The first table below looks at the demand for Scrum skills in IT contracts advertised for the Woking region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Scrum over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Woking 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Scrum
Rank 10 8 -
Rank change year-on-year
-2 -
Contract jobs citing Scrum 8 5 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Woking 11.59% 8.475% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 14.81% 12.20% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 3 0
Average daily rate £390 £320 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+21.87% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £375
% change year-on-year
- -6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £33.00 £36.36 £42.50
% change year-on-year
-9.24% -14.44%
All Processes & Methodologies
Woking
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
54 41 35
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Woking 78.26% 69.49% 76.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 25 27
Average daily rate £353 £320 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+10.15% -1.53%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £277 £185 £260
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £413 £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.36% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
Average hourly rate £15.50 £16.50 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-6.06% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
Scrum
Surrey

Scrum
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Woking Scrum Jobs Demand Trend

Scrum
Daily Rate Trend

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

Woking Scrum Daily Rate Trend

Scrum
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Woking region citing Scrum 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 Scrum.

1 10 (66.67%) C#
1 10 (66.67%) WPF
2 8 (53.33%) .NET
2 8 (53.33%) SQL Server
3 7 (46.67%) SQL Server 2008
3 7 (46.67%) Multithreading
3 7 (46.67%) MVVM
4 6 (40.00%) Microsoft
5 5 (33.33%) Data Analysis
5 5 (33.33%) MATLAB
5 5 (33.33%) OO
5 5 (33.33%) BDD
5 5 (33.33%) Microsoft Blend
6 4 (26.67%) SQL
6 4 (26.67%) Visual Studio
6 4 (26.67%) XML
6 4 (26.67%) PRINCE2
6 4 (26.67%) ISEB
6 4 (26.67%) Publishing
6 4 (26.67%) Agile Software Development
7 3 (20.00%) Software Engineering
7 3 (20.00%) Software Testing
7 3 (20.00%) Team Foundation Server
7 3 (20.00%) QA
8 2 (13.33%) Task Parallel Library
8 2 (13.33%) TDD
9 1 (6.667%) Content Management
9 1 (6.667%) ISTQB
9 1 (6.667%) Law
9 1 (6.667%) Legal

Scrum
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Woking region citing Scrum 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 Scrum. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 10 (66.67%) WPF
2 8 (53.33%) .NET
3 4 (26.67%) XML
4 2 (13.33%) Task Parallel Library
Applications
1 1 (6.667%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (53.33%) SQL Server
2 7 (46.67%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 5 (33.33%) Microsoft Blend
2 4 (26.67%) Visual Studio
3 3 (20.00%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 4 (26.67%) Publishing
2 1 (6.667%) Law
2 1 (6.667%) Legal
Job Titles
1 6 (40.00%) WPF Developer
1 6 (40.00%) Developer
2 4 (26.67%) ScrumMaster
3 3 (20.00%) C# Developer
3 3 (20.00%) Test Engineer
3 3 (20.00%) Analyst
4 2 (13.33%) Test Analyst
5 1 (6.667%) QA Analyst
5 1 (6.667%) Systems Tester
5 1 (6.667%) QA Tester
5 1 (6.667%) QA Engineer
5 1 (6.667%) Business Analyst
5 1 (6.667%) Tester
5 1 (6.667%) Software Engineer
5 1 (6.667%) Agile Test Analyst
5 1 (6.667%) Agile Business Analyst
5 1 (6.667%) Testing Engineer
5 1 (6.667%) Testing Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (46.67%) Multithreading
1 7 (46.67%) MVVM
2 5 (33.33%) Data Analysis
2 5 (33.33%) OO
2 5 (33.33%) BDD
3 4 (26.67%) PRINCE2
3 4 (26.67%) Agile Software Development
4 3 (20.00%) Software Engineering
4 3 (20.00%) Software Testing
5 2 (13.33%) TDD
6 1 (6.667%) Content Management
6 1 (6.667%) UML
6 1 (6.667%) User Stories
6 1 (6.667%) Continuous Improvement
6 1 (6.667%) System Testing
6 1 (6.667%) Kanban
Programming Languages
1 10 (66.67%) C#
2 5 (33.33%) MATLAB
3 4 (26.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (26.67%) ISEB
2 1 (6.667%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (20.00%) QA
Vendors
1 6 (40.00%) Microsoft
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Posted: 18 June 2013