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This section looks at the demand for Scrum 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 Scrum over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkScrum
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank103135
Rank change on same period last yearUp+32
Matching contract IT job ads4418
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.059 %0.018 %
As % of the category below1.994 %0.774 %
Daily rates quoted1910
Average minimum daily rate£411£341
Average daily rate£457£358
% change on same period last year+27.75 %
Average maximum daily rate£504£376
UK excluding London average daily rate£353£373
% change on same period last year-5.29 %
Hourly rates quoted01
Average minimum hourly rate-£50.00
Average hourly rate-£52.50
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£55.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.75£41.86
% change on same period last year-31.31 %
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
East of England
Matching contract IT job ads22072327
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled2.942 %2.354 %
Daily rates quoted810817
Average minimum daily rate£375£362
Average daily rate£399£383
% change on same period last year+4.14 %
Average maximum daily rate£422£403
UK excluding London average daily rate£380£376
% change on same period last year+1.21 %
Hourly rates quoted209236
Average minimum hourly rate£29.47£28.76
Average hourly rate£30.60£30.20
% change on same period last year+1.32 %
Average maximum hourly rate£31.74£31.65
UK excluding London average hourly rate£29.33£30.16
% change on same period last year-2.72 %
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 of England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

East of England 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 of England region.

East of England 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 of England region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

East of England Scrum Daily Rate Histogram

Scrum
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Scrum across the East of England region.

East of England Scrum Hourly Rate Trend

Scrum
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Scrum within the East of England region over the 3 months to 25 July 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
HertfordshireUp+2824£470+44.61 %
NorfolkNew entry-14--
CambridgeshireUp+33£350-
EssexDown-73--
SuffolkNew entry-1--
Scrum EnglandScrum
England

Scrum
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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.

146 (53.49 %).NET
146 (53.49 %)E-Commerce
242 (48.84 %)C#
337 (43.02 %)ASP.NET
436 (41.86 %)OO
533 (38.37 %)Retail
632 (37.21 %)RAD
632 (37.21 %)WPF
728 (32.56 %)SQL
827 (31.40 %)XML
926 (30.23 %)AJAX
1025 (29.07 %)ADO.NET
1124 (27.91 %)Change Management
1223 (26.74 %)XSLT
1223 (26.74 %)HTML
1223 (26.74 %)Java
1321 (24.42 %)SMTP
1321 (24.42 %)FTP
1321 (24.42 %)HTTP
1321 (24.42 %)TCP/IP
1321 (24.42 %)BizTalk Server
1321 (24.42 %)Internet
1321 (24.42 %)Finance
1420 (23.26 %)J2EE
1515 (17.44 %)C
1614 (16.28 %)DOM
1614 (16.28 %)UML
1614 (16.28 %)W3C
1712 (13.95 %)Games
1712 (13.95 %)Agile Software Development

Scrum
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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 of England IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
146 (53.49 %).NET
237 (43.02 %)ASP.NET
332 (37.21 %)WPF
427 (31.40 %)XML
526 (30.23 %)AJAX
625 (29.07 %)ADO.NET
723 (26.74 %)HTML
723 (26.74 %)XSLT
820 (23.26 %)J2EE
914 (16.28 %)DOM
1012 (13.95 %)WebSphere
119 (10.47 %)Hibernate
128 (9.302 %)Spring
136 (6.977 %)XHTML
136 (6.977 %)CSS
145 (5.814 %)WebServices
154 (4.651 %)XSL
154 (4.651 %)XSD
161 (1.163 %)EJB
161 (1.163 %)JSP
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
121 (24.42 %)BizTalk Server
25 (5.814 %)SharePoint
34 (4.651 %)CMS
42 (2.326 %)WebLogic
51 (1.163 %)IIS
51 (1.163 %)JBoss
51 (1.163 %)Apache
51 (1.163 %)Tomcat
51 (1.163 %)JRun
51 (1.163 %)Jetty
51 (1.163 %)Resin
51 (1.163 %)Commerce Server
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
14 (4.651 %)InfoPath
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (1.163 %)TIBCO iProcess
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
121 (24.42 %)SMTP
121 (24.42 %)FTP
121 (24.42 %)HTTP
121 (24.42 %)TCP/IP
121 (24.42 %)Internet
23 (3.488 %)DSL
31 (1.163 %)Intranet
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
112 (13.95 %)SQL Server
25 (5.814 %)SQL Server 2005
31 (1.163 %)MySQL
31 (1.163 %)Oracle 10g
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
111 (12.79 %)VSS/SourceSafe
27 (8.140 %)JUnit
34 (4.651 %)Visual Studio
34 (4.651 %)NUnit
34 (4.651 %)FitNesse
43 (3.488 %)Selenium
43 (3.488 %)WinRunner
43 (3.488 %)TestDirector
43 (3.488 %)QuickTest Pro
43 (3.488 %)LoadRunner
43 (3.488 %)JMeter
51 (1.163 %)Oracle Forms
51 (1.163 %)Eclipse
51 (1.163 %)JDeveloper
51 (1.163 %)Ant
51 (1.163 %)CheckStyle
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
133 (38.37 %)Retail
221 (24.42 %)Finance
312 (13.95 %)Games
43 (3.488 %)Insurance
43 (3.488 %)Pensions
52 (2.326 %)Pharmaceutical
61 (1.163 %)Government
61 (1.163 %)Local Government
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
141 (47.67 %)Developer
219 (22.09 %)C# Developer
316 (18.60 %).NET Developer
415 (17.44 %)Team Leader
510 (11.63 %)Development Manager
69 (10.47 %)Web Team Leader
78 (9.302 %)Analyst
78 (9.302 %)J2EE Developer
87 (8.140 %)Java Developer
87 (8.140 %)Project Manager
87 (8.140 %)Senior Developer
96 (6.977 %)Business Analyst
96 (6.977 %)WebSphere Developer
96 (6.977 %)Java/J2EE Developer
104 (4.651 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
104 (4.651 %)UI Developer
104 (4.651 %)ASP.NET Developer
113 (3.488 %)Tester
113 (3.488 %)Senior C# Developer
113 (3.488 %)Senior .NET Developer
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
114 (16.28 %)W3C
21 (1.163 %)Web 2.0
21 (1.163 %)PDA
21 (1.163 %)Blog
21 (1.163 %)N-Tier
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (2.326 %)UNIX
12 (2.326 %)Windows
21 (1.163 %)Linux
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
146 (53.49 %)E-Commerce
236 (41.86 %)OO
332 (37.21 %)RAD
424 (27.91 %)Change Management
514 (16.28 %)UML
612 (13.95 %)DSDM
612 (13.95 %)Agile Software Development
78 (9.302 %)Web Development
87 (8.140 %)Use Case
87 (8.140 %)Extreme Programming
95 (5.814 %)RUP
104 (4.651 %)BPMN
113 (3.488 %)Unit Testing
113 (3.488 %)Web Testing
113 (3.488 %)User Acceptance Testing
113 (3.488 %)Automated Testing
122 (2.326 %)PRINCE2
122 (2.326 %)OOA/OOD
131 (1.163 %)CRM
131 (1.163 %)PRINCE
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
142 (48.84 %)C#
228 (32.56 %)SQL
323 (26.74 %)Java
415 (17.44 %)C
55 (5.814 %)JavaScript
55 (5.814 %)Transact-SQL
64 (4.651 %)VBA
73 (3.488 %)VB
73 (3.488 %)VB6
82 (2.326 %)PL/SQL
91 (1.163 %)Shell Script
91 (1.163 %)Ruby
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
13 (3.488 %)QA
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
111 (12.79 %)Serena
29 (10.47 %)IBM
36 (6.977 %)Microsoft
43 (3.488 %)Oracle
51 (1.163 %)BEA
51 (1.163 %)TIBCO
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