The first table below looks at the demand for Agile Software Development skills in IT contracts advertised for the Exeter 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 24 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 Exeter 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Agile Software Development
Rank 13 11 19
Rank change year-on-year
-2 +8
Contract jobs citing Agile Software Development 10 7 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Exeter 9.804% 12.28% 4.819%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 12.20% 16.28% 8.696%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 3 3
Average daily rate £350 £300 £395
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+16.66% -24.05%
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £363
% change year-on-year
- -3.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 £37.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
-12.16% +5.71%
All Processes & Methodologies
Exeter
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
82 43 46
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Exeter 80.39% 75.44% 55.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 53 24 20
Average daily rate £350 £419 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-16.46% +11.73%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £223 £200 £145
10% offered a daily rate of more than £413 £513 £525
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 4 8
Average hourly rate £19.39 £11.75 £29.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+65.02% -60.16%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
Agile Software Development
Devon

Agile Software Development
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Exeter 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 Exeter region.

Exeter Agile Software Development Daily Rate Trend

Agile Software Development
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Exeter 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 11 (91.67%) Web Services
1 11 (91.67%) XML
2 9 (75.00%) JavaScript
2 9 (75.00%) CSS
2 9 (75.00%) XQuery
3 8 (66.67%) XPath
4 7 (58.33%) HTML
5 6 (50.00%) JAXB
5 6 (50.00%) Dojo
5 6 (50.00%) Data Analysis
5 6 (50.00%) Hibernate
5 6 (50.00%) jQuery
5 6 (50.00%) SC Cleared
5 6 (50.00%) Security Cleared
5 6 (50.00%) RESTful
5 6 (50.00%) HTML5
5 6 (50.00%) CSS3
6 5 (41.67%) Oracle
6 5 (41.67%) SOA
7 4 (33.33%) ISO 9001
7 4 (33.33%) C#
7 4 (33.33%) Configuration Management
7 4 (33.33%) ISO 14001
7 4 (33.33%) Waterfall
7 4 (33.33%) Git (software)
7 4 (33.33%) Summit
8 3 (25.00%) .NET Framework
8 3 (25.00%) Degree
8 3 (25.00%) Back Office
8 3 (25.00%) Finance

Agile Software Development
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Exeter 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 11 (91.67%) Web Services
1 11 (91.67%) XML
2 9 (75.00%) CSS
3 7 (58.33%) HTML
4 6 (50.00%) JAXB
4 6 (50.00%) Dojo
4 6 (50.00%) Hibernate
4 6 (50.00%) jQuery
4 6 (50.00%) RESTful
4 6 (50.00%) HTML5
4 6 (50.00%) CSS3
5 3 (25.00%) .NET Framework
5 3 (25.00%) ASP.NET
5 3 (25.00%) .NET
5 3 (25.00%) XSLT
6 2 (16.67%) Middleware
6 2 (16.67%) SOAP
Application Platforms
1 2 (16.67%) MQSeries
1 2 (16.67%) Oracle Service Bus
Business Applications
1 4 (33.33%) Summit
2 3 (25.00%) Oracle Applications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (16.67%) Oracle 11g
Development Applications
1 4 (33.33%) Git (software)
General
1 3 (25.00%) Back Office
1 3 (25.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 12 (100.00%) Developer
2 4 (33.33%) HTML Developer
3 3 (25.00%) .NET Developer
3 3 (25.00%) Web Developer
4 2 (16.67%) Software Developer
4 2 (16.67%) Analyst
4 2 (16.67%) Service Analyst
4 2 (16.67%) Oracle Analyst
4 2 (16.67%) Oracle Developer
4 2 (16.67%) Analyst Developer
5 1 (8.333%) ASP.NET Developer
5 1 (8.333%) SQL Developer
5 1 (8.333%) Senior .NET Developer
5 1 (8.333%) C# Developer
5 1 (8.333%) JavaScript Developer
5 1 (8.333%) Senior Developer
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (50.00%) Data Analysis
2 5 (41.67%) SOA
3 4 (33.33%) Configuration Management
3 4 (33.33%) Waterfall
4 3 (25.00%) B2B
4 3 (25.00%) B2C
4 3 (25.00%) OO
Programming Languages
1 9 (75.00%) JavaScript
1 9 (75.00%) XQuery
2 8 (66.67%) XPath
3 4 (33.33%) C#
4 3 (25.00%) VB.NET
5 2 (16.67%) C
6 1 (8.333%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 6 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (25.00%) Degree
2 3 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (25.00%) MCAD
2 3 (25.00%) MCSD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (33.33%) ISO 9001
1 4 (33.33%) ISO 14001
Vendors
1 5 (41.67%) Oracle
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