The first table below looks at the demand for RAD skills in IT jobs advertised for the North East region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited RAD over the 3 months to 21 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 North East region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Rapid Application Development (RAD)
Rank 53 68 67
Rank change year-on-year
+15 -1
Permanent jobs citing RAD 13 6 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North East 1.887% 0.686% 0.141%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.669% 0.993% 0.215%
Number of salaries quoted 12 6 1
Average salary £33,000 £32,500 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.53% -
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £40,500 £44,500
% change year-on-year
-13.58% -8.98%
All Processes & Methodologies
North East
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
487 604 466
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North East 70.68% 69.03% 65.91%
Number of salaries quoted 435 487 377
Average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £24,550 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £60,000 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
RAD
England

RAD
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North East 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 North East region.

North East RAD Salary Trend

RAD
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing RAD within the North East region over the 3 months to 21 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Tyne and Wear 0 13 £33,000 +1.53%
RAD
England

RAD
Top 25 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the North East 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 (100.00%) Scrum
2 12 (92.31%) ISTQB
3 11 (84.62%) Linux
3 11 (84.62%) TCP/IP
4 10 (76.92%) Selenium
4 10 (76.92%) Open Source
4 10 (76.92%) Automation Testing
5 7 (53.85%) Wireless
5 7 (53.85%) Software Testing
5 7 (53.85%) soapUI
5 7 (53.85%) QA
6 6 (46.15%) Test Management
7 5 (38.46%) SOAP
8 4 (30.77%) Management Information System
9 3 (23.08%) Risk Analysis
10 2 (15.38%) User Acceptance Testing
10 2 (15.38%) Integration Testing
10 2 (15.38%) Test Scripting
10 2 (15.38%) Telecoms
10 2 (15.38%) Validation
10 2 (15.38%) Microsoft
10 2 (15.38%) Internet
11 1 (7.692%) ISEB
11 1 (7.692%) Automated Testing
11 1 (7.692%) Manual Testing

RAD
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the North East 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 7 (53.85%) soapUI
2 5 (38.46%) SOAP
Communications & Networking
1 11 (84.62%) TCP/IP
2 7 (53.85%) Wireless
3 2 (15.38%) Internet
Development Applications
1 10 (76.92%) Selenium
General
1 2 (15.38%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 8 (61.54%) Test Engineer
2 2 (15.38%) QA Tester
2 2 (15.38%) QA Engineer
2 2 (15.38%) Tester
3 1 (7.692%) Analyst
3 1 (7.692%) Test Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 10 (76.92%) Open Source
2 4 (30.77%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 11 (84.62%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (100.00%) Scrum
2 10 (76.92%) Automation Testing
3 7 (53.85%) Software Testing
4 6 (46.15%) Test Management
5 3 (23.08%) Risk Analysis
6 2 (15.38%) User Acceptance Testing
6 2 (15.38%) Integration Testing
6 2 (15.38%) Test Scripting
6 2 (15.38%) Validation
7 1 (7.692%) Automated Testing
7 1 (7.692%) Manual Testing
Qualifications
1 12 (92.31%) ISTQB
2 1 (7.692%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (53.85%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (15.38%) Microsoft
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