North West Agile Software Development Contracts

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.

Agile Software Development
Location Aberdeen Alderley Edge Barnstaple Basingstoke Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Birmingham Bracknell Bristol Buckinghamshire Bury Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Channel Islands Cheshire Chester City of London County Antrim Coventry Croydon Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Dorset Ealing East Anglia East Midlands East of England Eastleigh Edinburgh Egham England Essex Exeter Farnham Gloucester Gloucestershire Guildford Hammersmith Hampshire Hertfordshire Ipswich Jersey Leeds Liverpool Livingston London M4 Corridor Macclesfield Maidenhead Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newcastle Newport Norfolk North East North West Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Peterborough Portsmouth Potters Bar Reading Scotland Slough Somerset South East South Wales South West Southampton Southport Southwark Stockport Suffolk Surrey Sussex Swindon Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Wales Warrington Warwick Warwickshire West Lothian West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Wiltshire Yeovil Yorkshire	3 months to 8 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	121	125
Rank change on same period last year	+4
Matching contract IT job ads	27	11
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.036 %	0.012 %
As % of the category below	1.245 %	0.595 %
Daily rates quoted	7	1
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 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	£37.00	£35.98
% change on same period last year	+2.82 %
Processes & Methodologies North West
Matching contract IT job ads	2168	1848
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	2.858 %	1.932 %
Daily rates quoted	584	460
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 quoted	200	123
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 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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
Merseyside	0	9	-	-
Manchester	-	8	£350	-
Cheshire	-	7	£318	-

Agile 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.

1 28 (50.91 %) .NET 2 25 (45.45 %) WebServices 3 24 (43.64 %) C# 4 23 (41.82 %) XML 5 22 (40.00 %) Java 6 19 (34.55 %) ASP.NET 7 16 (29.09 %) OO 8 15 (27.27 %) Finance 9 14 (25.45 %) HTML 10 13 (23.64 %) SQL Server 10 13 (23.64 %) Visual Studio 10 13 (23.64 %) Microsoft 10 13 (23.64 %) WinForms 11 11 (20.00 %) J2EE 11 11 (20.00 %) C++

12 10 (18.18 %) CSS 13 9 (16.36 %) Oracle 13 9 (16.36 %) Windows 13 9 (16.36 %) UML 13 9 (16.36 %) Insurance 14 8 (14.55 %) Spring 14 8 (14.55 %) MS Office 14 8 (14.55 %) JavaScript 14 8 (14.55 %) SQL 14 8 (14.55 %) SQL Server 2005 15 7 (12.73 %) VB.NET 15 7 (12.73 %) JSP 15 7 (12.73 %) SOAP 15 7 (12.73 %) XSLT 15 7 (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 1 28 (50.91 %) .NET 2 25 (45.45 %) WebServices 3 23 (41.82 %) XML 4 19 (34.55 %) ASP.NET 5 14 (25.45 %) HTML 6 13 (23.64 %) WinForms 7 11 (20.00 %) J2EE 8 10 (18.18 %) CSS 9 8 (14.55 %) Spring 10 7 (12.73 %) JSP 10 7 (12.73 %) SOAP 10 7 (12.73 %) XSLT 10 7 (12.73 %) Hibernate 11 6 (10.91 %) Swing 11 6 (10.91 %) J2ME 11 6 (10.91 %) JAX-RPC 11 6 (10.91 %) WSDL 12 5 (9.091 %) Middleware 13 4 (7.273 %) WCF 14 3 (5.455 %) ADO.NET	Application Platforms 1 3 (5.455 %) MS Exchange 2 2 (3.636 %) JBoss 2 2 (3.636 %) Tuxedo 3 1 (1.818 %) Jetty 3 1 (1.818 %) Tomcat 3 1 (1.818 %) BizTalk Server
Applications 1 8 (14.55 %) MS Office 2 5 (9.091 %) MS Project 3 1 (1.818 %) MS Visio	Business Applications 1 1 (1.818 %) Oracle CRM 1 1 (1.818 %) VisionPLUS
Communications & Networking 1 1 (1.818 %) HTTP	Database & Business Intelligence 1 13 (23.64 %) SQL Server 2 8 (14.55 %) SQL Server 2005 3 7 (12.73 %) SQL Server 2000 4 6 (10.91 %) Crystal Reports 5 1 (1.818 %) Oracle Reports 5 1 (1.818 %) RDBMS
Development Applications 1 13 (23.64 %) Visual Studio 2 7 (12.73 %) NUnit 3 6 (10.91 %) InstallShield 4 4 (7.273 %) VSS/SourceSafe 5 3 (5.455 %) JIRA 5 3 (5.455 %) WinRunner 5 3 (5.455 %) Subversion 6 2 (3.636 %) QuickTest Pro 7 1 (1.818 %) TestDirector 7 1 (1.818 %) Eclipse 7 1 (1.818 %) JUnit	General 1 15 (27.27 %) Finance 2 9 (16.36 %) Insurance 3 2 (3.636 %) Retail 3 2 (3.636 %) Telecoms 3 2 (3.636 %) Government 4 1 (1.818 %) International Banking 4 1 (1.818 %) Online Games 4 1 (1.818 %) Electronics 4 1 (1.818 %) Manufacturing 4 1 (1.818 %) Games 4 1 (1.818 %) Automotive 4 1 (1.818 %) Education 4 1 (1.818 %) Banking 4 1 (1.818 %) Local Government
Job Titles 1 39 (70.91 %) Developer 2 17 (30.91 %) .NET Developer 3 13 (23.64 %) Java Developer 4 12 (21.82 %) C# Developer 5 5 (9.091 %) Analyst 5 5 (9.091 %) ASP.NET Developer 5 5 (9.091 %) J2EE Developer 6 4 (7.273 %) Software Engineer 6 4 (7.273 %) Test Analyst 6 4 (7.273 %) Programmer 6 4 (7.273 %) C#/ASP.NET Developer 6 4 (7.273 %) Java/J2EE Developer 7 3 (5.455 %) Java Programmer 7 3 (5.455 %) WinForms Developer 8 2 (3.636 %) VB6 Developer 8 2 (3.636 %) VB Developer 8 2 (3.636 %) Senior Test Analyst 8 2 (3.636 %) Senior Analyst 8 2 (3.636 %) Tester 9 1 (1.818 %) Graduate .NET Developer	Miscellaneous 1 5 (9.091 %) Handset 2 3 (5.455 %) Derivative 3 1 (1.818 %) Client/Server
Operating Systems 1 9 (16.36 %) Windows 2 6 (10.91 %) Linux 3 3 (5.455 %) Unix 4 1 (1.818 %) HPUX	Processes & Methodologies 1 16 (29.09 %) OO 2 9 (16.36 %) UML 3 4 (7.273 %) SOA 3 4 (7.273 %) OOP 4 3 (5.455 %) Test Scripting 4 3 (5.455 %) OOD 4 3 (5.455 %) e-GIF 4 3 (5.455 %) Scrum 4 3 (5.455 %) TDD 5 2 (3.636 %) Business Analysis 6 1 (1.818 %) SC Cleared 6 1 (1.818 %) Security Cleared 6 1 (1.818 %) Data Architecture 6 1 (1.818 %) Web Development 6 1 (1.818 %) User Acceptance Testing 6 1 (1.818 %) Unit Testing 6 1 (1.818 %) Integration Testing 6 1 (1.818 %) CRM 6 1 (1.818 %) E-Commerce 6 1 (1.818 %) RAD
Programming Languages 1 24 (43.64 %) C# 2 22 (40.00 %) Java 3 11 (20.00 %) C++ 4 8 (14.55 %) JavaScript 4 8 (14.55 %) SQL 5 7 (12.73 %) VB.NET 6 3 (5.455 %) VB 6 3 (5.455 %) VB6 7 2 (3.636 %) C 7 2 (3.636 %) XPath 8 1 (1.818 %) RPG 8 1 (1.818 %) Ruby	Qualifications 1 1 (1.818 %) Degree 1 1 (1.818 %) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 3 (5.455 %) WCAG 1 3 (5.455 %) WAI 2 1 (1.818 %) QA	System Software 1 1 (1.818 %) MSMQ
Systems Management 1 5 (9.091 %) Systems Management Server (SMS)	Vendors 1 13 (23.64 %) Microsoft 2 9 (16.36 %) Oracle 3 1 (1.818 %) HP