The first table below looks at the demand for Scrum 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 Scrum over the 3 months to 24 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Scrum
Rank 27 39 48
Rank change year-on-year
+12 +9
Contract jobs citing Scrum 17 15 13
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wales 3.991% 2.632% 1.970%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.705% 4.043% 3.140%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 5 3
Average daily rate £365 £340 £265
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.35% +28.30%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £292 £291 £253
10% offered a daily rate of more than £503 £510 £413
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £365
% change year-on-year
- -4.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 6
Average hourly rate - - £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £33.00 £39.75 £42.50
% change year-on-year
-16.98% -6.47%
All Processes & Methodologies
Wales
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
298 371 414
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wales 69.95% 65.09% 62.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 180 181 184
Average daily rate £373 £375 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-0.66% +7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £223 £210 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £505 £513
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 13 18
Average hourly rate £15.00 £16.16 £42.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-7.17% -61.97%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.13 £12.50 £14.91
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.75 £30.50 £82.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
Scrum
UK

Scrum
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wales Scrum Jobs Demand Trend

Scrum
Daily Rate Trend

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

Wales Scrum Daily Rate Trend

Scrum
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Scrum across the Wales region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Wales Scrum Daily Rate Histogram

Scrum
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Wales Scrum Hourly Rate Trend

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 Wales region over the 3 months to 24 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 +5 13 £365 +11.45%
Mid Wales 0 1 - -
West Wales - 1 £305 -
Scrum
UK

Scrum
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wales 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.

1 15 (60.00%) SQL
2 12 (48.00%) Security Cleared
3 11 (44.00%) Hibernate
3 11 (44.00%) Oracle
4 8 (32.00%) Java
4 8 (32.00%) IBM
4 8 (32.00%) Spring
5 7 (28.00%) JSF
5 7 (28.00%) Agile Software Development
5 7 (28.00%) SQL Server
5 7 (28.00%) UML
6 6 (24.00%) ClearCase
6 6 (24.00%) PL/SQL
6 6 (24.00%) ClearQuest
7 5 (20.00%) Migration
7 5 (20.00%) CSS
7 5 (20.00%) XML
7 5 (20.00%) SQL Server 2008
7 5 (20.00%) Kanban
7 5 (20.00%) Data Migration
8 4 (16.00%) SC Cleared
8 4 (16.00%) Unit Testing
8 4 (16.00%) Time Management
8 4 (16.00%) Dimensional Modelling
8 4 (16.00%) Maven
8 4 (16.00%) Software Engineering
8 4 (16.00%) Subversion
8 4 (16.00%) Requirements Analysis
8 4 (16.00%) WebSphere
8 4 (16.00%) Java EE

Scrum
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wales 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.

Application Development
1 11 (44.00%) Hibernate
2 8 (32.00%) Spring
3 7 (28.00%) JSF
4 5 (20.00%) CSS
4 5 (20.00%) XML
5 4 (16.00%) WebSphere
5 4 (16.00%) Java EE
5 4 (16.00%) XSLT
5 4 (16.00%) J2SE
5 4 (16.00%) J2EE
5 4 (16.00%) HTML
6 3 (12.00%) .NET
6 3 (12.00%) Web Services
6 3 (12.00%) Spring Batch
6 3 (12.00%) jQuery
6 3 (12.00%) JPA
7 2 (8.000%) REST
7 2 (8.000%) ASP.NET
8 1 (4.000%) Middleware
8 1 (4.000%) SOAP
Application Platforms
1 4 (16.00%) Lotus Notes
1 4 (16.00%) WebSphere Application Server
1 4 (16.00%) FileNet
2 3 (12.00%) WebLogic
2 3 (12.00%) SharePoint
3 2 (8.000%) SharePoint 2010
4 1 (4.000%) Apache
Applications
1 2 (8.000%) InfoPath
Communications & Networking
1 3 (12.00%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (28.00%) SQL Server
2 5 (20.00%) SQL Server 2008
3 3 (12.00%) RDBMS
4 1 (4.000%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (4.000%) MySQL
4 1 (4.000%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (4.000%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 6 (24.00%) ClearCase
1 6 (24.00%) ClearQuest
2 4 (16.00%) Maven
2 4 (16.00%) Subversion
2 4 (16.00%) Jenkins
3 3 (12.00%) Eclipse
4 1 (4.000%) Team Foundation Server
Job Titles
1 13 (52.00%) Developer
2 4 (16.00%) Software Team Leader
2 4 (16.00%) Team Leader
2 4 (16.00%) Architect
2 4 (16.00%) Data Architect
3 3 (12.00%) Project Manager
3 3 (12.00%) SQL Developer
3 3 (12.00%) Development Team Leader
3 3 (12.00%) PL/SQL Developer
3 3 (12.00%) Java Developer
3 3 (12.00%) Development Manager
3 3 (12.00%) SharePoint Developer
4 2 (8.000%) Intranet Developer
4 2 (8.000%) Senior Manager
4 2 (8.000%) Senior Project Manager
4 2 (8.000%) .NET Developer
5 1 (4.000%) Applications Developer
5 1 (4.000%) Analyst
5 1 (4.000%) Test Analyst
5 1 (4.000%) Web Developer
Operating Systems
1 3 (12.00%) Windows
2 2 (8.000%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (28.00%) Agile Software Development
1 7 (28.00%) UML
2 5 (20.00%) Migration
2 5 (20.00%) Kanban
2 5 (20.00%) Data Migration
3 4 (16.00%) Unit Testing
3 4 (16.00%) Time Management
3 4 (16.00%) Dimensional Modelling
3 4 (16.00%) Software Engineering
3 4 (16.00%) Requirements Analysis
3 4 (16.00%) RAD
3 4 (16.00%) Data Modelling
4 3 (12.00%) RUP
4 3 (12.00%) Data Analysis
4 3 (12.00%) Data Architecture
5 2 (8.000%) E-Commerce
5 2 (8.000%) Workflow
5 2 (8.000%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (8.000%) TDD
6 1 (4.000%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 15 (60.00%) SQL
2 8 (32.00%) Java
3 6 (24.00%) PL/SQL
4 3 (12.00%) C#
5 1 (4.000%) VB.NET
5 1 (4.000%) JavaScript
5 1 (4.000%) Scala
5 1 (4.000%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 12 (48.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (16.00%) SC Cleared
3 2 (8.000%) PMP
3 2 (8.000%) PMI Certification
Vendors
1 11 (44.00%) Oracle
2 8 (32.00%) IBM
3 4 (16.00%) Adobe
3 4 (16.00%) ILOG
3 4 (16.00%) Lotus
4 1 (4.000%) Microsoft