The first table below looks at the demand for RAD skills in IT jobs advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited RAD over the 3 months to 19 June 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 West Midlands region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Rapid Application Development (RAD)
Rank 190 186 155
Rank change year-on-year
-4 -31
Permanent jobs citing RAD 12 8 15
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.228% 0.167% 0.347%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.304% 0.238% 0.494%
Number of salaries quoted 12 4 12
Average salary £44,000 £36,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+20.54% -8.75%
90% offered a salary of more than £37,750 £36,500 £32,650
10% offered a salary of more than £59,250 £36,500 £63,500
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year
-22.22% +5.88%
All Processes & Methodologies
West Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
3945 3362 3034
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 74.80% 70.32% 70.09%
Number of salaries quoted 3316 2899 2548
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £27,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £61,700 £62,500
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 West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands RAD Salary Trend

RAD
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing RAD across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Birmingham -10 6 £47,750 +30.82%
Coventry - 2 £40,000 -
Warwickshire - 2 £37,500 -
Worcestershire - 2 £67,500 -
RAD
England

RAD
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands 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 10 (62.50%) .NET
2 9 (56.25%) Oracle
3 8 (50.00%) SOA
3 8 (50.00%) Finance
4 7 (43.75%) Java
5 6 (37.50%) V-Model
5 6 (37.50%) DB2
5 6 (37.50%) Microsoft
6 5 (31.25%) Change Management
6 5 (31.25%) SQL
6 5 (31.25%) jQuery
6 5 (31.25%) Oracle 11g
6 5 (31.25%) HTML5
7 4 (25.00%) Struts
7 4 (25.00%) J2EE
7 4 (25.00%) WebSphere Studio Application Developer
7 4 (25.00%) OO
7 4 (25.00%) TDD
8 3 (18.75%) Agile Software Development
8 3 (18.75%) Scrum
8 3 (18.75%) ITSM
8 3 (18.75%) Management Information System
8 3 (18.75%) Configuration Management
8 3 (18.75%) Project Management
8 3 (18.75%) ITIL
8 3 (18.75%) Eclipse
8 3 (18.75%) B2B
8 3 (18.75%) B2C
8 3 (18.75%) OOD
8 3 (18.75%) SQL Server

RAD
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands 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 (62.50%) .NET
2 5 (31.25%) jQuery
2 5 (31.25%) HTML5
3 4 (25.00%) Struts
3 4 (25.00%) J2EE
4 3 (18.75%) HTML
4 3 (18.75%) Web Services
4 3 (18.75%) ASP.NET
4 3 (18.75%) EJB
4 3 (18.75%) CSS
5 2 (12.50%) Java EE 5
5 2 (12.50%) Silverlight
5 2 (12.50%) WebSphere
5 2 (12.50%) XML
5 2 (12.50%) Web Dynpro
6 1 (6.250%) Flash
6 1 (6.250%) Ajax
6 1 (6.250%) JNDI
6 1 (6.250%) JSTL
Application Platforms
1 2 (12.50%) SAP Portal
1 2 (12.50%) ESB
1 2 (12.50%) SharePoint
1 2 (12.50%) NetWeaver
2 1 (6.250%) Lotus Domino
2 1 (6.250%) WebSphere Application Server
2 1 (6.250%) WebSphere Portal
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (37.50%) DB2
2 5 (31.25%) Oracle 11g
3 3 (18.75%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (25.00%) WebSphere Studio Application Developer
2 3 (18.75%) Eclipse
2 3 (18.75%) EasyMock
2 3 (18.75%) Cucumber
3 2 (12.50%) Xcode
4 1 (6.250%) Visual Studio
4 1 (6.250%) Rational Application Developer
General
1 8 (50.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 7 (43.75%) Developer
1 7 (43.75%) Development Manager
1 7 (43.75%) IT Development Manager
2 5 (31.25%) Java Developer
3 3 (18.75%) Senior Developer
4 2 (12.50%) Senior Java/J2EE Developer
4 2 (12.50%) Senior Java Applications Developer
4 2 (12.50%) Java/J2EE Developer
4 2 (12.50%) J2EE Applications Developer
4 2 (12.50%) Senior J2EE Applications Developer
4 2 (12.50%) Java Applications Developer
4 2 (12.50%) Applications Developer
4 2 (12.50%) J2EE Developer
4 2 (12.50%) Senior J2EE Developer
4 2 (12.50%) Senior Java Developer
4 2 (12.50%) Senior Applications Developer
5 1 (6.250%) ASP.NET Developer
5 1 (6.250%) .NET Developer
5 1 (6.250%) C# Developer
5 1 (6.250%) Architect
Miscellaneous
1 3 (18.75%) Management Information System
2 2 (12.50%) Blackberry
3 1 (6.250%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (6.250%) Web 2.0
Operating Systems
1 2 (12.50%) Windows Phone 7
1 2 (12.50%) Android
1 2 (12.50%) Windows Phone
1 2 (12.50%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (50.00%) SOA
2 6 (37.50%) V-Model
3 5 (31.25%) Change Management
4 4 (25.00%) OO
4 4 (25.00%) TDD
5 3 (18.75%) Agile Software Development
5 3 (18.75%) Scrum
5 3 (18.75%) ITSM
5 3 (18.75%) Configuration Management
5 3 (18.75%) Project Management
5 3 (18.75%) ITIL
5 3 (18.75%) B2B
5 3 (18.75%) B2C
5 3 (18.75%) OOD
5 3 (18.75%) Matrix Management
5 3 (18.75%) Waterfall
5 3 (18.75%) BDD
6 2 (12.50%) Product Management
6 2 (12.50%) Business Analysis
6 2 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 7 (43.75%) Java
2 5 (31.25%) SQL
3 3 (18.75%) JavaScript
3 3 (18.75%) PL/SQL
3 3 (18.75%) C#
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.250%) SLA
Systems Management
1 1 (6.250%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 9 (56.25%) Oracle
2 6 (37.50%) Microsoft
3 2 (12.50%) SAP
3 2 (12.50%) Sybase
3 2 (12.50%) IBM
4 1 (6.250%) ATG
4 1 (6.250%) hybris
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