BDD Contracts in the South East

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for BDD skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited BDD over the 3 months to 28 June 2017 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

Note that daily and hourly rates are treated separately in these statistics. When calculating contractor rate percentiles, daily rates are never derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Behaviour-Driven Development (BDD) England / South East
Location	3 months to 28 Jun 2017	Same period 2016	Same period 2015
Rank	72	118	108
Rank change year-on-year	+46	-10
Contract jobs citing BDD	221	170	168
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East	2.86%	1.89%	1.81%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category	3.45%	2.31%	2.23%
Number of daily rates quoted	148	134	121
Median daily rate	£425	£425	£390
Median daily rate % change year-on-year	-	+8.97%
90% offered a daily rate of more than	£313	£325	£306
10% offered a daily rate of more than	£563	£538	£460
UK excluding London median daily rate	£401	£425	£375
% change year-on-year	-5.58%	+13.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted	6	1	0
Median hourly rate	£52.25	£45.00	-
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year	+16.11%	-
UK excluding London median hourly rate	£47.50	£40.50	-
% change year-on-year	+17.28%	-

BDD is in the process and methodology skills category. The next table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for process and methodology skills.

Contract Process & Methodology Skills South East
Contract job vacancies with a requirement for process and methodology skills	6409	7357	7524
As % of all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the South East	82.94%	81.95%	80.85%
Number of daily rates quoted	14363	16339	15225
Median daily rate	£425	£413	£400
Median daily rate % change year-on-year	+3.03%	+3.12%
90% offered a daily rate of more than	£294	£275	£263
10% offered a daily rate of more than	£575	£550	£530
UK excluding London median daily rate	£415	£400	£380
% change year-on-year	+3.75%	+5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted	753	804	610
Median hourly rate	£29.92	£32.00	£25.50
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year	-6.50%	+25.49%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than	£12.00	£12.25	£11.75
10% offered a hourly rate of more than	£58.00	£55.00	£47.83
UK excluding London median hourly rate	£34.00	£28.50	£30.00
% change year-on-year	+19.29%	-5.00%

BDD
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing BDD as a percentage of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for BDD in the South East

BDD
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in contract jobs citing BDD in the South East.

Contractor daily rate trend for BDD in the South East

BDD
Contractor Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

The daily rate distribution of IT jobs citing BDD in the South East over the 3 months to 28 June 2017.

Contractor daily rate histogram for BDD in the South East

BDD
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for contractor hourly rates quoted in IT jobs citing BDD in the South East.

Contractor hourly rate trend for BDD in the South East

BDD
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing BDD within the South East region over the 3 months to 28 June 2017. 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	Rank Change on Same Period Last Year	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Median Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Job Vacancies
Oxfordshire	+30	58	£438	-7.89%	6
Berkshire	+33	45	£470	+30.55%	18
Buckinghamshire	+15	33	£400	-11.11%	9
Hampshire	+1	30	£350	-	16
East Sussex	-5	22	£445	-1.11%	3
Surrey	+3	20	£438	-2.77%	17
West Sussex	+5	9	£399	-13.67%	7
Kent	+1	7	£400	-	1
Middlesex	-	1	£525	-
BDD England

BDD
Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills in the South East

For the 6 months to 28 June 2017, IT contractor jobs citing BDD also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number co-occurrences and its proportion to all contract ads across the South East region with a requirement for BDD.

1	302 (84.36%)	Agile Software Development
2	282 (78.77%)	TDD
3	163 (45.53%)	Java
4	150 (41.90%)	Test Automation
5	134 (37.43%)	Scrum
6	127 (35.47%)	Continuous Integration
7	120 (33.52%)	JavaScript
8	107 (29.89%)	Selenium
9	90 (25.14%)	C#
10	86 (24.02%)	Git (software)
11	79 (22.07%)	REST
12	72 (20.11%)	Amazon AWS
13	71 (19.83%)	JIRA
14	70 (19.55%)	AngularJS
15	68 (18.99%)	Jenkins

16	62 (17.32%)	MVC
17	60 (16.76%)	DevOps
18	58 (16.20%)	.NET
19	57 (15.92%)	Spring
19	57 (15.92%)	WebDriver
20	55 (15.36%)	CSS
21	53 (14.80%)	Web Services
21	53 (14.80%)	HTML
22	51 (14.25%)	Kanban
23	50 (13.97%)	Node.js
23	50 (13.97%)	Maven
23	50 (13.97%)	Microservices
24	49 (13.69%)	Finance
25	48 (13.41%)	JSON
26	44 (12.29%)	OO

BDD
Co-occurring IT Skills in the South East by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
Business Applications
Cloud Services
Communications & Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
Development Applications
General
Job Titles
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
Miscellaneous
Operating Systems
Processes & Methodologies
Programming Languages
Qualifications
Quality Assurance & Compliance
System Software
Systems Management
Vendors

Application Platforms
1	36 (10.06%)	Confluence
2	17 (4.75%)	CMS
3	15 (4.19%)	Apache
4	12 (3.35%)	Sitecore CMS
5	8 (2.23%)	Apache Spark
5	8 (2.23%)	Tomcat
6	7 (1.96%)	IIS
7	6 (1.68%)	Cloud Foundry
7	6 (1.68%)	Elasticsearch
7	6 (1.68%)	SharePoint
8	5 (1.40%)	Adobe Experience Manager
8	5 (1.40%)	Apache Solr
8	5 (1.40%)	WebSphere
9	4 (1.12%)	EPiServer
9	4 (1.12%)	WebLogic
10	3 (0.84%)	JBoss
11	1 (0.28%)	nginx
11	1 (0.28%)	NServiceBus
11	1 (0.28%)	Oracle SOA Suite
11	1 (0.28%)	WebSphere Application Server

Business Applications
1	3 (0.84%)	Dynamics CRM
2	2 (0.56%)	Oracle Applications
2	2 (0.56%)	Payment Gateway

Cloud Services
1	72 (20.11%)	Amazon AWS
2	29 (8.10%)	AWS Lambda
3	23 (6.42%)	Microsoft Azure
4	12 (3.35%)	GitHub
5	9 (2.51%)	PaaS
6	7 (1.96%)	Amazon S3
7	6 (1.68%)	Amazon EC2
7	6 (1.68%)	Bluemix
7	6 (1.68%)	IBM Cloud
8	5 (1.40%)	Amazon CloudWatch
8	5 (1.40%)	Amazon ElastiCache
8	5 (1.40%)	Amazon SQS
8	5 (1.40%)	CloudFront
9	3 (0.84%)	OpenShift
10	2 (0.56%)	AWS CloudFormation
10	2 (0.56%)	Sauce Labs
11	1 (0.28%)	SaaS

Communications & Networking
1	21 (5.87%)	HTTP
2	8 (2.23%)	PuTTY
2	8 (2.23%)	WinSCP
3	4 (1.12%)	Ethernet
3	4 (1.12%)	LDAP
3	4 (1.12%)	TCP/IP
4	1 (0.28%)	Intranet
4	1 (0.28%)	OpenLDAP
4	1 (0.28%)	Skype

Database & Business Intelligence
1	32 (8.94%)	MongoDB
2	30 (8.38%)	SQL Server
3	20 (5.59%)	NoSQL
4	19 (5.31%)	Oracle Database
5	18 (5.03%)	Redis
6	16 (4.47%)	Big Data
7	14 (3.91%)	Amazon DynamoDB
7	14 (3.91%)	Hadoop
8	12 (3.35%)	Relational Database
9	11 (3.07%)	MySQL
10	9 (2.51%)	Oracle Database 11g
10	9 (2.51%)	PostgreSQL
10	9 (2.51%)	RDBMS
10	9 (2.51%)	SQL Server 2012
11	8 (2.23%)	Oracle Database 10g
11	8 (2.23%)	SQL Server 2005
12	7 (1.96%)	SQL Server 2008
13	6 (1.68%)	Oracle Reports
14	5 (1.40%)	HBase
15	4 (1.12%)	Parquet

Development Applications
1	107 (29.89%)	Selenium
2	86 (24.02%)	Git (software)
3	71 (19.83%)	JIRA
4	68 (18.99%)	Jenkins
5	57 (15.92%)	WebDriver
6	50 (13.97%)	Maven
7	39 (10.89%)	Bitbucket
7	39 (10.89%)	Cucumber
8	38 (10.61%)	Gradle
9	32 (8.94%)	SpecFlow
10	31 (8.66%)	JUnit
11	28 (7.82%)	Protractor
12	26 (7.26%)	Jasmine
12	26 (7.26%)	Mocha
12	26 (7.26%)	TeamCity
13	22 (6.15%)	JMeter
14	21 (5.87%)	Team Foundation Server
15	19 (5.31%)	IntelliJ
16	17 (4.75%)	gulp
16	17 (4.75%)	Mercurial

General
1	49 (13.69%)	Finance
2	22 (6.15%)	Retail
3	17 (4.75%)	Banking
4	11 (3.07%)	Games
5	6 (1.68%)	Back Office
5	6 (1.68%)	Corporate Banking
5	6 (1.68%)	Publishing
6	5 (1.40%)	Telecoms
7	4 (1.12%)	Advertising
7	4 (1.12%)	Marketing
8	3 (0.84%)	Automotive
8	3 (0.84%)	German Language
9	1 (0.28%)	Investment Banking
9	1 (0.28%)	Military
9	1 (0.28%)	Retail Banking

Job Titles
1	198 (55.31%)	Developer
2	77 (21.51%)	Java Developer
3	37 (10.34%)	Tester
4	32 (8.94%)	Automation Tester
5	28 (7.82%)	Analyst
6	23 (6.42%)	.NET Developer
6	23 (6.42%)	Full Stack Developer
6	23 (6.42%)	Test Analyst
7	21 (5.87%)	Senior Developer
8	18 (5.03%)	Test Engineer
9	17 (4.75%)	Developer in Test
10	15 (4.19%)	Automation Test Analyst
10	15 (4.19%)	Node.js Developer
10	15 (4.19%)	Senior Java Developer
11	13 (3.63%)	Angular Developer
12	12 (3.35%)	Software Developer
13	11 (3.07%)	Architect
13	11 (3.07%)	AWS Developer
13	11 (3.07%)	Technical Leader
13	11 (3.07%)	Test Leader

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1	79 (22.07%)	REST
2	70 (19.55%)	AngularJS
3	58 (16.20%)	.NET
4	57 (15.92%)	Spring
5	55 (15.36%)	CSS
6	53 (14.80%)	HTML
6	53 (14.80%)	Web Services
7	50 (13.97%)	Node.js
8	48 (13.41%)	JSON
9	40 (11.17%)	XML
10	34 (9.50%)	React
11	32 (8.94%)	HTML5
12	31 (8.66%)	SOAP
13	29 (8.10%)	RESTful
14	26 (7.26%)	J2EE
15	25 (6.98%)	Angular 2
15	25 (6.98%)	Spring Boot
16	21 (5.87%)	ASP.NET
16	21 (5.87%)	ASP.NET Web API
16	21 (5.87%)	Kafka

Miscellaneous
1	24 (6.70%)	Analytical Skills
2	21 (5.87%)	Greenfield Project
3	14 (3.91%)	Computer Science
4	13 (3.63%)	Mobile App
5	6 (1.68%)	Cloud Native
6	5 (1.40%)	Driving Licence
6	5 (1.40%)	Virtual Team
7	4 (1.12%)	Algorithms
7	4 (1.12%)	Enterprise Software
7	4 (1.12%)	Linux Command Line
7	4 (1.12%)	Smart Home
8	2 (0.56%)	Fintech
8	2 (0.56%)	User Experience
9	1 (0.28%)	Data Structures
9	1 (0.28%)	Enterprise Cloud
9	1 (0.28%)	iPad
9	1 (0.28%)	Smart Meter

Operating Systems
1	36 (10.06%)	Linux
2	25 (6.98%)	Windows
3	16 (4.47%)	Unix
4	11 (3.07%)	Windows Server
5	10 (2.79%)	Android
5	10 (2.79%)	Apple iOS
6	8 (2.23%)	Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6	8 (2.23%)	Windows Server 2012
7	5 (1.40%)	Mac OS X
8	1 (0.28%)	Windows Server 2008

Processes & Methodologies
1	302 (84.36%)	Agile Software Development
2	282 (78.77%)	TDD
3	150 (41.90%)	Test Automation
4	134 (37.43%)	Scrum
5	127 (35.47%)	Continuous Integration
6	62 (17.32%)	MVC
7	60 (16.76%)	DevOps
8	51 (14.25%)	Kanban
9	50 (13.97%)	Microservices
10	44 (12.29%)	OO
11	43 (12.01%)	Software Engineering
12	40 (11.17%)	Unit Testing
13	38 (10.61%)	SOA
13	38 (10.61%)	SOLID
14	35 (9.78%)	Test Strategy
15	34 (9.50%)	Regression Testing
16	33 (9.22%)	Functional Testing
17	31 (8.66%)	Continuous Delivery
17	31 (8.66%)	SDLC
18	29 (8.10%)	User Stories

Programming Languages
1	163 (45.53%)	Java
2	120 (33.52%)	JavaScript
3	90 (25.14%)	C#
4	39 (10.89%)	SQL
5	37 (10.34%)	Ruby
6	26 (7.26%)	C++
7	22 (6.15%)	PHP
8	21 (5.87%)	Python
9	20 (5.59%)	Groovy
10	11 (3.07%)	F#
11	10 (2.79%)	Scala
12	8 (2.23%)	PL/SQL
12	8 (2.23%)	TypeScript
13	7 (1.96%)	T-SQL
14	6 (1.68%)	ES6
14	6 (1.68%)	Go
15	5 (1.40%)	Apple Swift
15	5 (1.40%)	VB.NET
16	4 (1.12%)	ECMAScript
16	4 (1.12%)	Shell Script

Qualifications
1	26 (7.26%)	Degree
2	19 (5.31%)	ISEB
3	11 (3.07%)	ISTQB
4	10 (2.79%)	Security Cleared
5	9 (2.51%)	SC Cleared
6	5 (1.40%)	ISEB Practitioner
6	5 (1.40%)	ISTQB Foundation Certification
7	4 (1.12%)	Master's Degree
8	3 (0.84%)	Computer Science Degree
8	3 (0.84%)	HNC
9	1 (0.28%)	AWS Certification

Quality Assurance & Compliance
1	41 (11.45%)	QA
2	3 (0.84%)	SLA
3	1 (0.28%)	IFRS
3	1 (0.28%)	IFRS 9

System Software
1	35 (9.78%)	Docker
2	10 (2.79%)	Apache ZooKeeper
3	9 (2.51%)	vSphere
4	6 (1.68%)	Active Directory
4	6 (1.68%)	Varnish
5	5 (1.40%)	HDFS
6	4 (1.12%)	Terminal Services
6	4 (1.12%)	Virtual Machines
7	3 (0.84%)	VMware Infrastructure

Systems Management
1	11 (3.07%)	Hadoop YARN
2	9 (2.51%)	HP Fortify
3	8 (2.23%)	vRealize
4	7 (1.96%)	Terraform
5	6 (1.68%)	Consul
5	6 (1.68%)	Prometheus
6	5 (1.40%)	HP Quality Center
7	4 (1.12%)	Kubernetes
8	3 (0.84%)	Marathon
8	3 (0.84%)	Mesos
9	1 (0.28%)	Ansible
9	1 (0.28%)	Puppet

Vendors
1	30 (8.38%)	HP
2	28 (7.82%)	Microsoft
3	26 (7.26%)	Oracle
4	12 (3.35%)	Sitecore
4	12 (3.35%)	Splunk
5	9 (2.51%)	Red Hat
5	9 (2.51%)	VMware
6	8 (2.23%)	Talend
7	7 (1.96%)	IBM
7	7 (1.96%)	New Relic
8	5 (1.40%)	Adobe
8	5 (1.40%)	Xamarin
9	4 (1.12%)	Apigee
10	3 (0.84%)	CheckPoint
11	2 (0.56%)	Citrix
11	2 (0.56%)	Zend
12	1 (0.28%)	Elastic Path