The first table below looks at the demand for TDD skills in IT contracts advertised for the West Wales 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 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test-Driven Development (TDD)
Rank 7 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing TDD 5 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Wales 11.11% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 16.13% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 0
Average daily rate £225 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £325 £363
% change year-on-year
+7.69% -10.34%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £39.00 £40.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year
-2.50% -5.88%
All Processes & Methodologies
West Wales
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
31 52 122
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Wales 68.89% 63.41% 67.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 15 45
Average daily rate £305 £405 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-24.69% +1.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £213 £160 £285
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £558 £513
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £10.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
TDD
Wales

TDD
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Wales 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 Wales region.

West Wales TDD Daily 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 Wales 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
Carmarthenshire - 5 £225 -
Pembrokeshire - 1 £225 -
TDD
Wales

TDD
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Wales 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 5 (83.33%) NHS
1 5 (83.33%) InterBase
1 5 (83.33%) Firebird
2 3 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (50.00%) MS Office
2 3 (50.00%) MS Visio
2 3 (50.00%) UML
2 3 (50.00%) MS Excel
2 3 (50.00%) SharePoint
3 2 (33.33%) Client/Server
3 2 (33.33%) Delphi
3 2 (33.33%) RDBMS
3 2 (33.33%) Security Cleared
4 1 (16.67%) Scala
4 1 (16.67%) MongoDB
4 1 (16.67%) REST
4 1 (16.67%) Service Delivery
4 1 (16.67%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (16.67%) Scrum
4 1 (16.67%) Agile Software Development
4 1 (16.67%) Ruby
4 1 (16.67%) Ajax
4 1 (16.67%) Ruby on Rails
4 1 (16.67%) Enterprise Architecture
4 1 (16.67%) Web Development
4 1 (16.67%) Degree
4 1 (16.67%) JSON
4 1 (16.67%) Django
4 1 (16.67%) Kanban
4 1 (16.67%) CSS

TDD
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Wales 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 1 (16.67%) REST
1 1 (16.67%) Ajax
1 1 (16.67%) Ruby on Rails
1 1 (16.67%) JSON
1 1 (16.67%) Django
1 1 (16.67%) CSS
1 1 (16.67%) Web Services
1 1 (16.67%) HTML
1 1 (16.67%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 3 (50.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (50.00%) MS Office
1 3 (50.00%) MS Visio
1 3 (50.00%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (83.33%) InterBase
1 5 (83.33%) Firebird
2 2 (33.33%) RDBMS
3 1 (16.67%) MongoDB
3 1 (16.67%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (16.67%) MySQL
3 1 (16.67%) SQL Server
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Author
1 3 (50.00%) Technical Author
1 3 (50.00%) Developer
2 2 (33.33%) Senior Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Web Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Senior Software Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Software Developer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (83.33%) NHS
2 2 (33.33%) Client/Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) UML
2 1 (16.67%) Service Delivery
2 1 (16.67%) Scrum
2 1 (16.67%) Agile Software Development
2 1 (16.67%) Enterprise Architecture
2 1 (16.67%) Web Development
2 1 (16.67%) Kanban
Programming Languages
1 2 (33.33%) Delphi
2 1 (16.67%) Scala
2 1 (16.67%) Ruby
2 1 (16.67%) C#
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 1 (16.67%) Degree
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (16.67%) Oracle
Carmarthen, Dyfed
Location: Carmarthen Duration: 3 months Key Skills: Delphi, Firebird, Interserve We have an urgent requirement for 2 Senior Software Developers to work on the ongoing development of a...
LA International
Rate: £275 - £320 per day
Posted: 22 May 2013