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This section looks at the demand for Scrum skills within the Leeds 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 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkScrum
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank6656
Rank change on same period last yearDown-10
Matching contract IT job ads1215
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.016 %0.015 %
As % of the category below1.637 %2.492 %
Daily rates quoted59
Average minimum daily rate£260£360
Average daily rate£325£368
% change on same period last year-11.76 %
Average maximum daily rate£390£377
UK excluding London average daily rate£353£373
% change on same period last year-5.29 %
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£41.86
% change on same period last year-31.31 %
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
Leeds
Matching contract IT job ads733602
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.977 %0.609 %
Daily rates quoted224120
Average minimum daily rate£332£356
Average daily rate£357£375
% change on same period last year-4.75 %
Average maximum daily rate£382£394
UK excluding London average daily rate£380£376
% change on same period last year+1.21 %
Hourly rates quoted1532
Average minimum hourly rate£22.58£27.18
Average hourly rate£24.76£28.39
% change on same period last year-12.77 %
Average maximum hourly rate£26.94£29.59
UK excluding London average hourly rate£29.33£30.16
% change on same period last year-2.72 %
Scrum West YorkshireScrum
West Yorkshire

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

Leeds 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 Leeds region.

Leeds 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 Leeds region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

Leeds Scrum Daily Rate Histogram

Scrum
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Leeds 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.

110 (71.43 %)Agile Software Development
27 (50.00 %)Java
34 (28.57 %).NET
34 (28.57 %)SOA
34 (28.57 %)TDD
34 (28.57 %)Banking
34 (28.57 %)Extreme Programming
34 (28.57 %)Security Cleared
43 (21.43 %)User Acceptance Testing
43 (21.43 %)Web Testing
43 (21.43 %)System Testing
43 (21.43 %)SC Cleared
43 (21.43 %)Regression Testing
43 (21.43 %)Management Information System
43 (21.43 %)QA
43 (21.43 %)J2EE
52 (14.29 %)XML
52 (14.29 %)UML
52 (14.29 %)RAD
61 (7.143 %)E-Commerce
61 (7.143 %)Finance
61 (7.143 %)Government
61 (7.143 %)Use Case
61 (7.143 %)Enterprise Architecture
61 (7.143 %)Microsoft
61 (7.143 %)Project Management
61 (7.143 %)OO
61 (7.143 %)C
61 (7.143 %)C#
61 (7.143 %)PRINCE2

Scrum
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Leeds 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.

Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
14 (28.57 %).NET
23 (21.43 %)J2EE
32 (14.29 %)XML
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
14 (28.57 %)Banking
21 (7.143 %)Finance
21 (7.143 %)Government
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
14 (28.57 %)Project Manager
23 (21.43 %)Tester
23 (21.43 %)Technical Project Manager
23 (21.43 %)Technical Manager
32 (14.29 %)Java Developer
32 (14.29 %)Developer
41 (7.143 %)Technical Architect
41 (7.143 %)Enterprise Architect
41 (7.143 %)ScrumMaster
41 (7.143 %)Architect
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
13 (21.43 %)Management Information System
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
110 (71.43 %)Agile Software Development
24 (28.57 %)TDD
24 (28.57 %)SOA
24 (28.57 %)Extreme Programming
24 (28.57 %)Security Cleared
33 (21.43 %)Regression Testing
33 (21.43 %)User Acceptance Testing
33 (21.43 %)Web Testing
33 (21.43 %)System Testing
33 (21.43 %)SC Cleared
42 (14.29 %)UML
42 (14.29 %)RAD
51 (7.143 %)E-Commerce
51 (7.143 %)OO
51 (7.143 %)PRINCE2
51 (7.143 %)Project Management
51 (7.143 %)Enterprise Architecture
51 (7.143 %)Use Case
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
17 (50.00 %)Java
21 (7.143 %)C
21 (7.143 %)C#
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
13 (21.43 %)QA
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (7.143 %)Microsoft
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