The first table below looks at the demand for RAD skills in IT jobs advertised for the Leeds region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited RAD 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 Leeds region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Rapid Application Development (RAD)
Rank 139 124 106
Rank change year-on-year
-15 -18
Permanent jobs citing RAD 6 14 7
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leeds 0.227% 0.657% 0.388%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.288% 0.832% 0.531%
Number of salaries quoted 6 14 7
Average salary £32,750 £38,500 £48,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-14.93% -20.61%
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £42,500 £44,250
% change year-on-year
-17.64% -3.95%
All Processes & Methodologies
Leeds
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
2083 1683 1319
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leeds 78.96% 78.94% 73.07%
Number of salaries quoted 1646 1439 1118
Average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £26,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
RAD
West Yorkshire

RAD
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leeds RAD Jobs Demand Trend

RAD
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing RAD across the Leeds region.

Leeds RAD Salary Trend

RAD
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing RAD across the Leeds region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Leeds RAD Salary Histogram

RAD
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leeds region citing RAD 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 IT job ads sampled that cited RAD.

1 13 (52.00%) SQL
2 11 (44.00%) SQL Server
3 10 (40.00%) .NET
3 10 (40.00%) Agile Software Development
4 7 (28.00%) CMS
4 7 (28.00%) Scrum
4 7 (28.00%) Workflow
4 7 (28.00%) Practice Management
4 7 (28.00%) T-SQL
4 7 (28.00%) ERP
4 7 (28.00%) Visualfiles
5 6 (24.00%) Waterfall
5 6 (24.00%) OO
5 6 (24.00%) Visual Studio
6 5 (20.00%) ISEB
6 5 (20.00%) TDD
6 5 (20.00%) HP Quality Center
6 5 (20.00%) V-Model
6 5 (20.00%) Unit Testing
6 5 (20.00%) QA
6 5 (20.00%) Software Testing
6 5 (20.00%) ISTQB
7 4 (16.00%) Dynamics AX
7 4 (16.00%) Test Scripting
7 4 (16.00%) Team Foundation Server
7 4 (16.00%) Legal
7 4 (16.00%) Finance
7 4 (16.00%) LoadRunner
7 4 (16.00%) Microsoft
7 4 (16.00%) Web Services

RAD
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leeds region citing RAD also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited RAD. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 10 (40.00%) .NET
2 4 (16.00%) Web Services
2 4 (16.00%) XML
3 3 (12.00%) COM+
3 3 (12.00%) SOAP
3 3 (12.00%) WebSphere
3 3 (12.00%) .NET Framework
4 2 (8.000%) ASP.NET
5 1 (4.000%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 7 (28.00%) CMS
2 1 (4.000%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 2 (8.000%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 7 (28.00%) Visualfiles
2 4 (16.00%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.000%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (44.00%) SQL Server
2 3 (12.00%) Oracle 10g
2 3 (12.00%) Oracle Reports
2 3 (12.00%) Oracle 11g
2 3 (12.00%) SQL Server 2008
2 3 (12.00%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 6 (24.00%) Visual Studio
2 4 (16.00%) Team Foundation Server
2 4 (16.00%) LoadRunner
3 3 (12.00%) Oracle Forms
3 3 (12.00%) Oracle APEX
4 1 (4.000%) QuickTest Pro
4 1 (4.000%) Selenium
General
1 4 (16.00%) Legal
1 4 (16.00%) Finance
2 3 (12.00%) Publishing
3 1 (4.000%) Law
Job Titles
1 10 (40.00%) Developer
2 7 (28.00%) Case Management Developer
3 5 (20.00%) Analyst
3 5 (20.00%) Test Analyst
4 4 (16.00%) QA Engineer
4 4 (16.00%) Test Engineer
4 4 (16.00%) Architect
4 4 (16.00%) Solutions Architect
5 3 (12.00%) Project Manager
5 3 (12.00%) Software Developer
5 3 (12.00%) DBA
5 3 (12.00%) Oracle DBA
5 3 (12.00%) Enterprise Architect
5 3 (12.00%) Agile Project Manager
6 2 (8.000%) ScrumMaster
6 2 (8.000%) Senior QA Engineer
6 2 (8.000%) Senior Test Engineer
6 2 (8.000%) Senior Test Analyst
6 2 (8.000%) Senior Analyst
7 1 (4.000%) Senior Software Developer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.000%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 4 (16.00%) UNIX
2 3 (12.00%) Linux
2 3 (12.00%) Oracle Linux
3 1 (4.000%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (40.00%) Agile Software Development
2 7 (28.00%) Scrum
2 7 (28.00%) Workflow
2 7 (28.00%) Practice Management
2 7 (28.00%) ERP
3 6 (24.00%) Waterfall
3 6 (24.00%) OO
4 5 (20.00%) TDD
4 5 (20.00%) V-Model
4 5 (20.00%) Unit Testing
4 5 (20.00%) Software Testing
5 4 (16.00%) Test Scripting
6 3 (12.00%) DSDM
6 3 (12.00%) PRINCE
6 3 (12.00%) Network Architecture
6 3 (12.00%) Continuous Integration
6 3 (12.00%) Enterprise Architecture
6 3 (12.00%) Zachman Framework
6 3 (12.00%) TOGAF
7 2 (8.000%) BDD
Programming Languages
1 13 (52.00%) SQL
2 7 (28.00%) T-SQL
3 3 (12.00%) VB.NET
3 3 (12.00%) VBA
3 3 (12.00%) C#
3 3 (12.00%) PL/SQL
4 2 (8.000%) VB
Qualifications
1 5 (20.00%) ISEB
1 5 (20.00%) ISTQB
2 1 (4.000%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
2 1 (4.000%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (20.00%) QA
System Software
1 3 (12.00%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 5 (20.00%) HP Quality Center
2 3 (12.00%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
2 3 (12.00%) Data Guard
Vendors
1 4 (16.00%) Microsoft
1 4 (16.00%) Oracle