The first table below looks at the demand for Agile Software Development skills in IT contracts advertised for the Essex region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Agile Software Development over the 3 months to 20 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Processes & Methodologies category for the Essex region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Agile Software Development
Rank 27 40 28
Rank change year-on-year
+13 -12
Contract jobs citing Agile Software Development 21 10 22
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Essex 5.097% 2.445% 5.627%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.292% 4.082% 9.244%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 4 9
Average daily rate £250 £409 £363
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-38.83% +12.75%
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 4 4
Average hourly rate £42.00 £29.57 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+42.05% -1.45%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £34.25 £27.19 £27.90
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £48.00 £34.10 £31.40
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £37.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+1.35% +5.71%
All Processes & Methodologies
Essex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
288 245 238
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Essex 69.90% 59.90% 60.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 137 119 108
Average daily rate £325 £350 £363
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.14% -3.44%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £213 £125 £205
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £460
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £363 £375
% change year-on-year
- -3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 63 35 44
Average hourly rate £33.00 £27.50 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+20.00% -8.33%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £24.21 £17.00 £23.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £46.00 £39.69 £39.30
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.00 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+28.00% -16.66%
Agile Software Development
East of England

Agile Software Development
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Agile Software Development across the Essex region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Essex Agile Software Development Jobs Demand Trend

Agile Software Development
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Agile Software Development across the Essex region.

Essex Agile Software Development Daily Rate Trend

Agile Software Development
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Agile Software Development across the Essex region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

Essex Agile Software Development Daily Rate Histogram

Agile Software Development
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Agile Software Development across the Essex region.

Essex Agile Software Development Hourly Rate Trend

Agile Software Development
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Agile Software Development across the Essex region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

Essex Agile Software Development Hourly Rate Histogram

Agile Software Development
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Agile Software Development within the Essex region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Brentwood - 8 £250 -
Basildon 0 4 £250 -
Harlow +3 2 £250 -36.30%
Agile Software Development
East of England

Agile Software Development
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Essex region citing Agile Software Development 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 Agile Software Development.

1 9 (34.62%) Project Management
2 8 (30.77%) SQL
3 7 (26.92%) Java
3 7 (26.92%) JavaScript
3 7 (26.92%) UNIX
4 6 (23.08%) C
4 6 (23.08%) C#
4 6 (23.08%) Multithreading
5 5 (19.23%) .NET
5 5 (19.23%) MS Project
5 5 (19.23%) Solaris
5 5 (19.23%) Linux
5 5 (19.23%) CSS
6 4 (15.38%) HTML
6 4 (15.38%) XML
6 4 (15.38%) Windows
6 4 (15.38%) OO
6 4 (15.38%) SQL Server
6 4 (15.38%) Risk Management
6 4 (15.38%) PMI Certification
6 4 (15.38%) E-Commerce
6 4 (15.38%) jQuery
7 3 (11.54%) Unit Testing
7 3 (11.54%) Selenium
7 3 (11.54%) QA
7 3 (11.54%) Continuous Integration
7 3 (11.54%) Adobe
7 3 (11.54%) PMI
7 3 (11.54%) SEO
7 3 (11.54%) Automotive

Agile Software Development
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Essex region citing Agile Software Development 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 Agile Software Development. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 5 (19.23%) .NET
1 5 (19.23%) CSS
2 4 (15.38%) HTML
2 4 (15.38%) XML
2 4 (15.38%) jQuery
3 3 (11.54%) XSLT
3 3 (11.54%) Web Services
3 3 (11.54%) J2EE
4 2 (7.692%) ASP
4 2 (7.692%) ASP.NET
4 2 (7.692%) JSP
4 2 (7.692%) XHTML
4 2 (7.692%) Ajax
4 2 (7.692%) Dojo
4 2 (7.692%) MooTools
4 2 (7.692%) HTML5
4 2 (7.692%) CSS3
4 2 (7.692%) Sass
4 2 (7.692%) LESS
5 1 (3.846%) AngularJS
Application Platforms
1 2 (7.692%) CMS
2 1 (3.846%) IIS
Applications
1 5 (19.23%) MS Project
2 2 (7.692%) Photoshop
3 1 (3.846%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (7.692%) Google Analytics
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (15.38%) SQL Server
2 2 (7.692%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 3 (11.54%) Selenium
2 1 (3.846%) JUnit
2 1 (3.846%) Visual Studio
2 1 (3.846%) WebSphere Studio Application Developer
General
1 3 (11.54%) Automotive
2 1 (3.846%) Manufacturing
2 1 (3.846%) Telecoms
2 1 (3.846%) Finance
Job Titles
1 10 (38.46%) Developer
2 8 (30.77%) Project Manager
3 3 (11.54%) Analyst
3 3 (11.54%) .NET Developer
4 2 (7.692%) C# Developer
4 2 (7.692%) ASP.NET Developer
4 2 (7.692%) Business Analyst
4 2 (7.692%) Tester
4 2 (7.692%) Java Developer
4 2 (7.692%) C# ASP.NET Developer
4 2 (7.692%) Front-End Developer
4 2 (7.692%) Agile Project Manager
4 2 (7.692%) C# .NET Developer
5 1 (3.846%) .NET Software Developer
5 1 (3.846%) Agile Business Analyst
5 1 (3.846%) UI Developer
5 1 (3.846%) Digital Project Manager
5 1 (3.846%) Software Developer
5 1 (3.846%) Web Developer
5 1 (3.846%) Analyst Programmer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (11.54%) PMI
2 1 (3.846%) Open Source
2 1 (3.846%) SaaS
Operating Systems
1 7 (26.92%) UNIX
2 5 (19.23%) Solaris
2 5 (19.23%) Linux
3 4 (15.38%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (34.62%) Project Management
2 6 (23.08%) Multithreading
3 4 (15.38%) OO
3 4 (15.38%) E-Commerce
3 4 (15.38%) Risk Management
4 3 (11.54%) SEO
4 3 (11.54%) MVC
4 3 (11.54%) Migration
4 3 (11.54%) Unit Testing
4 3 (11.54%) Continuous Integration
5 2 (7.692%) Web Development
5 2 (7.692%) Image Processing
5 2 (7.692%) Responsive Web Design
5 2 (7.692%) Analytics
5 2 (7.692%) PRINCE2
5 2 (7.692%) UML
5 2 (7.692%) Web Design
5 2 (7.692%) TDD
5 2 (7.692%) Content Management
6 1 (3.846%) Automated Testing
Programming Languages
1 8 (30.77%) SQL
2 7 (26.92%) Java
2 7 (26.92%) JavaScript
3 6 (23.08%) C
3 6 (23.08%) C#
4 3 (11.54%) PHP
5 2 (7.692%) T-SQL
6 1 (3.846%) Ruby
6 1 (3.846%) C++
6 1 (3.846%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (15.38%) PMI Certification
2 2 (7.692%) PMP
3 1 (3.846%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 1 (3.846%) Sun Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (11.54%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (11.54%) Adobe
2 2 (7.692%) Microsoft
2 2 (7.692%) BT
2 2 (7.692%) FatWire
2 2 (7.692%) Omniture
2 2 (7.692%) Google
3 1 (3.846%) AccuRev
3 1 (3.846%) Telerik
3 1 (3.846%) Oracle
3 1 (3.846%) Sun
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