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The table below looks at the demand for Scrum 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 jobs that have cited Scrum over the 3 months to 15 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkScrum
Location
3 months to
15 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank121144
Rank change on same period last yearUp+23
Matching contract IT job ads2627
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.037 %0.028 %
As % of the category below0.899 %0.815 %
Daily rates quoted34
Average minimum daily rate£292£325
Average daily rate£339£325
% change on same period last year+4.35 %
Average maximum daily rate£387£325
UK excluding London average daily rate£359£352
% change on same period last year+1.76 %
Hourly rates quoted80
Average minimum hourly rate£31.00-
Average hourly rate£33.13-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£35.25-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£33.39£43.75
% change on same period last year-23.67 %
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
South West
Matching contract IT job ads28913312
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled4.120 %3.425 %
Daily rates quoted8751017
Average minimum daily rate£367£351
Average daily rate£389£370
% change on same period last year+4.96 %
Average maximum daily rate£410£390
UK excluding London average daily rate£378£370
% change on same period last year+1.93 %
Hourly rates quoted358369
Average minimum hourly rate£27.72£29.39
Average hourly rate£29.74£31.32
% change on same period last year-5.07 %
Average maximum hourly rate£31.75£33.26
UK excluding London average hourly rate£29.30£29.76
% change on same period last year-1.54 %
Scrum EnglandScrum
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.

Scrum
Demand Trend

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

South West Scrum Demand Trend

Scrum
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Scrum across the South West region.

South West Scrum Daily Rate Trend

Scrum
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Scrum across the South West region over the 3 months to 15 October 2008.

South West Scrum Daily Rate Histogram

Scrum
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Scrum across the South West region.

South West Scrum Hourly Rate Trend

Scrum
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Scrum across the South West region over the 3 months to 15 October 2008.

South West Scrum Hourly Rate Histogram

Scrum
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Scrum within the South West region over the 3 months to 15 October 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
BristolNew entry-12£330-
SomersetUp+312£344+14.58 %
WiltshireNew entry-1--
Scrum EnglandScrum
England

Scrum
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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.

140 (66.67 %)Agile Software Development
219 (31.67 %)Java
219 (31.67 %)PRINCE2
317 (28.33 %)RAD
415 (25.00 %)C++
513 (21.67 %)DSDM
513 (21.67 %)Eclipse
513 (21.67 %)Security Cleared
612 (20.00 %)Retail
612 (20.00 %)JNI
612 (20.00 %)MS Visio
79 (15.00 %)Project Management
79 (15.00 %)RUP
79 (15.00 %)Aerospace
79 (15.00 %)PCI DSS
88 (13.33 %)TDD
88 (13.33 %)Use Case
88 (13.33 %).NET
97 (11.67 %)SQL Server
97 (11.67 %)ASP.NET
97 (11.67 %)E-Commerce
106 (10.00 %)NHibernate
115 (8.333 %)Selenium
115 (8.333 %)SQL Server 2005
115 (8.333 %)Windows
115 (8.333 %)MVC
115 (8.333 %)Extreme Programming
124 (6.667 %)SAP CRM
124 (6.667 %)Log4Net
124 (6.667 %)CSS

Scrum
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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.

South West IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
112 (20.00 %)JNI
28 (13.33 %).NET
37 (11.67 %)ASP.NET
46 (10.00 %)NHibernate
55 (8.333 %)MVC
64 (6.667 %)Spring
64 (6.667 %)AJAX
64 (6.667 %)CSS
64 (6.667 %)HTML
64 (6.667 %)WCF
64 (6.667 %)Spring.NET
73 (5.000 %)JSTL
73 (5.000 %)JSP
73 (5.000 %)Servlets
82 (3.333 %)Struts
82 (3.333 %)JSF
82 (3.333 %)Java EE
91 (1.667 %).NET Framework
91 (1.667 %)WPF
91 (1.667 %)Silverlight
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (3.333 %)SharePoint
21 (1.667 %)CMS
21 (1.667 %)ESB
South West IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
112 (20.00 %)MS Visio
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
14 (6.667 %)SAP CRM
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
17 (11.67 %)SQL Server
25 (8.333 %)SQL Server 2005
31 (1.667 %)OLAP
31 (1.667 %)Datawarehouse
31 (1.667 %)OLTP
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
113 (21.67 %)Eclipse
25 (8.333 %)Selenium
34 (6.667 %)Visual Studio
34 (6.667 %)Log4Net
42 (3.333 %)FitNesse
51 (1.667 %)NUnit
51 (1.667 %)CruiseControl
51 (1.667 %)ERwin
51 (1.667 %)C++Builder
South West IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
112 (20.00 %)Retail
29 (15.00 %)Aerospace
33 (5.000 %)Government
33 (5.000 %)Health
33 (5.000 %)Pensions
41 (1.667 %)Front Office
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
118 (30.00 %)Analyst
214 (23.33 %)Business Analyst
312 (20.00 %)Software Engineer
411 (18.33 %)Project Manager
59 (15.00 %)Developer
64 (6.667 %)Java Developer
64 (6.667 %)Test Analyst
64 (6.667 %)Web Developer
64 (6.667 %)Java Software Engineer
64 (6.667 %)ScrumMaster
73 (5.000 %)Technical Lead
73 (5.000 %)Web Applications Developer
73 (5.000 %)Applications Developer
73 (5.000 %)Senior Business Analyst
73 (5.000 %)Senior Analyst
82 (3.333 %).NET Developer
82 (3.333 %)Tester
82 (3.333 %)Test Engineer
91 (1.667 %)Web Tester
91 (1.667 %)E-Commerce Project Manager
South West IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (1.667 %)Chip and PIN
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
15 (8.333 %)Windows
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
140 (66.67 %)Agile Software Development
219 (31.67 %)PRINCE2
317 (28.33 %)RAD
413 (21.67 %)DSDM
413 (21.67 %)Security Cleared
59 (15.00 %)RUP
59 (15.00 %)Project Management
68 (13.33 %)TDD
68 (13.33 %)Use Case
77 (11.67 %)E-Commerce
85 (8.333 %)Extreme Programming
94 (6.667 %)ERP
94 (6.667 %)CRM
94 (6.667 %)Automated Testing
94 (6.667 %)SC Cleared
103 (5.000 %)Business Analysis
103 (5.000 %)Web Development
103 (5.000 %)User Acceptance Testing
103 (5.000 %)Test Scripting
103 (5.000 %)UML
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
119 (31.67 %)Java
215 (25.00 %)C++
34 (6.667 %)C#
34 (6.667 %)JavaScript
41 (1.667 %)VB
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
19 (15.00 %)PCI DSS
23 (5.000 %)QA
South West IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
14 (6.667 %)SAP
21 (1.667 %)Microsoft
21 (1.667 %)Borland