The first table below looks at the demand for Agile Software Development skills in IT contracts advertised for the Cumbria region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Agile Software Development 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 Cumbria 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
Agile Software Development
Rank 6 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Agile Software Development 3 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cumbria 11.11% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 15.00% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Average daily rate £363 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £363
% change year-on-year
- -3.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £40.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.75 £37.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
-11.48% +5.71%
All Processes & Methodologies
Cumbria
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
20 29 29
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cumbria 74.07% 67.44% 70.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 22 16
Average daily rate £400 £451 £525
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-11.35% -14.04%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £350 £300 £435
10% offered a daily rate of more than £438 £575 £800
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 3
Average hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £27.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-5.88% +54.54%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.45 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+21.78% -13.79%
Agile Software Development
North West

Agile Software Development
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cumbria Agile Software Development Jobs Demand Trend

Agile Software Development
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Agile Software Development across the Cumbria region.

Cumbria Agile Software Development Daily Rate Trend

Agile Software Development
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Agile Software Development within the Cumbria region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Workington - 2 £363 -
Agile Software Development
North West

Agile Software Development
Top 9 Related IT Skills

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

1 2 (40.00%) Android
1 2 (40.00%) Change Control
1 2 (40.00%) NFC
2 1 (20.00%) Test Strategy
2 1 (20.00%) Software Testing
2 1 (20.00%) Scrum
2 1 (20.00%) .NET
2 1 (20.00%) Oracle
2 1 (20.00%) Oracle Reports

Agile Software Development
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 1 (20.00%) .NET
Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) NFC
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) Oracle Reports
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Developer
2 3 (60.00%) Applications Developer
3 2 (40.00%) Web Developer
3 2 (40.00%) Web Applications Developer
3 2 (40.00%) Mobile Applications Developer
3 2 (40.00%) Mobile Developer
4 1 (20.00%) ScrumMaster
4 1 (20.00%) Applications Tester
4 1 (20.00%) Lead Developer
4 1 (20.00%) .NET Developer
4 1 (20.00%) Tester
Operating Systems
1 2 (40.00%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Change Control
2 1 (20.00%) Test Strategy
2 1 (20.00%) Software Testing
2 1 (20.00%) Scrum
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Oracle