The first table below looks at the demand for Scrum skills in IT contracts advertised for the Rickmansworth region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Scrum over the 3 months to 23 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 Rickmansworth 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Scrum
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing Scrum 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Rickmansworth - - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £363
% change year-on-year
- -3.44%
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
Rickmansworth
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
19 7 9
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Rickmansworth 79.17% 77.78% 40.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 4 3
Average daily rate £225 £425 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-47.05% +6.25%
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £15.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.45 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+21.78% -13.79%
Scrum
Hertfordshire

Scrum
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Rickmansworth 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 Rickmansworth region.

Rickmansworth Scrum Daily Rate Trend

Scrum
Top 12 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Rickmansworth 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 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) Web Services
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) ISEB
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Automated Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Integration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Scripting
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Integration
1 1 (100.00%) User Stories

Scrum
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Rickmansworth 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 1 (100.00%) Web Services
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Test Manager
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Automated Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Integration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Scripting
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Integration
1 1 (100.00%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) ISEB