The first table below looks at the demand for DSDM skills in IT contracts advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited DSDM over the 3 months to 24 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 Midlands 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Dynamic Systems Development Method (DSDM)
Rank - 101 100
Contract jobs citing DSDM 0 2 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands - 0.089% 0.106%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - 0.140% 0.167%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 2
Average daily rate - £400 £395
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +1.26%
UK excluding London average daily rate £417 £400 £406
% change year-on-year
+4.31% -1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.58 - £42.50
All Processes & Methodologies
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1085 1431 1197
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 66.44% 63.83% 63.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 527 675 550
Average daily rate £350 £330 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.06% -5.71%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £233 £235 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £527 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 72 73 75
Average hourly rate £37.80 £20.26 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+86.62% -18.98%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
DSDM
England

DSDM
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands DSDM Jobs Demand Trend

DSDM
Daily Rate Trend

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

West Midlands DSDM Daily Rate Trend

DSDM
Hourly Rate Trend

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

West Midlands DSDM Hourly Rate Trend

DSDM
Top 13 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing DSDM 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 DSDM.

1 5 (100.00%) Finance
2 4 (80.00%) Systems Analysis
2 4 (80.00%) Business Analysis
2 4 (80.00%) Workflow
2 4 (80.00%) UML
2 4 (80.00%) OO
2 4 (80.00%) RAD
2 4 (80.00%) SSADM
2 4 (80.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (20.00%) Change Management
3 1 (20.00%) Risk Management
3 1 (20.00%) Project Management
3 1 (20.00%) Resource Management

DSDM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing DSDM 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 DSDM. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

General
1 5 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Business Analyst
1 4 (80.00%) Analyst
1 4 (80.00%) Business Systems Analyst
1 4 (80.00%) Systems Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Technical Project Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Project Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Technical Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Systems Analysis
1 4 (80.00%) Business Analysis
1 4 (80.00%) Workflow
1 4 (80.00%) UML
1 4 (80.00%) OO
1 4 (80.00%) RAD
1 4 (80.00%) SSADM
2 1 (20.00%) Change Management
2 1 (20.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (20.00%) Project Management
2 1 (20.00%) Resource Management
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft