Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the 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 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Processes & Methodologies category for the Wiltshire region.

 Agile Software Development
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank47--
Rank change year-on-year
New entry-No change0
Matching contract IT job ads500
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wiltshire0.846 %--
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category1.502 %--
Daily rates quoted200
Average daily rate£268--
UK excluding London average daily rate£350£300£350
% change year-on-year
+16.66 %-14.28 %
Hourly rates quoted000
Average hourly rate---
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.50£32.50£35.00
% change year-on-year
-12.30 %-7.140 %
Wiltshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryAll Processes & Methodologies
Wiltshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
333427623
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wiltshire56.35 %59.80 %53.94 %
Daily rates quoted159195262
Average daily rate£400£438£425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-8.570 %+2.940 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£300£286£288
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£475£500£500
UK excluding London average daily rate£350£360£375
% change year-on-year
-2.770 %-4.000 %
Hourly rates quoted192550
Average hourly rate£15.00£26.50£37.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-43.39 %-29.33 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£11.50£14.60£27.50
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£38.50£44.00£45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.50£27.50£30.00
% change year-on-year
-10.90 %-8.330 %
Agile Software Development South WestAgile Software Development
South West

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.

Agile Software Development
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 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 Demand Trend

Agile Software Development
Daily Rate Trend

The 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
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 19 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
SwindonNew entry-4£268-
ChippenhamNew entry-1--
Agile Software Development South WestAgile Software Development
South West

Agile Software Development
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, 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.

15 (33.33 %)SharePoint
15 (33.33 %)Business Intelligence
24 (26.67 %)Cognos
24 (26.67 %)BusinessObjects
24 (26.67 %)SQL
24 (26.67 %)Business Objects
24 (26.67 %)SC Cleared
24 (26.67 %)Security Cleared
33 (20.00 %)MS Office
33 (20.00 %)SQL Server
33 (20.00 %)C#
33 (20.00 %)PRINCE2
33 (20.00 %)HTML
33 (20.00 %)Finance
33 (20.00 %)Government
33 (20.00 %)Information Management
33 (20.00 %)SQL Server 2005
33 (20.00 %)SharePoint Server 2007
42 (13.33 %)Degree
42 (13.33 %)Knowledge Management
42 (13.33 %)Intrusion Detection
42 (13.33 %)VMware
42 (13.33 %)Microsoft
42 (13.33 %)Banking
42 (13.33 %)MS Excel
42 (13.33 %)Windows
42 (13.33 %)SAP
42 (13.33 %)PRINCE2 Certification
42 (13.33 %)ETL
42 (13.33 %)Datawarehouse

Agile Software Development
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, 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.

Wiltshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
13 (20.00 %)HTML
Wiltshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
15 (33.33 %)SharePoint
23 (20.00 %)SharePoint Server 2007
31 (6.667 %)Confluence
Wiltshire IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
13 (20.00 %)MS Office
22 (13.33 %)MS Excel
Wiltshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
12 (13.33 %)Intrusion Detection
12 (13.33 %)Network Security
Wiltshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
14 (26.67 %)BusinessObjects
23 (20.00 %)SQL Server
23 (20.00 %)SQL Server 2005
32 (13.33 %)ETL
32 (13.33 %)Datawarehouse
32 (13.33 %)SQL Server 2008
41 (6.667 %)BODI
41 (6.667 %)BusinessObjects XI
Wiltshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
11 (6.667 %)InstallShield
11 (6.667 %)Ant
11 (6.667 %)PVCS
11 (6.667 %)VSS/SourceSafe
11 (6.667 %)Subversion
11 (6.667 %)JIRA
Wiltshire IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
13 (20.00 %)Finance
13 (20.00 %)Government
22 (13.33 %)Banking
31 (6.667 %)Retail
Wiltshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
17 (46.67 %)Developer
23 (20.00 %)SharePoint Developer
32 (13.33 %)Functional Tester
32 (13.33 %)Project Manager
32 (13.33 %)Tester
41 (6.667 %)Analyst
41 (6.667 %)Test Analyst
41 (6.667 %)Consultant
41 (6.667 %)Configuration Manager
41 (6.667 %)Release Manager
41 (6.667 %)Data Analyst
41 (6.667 %)Test Engineer
41 (6.667 %)Business Consultant
41 (6.667 %)Team Leader
41 (6.667 %)Development Team Leader
41 (6.667 %)Business Objects Consultant
41 (6.667 %)Data Warehouse (DWH) Analyst
41 (6.667 %)Business Intelligence (BI) Developer
41 (6.667 %)Report Developer
41 (6.667 %)SAP Engineer
Wiltshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
12 (13.33 %)Windows
21 (6.667 %)UNIX
21 (6.667 %)Solaris
21 (6.667 %)Linux
Wiltshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
15 (33.33 %)Business Intelligence
23 (20.00 %)PRINCE2
23 (20.00 %)Information Management
32 (13.33 %)Knowledge Management
41 (6.667 %)E-Commerce
41 (6.667 %)Configuration Management
41 (6.667 %)Service Management
41 (6.667 %)Change Management
41 (6.667 %)ITSM
41 (6.667 %)ITIL
41 (6.667 %)Data Management
41 (6.667 %)Programme Management
41 (6.667 %)Matrix Management
41 (6.667 %)User Acceptance Testing
41 (6.667 %)Continuous Integration
41 (6.667 %)System Testing
Wiltshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
14 (26.67 %)SQL
23 (20.00 %)C#
31 (6.667 %)C++
Wiltshire IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
14 (26.67 %)SC Cleared
14 (26.67 %)Security Cleared
22 (13.33 %)Degree
22 (13.33 %)PRINCE2 Certification
22 (13.33 %)DV Cleared
Wiltshire IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
11 (6.667 %)MSI
Wiltshire IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
14 (26.67 %)Cognos
14 (26.67 %)Business Objects
22 (13.33 %)VMware
22 (13.33 %)Microsoft
22 (13.33 %)SAP
31 (6.667 %)MKS