The first table below looks at the demand for Agile Software Development skills in IT contracts advertised for the Somerset 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 Somerset 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 19 28 21
Rank change year-on-year
+9 -7
Contract jobs citing Agile Software Development 10 7 13
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Somerset 5.882% 4.118% 7.514%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.75% 6.796% 13.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 6 6
Average daily rate £310 £431 £218
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-28.03% +98.04%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £288 £404 £210
10% offered a daily rate of more than £340 £443 £400
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
Somerset
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
93 103 99
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Somerset 54.71% 60.59% 57.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 55 46
Average daily rate £400 £410 £355
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.43% +15.49%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £265 £230 £215
10% offered a daily rate of more than £460 £433 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 3 12
Average hourly rate £17.50 £22.00 £15.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-20.45% +44.26%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.23 £22.00 £15.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £19.00 £24.40 £30.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
Agile Software Development
South West

Agile Software Development
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Somerset 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 Somerset region.

Somerset Agile Software Development Daily Rate Trend

Agile Software Development
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Agile Software Development across the Somerset region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Somerset Agile Software Development Daily Rate Histogram

Agile Software Development
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Somerset Agile Software Development Hourly Rate Trend

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 Somerset region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Taunton +3 3 £318 -26.58%
Bridgwater - 2 £318 -
Agile Software Development
South West

Agile Software Development
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Somerset 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 19 (70.37%) .NET
2 14 (51.85%) ASP.NET
3 13 (48.15%) C#
4 11 (40.74%) Java
5 9 (33.33%) HTML
5 9 (33.33%) SQL Server
5 9 (33.33%) Retail
6 8 (29.63%) JavaScript
7 7 (25.93%) SQL
7 7 (25.93%) Visual Studio
7 7 (25.93%) ASP
7 7 (25.93%) CSS
7 7 (25.93%) Web Services
7 7 (25.93%) TDD
7 7 (25.93%) Automated Testing
7 7 (25.93%) Test Scripting
8 6 (22.22%) Release Management
8 6 (22.22%) MVC
8 6 (22.22%) Scrum
9 5 (18.52%) Fortran
9 5 (18.52%) OpenGL
9 5 (18.52%) DirectX
9 5 (18.52%) VC++
9 5 (18.52%) E-Commerce
9 5 (18.52%) MFC
9 5 (18.52%) C++
9 5 (18.52%) SC Cleared
9 5 (18.52%) Mobile App
9 5 (18.52%) Mathematics
9 5 (18.52%) Security Cleared

Agile Software Development
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Somerset 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 19 (70.37%) .NET
2 14 (51.85%) ASP.NET
3 9 (33.33%) HTML
4 7 (25.93%) ASP
4 7 (25.93%) CSS
4 7 (25.93%) Web Services
5 5 (18.52%) OpenGL
5 5 (18.52%) DirectX
5 5 (18.52%) MFC
6 4 (14.81%) Spring
7 3 (11.11%) LAMP
8 2 (7.407%) Spring MVC
8 2 (7.407%) Apache Flex
8 2 (7.407%) HTML5
8 2 (7.407%) J2EE
8 2 (7.407%) Hibernate
9 1 (3.704%) WSDL
9 1 (3.704%) XML
9 1 (3.704%) XSD
9 1 (3.704%) JSP
Applications
1 1 (3.704%) MS Visio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (33.33%) SQL Server
2 2 (7.407%) SQL Server 2005
3 1 (3.704%) DB2
3 1 (3.704%) Informix
3 1 (3.704%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 7 (25.93%) Visual Studio
2 3 (11.11%) JUnit
3 1 (3.704%) QuickTest Pro
3 1 (3.704%) Eclipse
3 1 (3.704%) Maven
3 1 (3.704%) Selenium
3 1 (3.704%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (3.704%) FlexUnit
General
1 9 (33.33%) Retail
2 3 (11.11%) Military
3 1 (3.704%) Finance
3 1 (3.704%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 11 (40.74%) Analyst
2 10 (37.04%) Developer
3 6 (22.22%) Test Analyst
3 6 (22.22%) Software Engineer
3 6 (22.22%) Programmer
4 5 (18.52%) C++ Software Engineer
4 5 (18.52%) Tester
4 5 (18.52%) Analyst Programmer
4 5 (18.52%) C++ Analyst Programmer
4 5 (18.52%) C++ Programmer
4 5 (18.52%) Software Programmer
5 4 (14.81%) Web Developer
5 4 (14.81%) Software Tester
5 4 (14.81%) Java Developer
5 4 (14.81%) .NET Developer
6 2 (7.407%) C# ASP.NET Developer
6 2 (7.407%) Flex Developer
6 2 (7.407%) Classic ASP Developer
6 2 (7.407%) C# .NET Developer
6 2 (7.407%) C# Developer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (18.52%) Mobile App
1 5 (18.52%) Mathematics
2 1 (3.704%) Informatics
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.704%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (25.93%) TDD
1 7 (25.93%) Automated Testing
1 7 (25.93%) Test Scripting
2 6 (22.22%) Release Management
2 6 (22.22%) MVC
2 6 (22.22%) Scrum
3 5 (18.52%) E-Commerce
4 4 (14.81%) Software Testing
5 3 (11.11%) ITIL
6 2 (7.407%) UML
7 1 (3.704%) Configuration Management
7 1 (3.704%) Change Management
7 1 (3.704%) Stakeholder Management
7 1 (3.704%) DSDM
7 1 (3.704%) SOA
7 1 (3.704%) Process Improvement
7 1 (3.704%) Change Control
7 1 (3.704%) Analytics
7 1 (3.704%) MODAF
7 1 (3.704%) Enterprise Architecture
Programming Languages
1 13 (48.15%) C#
2 11 (40.74%) Java
3 8 (29.63%) JavaScript
4 7 (25.93%) SQL
5 5 (18.52%) Fortran
5 5 (18.52%) VC++
5 5 (18.52%) C++
6 3 (11.11%) C
Qualifications
1 5 (18.52%) SC Cleared
1 5 (18.52%) Security Cleared
2 4 (14.81%) ISTQB
2 4 (14.81%) ISEB
3 2 (7.407%) BC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (11.11%) QA
2 1 (3.704%) ISO 9000
2 1 (3.704%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 1 (3.704%) ATG
1 1 (3.704%) SAP
1 1 (3.704%) Oracle
1 1 (3.704%) Sybase
1 1 (3.704%) Fredhopper