The first table below looks at the demand for UML skills in IT contracts advertised for the Wales region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited UML over the 3 months to 21 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 for the Wales region.

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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Unified Modeling Language (UML)
Rank 23 38 54
Rank change year-on-year
+15 +16
Contract jobs citing UML 22 17 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wales 5.189% 3.041% 1.089%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.560% 4.645% 1.763%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 5 2
Average daily rate £338 £300 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+12.50% -14.28%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £211 £260 £270
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £520 £430
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £375 £400
% change year-on-year
-6.66% -6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
Average hourly rate - £27.50 £37.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -25.67%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £36.00 £35.00 £35.50
% change year-on-year
+2.85% -1.40%
All Processes & Methodologies
Wales
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
291 366 397
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wales 68.63% 65.47% 61.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 174 179 176
Average daily rate £350 £375 £374
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.66% +0.26%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £220 £250 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £505 £513
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 12 20
Average hourly rate £15.00 £14.50 £42.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+3.44% -65.88%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.50 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.00% -16.66%
UML
UK

UML
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wales UML Jobs Demand Trend

UML
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing UML across the Wales region.

Wales UML Daily Rate Trend

UML
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing UML across the Wales region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Wales UML Daily Rate Histogram

UML
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing UML across the Wales region.

Wales UML Hourly Rate Trend

UML
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 Wales region over the 3 months to 21 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
South Wales +8 16 £400 +33.33%
West Wales - 3 £223 -
North Wales - 1 £350 -
UML
UK

UML
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wales region 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.

1 26 (55.32%) Oracle
2 24 (51.06%) Java
2 24 (51.06%) SQL
3 23 (48.94%) J2EE
4 22 (46.81%) XML
5 21 (44.68%) XSLT
6 20 (42.55%) PL/SQL
6 20 (42.55%) ClearQuest
6 20 (42.55%) ClearCase
7 18 (38.30%) JAXP
7 18 (38.30%) SAX
7 18 (38.30%) XSD
7 18 (38.30%) DOM
7 18 (38.30%) Spring
7 18 (38.30%) XPath
8 17 (36.17%) Security Cleared
8 17 (36.17%) CSS
8 17 (36.17%) WebLogic
8 17 (36.17%) Eclipse
9 16 (34.04%) Microsoft
9 16 (34.04%) MS Office
10 15 (31.91%) Liferay
11 14 (29.79%) JSF
11 14 (29.79%) WebLogic Portal
12 13 (27.66%) Agile Software Development
12 13 (27.66%) Hibernate
12 13 (27.66%) Degree
13 11 (23.40%) OO
14 10 (21.28%) Finance
15 9 (19.15%) AS400

UML
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wales region 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.

Application Development
1 23 (48.94%) J2EE
2 22 (46.81%) XML
3 21 (44.68%) XSLT
4 18 (38.30%) JAXP
4 18 (38.30%) SAX
4 18 (38.30%) XSD
4 18 (38.30%) DOM
4 18 (38.30%) Spring
5 17 (36.17%) CSS
6 14 (29.79%) JSF
7 13 (27.66%) Hibernate
8 9 (19.15%) Web Services
9 7 (14.89%) .NET
10 5 (10.64%) WebSphere
11 4 (8.511%) HTML
12 2 (4.255%) EJB
13 1 (2.128%) COM
13 1 (2.128%) JDBC
13 1 (2.128%) Servlets
13 1 (2.128%) RESTful
Application Platforms
1 17 (36.17%) WebLogic
2 15 (31.91%) Liferay
3 14 (29.79%) WebLogic Portal
4 5 (10.64%) SharePoint
4 5 (10.64%) IIS
5 4 (8.511%) Lotus Notes
Applications
1 16 (34.04%) MS Office
2 9 (19.15%) MS Project
3 5 (10.64%) MS Visio
3 5 (10.64%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.128%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (10.64%) DB2
1 5 (10.64%) Firebird
1 5 (10.64%) InterBase
2 2 (4.255%) SQL Server
3 1 (2.128%) TOAD
3 1 (2.128%) RDBMS
3 1 (2.128%) Oracle 11g
Development Applications
1 20 (42.55%) ClearQuest
1 20 (42.55%) ClearCase
2 17 (36.17%) Eclipse
3 9 (19.15%) TestDirector
4 3 (6.383%) Visual Studio
5 1 (2.128%) Ant
5 1 (2.128%) Maven
General
1 10 (21.28%) Finance
2 5 (10.64%) Telecoms
3 3 (6.383%) Banking
Job Titles
1 24 (51.06%) Developer
2 16 (34.04%) Java Developer
3 11 (23.40%) Analyst
4 6 (12.77%) Business Analyst
5 5 (10.64%) Author
5 5 (10.64%) Technical Author
5 5 (10.64%) Lead Java Developer
5 5 (10.64%) Lead Developer
6 4 (8.511%) Applications Support Analyst
6 4 (8.511%) Data Architect
6 4 (8.511%) Support Analyst
6 4 (8.511%) Applications Support
6 4 (8.511%) Architect
7 3 (6.383%) Software Developer
7 3 (6.383%) SQL Developer
7 3 (6.383%) PL/SQL Developer
8 2 (4.255%) Systems Analyst
8 2 (4.255%) Designer
8 2 (4.255%) Software Engineer
9 1 (2.128%) Business Systems Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 9 (19.15%) AS400
2 5 (10.64%) NHS
2 5 (10.64%) iSeries
3 3 (6.383%) Computer Science
4 1 (2.128%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 5 (10.64%) OS/400
1 5 (10.64%) UNIX
2 2 (4.255%) AIX
3 1 (2.128%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (27.66%) Agile Software Development
2 11 (23.40%) OO
3 8 (17.02%) Project Management
4 7 (14.89%) Data Modelling
4 7 (14.89%) Scrum
4 7 (14.89%) Requirements Analysis
5 5 (10.64%) TDD
6 4 (8.511%) Content Management
6 4 (8.511%) Migration
6 4 (8.511%) Dimensional Modelling
6 4 (8.511%) Kanban
6 4 (8.511%) Data Migration
6 4 (8.511%) RAD
7 3 (6.383%) CAD
7 3 (6.383%) RUP
7 3 (6.383%) Unit Testing
7 3 (6.383%) Business Analysis
7 3 (6.383%) SysML
7 3 (6.383%) Data Architecture
7 3 (6.383%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 24 (51.06%) Java
1 24 (51.06%) SQL
2 20 (42.55%) PL/SQL
3 18 (38.30%) XPath
4 5 (10.64%) Shell Script
4 5 (10.64%) RPG
4 5 (10.64%) COBOL
5 3 (6.383%) C#
6 2 (4.255%) C++
7 1 (2.128%) Delphi
Qualifications
1 17 (36.17%) Security Cleared
2 13 (27.66%) Degree
3 5 (10.64%) SC Cleared
4 3 (6.383%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.128%) SLA
1 1 (2.128%) QA
System Software
1 1 (2.128%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 26 (55.32%) Oracle
2 16 (34.04%) Microsoft
3 9 (19.15%) IBM
4 4 (8.511%) Lotus
5 1 (2.128%) Rackspace