The first table below looks at the demand for Scrum skills in IT contracts advertised for the Bracknell region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Scrum over the 3 months to 23 May 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 Bracknell 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Scrum
Rank 35 24 24
Rank change year-on-year
-11 0
Contract jobs citing Scrum 4 1 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bracknell 1.674% 0.658% 1.190%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.632% 1.031% 1.835%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
Average daily rate £425 - £363
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £363
% change year-on-year
- -3.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £33.00 £39.75 £42.50
% change year-on-year
-16.98% -6.47%
All Processes & Methodologies
Bracknell
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
152 97 109
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bracknell 63.60% 63.82% 64.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 52 36 37
Average daily rate £400 £350 £390
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+14.28% -10.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £165 £260 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £1,000
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 3 15
Average hourly rate £17.50 £14.50 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+20.68% -51.66%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.50 £12.10 £14.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.50 £14.50 £47.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.45 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+21.78% -13.79%
Scrum
Berkshire

Scrum
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bracknell 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 Bracknell region.

Bracknell Scrum Daily Rate Trend

Scrum
Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bracknell 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 4 (80.00%) E-Commerce
2 2 (40.00%) Finance
2 2 (40.00%) Data Modelling
2 2 (40.00%) UML
2 2 (40.00%) RUP
2 2 (40.00%) DSDM
2 2 (40.00%) Project Management
2 2 (40.00%) Marketing
2 2 (40.00%) QA
2 2 (40.00%) Use Case
2 2 (40.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 2 (40.00%) Test Scripting
2 2 (40.00%) Waterfall
2 2 (40.00%) User Stories
2 2 (40.00%) Mobile App
3 1 (20.00%) PRINCE2
3 1 (20.00%) Mainframe
3 1 (20.00%) IBM
3 1 (20.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 1 (20.00%) Retail
3 1 (20.00%) Regression Testing

Scrum
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bracknell 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.

General
1 2 (40.00%) Finance
1 2 (40.00%) Marketing
2 1 (20.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Business Analyst
1 4 (80.00%) Analyst
2 2 (40.00%) Business Systems Analyst
2 2 (40.00%) Systems Analyst
2 2 (40.00%) Product Manager
2 2 (40.00%) Business Manager
3 1 (20.00%) Project Manager
3 1 (20.00%) UML Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Mobile App
2 1 (20.00%) Mainframe
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) E-Commerce
2 2 (40.00%) Data Modelling
2 2 (40.00%) UML
2 2 (40.00%) RUP
2 2 (40.00%) DSDM
2 2 (40.00%) Project Management
2 2 (40.00%) Use Case
2 2 (40.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 2 (40.00%) Test Scripting
2 2 (40.00%) Waterfall
2 2 (40.00%) User Stories
3 1 (20.00%) PRINCE2
3 1 (20.00%) Regression Testing
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) IBM