Scotland Agile Software Development Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Agile Software Development skills within the Scotland region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Agile Software Development over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Agile Software Development
Location Abingdon Barnstaple Barrow-in-Furness Basingstoke Bath Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Birmingham Bradford Bristol Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Channel Islands Cheshire Chester City of London Cleveland County Antrim Coventry Cumbria Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Dorset East Anglia East Midlands East of England Eastleigh Edinburgh England Essex Farnham Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Guildford Hammersmith Hampshire Harlow Harrogate Hereford Herefordshire Hertfordshire Jersey Leatherhead Leeds Livingston London Manchester Merseyside Middlesbrough Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Norfolk North East North West North Yorkshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Peterborough Poole Portsmouth Reading Scotland Sheffield Somerset South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Southend-on-Sea Southwark Staffordshire Stevenage Stockport Sunderland Surrey Sussex Swindon Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Wakefield Wales Warrington Warwickshire Watford West Lothian West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Wiltshire Winchester Yeovil York Yorkshire	3 months to 5 Sep 2008	Same period last year
Rank	43	88
Rank change on same period last year	+45
Matching contract IT job ads	65	39
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.088 %	0.038 %
As % of the category below	5.490 %	2.505 %
Daily rates quoted	13	8
Average minimum daily rate	£355	£269
Average daily rate	£371	£284
% change on same period last year	+30.51 %
Average maximum daily rate	£387	£299
UK excluding London average daily rate	£334	£368
% change on same period last year	-9.24 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£36.21	£39.60
% change on same period last year	-8.54 %
Processes & Methodologies Scotland
Matching contract IT job ads	1184	1557
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	1.600 %	1.535 %
Daily rates quoted	303	367
Average minimum daily rate	£299	£322
Average daily rate	£322	£341
% change on same period last year	-5.40 %
Average maximum daily rate	£345	£359
UK excluding London average daily rate	£378	£375
% change on same period last year	+0.59 %
Hourly rates quoted	61	62
Average minimum hourly rate	£23.71	£26.86
Average hourly rate	£25.22	£28.28
% change on same period last year	-10.80 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£26.73	£29.69
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£30.41	£30.41
% change on same period last year	+0.01 %
Agile Software Development UK

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.

Agile Software Development
Demand Trend

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

Agile Software Development
Daily Rate Trend

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

Agile Software Development
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Agile Software Development across the Scotland region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008.

Agile Software Development
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Agile Software Development across the Scotland region.

Agile Software Development
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Agile Software Development within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 5 September 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.

Location	Rank 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
Edinburgh	+8	34	£384	+58.83 %
West Lothian	-	8	£413	-
Glasgow	+14	1	-	-

Agile Software Development UK

Agile Software Development
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland 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 39 (45.88 %) Java 2 29 (34.12 %) Finance 3 26 (30.59 %) SOA 4 25 (29.41 %) CRM 5 17 (20.00 %) XML 6 15 (17.65 %) C# 7 14 (16.47 %) J2EE 8 13 (15.29 %) .NET 9 12 (14.12 %) Billing 9 12 (14.12 %) SQL 10 11 (12.94 %) Chordiant 11 9 (10.59 %) UML 11 9 (10.59 %) Pensions 12 8 (9.412 %) COBOL 12 8 (9.412 %) DB2

13 7 (8.235 %) SQL Server 13 7 (8.235 %) RAD 13 7 (8.235 %) Banking 13 7 (8.235 %) Mainframe 13 7 (8.235 %) Systems Analysis 14 6 (7.059 %) Spring 14 6 (7.059 %) CruiseControl 14 6 (7.059 %) WebSphere 14 6 (7.059 %) Migration 14 6 (7.059 %) OO 14 6 (7.059 %) JUnit 15 5 (5.882 %) Oracle 15 5 (5.882 %) Data Modelling 15 5 (5.882 %) Continuous Integration 16 4 (4.706 %) AJAX

Agile Software Development
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland 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 17 (20.00 %) XML 2 14 (16.47 %) J2EE 3 13 (15.29 %) .NET 4 6 (7.059 %) Spring 4 6 (7.059 %) WebSphere 5 4 (4.706 %) AJAX 5 4 (4.706 %) Middleware 6 3 (3.529 %) HTML 6 3 (3.529 %) ASP.NET 6 3 (3.529 %) .NET Framework 6 3 (3.529 %) Adobe Flex 7 2 (2.353 %) WCF 7 2 (2.353 %) Hibernate 7 2 (2.353 %) CSS 8 1 (1.176 %) JSP 8 1 (1.176 %) Servlets 8 1 (1.176 %) Struts 8 1 (1.176 %) EJB 8 1 (1.176 %) MVC 8 1 (1.176 %) JSF	Application Platforms 1 2 (2.353 %) CICS 1 2 (2.353 %) JBoss 2 1 (1.176 %) SharePoint 2 1 (1.176 %) WPS 2 1 (1.176 %) ESB 2 1 (1.176 %) WebSphere Message Broker
Applications 1 2 (2.353 %) MS Visio	Business Applications 1 2 (2.353 %) Pivotal CRM 2 1 (1.176 %) SAP PM
Communications & Networking 1 3 (3.529 %) Internet	Database & Business Intelligence 1 8 (9.412 %) DB2 2 7 (8.235 %) SQL Server 3 3 (3.529 %) ETL 3 3 (3.529 %) RDBMS 4 2 (2.353 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 5 1 (1.176 %) SQL Server 2005 5 1 (1.176 %) SQL Server Integration Services 5 1 (1.176 %) Reference Data 5 1 (1.176 %) MySQL 5 1 (1.176 %) Crystal Reports 5 1 (1.176 %) Datawarehouse
Development Applications 1 6 (7.059 %) JUnit 1 6 (7.059 %) CruiseControl 2 4 (4.706 %) ClearCase 2 4 (4.706 %) WinRunner 2 4 (4.706 %) QuickTest Pro 3 2 (2.353 %) Rational Rose 4 1 (1.176 %) Eclipse 4 1 (1.176 %) ERwin 4 1 (1.176 %) NUnit 4 1 (1.176 %) Subversion 4 1 (1.176 %) CheckStyle 4 1 (1.176 %) Cactus 4 1 (1.176 %) Selenium 4 1 (1.176 %) Ant	General 1 29 (34.12 %) Finance 2 12 (14.12 %) Billing 3 9 (10.59 %) Pensions 4 7 (8.235 %) Banking 5 3 (3.529 %) Games 6 2 (2.353 %) Telecoms 6 2 (2.353 %) Insurance 7 1 (1.176 %) Construction 7 1 (1.176 %) Health
Job Titles 1 24 (28.24 %) Developer 2 19 (22.35 %) Analyst 3 13 (15.29 %) Project Manager 4 11 (12.94 %) Java Developer 5 7 (8.235 %) Test Manager 6 5 (5.882 %) Systems Analyst 6 5 (5.882 %) Systems Designer 6 5 (5.882 %) .NET Developer 7 4 (4.706 %) Java Analyst Programmer 7 4 (4.706 %) Development Manager 7 4 (4.706 %) Architect 7 4 (4.706 %) Data Architect 7 4 (4.706 %) Analyst Programmer 7 4 (4.706 %) Programmer 7 4 (4.706 %) Java Programmer 8 3 (3.529 %) Billing Analyst 8 3 (3.529 %) Data Analyst 8 3 (3.529 %) Business Analyst 8 3 (3.529 %) Tester 8 3 (3.529 %) Development Project Manager	Miscellaneous 1 7 (8.235 %) Mainframe 2 2 (2.353 %) RIA 3 1 (1.176 %) Foreign Exchange (FX) 3 1 (1.176 %) Equities 3 1 (1.176 %) Derivative 3 1 (1.176 %) Mathematics
Operating Systems 1 3 (3.529 %) UNIX 2 2 (2.353 %) Windows	Processes & Methodologies 1 26 (30.59 %) SOA 2 25 (29.41 %) CRM 3 9 (10.59 %) UML 4 7 (8.235 %) Systems Analysis 4 7 (8.235 %) RAD 5 6 (7.059 %) OO 5 6 (7.059 %) Migration 6 5 (5.882 %) Data Modelling 6 5 (5.882 %) Continuous Integration 7 4 (4.706 %) eTOM 7 4 (4.706 %) Stakeholder Management 7 4 (4.706 %) Scrum 7 4 (4.706 %) TDD 8 3 (3.529 %) Project Management 8 3 (3.529 %) Extreme Programming 8 3 (3.529 %) B2B 8 3 (3.529 %) Refactoring 8 3 (3.529 %) Business Analysis 8 3 (3.529 %) Volume Testing 8 3 (3.529 %) Data Migration
Programming Languages 1 39 (45.88 %) Java 2 15 (17.65 %) C# 3 12 (14.12 %) SQL 4 8 (9.412 %) COBOL 5 2 (2.353 %) C++ 5 2 (2.353 %) PHP 5 2 (2.353 %) JCL 6 1 (1.176 %) PL/SQL 6 1 (1.176 %) C 6 1 (1.176 %) Transact-SQL 6 1 (1.176 %) VB.NET 6 1 (1.176 %) Python 6 1 (1.176 %) Embedded C++	Qualifications 1 3 (3.529 %) ISEB 1 3 (3.529 %) Degree 2 2 (2.353 %) Sun Certification 3 1 (1.176 %) ISTQB 3 1 (1.176 %) PRINCE2 Certification
Vendors 1 11 (12.94 %) Chordiant 2 5 (5.882 %) Oracle 3 4 (4.706 %) Sybase 4 3 (3.529 %) IBM 4 3 (3.529 %) Adobe 4 3 (3.529 %) Genesys 4 3 (3.529 %) Informatica 5 2 (2.353 %) Sun 5 2 (2.353 %) HP 5 2 (2.353 %) Microsoft 6 1 (1.176 %) SAP