Norfolk Agile Software Development Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Agile Software Development skills within the Norfolk region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Agile Software Development over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Agile Software Development
Location Aberdeen Alderley Edge Barnstaple Basingstoke Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Birmingham Bracknell Bristol Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Channel Islands Cheshire Chester City of London County Antrim Coventry Croydon Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Dorset East Anglia East Midlands East of England Eastleigh Edinburgh England Essex Exeter Farnham Gloucester Gloucestershire Guildford Hammersmith Hampshire Harlow Harrogate Herefordshire Hertfordshire Ipswich Jersey Leeds Liverpool Livingston London M4 Corridor Macclesfield Maidenhead Manchester Merseyside Middlesbrough Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Norfolk North East North West North Yorkshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Peterborough Portsmouth Potters Bar Reading Scotland Sheffield Slough Somerset South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Southend-on-Sea Southport Southwark Stevenage Stockport Suffolk Surrey Sussex Swindon Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Wales Warrington Warwick Warwickshire West Lothian West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Wiltshire Winchester Yeovil York Yorkshire	3 months to 25 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	30	19
Rank change on same period last year	-11
Matching contract IT job ads	14	26
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.019 %	0.026 %
As % of the category below	5.556 %	10.66 %
Daily rates quoted	3	12
Average minimum daily rate	£400	£363
Average daily rate	£404	£387
% change on same period last year	+4.57 %
Average maximum daily rate	£408	£411
UK excluding London average daily rate	£349	£388
% change on same period last year	-10.14 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£36.41	£36.67
% change on same period last year	-0.69 %
Processes & Methodologies Norfolk
Matching contract IT job ads	252	244
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.336 %	0.247 %
Daily rates quoted	106	114
Average minimum daily rate	£407	£407
Average daily rate	£431	£424
% change on same period last year	+1.69 %
Average maximum daily rate	£455	£442
UK excluding London average daily rate	£380	£376
% change on same period last year	+1.21 %
Hourly rates quoted	6	16
Average minimum hourly rate	£25.08	£23.73
Average hourly rate	£28.79	£27.83
% change on same period last year	+3.46 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£32.50	£31.92
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£29.33	£30.16
% change on same period last year	-2.72 %
Agile Software Development 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.

Agile Software Development
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Agile Software Development across the Norfolk region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Agile Software Development
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Agile Software Development across the Norfolk region.

Agile Software Development
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Agile Software Development across the Norfolk region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

Agile Software Development
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Agile Software Development within the Norfolk region over the 3 months to 25 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.

Location	Rank 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
Norwich	0	13	£404	-2.61 %

Agile Software Development East of England

Agile Software Development
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Norfolk 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 21 (70.00 %) WebSphere 2 19 (63.33 %) Finance 3 13 (43.33 %) Java 3 13 (43.33 %) J2EE 4 10 (33.33 %) DHTML 4 10 (33.33 %) HTML 4 10 (33.33 %) CSS 4 10 (33.33 %) XML 4 10 (33.33 %) XSLT 4 10 (33.33 %) DSDM 4 10 (33.33 %) OOD 4 10 (33.33 %) Insurance 5 9 (30.00 %) Pensions 6 8 (26.67 %) Struts 7 7 (23.33 %) WPS

8 5 (16.67 %) WPF 8 5 (16.67 %) Unit Testing 9 4 (13.33 %) Web Development 9 4 (13.33 %) MVC 9 4 (13.33 %) RAD 9 4 (13.33 %) Spring 9 4 (13.33 %) JSP 9 4 (13.33 %) WebSphere Application Server 10 3 (10.00 %) WebServices 10 3 (10.00 %) Hibernate 11 2 (6.667 %) SOA 11 2 (6.667 %) Project Planning 12 1 (3.333 %) PRINCE 12 1 (3.333 %) Project Management 12 1 (3.333 %) PRINCE2

Agile Software Development
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Norfolk 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 21 (70.00 %) WebSphere 2 13 (43.33 %) J2EE 3 10 (33.33 %) CSS 3 10 (33.33 %) XML 3 10 (33.33 %) XSLT 3 10 (33.33 %) HTML 4 8 (26.67 %) Struts 5 5 (16.67 %) WPF 6 4 (13.33 %) Spring 6 4 (13.33 %) JSP 6 4 (13.33 %) MVC 7 3 (10.00 %) Hibernate 7 3 (10.00 %) WebServices	Application Platforms 1 7 (23.33 %) WPS 2 4 (13.33 %) WebSphere Application Server 3 1 (3.333 %) JBoss
General 1 19 (63.33 %) Finance 2 10 (33.33 %) Insurance 3 9 (30.00 %) Pensions	Job Titles 1 13 (43.33 %) Developer 2 9 (30.00 %) WebSphere Developer 3 6 (20.00 %) Project Manager 4 4 (13.33 %) Java Developer 5 2 (6.667 %) J2EE Developer 5 2 (6.667 %) Technical Architect 5 2 (6.667 %) Architect 5 2 (6.667 %) Java/J2EE Developer 6 1 (3.333 %) WebSphere Architect 6 1 (3.333 %) Systems Designer 6 1 (3.333 %) Junior 6 1 (3.333 %) Junior Project Manager 6 1 (3.333 %) Applications Manager
Processes & Methodologies 1 10 (33.33 %) DSDM 1 10 (33.33 %) OOD 2 5 (16.67 %) Unit Testing 3 4 (13.33 %) RAD 3 4 (13.33 %) Web Development 4 2 (6.667 %) Project Planning 4 2 (6.667 %) SOA 5 1 (3.333 %) PRINCE 5 1 (3.333 %) Project Management 5 1 (3.333 %) PRINCE2	Programming Languages 1 13 (43.33 %) Java 2 10 (33.33 %) DHTML