The first table below looks at the demand for Agile Software Development skills in IT jobs advertised for the Belfast region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs 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 Belfast region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Agile Software Development
Rank 16 36 28
Rank change year-on-year
+20 -8
Permanent jobs citing Agile Software Development 30 2 9
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Belfast 12.35% 1.026% 4.762%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 20.98% 1.299% 6.164%
Number of salaries quoted 19 1 7
Average salary £40,000 £34,000 £34,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+17.64% -
90% offered a salary of more than £29,000 £34,000 £27,100
10% offered a salary of more than £45,500 £34,000 £42,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
All Processes & Methodologies
Belfast
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
143 154 146
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Belfast 58.85% 78.97% 77.25%
Number of salaries quoted 97 81 81
Average salary £41,000 £34,000 £38,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+20.58% -10.52%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,500 £15,390 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £45,500 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Agile Software Development
County Antrim

Agile Software Development
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Belfast Agile Software Development Jobs Demand Trend

Agile Software Development
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Agile Software Development across the Belfast region.

Belfast Agile Software Development Salary Trend

Agile Software Development
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Agile Software Development across the Belfast region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Belfast Agile Software Development Salary Histogram

Agile Software Development
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Belfast 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Agile Software Development.

1 23 (53.49%) Java
1 23 (53.49%) Degree
2 17 (39.53%) Computer Science
2 17 (39.53%) Linux
3 15 (34.88%) UNIX
4 14 (32.56%) Software Engineering
4 14 (32.56%) C++
4 14 (32.56%) Open Source
5 12 (27.91%) QA
6 11 (25.58%) OO
6 11 (25.58%) Middleware
7 10 (23.26%) Tomcat
7 10 (23.26%) Servlets
7 10 (23.26%) Web Services
7 10 (23.26%) XML
7 10 (23.26%) C
7 10 (23.26%) PostgreSQL
8 9 (20.93%) JSON
8 9 (20.93%) XMPP
8 9 (20.93%) Video on Demand
9 8 (18.60%) HTML5
9 8 (18.60%) JavaScript
9 8 (18.60%) Apache
10 7 (16.28%) SQL
10 7 (16.28%) Finance
10 7 (16.28%) Unit Testing
11 6 (13.95%) jQuery
11 6 (13.95%) CSS
12 5 (11.63%) HTML
12 5 (11.63%) Python

Agile Software Development
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Belfast 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Agile Software Development. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 11 (25.58%) Middleware
2 10 (23.26%) Servlets
2 10 (23.26%) Web Services
2 10 (23.26%) XML
3 9 (20.93%) JSON
3 9 (20.93%) XMPP
4 8 (18.60%) HTML5
5 6 (13.95%) jQuery
5 6 (13.95%) CSS
6 5 (11.63%) HTML
7 4 (9.302%) Spring
7 4 (9.302%) J2EE
8 3 (6.977%) WebSphere
8 3 (6.977%) CSS3
8 3 (6.977%) Ajax
9 2 (4.651%) Hibernate
9 2 (4.651%) WinForms
9 2 (4.651%) Ruby on Rails
9 2 (4.651%) JSF
9 2 (4.651%) JSP
Application Platforms
1 10 (23.26%) Tomcat
2 8 (18.60%) Apache
3 2 (4.651%) WebLogic
Applications
1 1 (2.326%) MS Visio
1 1 (2.326%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (4.651%) Oracle EBS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.651%) Internet
1 2 (4.651%) Network Security
2 1 (2.326%) Intranet
2 1 (2.326%) TCP/IP
2 1 (2.326%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (23.26%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (4.651%) RDBMS
2 2 (4.651%) OLAP
3 1 (2.326%) CouchDB
3 1 (2.326%) NoSQL
3 1 (2.326%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (2.326%) Big Data
3 1 (2.326%) Redis
3 1 (2.326%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (6.977%) Selenium
2 2 (4.651%) Maven
2 2 (4.651%) JDeveloper
2 2 (4.651%) Oracle Forms
2 2 (4.651%) Gradle
2 2 (4.651%) Git (software)
3 1 (2.326%) Build Forge
3 1 (2.326%) Atlassian Bamboo
3 1 (2.326%) Jenkins
3 1 (2.326%) Ant
3 1 (2.326%) JUnit
3 1 (2.326%) QuickTest Pro
3 1 (2.326%) ClearCase
3 1 (2.326%) JIRA
3 1 (2.326%) WATIR
General
1 7 (16.28%) Finance
2 3 (6.977%) Banking
3 2 (4.651%) Games
4 1 (2.326%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 15 (34.88%) Developer
2 10 (23.26%) Software Engineer
3 7 (16.28%) Java Developer
4 5 (11.63%) Senior Developer
5 4 (9.302%) Analyst
5 4 (9.302%) Senior Java Developer
5 4 (9.302%) Server Engineer
5 4 (9.302%) Principal Engineer
6 3 (6.977%) Software Developer
6 3 (6.977%) Java Software Engineer
7 2 (4.651%) SQL Developer
7 2 (4.651%) Senior Software Developer
7 2 (4.651%) PL/SQL Developer
7 2 (4.651%) Oracle Developer
7 2 (4.651%) Systems Analyst
7 2 (4.651%) Web Developer
7 2 (4.651%) Principal Software Engineer
7 2 (4.651%) Business Analyst
7 2 (4.651%) Tester
7 2 (4.651%) Junior
Miscellaneous
1 17 (39.53%) Computer Science
2 14 (32.56%) Open Source
3 9 (20.93%) Video on Demand
4 2 (4.651%) Life Science
4 2 (4.651%) DTV
4 2 (4.651%) RIA
5 1 (2.326%) Hedge funds
5 1 (2.326%) Mobile App
5 1 (2.326%) New Media
5 1 (2.326%) Client/Server
5 1 (2.326%) Derivative
5 1 (2.326%) Social Network
5 1 (2.326%) E-Learning
Operating Systems
1 17 (39.53%) Linux
2 15 (34.88%) UNIX
3 1 (2.326%) Android
3 1 (2.326%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (32.56%) Software Engineering
2 11 (25.58%) OO
3 7 (16.28%) Unit Testing
4 4 (9.302%) Software Testing
4 4 (9.302%) Multithreading
5 3 (6.977%) Performance Testing
6 2 (4.651%) Web Design
6 2 (4.651%) E-Commerce
6 2 (4.651%) ITIL
6 2 (4.651%) Software Architecture
6 2 (4.651%) Responsive Web Design
6 2 (4.651%) Continuous Integration
6 2 (4.651%) User Acceptance Testing
6 2 (4.651%) Web Testing
6 2 (4.651%) Test Automation
7 1 (2.326%) BDD
7 1 (2.326%) High Availability
7 1 (2.326%) Test Management
7 1 (2.326%) Stress Testing
7 1 (2.326%) Mobile Application Development
Programming Languages
1 23 (53.49%) Java
2 14 (32.56%) C++
3 10 (23.26%) C
4 8 (18.60%) JavaScript
5 7 (16.28%) SQL
6 5 (11.63%) Python
7 3 (6.977%) C#
7 3 (6.977%) Ruby
8 2 (4.651%) PL/SQL
8 2 (4.651%) Perl
8 2 (4.651%) Groovy
9 1 (2.326%) Bash shell
9 1 (2.326%) PHP
9 1 (2.326%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 23 (53.49%) Degree
2 1 (2.326%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (27.91%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (2.326%) Puppet
1 1 (2.326%) YUM
Vendors
1 4 (9.302%) Oracle
2 2 (4.651%) IBM
2 2 (4.651%) Microsoft
2 2 (4.651%) JBoss
3 1 (2.326%) AccuRev
3 1 (2.326%) BEA
3 1 (2.326%) Red Hat
3 1 (2.326%) Apple
3 1 (2.326%) Infragistics
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