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The table below looks at the demand for Scrum skills within the Edinburgh 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 7 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkScrum
Location
3 months to
7 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank5670
Rank change on same period last yearUp+14
Matching contract IT job ads12
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.002 %
As % of the category below0.244 %0.331 %
Daily rates quoted11
Average minimum daily rate£500£280
Average daily rate£550£290
% change on same period last year+89.65 %
Average maximum daily rate£600£300
UK excluding London average daily rate£357£362
% change on same period last year-1.58 %
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£33.46£44.55
% change on same period last year-24.88 %
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
Edinburgh
Matching contract IT job ads410605
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.583 %0.611 %
Daily rates quoted128129
Average minimum daily rate£302£337
Average daily rate£329£351
% change on same period last year-6.19 %
Average maximum daily rate£357£365
UK excluding London average daily rate£377£371
% change on same period last year+1.63 %
Hourly rates quoted1018
Average minimum hourly rate£33.83£26.76
Average hourly rate£34.74£28.41
% change on same period last year+22.25 %
Average maximum hourly rate£35.65£30.07
UK excluding London average hourly rate£29.32£30.04
% change on same period last year-2.39 %
Scrum ScotlandScrum
Scotland

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 Edinburgh region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh Scrum Daily Rate Trend

Scrum
Top 26 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh 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.

14 (80.00 %)Java
23 (60.00 %)Finance
23 (60.00 %)Agile Software Development
32 (40.00 %)C#
32 (40.00 %)COBOL
32 (40.00 %)DB2
41 (20.00 %)SOAP
41 (20.00 %)WebServices
41 (20.00 %)UML
41 (20.00 %)OO
41 (20.00 %)SOA
41 (20.00 %)WSDL
41 (20.00 %)IBM
41 (20.00 %)WebSphere MQ
41 (20.00 %)Middleware
41 (20.00 %)GAP Analysis
41 (20.00 %)J2EE
41 (20.00 %)Banking
41 (20.00 %)BPEL
41 (20.00 %)Insurance
41 (20.00 %)Pensions
41 (20.00 %)WebSphere
41 (20.00 %)ESB
41 (20.00 %)WebSphere Message Broker
41 (20.00 %)Volume Testing
41 (20.00 %)Test Management

Scrum
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh 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.

Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (20.00 %)J2EE
11 (20.00 %)SOAP
11 (20.00 %)WebServices
11 (20.00 %)WSDL
11 (20.00 %)Middleware
11 (20.00 %)WebSphere
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (20.00 %)WebSphere MQ
11 (20.00 %)ESB
11 (20.00 %)WebSphere Message Broker
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (40.00 %)DB2
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13 (60.00 %)Finance
21 (20.00 %)Banking
21 (20.00 %)Insurance
21 (20.00 %)Pensions
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (40.00 %)Project Manager
12 (40.00 %)Test Manager
21 (20.00 %)SOA Architect
21 (20.00 %)Business Analyst
21 (20.00 %)Analyst
21 (20.00 %)Architect
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (60.00 %)Agile Software Development
21 (20.00 %)BPEL
21 (20.00 %)Volume Testing
21 (20.00 %)Test Management
21 (20.00 %)UML
21 (20.00 %)OO
21 (20.00 %)SOA
21 (20.00 %)GAP Analysis
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
14 (80.00 %)Java
22 (40.00 %)C#
22 (40.00 %)COBOL
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (20.00 %)IBM