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The table below looks at the demand for Agile Software Development skills within the Chester 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 4 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkAgile Software Development
Location
3 months to
4 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank2129
Rank change on same period last yearUp+8
Matching contract IT job ads101
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.016 %0.001 %
As % of the category below6.993 %0.943 %
Daily rates quoted10
Average minimum daily rate£345-
Average daily rate£345-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£345-
UK excluding London average daily rate£333£345
% change on same period last year-3.43 %
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£34.75£37.55
% change on same period last year-7.45 %
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
Chester
Matching contract IT job ads143106
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.232 %0.116 %
Daily rates quoted1715
Average minimum daily rate£303£268
Average daily rate£306£281
% change on same period last year+9.06 %
Average maximum daily rate£310£294
UK excluding London average daily rate£381£373
% change on same period last year+2.16 %
Hourly rates quoted397
Average minimum hourly rate£24.98£31.21
Average hourly rate£26.12£31.21
% change on same period last year-16.28 %
Average maximum hourly rate£27.27£31.21
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.22£29.56
% change on same period last year-4.53 %
Agile Software Development CheshireAgile Software Development
Cheshire

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

Chester 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 Chester region.

Chester Agile Software Development Daily Rate Trend

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 Chester region.

Chester Agile Software Development Hourly Rate Trend

Agile Software Development
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Chester 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.

111 (78.57 %)C++
111 (78.57 %)Java
210 (71.43 %)Finance
37 (50.00 %)Middleware
46 (42.86 %)Swing
46 (42.86 %)HTML
46 (42.86 %)C
46 (42.86 %)JSP
46 (42.86 %)WebServices
46 (42.86 %)XML
46 (42.86 %)Hibernate
46 (42.86 %)XPath
46 (42.86 %)JIRA
55 (35.71 %)Banking
55 (35.71 %)Spring
55 (35.71 %)AJAX
55 (35.71 %)SOAP
55 (35.71 %)Oracle
55 (35.71 %)Tuxedo
55 (35.71 %)WSDL
55 (35.71 %)JAX-RPC
55 (35.71 %)CSS
64 (28.57 %)COBOL
64 (28.57 %)Perforce
73 (21.43 %)SQL
73 (21.43 %)UNIX
73 (21.43 %)Windows
73 (21.43 %)Mainframe
82 (14.29 %)VMS
82 (14.29 %)ISEB

Agile Software Development
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Chester 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.

Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
17 (50.00 %)Middleware
26 (42.86 %)Hibernate
26 (42.86 %)HTML
26 (42.86 %)JSP
26 (42.86 %)WebServices
26 (42.86 %)XML
26 (42.86 %)Swing
35 (35.71 %)WSDL
35 (35.71 %)JAX-RPC
35 (35.71 %)SOAP
35 (35.71 %)CSS
35 (35.71 %)Spring
35 (35.71 %)AJAX
42 (14.29 %)Apache Axis
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
15 (35.71 %)Tuxedo
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (7.143 %)MS Office
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
16 (42.86 %)JIRA
21 (7.143 %)QuickTest Pro
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
110 (71.43 %)Finance
25 (35.71 %)Banking
32 (14.29 %)Financial Institution
41 (7.143 %)International Banking
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
17 (50.00 %)Developer
24 (28.57 %)Software Engineer
33 (21.43 %)Java Software Engineer
42 (14.29 %)C Developer
42 (14.29 %)Java Developer
42 (14.29 %)C++ Developer
51 (7.143 %)Coordinator
51 (7.143 %)Business Analyst
51 (7.143 %)Analyst
51 (7.143 %)Test Manager
51 (7.143 %)Senior Developer
51 (7.143 %)Test Coordinator
51 (7.143 %)Mainframe Developer
51 (7.143 %)COBOL Developer
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
13 (21.43 %)Mainframe
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
13 (21.43 %)UNIX
13 (21.43 %)Windows
22 (14.29 %)VMS
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (14.29 %)Extreme Programming
12 (14.29 %)Unit Testing
12 (14.29 %)Integration Testing
21 (7.143 %)PRINCE2
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
111 (78.57 %)C++
111 (78.57 %)Java
26 (42.86 %)XPath
26 (42.86 %)C
34 (28.57 %)COBOL
43 (21.43 %)SQL
52 (14.29 %)C#
61 (7.143 %)Perl
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (14.29 %)ISEB
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
15 (35.71 %)Oracle
24 (28.57 %)Perforce
31 (7.143 %)HP