Scrum Contracts in Salford
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Scrum 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 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 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
22 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Scrum
Rank 8 3 -
Rank change year-on-year
-5 -
Contract jobs citing Scrum 3 9 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Salford 12.00% 23.08% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 15.79% 31.03% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 7 0
Average daily rate £325 £375 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-13.33% -
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
Salford
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category		 19 29 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Salford 76.00% 74.36% 71.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 24 2
Average daily rate £323 £325 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-0.76% -23.52%
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 £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
Scrum
Manchester

Scrum
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Salford 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 Salford region.

Salford Scrum Daily Rate Trend

Scrum
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Salford 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 9 (69.23%) TDD
2 7 (53.85%) Agile Software Development
2 7 (53.85%) Internet
3 6 (46.15%) Java
3 6 (46.15%) Performance Testing
4 5 (38.46%) ActionScript
4 5 (38.46%) Web Services
4 5 (38.46%) Flash
5 4 (30.77%) XML
5 4 (30.77%) Windows
5 4 (30.77%) OOP
5 4 (30.77%) OO
5 4 (30.77%) C++
5 4 (30.77%) Test Scripting
5 4 (30.77%) MTASC
5 4 (30.77%) Subversion
5 4 (30.77%) ActionScript 2.0
5 4 (30.77%) Memory Management
5 4 (30.77%) Embedded Systems
6 3 (23.08%) BDD
6 3 (23.08%) Apple iOS
6 3 (23.08%) Android
6 3 (23.08%) Content Management
6 3 (23.08%) Interactive TV
6 3 (23.08%) Windows Mobile
6 3 (23.08%) HTML
6 3 (23.08%) JavaScript
6 3 (23.08%) ISEB
6 3 (23.08%) Blackberry
7 2 (15.38%) Project Management

Scrum
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Salford 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 5 (38.46%) Web Services
1 5 (38.46%) Flash
2 4 (30.77%) XML
3 3 (23.08%) HTML
4 2 (15.38%) XSLT
4 2 (15.38%) JSON
4 2 (15.38%) iPhone SDK
4 2 (15.38%) iOS SDK
5 1 (7.692%) Series 60
5 1 (7.692%) CSS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (53.85%) Internet
2 2 (15.38%) HTTP
3 1 (7.692%) TCP/IP
3 1 (7.692%) WAN
3 1 (7.692%) FTP
3 1 (7.692%) LAN
Development Applications
1 4 (30.77%) MTASC
1 4 (30.77%) Subversion
2 2 (15.38%) Xcode
2 2 (15.38%) Cucumber
3 1 (7.692%) Robotium
3 1 (7.692%) Selenium
3 1 (7.692%) Firebug
3 1 (7.692%) JIRA
3 1 (7.692%) Eclipse
General
1 2 (15.38%) Publishing
2 1 (7.692%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 3 (23.08%) Flash ActionScript Developer
1 3 (23.08%) Flash Developer
1 3 (23.08%) Developer
1 3 (23.08%) Analyst
1 3 (23.08%) Test Engineer
1 3 (23.08%) ActionScript Developer
2 2 (15.38%) Project Manager
2 2 (15.38%) Business Analyst
2 2 (15.38%) Technical Manager
2 2 (15.38%) Technical Project Manager
3 1 (7.692%) Manual Tester
3 1 (7.692%) Test Analyst
3 1 (7.692%) Tester
Miscellaneous
1 4 (30.77%) Embedded Systems
2 3 (23.08%) Interactive TV
2 3 (23.08%) Blackberry
3 2 (15.38%) Web 2.0
3 2 (15.38%) Social Network
3 2 (15.38%) Streaming Video
3 2 (15.38%) iPhone
3 2 (15.38%) New Media
3 2 (15.38%) Mobile App
4 1 (7.692%) Semantic Web
Operating Systems
1 4 (30.77%) Windows
2 3 (23.08%) Apple iOS
2 3 (23.08%) Android
2 3 (23.08%) Windows Mobile
3 2 (15.38%) Mac OS X
3 2 (15.38%) Linux
3 2 (15.38%) bada
3 2 (15.38%) Maemo
4 1 (7.692%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (69.23%) TDD
2 7 (53.85%) Agile Software Development
3 6 (46.15%) Performance Testing
4 4 (30.77%) OOP
4 4 (30.77%) OO
4 4 (30.77%) Test Scripting
4 4 (30.77%) Memory Management
5 3 (23.08%) BDD
5 3 (23.08%) Content Management
6 2 (15.38%) Project Management
6 2 (15.38%) UML
6 2 (15.38%) Business Analysis
6 2 (15.38%) Competitor Analysis
6 2 (15.38%) Software Testing
6 2 (15.38%) User Stories
6 2 (15.38%) Use Case
7 1 (7.692%) Mobile Application Development
7 1 (7.692%) Automation Testing
7 1 (7.692%) Continuous Improvement
7 1 (7.692%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 6 (46.15%) Java
2 5 (38.46%) ActionScript
3 4 (30.77%) C++
3 4 (30.77%) ActionScript 2.0
4 3 (23.08%) JavaScript
5 2 (15.38%) PHP
5 2 (15.38%) SQL
6 1 (7.692%) Objective-C
6 1 (7.692%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 3 (23.08%) ISEB
2 2 (15.38%) ISTQB
Systems Management
1 1 (7.692%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 2 (15.38%) Symbian
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