The first table below looks at the demand for Agile Software Development skills in IT contracts advertised for the South Wales 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 19 June 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 South Wales 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Agile Software Development
Rank 25 31 25
Rank change year-on-year
+6 -6
Contract jobs citing Agile Software Development 12 13 24
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Wales 3.343% 3.266% 5.647%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.819% 4.962% 8.511%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 7 9
Average daily rate £375 £300 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+25.00% -14.28%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £264 £265 £256
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £334 £410
UK excluding London average daily rate £358 £338 £375
% change year-on-year
+5.92% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 6
Average hourly rate - - £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £40.00 £37.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+8.10% +5.71%
All Processes & Methodologies
South Wales
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
249 262 282
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Wales 69.36% 65.83% 66.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 163 151 144
Average daily rate £364 £375 £326
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.00% +14.94%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £235 £260 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.36% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 9 12
Average hourly rate £15.00 £13.35 £42.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+12.35% -68.58%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
Agile Software Development
Wales

Agile Software Development
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South Wales 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 South Wales region.

South Wales 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 South Wales region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

South Wales 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 South Wales region.

South Wales 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 South Wales region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Cardiff -1 5 £269 -8.89% 3
Newport +4 2 £320 +1.58% 1
Glamorgan - - - -
Monmouthshire - - - -
Torfaen - - - -
Blaenau Gwent - - - -
Bridgend - - - -
Agile Software Development
Wales

Agile Software Development
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South Wales 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 14 (53.85%) SQL
2 12 (46.15%) Java
2 12 (46.15%) Oracle
3 8 (30.77%) J2EE
3 8 (30.77%) UML
3 8 (30.77%) Hibernate
3 8 (30.77%) Spring
3 8 (30.77%) JSF
4 7 (26.92%) Liferay
4 7 (26.92%) Web Services
4 7 (26.92%) XML
4 7 (26.92%) PL/SQL
5 6 (23.08%) WebLogic
5 6 (23.08%) CSS
5 6 (23.08%) XSD
5 6 (23.08%) DOM
5 6 (23.08%) XSLT
5 6 (23.08%) ClearCase
5 6 (23.08%) JAXP
5 6 (23.08%) SAX
5 6 (23.08%) Eclipse
5 6 (23.08%) WebLogic Portal
5 6 (23.08%) ClearQuest
5 6 (23.08%) Security Cleared
5 6 (23.08%) XPath
6 4 (15.38%) Finance
6 4 (15.38%) SAP BW
6 4 (15.38%) BusinessObjects
6 4 (15.38%) Business Intelligence
6 4 (15.38%) PRINCE2

Agile Software Development
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South Wales 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 8 (30.77%) J2EE
1 8 (30.77%) Hibernate
1 8 (30.77%) Spring
1 8 (30.77%) JSF
2 7 (26.92%) Web Services
2 7 (26.92%) XML
3 6 (23.08%) CSS
3 6 (23.08%) XSD
3 6 (23.08%) DOM
3 6 (23.08%) XSLT
3 6 (23.08%) JAXP
3 6 (23.08%) SAX
4 1 (3.846%) ASP.NET MVC
4 1 (3.846%) ASP.NET MVC 3
4 1 (3.846%) jQuery
4 1 (3.846%) Ajax
4 1 (3.846%) WebSphere
4 1 (3.846%) .NET Framework
4 1 (3.846%) .NET
4 1 (3.846%) ASP.NET
Application Platforms
1 7 (26.92%) Liferay
2 6 (23.08%) WebLogic
2 6 (23.08%) WebLogic Portal
3 2 (7.692%) IBM Notes
4 1 (3.846%) WebSphere Application Server
4 1 (3.846%) FileNet
Applications
1 1 (3.846%) MS Project
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.846%) Intranet
1 1 (3.846%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (15.38%) SAP BW
1 4 (15.38%) BusinessObjects
1 4 (15.38%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
1 4 (15.38%) Xcelsius
2 2 (7.692%) SQL Server
3 1 (3.846%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (3.846%) TOAD
Development Applications
1 6 (23.08%) ClearCase
1 6 (23.08%) Eclipse
1 6 (23.08%) ClearQuest
2 1 (3.846%) Jenkins
2 1 (3.846%) Selenium
2 1 (3.846%) Subversion
2 1 (3.846%) Visual Studio
2 1 (3.846%) QuickTest Pro
General
1 4 (15.38%) Finance
2 3 (11.54%) Telecoms
3 1 (3.846%) Banking
Job Titles
1 11 (42.31%) Developer
2 8 (30.77%) Analyst
3 7 (26.92%) Java Developer
4 5 (19.23%) Lead Java Developer
4 5 (19.23%) Lead Developer
5 3 (11.54%) Business Analyst
5 3 (11.54%) Test Analyst
6 2 (7.692%) Data Architect
6 2 (7.692%) Tester
6 2 (7.692%) Software Developer
6 2 (7.692%) Architect
6 2 (7.692%) QA Tester
6 2 (7.692%) C++ Software Developer
6 2 (7.692%) C++ Developer
6 2 (7.692%) Business Intelligence Analyst
6 2 (7.692%) Agile Business Analyst
7 1 (3.846%) C# .NET Developer
7 1 (3.846%) Agile Test Analyst
7 1 (3.846%) Senior Technical Manager
7 1 (3.846%) Business Intelligence Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.846%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (30.77%) UML
2 4 (15.38%) Business Intelligence
2 4 (15.38%) PRINCE2
3 3 (11.54%) Test Scripting
3 3 (11.54%) Data Management
4 2 (7.692%) Regression Testing
4 2 (7.692%) SOA
4 2 (7.692%) Data Modelling
4 2 (7.692%) Data Analysis
4 2 (7.692%) Waterfall
5 1 (3.846%) System Testing
5 1 (3.846%) Systems Analysis
5 1 (3.846%) Business Analysis
5 1 (3.846%) TDD
5 1 (3.846%) OO
5 1 (3.846%) OOD
5 1 (3.846%) E-Commerce
5 1 (3.846%) Configuration Management
5 1 (3.846%) MVC
5 1 (3.846%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 14 (53.85%) SQL
2 12 (46.15%) Java
3 7 (26.92%) PL/SQL
4 6 (23.08%) XPath
5 2 (7.692%) C++
6 1 (3.846%) C#
6 1 (3.846%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 6 (23.08%) Security Cleared
2 1 (3.846%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (11.54%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (3.846%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 12 (46.15%) Oracle
2 4 (15.38%) Business Objects
2 4 (15.38%) SAP
3 3 (11.54%) IBM
4 2 (7.692%) Lotus
5 1 (3.846%) Microsoft
5 1 (3.846%) Adobe
5 1 (3.846%) ILOG
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Posted: 13 June 2013