The first table below looks at the demand for Agile Software Development skills in IT contracts advertised for the Wiltshire 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 24 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 Wiltshire 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Agile Software Development
Rank 28 42 31
Rank change year-on-year
+14 -11
Contract jobs citing Agile Software Development 24 11 20
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wiltshire 5.252% 1.794% 3.630%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.101% 2.709% 5.128%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 8 9
Average daily rate £325 £305 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.55% -32.22%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £279 £300 £380
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £386 £458
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £363
% change year-on-year
- -3.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 £37.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
-12.16% +5.71%
All Processes & Methodologies
Wiltshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
338 406 390
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wiltshire 73.96% 66.23% 70.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 244 260 214
Average daily rate £425 £386 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+10.24% -3.62%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £318 £238 £256
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 19 25
Average hourly rate £15.50 £28.00 £31.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-44.64% -9.67%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.30 £14.00 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.50 £41.50 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
Agile Software Development
South West

Agile Software Development
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wiltshire 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 Wiltshire region.

Wiltshire 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 Wiltshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Wiltshire 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 Wiltshire region.

Wiltshire 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 Wiltshire region over the 3 months to 24 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
Swindon +12 15 £325 +8.33%
Chippenham - 1 £325 -
Agile Software Development
South West

Agile Software Development
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wiltshire 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 15 (45.45%) Web Services
2 12 (36.36%) C#
2 12 (36.36%) JavaScript
2 12 (36.36%) .NET
3 11 (33.33%) jQuery
4 10 (30.30%) XML
5 9 (27.27%) XSLT
5 9 (27.27%) Finance
5 9 (27.27%) Scrum
5 9 (27.27%) JSON
5 9 (27.27%) WCF
5 9 (27.27%) Security Cleared
6 8 (24.24%) HTML5
6 8 (24.24%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
6 8 (24.24%) SC Cleared
6 8 (24.24%) Oracle
7 7 (21.21%) SQL Server
7 7 (21.21%) SQL
7 7 (21.21%) Microsoft
7 7 (21.21%) .NET Framework
7 7 (21.21%) Unit Testing
7 7 (21.21%) Team Foundation Server
8 6 (18.18%) Apple iOS
8 6 (18.18%) Android
8 6 (18.18%) Windows Phone
8 6 (18.18%) Blackberry
8 6 (18.18%) Windows
9 5 (15.15%) Visual Studio
9 5 (15.15%) ISO 9001
9 5 (15.15%) Ajax

Agile Software Development
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wiltshire 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 15 (45.45%) Web Services
2 12 (36.36%) .NET
3 11 (33.33%) jQuery
4 10 (30.30%) XML
5 9 (27.27%) XSLT
5 9 (27.27%) JSON
5 9 (27.27%) WCF
6 8 (24.24%) HTML5
6 8 (24.24%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
7 7 (21.21%) .NET Framework
8 5 (15.15%) Ajax
9 4 (12.12%) ASP.NET
9 4 (12.12%) CSS
9 4 (12.12%) HTML
10 3 (9.091%) Sencha Touch
11 2 (6.061%) REST
11 2 (6.061%) Silverlight
11 2 (6.061%) Java EE
12 1 (3.030%) Visualforce
12 1 (3.030%) WPF
Application Platforms
1 2 (6.061%) Liferay
2 1 (3.030%) Force.com
Applications
1 2 (6.061%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (21.21%) SQL Server
2 1 (3.030%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (3.030%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 7 (21.21%) Team Foundation Server
2 5 (15.15%) Visual Studio
3 3 (9.091%) Appcelerator Titanium
4 1 (3.030%) Eclipse
General
1 9 (27.27%) Finance
2 3 (9.091%) Retail
3 2 (6.061%) Telecoms
4 1 (3.030%) Banking
Job Titles
1 19 (57.58%) Developer
2 7 (21.21%) .NET Developer
3 5 (15.15%) Architect
4 4 (12.12%) Mobile Developer
4 4 (12.12%) Analyst
5 3 (9.091%) Applications Architect
5 3 (9.091%) Test Analyst
6 2 (6.061%) Agile Test Analyst
6 2 (6.061%) Front-End Developer
6 2 (6.061%) C# Developer
6 2 (6.061%) Java Developer
6 2 (6.061%) Technical Writer
6 2 (6.061%) Test Manager
6 2 (6.061%) Project Manager
7 1 (3.030%) Business Analyst
7 1 (3.030%) Software Developer
7 1 (3.030%) Financial Services Business Analyst
7 1 (3.030%) Enterprise Architect
7 1 (3.030%) Delivery Manager
7 1 (3.030%) ETL Developer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (18.18%) Blackberry
2 5 (15.15%) Mobile App
3 4 (12.12%) Enterprise Software
3 4 (12.12%) Digital Media
4 1 (3.030%) Linked Data
Operating Systems
1 6 (18.18%) Apple iOS
1 6 (18.18%) Android
1 6 (18.18%) Windows Phone
1 6 (18.18%) Windows
2 2 (6.061%) Windows Phone 8
2 2 (6.061%) BlackBerry OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (27.27%) Scrum
2 7 (21.21%) Unit Testing
3 4 (12.12%) Mobile Device Management
4 3 (9.091%) Project Management
5 2 (6.061%) Mobile Application Development
5 2 (6.061%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (6.061%) MVC
6 1 (3.030%) UML
6 1 (3.030%) OO
6 1 (3.030%) PRINCE2
6 1 (3.030%) OOD
6 1 (3.030%) ETL
6 1 (3.030%) BPR
6 1 (3.030%) Enterprise Architecture
6 1 (3.030%) Business Analysis
6 1 (3.030%) Process Management
6 1 (3.030%) Service Delivery
6 1 (3.030%) Test Management
6 1 (3.030%) Kanban
6 1 (3.030%) Rapid Prototyping
Programming Languages
1 12 (36.36%) C#
1 12 (36.36%) JavaScript
2 7 (21.21%) SQL
3 2 (6.061%) Java
4 1 (3.030%) T-SQL
4 1 (3.030%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 9 (27.27%) Security Cleared
2 8 (24.24%) SC Cleared
3 1 (3.030%) Degree
3 1 (3.030%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (15.15%) ISO 9001
2 1 (3.030%) SLA
Systems Management
1 1 (3.030%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 8 (24.24%) Oracle
2 7 (21.21%) Microsoft
3 4 (12.12%) Sencha
3 4 (12.12%) Capita
4 3 (9.091%) Appcelerator
5 2 (6.061%) IBM
5 2 (6.061%) Business Objects
6 1 (3.030%) Salesforce.com
Swindon, South West
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