %)BusinessWorks
26 (0.479 %)RMDS
34 (0.319 %)FENICS FX
42 (0.160 %)Oracle BPM
51 (0.080 %)Microsoft CRM
51 (0.080 %)Front Arena
51 (0.080 %)Kondor+
51 (0.080 %)TIBCO iProcess
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
169 (5.507 %)HTTP
237 (2.953 %)Internet
310 (0.798 %)DNS
49 (0.718 %)TCP/IP
49 (0.718 %)Intranet
55 (0.399 %)DVB
63 (0.239 %)SDH
63 (0.239 %)SNMP
72 (0.160 %)HTTPS
81 (0.080 %)Firewall
81 (0.080 %)Extranet
81 (0.080 %)OFDM
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1343 (27.37 %)SQL Server
2161 (12.85 %)SQL Server 2005
376 (6.065 %)SQL Server 2000
460 (4.789 %)SQL Server 2008
556 (4.469 %)Oracle 10g
633 (2.634 %)MySQL
725 (1.995 %)Oracle 8/8i
823 (1.836 %)RDBMS
921 (1.676 %)Datawarehouse
921 (1.676 %)SQL Server Integration Services
1020 (1.596 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
1114 (1.117 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
1213 (1.038 %)Oracle 11g
1312 (0.958 %)PostgreSQL
1411 (0.878 %)Oracle 9i
1510 (0.798 %)Crystal Reports
169 (0.718 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
177 (0.559 %)OLAP
186 (0.479 %)OLTP
195 (0.399 %)Oracle Reports
IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
1218 (17.40 %)NUnit
2175 (13.97 %)JUnit
3174 (13.89 %)Subversion
4154 (12.29 %)FitNesse
5148 (11.81 %)Selenium
6115 (9.178 %)TeamCity
789 (7.103 %)Maven
874 (5.906 %)Visual Studio
973 (5.826 %)Ant
1071 (5.666 %)Eclipse
1170 (5.587 %)ReSharper
1266 (5.267 %)WATIR
1365 (5.188 %)NCover
1461 (4.868 %)JIRA
1554 (4.310 %)WatiN
1647 (3.751 %)CruiseControl
1736 (2.873 %)ClearCase
1736 (2.873 %)Team Foundation Server
1834 (2.713 %)csUnit
1933 (2.634 %)jMock
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1193 (15.40 %)Banking
2177 (14.13 %)Finance
3136 (10.85 %)Investment Banking
4104 (8.300 %)Front Office
554 (4.310 %)Back Office
622 (1.756 %)Insurance
622 (1.756 %)Government
721 (1.676 %)Games
820 (1.596 %)Retail
919 (1.516 %)Publishing
1018 (1.437 %)Telecoms
1116 (1.277 %)Financial Institution
1214 (1.117 %)Education
1312 (0.958 %)Marketing
146 (0.479 %)Online Banking
146 (0.479 %)Health
153 (0.239 %)Construction
153 (0.239 %)Law
153 (0.239 %)Pensions
153 (0.239 %)Music
IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1952 (75.98 %)Developer
2300 (23.94 %)Java Developer
3272 (21.71 %).NET Developer
4269 (21.47 %)C# Developer
5176 (14.05 %)Senior Developer
667 (5.347 %)Agile Java Developer
765 (5.188 %)Senior C# Developer
861 (4.868 %)Analyst
861 (4.868 %)ASP.NET Developer
957 (4.549 %)C# ASP.NET Developer
1055 (4.389 %)Senior Java Developer
1055 (4.389 %)Senior .NET Developer
1151 (4.070 %)Agile .NET Developer
1242 (3.352 %)Software Developer
1341 (3.272 %)Web Developer
1437 (2.953 %)Software Engineer
1535 (2.793 %)Agile C# Developer
1633 (2.634 %)Tester
1727 (2.155 %)GUI Developer
1826 (2.075 %)Programmer
IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
1125 (9.976 %)Derivative
274 (5.906 %)Open Source
362 (4.948 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
455 (4.389 %)Fixed Income
547 (3.751 %)N-Tier
634 (2.713 %)Interest Rate Derivative
634 (2.713 %)Equity Derivative
726 (2.075 %)Social Network
825 (1.995 %)Dependency Injection
923 (1.836 %)Equities
923 (1.836 %)Multithreading
1017 (1.357 %)Credit Derivative
1116 (1.277 %)Credit Risk
1214 (1.117 %)Grid Computing
1312 (0.958 %)Computer Science
1411 (0.878 %)Client/Server
1510 (0.798 %)Inversion of Control
169 (0.718 %)NHS
178 (0.638 %)RIA
187 (0.559 %)Mathematics
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1120 (9.577 %)Windows
285 (6.784 %)UNIX
383 (6.624 %)Linux
420 (1.596 %)Solaris
516 (1.277 %)Windows Server 2003
66 (0.479 %)Android
75 (0.399 %)Windows 2000
83 (0.239 %)VMS
83 (0.239 %)Mac OS X
92 (0.160 %)Red Hat Linux
92 (0.160 %)CentOS
92 (0.160 %)Windows XP
101 (0.080 %)SUSE
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1530 (42.30 %)Agile Software Development
2359 (28.65 %)OO
3357 (28.49 %)Scrum
4251 (20.03 %)Continuous Integration
5182 (14.53 %)MVC
6172 (13.73 %)Unit Testing
7148 (11.81 %)Pair Programming
8133 (10.61 %)OOD
9126 (10.06 %)E-Commerce
1099 (7.901 %)SOA
1192 (7.342 %)Refactoring
1286 (6.864 %)UML
1377 (6.145 %)Extreme Programming
1457 (4.549 %)Web Development
1457 (4.549 %)Automated Testing
1548 (3.831 %)OOP
1645 (3.591 %)Test Automation
1736 (2.873 %)OOA/OOD
1833 (2.634 %)Feature Driven Development
1931 (2.474 %)Electronic Trading
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1594 (47.41 %)C#
2506 (40.38 %)Java
3312 (24.90 %)SQL
4243 (19.39 %)JavaScript
590 (7.183 %)PL/SQL
683 (6.624 %)T-SQL
781 (6.464 %)C++
846 (3.671 %)PHP
945 (3.591 %)Perl
1044 (3.512 %)Ruby
1137 (2.953 %)Python
1235 (2.793 %)C
1330 (2.394 %)Groovy
1423 (1.836 %)VB.NET
1521 (1.676 %)XPath
1619 (1.516 %)VB
1718 (1.437 %)Shell Script
1814 (1.117 %)PHP5
1911 (0.878 %)XQuery
209 (0.718 %)ActionScript
IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
155 (4.389 %)Degree
232 (2.554 %)ISEB
330 (2.394 %)Security Cleared
414 (1.117 %)Microsoft Certification
511 (0.878 %)CTC Cleared
68 (0.638 %)ISTQB
76 (0.479 %)MCSD
85 (0.399 %)Sun Certification
85 (0.399 %)SC Cleared
93 (0.239 %)MCP
93 (0.239 %)MCAD
93 (0.239 %)MCTS
93 (0.239 %)BC Cleared
102 (0.160 %)DV Cleared
102 (0.160 %)ISEB Practitioner
102 (0.160 %)HND
111 (0.080 %)MCPD
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
194 (7.502 %)QA
25 (0.399 %)WAI
34 (0.319 %)WCAG
43 (0.239 %)PCI DSS
52 (0.160 %)ISO9001
IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
111 (0.878 %)VMware Infrastructure
28 (0.638 %)MSMQ
32 (0.160 %)Oracle RAC
32 (0.160 %)Xen
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
13 (0.239 %)MSI
13 (0.239 %)MOM
13 (0.239 %)YUM
22 (0.160 %)Zenoss
31 (0.080 %)Netcool
31 (0.080 %)Netcool/Proviso
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1224 (17.88 %)Oracle
2126 (10.06 %)Microsoft
342 (3.352 %)TIBCO
436 (2.873 %)Perforce
532 (2.554 %)Sybase
622 (1.756 %)JBoss
716 (1.277 %)Zend
815 (1.197 %)Mercator
913 (1.038 %)VMware
1012 (0.958 %)Calypso
1012 (0.958 %)ILOG
1111 (0.878 %)Adobe
1210 (0.798 %)Terracotta
139 (0.718 %)DataSynapse
148 (0.638 %)Sun
157 (0.559 %)Google
166 (0.479 %)IBM
166 (0.479 %)HP
166 (0.479 %)EMC
175 (0.399 %)Reuters