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The table below looks at the demand for Scrum skills within the 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 6 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkScrum
Location
3 months to
6 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank185308
Rank change on same period last yearUp+123
Matching contract IT job ads552421
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.771 %0.423 %
As % of the category below1.521 %0.893 %
Daily rates quoted268194
Average minimum daily rate£372£378
Average daily rate£415£404
% change on same period last year+2.72 %
Average maximum daily rate£457£429
UK excluding London average daily rate£357£365
% change on same period last year-2.22 %
Hourly rates quoted1423
Average minimum hourly rate£31.20£45.35
Average hourly rate£33.33£46.39
% change on same period last year-28.14 %
Average maximum hourly rate£35.47£47.43
UK excluding London average hourly rate£33.39£44.55
% change on same period last year-25.03 %
England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
England
Matching contract IT job ads3628447160
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled50.69 %47.38 %
Daily rates quoted1313715832
Average minimum daily rate£386£386
Average daily rate£413£410
% change on same period last year+0.68 %
Average maximum daily rate£441£435
UK excluding London average daily rate£378£372
% change on same period last year+1.69 %
Hourly rates quoted23953151
Average minimum hourly rate£27.32£28.37
Average hourly rate£29.12£30.22
% change on same period last year-3.63 %
Average maximum hourly rate£30.92£32.07
UK excluding London average hourly rate£29.30£30.27
% change on same period last year-3.20 %
Scrum UKScrum
UK

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

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 England region.

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 England region over the 3 months to 6 October 2008.

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 England region.

England Scrum Hourly Rate Trend

Scrum
Hourly Rate Histogram

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

England Scrum Hourly 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 England 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
LondonUp+111384£434+1.73 %
South EastUp+4069£347-0.58 %
West MidlandsUp+3824£295-
South WestUp+1723£339+2.77 %
YorkshireDown-616£338-5.00 %
East of EnglandUp+2415£475+19.49 %
East MidlandsUp+2011£404+15.30 %
MidlandsUp+206£360+2.85 %
North WestNew entry-2--
North EastNew entry-2--
Scrum UKScrum
UK

Scrum
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1588 (49.70 %)Agile Software Development
2435 (36.77 %).NET
3426 (36.01 %)C#
4312 (26.37 %)Java
5295 (24.94 %)SQL
6262 (22.15 %)TDD
7234 (19.78 %)OO
8215 (18.17 %)Finance
9196 (16.57 %)Spring
10193 (16.31 %)ASP.NET
11189 (15.98 %)Hibernate
12187 (15.81 %)SQL Server
13186 (15.72 %)XML
14151 (12.76 %)J2EE
15148 (12.51 %)AJAX
16138 (11.67 %)Banking
17135 (11.41 %)JavaScript
18133 (11.24 %)CSS
19122 (10.31 %)NUnit
20116 (9.806 %)Investment Banking
21110 (9.298 %)E-Commerce
22102 (8.622 %)Selenium
23101 (8.538 %)UML
2499 (8.369 %)MVC
2594 (7.946 %)Equities
2594 (7.946 %)Extreme Programming
2692 (7.777 %)SQL Server 2005
2692 (7.777 %)HTML
2790 (7.608 %)Oracle
2790 (7.608 %)Linux

Scrum
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

England IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1435 (36.77 %).NET
2196 (16.57 %)Spring
3193 (16.31 %)ASP.NET
4189 (15.98 %)Hibernate
5186 (15.72 %)XML
6151 (12.76 %)J2EE
7148 (12.51 %)AJAX
8133 (11.24 %)CSS
999 (8.369 %)MVC
1092 (7.777 %)HTML
1189 (7.523 %)XSLT
1285 (7.185 %)WebServices
1376 (6.424 %)XHTML
1465 (5.495 %).NET Framework
1559 (4.987 %)JDBC
1642 (3.550 %)WPF
1739 (3.297 %)NHibernate
1838 (3.212 %)WCF
1838 (3.212 %)MonoRail
1935 (2.959 %)ASP.NET 2.0
England IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
158 (4.903 %)CMS
241 (3.466 %)BizTalk Server
332 (2.705 %)Apache
430 (2.536 %)Tomcat
526 (2.198 %)WebLogic
615 (1.268 %)IIS
714 (1.183 %)SharePoint
810 (0.845 %)SharePoint Server 2007
99 (0.761 %)EPiServer
106 (0.507 %)Commerce Server
106 (0.507 %)MQSeries
115 (0.423 %)Commerce Server 2007
115 (0.423 %)Rhythmyx
124 (0.338 %)ESB
124 (0.338 %)WebSphere MQ
133 (0.254 %)JBoss
133 (0.254 %)Oracle Spatial
142 (0.169 %)Oracle 10gAS
151 (0.085 %)WorkSite
151 (0.085 %)Alfresco
England IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
142 (3.550 %)MS Excel
241 (3.466 %)MS Visio
315 (1.268 %)MS Project
45 (0.423 %)MATLAB
53 (0.254 %)MS Office
61 (0.085 %)Photoshop
61 (0.085 %)MS PowerPoint
61 (0.085 %)CA Clarity
England IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
14 (0.338 %)SAP CRM
21 (0.085 %)Siebel Analytics
England IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
155 (4.649 %)Internet
228 (2.367 %)TCP/IP
324 (2.029 %)HTTP
419 (1.606 %)SMTP
419 (1.606 %)FTP
55 (0.423 %)DSL
55 (0.423 %)Broadband
64 (0.338 %)SSL
64 (0.338 %)Intranet
72 (0.169 %)Firewall
72 (0.169 %)Wireless
81 (0.085 %)Reverse Proxy
81 (0.085 %)Network Security
81 (0.085 %)SMS
81 (0.085 %)DHCP
81 (0.085 %)RIP
81 (0.085 %)VPN
England IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1187 (15.81 %)SQL Server
292 (7.777 %)SQL Server 2005
335 (2.959 %)Oracle 10g
433 (2.790 %)SQL Server 2000
532 (2.705 %)Oracle 9i
623 (1.944 %)MySQL
717 (1.437 %)SQL Server Integration Services
814 (1.183 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
913 (1.099 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
1012 (1.014 %)Datawarehouse
1110 (0.845 %)Oracle 8/8i
127 (0.592 %)ETL
136 (0.507 %)BusinessObjects
144 (0.338 %)Crystal Reports
153 (0.254 %)RDBMS
153 (0.254 %)BusinessObjects XI
153 (0.254 %)PostgreSQL
162 (0.169 %)SQL Server 2008
171 (0.085 %)GIS
171 (0.085 %)Star Schema
England IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
1122 (10.31 %)NUnit
2102 (8.622 %)Selenium
377 (6.509 %)Visual Studio
472 (6.086 %)FitNesse
550 (4.227 %)Subversion
647 (3.973 %)Eclipse
728 (2.367 %)Ant
825 (2.113 %)JUnit
920 (1.691 %)VSS/SourceSafe
1019 (1.606 %)QuickTest Pro
1116 (1.352 %)WATIR
1215 (1.268 %)Flash
1312 (1.014 %)WinRunner
1411 (0.930 %)LoadRunner
159 (0.761 %)TestDirector
159 (0.761 %)CruiseControl
159 (0.761 %)JMeter
159 (0.761 %)WebLOAD
168 (0.676 %)ClearQuest
175 (0.423 %)ClearCase
England IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1215 (18.17 %)Finance
2138 (11.67 %)Banking
3116 (9.806 %)Investment Banking
463 (5.325 %)Front Office
560 (5.072 %)Retail
654 (4.565 %)Games
728 (2.367 %)Marketing
822 (1.860 %)Insurance
920 (1.691 %)Publishing
1017 (1.437 %)Telecoms
1112 (1.014 %)Health
129 (0.761 %)Online Games
138 (0.676 %)Aerospace
147 (0.592 %)Government
147 (0.592 %)Pensions
156 (0.507 %)Online Betting
156 (0.507 %)Construction
156 (0.507 %)Back Office
165 (0.423 %)Pharmaceutical
174 (0.338 %)Advertising
England IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1555 (46.91 %)Developer
2183 (15.47 %)Analyst
3175 (14.79 %)C# Developer
4157 (13.27 %)Project Manager
5139 (11.75 %).NET Developer
6137 (11.58 %)Java Developer
789 (7.523 %)Business Analyst
866 (5.579 %)Test Analyst
965 (5.495 %)Tester
1064 (5.410 %)Senior Developer
1160 (5.072 %)Web Developer
1256 (4.734 %)Software Engineer
1339 (3.297 %)J2EE Developer
1436 (3.043 %)Senior C# Developer
1535 (2.959 %)Technical Manager
1634 (2.874 %)Applications Support
1634 (2.874 %)Technical Project Manager
1634 (2.874 %)Java/J2EE Developer
1730 (2.536 %)Oracle Developer
1828 (2.367 %)Senior Analyst
England IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
194 (7.946 %)Equities
281 (6.847 %)Derivative
365 (5.495 %)Web 2.0
455 (4.649 %)Fixed Income
527 (2.282 %)W3C
616 (1.352 %)N-Tier
616 (1.352 %)Computer Science
714 (1.183 %)Spread Betting
812 (1.014 %)Multithreading
910 (0.845 %)NHS
109 (0.761 %)Management Information System
109 (0.761 %)Social Network
118 (0.676 %)Streaming Video
118 (0.676 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
127 (0.592 %)Contract for Difference
136 (0.507 %)Wiki
145 (0.423 %)Interactive TV
154 (0.338 %)PMI
154 (0.338 %)RIA
154 (0.338 %)IPTV
England IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
190 (7.608 %)Linux
274 (6.255 %)UNIX
344 (3.719 %)Windows
420 (1.691 %)Mac OS X
56 (0.507 %)Windows XP
65 (0.423 %)Solaris
73 (0.254 %)Windows Vista
82 (0.169 %)Windows Server 2003
82 (0.169 %)Windows Mobile
91 (0.085 %)Embedded Linux
91 (0.085 %)Windows 2000
England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1588 (49.70 %)Agile Software Development
2262 (22.15 %)TDD
3234 (19.78 %)OO
4110 (9.298 %)E-Commerce
5101 (8.538 %)UML
694 (7.946 %)Extreme Programming
777 (6.509 %)PRINCE2
777 (6.509 %)DSDM
876 (6.424 %)Project Management
969 (5.833 %)RAD
1058 (4.903 %)RUP
1156 (4.734 %)Web Development
1253 (4.480 %)Algorithmic Trading
1349 (4.142 %)Asset Management
1444 (3.719 %)Content Management
1543 (3.635 %)Use Case
1642 (3.550 %)Automated Testing
1739 (3.297 %)User Acceptance Testing
1739 (3.297 %)SOA
1739 (3.297 %)Unit Testing
England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1426 (36.01 %)C#
2312 (26.37 %)Java
3295 (24.94 %)SQL
4135 (11.41 %)JavaScript
583 (7.016 %)C++
656 (4.734 %)C
738 (3.212 %)Ruby
738 (3.212 %)PHP
836 (3.043 %)PL/SQL
836 (3.043 %)VB
931 (2.620 %)Perl
1027 (2.282 %)Transact-SQL
1120 (1.691 %)DHTML
1120 (1.691 %)VB6
1215 (1.268 %)PHP5
139 (0.761 %)Python
146 (0.507 %)Shell Script
155 (0.423 %)XPath
155 (0.423 %)VB.NET
155 (0.423 %)RPG
England IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
189 (7.523 %)Degree
217 (1.437 %)PRINCE2 Certification
315 (1.268 %)ISEB
45 (0.423 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
54 (0.338 %)PMP
54 (0.338 %)PMI Certification
63 (0.254 %)Microsoft Certification
63 (0.254 %)Sun Certification
63 (0.254 %)MCSD
72 (0.169 %)PhD
72 (0.169 %)MCP
72 (0.169 %)MCAD
81 (0.085 %)ISTQB
England IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
173 (6.171 %)QA
29 (0.761 %)PCI DSS
31 (0.085 %)SLA
England IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
117 (1.437 %)Xen
25 (0.423 %)VMware Infrastructure
25 (0.423 %)MSMQ
32 (0.169 %)Active Directory
32 (0.169 %)VMware ESX
41 (0.085 %)ISA Server
England IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (0.085 %)BMC PATROL
11 (0.085 %)Nagios
England IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
190 (7.608 %)Oracle
190 (7.608 %)Microsoft
234 (2.874 %)Reuters
234 (2.874 %)Bloomberg
325 (2.113 %)VMware
416 (1.352 %)Google
416 (1.352 %)Sybase
416 (1.352 %)IBM
515 (1.268 %)Motorola
613 (1.099 %)Cisco
710 (0.845 %)Serena
89 (0.761 %)TIBCO
96 (0.507 %)Business Objects
105 (0.423 %)Sun
105 (0.423 %)Sitecore
114 (0.338 %)FatWire
114 (0.338 %)Interwoven
114 (0.338 %)HP
114 (0.338 %)SAP
123 (0.254 %)Perforce