Agile Software Development Contracts in Wales
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Agile Software Development skills in IT contracts advertised for the 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 20 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 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
20 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Agile Software Development
Rank 26 37 34
Rank change year-on-year
+11 -3
Contract jobs citing Agile Software Development 17 12 24
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wales 4.126% 2.147% 3.733%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.028% 3.270% 6.045%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 4 6
Average daily rate £325 £323 £304
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+0.77% +6.08%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £287 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £337 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 7
Average hourly rate - - £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £37.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+1.35% +5.71%
All Processes & Methodologies
Wales
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category		 282 367 397
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wales 68.45% 65.65% 61.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 168 182 175
Average daily rate £365 £375 £374
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.66% +0.26%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £250 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £505 £513
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £363 £375
% change year-on-year
- -3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 12 20
Average hourly rate £15.00 £14.50 £42.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+3.44% -65.88%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.00 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+28.00% -16.66%
Agile Software Development
UK

Agile Software Development
Jobs Demand Trend

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

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 Wales region.

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 Wales region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

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 Wales region.

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 Wales region over the 3 months to 20 May 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
South Wales +9 13 £350 +8.52%
North Wales - 2 £175 -
West Wales +6 1 £322 -
Agile Software Development
UK

Agile Software Development
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the 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 25 (54.35%) SQL
2 22 (47.83%) Java
3 20 (43.48%) Oracle
4 17 (36.96%) Spring
5 16 (34.78%) JSF
5 16 (34.78%) Hibernate
5 16 (34.78%) Web Services
5 16 (34.78%) XML
5 16 (34.78%) Security Cleared
6 15 (32.61%) PL/SQL
7 14 (30.43%) ClearCase
7 14 (30.43%) ClearQuest
8 13 (28.26%) J2EE
8 13 (28.26%) UML
9 12 (26.09%) XSLT
9 12 (26.09%) CSS
9 12 (26.09%) WebLogic
10 11 (23.91%) Eclipse
10 11 (23.91%) Liferay
11 9 (19.57%) XPath
11 9 (19.57%) SAX
11 9 (19.57%) XSD
11 9 (19.57%) DOM
12 8 (17.39%) JAXP
12 8 (17.39%) WebLogic Portal
13 7 (15.22%) Scrum
14 6 (13.04%) TDD
15 5 (10.87%) SAP BW
15 5 (10.87%) Business Intelligence
15 5 (10.87%) SAP

Agile Software Development
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the 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 17 (36.96%) Spring
2 16 (34.78%) JSF
2 16 (34.78%) Web Services
2 16 (34.78%) XML
2 16 (34.78%) Hibernate
3 13 (28.26%) J2EE
4 12 (26.09%) CSS
4 12 (26.09%) XSLT
5 9 (19.57%) SAX
5 9 (19.57%) XSD
5 9 (19.57%) DOM
6 8 (17.39%) JAXP
7 4 (8.696%) HTML
7 4 (8.696%) .NET
8 3 (6.522%) ASP.NET
8 3 (6.522%) Ajax
8 3 (6.522%) .NET Framework
8 3 (6.522%) Java EE
8 3 (6.522%) jQuery
8 3 (6.522%) JPA
Application Platforms
1 12 (26.09%) WebLogic
2 11 (23.91%) Liferay
3 8 (17.39%) WebLogic Portal
4 2 (4.348%) Lotus Notes
5 1 (2.174%) WebSphere Application Server
5 1 (2.174%) IIS
5 1 (2.174%) FileNet
Applications
1 1 (2.174%) MS Project
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.174%) HTTP
1 1 (2.174%) Intranet
1 1 (2.174%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (10.87%) SAP BW
2 4 (8.696%) SQL Server
2 4 (8.696%) BusinessObjects
2 4 (8.696%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
2 4 (8.696%) Xcelsius
3 3 (6.522%) RDBMS
4 2 (4.348%) MySQL
5 1 (2.174%) SQL Server 2008
5 1 (2.174%) MongoDB
5 1 (2.174%) SQL Server 2012
5 1 (2.174%) Oracle 10g
5 1 (2.174%) TOAD
5 1 (2.174%) SAP BI
5 1 (2.174%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (2.174%) Oracle 11g
Development Applications
1 14 (30.43%) ClearCase
1 14 (30.43%) ClearQuest
2 11 (23.91%) Eclipse
3 3 (6.522%) Maven
3 3 (6.522%) Cucumber
3 3 (6.522%) Hudson
4 2 (4.348%) Jenkins
4 2 (4.348%) Selenium
4 2 (4.348%) Subversion
5 1 (2.174%) Visual Studio
5 1 (2.174%) WATIR
5 1 (2.174%) CruiseControl
5 1 (2.174%) Firebug
5 1 (2.174%) TeamCity
5 1 (2.174%) Git (software)
5 1 (2.174%) Capybara
General
1 3 (6.522%) Telecoms
1 3 (6.522%) Finance
2 1 (2.174%) Banking
Job Titles
1 25 (54.35%) Developer
2 15 (32.61%) Java Developer
3 10 (21.74%) Analyst
4 8 (17.39%) Lead Developer
4 8 (17.39%) Lead Java Developer
5 5 (10.87%) Test Analyst
6 3 (6.522%) Architect
6 3 (6.522%) Business Analyst
6 3 (6.522%) .NET Developer
6 3 (6.522%) C# Developer
6 3 (6.522%) Software Engineer
6 3 (6.522%) SQL Developer
6 3 (6.522%) PL/SQL Developer
6 3 (6.522%) C# .NET Developer
7 2 (4.348%) Business Intelligence Analyst
7 2 (4.348%) Agile Business Analyst
7 2 (4.348%) C# ASP.NET Developer
7 2 (4.348%) QA Tester
7 2 (4.348%) ASP.NET Developer
7 2 (4.348%) Java Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (4.348%) Open Source
2 1 (2.174%) Management Information System
2 1 (2.174%) Mathematics
2 1 (2.174%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 3 (6.522%) UNIX
2 1 (2.174%) Windows
2 1 (2.174%) Linux
2 1 (2.174%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (28.26%) UML
2 7 (15.22%) Scrum
3 6 (13.04%) TDD
4 5 (10.87%) Business Intelligence
4 5 (10.87%) OO
5 4 (8.696%) PRINCE2
5 4 (8.696%) Regression Testing
5 4 (8.696%) Unit Testing
5 4 (8.696%) Test Scripting
5 4 (8.696%) Web Development
6 3 (6.522%) Performance Testing
6 3 (6.522%) MVC
6 3 (6.522%) Data Management
6 3 (6.522%) RUP
7 2 (4.348%) SOA
7 2 (4.348%) Data Modelling
7 2 (4.348%) Content Management
7 2 (4.348%) Data Analysis
7 2 (4.348%) Business Analysis
7 2 (4.348%) Continuous Integration
Programming Languages
1 25 (54.35%) SQL
2 22 (47.83%) Java
3 15 (32.61%) PL/SQL
4 9 (19.57%) XPath
5 5 (10.87%) JavaScript
6 4 (8.696%) C#
6 4 (8.696%) Ruby
7 2 (4.348%) PHP
8 1 (2.174%) Scala
Qualifications
1 16 (34.78%) Security Cleared
2 5 (10.87%) SC Cleared
3 1 (2.174%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 1 (2.174%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (6.522%) QA
Vendors
1 20 (43.48%) Oracle
2 5 (10.87%) SAP
3 4 (8.696%) Business Objects
4 3 (6.522%) IBM
5 2 (4.348%) Microsoft
5 2 (4.348%) Lotus
6 1 (2.174%) Perforce
6 1 (2.174%) Adobe
6 1 (2.174%) ILOG
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