The first table below looks at the demand for TDD skills in IT contracts advertised for the West Sussex region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited TDD 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 Sussex 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
Test-Driven Development (TDD)
Rank 23 42 45
Rank change year-on-year
+19 +3
Contract jobs citing TDD 17 17 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Sussex 4.595% 2.584% 1.584%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.746% 3.491% 2.303%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 7 7
Average daily rate £425 £350 £310
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+21.42% +12.90%
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £325 £363
% change year-on-year
+7.69% -10.34%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £42.50 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £39.00 £40.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year
-2.50% -5.88%
All Processes & Methodologies
West Sussex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
252 487 304
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Sussex 68.11% 74.01% 68.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 165 289 151
Average daily rate £384 £338 £385
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+13.70% -12.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £275 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £475 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 6 16
Average hourly rate £32.50 £22.00 £37.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+47.72% -41.33%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.60 £10.00 £21.79
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £41.60 £33.50 £50.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
TDD
South East

TDD
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Sussex TDD Jobs Demand Trend

TDD
Daily Rate Trend

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

West Sussex TDD Daily Rate Trend

TDD
Hourly Rate Trend

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

West Sussex TDD Hourly Rate Trend

TDD
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 West Sussex region over the 3 months to 24 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
Crawley -4 1 - -
TDD
South East

TDD
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 20 (71.43%) Scrum
2 18 (64.29%) Continuous Integration
2 18 (64.29%) SQL
3 17 (60.71%) .NET
3 17 (60.71%) ASP.NET
3 17 (60.71%) JavaScript
4 16 (57.14%) MVC
5 15 (53.57%) jQuery
5 15 (53.57%) CSS
5 15 (53.57%) XHTML
5 15 (53.57%) Microsoft
5 15 (53.57%) ASP.NET MVC
6 14 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
6 14 (50.00%) NUnit
6 14 (50.00%) Subversion
6 14 (50.00%) Umbraco
6 14 (50.00%) CMS
6 14 (50.00%) Back Office
7 13 (46.43%) Google
7 13 (46.43%) Google Maps API
8 12 (42.86%) Bing Maps
9 10 (35.71%) QA
10 8 (28.57%) C++
10 8 (28.57%) Sitecore CMS
10 8 (28.57%) Sitecore
11 6 (21.43%) C#
11 6 (21.43%) Unit Testing
12 5 (17.86%) Agile Software Development
12 5 (17.86%) OO
12 5 (17.86%) BDD

TDD
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 17 (60.71%) .NET
1 17 (60.71%) ASP.NET
2 15 (53.57%) jQuery
2 15 (53.57%) CSS
2 15 (53.57%) XHTML
2 15 (53.57%) ASP.NET MVC
3 13 (46.43%) Google Maps API
4 12 (42.86%) Bing Maps
5 4 (14.29%) XML
6 1 (3.571%) SOAP
6 1 (3.571%) Web Services
6 1 (3.571%) HTML
6 1 (3.571%) Hibernate
6 1 (3.571%) WCF
6 1 (3.571%) JPA
6 1 (3.571%) RESTful
6 1 (3.571%) HTML5
Application Platforms
1 14 (50.00%) Umbraco
1 14 (50.00%) CMS
2 8 (28.57%) Sitecore CMS
3 2 (7.143%) SharePoint
4 1 (3.571%) SharePoint Server
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.571%) MySQL
1 1 (3.571%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 14 (50.00%) NUnit
1 14 (50.00%) Subversion
2 3 (10.71%) Eclipse
2 3 (10.71%) Git (software)
3 1 (3.571%) Visual Studio
3 1 (3.571%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 14 (50.00%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 23 (82.14%) Developer
2 13 (46.43%) .NET Developer
3 8 (28.57%) ASP.NET Developer
4 5 (17.86%) C++ Developer
4 5 (17.86%) Web Developer
5 4 (14.29%) Software Engineer
6 3 (10.71%) C# Software Engineer
7 1 (3.571%) Analyst
7 1 (3.571%) Test Analyst
7 1 (3.571%) Systems Analyst
7 1 (3.571%) Senior Software Engineer
7 1 (3.571%) .NET Web Developer
7 1 (3.571%) Systems Test Analyst
7 1 (3.571%) Senior .NET Developer
7 1 (3.571%) Senior Developer
7 1 (3.571%) Lead Developer
7 1 (3.571%) Java Developer
7 1 (3.571%) Lead .NET Developer
7 1 (3.571%) Scala Developer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (10.71%) EFT
2 1 (3.571%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 3 (10.71%) Solaris
1 3 (10.71%) Linux
2 1 (3.571%) VxWorks
2 1 (3.571%) Windows
2 1 (3.571%) Android
2 1 (3.571%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (71.43%) Scrum
2 18 (64.29%) Continuous Integration
3 16 (57.14%) MVC
4 6 (21.43%) Unit Testing
5 5 (17.86%) Agile Software Development
5 5 (17.86%) OO
5 5 (17.86%) BDD
6 1 (3.571%) Test Scripting
6 1 (3.571%) User Acceptance Testing
6 1 (3.571%) Performance Testing
6 1 (3.571%) Web Development
6 1 (3.571%) Automated Testing
6 1 (3.571%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 18 (64.29%) SQL
2 17 (60.71%) JavaScript
3 8 (28.57%) C++
4 6 (21.43%) C#
5 4 (14.29%) Java
6 1 (3.571%) Embedded C
6 1 (3.571%) C
6 1 (3.571%) Scala
Qualifications
1 14 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (10.71%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (35.71%) QA
Vendors
1 15 (53.57%) Microsoft
2 13 (46.43%) Google
3 8 (28.57%) Sitecore
4 1 (3.571%) Apple