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This section looks at the demand for Agile Software Development skills within the North West region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited Agile Software Development over the 3 months to 8 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkAgile Software Development
Location
3 months to 8 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank121125
Rank change on same period last yearUp+4
Matching contract IT job ads2711
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.036 %0.012 %
As % of the category below1.245 %0.595 %
Daily rates quoted71
Average minimum daily rate£299£300
Average daily rate£323£350
% change on same period last year-7.75 %
Average maximum daily rate£347£400
UK excluding London average daily rate£350£392
% change on same period last year-10.69 %
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£37.00£35.98
% change on same period last year+2.82 %
Processes & Methodologies North WestProcesses & Methodologies
North West
Matching contract IT job ads21681848
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled2.858 %1.932 %
Daily rates quoted584460
Average minimum daily rate£352£348
Average daily rate£369£365
% change on same period last year+1.01 %
Average maximum daily rate£386£382
UK excluding London average daily rate£384£375
% change on same period last year+2.22 %
Hourly rates quoted200123
Average minimum hourly rate£23.06£23.92
Average hourly rate£24.68£25.85
% change on same period last year-4.52 %
Average maximum hourly rate£26.30£27.77
UK excluding London average hourly rate£29.33£30.33
% change on same period last year-3.28 %
Agile Software Development EnglandAgile Software Development
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 North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

North West Agile Software Development Demand Trend

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 North West region.

North West Agile Software Development Daily Rate Trend

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 North West region over the 3 months to 8 July 2008.

North West Agile Software Development Daily Rate Histogram

Agile Software Development
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Agile Software Development across the North West region.

North West Agile Software Development Hourly Rate Trend

Agile Software Development
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT job ads citing Agile Software Development within the North West region over the 3 months to 8 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.

LocationRank 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
MerseysideNo change09--
ManchesterNew entry-8£350-
CheshireNew entry-7£318-
Agile Software Development EnglandAgile Software Development
England

Agile Software Development
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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.

128 (50.91 %).NET
225 (45.45 %)WebServices
324 (43.64 %)C#
423 (41.82 %)XML
522 (40.00 %)Java
619 (34.55 %)ASP.NET
716 (29.09 %)OO
815 (27.27 %)Finance
914 (25.45 %)HTML
1013 (23.64 %)SQL Server
1013 (23.64 %)Visual Studio
1013 (23.64 %)Microsoft
1013 (23.64 %)WinForms
1111 (20.00 %)J2EE
1111 (20.00 %)C++
1210 (18.18 %)CSS
139 (16.36 %)Oracle
139 (16.36 %)Windows
139 (16.36 %)UML
139 (16.36 %)Insurance
148 (14.55 %)Spring
148 (14.55 %)MS Office
148 (14.55 %)JavaScript
148 (14.55 %)SQL
148 (14.55 %)SQL Server 2005
157 (12.73 %)VB.NET
157 (12.73 %)JSP
157 (12.73 %)SOAP
157 (12.73 %)XSLT
157 (12.73 %)NUnit

Agile Software Development
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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
128 (50.91 %).NET
225 (45.45 %)WebServices
323 (41.82 %)XML
419 (34.55 %)ASP.NET
514 (25.45 %)HTML
613 (23.64 %)WinForms
711 (20.00 %)J2EE
810 (18.18 %)CSS
98 (14.55 %)Spring
107 (12.73 %)JSP
107 (12.73 %)SOAP
107 (12.73 %)XSLT
107 (12.73 %)Hibernate
116 (10.91 %)Swing
116 (10.91 %)J2ME
116 (10.91 %)JAX-RPC
116 (10.91 %)WSDL
125 (9.091 %)Middleware
134 (7.273 %)WCF
143 (5.455 %)ADO.NET
Application Platforms
13 (5.455 %)MS Exchange
22 (3.636 %)JBoss
22 (3.636 %)Tuxedo
31 (1.818 %)Jetty
31 (1.818 %)Tomcat
31 (1.818 %)BizTalk Server
Applications
18 (14.55 %)MS Office
25 (9.091 %)MS Project
31 (1.818 %)MS Visio
Business Applications
11 (1.818 %)Oracle CRM
11 (1.818 %)VisionPLUS
Communications & Networking
11 (1.818 %)HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
113 (23.64 %)SQL Server
28 (14.55 %)SQL Server 2005
37 (12.73 %)SQL Server 2000
46 (10.91 %)Crystal Reports
51 (1.818 %)Oracle Reports
51 (1.818 %)RDBMS
Development Applications
113 (23.64 %)Visual Studio
27 (12.73 %)NUnit
36 (10.91 %)InstallShield
44 (7.273 %)VSS/SourceSafe
53 (5.455 %)JIRA
53 (5.455 %)WinRunner
53 (5.455 %)Subversion
62 (3.636 %)QuickTest Pro
71 (1.818 %)TestDirector
71 (1.818 %)Eclipse
71 (1.818 %)JUnit
General
115 (27.27 %)Finance
29 (16.36 %)Insurance
32 (3.636 %)Retail
32 (3.636 %)Telecoms
32 (3.636 %)Government
41 (1.818 %)International Banking
41 (1.818 %)Online Games
41 (1.818 %)Electronics
41 (1.818 %)Manufacturing
41 (1.818 %)Games
41 (1.818 %)Automotive
41 (1.818 %)Education
41 (1.818 %)Banking
41 (1.818 %)Local Government
Job Titles
139 (70.91 %)Developer
217 (30.91 %).NET Developer
313 (23.64 %)Java Developer
412 (21.82 %)C# Developer
55 (9.091 %)Analyst
55 (9.091 %)ASP.NET Developer
55 (9.091 %)J2EE Developer
64 (7.273 %)Software Engineer
64 (7.273 %)Test Analyst
64 (7.273 %)Programmer
64 (7.273 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
64 (7.273 %)Java/J2EE Developer
73 (5.455 %)Java Programmer
73 (5.455 %)WinForms Developer
82 (3.636 %)VB6 Developer
82 (3.636 %)VB Developer
82 (3.636 %)Senior Test Analyst
82 (3.636 %)Senior Analyst
82 (3.636 %)Tester
91 (1.818 %)Graduate .NET Developer
Miscellaneous
15 (9.091 %)Handset
23 (5.455 %)Derivative
31 (1.818 %)Client/Server
Operating Systems
19 (16.36 %)Windows
26 (10.91 %)Linux
33 (5.455 %)Unix
41 (1.818 %)HPUX
Processes & Methodologies
116 (29.09 %)OO
29 (16.36 %)UML
34 (7.273 %)SOA
34 (7.273 %)OOP
43 (5.455 %)Test Scripting
43 (5.455 %)OOD
43 (5.455 %)e-GIF
43 (5.455 %)Scrum
43 (5.455 %)TDD
52 (3.636 %)Business Analysis
61 (1.818 %)SC Cleared
61 (1.818 %)Security Cleared
61 (1.818 %)Data Architecture
61 (1.818 %)Web Development
61 (1.818 %)User Acceptance Testing
61 (1.818 %)Unit Testing
61 (1.818 %)Integration Testing
61 (1.818 %)CRM
61 (1.818 %)E-Commerce
61 (1.818 %)RAD
Programming Languages
124 (43.64 %)C#
222 (40.00 %)Java
311 (20.00 %)C++
48 (14.55 %)JavaScript
48 (14.55 %)SQL
57 (12.73 %)VB.NET
63 (5.455 %)VB
63 (5.455 %)VB6
72 (3.636 %)C
72 (3.636 %)XPath
81 (1.818 %)RPG
81 (1.818 %)Ruby
Qualifications
11 (1.818 %)Degree
11 (1.818 %)ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
13 (5.455 %)WCAG
13 (5.455 %)WAI
21 (1.818 %)QA
System Software
11 (1.818 %)MSMQ
Systems Management
15 (9.091 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
113 (23.64 %)Microsoft
29 (16.36 %)Oracle
31 (1.818 %)HP
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