The first table below looks at the demand for RAD skills in IT jobs advertised for the West Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited RAD over the 3 months to 24 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 West Yorkshire region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Rapid Application Development (RAD)
Rank 168 153 147
Rank change year-on-year
-15 -6
Permanent jobs citing RAD 6 18 7
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 0.165% 0.565% 0.234%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.211% 0.729% 0.328%
Number of salaries quoted 6 18 7
Average salary £32,750 £38,500 £48,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-14.93% -20.61%
90% offered a salary of more than £29,000 £23,000 £42,300
10% offered a salary of more than £41,500 £50,000 £64,600
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £42,500 £44,500
% change year-on-year
-17.64% -4.49%
All Processes & Methodologies
West Yorkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
2849 2468 2136
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 78.36% 77.44% 71.27%
Number of salaries quoted 2212 2027 1787
Average salary £37,500 £36,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.73% +4.28%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £26,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
RAD
Yorkshire

RAD
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

West Yorkshire RAD Salary Trend

RAD
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing RAD across the West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

West Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 24 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
Leeds -23 6 £32,750 -14.93%
RAD
Yorkshire

RAD
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Yorkshire 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 (59.09%) SQL
2 11 (50.00%) SQL Server
3 10 (45.45%) .NET
3 10 (45.45%) Agile Software Development
4 7 (31.82%) CMS
4 7 (31.82%) Workflow
4 7 (31.82%) T-SQL
4 7 (31.82%) Visualfiles
5 6 (27.27%) OO
5 6 (27.27%) ERP
5 6 (27.27%) Practice Management
5 6 (27.27%) Scrum
6 5 (22.73%) TDD
6 5 (22.73%) Visual Studio
6 5 (22.73%) Unit Testing
6 5 (22.73%) Waterfall
7 4 (18.18%) HP Quality Center
7 4 (18.18%) V-Model
7 4 (18.18%) QA
7 4 (18.18%) Software Testing
7 4 (18.18%) ISTQB
7 4 (18.18%) Web Services
7 4 (18.18%) XML
7 4 (18.18%) UNIX
7 4 (18.18%) Oracle
7 4 (18.18%) Microsoft
7 4 (18.18%) ISEB
8 3 (13.64%) Finance
8 3 (13.64%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
8 3 (13.64%) Legal

RAD
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Yorkshire 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 (45.45%) .NET
2 4 (18.18%) Web Services
2 4 (18.18%) XML
3 3 (13.64%) COM+
3 3 (13.64%) SOAP
3 3 (13.64%) .NET Framework
4 2 (9.091%) WebSphere
4 2 (9.091%) ASP.NET
5 1 (4.545%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 7 (31.82%) CMS
2 1 (4.545%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 2 (9.091%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 7 (31.82%) Visualfiles
2 3 (13.64%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.545%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (50.00%) SQL Server
2 3 (13.64%) Oracle 10g
2 3 (13.64%) Oracle Reports
2 3 (13.64%) SQL Server 2005
2 3 (13.64%) SQL Server 2008
2 3 (13.64%) Oracle 11g
Development Applications
1 5 (22.73%) Visual Studio
2 3 (13.64%) LoadRunner
2 3 (13.64%) Oracle Forms
2 3 (13.64%) Oracle APEX
2 3 (13.64%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (4.545%) QuickTest Pro
3 1 (4.545%) Selenium
General
1 3 (13.64%) Finance
1 3 (13.64%) Legal
2 2 (9.091%) Publishing
3 1 (4.545%) Law
Job Titles
1 10 (45.45%) Developer
2 7 (31.82%) Case Management Developer
3 4 (18.18%) Analyst
3 4 (18.18%) Test Analyst
4 3 (13.64%) Software Developer
4 3 (13.64%) Architect
4 3 (13.64%) DBA
4 3 (13.64%) Solutions Architect
4 3 (13.64%) Oracle DBA
4 3 (13.64%) Test Engineer
4 3 (13.64%) QA Engineer
5 2 (9.091%) Agile Project Manager
5 2 (9.091%) ScrumMaster
5 2 (9.091%) Senior Test Analyst
5 2 (9.091%) Senior Analyst
5 2 (9.091%) Enterprise Architect
5 2 (9.091%) Senior Test Engineer
5 2 (9.091%) Senior QA Engineer
5 2 (9.091%) Project Manager
6 1 (4.545%) Technical Architect
Miscellaneous
1 2 (9.091%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 4 (18.18%) UNIX
2 3 (13.64%) Linux
2 3 (13.64%) Oracle Linux
3 1 (4.545%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (45.45%) Agile Software Development
2 7 (31.82%) Workflow
3 6 (27.27%) OO
3 6 (27.27%) ERP
3 6 (27.27%) Practice Management
3 6 (27.27%) Scrum
4 5 (22.73%) TDD
4 5 (22.73%) Unit Testing
4 5 (22.73%) Waterfall
5 4 (18.18%) V-Model
5 4 (18.18%) Software Testing
6 3 (13.64%) Test Scripting
6 3 (13.64%) Continuous Integration
7 2 (9.091%) Network Architecture
7 2 (9.091%) BDD
7 2 (9.091%) Enterprise Architecture
7 2 (9.091%) DSDM
7 2 (9.091%) Pair Programming
7 2 (9.091%) Zachman Framework
7 2 (9.091%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 13 (59.09%) SQL
2 7 (31.82%) T-SQL
3 3 (13.64%) VB.NET
3 3 (13.64%) VBA
3 3 (13.64%) C#
3 3 (13.64%) PL/SQL
4 2 (9.091%) VB
Qualifications
1 4 (18.18%) ISTQB
1 4 (18.18%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (18.18%) QA
System Software
1 3 (13.64%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 4 (18.18%) HP Quality Center
2 3 (13.64%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
2 3 (13.64%) Data Guard
Vendors
1 4 (18.18%) Oracle
1 4 (18.18%) Microsoft
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