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The table below looks at the demand for Rapid Application Development (RAD) skills within the South Wales 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 15 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkRapid Application Development (RAD)
Location
3 months to
15 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank8699
Rank change on same period last yearUp+13
Matching permanent IT job ads183
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.011 %0.001 %
As % of the category below1.925 %0.284 %
Salaries quoted163
Average minimum salary£27,813£34,000
Average salary£31,125£38,500
% change on same period last year-19.15 %
Average maximum salary£34,438£43,000
UK excluding London average salary£43,478£47,079
% change on same period last year-7.64 %
South Wales IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
South Wales
Matching permanent IT job ads9351057
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.546 %0.464 %
Salaries quoted886975
Average minimum salary£33,789£34,911
Average salary£38,214£39,244
% change on same period last year-2.62 %
Average maximum salary£42,639£43,576
UK excluding London average salary£42,627£44,249
% change on same period last year-3.66 %
RAD WalesRAD
Wales

RAD
Demand Trend

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

South Wales 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 South Wales region.

South Wales RAD Salary Trend

RAD
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing RAD across the South Wales region over the 3 months to 15 October 2008.

South Wales RAD Salary Histogram

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 South Wales region over the 3 months to 15 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
CardiffNo change03£40,000+14.28 %
NewportDown-253£26,000-25.71 %
RAD WalesRAD
Wales

RAD
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, IT jobs across the South Wales 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.

127 (90.00 %)Java
127 (90.00 %)J2EE
127 (90.00 %)WebServices
127 (90.00 %)Eclipse
127 (90.00 %)Hibernate
127 (90.00 %)Spring
226 (86.67 %)JSP
320 (66.67 %)Servlets
320 (66.67 %)Struts
320 (66.67 %)Ant
320 (66.67 %)JUnit
418 (60.00 %)Project Management
511 (36.67 %)Investment Banking
511 (36.67 %)Banking
511 (36.67 %)Retail
511 (36.67 %)Pharmaceutical
610 (33.33 %)IBM
78 (26.67 %)Pensions
87 (23.33 %)Spring Web Flow
87 (23.33 %)WebSphere
87 (23.33 %)UML
87 (23.33 %)Tomcat
87 (23.33 %)WebSphere Application Server
87 (23.33 %)XML
87 (23.33 %)HTML
87 (23.33 %)SQL
96 (20.00 %)RDBMS
96 (20.00 %)Insurance
96 (20.00 %)MVC
96 (20.00 %)Health

RAD
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, IT jobs across the South Wales 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.

South Wales IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
127 (90.00 %)J2EE
127 (90.00 %)WebServices
127 (90.00 %)Hibernate
127 (90.00 %)Spring
226 (86.67 %)JSP
320 (66.67 %)Servlets
320 (66.67 %)Struts
47 (23.33 %)XML
47 (23.33 %)HTML
47 (23.33 %)WebSphere
47 (23.33 %)Spring Web Flow
56 (20.00 %)MVC
63 (10.00 %).NET
South Wales IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
17 (23.33 %)WebSphere Application Server
17 (23.33 %)Tomcat
South Wales IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
16 (20.00 %)RDBMS
24 (13.33 %)SQL Server
33 (10.00 %)DB2
41 (3.333 %)MS Access
South Wales IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
127 (90.00 %)Eclipse
220 (66.67 %)Ant
220 (66.67 %)JUnit
33 (10.00 %)Oracle Forms
South Wales IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
111 (36.67 %)Banking
111 (36.67 %)Retail
111 (36.67 %)Investment Banking
111 (36.67 %)Pharmaceutical
28 (26.67 %)Pensions
36 (20.00 %)Health
36 (20.00 %)Insurance
South Wales IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
123 (76.67 %)Analyst
215 (50.00 %)Solutions Analyst
310 (33.33 %)Developer
310 (33.33 %)Java Developer
47 (23.33 %)Analyst Programmer
47 (23.33 %)Programmer
47 (23.33 %)Java Analyst Programmer
47 (23.33 %)Java Programmer
56 (20.00 %)Developer Analyst
64 (13.33 %)Java Applications Developer
64 (13.33 %)Java/J2EE Developer
64 (13.33 %)Applications Support
64 (13.33 %)Applications Developer
73 (10.00 %)Support Engineer
82 (6.667 %)J2EE Developer
82 (6.667 %)J2EE Applications Developer
91 (3.333 %)Support Analyst
South Wales IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (3.333 %)Blackberry
South Wales IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
13 (10.00 %)Windows
13 (10.00 %)Windows Mobile
South Wales IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
118 (60.00 %)Project Management
27 (23.33 %)UML
32 (6.667 %)Security Cleared
South Wales IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
127 (90.00 %)Java
27 (23.33 %)SQL
33 (10.00 %)VB
33 (10.00 %)VBA
33 (10.00 %)VB6
33 (10.00 %)C++
South Wales IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
110 (33.33 %)IBM
23 (10.00 %)Oracle
23 (10.00 %)Sybase
31 (3.333 %)Microsoft