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This section looks at the demand for Scrum skills within the Oxfordshire region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Scrum over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkScrum
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank5151
Rank change on same period last yearNo change0
Matching contract IT job ads57
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.007 %0.007 %
As % of the category below1.502 %2.954 %
Daily rates quoted20
Average minimum daily rate£325-
Average daily rate£350-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£375-
UK excluding London average daily rate£345£371
% change on same period last year-6.98 %
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£29.50£43.46
% change on same period last year-32.12 %
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
Oxfordshire
Matching contract IT job ads333237
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.439 %0.236 %
Daily rates quoted9853
Average minimum daily rate£311£307
Average daily rate£337£332
% change on same period last year+1.43 %
Average maximum daily rate£364£358
UK excluding London average daily rate£380£377
% change on same period last year+0.71 %
Hourly rates quoted6128
Average minimum hourly rate£22.66£20.54
Average hourly rate£24.21£23.04
% change on same period last year+5.08 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.77£25.55
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.34£30.18
% change on same period last year+0.55 %
Scrum South EastScrum
South East

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.

Scrum
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Scrum across the Oxfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Oxfordshire Scrum Demand Trend

Scrum
Daily Rate Trend

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

Oxfordshire Scrum Daily Rate Trend

Scrum
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Scrum within the Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 20 August 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
OxfordDown-52£350-
Scrum South EastScrum
South East

Scrum
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire 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.

14 (80.00 %)OO
23 (60.00 %)PostgreSQL
23 (60.00 %)Apache
23 (60.00 %)PHP
23 (60.00 %)MySQL
23 (60.00 %)XML
23 (60.00 %)PHP5
23 (60.00 %)PHP4
32 (40.00 %)JavaScript
32 (40.00 %)Eclipse
32 (40.00 %)Subversion
41 (20.00 %)AJAX
41 (20.00 %)XPath
41 (20.00 %)CA Clarity
41 (20.00 %)Mathematics
41 (20.00 %)Physics
41 (20.00 %)Chemistry
41 (20.00 %)Computer Science
41 (20.00 %)Symfony
41 (20.00 %)Zend
41 (20.00 %)Python
41 (20.00 %)E-Commerce
41 (20.00 %)Jython
41 (20.00 %)MVC
41 (20.00 %)LAMP
41 (20.00 %)XQuery
41 (20.00 %)HP
41 (20.00 %)PMP
41 (20.00 %)PMI Certification
41 (20.00 %)Niku

Scrum
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire 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.

Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
13 (60.00 %)XML
21 (20.00 %)AJAX
21 (20.00 %)Symfony
21 (20.00 %)MVC
21 (20.00 %)LAMP
21 (20.00 %)ASP.NET
21 (20.00 %).NET
21 (20.00 %)jQuery
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
13 (60.00 %)Apache
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (20.00 %)CA Clarity
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (60.00 %)PostgreSQL
13 (60.00 %)MySQL
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (40.00 %)Eclipse
12 (40.00 %)Subversion
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
14 (80.00 %)Developer
23 (60.00 %)PHP Developer
32 (40.00 %)MySQL Developer
41 (20.00 %)Java Developer
41 (20.00 %)Project Manager
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (20.00 %)Mathematics
11 (20.00 %)Physics
11 (20.00 %)Chemistry
11 (20.00 %)Computer Science
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14 (80.00 %)OO
21 (20.00 %)E-Commerce
21 (20.00 %)Project Management
21 (20.00 %)PRINCE2
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13 (60.00 %)PHP
13 (60.00 %)PHP5
13 (60.00 %)PHP4
22 (40.00 %)JavaScript
31 (20.00 %)XPath
31 (20.00 %)Python
31 (20.00 %)Jython
31 (20.00 %)XQuery
31 (20.00 %)C#
31 (20.00 %)Java
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (20.00 %)PMP
11 (20.00 %)PMI Certification
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (20.00 %)Zend
11 (20.00 %)HP
11 (20.00 %)Niku