The first table below looks at the demand for Agile Software Development skills in IT contracts advertised for the Hampshire 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 Hampshire 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 31 40 33
Rank change year-on-year
+9 -7
Contract jobs citing Agile Software Development 85 59 88
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 5.570% 3.708% 4.759%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.236% 5.819% 7.401%
Number of daily rates quoted 64 33 26
Average daily rate £330 £425 £345
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-22.35% +23.18%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £278 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £525 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £363
% change year-on-year
- -3.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 4 23
Average hourly rate £45.00 £45.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +28.57%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 £37.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
-12.16% +5.71%
All Processes & Methodologies
Hampshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1032 1014 1189
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 67.63% 63.73% 64.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 583 476 533
Average daily rate £370 £375 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.33% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £288 £265 £263
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 69 99 130
Average hourly rate £35.00 £31.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+12.90% -11.42%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.20 £14.43 £13.30
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £42.50 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
Agile Software Development
South East

Agile Software Development
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hampshire 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 Hampshire region.

Hampshire 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 Hampshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Hampshire 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 Hampshire region.

Hampshire Agile Software Development Hourly Rate Trend

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 Hampshire region over the 3 months to 24 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
Basingstoke -5 19 £330 -5.71%
Southampton +6 14 £300 -29.41%
Eastleigh - 3 £350 -
Fareham +9 2 £325 -
Farnborough +2 2 £400 -5.88%
Havant +1 2 - -
Portsmouth 0 2 £344 -
Winchester -2 1 £325 -18.75%
Agile Software Development
South East

Agile Software Development
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire 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 63 (38.18%) SQL
2 50 (30.30%) jQuery
3 49 (29.70%) Java
4 48 (29.09%) MVC
5 47 (28.48%) UML
6 46 (27.88%) SQL Server
7 45 (27.27%) .NET
8 44 (26.67%) CSS
9 41 (24.85%) JavaScript
10 40 (24.24%) C#
10 40 (24.24%) Scrum
11 39 (23.64%) Selenium
12 35 (21.21%) BDD
13 34 (20.61%) Git (software)
13 34 (20.61%) HTML
13 34 (20.61%) Web Services
14 32 (19.39%) TDD
15 30 (18.18%) Spring
16 29 (17.58%) ASP.NET
16 29 (17.58%) Continuous Integration
17 28 (16.97%) OO
17 28 (16.97%) OOD
18 27 (16.36%) Oracle
19 26 (15.76%) Project Management
19 26 (15.76%) Web Development
20 25 (15.15%) Subversion
21 24 (14.55%) Hibernate
21 24 (14.55%) SOAP
21 24 (14.55%) E-Commerce
22 23 (13.94%) T-SQL

Agile Software Development
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire 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 50 (30.30%) jQuery
2 45 (27.27%) .NET
3 44 (26.67%) CSS
4 34 (20.61%) HTML
4 34 (20.61%) Web Services
5 30 (18.18%) Spring
6 29 (17.58%) ASP.NET
7 24 (14.55%) Hibernate
7 24 (14.55%) SOAP
8 23 (13.94%) Java EE
9 21 (12.73%) JPA
9 21 (12.73%) REST
10 19 (11.52%) JMS
10 19 (11.52%) XML
10 19 (11.52%) JSON
10 19 (11.52%) soapUI
11 17 (10.30%) ASP.NET MVC
12 16 (9.697%) Spring Security
12 16 (9.697%) Spring Web Flow
12 16 (9.697%) EJB
Application Platforms
1 23 (13.94%) BizTalk Server
2 11 (6.667%) IIS
3 7 (4.242%) WebLogic
3 7 (4.242%) Magento
4 6 (3.636%) Windows Azure
5 4 (2.424%) CMS
6 3 (1.818%) Tomcat
7 2 (1.212%) Liferay
7 2 (1.212%) TeamSite
7 2 (1.212%) WebLogic Portal
7 2 (1.212%) SharePoint
7 2 (1.212%) ActiveMQ
8 1 (0.606%) MSMQ
Applications
1 12 (7.273%) MS Excel
2 7 (4.242%) MS Project
3 6 (3.636%) MS Visio
4 4 (2.424%) MS PowerPoint
5 2 (1.212%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 7 (4.242%) Google Analytics
2 3 (1.818%) SAP Oil and Gas
3 1 (0.606%) SAP ERP
Communications & Networking
1 5 (3.030%) HTTP
2 4 (2.424%) Internet
3 2 (1.212%) TCP/IP
3 2 (1.212%) DVB
4 1 (0.606%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (27.88%) SQL Server
2 20 (12.12%) MySQL
3 18 (10.91%) SQL Server 2005
4 16 (9.697%) NoSQL
4 16 (9.697%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 16 (9.697%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 10 (6.061%) SQL Server 2008
6 8 (4.848%) SQL Server 2000
7 3 (1.818%) OLTP
8 1 (0.606%) Crystal Analysis
8 1 (0.606%) BusinessObjects
8 1 (0.606%) SAP BW
8 1 (0.606%) Oracle 8/8i
8 1 (0.606%) Oracle Reports
8 1 (0.606%) OLAP
8 1 (0.606%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
Development Applications
1 39 (23.64%) Selenium
2 34 (20.61%) Git (software)
3 25 (15.15%) Subversion
4 21 (12.73%) Maven
5 20 (12.12%) JUnit
6 16 (9.697%) Mockito
7 15 (9.091%) NUnit
7 15 (9.091%) SpecFlow
8 12 (7.273%) ReSharper
9 11 (6.667%) Visual Studio
10 10 (6.061%) JSUnit
10 10 (6.061%) VSS/SourceSafe
11 9 (5.455%) JBehave
12 7 (4.242%) Cucumber
13 5 (3.030%) JMeter
14 4 (2.424%) FitNesse
15 3 (1.818%) Log4j
15 3 (1.818%) ClearQuest
15 3 (1.818%) Jenkins
15 3 (1.818%) Hudson
General
1 22 (13.33%) Retail
2 12 (7.273%) Finance
3 7 (4.242%) Telecoms
3 7 (4.242%) Marketing
4 5 (3.030%) Manufacturing
5 3 (1.818%) Electronics
6 2 (1.212%) Front Office
6 2 (1.212%) Back Office
7 1 (0.606%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 81 (49.09%) Developer
2 41 (24.85%) Analyst
3 22 (13.33%) Java Developer
3 22 (13.33%) C# Developer
4 19 (11.52%) Business Analyst
5 18 (10.91%) .NET Developer
6 13 (7.879%) Test Analyst
6 13 (7.879%) C# .NET Developer
6 13 (7.879%) Agile C# Developer
7 12 (7.273%) ASP.NET Developer
8 11 (6.667%) Agile Business Analyst
8 11 (6.667%) Agile .NET Developer
8 11 (6.667%) C# ASP.NET Developer
9 10 (6.061%) Project Manager
10 8 (4.848%) Consultant
10 8 (4.848%) PHP Developer
11 7 (4.242%) Web Analyst
11 7 (4.242%) Technical Leader
12 6 (3.636%) Software Developer
12 6 (3.636%) SQL Developer
Miscellaneous
1 11 (6.667%) Client/Server
2 10 (6.061%) N-Tier
3 8 (4.848%) SaaS
3 8 (4.848%) Cloud Computing
4 5 (3.030%) DTV
5 4 (2.424%) Wiki
6 3 (1.818%) Mathematics
6 3 (1.818%) Physics
7 2 (1.212%) Inversion of Control
7 2 (1.212%) Computer Science
7 2 (1.212%) Graphic Design
8 1 (0.606%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 6 (3.636%) UNIX
2 3 (1.818%) Windows
2 3 (1.818%) Linux
2 3 (1.818%) Android
3 1 (0.606%) SUSE
3 1 (0.606%) Windows 8
3 1 (0.606%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (29.09%) MVC
2 47 (28.48%) UML
3 40 (24.24%) Scrum
4 35 (21.21%) BDD
5 32 (19.39%) TDD
6 29 (17.58%) Continuous Integration
7 28 (16.97%) OO
7 28 (16.97%) OOD
8 26 (15.76%) Project Management
8 26 (15.76%) Web Development
9 24 (14.55%) E-Commerce
10 19 (11.52%) Dependency Injection
11 18 (10.91%) Software Architecture
11 18 (10.91%) Kanban
11 18 (10.91%) Pair Programming
12 17 (10.30%) Unit Testing
13 15 (9.091%) Business Analysis
14 12 (7.273%) OOP
14 12 (7.273%) Requirements Management
15 11 (6.667%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 63 (38.18%) SQL
2 49 (29.70%) Java
3 41 (24.85%) JavaScript
4 40 (24.24%) C#
5 23 (13.94%) T-SQL
6 14 (8.485%) VB.NET
7 10 (6.061%) VB
8 8 (4.848%) PHP
9 7 (4.242%) PHP5
10 6 (3.636%) PL/SQL
10 6 (3.636%) C++
10 6 (3.636%) Python
11 4 (2.424%) XPath
12 2 (1.212%) Delphi
12 2 (1.212%) C
12 2 (1.212%) Ruby
13 1 (0.606%) Objective-C
13 1 (0.606%) Shell Script
13 1 (0.606%) SAPscript
13 1 (0.606%) Perl
Qualifications
1 9 (5.455%) Degree
2 7 (4.242%) Security Cleared
3 4 (2.424%) SC Cleared
4 3 (1.818%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 2 (1.212%) ISEB
5 2 (1.212%) Oracle Certification
5 2 (1.212%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 2 (1.212%) ITIL Certification
5 2 (1.212%) ISTQB
6 1 (0.606%) BC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (3.030%) QA
2 1 (0.606%) SLA
Systems Management
1 2 (1.212%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 27 (16.36%) Oracle
2 18 (10.91%) JBoss
3 14 (8.485%) ATG
4 11 (6.667%) Microsoft
5 10 (6.061%) Telerik
5 10 (6.061%) Aquila
6 9 (5.455%) Twitter
7 7 (4.242%) Google
8 6 (3.636%) hybris
9 5 (3.030%) SAP
10 3 (1.818%) Capita
10 3 (1.818%) Remedy
10 3 (1.818%) Adobe
11 2 (1.212%) HP
12 1 (0.606%) Teradata
12 1 (0.606%) Zend
12 1 (0.606%) TIBCO
12 1 (0.606%) Apple
12 1 (0.606%) Cognos
12 1 (0.606%) Business Objects
Basingstoke, Hampshire
Ideally, you will have extensive skills in the following technologies / agile methodologies: * C# with ASP.Net MVC * SOLID coding principles * Strong skills in SQL * Agile development using Scrum...
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Rate: £380 - £425 per day
Posted: 22 May 2013