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The table looks at the demand for Agile Software Development skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Agile Software Development over the 3 months to 3 July 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Processes & Methodologies category.

LinkAgile Software Development
Location
3 months to
3 Jul 2009
Same period last year
Rank98102
Rank change on the same period last yearUp+4
Matching contract IT job ads5471239
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK1.592 %1.609 %
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category2.961 %3.134 %
Daily rates quoted255546
Average daily rate£350£375
Average daily rate % change on the same period last year-6.660 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£256£290
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£525£550
UK excluding London average daily rate£300£335
% change on same period last year-10.44 %
Hourly rates quoted1420
Average hourly rate£29.00£37.50
Average hourly rate % change on the same period last year-22.66 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£21.90£32.50
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£35.00£41.05
UK excluding London average hourly rate£31.00£37.50
% change on same period last year-17.33 %
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesAll Processes & Methodologies
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1847539533
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK53.78 %51.35 %
Daily rates quoted761014354
Average daily rate£395£413
Average daily rate % change on the same period last year-4.240 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£225£260
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£550£588
UK excluding London average daily rate£350£388
% change on same period last year-9.670 %
Hourly rates quoted10802298
Average hourly rate£22.50£28.50
Average hourly rate % change on the same period last year-21.05 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£11.50£13.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£37.50£42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.50£30.00
% change on same period last year-21.66 %

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.

Agile Software Development
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Agile Software Development within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

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 within the UK.

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 within the UK over the 3 months to 3 July 2009.

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 within the UK.

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 within the UK over the 3 months to 3 July 2009.

Agile Software Development Hourly Rate Histogram

Agile Software Development
Top 30 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 UK over the 3 months to 3 July 2009. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
EnglandUp+11528£350-7.89 %
LondonUp+4353£400-1.53 %
City of LondonUp+17126£413-15.38 %
South EastUp+2681£300-3.22 %
South WestUp+3141£325-2.98 %
HampshireUp+4225£325-24.41 %
BerkshireUp+1625£300-3.22 %
East of EnglandNo change023£250-37.50 %
SurreyDown-118£335+8.06 %
ReadingUp+2817£266-36.60 %
CambridgeshireUp+1316£250-25.92 %
BristolUp+714£338+2.27 %
East MidlandsUp+3110£300-17.80 %
North WestUp+369£313-9.42 %
ScotlandUp+279£288-17.85 %
WalesUp+239£285-12.30 %
South WalesUp+189£285-12.30 %
KentNew entry-7£275-
DorsetUp+216£363+6.61 %
SouthamptonUp+166£320-35.02 %
West MidlandsUp+166£255-15.00 %
Tunbridge WellsNew entry-6£275-
FarehamNew entry-5£325-
BournemouthNew entry-5£363-
CheshireUp+394£325-2.98 %
WiltshireUp+304£363+14.17 %
YorkshireUp+214--
CambridgeUp+184--
OxfordshireUp+184£231-
PeterboroughUp+114--

Agile Software Development
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 3 July 2009, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

1412 (31.55 %)Java
2391 (29.94 %).NET
3342 (26.19 %)C#
4331 (25.34 %)Scrum
5227 (17.38 %)TDD
6216 (16.54 %)SQL
7211 (16.16 %)XML
8209 (16.00 %)Finance
9204 (15.62 %)Banking
10201 (15.39 %)JavaScript
11193 (14.78 %)Oracle
12188 (14.40 %)SQL Server
13179 (13.71 %)OO
14178 (13.63 %)ASP.NET
15169 (12.94 %)HTML
16166 (12.71 %)CSS
17152 (11.64 %)Spring
18151 (11.56 %)AJAX
19143 (10.95 %)Investment Banking
20131 (10.03 %)J2EE
21126 (9.648 %)Derivative
22125 (9.571 %)WebServices
23104 (7.963 %)Selenium
24102 (7.810 %)UML
25100 (7.657 %)Windows
2695 (7.274 %)Microsoft
2794 (7.198 %)Front Office
2893 (7.121 %)UNIX
2990 (6.891 %)Hibernate
3081 (6.202 %)Project Management

Agile Software Development
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 3 July 2009, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1391 (29.94 %).NET
2211 (16.16 %)XML
3178 (13.63 %)ASP.NET
4169 (12.94 %)HTML
5166 (12.71 %)CSS
6152 (11.64 %)Spring
7151 (11.56 %)AJAX
8131 (10.03 %)J2EE
9125 (9.571 %)WebServices
1090 (6.891 %)Hibernate
1165 (4.977 %)WCF
1262 (4.747 %)XHTML
1355 (4.211 %)JSP
1454 (4.135 %)XSLT
1547 (3.599 %)MVC
1641 (3.139 %)SOAP
1738 (2.910 %)ASP
1738 (2.910 %)WinForms
1837 (2.833 %)WebSphere
1936 (2.757 %)Adobe Flex
IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
161 (4.671 %)CMS
239 (2.986 %)SharePoint
330 (2.297 %)Apache
330 (2.297 %)IIS
428 (2.144 %)BizTalk Server
522 (1.685 %)WebLogic
619 (1.455 %)Tomcat
619 (1.455 %)Drupal
712 (0.919 %)SharePoint Server 2007
811 (0.842 %)WebSphere MQ
98 (0.613 %)MQSeries
107 (0.536 %)ColdFusion
116 (0.459 %)CICS
116 (0.459 %)OpenCms
124 (0.306 %)SAS
124 (0.306 %)WebSphere Application Server
124 (0.306 %)Alfresco
124 (0.306 %)EPiServer
133 (0.230 %)Community Server
133 (0.230 %)WMQI
IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
137 (2.833 %)MS Excel
221 (1.608 %)MS Visio
221 (1.608 %)MS Office
318 (1.378 %)MS Project
415 (1.149 %)Photoshop
59 (0.689 %)Adobe Illustrator
65 (0.383 %)MS PowerPoint
65 (0.383 %)CA Clarity
72 (0.153 %)Spreadsheet
81 (0.077 %)Open Workbench
81 (0.077 %)Fireworks
81 (0.077 %)MATLAB
81 (0.077 %)Maya
81 (0.077 %)3ds Max
IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
110 (0.766 %)WebTrends
110 (0.766 %)Google Analytics
27 (0.536 %)Dynamics CRM
32 (0.153 %)SAP IS-U
32 (0.153 %)Oracle EBS
41 (0.077 %)Oracle Applications
41 (0.077 %)SAP CS
41 (0.077 %)Endur
41 (0.077 %)Microsoft CRM
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
136 (2.757 %)Internet
27 (0.536 %)Intranet
34 (0.306 %)TCP/IP
43 (0.230 %)Wireless
43 (0.230 %)LDAP
43 (0.230 %)Broadband
43 (0.230 %)HTTP
52 (0.153 %)FTP
52 (0.153 %)GSM
52 (0.153 %)LAN
52 (0.153 %)DVB
52 (0.153 %)3G
61 (0.077 %)UTRAN
61 (0.077 %)2G
61 (0.077 %)BSS
61 (0.077 %)SMS
61 (0.077 %)UMTS
61 (0.077 %)VoIP
61 (0.077 %)WAN
61 (0.077 %)GPRS
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1188 (14.40 %)SQL Server
267 (5.130 %)SQL Server 2005
361 (4.671 %)MySQL
422 (1.685 %)RDBMS
516 (1.225 %)Datawarehouse
614 (1.072 %)ETL
614 (1.072 %)Oracle 8/8i
614 (1.072 %)SQL Server 2000
713 (0.995 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
812 (0.919 %)SQL Server Integration Services
911 (0.842 %)SQL Server 2008
109 (0.689 %)Crystal Reports
118 (0.613 %)Oracle 10g
126 (0.459 %)Oracle Reports
135 (0.383 %)OLAP
135 (0.383 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
144 (0.306 %)QlikView
144 (0.306 %)Oracle 11g
144 (0.306 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
144 (0.306 %)GIS
IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
1104 (7.963 %)Selenium
262 (4.747 %)Subversion
356 (4.288 %)Visual Studio
450 (3.828 %)NUnit
548 (3.675 %)JUnit
645 (3.446 %)FitNesse
743 (3.292 %)Ant
837 (2.833 %)Eclipse
924 (1.838 %)QuickTest Pro
1022 (1.685 %)TestNG
1022 (1.685 %)Team Foundation Server
1117 (1.302 %)ClearCase
1213 (0.995 %)CruiseControl
1312 (0.919 %)JIRA
1411 (0.842 %)VSS/SourceSafe
1510 (0.766 %)WATIR
169 (0.689 %)JMeter
178 (0.613 %)LoadRunner
178 (0.613 %)Visual Studio Team System
178 (0.613 %)Visual Studio Tools for Office
IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1209 (16.00 %)Finance
2204 (15.62 %)Banking
3143 (10.95 %)Investment Banking
494 (7.198 %)Front Office
552 (3.982 %)Retail
642 (3.216 %)Insurance
735 (2.680 %)Telecoms
833 (2.527 %)Government
925 (1.914 %)Games
1023 (1.761 %)Education
1120 (1.531 %)Publishing
1216 (1.225 %)Financial Institution
1315 (1.149 %)Back Office
1315 (1.149 %)Construction
1412 (0.919 %)Health
159 (0.689 %)Multimedia
167 (0.536 %)Billing
176 (0.459 %)Pensions
176 (0.459 %)Law
176 (0.459 %)Legal
IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1623 (47.70 %)Developer
2257 (19.68 %)Analyst
3172 (13.17 %)Java Developer
4141 (10.80 %).NET Developer
5135 (10.34 %)C# Developer
6130 (9.954 %)Project Manager
7108 (8.270 %)Business Analyst
899 (7.580 %)Test Analyst
981 (6.202 %)Tester
1059 (4.518 %)Web Developer
1157 (4.364 %)Senior Developer
1253 (4.058 %)ASP.NET Developer
1341 (3.139 %)C# ASP.NET Developer
1438 (2.910 %)Architect
1532 (2.450 %)Consultant
1532 (2.450 %)J2EE Developer
1532 (2.450 %)Programmer
1628 (2.144 %)Java/J2EE Developer
1726 (1.991 %)C++ Developer
1825 (1.914 %)Analyst Programmer
IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
1126 (9.648 %)Derivative
245 (3.446 %)Interest Rate Derivative
340 (3.063 %)Fixed Income
436 (2.757 %)Equity Derivative
534 (2.603 %)Credit Derivative
632 (2.450 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
729 (2.221 %)Equities
827 (2.067 %)Web 2.0
922 (1.685 %)Grid Computing
1020 (1.531 %)N-Tier
1020 (1.531 %)Market Risk
1112 (0.919 %)Multithreading
1210 (0.766 %)EPoS
1210 (0.766 %)Management Information System
139 (0.689 %)IPTV
139 (0.689 %)Computer Science
139 (0.689 %)Flash Lite
148 (0.613 %)W3C
157 (0.536 %)NHS
166 (0.459 %)DTV
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1100 (7.657 %)Windows
293 (7.121 %)UNIX
366 (5.054 %)Linux
410 (0.766 %)Solaris
410 (0.766 %)Windows Server 2003
59 (0.689 %)Windows XP
66 (0.459 %)Red Hat Linux
72 (0.153 %)Windows 2000
81 (0.077 %)Mac OS X
81 (0.077 %)Windows CE
81 (0.077 %)HPUX
81 (0.077 %)Embedded Linux
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1331 (25.34 %)Scrum
2227 (17.38 %)TDD
3179 (13.71 %)OO
4102 (7.810 %)UML
581 (6.202 %)Project Management
680 (6.126 %)E-Commerce
774 (5.666 %)PRINCE2
866 (5.054 %)Web Development
866 (5.054 %)Continuous Integration
964 (4.900 %)Unit Testing
1061 (4.671 %)Automated Testing
1156 (4.288 %)SOA
1254 (4.135 %)Test Scripting
1341 (3.139 %)User Acceptance Testing
1341 (3.139 %)RUP
1440 (3.063 %)Extreme Programming
1537 (2.833 %)Software Engineering
1633 (2.527 %)Content Management
1732 (2.450 %)Data Modelling
1830 (2.297 %)Use Case
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1412 (31.55 %)Java
2342 (26.19 %)C#
3216 (16.54 %)SQL
4201 (15.39 %)JavaScript
569 (5.283 %)C++
657 (4.364 %)PHP
736 (2.757 %)Perl
736 (2.757 %)VB
834 (2.603 %)VB.NET
834 (2.603 %)Ruby
929 (2.221 %)VB6
929 (2.221 %)PL/SQL
1027 (2.067 %)T-SQL
1125 (1.914 %)ActionScript
1221 (1.608 %)Python
1221 (1.608 %)C
1316 (1.225 %)VBA
1414 (1.072 %)XQuery
1511 (0.842 %)Shell Script
169 (0.689 %)PHP5
IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
163 (4.824 %)Degree
252 (3.982 %)ISEB
324 (1.838 %)Security Cleared
417 (1.302 %)ISTQB
511 (0.842 %)DV Cleared
610 (0.766 %)Microsoft Certification
610 (0.766 %)PRINCE2 Certification
78 (0.613 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
87 (0.536 %)SC Cleared
94 (0.306 %)PMI Certification
103 (0.230 %)ISEB Practitioner
103 (0.230 %)CTC Cleared
112 (0.153 %)PMP
112 (0.153 %)MCAD
112 (0.153 %)MCDBA
121 (0.077 %)Sun Certification
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
165 (4.977 %)QA
25 (0.383 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
33 (0.230 %)SLA
42 (0.153 %)WAI
IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
13 (0.230 %)Oracle RAC
22 (0.153 %)Active Directory
31 (0.077 %)MSMQ
31 (0.077 %)VMware Infrastructure
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
12 (0.153 %)Tivoli
12 (0.153 %)Data Guard
IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
1193 (14.78 %)Oracle
295 (7.274 %)Microsoft
346 (3.522 %)Sybase
421 (1.608 %)JBoss
515 (1.149 %)Google
515 (1.149 %)DataSynapse
614 (1.072 %)IBM
614 (1.072 %)ATG
713 (0.995 %)Mercator
812 (0.919 %)Adobe
812 (0.919 %)Zend
98 (0.613 %)VMware
107 (0.536 %)Red Hat
116 (0.459 %)Infragistics
116 (0.459 %)Sun
116 (0.459 %)HP
116 (0.459 %)Siebel
125 (0.383 %)PeopleSoft
125 (0.383 %)FatWire
125 (0.383 %)Ab Initio