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The table below looks at the demand for Agile Software Development skills within the Bath region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Agile Software Development over the 3 months to 3 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkAgile Software Development
Location
3 months to
3 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank-21
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads01
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.001 %
As % of the category below0.000 %1.408 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£334£345
% change on same period last year-3.33 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£34.87£37.55
% change on same period last year-7.14 %
Bath IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
Bath
Matching contract IT job ads4771
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.076 %0.077 %
Daily rates quoted1631
Average minimum daily rate£230£285
Average daily rate£246£301
% change on same period last year-18.32 %
Average maximum daily rate£263£318
UK excluding London average daily rate£381£373
% change on same period last year+2.24 %
Hourly rates quoted56
Average minimum hourly rate£18.78£21.82
Average hourly rate£19.50£23.73
% change on same period last year-17.81 %
Average maximum hourly rate£20.22£25.64
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.30£29.57
% change on same period last year-4.31 %
Agile Software Development SomersetAgile Software Development
Somerset

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Agile Software Development
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Agile Software Development across the Bath region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Bath Agile Software Development Demand Trend

Agile Software Development
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Agile Software Development across the Bath region.

Bath Agile Software Development Daily Rate Trend

Agile Software Development
Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 3 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Bath region citing Agile Software Development 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 contract IT job ads sampled that cited Agile Software Development.

13 (100.00 %)SQL Server
22 (66.67 %)ASP.NET
22 (66.67 %)Scrum
22 (66.67 %)Extreme Programming
22 (66.67 %)C#
22 (66.67 %).NET
22 (66.67 %)TDD
22 (66.67 %)Pair Programming
22 (66.67 %)Selenium
22 (66.67 %)FitNesse
22 (66.67 %)NHibernate
22 (66.67 %)Continuous Integration
31 (33.33 %)Load Balancing
31 (33.33 %)QA
31 (33.33 %)Performance Testing
31 (33.33 %)Load Testing
31 (33.33 %)Software Testing
31 (33.33 %)RDBMS
31 (33.33 %)ISEB
31 (33.33 %)BizTalk Server
31 (33.33 %)Middleware

Agile Software Development
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 3 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Bath region citing Agile Software Development also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Agile Software Development. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Bath IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12 (66.67 %).NET
12 (66.67 %)ASP.NET
12 (66.67 %)NHibernate
21 (33.33 %)Middleware
Bath IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (33.33 %)BizTalk Server
Bath IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (100.00 %)SQL Server
21 (33.33 %)RDBMS
Bath IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (66.67 %)Selenium
12 (66.67 %)FitNesse
Bath IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11 (33.33 %)Tester
11 (33.33 %)Performance Tester
11 (33.33 %).NET Developer
Bath IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (66.67 %)Scrum
12 (66.67 %)Extreme Programming
12 (66.67 %)TDD
12 (66.67 %)Pair Programming
12 (66.67 %)Continuous Integration
21 (33.33 %)Software Testing
21 (33.33 %)Load Balancing
21 (33.33 %)Performance Testing
21 (33.33 %)Load Testing
Bath IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (66.67 %)C#
Bath IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (33.33 %)ISEB
Bath IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (33.33 %)QA