The first table below looks at the demand for Agile Software Development skills in IT contracts advertised for the West Sussex 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 Sussex 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 33 5 22
Rank change year-on-year
-28 +17
Contract jobs citing Agile Software Development 9 93 28
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Sussex 2.314% 13.96% 6.364%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.409% 18.83% 9.150%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 72 21
Average daily rate £330 £310 £310
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.45% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £319 £275 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £339 £385 £470
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £357
% change year-on-year
- -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 3
Average hourly rate £42.50 - £50.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.25 £37.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
-4.72% +5.71%
All Processes & Methodologies
West Sussex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
264 494 306
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Sussex 67.87% 74.17% 69.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 170 293 148
Average daily rate £388 £338 £388
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+14.81% -12.90%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £275 £266
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £475 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 6 17
Average hourly rate £32.50 £22.00 £37.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+47.72% -41.33%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.60 £10.00 £21.40
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £41.60 £32.50 £50.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
Agile Software Development
South East

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 Sussex region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

West Sussex 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 Sussex region.

West Sussex Agile Software Development Daily Rate Trend

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 Sussex region.

West Sussex 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 Sussex 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
Crawley -15 5 £336 +8.46%
Agile Software Development
South East

Agile Software Development
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Sussex 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 8 (47.06%) C#
1 8 (47.06%) .NET
2 7 (41.18%) SQL
3 6 (35.29%) SOAP
3 6 (35.29%) XML
3 6 (35.29%) ASP.NET MVC
4 5 (29.41%) SQL Server 2008
4 5 (29.41%) ASP.NET MVC 3
4 5 (29.41%) Razor View Engine
4 5 (29.41%) Scrum
4 5 (29.41%) TDD
4 5 (29.41%) .NET Framework
4 5 (29.41%) WCF
4 5 (29.41%) SQL Server
4 5 (29.41%) T-SQL
5 4 (23.53%) PRINCE2
5 4 (23.53%) Project Management
6 3 (17.65%) MVC
6 3 (17.65%) OO
6 3 (17.65%) SharePoint
6 3 (17.65%) ASP.NET
7 2 (11.76%) JavaScript
7 2 (11.76%) Windows
7 2 (11.76%) Apple
7 2 (11.76%) Automated Testing
7 2 (11.76%) User Stories
7 2 (11.76%) Team Foundation Server
7 2 (11.76%) Android
7 2 (11.76%) Budget Control
8 1 (5.882%) Open Source

Agile Software Development
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Sussex 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 8 (47.06%) .NET
2 6 (35.29%) SOAP
2 6 (35.29%) XML
2 6 (35.29%) ASP.NET MVC
3 5 (29.41%) ASP.NET MVC 3
3 5 (29.41%) Razor View Engine
3 5 (29.41%) .NET Framework
3 5 (29.41%) WCF
4 3 (17.65%) ASP.NET
5 1 (5.882%) HTML5
5 1 (5.882%) RESTful
5 1 (5.882%) jQuery
5 1 (5.882%) Google Maps API
5 1 (5.882%) JPA
5 1 (5.882%) Hibernate
5 1 (5.882%) XHTML
5 1 (5.882%) HTML
5 1 (5.882%) CSS
5 1 (5.882%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 3 (17.65%) SharePoint
2 1 (5.882%) Sitecore CMS
2 1 (5.882%) SharePoint Server
2 1 (5.882%) CMS
Applications
1 1 (5.882%) MS Visio
1 1 (5.882%) MS Project
1 1 (5.882%) MS Office
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (29.41%) SQL Server 2008
1 5 (29.41%) SQL Server
2 1 (5.882%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 2 (11.76%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (5.882%) Visual Studio
Job Titles
1 9 (52.94%) Developer
2 6 (35.29%) C# Developer
3 5 (29.41%) XML Developer
3 5 (29.41%) Project Manager
4 3 (17.65%) .NET Developer
5 2 (11.76%) Infrastructure Project Manager
5 2 (11.76%) Infrastructure Manager
5 2 (11.76%) ASP.NET Developer
5 2 (11.76%) Agile Project Manager
6 1 (5.882%) C# .NET Developer
6 1 (5.882%) IT Project Manager
6 1 (5.882%) Scala Developer
6 1 (5.882%) PRINCE2 Project Manager
6 1 (5.882%) Software Manager
6 1 (5.882%) Functional Tester
6 1 (5.882%) C# ASP.NET Developer
6 1 (5.882%) Software Project Manager
6 1 (5.882%) Systems Test Analyst
6 1 (5.882%) Senior .NET Developer
6 1 (5.882%) Senior Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.882%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 2 (11.76%) Windows
1 2 (11.76%) Android
2 1 (5.882%) Apple iOS
2 1 (5.882%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (29.41%) Scrum
1 5 (29.41%) TDD
2 4 (23.53%) PRINCE2
2 4 (23.53%) Project Management
3 3 (17.65%) MVC
3 3 (17.65%) OO
4 2 (11.76%) Automated Testing
4 2 (11.76%) User Stories
4 2 (11.76%) Budget Control
5 1 (5.882%) Waterfall
5 1 (5.882%) BDD
5 1 (5.882%) Functional Testing
5 1 (5.882%) Web Development
5 1 (5.882%) User Acceptance Testing
5 1 (5.882%) Performance Testing
5 1 (5.882%) Unit Testing
5 1 (5.882%) Test Scripting
5 1 (5.882%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (5.882%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 8 (47.06%) C#
2 7 (41.18%) SQL
3 5 (29.41%) T-SQL
4 2 (11.76%) JavaScript
5 1 (5.882%) Scala
5 1 (5.882%) Embedded C
5 1 (5.882%) C
5 1 (5.882%) Java
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.882%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (11.76%) Apple
2 1 (5.882%) Sitecore
2 1 (5.882%) Google
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