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The table below looks at the demand for Agile Software Development skills within the City of London 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 7 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkAgile Software Development
Location
3 months to
7 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank6791
Rank change on same period last yearUp+24
Matching contract IT job ads180115
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.256 %0.116 %
As % of the category below4.112 %3.209 %
Daily rates quoted11944
Average minimum daily rate£390£474
Average daily rate£432£515
% change on same period last year-16.25 %
Average maximum daily rate£474£556
UK excluding London average daily rate£331£352
% change on same period last year-5.90 %
Hourly rates quoted10
Average minimum hourly rate£28.00-
Average hourly rate£29.00-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£30.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£35.39£41.28
% change on same period last year-14.27 %
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
City of London
Matching contract IT job ads43773584
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled6.220 %3.620 %
Daily rates quoted25391510
Average minimum daily rate£418£440
Average daily rate£457£471
% change on same period last year-2.85 %
Average maximum daily rate£497£501
UK excluding London average daily rate£377£371
% change on same period last year+1.63 %
Hourly rates quoted8693
Average minimum hourly rate£24.26£23.43
Average hourly rate£25.89£25.53
% change on same period last year+1.41 %
Average maximum hourly rate£27.52£27.63
UK excluding London average hourly rate£29.32£30.04
% change on same period last year-2.39 %
Agile Software Development LondonAgile Software Development
London

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

City of London 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 City of London region.

City of London 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 City of London region over the 3 months to 7 October 2008.

City of London 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 City of London region.

City of London Agile Software Development Hourly Rate Trend

Agile Software Development
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the City of London 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.

1169 (45.43 %)Java
2117 (31.45 %)Scrum
3116 (31.18 %)Banking
494 (25.27 %)SQL
589 (23.92 %)Investment Banking
685 (22.85 %).NET
782 (22.04 %)C#
782 (22.04 %)Finance
879 (21.24 %)XML
978 (20.97 %)Hibernate
1074 (19.89 %)Spring
1171 (19.09 %)OO
1264 (17.20 %)Front Office
1361 (16.40 %)Derivative
1452 (13.98 %)J2EE
1545 (12.10 %)UNIX
1640 (10.75 %)Oracle
1738 (10.22 %)C++
1833 (8.871 %)Internet
1932 (8.602 %)SQL Server
1932 (8.602 %)XSLT
1932 (8.602 %)Equities
2031 (8.333 %)Linux
2031 (8.333 %)JDBC
2031 (8.333 %)ASP.NET
2031 (8.333 %)Algorithmic Trading
2130 (8.065 %)Adobe Flex
2130 (8.065 %)JavaScript
2130 (8.065 %)ActionScript
2228 (7.527 %)Credit Derivative

Agile Software Development
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the City of London 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.

City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
185 (22.85 %).NET
279 (21.24 %)XML
378 (20.97 %)Hibernate
474 (19.89 %)Spring
552 (13.98 %)J2EE
632 (8.602 %)XSLT
731 (8.333 %)JDBC
731 (8.333 %)ASP.NET
830 (8.065 %)Adobe Flex
923 (6.183 %)WebServices
1021 (5.645 %)CSS
1119 (5.108 %)HTML
1218 (4.839 %)AJAX
1317 (4.570 %)FIX Protocol
1416 (4.301 %)J2SE
1513 (3.495 %)JSP
1611 (2.957 %)Swing
1710 (2.688 %)XHTML
1710 (2.688 %)XSD
189 (2.419 %)Struts
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
19 (2.419 %)WebLogic
19 (2.419 %)SharePoint
28 (2.151 %)JBoss
36 (1.613 %)BizTalk Server
36 (1.613 %)Apache
44 (1.075 %)CMS
53 (0.806 %)IIS
62 (0.538 %)Tomcat
62 (0.538 %)Lotus Notes
62 (0.538 %)Oracle Workflow
62 (0.538 %)SharePoint Server 2007
71 (0.269 %)Commerce Server 2007
71 (0.269 %)Lotus Domino
71 (0.269 %)MQSeries
71 (0.269 %)WebSphere Application Server
71 (0.269 %)ColdFusion
71 (0.269 %)Commerce Server
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
13 (0.806 %)MS Excel
22 (0.538 %)MS Visio
22 (0.538 %)Photoshop
31 (0.269 %)MATLAB
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (0.269 %)TIBCO iProcess
11 (0.269 %)SAP CRM
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
133 (8.871 %)Internet
22 (0.538 %)Broadband
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
132 (8.602 %)SQL Server
213 (3.495 %)SQL Server 2005
39 (2.419 %)RDBMS
48 (2.151 %)MySQL
54 (1.075 %)Datawarehouse
62 (0.538 %)SQL Server 2000
62 (0.538 %)BusinessObjects
62 (0.538 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
62 (0.538 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
71 (0.269 %)SQL Server Integration Services
71 (0.269 %)Oracle 9i
71 (0.269 %)DB2
71 (0.269 %)Oracle 10g
71 (0.269 %)DataStage
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
118 (4.839 %)QuickTest Pro
217 (4.570 %)Ant
315 (4.032 %)Selenium
411 (2.957 %)WinRunner
411 (2.957 %)TestDirector
411 (2.957 %)Eclipse
510 (2.688 %)FitNesse
68 (2.151 %)LoadRunner
68 (2.151 %)JUnit
68 (2.151 %)Flash
76 (1.613 %)Subversion
85 (1.344 %)Visual Studio
94 (1.075 %)JMeter
94 (1.075 %)NUnit
102 (0.538 %)PVCS
111 (0.269 %)SilkPerformer
111 (0.269 %)Firebug
111 (0.269 %)JDeveloper
111 (0.269 %)ClearQuest
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1116 (31.18 %)Banking
289 (23.92 %)Investment Banking
382 (22.04 %)Finance
464 (17.20 %)Front Office
527 (7.258 %)Graphic Design
527 (7.258 %)Animation
611 (2.957 %)Games
710 (2.688 %)Insurance
88 (2.151 %)Marketing
88 (2.151 %)Publishing
97 (1.882 %)Telecoms
97 (1.882 %)Financial Institution
106 (1.613 %)Back Office
114 (1.075 %)Government
114 (1.075 %)Retail
122 (0.538 %)Aerospace
122 (0.538 %)Health
122 (0.538 %)Law
122 (0.538 %)Legal
122 (0.538 %)Corporate Banking
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1198 (53.23 %)Developer
287 (23.39 %)Java Developer
368 (18.28 %)Analyst
431 (8.333 %)Senior Developer
431 (8.333 %)Flex Developer
529 (7.796 %)Tester
529 (7.796 %).NET Developer
628 (7.527 %)Business Analyst
723 (6.183 %)Senior Java Developer
822 (5.914 %)Test Analyst
822 (5.914 %)Project Manager
914 (3.763 %)Applications Support
914 (3.763 %)C# Developer
1013 (3.495 %)J2EE Developer
1112 (3.226 %)Java/J2EE Developer
1112 (3.226 %)C++ Developer
1211 (2.957 %)Senior Analyst
1310 (2.688 %)ASP.NET Developer
149 (2.419 %)Web Developer
158 (2.151 %)Software Engineer
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
161 (16.40 %)Derivative
232 (8.602 %)Equities
328 (7.527 %)Credit Derivative
328 (7.527 %)RIA
427 (7.258 %)Grid Computing
522 (5.914 %)Fixed Income
613 (3.495 %)Web 2.0
711 (2.957 %)Interest Rate Derivative
86 (1.613 %)N-Tier
86 (1.613 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
86 (1.613 %)Interactive TV
86 (1.613 %)Computer Science
94 (1.075 %)Multithreading
94 (1.075 %)Market Risk
103 (0.806 %)Exotic Derivative
103 (0.806 %)Equity Derivative
103 (0.806 %)Credit Risk
103 (0.806 %)Data Extraction
103 (0.806 %)Management Information System
112 (0.538 %)Wiki
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
145 (12.10 %)UNIX
231 (8.333 %)Linux
316 (4.301 %)Windows
45 (1.344 %)Windows Server 2003
54 (1.075 %)Mac OS X
63 (0.806 %)Windows XP
72 (0.538 %)Solaris
72 (0.538 %)Red Hat Linux
81 (0.269 %)Windows 2000
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1117 (31.45 %)Scrum
271 (19.09 %)OO
331 (8.333 %)Algorithmic Trading
428 (7.527 %)UML
526 (6.989 %)TDD
624 (6.452 %)Project Management
723 (6.183 %)Extreme Programming
818 (4.839 %)SOA
917 (4.570 %)Unit Testing
1016 (4.301 %)User Acceptance Testing
1114 (3.763 %)Use Case
1213 (3.495 %)Continuous Integration
1312 (3.226 %)Web Development
1312 (3.226 %)Test Scripting
1410 (2.688 %)E-Commerce
1410 (2.688 %)Risk Management
158 (2.151 %)Workflow
167 (1.882 %)Asset Management
176 (1.613 %)CRM
176 (1.613 %)Pair Programming
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1169 (45.43 %)Java
294 (25.27 %)SQL
382 (22.04 %)C#
438 (10.22 %)C++
530 (8.065 %)JavaScript
530 (8.065 %)ActionScript
611 (2.957 %)C
79 (2.419 %)Ruby
87 (1.882 %)VB
87 (1.882 %)Perl
95 (1.344 %)VB.NET
104 (1.075 %)Python
113 (0.806 %)XPath
113 (0.806 %)VB6
113 (0.806 %)PHP
113 (0.806 %)PL/SQL
122 (0.538 %)Shell Script
122 (0.538 %)DHTML
131 (0.269 %)Transact-SQL
131 (0.269 %)VBA
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
127 (7.258 %)Degree
216 (4.301 %)ISEB
31 (0.269 %)ISTQB
31 (0.269 %)ISEB Practitioner
31 (0.269 %)PhD
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
120 (5.376 %)QA
21 (0.269 %)WAI
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
13 (0.806 %)ISA Server
22 (0.538 %)Xen
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (0.269 %)BMC PATROL
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
140 (10.75 %)Oracle
220 (5.376 %)Reuters
314 (3.763 %)Bloomberg
413 (3.495 %)Microsoft
512 (3.226 %)Tangosol
610 (2.688 %)Calypso
79 (2.419 %)Sybase
79 (2.419 %)DataSynapse
84 (1.075 %)TIBCO
92 (0.538 %)Red Hat
92 (0.538 %)Lotus
92 (0.538 %)Cognos
92 (0.538 %)Empirix
92 (0.538 %)Adobe
92 (0.538 %)Business Objects
92 (0.538 %)VMware
92 (0.538 %)Telelogic
92 (0.538 %)Patsystems
101 (0.269 %)GL TRADE
101 (0.269 %)Sophis