The first table below looks at the demand for RAD skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. 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.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Rapid Application Development (RAD)
Rank 571 483 353
Rank change year-on-year
-88 -130
Permanent jobs citing RAD 304 489 756
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.279% 0.399% 0.618%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.366% 0.535% 0.840%
Number of salaries quoted 251 419 594
Average salary £45,000 £47,750 £55,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.75% -13.18%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £32,500 £37,500
10% offered a salary of more than £75,000 £75,000 £80,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £42,500 £44,250
% change year-on-year
-17.64% -3.95%
All Processes & Methodologies
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
83042 91442 90017
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 76.35% 74.55% 73.64%
Number of salaries quoted 68087 77706 75411
Average salary £45,000 £47,250 £47,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-4.76% -0.52%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,000 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £75,000 £75,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%

RAD
Jobs Demand Trend

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

RAD Jobs Demand Trend

RAD
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing RAD within the UK.

RAD Salary Trend

RAD
Salary Histogram

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

RAD Salary Histogram

RAD
Top 30 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 UK over the 3 months to 22 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
England -92 291 £45,250 -5.72%
London +10 181 £60,000 +4.34%
City of London +19 69 £60,000 -4.00%
North West +8 35 £27,500 -17.29%
Manchester 0 24 £27,500 -17.29%
South East -72 23 £45,000 -10.00%
West Midlands -11 14 £43,750 +19.86%
North East +12 13 £33,000 +1.53%
Tyne and Wear +4 13 £33,000 +1.53%
Newcastle upon Tyne +3 13 £33,000 +1.53%
Scotland +3 12 £48,750 +8.33%
Berkshire -1 11 £46,250 +2.77%
Glasgow -12 10 £60,000 +33.33%
Reading +3 9 £48,000 -23.20%
South West -29 8 £35,000 +2.94%
Wigan - 8 £26,250 -
Canary Wharf -2 7 £78,000 +4.00%
Birmingham -10 7 £45,500 +24.65%
East Midlands -11 7 £35,000 +34.61%
Lancashire - 7 £27,500 -
West Yorkshire -9 6 £32,750 -14.93%
Leeds -15 6 £32,750 -14.93%
Yorkshire -21 6 £32,750 -12.66%
Hampshire +6 5 £38,000 -
Surrey -20 5 £35,000 -39.13%
Gloucestershire -6 4 £35,000 +2.94%
Basingstoke -9 4 £38,000 -
Bolton - 4 £27,500 -
Chester - 4 £34,500 -
Cheshire - 4 £34,500 -

RAD
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK 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.

1 362 (54.93%) SQL
2 300 (45.52%) C#
3 278 (42.19%) .NET
4 249 (37.78%) Finance
5 206 (31.26%) SQL Server
6 182 (27.62%) Oracle
7 167 (25.34%) Java
8 160 (24.28%) VBA
9 157 (23.82%) XML
10 133 (20.18%) ASP.NET
11 131 (19.88%) OO
12 128 (19.42%) CSS
13 123 (18.66%) Web Services
14 121 (18.36%) HTML
15 116 (17.60%) Microsoft
16 114 (17.30%) JavaScript
16 114 (17.30%) Front Office
17 112 (17.00%) Waterfall
18 101 (15.33%) Degree
19 97 (14.72%) E-Commerce
20 88 (13.35%) Agile Software Development
21 82 (12.44%) QA
22 78 (11.84%) Project Management
23 77 (11.68%) UML
24 75 (11.38%) jQuery
25 72 (10.93%) TDD
25 72 (10.93%) MVC
26 66 (10.02%) Fixed Income
27 65 (9.863%) Retail
27 65 (9.863%) C++

RAD
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK 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
1 278 (42.19%) .NET
2 157 (23.82%) XML
3 133 (20.18%) ASP.NET
4 128 (19.42%) CSS
5 123 (18.66%) Web Services
6 121 (18.36%) HTML
7 75 (11.38%) jQuery
8 58 (8.801%) Ajax
9 55 (8.346%) J2EE
10 52 (7.891%) WebSphere
11 44 (6.677%) .NET Framework
12 40 (6.070%) JSP
13 39 (5.918%) WCF
14 37 (5.615%) XHTML
15 34 (5.159%) XSLT
15 34 (5.159%) SOAP
16 33 (5.008%) JDBC
16 33 (5.008%) ASP
17 31 (4.704%) Struts
17 31 (4.704%) ASP.NET MVC
Application Platforms
1 50 (7.587%) SharePoint
2 48 (7.284%) CMS
3 28 (4.249%) WebSphere Application Server
4 21 (3.187%) SharePoint 2010
5 13 (1.973%) Rendezvous
6 11 (1.669%) Apache
7 8 (1.214%) BizTalk Server
7 8 (1.214%) IIS
7 8 (1.214%) SharePoint Server
8 7 (1.062%) Tomcat
9 6 (0.910%) Jetty
10 5 (0.759%) WebSphere Portal
11 4 (0.607%) SAS
12 3 (0.455%) Exchange Server 2010
12 3 (0.455%) Sitefinity
12 3 (0.455%) SharePoint 2013
12 3 (0.455%) ESB
12 3 (0.455%) MS Exchange
13 2 (0.303%) WebLogic
13 2 (0.303%) MSMQ
Applications
1 46 (6.980%) MS Excel
2 19 (2.883%) MS Office
3 18 (2.731%) Spreadsheet
4 12 (1.821%) MS Project
5 7 (1.062%) FastStats
6 6 (0.910%) MS Visio
7 5 (0.759%) Photoshop
8 2 (0.303%) Office 365
9 1 (0.152%) Mingle
9 1 (0.152%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 11 (1.669%) LatentZero
2 7 (1.062%) Visualfiles
3 5 (0.759%) Tridion
4 4 (0.607%) Dynamics AX
5 3 (0.455%) Dynamics CRM
6 2 (0.303%) Oracle CRM
Communications & Networking
1 43 (6.525%) Intranet
2 14 (2.124%) Extranet
2 14 (2.124%) HTTP
2 14 (2.124%) TCP/IP
3 9 (1.366%) Internet
4 7 (1.062%) Wireless
5 2 (0.303%) FTP
5 2 (0.303%) Network Security
5 2 (0.303%) Unified Communications
5 2 (0.303%) 4G
6 1 (0.152%) xDSL
6 1 (0.152%) IGMP
6 1 (0.152%) Ethereal
6 1 (0.152%) Wireshark
6 1 (0.152%) LDAP
6 1 (0.152%) IPv6
6 1 (0.152%) DHCP
6 1 (0.152%) Ethernet
6 1 (0.152%) ADSL
6 1 (0.152%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 206 (31.26%) SQL Server
2 40 (6.070%) DB2
3 28 (4.249%) Oracle Discoverer
3 28 (4.249%) Ingres
3 28 (4.249%) dBASE
4 25 (3.794%) SQL Server 2005
5 23 (3.490%) QlikView
5 23 (3.490%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 20 (3.035%) RDBMS
7 17 (2.580%) SQL Server 2008
8 15 (2.276%) Oracle 11g
9 14 (2.124%) MySQL
9 14 (2.124%) Data Warehouse
9 14 (2.124%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 13 (1.973%) Crystal Reports
11 10 (1.517%) Oracle 10g
12 9 (1.366%) MS Access
12 9 (1.366%) Oracle 8/8i
13 7 (1.062%) MarkLogic
13 7 (1.062%) Sybase ASE
Development Applications
1 50 (7.587%) Eclipse
2 39 (5.918%) Subversion
3 31 (4.704%) WebSphere Studio Application Developer
4 30 (4.552%) Selenium
5 28 (4.249%) JUnit
6 27 (4.097%) Visual Studio
7 23 (3.490%) Team Foundation Server
7 23 (3.490%) Rational Application Developer
7 23 (3.490%) FitNesse
8 17 (2.580%) WATIR
9 16 (2.428%) Maven
10 13 (1.973%) JIRA
11 11 (1.669%) QuickTest Pro
12 9 (1.366%) Hudson
13 8 (1.214%) Ant
14 7 (1.062%) MagicDraw
14 7 (1.062%) ClearCase
14 7 (1.062%) Log4j
15 6 (0.910%) NUnit
16 4 (0.607%) LoadRunner
General
1 249 (37.78%) Finance
2 114 (17.30%) Front Office
3 65 (9.863%) Retail
4 52 (7.891%) Banking
5 28 (4.249%) Investment Banking
6 25 (3.794%) Games
7 23 (3.490%) Legal
8 20 (3.035%) Back Office
9 14 (2.124%) Telecoms
10 13 (1.973%) Advertising
11 11 (1.669%) Marketing
11 11 (1.669%) Law
12 4 (0.607%) Financial Institution
13 3 (0.455%) Multimedia
13 3 (0.455%) Publishing
14 2 (0.303%) Billing
15 1 (0.152%) Retail Banking
15 1 (0.152%) Corporate Banking
15 1 (0.152%) Dutch Language
15 1 (0.152%) French Language
Job Titles
1 409 (62.06%) Developer
2 104 (15.78%) Analyst
3 78 (11.84%) RAD Developer
4 75 (11.38%) Excel Developer
5 66 (10.02%) .NET Developer
6 63 (9.560%) Senior Developer
7 58 (8.801%) VBA Developer
8 47 (7.132%) Excel VBA Developer
8 47 (7.132%) C# Developer
9 41 (6.222%) Java Developer
10 40 (6.070%) Business Analyst
11 37 (5.615%) Front Office Developer
12 36 (5.463%) Programmer
13 32 (4.856%) Project Manager
14 29 (4.401%) Web Developer
15 27 (4.097%) Development Manager
16 26 (3.945%) C# .NET Developer
17 25 (3.794%) Senior Analyst
18 23 (3.490%) Senior Programmer
18 23 (3.490%) Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 66 (10.02%) Fixed Income
2 63 (9.560%) Derivative
3 51 (7.739%) Management Information System
4 40 (6.070%) Equities
5 38 (5.766%) Mathematics
6 34 (5.159%) Computer Science
7 28 (4.249%) Data Extraction
8 24 (3.642%) Mobile App
9 21 (3.187%) Open Source
9 21 (3.187%) Freedom of Information
10 20 (3.035%) Hedge funds
11 18 (2.731%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 18 (2.731%) N-Tier
12 17 (2.580%) Interest Rate Derivative
13 14 (2.124%) Market Risk
14 12 (1.821%) Equity Derivative
15 11 (1.669%) RIA
16 10 (1.517%) iPad
17 9 (1.366%) Enterprise Software
17 9 (1.366%) Credit Risk
Operating Systems
1 57 (8.649%) UNIX
2 36 (5.463%) Windows
3 35 (5.311%) Linux
4 10 (1.517%) Solaris
5 3 (0.455%) Oracle Linux
6 2 (0.303%) Windows Server 2003
6 2 (0.303%) Windows 7
6 2 (0.303%) Android
7 1 (0.152%) Windows Phone 7
7 1 (0.152%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.152%) Windows Server 2008
7 1 (0.152%) Windows Phone
7 1 (0.152%) HPUX
Processes & Methodologies
1 131 (19.88%) OO
2 112 (17.00%) Waterfall
3 97 (14.72%) E-Commerce
4 88 (13.35%) Agile Software Development
5 78 (11.84%) Project Management
6 77 (11.68%) UML
7 72 (10.93%) TDD
7 72 (10.93%) MVC
8 59 (8.953%) Data Analysis
9 54 (8.194%) Scrum
10 49 (7.436%) Configuration Management
11 48 (7.284%) User Acceptance Testing
12 47 (7.132%) PRINCE2
13 42 (6.373%) Change Management
14 41 (6.222%) Unit Testing
15 40 (6.070%) Systems Analysis
15 40 (6.070%) Web Development
15 40 (6.070%) OOP
16 39 (5.918%) Content Management
17 35 (5.311%) Change Control
Programming Languages
1 362 (54.93%) SQL
2 300 (45.52%) C#
3 167 (25.34%) Java
4 160 (24.28%) VBA
5 114 (17.30%) JavaScript
6 65 (9.863%) C++
7 55 (8.346%) T-SQL
8 48 (7.284%) PHP
9 45 (6.829%) VB.NET
10 32 (4.856%) Python
11 31 (4.704%) PL/SQL
12 21 (3.187%) Perl
12 21 (3.187%) C
13 20 (3.035%) Bash shell
14 18 (2.731%) VB
15 17 (2.580%) Ruby
16 16 (2.428%) VBScript
16 16 (2.428%) XPath
17 11 (1.669%) Delphi
18 10 (1.517%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 101 (15.33%) Degree
2 25 (3.794%) Microsoft Certification
3 21 (3.187%) ISTQB
3 21 (3.187%) MCSE
4 19 (2.883%) Sun Certification
5 14 (2.124%) ISEB
6 10 (1.517%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 8 (1.214%) Security Cleared
8 7 (1.062%) PMP
8 7 (1.062%) PMI Certification
9 6 (0.910%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 5 (0.759%) MCP
11 4 (0.607%) SC Cleared
11 4 (0.607%) APMP
12 3 (0.455%) CFA
13 1 (0.152%) ITIL Certification
13 1 (0.152%) Avaya Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 82 (12.44%) QA
2 3 (0.455%) ISO 9001
3 1 (0.152%) ISO 8583
3 1 (0.152%) SLA
System Software
1 12 (1.821%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.455%) Oracle RAC
3 1 (0.152%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.152%) Xen
Systems Management
1 10 (1.517%) HP Quality Center
2 3 (0.455%) Data Guard
2 3 (0.455%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
2 3 (0.455%) Control-M
3 2 (0.303%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 1 (0.152%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 182 (27.62%) Oracle
2 116 (17.60%) Microsoft
3 51 (7.739%) Sybase
4 45 (6.829%) Business Objects
5 29 (4.401%) IBM
6 19 (2.883%) Zend
6 19 (2.883%) Sun
7 16 (2.428%) TIBCO
8 14 (2.124%) Bloomberg
9 12 (1.821%) Stellent
10 11 (1.669%) Tableau
10 11 (1.669%) thinkFolio
11 10 (1.517%) Apple
11 10 (1.517%) Telerik
12 9 (1.366%) ATG
12 9 (1.366%) Reuters
13 8 (1.214%) HP
14 7 (1.062%) Alterian
14 7 (1.062%) Adobe
14 7 (1.062%) Cognos
City of London
Knowledge of fixed income or credit products preferred Skills Required: RAD Development VBA Excel C# Development SQL Server This role offers the scope to look at candidates who...
Huxley Associates
Salary: £50000 - £75000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Chester, North West
Near Chester Leading manufacturer requires experienced Delphi, SQL Developer to join established team working on a variety of web and database driven business applications, web systems and mobile...
Applause IT Ltd
Salary: £34000 - £40000 per annum + neg + Great Benefits
Posted: 3 May 2013
Reigate, South East
Hugely profitable financial software house based in Surrey is seeking a skilled software developer with test automation experience to test complex Object Orientated C# .Net financial software products.
Client Server
Salary: £30k to £45k + bonus + benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Reigate, Surrey
Developer in Test C# .Net Surrey (RH) to £40k. Developer in Test / C# Test Developer (C# .Net Test Automation Agile)... Requirements for C# Tester: Strong software testing experience,...
Client Server
Salary: £30k to £45k + bonus + benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
City, London
NET C# SharePoint 2007 and/or 2010 and /or 2013. HTML, CSS, XML. ASP.NET. TFS. Desirable Office 365. Nintex, K2. Prince 2, UML, RAD. Unit Testing. About...
Verelogic IT Recruitment
Posted: 20 May 2013
Newbury, South East
SQL DEVELOPER - BERKSHIRE - £25,000-£30,000SQL / Developer / T-SQL / Stored Procedures / VB / Visual Basics / Excel / ASP-NET / Reporting / Business Objects / Xcelsius / Data Warehouse / RADMy client is looking...
OPUS
Salary: GBP25000 to GBP30000 per annum
Posted: 11 May 2013
London
Job Role: C# Developer .Net WPF UILocation: LondonSalary: £40k to £55k + bonus (c50%) + benefitsC# Developer / .Net Programmer (WPF UI C# .Net Front Office Trading). Global financial trading firm...
Client Server
Salary: £40k to £55k + bonus (c50%) + benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
My Client, a very large business law firm require a Junior Developer / Administrator - Innovation to join the IT Team in an exciting role that's encouraged to introduce...
Harvey Nash plc
Posted: 17 May 2013
City, London
C# Developer .Net WPF UI London to £55k. C# Developer / .Net Programmer (WPF UI C# .Net Front Office Trading)... Requirements for C# Developer: Commercial C# .Net development experience,...
Client Server
Salary: £40k to £55k + bonus (c50%) + benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear
Working as part of a key solutions focussed team, this Solutions Developer will develop new software products in a client-facing environment, working through the design and requirements...
Northern Recruitment Group
Salary: Negotiable on Experience
Posted: 16 May 2013
City of London
The development is closely aligned to RAD development, with quick turnaround on projects due to the front office business critical nature of the work Skills Required: Excel VBA...
Huxley Associates
Salary: Competitive Salary and Benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Gloucestershire, South West
Senior PHP Developer Zend, MySQL, Javascript, Gloucestershire, £40,000-£50,000Key Words: PHP Developer, Software Developer, LAMP, OOP, Object Oriented, MVC, Zend, MySQL, Linux, JavaScript-This is a...
OPUS
Salary: GBP40000 to GBP50000 per annum + Benefits: Share options
Posted: 21 May 2013
Gloucester, Gloucestershire
Key Words: PHP Developer, Software Developer, LAMP, OOP, Object Oriented, MVC, Zend, MySQL, Linux, JavaScript... With an unmitigated enthusiasm for technical innovation, you will be happy spending your...
Opus Recruitment Solutions Ltd
Salary: £40000 to £50000 per annum - Share options
Posted: 20 May 2013
Stockport, North West
Ideally you will have gained exposure to UML and OOA/D, although training will be provided, and you will have experience of prototyping tools and software development methodologies,...
Applause IT Ltd
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum + bens + flexi time
Posted: 29 April 2013
City, London
Key words: QTP, HP Quality Centre, System/ Regression Testing, SQL, VB Script, Shell Spripting... You will have a solid degree in a computing, mathematics or finance and between...
Aston Carter
Salary: £35000 - £42000 per annum + Bonus and Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
London
Experience of managing Microsoft Dynamics CRM projects. A good knowledge and background within the Microsoft Dynamics CRM arena. A good understanding of Waterfall, RAD and Agile development methodologies...
Nicoll Curtin
Salary: £65000 - £75000 per annum + benefits & bonus
Posted: 17 May 2013
West Yorkshire
IQ ERP has been retained by an Oracle software house based in Leeds to recruit a key member of their Oracle DBA team.The client is an Oracle...
Salary: £30000 - £36000 per annum + Pension, Annual Bonus, Medical
Posted: 9 May 2013
London
As such they are now recruiting for a Senior Business Analyst to support their Project Managers and Lead Business Analysts in the delivery of projects through the application...
Experis IT
Salary: £36000 - £37000 per annum + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
City, London
They are looking for an individual with excellent Quality Centre skills and ideally; - QTP experience - Experience of working with V-model and RAD/Agile development lifecycles - VB Scripting...
Aston Carter
Salary: £40000 - £55000 per annum + bonus + benifits
Posted: 21 May 2013