| Agile Software Development |
| 3 months to
19 Mar 2010 | Same period 2009 | Same period 2008 |
| Rank | 55 | 74 | 88 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 +19 | +14 |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 22 | 15 | 38 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands | 1.472 % | 0.875 % | 1.154 % |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 2.757 % | 1.801 % | 2.350 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 9 | 6 | 7 |
| Average daily rate | £361 | £300 | £400 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £265 | £288 | £240 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £460 | £313 | £540 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £350 | £300 | £350 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Average hourly rate | - | - | £38.50 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £28.50 | £32.50 | £35.00 |
| % change year-on-year | |
|
|
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category | 798 | 833 | 1617 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands | 53.38 % | 48.60 % | 49.09 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 319 | 296 | 469 |
| Average daily rate | £350 | £340 | £350 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £216 | £215 | £200 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £475 | £500 | £520 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £350 | £360 | £375 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 75 | 61 | 137 |
| Average hourly rate | £23.10 | £22.50 | £27.50 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £11.37 | £10.00 | £13.50 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £41.00 | £35.00 | £40.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £24.50 | £27.50 | £30.00 |
| % change year-on-year | |
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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.
The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 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.
