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This section looks at the demand for Scrum skills within the Hertfordshire region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited Scrum over the 3 months to 8 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkScrum
Location
3 months to 8 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank6592
Rank change on same period last yearUp+27
Matching contract IT job ads331
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.044 %0.001 %
As % of the category below3.254 %0.108 %
Daily rates quoted281
Average minimum daily rate£429£300
Average daily rate£480£325
% change on same period last year+47.55 %
Average maximum daily rate£531£350
UK excluding London average daily rate£375£386
% change on same period last year-3.00 %
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£28.75£40.08
% change on same period last year-28.27 %
Processes & Methodologies HertfordshireProcesses & Methodologies
Hertfordshire
Matching contract IT job ads1014924
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.337 %0.966 %
Daily rates quoted429361
Average minimum daily rate£387£348
Average daily rate£416£369
% change on same period last year+12.73 %
Average maximum daily rate£445£390
UK excluding London average daily rate£384£375
% change on same period last year+2.22 %
Hourly rates quoted8861
Average minimum hourly rate£28.67£24.51
Average hourly rate£29.35£26.74
% change on same period last year+9.77 %
Average maximum hourly rate£30.03£28.96
UK excluding London average hourly rate£29.33£30.33
% change on same period last year-3.28 %
Scrum East of EnglandScrum
East of England

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

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 8 July 2008.

Hertfordshire Scrum Daily Rate Histogram

Scrum
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT job ads citing Scrum within the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 8 July 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
Potters BarNew entry-1--
Scrum East of EnglandScrum
East of England

Scrum
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire 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.

137 (80.43 %)OO
234 (73.91 %).NET
234 (73.91 %)E-Commerce
333 (71.74 %)C#
333 (71.74 %)Retail
429 (63.04 %)ASP.NET
429 (63.04 %)XML
528 (60.87 %)RAD
625 (54.35 %)XSLT
625 (54.35 %)SQL
724 (52.17 %)Change Management
724 (52.17 %)AJAX
823 (50.00 %)WPF
823 (50.00 %)BizTalk Server
823 (50.00 %)Internet
823 (50.00 %)SMTP
823 (50.00 %)FTP
823 (50.00 %)HTTP
823 (50.00 %)TCP/IP
922 (47.83 %)ADO.NET
1016 (34.78 %)HTML
1114 (30.43 %)W3C
1114 (30.43 %)C
1114 (30.43 %)DOM
1213 (28.26 %)Games
1312 (26.09 %)Serena
1312 (26.09 %)VSS/SourceSafe
147 (15.22 %)Agile Software Development
147 (15.22 %)Web Development
155 (10.87 %)XSL

Scrum
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire 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.

Application Development
134 (73.91 %).NET
229 (63.04 %)ASP.NET
229 (63.04 %)XML
325 (54.35 %)XSLT
424 (52.17 %)AJAX
523 (50.00 %)WPF
622 (47.83 %)ADO.NET
716 (34.78 %)HTML
814 (30.43 %)DOM
95 (10.87 %)XSL
104 (8.696 %)XSD
113 (6.522 %)CSS
122 (4.348 %)WebServices
131 (2.174 %).NET Framework
131 (2.174 %)ASP
131 (2.174 %)J2EE
131 (2.174 %)Oracle ADF
131 (2.174 %)Hibernate
131 (2.174 %)WinForms
Application Platforms
123 (50.00 %)BizTalk Server
21 (2.174 %)WebLogic
21 (2.174 %)IIS
21 (2.174 %)Commerce Server
Communications & Networking
123 (50.00 %)Internet
123 (50.00 %)SMTP
123 (50.00 %)FTP
123 (50.00 %)HTTP
123 (50.00 %)TCP/IP
23 (6.522 %)DSL
31 (2.174 %)Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
15 (10.87 %)SQL Server
24 (8.696 %)SQL Server 2005
31 (2.174 %)Crystal Reports
31 (2.174 %)Oracle 10g
Development Applications
112 (26.09 %)VSS/SourceSafe
24 (8.696 %)NUnit
31 (2.174 %)FitNesse
31 (2.174 %)CheckStyle
31 (2.174 %)JUnit
31 (2.174 %)Oracle Forms
31 (2.174 %)JDeveloper
31 (2.174 %)Eclipse
General
133 (71.74 %)Retail
213 (28.26 %)Games
Job Titles
121 (45.65 %)Developer
215 (32.61 %)C# Developer
312 (26.09 %).NET Developer
411 (23.91 %)Team Leader
510 (21.74 %)Development Manager
69 (19.57 %)Web Team Leader
73 (6.522 %)Senior Developer
82 (4.348 %)ASP.NET Developer
82 (4.348 %)Web Developer
82 (4.348 %)C# Web Developer
82 (4.348 %)Technical Specialist
82 (4.348 %)Development Team Leader
82 (4.348 %).NET Web Developer
82 (4.348 %)Web Manager
82 (4.348 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
91 (2.174 %)Oracle Forms Developer
91 (2.174 %)Web Development Manager
91 (2.174 %)Analyst
91 (2.174 %)Technical Analyst
91 (2.174 %)Oracle Developer
Miscellaneous
114 (30.43 %)W3C
21 (2.174 %)Web 2.0
21 (2.174 %)PDA
21 (2.174 %)Blog
21 (2.174 %)N-Tier
Operating Systems
11 (2.174 %)Unix
Processes & Methodologies
137 (80.43 %)OO
234 (73.91 %)E-Commerce
328 (60.87 %)RAD
424 (52.17 %)Change Management
57 (15.22 %)Agile Software Development
57 (15.22 %)Web Development
63 (6.522 %)User Acceptance Testing
63 (6.522 %)Unit Testing
72 (4.348 %)OOA/OOD
72 (4.348 %)TDD
81 (2.174 %)Release Management
81 (2.174 %)RUP
81 (2.174 %)CRM
81 (2.174 %)PRINCE2
81 (2.174 %)UML
81 (2.174 %)Project Management
Programming Languages
133 (71.74 %)C#
225 (54.35 %)SQL
314 (30.43 %)C
44 (8.696 %)VB
53 (6.522 %)VB6
62 (4.348 %)JavaScript
71 (2.174 %)PL/SQL
71 (2.174 %)Java
71 (2.174 %)Shell Script
Vendors
112 (26.09 %)Serena
22 (4.348 %)Microsoft
22 (4.348 %)Oracle
31 (2.174 %)BEA
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