The first table below looks at the demand for Agile Software Development skills in IT contracts advertised for the Devon 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 24 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 Devon 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Agile Software Development
Rank 12 21 25
Rank change year-on-year
+9 +4
Contract jobs citing Agile Software Development 17 10 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Devon 10.06% 5.464% 3.268%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 13.71% 8.621% 6.757%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 5 3
Average daily rate £350 £300 £395
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+16.66% -24.05%
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £363
% change year-on-year
- -3.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 £37.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
-12.16% +5.71%
All Processes & Methodologies
Devon
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
124 116 74
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Devon 73.37% 63.39% 48.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 83 59 37
Average daily rate £313 £335 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.71% -10.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £223 £205 £195
10% offered a daily rate of more than £388 £475 £488
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 20 10
Average hourly rate £19.39 £16.00 £29.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+21.18% -45.76%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
Agile Software Development
South 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 Devon region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Devon 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 Devon region.

Devon Agile Software Development Daily Rate Trend

Agile Software Development
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Agile Software Development across the Devon region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Devon Agile Software Development Daily Rate Histogram

Agile Software Development
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Agile Software Development across the Devon region.

Devon Agile Software Development Hourly 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 Devon region over the 3 months to 24 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
Exeter -2 10 £350 +16.66%
Barnstaple - 2 £278 -
Exmouth 0 1 £143 -52.50%
Agile Software Development
South West

Agile Software Development
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Devon 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 20 (71.43%) JavaScript
2 16 (57.14%) Web Services
2 16 (57.14%) XML
3 15 (53.57%) CSS
4 13 (46.43%) C#
4 13 (46.43%) HTML
4 13 (46.43%) XQuery
4 13 (46.43%) jQuery
5 12 (42.86%) XPath
5 12 (42.86%) .NET
6 10 (35.71%) SOA
6 10 (35.71%) OO
7 9 (32.14%) Hibernate
8 8 (28.57%) Configuration Management
8 8 (28.57%) ASP.NET
8 8 (28.57%) Oracle
8 8 (28.57%) Security Cleared
8 8 (28.57%) HTML5
8 8 (28.57%) Waterfall
9 7 (25.00%) CSS3
9 7 (25.00%) RESTful
9 7 (25.00%) SC Cleared
9 7 (25.00%) Dojo
9 7 (25.00%) VB.NET
9 7 (25.00%) Data Analysis
9 7 (25.00%) JAXB
10 6 (21.43%) B2B
10 6 (21.43%) B2C
10 6 (21.43%) XSLT
10 6 (21.43%) Git (software)

Agile Software Development
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Devon 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 16 (57.14%) Web Services
1 16 (57.14%) XML
2 15 (53.57%) CSS
3 13 (46.43%) HTML
3 13 (46.43%) jQuery
4 12 (42.86%) .NET
5 9 (32.14%) Hibernate
6 8 (28.57%) ASP.NET
6 8 (28.57%) HTML5
7 7 (25.00%) CSS3
7 7 (25.00%) RESTful
7 7 (25.00%) Dojo
7 7 (25.00%) JAXB
8 6 (21.43%) XSLT
9 4 (14.29%) Ajax
10 3 (10.71%) .NET Framework
10 3 (10.71%) SOAP
10 3 (10.71%) Middleware
11 2 (7.143%) Spring
11 2 (7.143%) J2EE
Application Platforms
1 4 (14.29%) ArcGIS
2 3 (10.71%) Oracle Service Bus
2 3 (10.71%) MQSeries
3 2 (7.143%) Tomcat
3 2 (7.143%) GlassFish
4 1 (3.571%) AquaLogic
4 1 (3.571%) AquaLogic Service Bus
Business Applications
1 4 (14.29%) Summit
2 3 (10.71%) Oracle Applications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (10.71%) SQL Server 2008
1 3 (10.71%) Oracle 11g
1 3 (10.71%) SQL Server
1 3 (10.71%) GIS
Development Applications
1 6 (21.43%) Git (software)
2 4 (14.29%) Visual Studio
3 2 (7.143%) JUnit
3 2 (7.143%) Mockito
3 2 (7.143%) jMock
3 2 (7.143%) Selenium
4 1 (3.571%) Subversion
4 1 (3.571%) Jenkins
4 1 (3.571%) Maven
General
1 5 (17.86%) Back Office
1 5 (17.86%) Finance
Job Titles
1 23 (82.14%) Developer
2 8 (28.57%) .NET Developer
3 5 (17.86%) HTML Developer
4 4 (14.29%) Analyst
4 4 (14.29%) Web Developer
5 3 (10.71%) ASP.NET Developer
6 2 (7.143%) Oracle Developer
6 2 (7.143%) Analyst Developer
6 2 (7.143%) Software Developer
6 2 (7.143%) Senior Developer
6 2 (7.143%) Analyst Programmer
6 2 (7.143%) Programmer
6 2 (7.143%) Service Analyst
6 2 (7.143%) Oracle Analyst
6 2 (7.143%) GIS Analyst
7 1 (3.571%) Senior .NET Developer
7 1 (3.571%) JavaScript Developer
7 1 (3.571%) VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
7 1 (3.571%) Agile Project Manager
7 1 (3.571%) Agile .NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.571%) iPhone
1 1 (3.571%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.571%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (35.71%) SOA
1 10 (35.71%) OO
2 8 (28.57%) Configuration Management
2 8 (28.57%) Waterfall
3 7 (25.00%) Data Analysis
4 6 (21.43%) B2B
4 6 (21.43%) B2C
5 2 (7.143%) Scrum
5 2 (7.143%) OOD
5 2 (7.143%) Functional Testing
5 2 (7.143%) Unit Testing
6 1 (3.571%) Software Testing
6 1 (3.571%) Test Scripting
6 1 (3.571%) Continuous Integration
6 1 (3.571%) Test Automation
6 1 (3.571%) E-Commerce
6 1 (3.571%) Regression Testing
6 1 (3.571%) Automated Testing
6 1 (3.571%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 20 (71.43%) JavaScript
2 13 (46.43%) C#
2 13 (46.43%) XQuery
3 12 (42.86%) XPath
4 7 (25.00%) VB.NET
5 5 (17.86%) SQL
6 4 (14.29%) Python
7 2 (7.143%) C
7 2 (7.143%) PL/SQL
7 2 (7.143%) Java
8 1 (3.571%) PHP
8 1 (3.571%) ActionScript
8 1 (3.571%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 8 (28.57%) Security Cleared
2 7 (25.00%) SC Cleared
3 4 (14.29%) Degree
4 3 (10.71%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (10.71%) MCAD
4 3 (10.71%) MCSD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (14.29%) ISO 14001
1 4 (14.29%) ISO 9001
2 1 (3.571%) QA
Vendors
1 8 (28.57%) Oracle
2 3 (10.71%) ESRI
3 1 (3.571%) BEA
Exeter, Devon
The Web Developer will have previous experience in working in a web development role in an Agile environment using HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, JQuery/Dojo, Resful Web services, JaxB,...
GCS IT Recruitment Specialists
Rate: £500 - £600 per day
Posted: 22 May 2013