Agile Software Development Contracts in the West Midlands
 
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 West Midlands 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 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 West Midlands 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
Agile Software Development
Rank 45 43 64
Rank change year-on-year
-2 +21
Contract jobs citing Agile Software Development 57 74 35
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 3.399% 3.239% 1.894%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.076% 5.096% 2.991%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 38 21
Average daily rate £315 £300 £313
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.00% -4.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £215 £247 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £430 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £357
% change year-on-year
- -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £28.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.25 £37.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
-4.72% +5.71%
All Processes & Methodologies
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category		 1123 1452 1170
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 66.96% 63.54% 63.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 541 680 543
Average daily rate £333 £330 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+0.75% -5.71%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £230 £234 £203
10% offered a daily rate of more than £523 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 74 72 71
Average hourly rate £37.80 £20.26 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+86.62% -18.98%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
Agile Software Development
England

Agile Software Development
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region over the 3 months to 22 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
Birmingham +5 17 £275 -8.33%
Warwickshire -5 7 £238 -44.11%
Worcestershire -5 6 £315 -22.22%
Staffordshire +15 5 £325 +7.88%
Solihull 0 3 £313 -
Herefordshire 0 2 £255 +13.33%
Walsall - 1 - -
Agile Software Development
England

Agile Software Development
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands 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 51 (49.04%) .NET
2 50 (48.08%) C#
3 38 (36.54%) SQL Server
4 26 (25.00%) ASP.NET
4 26 (25.00%) Microsoft
5 24 (23.08%) SQL
6 23 (22.12%) JavaScript
7 22 (21.15%) CSS
7 22 (21.15%) OO
8 20 (19.23%) Windows
9 19 (18.27%) MVC
10 18 (17.31%) Web Services
11 16 (15.38%) Workflow
12 15 (14.42%) TDD
12 15 (14.42%) ASP.NET MVC
13 14 (13.46%) .NET Framework
13 14 (13.46%) HTML
13 14 (13.46%) Java
14 13 (12.50%) SOAP
15 12 (11.54%) WSDL
15 12 (11.54%) Telecoms
16 11 (10.58%) Scrum
16 11 (10.58%) jQuery
17 10 (9.615%) Team Foundation Server
17 10 (9.615%) E-Commerce
18 9 (8.654%) VB.NET
19 8 (7.692%) CMS
19 8 (7.692%) Middleware
19 8 (7.692%) XML
19 8 (7.692%) UML

Agile Software Development
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands 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 51 (49.04%) .NET
2 26 (25.00%) ASP.NET
3 22 (21.15%) CSS
4 18 (17.31%) Web Services
5 15 (14.42%) ASP.NET MVC
6 14 (13.46%) .NET Framework
6 14 (13.46%) HTML
7 13 (12.50%) SOAP
8 12 (11.54%) WSDL
9 11 (10.58%) jQuery
10 8 (7.692%) Middleware
10 8 (7.692%) XML
10 8 (7.692%) ASP.NET MVC 3
11 7 (6.731%) HTML5
11 7 (6.731%) CSS3
11 7 (6.731%) OpenID
11 7 (6.731%) Ruby on Rails
11 7 (6.731%) J2EE
11 7 (6.731%) SAML
12 6 (5.769%) XSLT
Application Platforms
1 8 (7.692%) CMS
2 6 (5.769%) WebLogic
3 5 (4.808%) IIS
3 5 (4.808%) SharePoint
4 3 (2.885%) SharePoint 2010
5 2 (1.923%) Umbraco
6 1 (0.962%) SharePoint Foundation
6 1 (0.962%) SharePoint 2013
6 1 (0.962%) WordPress
6 1 (0.962%) SharePoint Server
6 1 (0.962%) Joomla!
6 1 (0.962%) BizTalk Server
6 1 (0.962%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.962%) MS Exchange
6 1 (0.962%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 2 (1.923%) Photoshop
1 2 (1.923%) MS Project
1 2 (1.923%) MS Office
1 2 (1.923%) MS Visio
1 2 (1.923%) MS Excel
2 1 (0.962%) InfoPath
2 1 (0.962%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 2 (1.923%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 7 (6.731%) LDAP
2 6 (5.769%) Internet
3 2 (1.923%) TCP/IP
3 2 (1.923%) VPN
4 1 (0.962%) H.323
4 1 (0.962%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (36.54%) SQL Server
2 8 (7.692%) SQL Server 2008
3 5 (4.808%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 4 (3.846%) SQL Server 2005
5 2 (1.923%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.962%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 1 (0.962%) Microsoft Analysis Services
6 1 (0.962%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (0.962%) SAP BW
6 1 (0.962%) SAP BI
6 1 (0.962%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 10 (9.615%) Team Foundation Server
2 7 (6.731%) Visual Studio
3 4 (3.846%) NUnit
3 4 (3.846%) Selenium
3 4 (3.846%) MSBuild
4 3 (2.885%) QuickTest Pro
5 2 (1.923%) JIRA
5 2 (1.923%) Subversion
5 2 (1.923%) Mercurial
5 2 (1.923%) TeamCity
5 2 (1.923%) Git (software)
5 2 (1.923%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.962%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.962%) Rhino Mocks
6 1 (0.962%) NMock
6 1 (0.962%) Moq
6 1 (0.962%) SpecFlow
6 1 (0.962%) FitNesse
6 1 (0.962%) Visual Studio Team System
6 1 (0.962%) WatiN
General
1 12 (11.54%) Telecoms
2 4 (3.846%) Marketing
3 3 (2.885%) Finance
4 2 (1.923%) Games
5 1 (0.962%) Banking
5 1 (0.962%) Back Office
5 1 (0.962%) Automotive
5 1 (0.962%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 65 (62.50%) Developer
2 28 (26.92%) .NET Developer
3 20 (19.23%) Analyst
4 10 (9.615%) C# Developer
4 10 (9.615%) Architect
4 10 (9.615%) Business Analyst
5 9 (8.654%) Test Analyst
6 8 (7.692%) Senior Developer
6 8 (7.692%) Java Developer
7 7 (6.731%) C# .NET Developer
7 7 (6.731%) Ruby on Rails Developer
7 7 (6.731%) Web Developer
8 6 (5.769%) ASP.NET Developer
9 4 (3.846%) VB.NET Developer
9 4 (3.846%) Project Manager
9 4 (3.846%) SharePoint Developer
9 4 (3.846%) C# ASP.NET Developer
10 3 (2.885%) Senior Ruby on Rails Developer
10 3 (2.885%) Senior Architect
10 3 (2.885%) Agile Java Developer
Miscellaneous
1 8 (7.692%) N-Tier
2 5 (4.808%) Open Source
3 4 (3.846%) Computer Science
4 3 (2.885%) Enterprise Software
4 3 (2.885%) Cloud Computing
5 2 (1.923%) NHS
6 1 (0.962%) iPad
6 1 (0.962%) Mobile App
6 1 (0.962%) Reference Data
6 1 (0.962%) SaaS
6 1 (0.962%) Augmented Reality
6 1 (0.962%) iSeries
6 1 (0.962%) Statistics
6 1 (0.962%) Informatics
6 1 (0.962%) W3C
6 1 (0.962%) Blackberry
6 1 (0.962%) Handset
6 1 (0.962%) Management Information System
6 1 (0.962%) AS400
6 1 (0.962%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 20 (19.23%) Windows
2 2 (1.923%) UNIX
2 2 (1.923%) Linux
3 1 (0.962%) Windows Phone
3 1 (0.962%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (21.15%) OO
2 19 (18.27%) MVC
3 16 (15.38%) Workflow
4 15 (14.42%) TDD
5 11 (10.58%) Scrum
6 10 (9.615%) E-Commerce
7 8 (7.692%) UML
8 7 (6.731%) Content Management
8 7 (6.731%) PRINCE2
8 7 (6.731%) SEO
9 6 (5.769%) Web Development
9 6 (5.769%) Continuous Integration
9 6 (5.769%) Waterfall
9 6 (5.769%) Continuous Improvement
9 6 (5.769%) Analytics
10 5 (4.808%) Web Analytics
10 5 (4.808%) Project Management
11 4 (3.846%) CRM
11 4 (3.846%) Business Analysis
11 4 (3.846%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 50 (48.08%) C#
2 24 (23.08%) SQL
3 23 (22.12%) JavaScript
4 14 (13.46%) Java
5 9 (8.654%) VB.NET
6 7 (6.731%) Ruby
7 6 (5.769%) T-SQL
8 5 (4.808%) VB
9 2 (1.923%) PHP
9 2 (1.923%) J#
9 2 (1.923%) VB6
9 2 (1.923%) Scala
10 1 (0.962%) R
10 1 (0.962%) PHP5
10 1 (0.962%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.962%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.962%) VBScript
10 1 (0.962%) VBA
Qualifications
1 5 (4.808%) Security Cleared
2 3 (2.885%) SC Cleared
2 3 (2.885%) Degree
2 3 (2.885%) ISEB
3 2 (1.923%) ISTQB
3 2 (1.923%) DV Cleared
4 1 (0.962%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 1 (0.962%) CCAB
4 1 (0.962%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 1 (0.962%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (3.846%) QA
2 3 (2.885%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (0.962%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (0.962%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (2.885%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 26 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 7 (6.731%) Oracle
3 3 (2.885%) Adobe
3 3 (2.885%) SAP
4 2 (1.923%) Macromedia
4 2 (1.923%) Apple
4 2 (1.923%) AccuRev
5 1 (0.962%) GoldenSource
5 1 (0.962%) TIBCO
5 1 (0.962%) JBoss
5 1 (0.962%) Symbian
5 1 (0.962%) IBM
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