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This section looks at the demand for Agile Software Development skills within the Cheshire 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 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkAgile Software Development
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank64-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads60
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.008 %0.000 %
As % of the category below1.053 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted40
Average minimum daily rate£291-
Average daily rate£310-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£329-
UK excluding London average daily rate£349£388
% change on same period last year-10.14 %
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£36.41£36.67
% change on same period last year-0.69 %
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
Cheshire
Matching contract IT job ads570395
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.760 %0.400 %
Daily rates quoted183124
Average minimum daily rate£340£313
Average daily rate£352£328
% change on same period last year+7.37 %
Average maximum daily rate£364£343
UK excluding London average daily rate£380£376
% change on same period last year+1.21 %
Hourly rates quoted5718
Average minimum hourly rate£24.87£20.99
Average hourly rate£26.69£22.40
% change on same period last year+19.14 %
Average maximum hourly rate£28.51£23.81
UK excluding London average hourly rate£29.33£30.16
% change on same period last year-2.72 %
Agile Software Development North WestAgile Software Development
North West

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

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region.

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region.

Cheshire Agile Software Development Hourly Rate Trend

Agile Software Development
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Agile Software Development within the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 25 July 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
ChesterNew entry-2£364-
Alderley EdgeNew entry-1--
WarringtonNew entry-1£225-
MacclesfieldNew entry-1£325-
Agile Software Development North WestAgile Software Development
North West

Agile Software Development
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire 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.

112 (85.71 %)HTML
112 (85.71 %)Java
211 (78.57 %)WebServices
211 (78.57 %)XML
310 (71.43 %)CSS
48 (57.14 %)JSP
48 (57.14 %)J2EE
48 (57.14 %)Finance
48 (57.14 %)Hibernate
57 (50.00 %)Spring
57 (50.00 %)WSDL
57 (50.00 %)JAX-RPC
57 (50.00 %)Oracle
57 (50.00 %)SOAP
57 (50.00 %)Swing
66 (42.86 %)C++
66 (42.86 %)Middleware
75 (35.71 %)JIRA
84 (28.57 %)XPath
84 (28.57 %)Microsoft
93 (21.43 %)e-GIF
93 (21.43 %)MS Exchange
93 (21.43 %)OOD
93 (21.43 %)SOA
93 (21.43 %)AJAX
93 (21.43 %)Subversion
93 (21.43 %)TDD
93 (21.43 %)MS Office
93 (21.43 %)JavaScript
93 (21.43 %)XHTML

Agile Software Development
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire 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.

Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
112 (85.71 %)HTML
211 (78.57 %)WebServices
211 (78.57 %)XML
310 (71.43 %)CSS
48 (57.14 %)JSP
48 (57.14 %)J2EE
48 (57.14 %)Hibernate
57 (50.00 %)Spring
57 (50.00 %)WSDL
57 (50.00 %)JAX-RPC
57 (50.00 %)SOAP
57 (50.00 %)Swing
66 (42.86 %)Middleware
73 (21.43 %)AJAX
73 (21.43 %)XHTML
82 (14.29 %)Apache Axis
91 (7.143 %)Struts
91 (7.143 %)XSL
91 (7.143 %)ActiveX
91 (7.143 %)EJB
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
13 (21.43 %)Tuxedo
13 (21.43 %)MS Exchange
21 (7.143 %)BizTalk Server
21 (7.143 %)Jetty
21 (7.143 %)Tomcat
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
13 (21.43 %)MS Office
21 (7.143 %)MS Visio
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (7.143 %)VisionPLUS
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (7.143 %)HTTP
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (7.143 %)SQL Server
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
15 (35.71 %)JIRA
23 (21.43 %)Subversion
31 (7.143 %)JUnit
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
18 (57.14 %)Finance
22 (14.29 %)Banking
22 (14.29 %)International Banking
31 (7.143 %)Telecoms
31 (7.143 %)Local Government
31 (7.143 %)Education
31 (7.143 %)Government
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
17 (50.00 %)Developer
25 (35.71 %)Java Developer
33 (21.43 %)J2EE Developer
33 (21.43 %)Java Programmer
33 (21.43 %)Software Engineer
33 (21.43 %)Programmer
42 (14.29 %)Java/J2EE Developer
51 (7.143 %)Business Analyst
51 (7.143 %)Analyst
51 (7.143 %)HTML Developer
51 (7.143 %)BizTalk Developer
51 (7.143 %)Java Software Engineer
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (7.143 %)Client/Server
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
13 (21.43 %)UNIX
13 (21.43 %)Windows
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (21.43 %)OO
13 (21.43 %)OOD
13 (21.43 %)SOA
13 (21.43 %)e-GIF
13 (21.43 %)TDD
21 (7.143 %)Integration Testing
21 (7.143 %)Data Architecture
21 (7.143 %)PRINCE2
21 (7.143 %)GAP Analysis
21 (7.143 %)Migration
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
112 (85.71 %)Java
26 (42.86 %)C++
34 (28.57 %)XPath
43 (21.43 %)JavaScript
51 (7.143 %)SQL
51 (7.143 %)C#
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
13 (21.43 %)WCAG
13 (21.43 %)WAI
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
17 (50.00 %)Oracle
24 (28.57 %)Microsoft
32 (14.29 %)Perforce
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