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The table below looks at the demand for Scrum skills within the East Midlands region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Scrum over the 3 months to 6 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkScrum
Location
3 months to
6 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank7898
Rank change on same period last yearUp+20
Matching contract IT job ads113
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.015 %0.003 %
As % of the category below1.192 %0.315 %
Daily rates quoted71
Average minimum daily rate£350£350
Average daily rate£404£350
% change on same period last year+15.30 %
Average maximum daily rate£457£350
UK excluding London average daily rate£357£365
% change on same period last year-2.22 %
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£33.39£44.55
% change on same period last year-25.03 %
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
East Midlands
Matching contract IT job ads923953
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.289 %0.957 %
Daily rates quoted314200
Average minimum daily rate£380£362
Average daily rate£403£384
% change on same period last year+4.91 %
Average maximum daily rate£427£407
UK excluding London average daily rate£378£372
% change on same period last year+1.69 %
Hourly rates quoted69116
Average minimum hourly rate£28.95£24.46
Average hourly rate£31.47£26.62
% change on same period last year+18.22 %
Average maximum hourly rate£33.98£28.77
UK excluding London average hourly rate£29.30£30.27
% change on same period last year-3.20 %
Scrum EnglandScrum
England

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.

Scrum
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Scrum across the East Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

East Midlands Scrum Demand Trend

Scrum
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Scrum across the East Midlands region.

East Midlands Scrum Daily Rate Trend

Scrum
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Scrum across the East Midlands region over the 3 months to 6 October 2008.

East Midlands Scrum Daily Rate Histogram

Scrum
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Scrum within the East Midlands region over the 3 months to 6 October 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
NottinghamshireUp+1110£404-
DerbyshireNew entry-1--
Scrum EnglandScrum
England

Scrum
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands region citing Scrum 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 Scrum.

111 (78.57 %).NET
210 (71.43 %)Agile Software Development
38 (57.14 %)WebServices
38 (57.14 %)Test Scripting
47 (50.00 %)C#
53 (21.43 %)Automated Testing
53 (21.43 %)Manual Testing
62 (14.29 %)WCF
62 (14.29 %)Change Management
62 (14.29 %)RUP
71 (7.143 %)EAI
71 (7.143 %)SOA
71 (7.143 %)VPN
71 (7.143 %)Microsoft
71 (7.143 %)ISEB
71 (7.143 %)Project Management
71 (7.143 %)Financial Institution
71 (7.143 %)Firewall
71 (7.143 %)Finance
71 (7.143 %)Unit Testing
71 (7.143 %)TOGAF
71 (7.143 %)Software Testing
71 (7.143 %)SQL Server 2005
71 (7.143 %)Microsoft Enterprise Library
71 (7.143 %)WATIR
71 (7.143 %)Selenium
71 (7.143 %)Java
71 (7.143 %)SQL Server
71 (7.143 %)JUnit
71 (7.143 %)UNIX

Scrum
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands region citing Scrum 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 Scrum. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
111 (78.57 %).NET
28 (57.14 %)WebServices
32 (14.29 %)WCF
41 (7.143 %)Microsoft Enterprise Library
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (7.143 %)VPN
11 (7.143 %)Firewall
11 (7.143 %)Network Security
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (7.143 %)SQL Server
11 (7.143 %)SQL Server 2005
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (7.143 %)JUnit
11 (7.143 %)WATIR
11 (7.143 %)Selenium
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (7.143 %)Financial Institution
11 (7.143 %)Finance
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
18 (57.14 %)Software Engineer
18 (57.14 %)Test Engineer
18 (57.14 %)Software Test Engineer
22 (14.29 %)Developer
22 (14.29 %)Analyst
22 (14.29 %)Test Analyst
31 (7.143 %).NET Developer
31 (7.143 %)Architect
31 (7.143 %)Project Manager
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (7.143 %)UNIX
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
110 (71.43 %)Agile Software Development
28 (57.14 %)Test Scripting
33 (21.43 %)Manual Testing
33 (21.43 %)Automated Testing
42 (14.29 %)Change Management
42 (14.29 %)RUP
51 (7.143 %)EAI
51 (7.143 %)SOA
51 (7.143 %)Project Management
51 (7.143 %)UML
51 (7.143 %)TOGAF
51 (7.143 %)Software Testing
51 (7.143 %)Unit Testing
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
17 (50.00 %)C#
21 (7.143 %)Java
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (7.143 %)ISEB
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (7.143 %)Microsoft