The first table below looks at the demand for Kanban 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 Kanban over the 3 months to 17 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Kanban
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing Kanban 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands - - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £400
% change year-on-year
- -18.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £190.00
All Processes & Methodologies
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1111 1388 1199
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 67.29% 62.21% 63.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 532 653 558
Average daily rate £330 £330 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.71%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £240 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £523 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 77 72 69
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 £31.60 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.40% -16.66%
Kanban
England

Kanban
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands Kanban Jobs Demand Trend

Kanban
Daily Rate Trend

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

West Midlands Kanban Daily Rate Trend

Kanban
Top 29 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing Kanban 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 Kanban.

1 4 (66.67%) Scrum
2 3 (50.00%) Extreme Programming
2 3 (50.00%) Java
2 3 (50.00%) J2EE
2 3 (50.00%) Agile Software Development
2 3 (50.00%) TDD
2 3 (50.00%) Java EE
2 3 (50.00%) Continuous Integration
2 3 (50.00%) Open Source
2 3 (50.00%) BDD
3 2 (33.33%) TeamCity
3 2 (33.33%) Refactoring
3 2 (33.33%) Pair Programming
3 2 (33.33%) WebSphere
3 2 (33.33%) SAP
3 2 (33.33%) Internet
3 2 (33.33%) SAP PP
3 2 (33.33%) Automotive
3 2 (33.33%) SAP MII
3 2 (33.33%) Jenkins
4 1 (16.67%) Games
4 1 (16.67%) Project Management
4 1 (16.67%) PRINCE2
4 1 (16.67%) Selenium
4 1 (16.67%) FitNesse
4 1 (16.67%) JBehave
4 1 (16.67%) Game Development
4 1 (16.67%) Waterfall
4 1 (16.67%) Cucumber

Kanban
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing Kanban 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 Kanban. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (50.00%) J2EE
1 3 (50.00%) Java EE
2 2 (33.33%) WebSphere
Business Applications
1 2 (33.33%) SAP PP
1 2 (33.33%) SAP MII
Communications & Networking
1 2 (33.33%) Internet
Development Applications
1 2 (33.33%) TeamCity
1 2 (33.33%) Jenkins
2 1 (16.67%) JBehave
2 1 (16.67%) Cucumber
2 1 (16.67%) Selenium
2 1 (16.67%) FitNesse
General
1 2 (33.33%) Automotive
2 1 (16.67%) Games
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Developer
1 3 (50.00%) Java Developer
1 3 (50.00%) Agile Java Developer
2 2 (33.33%) SAP Consultant
2 2 (33.33%) SAP PP Consultant
2 2 (33.33%) Consultant
3 1 (16.67%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (50.00%) Open Source
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Scrum
2 3 (50.00%) Extreme Programming
2 3 (50.00%) Agile Software Development
2 3 (50.00%) TDD
2 3 (50.00%) Continuous Integration
2 3 (50.00%) BDD
3 2 (33.33%) Pair Programming
3 2 (33.33%) Refactoring
4 1 (16.67%) Waterfall
4 1 (16.67%) PRINCE2
4 1 (16.67%) Project Management
4 1 (16.67%) Game Development
Programming Languages
1 3 (50.00%) Java
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) SAP