The first table below looks at the demand for Scrum skills in IT contracts advertised for the Milton Keynes region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Scrum 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 Milton Keynes 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
Scrum
Rank 34 52 46
Rank change year-on-year
+18 -6
Contract jobs citing Scrum 21 10 10
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Milton Keynes 3.955% 1.433% 1.661%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.469% 2.174% 2.959%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 4 6
Average daily rate £401 £309 £330
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+29.71% -6.43%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £358 £302 £289
10% offered a daily rate of more than £505 £408 £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £365
% change year-on-year
- -4.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £33.00 £39.75 £42.50
% change year-on-year
-16.98% -6.47%
All Processes & Methodologies
Milton Keynes
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
384 460 338
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Milton Keynes 72.32% 65.90% 56.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 232 208 150
Average daily rate £350 £325 £338
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.69% -3.70%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £222 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £400 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 23 31
Average hourly rate £17.50 £14.75 £15.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+18.64% -1.66%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.20 £10.58 £10.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £22.50 £17.00 £47.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
Scrum
Buckinghamshire

Scrum
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Scrum across the Milton Keynes region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Milton Keynes Scrum Jobs Demand Trend

Scrum
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Scrum across the Milton Keynes region.

Milton Keynes Scrum Daily Rate Trend

Scrum
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Scrum across the Milton Keynes region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Milton Keynes Scrum Daily Rate Histogram

Scrum
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Milton Keynes 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.

1 20 (51.28%) .NET
2 15 (38.46%) MVC
3 14 (35.90%) C#
3 14 (35.90%) Agile Software Development
4 10 (25.64%) Finance
4 10 (25.64%) WCF
4 10 (25.64%) Team Foundation Server
5 9 (23.08%) Oracle
5 9 (23.08%) PRINCE2
6 8 (20.51%) SOA
6 8 (20.51%) Web Services
6 8 (20.51%) XML
6 8 (20.51%) Project Management
6 8 (20.51%) Web Development
7 7 (17.95%) Middleware
7 7 (17.95%) ASP.NET
7 7 (17.95%) SOAP
8 6 (15.38%) Enterprise Architecture
8 6 (15.38%) Security Cleared
8 6 (15.38%) SC Cleared
8 6 (15.38%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 5 (12.82%) Oracle 11g
9 5 (12.82%) Unit Testing
9 5 (12.82%) Oracle Service Bus
9 5 (12.82%) REST
9 5 (12.82%) Web 2.0
9 5 (12.82%) XPath
9 5 (12.82%) BPEL
9 5 (12.82%) UML
9 5 (12.82%) OO

Scrum
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Milton Keynes 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
1 20 (51.28%) .NET
2 10 (25.64%) WCF
3 8 (20.51%) Web Services
3 8 (20.51%) XML
4 7 (17.95%) Middleware
4 7 (17.95%) ASP.NET
4 7 (17.95%) SOAP
5 5 (12.82%) REST
5 5 (12.82%) XSD
5 5 (12.82%) WSDL
6 4 (10.26%) SAP XI
6 4 (10.26%) ASP.NET MVC
6 4 (10.26%) SAP PI
7 3 (7.692%) .NET Framework
8 2 (5.128%) BAPI
8 2 (5.128%) JMS
8 2 (5.128%) ASP
8 2 (5.128%) JDBC
8 2 (5.128%) XSLT
8 2 (5.128%) WPF
Application Platforms
1 6 (15.38%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 5 (12.82%) Oracle Service Bus
2 5 (12.82%) Oracle Workflow
3 4 (10.26%) NetWeaver
4 3 (7.692%) ESB
Applications
1 5 (12.82%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 2 (5.128%) SAP CRM
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.128%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (12.82%) Oracle 11g
1 5 (12.82%) Oracle 8/8i
2 2 (5.128%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 10 (25.64%) Team Foundation Server
2 5 (12.82%) Eclipse
2 5 (12.82%) Ant
2 5 (12.82%) JDeveloper
3 1 (2.564%) Visual Studio
3 1 (2.564%) QuickTest Pro
General
1 10 (25.64%) Finance
2 4 (10.26%) Banking
3 1 (2.564%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 16 (41.03%) Developer
2 12 (30.77%) Project Manager
3 9 (23.08%) .NET Developer
4 5 (12.82%) Agile .NET Developer
4 5 (12.82%) Oracle Developer
4 5 (12.82%) Senior .NET Developer
4 5 (12.82%) Web Developer
4 5 (12.82%) Senior Developer
5 4 (10.26%) Lead Developer
5 4 (10.26%) Architect
5 4 (10.26%) Oracle SOA Developer
5 4 (10.26%) SOA Developer
6 3 (7.692%) SAP PI Consultant
6 3 (7.692%) ScrumMaster
6 3 (7.692%) SAP Consultant
6 3 (7.692%) Consultant
7 2 (5.128%) Agile Coach
7 2 (5.128%) Test Manager
7 2 (5.128%) Senior Manager
7 2 (5.128%) Senior Web Developer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (12.82%) Web 2.0
2 3 (7.692%) N-Tier
3 1 (2.564%) SaaS
3 1 (2.564%) EPoS
Operating Systems
1 2 (5.128%) MVS
2 1 (2.564%) Windows 7
2 1 (2.564%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (38.46%) MVC
2 14 (35.90%) Agile Software Development
3 9 (23.08%) PRINCE2
4 8 (20.51%) SOA
4 8 (20.51%) Project Management
4 8 (20.51%) Web Development
5 6 (15.38%) Enterprise Architecture
6 5 (12.82%) Unit Testing
6 5 (12.82%) BPEL
6 5 (12.82%) UML
6 5 (12.82%) OO
6 5 (12.82%) Workflow
7 4 (10.26%) CRM
7 4 (10.26%) ITIL
7 4 (10.26%) Release Management
8 3 (7.692%) Budget Control
8 3 (7.692%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 3 (7.692%) TDD
8 3 (7.692%) DSDM
8 3 (7.692%) Web Application Development
Programming Languages
1 14 (35.90%) C#
2 5 (12.82%) XPath
2 5 (12.82%) XQuery
3 4 (10.26%) SQL
3 4 (10.26%) ABAP
4 2 (5.128%) Java
4 2 (5.128%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 6 (15.38%) Security Cleared
1 6 (15.38%) SC Cleared
2 4 (10.26%) DV Cleared
3 3 (7.692%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 2 (5.128%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (2.564%) HNC
5 1 (2.564%) HND
5 1 (2.564%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.564%) QA
Vendors
1 9 (23.08%) Oracle
2 5 (12.82%) Microsoft
3 4 (10.26%) SAP