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This section looks at the demand for Agile Software Development skills within the South West region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited Agile Software Development over the 3 months to 4 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkAgile Software Development
Location
3 months to 4 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank76138
Rank change on same period last yearUp+62
Matching contract IT job ads5820
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.076 %0.021 %
As % of the category below2.346 %0.688 %
Daily rates quoted209
Average minimum daily rate£311£322
Average daily rate£343£343
% change on same period last year-0.04 %
Average maximum daily rate£374£364
UK excluding London average daily rate£350£393
% change on same period last year-10.80 %
Hourly rates quoted41
Average minimum hourly rate£37.50£35.00
Average hourly rate£43.13£35.00
% change on same period last year+23.21 %
Average maximum hourly rate£48.75£35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£37.28£35.98
% change on same period last year+3.59 %
Processes & Methodologies South WestProcesses & Methodologies
South West
Matching contract IT job ads24722906
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled3.260 %3.083 %
Daily rates quoted958907
Average minimum daily rate£374£363
Average daily rate£401£384
% change on same period last year+4.34 %
Average maximum daily rate£428£406
UK excluding London average daily rate£384£374
% change on same period last year+2.50 %
Hourly rates quoted245346
Average minimum hourly rate£30.88£30.12
Average hourly rate£33.45£31.92
% change on same period last year+4.78 %
Average maximum hourly rate£36.02£33.73
UK excluding London average hourly rate£29.40£30.19
% change on same period last year-2.62 %
Agile Software Development EnglandAgile Software Development
England

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 South West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

South West Agile Software Development Demand Trend

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 South West region.

South West Agile Software Development Daily Rate Trend

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 South West region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

South West Agile Software Development Daily Rate Histogram

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 South West region.

South West Agile Software Development Hourly Rate Trend

Agile Software Development
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Agile Software Development across the South West region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

South West Agile Software Development Hourly Rate Histogram

Agile Software Development
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT job ads citing Agile Software Development within the South West region over the 3 months to 4 July 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.

LocationRank 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
BristolUp+2325£344+20.64 %
SomersetUp+810£325-
WiltshireUp+115£318-
DorsetUp+104£355+4.41 %
DevonUp+52--
GloucestershireUp+52--
Agile Software Development EnglandAgile Software Development
England

Agile Software Development
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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.

137 (30.08 %)PRINCE2
231 (25.20 %)Scrum
329 (23.58 %).NET
423 (18.70 %)C#
522 (17.89 %)Java
522 (17.89 %)SQL Server
621 (17.07 %)XML
720 (16.26 %)Project Management
816 (13.01 %)DSDM
915 (12.20 %)Oracle
1014 (11.38 %)HTML
1014 (11.38 %)Microsoft
1014 (11.38 %)Retail
1113 (10.57 %)SQL
1113 (10.57 %)E-Commerce
1212 (9.756 %)Visual Studio
1311 (8.943 %)WebServices
1311 (8.943 %)JavaScript
1311 (8.943 %)ISEB
1410 (8.130 %)Internet
1410 (8.130 %)J2EE
1410 (8.130 %)CSS
1410 (8.130 %)RAD
1410 (8.130 %)RUP
1410 (8.130 %)AJAX
159 (7.317 %)Music
159 (7.317 %)JSP
159 (7.317 %)BizTalk Server
168 (6.504 %)Struts
168 (6.504 %)ASP.NET

Agile Software Development
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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
129 (23.58 %).NET
221 (17.07 %)XML
314 (11.38 %)HTML
411 (8.943 %)WebServices
510 (8.130 %)AJAX
510 (8.130 %)J2EE
510 (8.130 %)CSS
69 (7.317 %)JSP
78 (6.504 %)ASP.NET
78 (6.504 %)Struts
87 (5.691 %)WinForms
96 (4.878 %)Spring
96 (4.878 %)Hibernate
96 (4.878 %)DOM
104 (3.252 %)XSL
104 (3.252 %)XHTML
104 (3.252 %)Servlets
104 (3.252 %)WAP
104 (3.252 %)JSTL
113 (2.439 %)JSF
Application Platforms
19 (7.317 %)BizTalk Server
26 (4.878 %)CMS
32 (1.626 %)Tomcat
32 (1.626 %)Plone
41 (0.813 %)ATG Dynamo
41 (0.813 %)WebSphere MQ
41 (0.813 %)WebLogic Portal
41 (0.813 %)WebSphere Application Server
41 (0.813 %)WebLogic
Applications
13 (2.439 %)MS Excel
22 (1.626 %)MS Project
Communications & Networking
110 (8.130 %)Internet
26 (4.878 %)DNS
35 (4.065 %)TCP/IP
43 (2.439 %)HTTP
52 (1.626 %)PPP
52 (1.626 %)Ethernet
61 (0.813 %)FTP
61 (0.813 %)SNMP
61 (0.813 %)Broadband
61 (0.813 %)Extranet
61 (0.813 %)Nortel Meridian
Database & Business Intelligence
122 (17.89 %)SQL Server
24 (3.252 %)SQL Server 2005
32 (1.626 %)SQL Server 2000
32 (1.626 %)Datawarehouse
32 (1.626 %)RDBMS
32 (1.626 %)MySQL
41 (0.813 %)VLDB
41 (0.813 %)Oracle 10g
41 (0.813 %)OLTP
41 (0.813 %)GIS
41 (0.813 %)SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
112 (9.756 %)Visual Studio
26 (4.878 %)QuickTest Pro
35 (4.065 %)PVCS
35 (4.065 %)Eclipse
44 (3.252 %)LoadRunner
44 (3.252 %)WinRunner
44 (3.252 %)WATIR
44 (3.252 %)FitNesse
44 (3.252 %)Visual Studio Team System
53 (2.439 %)Selenium
53 (2.439 %)Ant
53 (2.439 %)VSS/SourceSafe
53 (2.439 %)Flash
62 (1.626 %)LabVIEW
62 (1.626 %)NUnit
62 (1.626 %)QARun
71 (0.813 %)TestDirector
71 (0.813 %)JUnit
71 (0.813 %)Dreamweaver
General
114 (11.38 %)Retail
29 (7.317 %)Music
37 (5.691 %)Finance
44 (3.252 %)Multimedia
51 (0.813 %)General Ledger
51 (0.813 %)Insurance
51 (0.813 %)Pensions
51 (0.813 %)Aerospace
51 (0.813 %)Government
51 (0.813 %)Legal
51 (0.813 %)Games
51 (0.813 %)Marketing
51 (0.813 %)Pharmaceutical
51 (0.813 %)Telecoms
Job Titles
137 (30.08 %)Developer
232 (26.02 %)Project Manager
321 (17.07 %)Analyst
418 (14.63 %)Test Analyst
57 (5.691 %)Java Developer
57 (5.691 %)Software Engineer
66 (4.878 %)Web Developer
66 (4.878 %)Tester
66 (4.878 %)Software Developer
75 (4.065 %)Consultant
75 (4.065 %)Technical Analyst
75 (4.065 %)Technical Test Analyst
84 (3.252 %)Web Applications Developer
84 (3.252 %).NET Developer
84 (3.252 %)C# Developer
84 (3.252 %)Applications Developer
93 (2.439 %)Programme Manager
93 (2.439 %)Configuration Manager
93 (2.439 %)Senior Analyst
93 (2.439 %)Performance Tester
Miscellaneous
14 (3.252 %)W3C
14 (3.252 %)Web 2.0
23 (2.439 %)CMDB
23 (2.439 %)Data Integration
32 (1.626 %)Client/Server
41 (0.813 %)N-Tier
41 (0.813 %)Chip and PIN
41 (0.813 %)Replication
41 (0.813 %)E-Learning
Operating Systems
15 (4.065 %)Windows
24 (3.252 %)Unix
33 (2.439 %)Linux
Processes & Methodologies
137 (30.08 %)PRINCE2
231 (25.20 %)Scrum
320 (16.26 %)Project Management
416 (13.01 %)DSDM
513 (10.57 %)E-Commerce
610 (8.130 %)RAD
610 (8.130 %)RUP
78 (6.504 %)Migration
78 (6.504 %)TDD
87 (5.691 %)Web Development
96 (4.878 %)Project Planning
96 (4.878 %)Document Management
96 (4.878 %)UML
105 (4.065 %)Process Management
105 (4.065 %)SOA
105 (4.065 %)Test Scripting
105 (4.065 %)Security Cleared
114 (3.252 %)Configuration Management
114 (3.252 %)Test Management
114 (3.252 %)Software Testing
Programming Languages
123 (18.70 %)C#
222 (17.89 %)Java
313 (10.57 %)SQL
411 (8.943 %)JavaScript
54 (3.252 %)C++
54 (3.252 %)DHTML
54 (3.252 %)XPath
63 (2.439 %)C
72 (1.626 %)ActionScript
72 (1.626 %)PHP
72 (1.626 %)VB
81 (0.813 %)VB.NET
81 (0.813 %)Transact-SQL
81 (0.813 %)VBScript
81 (0.813 %)XAML
81 (0.813 %)VB6
Qualifications
111 (8.943 %)ISEB
27 (5.691 %)PRINCE2 Certification
36 (4.878 %)Microsoft Certification
36 (4.878 %)MCP
42 (1.626 %)ISEB Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
18 (6.504 %)QA
26 (4.878 %)PCI DSS
34 (3.252 %)WAI
System Software
16 (4.878 %)Active Directory
21 (0.813 %)VMware Infrastructure
21 (0.813 %)MSMQ
Vendors
115 (12.20 %)Oracle
214 (11.38 %)Microsoft
33 (2.439 %)MKS
33 (2.439 %)ATG
42 (1.626 %)Compuware
51 (0.813 %)Nortel
51 (0.813 %)BEA
51 (0.813 %)webMethods
51 (0.813 %)Infragistics
51 (0.813 %)Macromedia
51 (0.813 %)SAP
51 (0.813 %)Cisco
51 (0.813 %)VMware
51 (0.813 %)telerik
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