Scrum Contracts in the North West

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Jobs Demand Trend

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

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Daily Rate Trend

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

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Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Scrum across the North West region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

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Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Scrum across the North West region.

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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 West region over the 3 months to 19 June 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	Find Job Vacancies
Manchester	+11	30	£325	-7.14%	37
Cheshire	+3	8	£330	-4.34%	14
Merseyside	-6	7	£330	-4.12%	6
Cumbria	-	1	£375	-	2
Lancashire	-	1	£350	-	4
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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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 45 (46.39%) Agile Software Development 2 35 (36.08%) Java 3 33 (34.02%) TDD 4 32 (32.99%) JavaScript 5 31 (31.96%) CSS 6 26 (26.80%) HTML 7 25 (25.77%) C# 8 24 (24.74%) .NET 9 22 (22.68%) SQL Server 9 22 (22.68%) Web Services 10 18 (18.56%) ASP.NET 10 18 (18.56%) SQL 10 18 (18.56%) MVC 10 18 (18.56%) SQL Server 2008 11 16 (16.49%) XML

11 16 (16.49%) Kanban 12 14 (14.43%) jQuery 13 13 (13.40%) Continuous Integration 13 13 (13.40%) SQL Server 2005 13 13 (13.40%) WCF 13 13 (13.40%) Visual Studio 13 13 (13.40%) Internet 14 12 (12.37%) Windows 14 12 (12.37%) Git (software) 15 11 (11.34%) Mobile App 16 10 (10.31%) HTML5 16 10 (10.31%) BDD 16 10 (10.31%) Spring 16 10 (10.31%) Subversion 17 9 (9.278%) RESTful

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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 31 (31.96%) CSS 2 26 (26.80%) HTML 3 24 (24.74%) .NET 4 22 (22.68%) Web Services 5 18 (18.56%) ASP.NET 6 16 (16.49%) XML 7 14 (14.43%) jQuery 8 13 (13.40%) WCF 9 10 (10.31%) HTML5 9 10 (10.31%) Spring 10 9 (9.278%) RESTful 10 9 (9.278%) Hibernate 11 8 (8.247%) Flash 12 7 (7.216%) Ajax 13 6 (6.186%) .NET Framework 14 5 (5.155%) CSS3 14 5 (5.155%) LINQ 14 5 (5.155%) JSON 14 5 (5.155%) J2EE 15 4 (4.124%) XHTML	Application Platforms 1 6 (6.186%) SharePoint 2 4 (4.124%) Apache 3 3 (3.093%) IIS 4 2 (2.062%) OpenEdge 4 2 (2.062%) Apache Solr 4 2 (2.062%) OpenStack 5 1 (1.031%) Drupal 5 1 (1.031%) Umbraco 5 1 (1.031%) Tomcat
Applications 1 5 (5.155%) MS Excel 2 2 (2.062%) MS Office 2 2 (2.062%) MS Visio 3 1 (1.031%) Fireworks 3 1 (1.031%) Photoshop	Business Applications 1 4 (4.124%) Maximo
Communications & Networking 1 13 (13.40%) Internet 2 6 (6.186%) HTTP 3 4 (4.124%) Firewall 4 2 (2.062%) SNMP 4 2 (2.062%) TCP/IP 4 2 (2.062%) TELNET 4 2 (2.062%) Intranet	Database & Business Intelligence 1 22 (22.68%) SQL Server 2 18 (18.56%) SQL Server 2008 3 13 (13.40%) SQL Server 2005 4 7 (7.216%) MySQL 5 6 (6.186%) Oracle 8/8i 6 4 (4.124%) RavenDB 7 3 (3.093%) NoSQL 7 3 (3.093%) SQL Server Integration Services 7 3 (3.093%) PostgreSQL 8 2 (2.062%) SQL Server 2000 8 2 (2.062%) CouchDB 9 1 (1.031%) SQL Server 2012 9 1 (1.031%) SQL Server Analysis Services 9 1 (1.031%) Microsoft Analysis Services 9 1 (1.031%) SQL Server Reporting Services 9 1 (1.031%) RDBMS 9 1 (1.031%) Data Warehouse 9 1 (1.031%) OLAP
Development Applications 1 13 (13.40%) Visual Studio 2 12 (12.37%) Git (software) 3 10 (10.31%) Subversion 4 8 (8.247%) Eclipse 5 7 (7.216%) Jenkins 5 7 (7.216%) JIRA 6 6 (6.186%) Selenium 7 4 (4.124%) Team Foundation Server 7 4 (4.124%) WebDriver 7 4 (4.124%) MTASC 7 4 (4.124%) Hudson 8 3 (3.093%) QUnit 8 3 (3.093%) NUnit 8 3 (3.093%) JUnit 9 2 (2.062%) Ant 9 2 (2.062%) PVCS 9 2 (2.062%) VSS/SourceSafe 9 2 (2.062%) WebSpeed 9 2 (2.062%) CruiseControl 9 2 (2.062%) Maven	General 1 5 (5.155%) Retail 1 5 (5.155%) Finance 2 4 (4.124%) Games 3 2 (2.062%) Publishing 3 2 (2.062%) Banking 3 2 (2.062%) Multimedia 4 1 (1.031%) Billing 4 1 (1.031%) Legal 4 1 (1.031%) Manufacturing 4 1 (1.031%) Telecoms
Job Titles 1 50 (51.55%) Developer 2 17 (17.53%) Project Manager 3 11 (11.34%) Analyst 4 10 (10.31%) Java Developer 4 10 (10.31%) .NET Developer 5 9 (9.278%) Web Developer 5 9 (9.278%) Business Analyst 6 7 (7.216%) C# Developer 7 5 (5.155%) Test Engineer 7 5 (5.155%) Software Engineer 8 4 (4.124%) Systems Engineer 8 4 (4.124%) Flash Developer 8 4 (4.124%) Java Web Developer 8 4 (4.124%) Web Analyst 9 3 (3.093%) Flash ActionScript Developer 9 3 (3.093%) Gameplay Developer 9 3 (3.093%) C++ Games Developer 9 3 (3.093%) Agile Java Developer 9 3 (3.093%) Agile Project Manager 9 3 (3.093%) Web Business Analyst	Miscellaneous 1 11 (11.34%) Mobile App 2 4 (4.124%) Management Information System 2 4 (4.124%) Embedded Systems 3 3 (3.093%) Digital Media 3 3 (3.093%) Mathematics 3 3 (3.093%) Computer Science 3 3 (3.093%) BBC 3 3 (3.093%) 3D Graphics 3 3 (3.093%) NHS 4 2 (2.062%) Client/Server 4 2 (2.062%) Blackberry 4 2 (2.062%) PMI 4 2 (2.062%) E-Learning 4 2 (2.062%) Streaming Video 4 2 (2.062%) Smartphone 4 2 (2.062%) Web 2.0 4 2 (2.062%) Social Network 4 2 (2.062%) Interactive TV 4 2 (2.062%) Open Source 4 2 (2.062%) Semantic Web
Operating Systems 1 12 (12.37%) Windows 2 8 (8.247%) Android 2 8 (8.247%) Apple iOS 3 5 (5.155%) Linux 4 3 (3.093%) Windows Mobile	Processes & Methodologies 1 45 (46.39%) Agile Software Development 2 33 (34.02%) TDD 3 18 (18.56%) MVC 4 16 (16.49%) Kanban 5 13 (13.40%) Continuous Integration 6 10 (10.31%) BDD 7 9 (9.278%) Project Management 7 9 (9.278%) OO 8 8 (8.247%) Stakeholder Management 9 7 (7.216%) OOP 9 7 (7.216%) E-Commerce 10 6 (6.186%) Content Management 10 6 (6.186%) Pair Programming 10 6 (6.186%) Test Scripting 10 6 (6.186%) User Stories 10 6 (6.186%) Continuous Improvement 11 5 (5.155%) Business Analysis 11 5 (5.155%) PRINCE2 11 5 (5.155%) UML 11 5 (5.155%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages 1 35 (36.08%) Java 2 32 (32.99%) JavaScript 3 25 (25.77%) C# 4 18 (18.56%) SQL 5 8 (8.247%) C++ 6 7 (7.216%) PHP 7 6 (6.186%) ActionScript 7 6 (6.186%) Objective-C 8 5 (5.155%) ActionScript 2.0 8 5 (5.155%) T-SQL 9 3 (3.093%) PowerShell 9 3 (3.093%) C 10 2 (2.062%) Progress 4GL 10 2 (2.062%) Ruby 10 2 (2.062%) Scala 10 2 (2.062%) Haskell 11 1 (1.031%) Shell Script	Qualifications 1 7 (7.216%) Degree 2 4 (4.124%) Microsoft Certification 2 4 (4.124%) Security Cleared 3 3 (3.093%) MCTS 3 3 (3.093%) ISEB 3 3 (3.093%) MCP 3 3 (3.093%) MCAD 3 3 (3.093%) MCSD 4 2 (2.062%) Sun Certification 4 2 (2.062%) PMI Certification 4 2 (2.062%) ISTQB 5 1 (1.031%) PgMP 5 1 (1.031%) SC Cleared 5 1 (1.031%) APMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 3 (3.093%) QA 2 1 (1.031%) SLA	System Software 1 3 (3.093%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors 1 9 (9.278%) Microsoft 2 7 (7.216%) Oracle 3 4 (4.124%) IBM 3 4 (4.124%) SAP 4 3 (3.093%) Zend 4 3 (3.093%) VMware 4 3 (3.093%) Apple 5 2 (2.062%) Cisco 5 2 (2.062%) Adobe 5 2 (2.062%) Progress 5 2 (2.062%) Juniper 5 2 (2.062%) Sculptor 6 1 (1.031%) Twitter