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The table below looks at the demand for Unified Modeling Language (UML) skills across the UK with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited UML over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkUnified Modeling Language (UML)
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank5549
Rank change on same period last yearDown-6
Matching contract IT job ads19683024
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled2.660 %2.982 %
As % of the category below4.892 %5.965 %
Daily rates quoted709945
Average minimum daily rate£389£368
Average daily rate£419£391
% change on same period last year+7.09 %
Average maximum daily rate£448£414
UK excluding London average daily rate£383£360
% change on same period last year+6.24 %
Hourly rates quoted200239
Average minimum hourly rate£35.91£33.18
Average hourly rate£37.84£35.26
% change on same period last year+7.31 %
Average maximum hourly rate£39.77£37.34
UK excluding London average hourly rate£37.52£34.99
% change on same period last year+7.20 %
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
UK
Matching contract IT job ads4023050697
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled54.38 %49.99 %
Daily rates quoted1471516862
Average minimum daily rate£386£390
Average daily rate£414£414
% change on same period last year-0.12 %
Average maximum daily rate£441£438
UK excluding London average daily rate£378£375
% change on same period last year+0.59 %
Hourly rates quoted24613255
Average minimum hourly rate£28.41£28.27
Average hourly rate£30.24£30.12
% change on same period last year+0.40 %
Average maximum hourly rate£32.07£31.97
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.41£30.41
% change on same period last year+0.01 %

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.

UML
Demand Trend

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

UML Demand Trend

UML
Daily Rate Trend

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

UML Daily Rate Trend

UML
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing UML within the UK over the 3 months to 5 September 2008.

UML Daily Rate Histogram

UML
Hourly Rate Trend

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

UML Hourly Rate Trend

UML
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing UML within the UK over the 3 months to 5 September 2008.

UML Hourly Rate Histogram

UML
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 UML within the UK over the 3 months to 5 September 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
EnglandDown-61883£419+6.89 %
LondonUp+3804£447+6.50 %
South EastDown-2334£369+6.23 %
City of LondonUp+3232£501+7.83 %
South WestDown-10154£396+8.23 %
East of EnglandDown-10151£402+6.19 %
YorkshireDown-5136£396+13.95 %
West MidlandsUp+17120£380-4.37 %
West YorkshireUp+281£397+11.30 %
HampshireUp+4180£308-25.18 %
SurreyDown-778£370+12.76 %
East MidlandsUp+874£365-8.08 %
North WestDown-2169£336-10.31 %
LeedsUp+163£407+13.44 %
BerkshireDown-1256£401+14.87 %
SomersetUp+551£328+11.70 %
HertfordshireDown-1550£403+3.09 %
WalesUp+644£374+11.92 %
CambridgeshireUp+241£318-5.54 %
EssexDown-641£426+19.68 %
South WalesUp+640£374+17.39 %
WarwickshireUp+937£355-
ScotlandDown-233£403+16.08 %
WiltshireDown-1332£440+19.45 %
BristolDown-430£362-25.53 %
ManchesterDown-1029£297-23.48 %
NottinghamshireUp+1629£354-21.38 %
MidlandsDown-1028£374+0.56 %
BuckinghamshireDown-2228£457+81.39 %
CambridgeUp+427£319-5.03 %

UML
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing UML 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 UML.

11145 (27.85 %)Java
21051 (25.56 %)OO
3966 (23.49 %)XML
4882 (21.45 %)Oracle
5879 (21.38 %).NET
6863 (20.99 %)Finance
7802 (19.50 %)J2EE
8770 (18.73 %)SQL
9679 (16.51 %)C#
10602 (14.64 %)SQL Server
11576 (14.01 %)RUP
12567 (13.79 %)C++
13494 (12.01 %)ASP.NET
14486 (11.82 %)WebServices
15481 (11.70 %)Use Case
16465 (11.31 %)Banking
17462 (11.24 %)Business Analysis
18424 (10.31 %)Security Cleared
19386 (9.387 %)HTML
20354 (8.609 %)Spring
21348 (8.463 %)Hibernate
22347 (8.439 %)JavaScript
23340 (8.268 %)UNIX
24335 (8.147 %)Windows
25332 (8.074 %)Microsoft
26329 (8.001 %)SOA
27320 (7.782 %)Data Modelling
28307 (7.466 %)Eclipse
29287 (6.980 %)Agile Software Development
30283 (6.882 %)C

UML
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing UML 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 UML. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1966 (23.49 %)XML
2879 (21.38 %).NET
3802 (19.50 %)J2EE
4494 (12.01 %)ASP.NET
5486 (11.82 %)WebServices
6386 (9.387 %)HTML
7354 (8.609 %)Spring
8348 (8.463 %)Hibernate
9283 (6.882 %)CSS
10269 (6.542 %)JSP
11256 (6.226 %)WebSphere
12253 (6.153 %)Struts
13199 (4.839 %)AJAX
14194 (4.718 %)EJB
15193 (4.694 %)XSLT
16170 (4.134 %)SOAP
17133 (3.234 %)JDBC
18127 (3.089 %)Servlets
19126 (3.064 %)ASP
20125 (3.040 %)Middleware
IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1269 (6.542 %)WebLogic
2126 (3.064 %)JBoss
381 (1.970 %)IIS
381 (1.970 %)SharePoint
479 (1.921 %)BizTalk Server
572 (1.751 %)WebSphere Application Server
669 (1.678 %)Apache
761 (1.483 %)Tomcat
860 (1.459 %)ESB
944 (1.070 %)WebLogic Portal
944 (1.070 %)CMS
1034 (0.827 %)MQSeries
1129 (0.705 %)SharePoint Server 2007
1223 (0.559 %)TeamSite
1318 (0.438 %)Oracle Application Server
1416 (0.389 %)ColdFusion
1513 (0.316 %)Documentum
1612 (0.292 %)Commerce Server
1612 (0.292 %)WPS
1711 (0.268 %)ATG Dynamo
IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1142 (3.453 %)MS Visio
2128 (3.113 %)MS Office
3109 (2.651 %)MS Excel
475 (1.824 %)MS Project
560 (1.459 %)Photoshop
647 (1.143 %)CA Clarity
722 (0.535 %)MATLAB
722 (0.535 %)Simulink
819 (0.462 %)MS PowerPoint
98 (0.195 %)Adobe Illustrator
105 (0.122 %)Doxygen
105 (0.122 %)Spreadsheet
105 (0.122 %)Stateflow
105 (0.122 %)Fireworks
111 (0.024 %)Casewise Corporate Modeler Suite
111 (0.024 %)Open Workbench
IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
16 (0.146 %)BusinessWorks
25 (0.122 %)Oracle Applications
25 (0.122 %)Summit
25 (0.122 %)Microsoft CRM
33 (0.073 %)Siebel Analytics
33 (0.073 %)SAP IS-U
33 (0.073 %)SAP Oil and Gas
42 (0.049 %)BASE24
42 (0.049 %)HiInvest
51 (0.024 %)Endur
51 (0.024 %)Findur
51 (0.024 %)Oracle EBS
51 (0.024 %)Teamcenter
51 (0.024 %)Oracle Financials
51 (0.024 %)PeopleSoft HRMS
51 (0.024 %)SunGard GMI
51 (0.024 %)Oracle Financial Analyzer
51 (0.024 %)TIBCO iProcess
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1135 (3.283 %)Internet
273 (1.775 %)TCP/IP
351 (1.240 %)HTTP
433 (0.803 %)LDAP
531 (0.754 %)DVB
619 (0.462 %)ATM
718 (0.438 %)Intranet
817 (0.413 %)SSL
915 (0.365 %)VoIP
1014 (0.340 %)BSS
1113 (0.316 %)3G
1212 (0.292 %)GSM
1212 (0.292 %)SS7
1212 (0.292 %)Wireless
1311 (0.268 %)Firewall
1311 (0.268 %)FTP
1410 (0.243 %)Ethernet
1410 (0.243 %)RNC
159 (0.219 %)2G
168 (0.195 %)ISDN
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1602 (14.64 %)SQL Server
2209 (5.083 %)SQL Server 2005
3153 (3.721 %)Oracle 10g
492 (2.237 %)SQL Server 2000
587 (2.116 %)Oracle 9i
685 (2.067 %)Datawarehouse
784 (2.043 %)RDBMS
867 (1.629 %)DB2
953 (1.289 %)MySQL
1049 (1.192 %)BusinessObjects
1143 (1.046 %)Oracle 8/8i
1143 (1.046 %)Crystal Reports
1143 (1.046 %)ETL
1235 (0.851 %)GIS
1334 (0.827 %)Reference Data
1433 (0.803 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
1433 (0.803 %)Oracle Reports
1519 (0.462 %)TOAD
1617 (0.413 %)MS Access
1712 (0.292 %)OLAP
IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
1307 (7.466 %)Eclipse
2267 (6.493 %)JUnit
3200 (4.864 %)Rational Rose
4195 (4.742 %)Ant
5167 (4.061 %)Visual Studio
6132 (3.210 %)ClearCase
7121 (2.943 %)Subversion
8110 (2.675 %)ClearQuest
9103 (2.505 %)RequisitePro
1087 (2.116 %)NUnit
1164 (1.556 %)Selenium
1263 (1.532 %)FitNesse
1358 (1.411 %)VSS/SourceSafe
1449 (1.192 %)JDeveloper
1548 (1.167 %)ARTiSAN
1632 (0.778 %)Flash
1729 (0.705 %)WebSphere Studio Application Developer
1825 (0.608 %)ReSharper
1922 (0.535 %)PVCS
2018 (0.438 %)CruiseControl
IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1863 (20.99 %)Finance
2465 (11.31 %)Banking
3277 (6.736 %)Government
4225 (5.472 %)Investment Banking
5136 (3.307 %)Retail
6134 (3.259 %)Insurance
7116 (2.821 %)Telecoms
8107 (2.602 %)Back Office
9101 (2.456 %)Front Office
1093 (2.262 %)Pensions
1177 (1.873 %)Military
1268 (1.654 %)Financial Institution
1366 (1.605 %)Health
1457 (1.386 %)Aerospace
1553 (1.289 %)Marketing
1651 (1.240 %)Retail Banking
1748 (1.167 %)Avionics
1748 (1.167 %)Billing
1845 (1.094 %)Games
1845 (1.094 %)Publishing
IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11482 (36.04 %)Analyst
21402 (34.10 %)Developer
31217 (29.60 %)Business Analyst
4493 (11.99 %)Java Developer
5403 (9.801 %)Architect
6313 (7.612 %)Software Engineer
7307 (7.466 %).NET Developer
8261 (6.347 %)Systems Analyst
9215 (5.229 %)J2EE Developer
10201 (4.888 %)C# Developer
11182 (4.426 %)Java/J2EE Developer
12171 (4.159 %)Senior Developer
13131 (3.186 %)Business Systems Analyst
14128 (3.113 %)UML Business Analyst
15111 (2.699 %)Technical Architect
16106 (2.578 %)Web Developer
1791 (2.213 %)Banking Business Analyst
1889 (2.164 %)ASP.NET Developer
1988 (2.140 %)Senior Analyst
2087 (2.116 %)Software Developer
IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
1161 (3.915 %)Derivative
2118 (2.870 %)Fixed Income
3107 (2.602 %)N-Tier
481 (1.970 %)Equities
561 (1.483 %)Credit Risk
659 (1.435 %)Computer Science
659 (1.435 %)Multithreading
751 (1.240 %)Management Information System
846 (1.119 %)NHS
944 (1.070 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
1027 (0.657 %)STB
1126 (0.632 %)Client/Server
1126 (0.632 %)W3C
1126 (0.632 %)Thin Client
1126 (0.632 %)Fat Client
1222 (0.535 %)Web 2.0
1319 (0.462 %)iDTV
1417 (0.413 %)MPEG
1516 (0.389 %)AS400
1615 (0.365 %)EFT
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1340 (8.268 %)UNIX
2335 (8.147 %)Windows
3219 (5.326 %)Linux
469 (1.678 %)Solaris
542 (1.021 %)Windows Server 2003
637 (0.900 %)Windows XP
722 (0.535 %)Windows 2000
819 (0.462 %)VxWorks
918 (0.438 %)AIX
1016 (0.389 %)Windows CE
1016 (0.389 %)Windows Mobile
1114 (0.340 %)Red Hat Linux
1114 (0.340 %)HPUX
1213 (0.316 %)VMS
1213 (0.316 %)Windows Server 2008
1213 (0.316 %)Windows Vista
1311 (0.268 %)MVS
147 (0.170 %)VME
156 (0.146 %)Windows NT
164 (0.097 %)Windows 2000 Server
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11051 (25.56 %)OO
2576 (14.01 %)RUP
3481 (11.70 %)Use Case
4462 (11.24 %)Business Analysis
5424 (10.31 %)Security Cleared
6329 (8.001 %)SOA
7320 (7.782 %)Data Modelling
8287 (6.980 %)Agile Software Development
9263 (6.396 %)OOD
10242 (5.885 %)PRINCE2
11227 (5.520 %)Project Management
12218 (5.302 %)SC Cleared
13202 (4.912 %)Unit Testing
14192 (4.669 %)OOA/OOD
15185 (4.499 %)Systems Analysis
16172 (4.183 %)SSADM
17169 (4.110 %)E-Commerce
18148 (3.599 %)TDD
19140 (3.405 %)Unified Process
20134 (3.259 %)RAD
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11145 (27.85 %)Java
2770 (18.73 %)SQL
3679 (16.51 %)C#
4567 (13.79 %)C++
5347 (8.439 %)JavaScript
6283 (6.882 %)C
7159 (3.867 %)PL/SQL
8141 (3.429 %)VB
9105 (2.554 %)VB.NET
1087 (2.116 %)Ada
1186 (2.091 %)VB6
1285 (2.067 %)Transact-SQL
1354 (1.313 %)Embedded C
1452 (1.265 %)PHP
1550 (1.216 %)VC++
1643 (1.046 %)Perl
1742 (1.021 %)Embedded C++
1840 (0.973 %)DHTML
1939 (0.948 %)Shell Script
2035 (0.851 %)Delphi
IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1173 (4.207 %)Degree
262 (1.508 %)ISEB
353 (1.289 %)Sun Certification
414 (0.340 %)PRINCE2 Certification
510 (0.243 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
510 (0.243 %)HNC
67 (0.170 %)Microsoft Certification
75 (0.122 %)ISEB Practitioner
84 (0.097 %)SCJD
84 (0.097 %)Citrix Certification
84 (0.097 %)MCAD
93 (0.073 %)MCSD
93 (0.073 %)CITP
102 (0.049 %)SCBCD
102 (0.049 %)SCDJWS
102 (0.049 %)Postgraduate
102 (0.049 %)PhD
102 (0.049 %)ITIL Certification
111 (0.024 %)PMP
111 (0.024 %)PMI Certification
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
1120 (2.918 %)QA
227 (0.657 %)ISO9001
317 (0.413 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
410 (0.243 %)TickIT
58 (0.195 %)SLA
66 (0.146 %)ISO12207
75 (0.122 %)BS7666
84 (0.097 %)Basel II
84 (0.097 %)ISO17799
93 (0.073 %)BS7799
93 (0.073 %)ISO27001
93 (0.073 %)HL7
102 (0.049 %)SNOMED CT
102 (0.049 %)ISO9000
102 (0.049 %)ISO8583
111 (0.024 %)HIPAA
IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
132 (0.778 %)AquaLogic
217 (0.413 %)Active Directory
312 (0.292 %)MSMQ
47 (0.170 %)Oracle RAC
55 (0.122 %)Oracle RMAN
62 (0.049 %)VMware Infrastructure
71 (0.024 %)Squid
71 (0.024 %)Orbix
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
15 (0.122 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
24 (0.097 %)MIIS
33 (0.073 %)OpenView
42 (0.049 %)ServiceCenter
42 (0.049 %)Netcool
51 (0.024 %)BMC PATROL
51 (0.024 %)CA SiteMinder
51 (0.024 %)Legato
51 (0.024 %)Tivoli
IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
1882 (21.45 %)Oracle
2332 (8.074 %)Microsoft
3132 (3.210 %)IBM
4103 (2.505 %)BEA
573 (1.775 %)Sybase
655 (1.338 %)Sun
751 (1.240 %)Chordiant
849 (1.192 %)Business Objects
940 (0.973 %)Siebel
1031 (0.754 %)ILOG
1124 (0.584 %)Calypso
1221 (0.511 %)SAP
1320 (0.486 %)Google
1419 (0.462 %)Symbian
1517 (0.413 %)Borland
1517 (0.413 %)TIBCO
1517 (0.413 %)ATG
1517 (0.413 %)Telelogic
1616 (0.389 %)Serena
1714 (0.340 %)Red Hat