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This section looks at the demand for Agile Software Development skills within the East of England 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 last 3 months to 15 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkAgile Software Development
Location
3 months to 15 May 2008Same period last year
Rank58130
Rank change on same period last yearUp+72
Matching contract IT job ads10613
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.136 %0.015 %
As % of the category below4.829 %0.635 %
Daily rates quoted233
Average minimum daily rate£356£340
Average daily rate£383£353
% change on same period last year+8.31 %
Average maximum daily rate£409£367
UK excluding London average daily rate£367£375
% change on same period last year-2.07 %
Hourly rates quoted11
Average minimum hourly rate£40.00£40.00
Average hourly rate£41.50£45.00
% change on same period last year-7.77 %
Average maximum hourly rate£43.00£50.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£35.74£36.30
% change on same period last year-1.54 %
Processes & Methodologies East of EnglandProcesses & Methodologies
East of England
Matching contract IT job ads21952048
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled2.816 %2.301 %
Daily rates quoted886739
Average minimum daily rate£362£368
Average daily rate£389£393
% change on same period last year-1.07 %
Average maximum daily rate£416£419
UK excluding London average daily rate£386£375
% change on same period last year+2.80 %
Hourly rates quoted184173
Average minimum hourly rate£29.19£25.61
Average hourly rate£30.91£27.12
% change on same period last year+13.97 %
Average maximum hourly rate£32.63£28.63
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.72£29.49
% change on same period last year-2.62 %
Agile Software Development EnglandAgile Software Development
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.

Agile Software Development
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total starting in 2004 of contract IT jobs ads citing Agile Software Development across the East of England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

East of England Agile Software Development Demand Trend

Agile Software Development
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs ads citing Agile Software Development across the East of England region.

East of England 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 East of England region over the past 3 months.

East of England 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 contract IT jobs ads citing Agile Software Development across the East of England region.

East of England Agile Software Development Hourly Rate Trend

Agile Software Development
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Agile Software Development within the East of England region over the past 3 months.

RankLocationRank 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
1CambridgeshireUp+2242£349-
2NorfolkUp+3521£363-
3HertfordshireUp+315£475+7.95 %
4East AngliaNew entry-11--
5SuffolkUp+39£340-2.85 %
6EssexDown-38--
Agile Software Development EnglandAgile Software Development
England

Agile Software Development
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the East of England region citing Agile Software Development also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing Agile Software Development.

182 (47.67 %)XML
273 (42.44 %).NET
368 (39.53 %)Java
456 (32.56 %)SQL Server
555 (31.98 %)ASP.NET
652 (30.23 %)J2EE
750 (29.07 %)Finance
847 (27.33 %)C#
943 (25.00 %)SQL
1040 (23.26 %)OO
1139 (22.67 %)WebServices
1238 (22.09 %)CSS
1335 (20.35 %)WebSphere
1433 (19.19 %)JUnit
1433 (19.19 %)BizTalk Server
1532 (18.60 %)XSLT
1631 (18.02 %)Hibernate
1729 (16.86 %)Windows
1828 (16.28 %)ADO.NET
1927 (15.70 %)Active Directory
2026 (15.12 %)Spring
2026 (15.12 %)HTML
2125 (14.53 %)UML
2223 (13.37 %)OOD
2223 (13.37 %)JavaScript
2321 (12.21 %)WPF
2321 (12.21 %)Struts
2420 (11.63 %)VB.NET
2519 (11.05 %)Transact-SQL
2618 (10.47 %)JBoss

Agile Software Development
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the East of England region citing Agile Software Development also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing Agile Software Development. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
182 (47.67 %)XML
273 (42.44 %).NET
355 (31.98 %)ASP.NET
452 (30.23 %)J2EE
539 (22.67 %)WebServices
638 (22.09 %)CSS
735 (20.35 %)WebSphere
832 (18.60 %)XSLT
931 (18.02 %)Hibernate
1028 (16.28 %)ADO.NET
1126 (15.12 %)HTML
1126 (15.12 %)Spring
1221 (12.21 %)Struts
1221 (12.21 %)WPF
1316 (9.302 %)WCF
1415 (8.721 %)ASP
159 (5.233 %)JSP
167 (4.070 %)CORBA
176 (3.488 %)JSF
176 (3.488 %)Tapestry
Application Platforms
133 (19.19 %)BizTalk Server
218 (10.47 %)JBoss
39 (5.233 %)Apache
39 (5.233 %)WebLogic
39 (5.233 %)IIS
48 (4.651 %)WPS
56 (3.488 %)Mule
65 (2.907 %)WebSphere Application Server
65 (2.907 %)Tomcat
74 (2.326 %)WebSphere MQ
82 (1.163 %)MQSeries
82 (1.163 %)ESB
91 (0.581 %)Zope
Applications
12 (1.163 %)MS Excel
21 (0.581 %)MS Project
Communications & Networking
14 (2.326 %)SMS
14 (2.326 %)HTTP
23 (1.744 %)DSL
32 (1.163 %)TELNET
32 (1.163 %)LDAP
32 (1.163 %)Internet
32 (1.163 %)3GPP
41 (0.581 %)SMTP
41 (0.581 %)FTP
41 (0.581 %)3G
41 (0.581 %)TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
156 (32.56 %)SQL Server
27 (4.070 %)SQL Server 2005
36 (3.488 %)DB2
44 (2.326 %)MySQL
53 (1.744 %)SQL Server 2000
61 (0.581 %)Crystal Reports
Development Applications
133 (19.19 %)JUnit
210 (5.814 %)Ant
38 (4.651 %)Eclipse
47 (4.070 %)NUnit
56 (3.488 %)FitNesse
65 (2.907 %)Visual Studio
74 (2.326 %)Log4j
74 (2.326 %)Subversion
83 (1.744 %)Atlassian Bamboo
92 (1.163 %)CruiseControl
101 (0.581 %)QuickTest Pro
101 (0.581 %)XDoclet
101 (0.581 %)CheckStyle
101 (0.581 %)JIRA
101 (0.581 %)Selenium
General
150 (29.07 %)Finance
215 (8.721 %)Banking
312 (6.977 %)Telecoms
312 (6.977 %)Insurance
49 (5.233 %)Pensions
57 (4.070 %)Retail
65 (2.907 %)Marketing
74 (2.326 %)Health
74 (2.326 %)Financial Institution
83 (1.744 %)Pharmaceutical
92 (1.163 %)Back Office
101 (0.581 %)Publishing
Job Titles
1117 (68.02 %)Developer
240 (23.26 %)Java Developer
327 (15.70 %).NET Developer
425 (14.53 %)Java/J2EE Developer
522 (12.79 %)J2EE Developer
617 (9.884 %)VB.NET Developer
716 (9.302 %)ASP.NET Developer
815 (8.721 %)C# Developer
912 (6.977 %)Senior Developer
912 (6.977 %)VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
1010 (5.814 %)WebSphere Developer
119 (5.233 %)Senior Java Developer
128 (4.651 %)Project Manager
137 (4.070 %)Analyst
137 (4.070 %)Architect
137 (4.070 %)Software Engineer
146 (3.488 %)J2EE Software Engineer
155 (2.907 %)Senior J2EE Software Engineer
155 (2.907 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
155 (2.907 %)Senior Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
112 (6.977 %)Client/Server
24 (2.326 %)Computer Science
33 (1.744 %)N-Tier
42 (1.163 %)Cryptography
42 (1.163 %)Robotics
42 (1.163 %)Mathematics
42 (1.163 %)JavaCard
51 (0.581 %)Wiki
51 (0.581 %)Replication
Operating Systems
129 (16.86 %)Windows
29 (5.233 %)Unix
29 (5.233 %)Linux
31 (0.581 %)AIX
Processes & Methodologies
140 (23.26 %)OO
225 (14.53 %)UML
323 (13.37 %)OOD
418 (10.47 %)TDD
516 (9.302 %)SOA
614 (8.140 %)Project Management
713 (7.558 %)CRM
812 (6.977 %)Unit Testing
911 (6.395 %)Extreme Programming
1010 (5.814 %)Software Engineering
119 (5.233 %)Scrum
128 (4.651 %)PRINCE2
128 (4.651 %)DSDM
128 (4.651 %)Continuous Integration
137 (4.070 %)MVC
137 (4.070 %)Web Development
146 (3.488 %)Use Case
146 (3.488 %)E-Commerce
146 (3.488 %)RAD
155 (2.907 %)OOA/OOD
Programming Languages
168 (39.53 %)Java
247 (27.33 %)C#
343 (25.00 %)SQL
423 (13.37 %)JavaScript
520 (11.63 %)VB.NET
619 (11.05 %)Transact-SQL
716 (9.302 %)VB
716 (9.302 %)DHTML
815 (8.721 %)VB6
99 (5.233 %)PL/SQL
103 (1.744 %)Delphi
103 (1.744 %)Ruby
111 (0.581 %)Shell Script
111 (0.581 %)C
111 (0.581 %)COBOL
111 (0.581 %)Perl
Qualifications
14 (2.326 %)Degree
23 (1.744 %)PRINCE2 Certification
23 (1.744 %)Sun Certification
32 (1.163 %)PMP
32 (1.163 %)PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
12 (1.163 %)QA
System Software
127 (15.70 %)Active Directory
25 (2.907 %)MSMQ
34 (2.326 %)AquaLogic
Systems Management
12 (1.163 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
113 (7.558 %)Oracle
28 (4.651 %)Microsoft
33 (1.744 %)Sun
33 (1.744 %)BEA
41 (0.581 %)Borland
41 (0.581 %)Red Hat
41 (0.581 %)Progress
41 (0.581 %)IBM
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