The first table below looks at the demand for UML skills in IT contracts advertised for the West Lothian region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited UML over the 3 months to 22 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 West Lothian 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Unified Modeling Language (UML)
Rank - - 7
Contract jobs citing UML 0 0 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Lothian - - 8.219%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - - 15.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 6
Average daily rate - - £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £375 £400
% change year-on-year
-6.66% -6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £35.50
% change year-on-year
- -1.40%
All Processes & Methodologies
West Lothian
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
32 29 38
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Lothian 76.19% 58.00% 52.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 16 22
Average daily rate £390 £325 £415
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+20.00% -21.68%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £325 £275 £325
10% offered a daily rate of more than £445 £425 £478
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
Average hourly rate - £22.50 £7.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +210.34%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
UML
Scotland

UML
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Lothian 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 West Lothian region.

West Lothian UML Daily Rate Trend

UML
Top 11 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Lothian 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 2 (66.67%) Java
1 2 (66.67%) Middleware
1 2 (66.67%) Rational Application Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (33.33%) Waterfall
2 1 (33.33%) Agile Software Development
2 1 (33.33%) Use Case
2 1 (33.33%) CRM
2 1 (33.33%) SOA
2 1 (33.33%) Broadband

UML
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Lothian 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 2 (66.67%) Middleware
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Broadband
Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Rational Application Developer
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Solutions Designer
1 2 (66.67%) Designer
2 1 (33.33%) Business Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Enterprise Software
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (33.33%) Waterfall
1 1 (33.33%) Agile Software Development
1 1 (33.33%) Use Case
1 1 (33.33%) CRM
1 1 (33.33%) SOA
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) Java