Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for Agile Software Development skills in IT contracts advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Agile Software Development over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Processes & Methodologies category for the Berkshire region.

 Agile Software Development
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank679194
Rank change year-on-year
Up+24Up+3
Matching contract IT job ads341732
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire1.523 %0.719 %0.894 %
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category2.684 %1.385 %1.915 %
Daily rates quoted141211
Average daily rate£388£343£450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+13.13 %-23.88 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£289£264£430
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£443£470£625
UK excluding London average daily rate£350£300£350
% change year-on-year
+16.66 %-14.28 %
Hourly rates quoted203
Average hourly rate£38.75-£32.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.50£32.50£35.00
% change year-on-year
-12.30 %-7.140 %
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryAll Processes & Methodologies
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
126712271671
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire56.77 %51.88 %46.69 %
Daily rates quoted449279452
Average daily rate£375£375£400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
--6.250 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£238£225£250
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£450£500£550
UK excluding London average daily rate£350£360£375
% change year-on-year
-2.770 %-4.000 %
Hourly rates quoted434271
Average hourly rate£36.25£25.00£33.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+45.00 %-24.24 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£11.00£8.50£10.50
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£60.00£53.50£42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.50£27.50£30.00
% change year-on-year
-10.90 %-8.330 %
Agile Software Development South EastAgile Software Development
South East

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.

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 Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Berkshire 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 Berkshire region.

Berkshire Agile Software Development Daily Rate Trend

Agile Software Development
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Agile Software Development across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

Berkshire Agile Software Development Daily Rate Histogram

Agile Software Development
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Agile Software Development across the Berkshire region.

Berkshire Agile Software Development Hourly Rate Trend

Agile Software Development
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Agile Software Development within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
ReadingUp+1014£400-15.78 %
ThatchamNew entry-2£425-
Agile Software Development South EastAgile Software Development
South East

Agile Software Development
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire 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.

123 (29.11 %)Oracle
222 (27.85 %)PHP
318 (22.78 %)Zend
417 (21.52 %).NET
516 (20.25 %)Zend Framework
614 (17.72 %)Scrum
713 (16.46 %)Java
812 (15.19 %)Microsoft
812 (15.19 %)Open Source
911 (13.92 %)C#
1010 (12.66 %)ASP.NET
119 (11.39 %)JavaScript
119 (11.39 %)Drupal
119 (11.39 %)PHP5
128 (10.13 %)Business Analysis
128 (10.13 %)Degree
128 (10.13 %)MySQL
128 (10.13 %)SQL Server
137 (8.861 %)TCP/IP
137 (8.861 %)ISEB
137 (8.861 %)Regression Testing
146 (7.595 %)LAMP
146 (7.595 %)SQL
146 (7.595 %)PRINCE2
146 (7.595 %)Test Scripting
146 (7.595 %)Selenium
146 (7.595 %)SQL Server 2005
155 (6.329 %)Exchange Server 2007
155 (6.329 %)UML
155 (6.329 %)SAP

Agile Software Development
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire 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.

Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
117 (21.52 %).NET
216 (20.25 %)Zend Framework
310 (12.66 %)ASP.NET
46 (7.595 %)LAMP
54 (5.063 %)XHTML
54 (5.063 %)CSS
54 (5.063 %)Web Services
63 (3.797 %)XML
72 (2.532 %)Hibernate
72 (2.532 %)Struts
72 (2.532 %)Silverlight
72 (2.532 %)WebSphere
72 (2.532 %)Spring
72 (2.532 %)AJAX
81 (1.266 %)WCF
81 (1.266 %)WPF
81 (1.266 %)Java EE
81 (1.266 %)GWT
81 (1.266 %)SOAP
81 (1.266 %)XSD
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
19 (11.39 %)Drupal
25 (6.329 %)Exchange Server 2007
25 (6.329 %)MS Exchange
25 (6.329 %)CMS
33 (3.797 %)ESB
33 (3.797 %)Apache
33 (3.797 %)SharePoint
42 (2.532 %)WebSphere Application Server
51 (1.266 %)SharePoint Server 2007
51 (1.266 %)Sonic ESB
51 (1.266 %)BizTalk Server
51 (1.266 %)SonicMQ
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
15 (6.329 %)MS Excel
22 (2.532 %)MS Visio
31 (1.266 %)MS PowerPoint
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
12 (2.532 %)SAP CRM
12 (2.532 %)Maximo
12 (2.532 %)SAP PM
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
17 (8.861 %)TCP/IP
25 (6.329 %)Firewall
34 (5.063 %)HTTP
34 (5.063 %)DNS
41 (1.266 %)FTP
41 (1.266 %)Internet
41 (1.266 %)SSH
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
18 (10.13 %)MySQL
18 (10.13 %)SQL Server
26 (7.595 %)SQL Server 2005
35 (6.329 %)Datawarehouse
35 (6.329 %)ETL
42 (2.532 %)GIS
51 (1.266 %)SQL Server Integration Services
51 (1.266 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
51 (1.266 %)Xcelsius
51 (1.266 %)Oracle 9i
51 (1.266 %)OLAP
51 (1.266 %)SQL Server 2000
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
16 (7.595 %)Selenium
25 (6.329 %)JMeter
33 (3.797 %)Visual Studio
42 (2.532 %)QuickTest Pro
42 (2.532 %)Eclipse
51 (1.266 %)Team Foundation Server
51 (1.266 %)TestDirector
51 (1.266 %)Subversion
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
14 (5.063 %)Telecoms
23 (3.797 %)Legal
23 (3.797 %)Finance
23 (3.797 %)Education
23 (3.797 %)Government
31 (1.266 %)Insurance
31 (1.266 %)Marketing
31 (1.266 %)Banking
31 (1.266 %)Publishing
31 (1.266 %)Automotive
31 (1.266 %)Health
31 (1.266 %)Pharmaceutical
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
135 (44.30 %)Developer
217 (21.52 %)Analyst
311 (13.92 %).NET Developer
49 (11.39 %)ASP.NET Developer
49 (11.39 %)Web Analyst
58 (10.13 %)C# ASP.NET Developer
58 (10.13 %)C# Developer
58 (10.13 %)PHP Developer
67 (8.861 %)Test Analyst
67 (8.861 %)Tester
76 (7.595 %)Technical Analyst
85 (6.329 %)Project Manager
94 (5.063 %)Web Developer
94 (5.063 %)Development Manager
94 (5.063 %)PHP Web Developer
103 (3.797 %)Web Tester
103 (3.797 %)Performance Tester
103 (3.797 %)Business Analyst
103 (3.797 %)Architect
112 (2.532 %)Consultant
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
112 (15.19 %)Open Source
23 (3.797 %)Data Protection Act
32 (2.532 %)PMI
41 (1.266 %)Mathematics
41 (1.266 %)Computer Science
41 (1.266 %)N-Tier
41 (1.266 %)Smartcard
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
13 (3.797 %)UNIX
22 (2.532 %)Debian
22 (2.532 %)Linux
22 (2.532 %)Red Hat Linux
22 (2.532 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
22 (2.532 %)Ubuntu
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
114 (17.72 %)Scrum
28 (10.13 %)Business Analysis
37 (8.861 %)Regression Testing
46 (7.595 %)PRINCE2
46 (7.595 %)Test Scripting
55 (6.329 %)UML
55 (6.329 %)Business Intelligence
64 (5.063 %)Project Management
64 (5.063 %)Content Management
64 (5.063 %)TDD
64 (5.063 %)E-Commerce
64 (5.063 %)OO
73 (3.797 %)Automated Testing
73 (3.797 %)Software Testing
73 (3.797 %)Requirements Analysis
73 (3.797 %)Kanban
73 (3.797 %)Data Protection
73 (3.797 %)Configuration Management
82 (2.532 %)Web Design
82 (2.532 %)SOA
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
122 (27.85 %)PHP
213 (16.46 %)Java
311 (13.92 %)C#
49 (11.39 %)JavaScript
49 (11.39 %)PHP5
56 (7.595 %)SQL
63 (3.797 %)VBA
72 (2.532 %)Shell Script
81 (1.266 %)T-SQL
81 (1.266 %)VBScript
81 (1.266 %)VB
81 (1.266 %)VB.NET
81 (1.266 %)ABAP
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
18 (10.13 %)Degree
27 (8.861 %)ISEB
33 (3.797 %)Security Cleared
33 (3.797 %)Microsoft Certification
42 (2.532 %)PRINCE2 Certification
42 (2.532 %)PMI Certification
42 (2.532 %)ISTQB
51 (1.266 %)MCAD
51 (1.266 %)MCSD
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
14 (5.063 %)QA
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
11 (1.266 %)OpenLDAP
11 (1.266 %)Postfix
11 (1.266 %)Active Directory
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
123 (29.11 %)Oracle
218 (22.78 %)Zend
312 (15.19 %)Microsoft
45 (6.329 %)SAP
51 (1.266 %)Google
51 (1.266 %)HP