Warwickshire Agile Software Development Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Agile Software Development skills within the Warwickshire region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited Agile Software Development over the 3 months to 4 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Agile Software Development
Location Aberdeen Alderley Edge Barnstaple Basingstoke Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Birmingham Bracknell Bristol Buckinghamshire Bury Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Channel Islands Cheshire Chester City of London County Antrim Coventry Croydon Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Dorset Ealing East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Sussex Eastleigh Edinburgh Egham England Essex Exeter Farnham Gloucester Gloucestershire Guildford Hammersmith Hampshire Hertfordshire Ipswich Jersey Leeds Liverpool Livingston London M4 Corridor Macclesfield Maidenhead Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newcastle Newport Norfolk North East North West Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Peterborough Portsmouth Potters Bar Reading Scotland Slough Somerset South East South Wales South West Southampton Southport Southwark Stockport Suffolk Surrey Sussex Swindon Teesside Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Wales Warrington Warwick Warwickshire West Lothian West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Wiltshire Worcestershire Yeovil Yorkshire	3 months to 4 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	34	37
Rank change on same period last year	+3
Matching contract IT job ads	4	7
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.005 %	0.007 %
As % of the category below	2.151 %	3.211 %
Daily rates quoted	1	0
Average minimum daily rate	£360	-
Average daily rate	£360	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	£360	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£350	£393
% change on same period last year	-10.80 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£37.28	£35.98
% change on same period last year	+3.59 %
Processes & Methodologies Warwickshire
Matching contract IT job ads	186	218
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.245 %	0.231 %
Daily rates quoted	57	29
Average minimum daily rate	£328	£271
Average daily rate	£341	£298
% change on same period last year	+14.55 %
Average maximum daily rate	£355	£325
UK excluding London average daily rate	£384	£374
% change on same period last year	+2.50 %
Hourly rates quoted	20	81
Average minimum hourly rate	£26.81	£35.46
Average hourly rate	£28.52	£38.76
% change on same period last year	-26.42 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£30.23	£42.06
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£29.40	£30.19
% change on same period last year	-2.62 %
Agile Software Development West Midlands

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.

Agile Software Development
Demand Trend

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

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 across the Warwickshire region.

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 across the Warwickshire region.

Agile Software Development
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT job ads citing Agile Software Development within the Warwickshire region over the 3 months to 4 July 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.

Location	Rank 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
Warwick	+10	2	-	-

Agile Software Development West Midlands

Agile Software Development
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Warwickshire 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 6 (75.00 %) CSS 1 6 (75.00 %) XHTML 1 6 (75.00 %) W3C 2 5 (62.50 %) JavaScript 2 5 (62.50 %) AJAX 3 4 (50.00 %) NHS 3 4 (50.00 %) C# 3 4 (50.00 %) .NET 4 3 (37.50 %) SQL Server 4 3 (37.50 %) ASP.NET 4 3 (37.50 %) OO 4 3 (37.50 %) RAD 4 3 (37.50 %) HTML 4 3 (37.50 %) SOAP 4 3 (37.50 %) WebServices

4 3 (37.50 %) XML 4 3 (37.50 %) XSL 4 3 (37.50 %) UML 4 3 (37.50 %) Project Management 4 3 (37.50 %) Web Design 4 3 (37.50 %) Usability Testing 4 3 (37.50 %) Web Development 5 2 (25.00 %) Graphic Design 5 2 (25.00 %) Content Management 5 2 (25.00 %) ASP.NET 2.0 5 2 (25.00 %) Government 5 2 (25.00 %) OOP 5 2 (25.00 %) Microsoft 6 1 (12.50 %) ISEB 6 1 (12.50 %) WinRunner

Agile Software Development
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Warwickshire 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 6 (75.00 %) CSS 1 6 (75.00 %) XHTML 2 5 (62.50 %) AJAX 3 4 (50.00 %) .NET 4 3 (37.50 %) ASP.NET 4 3 (37.50 %) SOAP 4 3 (37.50 %) WebServices 4 3 (37.50 %) XML 4 3 (37.50 %) XSL 4 3 (37.50 %) HTML 5 2 (25.00 %) ASP.NET 2.0 6 1 (12.50 %) WinForms	Applications 1 1 (12.50 %) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence 1 3 (37.50 %) SQL Server 2 1 (12.50 %) SQL Server 7	Development Applications 1 1 (12.50 %) WinRunner 1 1 (12.50 %) TestDirector 1 1 (12.50 %) QuickTest Pro 1 1 (12.50 %) ClearQuest
General 1 2 (25.00 %) Government 1 2 (25.00 %) Graphic Design 2 1 (12.50 %) Health 2 1 (12.50 %) Retail	Job Titles 1 6 (75.00 %) Developer 2 5 (62.50 %) Web Developer 3 3 (37.50 %) Graphic Designer 4 1 (12.50 %) .NET Programmer 4 1 (12.50 %) WinForms Developer 4 1 (12.50 %) Tester 4 1 (12.50 %) Programmer 4 1 (12.50 %) Software Tester 4 1 (12.50 %) .NET Developer 4 1 (12.50 %) C# Developer 4 1 (12.50 %) Web Designer
Miscellaneous 1 6 (75.00 %) W3C 2 4 (50.00 %) NHS	Processes & Methodologies 1 3 (37.50 %) UML 1 3 (37.50 %) OO 1 3 (37.50 %) RAD 1 3 (37.50 %) Project Management 1 3 (37.50 %) Web Design 1 3 (37.50 %) Web Development 1 3 (37.50 %) Usability Testing 2 2 (25.00 %) Content Management 2 2 (25.00 %) OOP 3 1 (12.50 %) RUP 3 1 (12.50 %) Test Scripting
Programming Languages 1 5 (62.50 %) JavaScript 2 4 (50.00 %) C# 3 1 (12.50 %) Java 3 1 (12.50 %) SQL	Qualifications 1 1 (12.50 %) ISEB
Vendors 1 2 (25.00 %) Microsoft