The first table below looks at the demand for Agile Software Development skills in IT contracts advertised for the Salford region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Agile Software Development over the 3 months to 24 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 Salford 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Agile Software Development
Rank 1 7 2
Rank change year-on-year
+6 -5
Contract jobs citing Agile Software Development 11 4 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Salford 44.00% 10.81% 28.57%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 61.11% 14.81% 40.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 4 1
Average daily rate £323 £450 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-28.33% +5.88%
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 £32.50 £37.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
-12.16% +5.71%
All Processes & Methodologies
Salford
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
18 27 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Salford 72.00% 72.97% 71.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 22 2
Average daily rate £323 £313 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.20% -26.47%
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 0
Average hourly rate £17.00 £17.50 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.85% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
Agile Software Development
Manchester

Agile Software Development
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Salford Agile Software Development Jobs Demand Trend

Agile Software Development
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Agile Software Development across the Salford region.

Salford Agile Software Development Daily Rate Trend

Agile Software Development
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Salford 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 13 (61.90%) Java
1 13 (61.90%) TDD
2 11 (52.38%) Web Services
2 11 (52.38%) OO
3 9 (42.86%) XML
3 9 (42.86%) XSLT
3 9 (42.86%) BDD
4 8 (38.10%) JSON
5 7 (33.33%) XPath
5 7 (33.33%) Spring
5 7 (33.33%) Enterprise Architecture
5 7 (33.33%) Continuous Integration
5 7 (33.33%) Test Automation
5 7 (33.33%) RESTful
5 7 (33.33%) Pair Programming
5 7 (33.33%) Scrum
5 7 (33.33%) Flash
5 7 (33.33%) RDF
5 7 (33.33%) XQuery
5 7 (33.33%) Internet
5 7 (33.33%) ActionScript
5 7 (33.33%) J2EE
5 7 (33.33%) Benchmarking
5 7 (33.33%) REST
5 7 (33.33%) JAX-RS
6 6 (28.57%) ActionScript 2.0
7 4 (19.05%) Subversion
7 4 (19.05%) MTASC
7 4 (19.05%) Performance Testing
7 4 (19.05%) Statistics

Agile Software Development
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Salford 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 11 (52.38%) Web Services
2 9 (42.86%) XML
2 9 (42.86%) XSLT
3 8 (38.10%) JSON
4 7 (33.33%) Spring
4 7 (33.33%) RESTful
4 7 (33.33%) Flash
4 7 (33.33%) J2EE
4 7 (33.33%) REST
4 7 (33.33%) JAX-RS
5 2 (9.524%) HTML
6 1 (4.762%) CSS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (33.33%) Internet
2 1 (4.762%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (9.524%) MarkLogic
1 2 (9.524%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 4 (19.05%) Subversion
1 4 (19.05%) MTASC
2 2 (9.524%) Cucumber
3 1 (4.762%) Eclipse
3 1 (4.762%) Xcode
General
1 2 (9.524%) Publishing
2 1 (4.762%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 10 (47.62%) Developer
2 5 (23.81%) Java Developer
2 5 (23.81%) Flash Developer
3 4 (19.05%) Project Manager
4 3 (14.29%) Flash ActionScript Developer
4 3 (14.29%) Analyst
4 3 (14.29%) Business Analyst
4 3 (14.29%) ActionScript Developer
5 2 (9.524%) Senior Java Software Engineer
5 2 (9.524%) Senior Software Engineer
5 2 (9.524%) Java Software Engineer
5 2 (9.524%) Technical Manager
5 2 (9.524%) Senior Project Manager
5 2 (9.524%) Agile Business Analyst
5 2 (9.524%) Software Engineer
5 2 (9.524%) Technical Project Manager
5 2 (9.524%) Senior Manager
6 1 (4.762%) Senior Developer
6 1 (4.762%) Senior Java Developer
6 1 (4.762%) Test Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (19.05%) Statistics
1 4 (19.05%) Embedded Systems
2 2 (9.524%) Interactive TV
2 2 (9.524%) Streaming Video
2 2 (9.524%) Mobile App
2 2 (9.524%) Semantic Web
3 1 (4.762%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 2 (9.524%) Apple iOS
1 2 (9.524%) Android
2 1 (4.762%) Windows
2 1 (4.762%) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (61.90%) TDD
2 11 (52.38%) OO
3 9 (42.86%) BDD
4 7 (33.33%) Enterprise Architecture
4 7 (33.33%) Continuous Integration
4 7 (33.33%) Test Automation
4 7 (33.33%) Pair Programming
4 7 (33.33%) Scrum
4 7 (33.33%) RDF
4 7 (33.33%) Benchmarking
5 4 (19.05%) Performance Testing
5 4 (19.05%) Project Management
5 4 (19.05%) OOP
5 4 (19.05%) Memory Management
6 3 (14.29%) Content Management
7 2 (9.524%) Business Analysis
7 2 (9.524%) Strategic Planning
7 2 (9.524%) Software Testing
7 2 (9.524%) Matrix Management
7 2 (9.524%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 13 (61.90%) Java
2 7 (33.33%) XPath
2 7 (33.33%) XQuery
2 7 (33.33%) ActionScript
3 6 (28.57%) ActionScript 2.0
4 4 (19.05%) C++
5 2 (9.524%) Ruby
5 2 (9.524%) SPARQL
5 2 (9.524%) JavaScript
5 2 (9.524%) PHP
6 1 (4.762%) Shell Script
6 1 (4.762%) Objective-C