The first table below looks at the demand for Kanban skills in IT contracts advertised for the Southampton region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Kanban over the 3 months to 22 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 Southampton 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Kanban
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing Kanban 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Southampton - - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £425
% change year-on-year
- -23.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £190.00
All Processes & Methodologies
Southampton
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
184 142 120
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Southampton 61.13% 60.17% 65.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 120 81 58
Average daily rate £370 £400 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.50% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £263 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £555 £500 £555
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 17 18
Average hourly rate £27.50 £20.00 £33.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+37.50% -39.39%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £23.00 £17.50 £11.33
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £41.50 £42.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
Kanban
Hampshire

Kanban
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Southampton Kanban Jobs Demand Trend

Kanban
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Kanban across the Southampton region.

Southampton Kanban Daily Rate Trend

Kanban
Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Southampton region citing Kanban 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 Kanban.

1 6 (100.00%) Scrum
2 5 (83.33%) Agile Software Development
2 5 (83.33%) Velocity
3 3 (50.00%) ITIL
3 3 (50.00%) PRINCE2
4 2 (33.33%) MS Project
4 2 (33.33%) TDD
4 2 (33.33%) Project Management
4 2 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (33.33%) Software Engineering
4 2 (33.33%) Degree
4 2 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (16.67%) User Stories
5 1 (16.67%) JIRA
5 1 (16.67%) Mingle
5 1 (16.67%) ASP.NET
5 1 (16.67%) Web Services
5 1 (16.67%) C#
5 1 (16.67%) VB.NET
5 1 (16.67%) .NET
5 1 (16.67%) UML

Kanban
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Southampton region citing Kanban 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 Kanban. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 5 (83.33%) Velocity
2 1 (16.67%) ASP.NET
2 1 (16.67%) Web Services
2 1 (16.67%) .NET
Applications
1 2 (33.33%) MS Project
2 1 (16.67%) Mingle
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) JIRA
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Project Manager
2 2 (33.33%) Systems Manager
2 2 (33.33%) ScrumMaster
2 2 (33.33%) Web Project Manager
2 2 (33.33%) Web Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Software Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Software Development Project Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Software Development Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Development Project Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Software Project Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Requirements Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Development Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Scrum
2 5 (83.33%) Agile Software Development
3 3 (50.00%) ITIL
3 3 (50.00%) PRINCE2
4 2 (33.33%) TDD
4 2 (33.33%) Project Management
4 2 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (33.33%) Software Engineering
4 2 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (16.67%) User Stories
5 1 (16.67%) UML
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) C#
1 1 (16.67%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) Degree