Scrum Contracts in the North East
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Scrum skills in IT contracts advertised for the North East region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Scrum over the 3 months to 22 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 North East 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
22 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Scrum
Rank 31 45 34
Rank change year-on-year
+14 -11
Contract jobs citing Scrum 5 5 10
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North East 1.873% 1.006% 2.353%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.857% 1.567% 4.065%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 5
Average daily rate £450 £365 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+23.28% +21.66%
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £366
% change year-on-year
- -4.24%
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
North East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category		 175 319 246
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North East 65.54% 64.19% 57.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 77 175 109
Average daily rate £330 £360 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-8.33% +10.76%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £260 £250 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £575 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 14 12
Average hourly rate £19.00 £24.25 £21.86
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-21.64% +10.93%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
Scrum
England

Scrum
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North East 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 North East region.

North East Scrum Daily Rate Trend

Scrum
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Scrum within the North East region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)		 Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads		 Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months		 Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Tyne and Wear +13 3 £450 -11.76%
Durham -2 1 - -
Scrum
England

Scrum
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North East 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 9 (56.25%) Agile Software Development
1 9 (56.25%) Project Management
2 8 (50.00%) PRINCE2
3 7 (43.75%) Microsoft
4 6 (37.50%) Intranet
4 6 (37.50%) IBM
4 6 (37.50%) PMP
4 6 (37.50%) PMI Certification
4 6 (37.50%) .NET
4 6 (37.50%) MS Project
4 6 (37.50%) Google
4 6 (37.50%) Social Network
4 6 (37.50%) Document Management
4 6 (37.50%) Office 365
5 5 (31.25%) Change Management
5 5 (31.25%) Waterfall
5 5 (31.25%) PRINCE
6 4 (25.00%) SQL
7 3 (18.75%) Oracle
7 3 (18.75%) C#
7 3 (18.75%) Web Services
8 2 (12.50%) SharePoint Server
8 2 (12.50%) Finance
8 2 (12.50%) Publishing
8 2 (12.50%) CSS
8 2 (12.50%) XML
8 2 (12.50%) SharePoint
8 2 (12.50%) Java
8 2 (12.50%) JavaScript
8 2 (12.50%) SQL Server

Scrum
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North East 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 6 (37.50%) .NET
2 3 (18.75%) Web Services
3 2 (12.50%) CSS
3 2 (12.50%) XML
4 1 (6.250%) ASP.NET
4 1 (6.250%) WCF
Application Platforms
1 2 (12.50%) SharePoint Server
1 2 (12.50%) SharePoint
2 1 (6.250%) MS Project Server
Applications
1 6 (37.50%) MS Project
1 6 (37.50%) Office 365
Business Applications
1 1 (6.250%) Oracle EBS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (37.50%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (12.50%) SQL Server
2 1 (6.250%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (6.250%) Oracle 8/8i
2 1 (6.250%) PowerCenter
2 1 (6.250%) Oracle 10g
2 1 (6.250%) Data Mart
General
1 2 (12.50%) Finance
1 2 (12.50%) Publishing
2 1 (6.250%) Manufacturing
2 1 (6.250%) Banking
Job Titles
1 12 (75.00%) Project Manager
2 3 (18.75%) Developer
2 3 (18.75%) Agile Project Manager
3 2 (12.50%) SharePoint Developer
4 1 (6.250%) Web Developer
4 1 (6.250%) Technical Project Manager
4 1 (6.250%) Development Manager
4 1 (6.250%) Senior Manager
4 1 (6.250%) Senior Project Manager
4 1 (6.250%) Software Development Manager
4 1 (6.250%) Technical Manager
4 1 (6.250%) Development Project Manager
4 1 (6.250%) Software Project Manager
4 1 (6.250%) Software Development Project Manager
4 1 (6.250%) Software Manager
4 1 (6.250%) Designer
4 1 (6.250%) Digital Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 6 (37.50%) Social Network
2 1 (6.250%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (56.25%) Agile Software Development
1 9 (56.25%) Project Management
2 8 (50.00%) PRINCE2
3 6 (37.50%) Document Management
4 5 (31.25%) Change Management
4 5 (31.25%) Waterfall
4 5 (31.25%) PRINCE
5 1 (6.250%) Data Modelling
5 1 (6.250%) ETL
5 1 (6.250%) Business Intelligence
5 1 (6.250%) Validation
5 1 (6.250%) Programme Management
5 1 (6.250%) Logistics
5 1 (6.250%) Project Planning
5 1 (6.250%) Data Governance
5 1 (6.250%) Release Management
5 1 (6.250%) Data Architecture
5 1 (6.250%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 4 (25.00%) SQL
2 3 (18.75%) C#
3 2 (12.50%) Java
3 2 (12.50%) JavaScript
4 1 (6.250%) T-SQL
4 1 (6.250%) VB.NET
4 1 (6.250%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (37.50%) PMP
1 6 (37.50%) PMI Certification
Vendors
1 7 (43.75%) Microsoft
2 6 (37.50%) IBM
2 6 (37.50%) Google
3 3 (18.75%) Oracle
4 1 (6.250%) SAP
4 1 (6.250%) Informatica
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