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This section looks at the demand for Scrum skills within the Cambridgeshire region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Scrum over the 3 months to 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkScrum
Location
3 months to
29 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank5665
Rank change on same period last yearUp+9
Matching contract IT job ads37
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.004 %0.007 %
As % of the category below0.824 %1.505 %
Daily rates quoted13
Average minimum daily rate£250£467
Average daily rate£300£467
% change on same period last year-35.71 %
Average maximum daily rate£350£467
UK excluding London average daily rate£340£374
% change on same period last year-9.10 %
Hourly rates quoted04
Average minimum hourly rate-£52.25
Average hourly rate-£52.88
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£53.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£31.25£42.60
% change on same period last year-26.64 %
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
Cambridgeshire
Matching contract IT job ads364465
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.485 %0.464 %
Daily rates quoted95128
Average minimum daily rate£329£356
Average daily rate£350£376
% change on same period last year-7.05 %
Average maximum daily rate£370£396
UK excluding London average daily rate£379£376
% change on same period last year+0.60 %
Hourly rates quoted5455
Average minimum hourly rate£22.32£33.89
Average hourly rate£24.39£36.15
% change on same period last year-32.52 %
Average maximum hourly rate£26.47£38.41
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.35£30.32
% change on same period last year+0.10 %
Scrum East of EnglandScrum
East of England

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.

Scrum
Demand Trend

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

Cambridgeshire Scrum Demand Trend

Scrum
Daily Rate Trend

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

Cambridgeshire Scrum Daily Rate Trend

Scrum
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Scrum across the Cambridgeshire region.

Cambridgeshire Scrum Hourly Rate Trend

Scrum
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Scrum within the Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
CambridgeUp+101--
Scrum East of EnglandScrum
East of England

Scrum
Top 23 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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.

17 (63.64 %)Finance
26 (54.55 %)JUnit
26 (54.55 %)Java
26 (54.55 %)J2EE
26 (54.55 %)Hibernate
26 (54.55 %)Spring
32 (18.18 %)C#
32 (18.18 %)Windows
41 (9.091 %)Regression Testing
41 (9.091 %)PRINCE2
41 (9.091 %)Stakeholder Management
41 (9.091 %)Windows XP
41 (9.091 %)PRINCE
41 (9.091 %)SQL Server
41 (9.091 %).NET
41 (9.091 %)Ruby
41 (9.091 %)Software Testing
41 (9.091 %)Ruby on Rails
41 (9.091 %)SQL Server 2005
41 (9.091 %)Web Development
41 (9.091 %)Windows Vista
41 (9.091 %)Agile Software Development
41 (9.091 %)QA

Scrum
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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.

Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
16 (54.55 %)J2EE
16 (54.55 %)Hibernate
16 (54.55 %)Spring
21 (9.091 %)Ruby on Rails
21 (9.091 %).NET
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (9.091 %)SQL Server
11 (9.091 %)SQL Server 2005
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
16 (54.55 %)JUnit
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
17 (63.64 %)Finance
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
18 (72.73 %)Developer
26 (54.55 %)J2EE Developer
26 (54.55 %)Java Developer
26 (54.55 %)Java/J2EE Developer
32 (18.18 %)Analyst
32 (18.18 %)Test Analyst
41 (9.091 %)Development Manager
41 (9.091 %)Senior Developer
41 (9.091 %)Software Development Manager
41 (9.091 %)SQL Developer
41 (9.091 %)SQL Server Developer
41 (9.091 %)Development Project Manager
41 (9.091 %)Software Project Manager
41 (9.091 %)Software Development Project Manager
41 (9.091 %)Software Manager
41 (9.091 %)Ruby On Rails Developer
41 (9.091 %).NET Developer
41 (9.091 %)C# Developer
41 (9.091 %)Project Manager
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (18.18 %)Windows
21 (9.091 %)Windows XP
21 (9.091 %)Windows Vista
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (9.091 %)PRINCE2
11 (9.091 %)PRINCE
11 (9.091 %)Regression Testing
11 (9.091 %)Stakeholder Management
11 (9.091 %)Agile Software Development
11 (9.091 %)Software Testing
11 (9.091 %)Web Development
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
16 (54.55 %)Java
22 (18.18 %)C#
31 (9.091 %)Ruby
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (9.091 %)QA