The first table below looks at the demand for Agile Software Development skills in IT contracts advertised for the Marlow 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 Marlow 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 5 - 3
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Agile Software Development 1 0 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Marlow 11.11% - 46.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 14.29% - 50.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 6
Average daily rate - - £330
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
Marlow
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
7 6 12
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Marlow 77.78% 85.71% 92.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 12
Average daily rate £165 £175 £330
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.71% -46.96%
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £12.50 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
Agile Software Development
Buckinghamshire

Agile Software Development
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Marlow 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 Marlow region.

Marlow Agile Software Development Daily Rate Trend

Agile Software Development
Top 25 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Marlow 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 3 (100.00%) C#
1 3 (100.00%) Team Foundation Server
2 2 (66.67%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 2 (66.67%) SQL Server 2008
2 2 (66.67%) Windows
2 2 (66.67%) Web Development
2 2 (66.67%) .NET Framework
2 2 (66.67%) SQL
2 2 (66.67%) .NET
2 2 (66.67%) SQL Server
2 2 (66.67%) OLAP
2 2 (66.67%) Visual Studio
2 2 (66.67%) VSS/SourceSafe
2 2 (66.67%) ASP.NET
2 2 (66.67%) WinForms
3 1 (33.33%) Automated Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Software Engineering
3 1 (33.33%) XML
3 1 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Integration Testing
3 1 (33.33%) WPF
3 1 (33.33%) Software Testing
3 1 (33.33%) OO
3 1 (33.33%) Automation Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Manual Testing

Agile Software Development
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Marlow 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 2 (66.67%) .NET Framework
1 2 (66.67%) .NET
1 2 (66.67%) ASP.NET
1 2 (66.67%) WinForms
2 1 (33.33%) XML
2 1 (33.33%) WPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) SQL Server Analysis Services
1 2 (66.67%) SQL Server 2008
1 2 (66.67%) SQL Server
1 2 (66.67%) OLAP
Development Applications
1 3 (100.00%) Team Foundation Server
2 2 (66.67%) Visual Studio
2 2 (66.67%) VSS/SourceSafe
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) C# .NET Developer
1 2 (66.67%) C# Web Developer
1 2 (66.67%) C# ASP.NET Developer
1 2 (66.67%) Developer
1 2 (66.67%) Web Developer
1 2 (66.67%) .NET Developer
1 2 (66.67%) C# Developer
1 2 (66.67%) ASP.NET Developer
1 2 (66.67%) .NET Web Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Software Tester
2 1 (33.33%) Tester
2 1 (33.33%) Automation Tester
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Web Development
2 1 (33.33%) Automated Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Software Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Integration Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Software Testing
2 1 (33.33%) OO
2 1 (33.33%) Automation Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Manual Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) C#
2 2 (66.67%) SQL