The first table below looks at the demand for Scrum skills in IT contracts advertised for the Nottinghamshire 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 Nottinghamshire 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 27 35 22
Rank change year-on-year
+8 -13
Contract jobs citing Scrum 13 3 11
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Nottinghamshire 3.916% 1.045% 3.819%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.677% 1.546% 6.215%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 2 5
Average daily rate £390 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+11.42% -
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
Nottinghamshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
229 194 177
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Nottinghamshire 68.98% 67.60% 61.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 104 102 63
Average daily rate £338 £338 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -3.57%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £260 £263 £263
10% offered a daily rate of more than £463 £478 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 12 9
Average hourly rate £27.50 £17.50 £26.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+57.14% -32.69%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.00 £8.50 £14.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.00 £30.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
Scrum
East Midlands

Scrum
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Nottinghamshire 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 Nottinghamshire region.

Nottinghamshire Scrum Daily Rate Trend

Scrum
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Scrum across the Nottinghamshire region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Nottinghamshire Scrum Daily Rate Histogram

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 Nottinghamshire 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
Nottingham +3 13 £390 +11.42%
Scrum
East Midlands

Scrum
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Nottinghamshire 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 8 (50.00%) Agile Software Development
1 8 (50.00%) XML
2 6 (37.50%) SOA
2 6 (37.50%) Web Services
2 6 (37.50%) Subversion
2 6 (37.50%) TIBCO
2 6 (37.50%) ESB
3 5 (31.25%) Enterprise Software
3 5 (31.25%) Middleware
3 5 (31.25%) InterSystems
3 5 (31.25%) Oracle
3 5 (31.25%) JavaScript
3 5 (31.25%) SQL
4 4 (25.00%) InterSystems Cache
5 3 (18.75%) Uniface
5 3 (18.75%) Unit Testing
5 3 (18.75%) QMS
5 3 (18.75%) Waterfall
5 3 (18.75%) .NET
5 3 (18.75%) HTML
5 3 (18.75%) CSS
5 3 (18.75%) Oracle 10g
5 3 (18.75%) Quality Management
6 2 (12.50%) Microsoft
6 2 (12.50%) Visual Studio
6 2 (12.50%) ASP.NET
6 2 (12.50%) PL/SQL
6 2 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (12.50%) HP Quality Center
6 2 (12.50%) User Acceptance Testing

Scrum
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Nottinghamshire 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 8 (50.00%) XML
2 6 (37.50%) Web Services
3 5 (31.25%) Middleware
4 3 (18.75%) .NET
4 3 (18.75%) HTML
4 3 (18.75%) CSS
5 2 (12.50%) ASP.NET
5 2 (12.50%) .NET Framework
5 2 (12.50%) jQuery
6 1 (6.250%) WCF
6 1 (6.250%) LINQ
6 1 (6.250%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
Application Platforms
1 6 (37.50%) ESB
2 1 (6.250%) BizTalk Server
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (25.00%) InterSystems Cache
2 3 (18.75%) Oracle 10g
3 1 (6.250%) SQL Server 2005
3 1 (6.250%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (6.250%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (37.50%) Subversion
2 2 (12.50%) Visual Studio
3 1 (6.250%) StyleCop
3 1 (6.250%) MbUnit
3 1 (6.250%) CruiseControl
General
1 1 (6.250%) Retail
Job Titles
1 12 (75.00%) Developer
2 4 (25.00%) SOA Developer
3 3 (18.75%) Uniface Developer
4 2 (12.50%) Tester
5 1 (6.250%) UAT Tester
5 1 (6.250%) JavaScript Developer
5 1 (6.250%) ScrumMaster
5 1 (6.250%) C# .NET Developer
5 1 (6.250%) Front-End Developer
5 1 (6.250%) Programme Manager
5 1 (6.250%) Software Developer
5 1 (6.250%) Java Developer
5 1 (6.250%) .NET Developer
5 1 (6.250%) C# Developer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (31.25%) Enterprise Software
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (50.00%) Agile Software Development
2 6 (37.50%) SOA
3 3 (18.75%) Unit Testing
3 3 (18.75%) QMS
3 3 (18.75%) Waterfall
3 3 (18.75%) Quality Management
4 2 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (12.50%) User Acceptance Testing
4 2 (12.50%) System Testing
5 1 (6.250%) Integration Testing
5 1 (6.250%) Test Scripting
5 1 (6.250%) Test Automation
5 1 (6.250%) User Stories
5 1 (6.250%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (31.25%) JavaScript
1 5 (31.25%) SQL
2 3 (18.75%) Uniface
3 2 (12.50%) PL/SQL
4 1 (6.250%) Java
4 1 (6.250%) C
4 1 (6.250%) C#
Qualifications
1 1 (6.250%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (12.50%) QA
Systems Management
1 2 (12.50%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 6 (37.50%) TIBCO
2 5 (31.25%) InterSystems
2 5 (31.25%) Oracle
3 2 (12.50%) Microsoft
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