Pair Programming Contracts

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Pair Programming skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Pair Programming over the 3 months to 25 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.

Pair Programming UK
Location	3 months to 25 Jun 2017	Same period 2016	Same period 2015
Rank	192	276	365
Rank change year-on-year	+84	+89
Contract jobs citing Pair Programming	577	478	303
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK	1.25%	0.90%	0.54%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category	1.48%	1.08%	0.67%
Number of daily rates quoted	464	429	240
Median daily rate	£495	£500	£475
Median daily rate % change year-on-year	-1.00%	+5.26%
90% offered a daily rate of more than	£413	£375	£365
10% offered a daily rate of more than	£600	£600	£590
UK excluding London median daily rate	£450	£475	£400
% change year-on-year	-5.26%	+18.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted	8	0	0
Median hourly rate	£41.50	-	-
UK excluding London median hourly rate	£41.50	-	-

Pair Programming 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 with a requirement for process and methodology skills.

Contract Process & Methodology Skills UK
Contract job vacancies with a requirement for process and methodology skills	39103	44215	45229
As % of all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the UK	84.49%	83.33%	80.71%
Number of daily rates quoted	25496	29340	29026
Median daily rate	£450	£438	£413
Median daily rate % change year-on-year	+2.85%	+6.06%
90% offered a daily rate of more than	£313	£300	£285
10% offered a daily rate of more than	£600	£600	£575
UK excluding London median daily rate	£415	£400	£380
% change year-on-year	+3.75%	+5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted	1041	1070	1262
Median hourly rate	£32.50	£27.50	£27.50
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year	+18.18%	-
90% offered a hourly rate of more than	£13.00	£12.58	£12.35
10% offered a hourly rate of more than	£53.00	£48.70	£50.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate	£34.00	£28.50	£30.00
% change year-on-year	+19.29%	-5.00%

Pair Programming
Job Vacancy Trend

The job posting trend of jobs advertised citing Pair Programming as a proportion of all contract or permanent IT jobs with a match in the Processes & Methodologies category.

Job vacancy trend for Pair Programming in the UK

Pair Programming
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in contract jobs citing Pair Programming.

Contractor daily rate trend for Pair Programming in the UK

Pair Programming
Contractor Daily Rate Histogram

The daily rate distribution of IT jobs citing Pair Programming over the 3 months to 25 June 2017.

Contractor daily rate histogram for Pair Programming in the UK

Pair Programming
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for contractor hourly rates quoted in IT jobs citing Pair Programming.

Contractor hourly rate trend for Pair Programming in the UK

Pair Programming
Contractor Hourly Rate Histogram

The hourly rate distribution of IT jobs citing Pair Programming over the 3 months to 25 June 2017.

Contractor hourly rate histogram for Pair Programming in the UK

Pair Programming
Top 30 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Pair Programming within the UK over the 3 months to 25 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
England	+62	556	£500	-	115
London	+32	373	£500	-4.76%	68
City of London	+4	66	£550	+4.76%	11
South East	+64	65	£545	+3.80%	20
Oxfordshire	+26	46	£555	+48.00%	2
East of England	+18	42	£450	-7.69%	9
Oxford	+19	30	£563	+50.00%	1
South West	+18	29	£423	+7.30%	2
Yorkshire	-3	28	£420	-2.89%	9
West Yorkshire	-5	22	£420	-6.66%	9
Leeds	-6	22	£420	-6.66%	9
Cambridgeshire	+14	20	£525	-	7
Essex	+3	17	£450	+12.50%	2
East Midlands	-	13	£525	-
Scotland	+50	12	£425	+75.25%
Devon	+6	11	£438	+38.88%
North West	+2	11	£388	-22.50%	5
Leicestershire	-	11	£525	-
Lincolnshire	-	9	-	-
Nottinghamshire	-	9	£525	-
Northamptonshire	-	9	-	-
Berkshire	+19	7	£538	+4.87%	4
Manchester	-6	7	£365	-27.00%	3
Plymouth	-	7	£413	-
Osterley	+1	6	£465	-9.70%
Somerset	-7	6	£363	-3.33%
Edinburgh	-	6	£425	-
Bracknell	+5	5	£538	+4.87%	1
Croydon	0	5	£400	-13.51%
Norfolk	+7	4	£450	+15.38%

Pair Programming
Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 June 2017, IT contractor jobs citing Pair Programming also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number co-occurrences and its proportion to all contract ads with a requirement for Pair Programming.

1	873 (89.81%)	Agile Software Development
2	771 (79.32%)	TDD
3	527 (54.22%)	Java
4	377 (38.79%)	Scrum
5	375 (38.58%)	JavaScript
6	329 (33.85%)	Continuous Integration
7	284 (29.22%)	HTML
8	281 (28.91%)	BDD
9	242 (24.90%)	Test Automation
10	231 (23.77%)	Git (software)
10	231 (23.77%)	Jenkins
11	230 (23.66%)	SQL
12	222 (22.84%)	CSS
13	211 (21.71%)	Software Engineering
14	210 (21.60%)	AngularJS

15	205 (21.09%)	RESTful
16	203 (20.88%)	Spring
16	203 (20.88%)	MVC
17	180 (18.52%)	Kanban
18	171 (17.59%)	Scala
18	171 (17.59%)	Amazon AWS
19	170 (17.49%)	C#
20	169 (17.39%)	DevOps
21	168 (17.28%)	Microservices
22	166 (17.08%)	Web Services
23	165 (16.98%)	.NET
24	162 (16.67%)	React
25	160 (16.46%)	Node.js
26	159 (16.36%)	NoSQL
27	150 (15.43%)	E-Commerce

Pair Programming
Co-occurring IT Skills 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	63 (6.48%)	Elasticsearch
2	57 (5.86%)	Apache Spark
3	53 (5.45%)	JBoss
4	45 (4.63%)	WebSphere
5	42 (4.32%)	Apache
6	35 (3.60%)	WebSphere Application Server
7	27 (2.78%)	WebSphere Process Server
8	26 (2.67%)	Confluence
9	16 (1.65%)	Apache Solr
9	16 (1.65%)	Cloud Foundry
10	14 (1.44%)	NServiceBus
11	10 (1.03%)	CMS
12	8 (0.82%)	Tomcat
13	6 (0.62%)	MQSeries
14	5 (0.51%)	Adobe Experience Manager
15	4 (0.41%)	WebLogic
16	3 (0.31%)	Alfresco
16	3 (0.31%)	ATG Dynamo
17	2 (0.21%)	CoreMedia CMS
17	2 (0.21%)	Oracle SOA Suite

Business Applications
1	10 (1.03%)	Magento
2	3 (0.31%)	SAP Oil and Gas
3	2 (0.21%)	BusinessWorks
4	1 (0.10%)	NetSuite

Cloud Services
1	171 (17.59%)	Amazon AWS
2	71 (7.30%)	GitHub
3	29 (2.98%)	Microsoft Azure
4	14 (1.44%)	Amazon EC2
5	12 (1.23%)	AWS Lambda
5	12 (1.23%)	PaaS
6	11 (1.13%)	AWS CloudFormation
7	9 (0.93%)	Google Play
8	8 (0.82%)	Amazon S3
8	8 (0.82%)	Amazon SQS
9	6 (0.62%)	Amazon CloudWatch
9	6 (0.62%)	Amazon ElastiCache
9	6 (0.62%)	CloudFront
10	5 (0.51%)	IaaS
11	4 (0.41%)	SaaS
12	3 (0.31%)	Heroku
13	2 (0.21%)	Bluemix
13	2 (0.21%)	IBM Cloud
14	1 (0.10%)	Amazon Kinesis
14	1 (0.10%)	Azure Machine Learning

Communications & Networking
1	36 (3.70%)	HTTP
2	26 (2.67%)	Internet
3	13 (1.34%)	SSL
4	6 (0.62%)	DNS
4	6 (0.62%)	Firewall
5	3 (0.31%)	FTP
5	3 (0.31%)	Network Security
5	3 (0.31%)	SMS
5	3 (0.31%)	TCP/IP
6	1 (0.10%)	BIG-IP
6	1 (0.10%)	Bluetooth
6	1 (0.10%)	RTP
6	1 (0.10%)	RTSP
6	1 (0.10%)	Skype
6	1 (0.10%)	VLAN
6	1 (0.10%)	Wi-Fi

Database & Business Intelligence
1	159 (16.36%)	NoSQL
2	126 (12.96%)	MongoDB
3	58 (5.97%)	MySQL
4	47 (4.84%)	Relational Database
5	43 (4.42%)	SQL Server
6	42 (4.32%)	Hadoop
7	40 (4.12%)	Big Data
8	39 (4.01%)	PostgreSQL
9	34 (3.50%)	Redis
10	24 (2.47%)	RavenDB
11	21 (2.16%)	Apache Hive
12	19 (1.95%)	Apache Cassandra
13	13 (1.34%)	CouchDB
13	13 (1.34%)	HBase
14	10 (1.03%)	Neo4j
15	9 (0.93%)	Couchbase
15	9 (0.93%)	Data Warehouse
16	7 (0.72%)	Enterprise Data Warehouse
17	6 (0.62%)	Amazon DynamoDB
18	5 (0.51%)	RDBMS

Development Applications
1	231 (23.77%)	Git (software)
1	231 (23.77%)	Jenkins
2	107 (11.01%)	JUnit
3	104 (10.70%)	Maven
4	89 (9.16%)	Cucumber
5	84 (8.64%)	Mockito
6	77 (7.92%)	JIRA
7	67 (6.89%)	Gradle
8	51 (5.25%)	TeamCity
9	49 (5.04%)	gulp
10	46 (4.73%)	Selenium
11	45 (4.63%)	IntelliJ
12	44 (4.53%)	WebDriver
13	43 (4.42%)	Grunt
14	35 (3.60%)	SpecFlow
15	30 (3.09%)	Octopus Deploy
16	27 (2.78%)	Eclipse
17	24 (2.47%)	Subversion
18	22 (2.26%)	Jasmine
18	22 (2.26%)	NUnit

General
1	116 (11.93%)	Finance
2	66 (6.79%)	Banking
3	42 (4.32%)	Investment Banking
4	41 (4.22%)	Retail
5	28 (2.88%)	Front Office
6	24 (2.47%)	Publishing
7	16 (1.65%)	Manufacturing
8	15 (1.54%)	Automotive
9	12 (1.23%)	Games
10	11 (1.13%)	Telecoms
11	10 (1.03%)	Marketing
12	8 (0.82%)	Electronics
13	2 (0.21%)	Financial Institution
13	2 (0.21%)	Legal
13	2 (0.21%)	Local Government
14	1 (0.10%)	Back Office
14	1 (0.10%)	Pharmaceutical

Job Titles
1	845 (86.93%)	Developer
2	342 (35.19%)	Java Developer
3	152 (15.64%)	Agile Developer
4	150 (15.43%)	Senior Developer
5	116 (11.93%)	JavaScript Developer
6	111 (11.42%)	.NET Developer
7	89 (9.16%)	C# Developer
8	77 (7.92%)	Agile Java Developer
9	73 (7.51%)	Senior Java Developer
10	67 (6.89%)	Scala Developer
11	64 (6.58%)	Node.js Developer
12	62 (6.38%)	Full Stack Developer
13	60 (6.17%)	C# .NET Developer
14	56 (5.76%)	Angular Developer
15	46 (4.73%)	iOS Developer
16	44 (4.53%)	Python Developer
17	41 (4.22%)	Front End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
18	40 (4.12%)	Software Developer
19	38 (3.91%)	Senior Agile Developer
20	37 (3.81%)	AWS Developer

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1	284 (29.22%)	HTML
2	222 (22.84%)	CSS
3	210 (21.60%)	AngularJS
4	205 (21.09%)	RESTful
5	203 (20.88%)	Spring
6	166 (17.08%)	Web Services
7	165 (16.98%)	.NET
8	162 (16.67%)	React
9	160 (16.46%)	Node.js
10	140 (14.40%)	HTML5
11	130 (13.37%)	JSON
12	123 (12.65%)	REST
13	95 (9.77%)	Play Framework
14	82 (8.44%)	Hibernate
15	81 (8.33%)	XML
16	70 (7.20%)	CSS3
17	61 (6.28%)	Akka
18	54 (5.56%)	SOAP
19	50 (5.14%)	Sass
20	49 (5.04%)	J2EE

Miscellaneous
1	56 (5.76%)	User Experience
2	51 (5.25%)	Mobile App
3	35 (3.60%)	Computer Science
4	25 (2.57%)	Analytical Skills
5	24 (2.47%)	Animation
6	23 (2.37%)	Greenfield Project
7	20 (2.06%)	Algorithms
7	20 (2.06%)	Data Structures
7	20 (2.06%)	Fintech
8	19 (1.95%)	Derivative
9	16 (1.65%)	iPhone
9	16 (1.65%)	Virtual Team
10	15 (1.54%)	Equity Derivative
11	12 (1.23%)	Foreign Exchange (FX)
12	10 (1.03%)	Fixed Income
13	8 (0.82%)	Enterprise Software
13	8 (0.82%)	RIA
14	7 (0.72%)	Hedge funds
14	7 (0.72%)	PKI
14	7 (0.72%)	Video on Demand

Operating Systems
1	137 (14.09%)	Linux
2	59 (6.07%)	Unix
3	53 (5.45%)	Apple iOS
4	47 (4.84%)	Android
5	41 (4.22%)	Windows
6	8 (0.82%)	CentOS
6	8 (0.82%)	Mac OS X
7	7 (0.72%)	Mac OS
8	5 (0.51%)	Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9	3 (0.31%)	CoreOS
10	1 (0.10%)	Windows Server

Processes & Methodologies
1	873 (89.81%)	Agile Software Development
2	771 (79.32%)	TDD
3	377 (38.79%)	Scrum
4	329 (33.85%)	Continuous Integration
5	281 (28.91%)	BDD
6	242 (24.90%)	Test Automation
7	211 (21.71%)	Software Engineering
8	203 (20.88%)	MVC
9	180 (18.52%)	Kanban
10	169 (17.39%)	DevOps
11	168 (17.28%)	Microservices
12	150 (15.43%)	E-Commerce
13	148 (15.23%)	Unit Testing
14	120 (12.35%)	OO
15	119 (12.24%)	Open Source
16	99 (10.19%)	SOA
17	98 (10.08%)	Continuous Delivery
18	81 (8.33%)	SOLID
19	80 (8.23%)	Web Development
20	76 (7.82%)	Domain-Driven Design

Programming Languages
1	527 (54.22%)	Java
2	375 (38.58%)	JavaScript
3	230 (23.66%)	SQL
4	171 (17.59%)	Scala
5	170 (17.49%)	C#
6	130 (13.37%)	Python
7	68 (7.00%)	Groovy
8	44 (4.53%)	Apple Swift
9	37 (3.81%)	C++
9	37 (3.81%)	Objective-C
10	35 (3.60%)	Ruby
11	30 (3.09%)	Go
12	29 (2.98%)	Shell Script
13	20 (2.06%)	ES6
14	19 (1.95%)	PHP
15	15 (1.54%)	Bash Shell
16	11 (1.13%)	TypeScript
17	10 (1.03%)	Perl
18	9 (0.93%)	PL/SQL
19	8 (0.82%)	T-SQL

Qualifications
1	59 (6.07%)	Security Cleared
2	52 (5.35%)	Degree
3	39 (4.01%)	SC Cleared
4	15 (1.54%)	Master's Degree
5	7 (0.72%)	Computer Science Degree
5	7 (0.72%)	RHCE
5	7 (0.72%)	RHCSA
6	5 (0.51%)	BPSS Clearance
7	4 (0.41%)	ISEB
8	2 (0.21%)	AWS Certification
9	1 (0.10%)	ISTQB

Quality Assurance & Compliance
1	138 (14.20%)	QA
2	3 (0.31%)	MiFID
3	2 (0.21%)	Disclosure Scotland
4	1 (0.10%)	HL7
4	1 (0.10%)	SLA

System Software
1	81 (8.33%)	Docker
2	16 (1.65%)	Apache Flume
3	7 (0.72%)	VirtualBox
4	4 (0.41%)	VMware Workstation
5	3 (0.31%)	HDFS
6	1 (0.10%)	iptables
6	1 (0.10%)	Virtual Machines

Systems Management
1	28 (2.88%)	Kibana
2	25 (2.57%)	Ansible
3	23 (2.37%)	Kubernetes
4	22 (2.26%)	Terraform
5	18 (1.85%)	Grafana
6	17 (1.75%)	Puppet
7	15 (1.54%)	logstash
8	12 (1.23%)	Mesos
9	9 (0.93%)	Oozie
10	6 (0.62%)	Opscode Chef
11	4 (0.41%)	Jamf Pro
11	4 (0.41%)	rkt
11	4 (0.41%)	StatsD
12	3 (0.31%)	Control-M
12	3 (0.31%)	Docker Swarm
12	3 (0.31%)	Hadoop YARN
12	3 (0.31%)	HockeyApp
13	2 (0.21%)	BladeLogic
13	2 (0.21%)	Business Desktop Deployment
13	2 (0.21%)	TIBCO Hawk

Vendors
1	35 (3.60%)	New Relic
2	33 (3.40%)	Oracle
3	30 (3.09%)	Microsoft
4	25 (2.57%)	Splunk
5	17 (1.75%)	AppDynamics
6	16 (1.65%)	IBM
7	12 (1.23%)	ATG
8	11 (1.13%)	Google
8	11 (1.13%)	Red Hat
9	7 (0.72%)	IBM Sterling
10	6 (0.62%)	VMware
11	5 (0.51%)	Adobe
11	5 (0.51%)	Atlassian
12	4 (0.41%)	Infor
12	4 (0.41%)	Xamarin
13	3 (0.31%)	Apple
13	3 (0.31%)	SAP
14	2 (0.21%)	Calypso
14	2 (0.21%)	Murex
14	2 (0.21%)	TIBCO