The first table below looks at the demand for Scrum skills in IT contracts advertised for the Bedford region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Scrum over the 3 months to 20 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 Bedford region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Scrum
Rank 6 2 9
Rank change year-on-year
-4 +7
Contract jobs citing Scrum 1 7 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bedford 4.167% 26.92% 16.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.556% 31.82% 23.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 6 2
Average daily rate - £425 £175
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +142.85%
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £375
% change year-on-year
- -6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £190.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £33.00 £36.36 £42.00
% change year-on-year
-9.24% -13.42%
All Processes & Methodologies
Bedford
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
18 22 21
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bedford 75.00% 84.62% 67.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 15 11
Average daily rate £325 £425 £213
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-23.52% +100.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £210 £265 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £350 £575 £350
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £363 £375
% change year-on-year
+2.06% -3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
Average hourly rate - £190.00 £22.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +744.44%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.50 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+22.00% -13.79%
Scrum
Bedfordshire

Scrum
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Scrum across the Bedford region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Bedford Scrum Jobs Demand Trend

Scrum
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Scrum across the Bedford region.

Bedford Scrum Daily Rate Trend

Scrum
Top 3 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bedford region citing Scrum 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 Scrum.

1 1 (100.00%) SAP
1 1 (100.00%) Agile Software Development
1 1 (100.00%) SAP Portal

Scrum
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bedford region citing Scrum 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 Scrum. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) SAP Portal
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Project Manager
1 1 (100.00%) SAP Project Manager
1 1 (100.00%) SAP Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile Software Development
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) SAP
Bedford, Bedfordshire
Our client, a leading engineering group is undertaking an IS Transformation Programme enabled by SAP. They now seek to appoint an experienced SAP Project Manager with SAP Portals...
Verticality Ltd
Rate: Market Rates
Posted: 17 June 2013