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The table below looks at the demand for Rapid Application Development (RAD) skills within the Manchester region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited RAD over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkRapid Application Development (RAD)
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank168164
Rank change on same period last yearDown-4
Matching permanent IT job ads848
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.005 %0.021 %
As % of the category below0.287 %1.150 %
Salaries quoted525
Average minimum salary£35,400£37,200
Average salary£35,400£42,800
% change on same period last year-17.28 %
Average maximum salary£35,400£48,400
UK excluding London average salary£43,218£46,383
% change on same period last year-6.82 %
Manchester IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
Manchester
Matching permanent IT job ads27924175
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled1.616 %1.797 %
Salaries quoted24213489
Average minimum salary£36,268£42,543
Average salary£40,764£47,496
% change on same period last year-14.17 %
Average maximum salary£45,260£52,449
UK excluding London average salary£42,675£44,216
% change on same period last year-3.48 %
RAD North WestRAD
North West

RAD
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing RAD across the Manchester region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Manchester RAD Demand Trend

RAD
Salary Trend

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

Manchester RAD Salary Trend

RAD
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing RAD across the Manchester region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

Manchester RAD Salary Histogram

RAD
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT jobs across the Manchester 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.

120 (60.61 %)SQL
212 (36.36 %)RDBMS
212 (36.36 %)RUP
311 (33.33 %)PRINCE2
311 (33.33 %).NET
311 (33.33 %)OO
410 (30.30 %)UML
410 (30.30 %)DSDM
59 (27.27 %)VB
59 (27.27 %)Project Management
59 (27.27 %)OOD
59 (27.27 %)Rational Rose
59 (27.27 %)Document Management
68 (24.24 %)Insurance
68 (24.24 %)Finance
68 (24.24 %)J2EE
77 (21.21 %)SQL Server
77 (21.21 %)JavaScript
77 (21.21 %)HTML
77 (21.21 %)ASP.NET
77 (21.21 %)Agile Software Development
86 (18.18 %)Legal
86 (18.18 %)Microsoft
86 (18.18 %)VB.NET
95 (15.15 %)MS Office
95 (15.15 %)N-Tier
95 (15.15 %)SQL Server 2000
103 (9.091 %)Scrum
103 (9.091 %)Law
103 (9.091 %)XHTML

RAD
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT jobs across the Manchester 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.

Manchester IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
111 (33.33 %).NET
28 (24.24 %)J2EE
37 (21.21 %)ASP.NET
37 (21.21 %)HTML
43 (9.091 %)XML
43 (9.091 %)XHTML
52 (6.061 %)ADO.NET
61 (3.030 %)CSS
61 (3.030 %)Java RMI
61 (3.030 %)AJAX
61 (3.030 %).NET Framework
Manchester IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (6.061 %)IIS
12 (6.061 %)SharePoint
Manchester IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
15 (15.15 %)MS Office
23 (9.091 %)MS Excel
Manchester IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
112 (36.36 %)RDBMS
27 (21.21 %)SQL Server
35 (15.15 %)SQL Server 2000
41 (3.030 %)DB2
Manchester IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
19 (27.27 %)Rational Rose
Manchester IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
18 (24.24 %)Finance
18 (24.24 %)Insurance
26 (18.18 %)Legal
33 (9.091 %)Law
41 (3.030 %)Retail
Manchester IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
116 (48.48 %)Analyst
212 (36.36 %)Project Manager
310 (30.30 %)Systems Analyst
46 (18.18 %)Analyst Programmer
46 (18.18 %)Programmer
46 (18.18 %).NET Analyst Programmer
46 (18.18 %).NET Programmer
46 (18.18 %)VB.NET Analyst Programmer
46 (18.18 %)VB.NET Programmer
55 (15.15 %)Software Manager
55 (15.15 %)SQL Server Analyst
55 (15.15 %)Server Analyst
55 (15.15 %)Technical Manager
55 (15.15 %)Software Project Manager
55 (15.15 %)Technical Project Manager
64 (12.12 %)Developer
73 (9.091 %)Applications Developer
73 (9.091 %)PRINCE2 Project Manager
81 (3.030 %)Portfolio Manager
81 (3.030 %)C# Developer
Manchester IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
15 (15.15 %)N-Tier
21 (3.030 %)Management Information System
Manchester IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
13 (9.091 %)Windows
Manchester IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
112 (36.36 %)RUP
211 (33.33 %)PRINCE2
211 (33.33 %)OO
310 (30.30 %)UML
310 (30.30 %)DSDM
49 (27.27 %)OOD
49 (27.27 %)Project Management
49 (27.27 %)Document Management
57 (21.21 %)Agile Software Development
63 (9.091 %)Scrum
72 (6.061 %)Business Intelligence
81 (3.030 %)OOA/OOD
81 (3.030 %)CRM
81 (3.030 %)E-Commerce
81 (3.030 %)Data Modelling
81 (3.030 %)Systems Analysis
81 (3.030 %)Use Case
Manchester IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
120 (60.61 %)SQL
29 (27.27 %)VB
37 (21.21 %)JavaScript
46 (18.18 %)VB.NET
53 (9.091 %)C#
62 (6.061 %)DHTML
62 (6.061 %)Java
71 (3.030 %)C++
71 (3.030 %)COBOL
71 (3.030 %)Assembly Language
71 (3.030 %)Transact-SQL
Manchester IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
13 (9.091 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
21 (3.030 %)Microsoft Certification
Manchester IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (3.030 %)QA
Manchester IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
16 (18.18 %)Microsoft
22 (6.061 %)Visualfiles
31 (3.030 %)Oracle