The first table below looks at the demand for Agile Software Development skills in IT jobs advertised for the Birmingham region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Agile Software Development over the 3 months to 17 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 Birmingham region.

Location
3 months to
17 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Agile Software Development
Rank 30 51 73
Rank change year-on-year
+21 +22
Permanent jobs citing Agile Software Development 105 64 20
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 5.769% 3.931% 1.470%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.772% 5.560% 2.215%
Number of salaries quoted 102 59 19
Average salary £45,000 £42,500 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.88% -5.55%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,250 £30,000 £32,700
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £53,000 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
All Processes & Methodologies
Birmingham
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1351 1151 903
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 74.23% 70.70% 66.35%
Number of salaries quoted 1154 1004 774
Average salary £45,000 £42,500 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.88% -5.55%
90% offered a salary of more than £29,000 £28,000 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Agile Software Development
West Midlands

Agile Software Development
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Birmingham 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 Birmingham region.

Birmingham 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 Birmingham region over the 3 months to 17 June 2013.

Birmingham Agile Software Development Salary Histogram

Agile Software Development
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 June 2013, IT jobs across the Birmingham 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.

1 100 (52.91%) .NET
2 90 (47.62%) SQL Server
3 78 (41.27%) ASP.NET
4 77 (40.74%) C#
5 69 (36.51%) MVC
6 60 (31.75%) SQL
7 54 (28.57%) Java
7 54 (28.57%) Microsoft
8 50 (26.46%) SQL Server 2008
9 45 (23.81%) Hibernate
9 45 (23.81%) TDD
10 44 (23.28%) Ajax
10 44 (23.28%) SQL Server 2005
10 44 (23.28%) JavaScript
11 43 (22.75%) Oracle
11 43 (22.75%) OO
11 43 (22.75%) Spring
12 40 (21.16%) HTML
13 38 (20.11%) CSS
13 38 (20.11%) Subversion
14 36 (19.05%) WCF
14 36 (19.05%) Scrum
15 35 (18.52%) Eclipse
15 35 (18.52%) Maven
16 33 (17.46%) Tomcat
17 32 (16.93%) SOAP
17 32 (16.93%) .NET Framework
18 30 (15.87%) VB.NET
18 30 (15.87%) J2EE
19 29 (15.34%) T-SQL

Agile Software Development
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 June 2013, IT jobs across the Birmingham 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
1 100 (52.91%) .NET
2 78 (41.27%) ASP.NET
3 45 (23.81%) Hibernate
4 44 (23.28%) Ajax
5 43 (22.75%) Spring
6 40 (21.16%) HTML
7 38 (20.11%) CSS
8 36 (19.05%) WCF
9 32 (16.93%) .NET Framework
9 32 (16.93%) SOAP
10 30 (15.87%) J2EE
11 28 (14.81%) ASP.NET MVC
12 27 (14.29%) Java EE
13 25 (13.23%) JMX
13 25 (13.23%) JMS
13 25 (13.23%) ActiveMQ
13 25 (13.23%) Spring MVC
14 22 (11.64%) jQuery
15 19 (10.05%) Silverlight
15 19 (10.05%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 33 (17.46%) Tomcat
2 21 (11.11%) IIS
3 18 (9.524%) SharePoint
4 16 (8.466%) BizTalk Server
5 14 (7.407%) SharePoint 2010
6 12 (6.349%) SharePoint Server
7 10 (5.291%) SharePoint Foundation
7 10 (5.291%) Alfresco
8 6 (3.175%) Amazon AWS
9 3 (1.587%) Documentum
9 3 (1.587%) Apache
10 2 (1.058%) Joomla!
10 2 (1.058%) WordPress
10 2 (1.058%) Umbraco
11 1 (0.529%) WebLogic
11 1 (0.529%) Windows Azure
11 1 (0.529%) SharePoint 2013
11 1 (0.529%) Captiva
11 1 (0.529%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 18 (9.524%) MS Excel
2 11 (5.820%) MS Office
3 10 (5.291%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 3 (1.587%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.058%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (0.529%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.529%) Remedy AR System
Communications & Networking
1 9 (4.762%) HTTP
2 2 (1.058%) Kerberos
3 1 (0.529%) DNS
3 1 (0.529%) Internet
3 1 (0.529%) 3G
3 1 (0.529%) NGN
3 1 (0.529%) LAN
3 1 (0.529%) WAN
3 1 (0.529%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 90 (47.62%) SQL Server
2 50 (26.46%) SQL Server 2008
3 44 (23.28%) SQL Server 2005
4 27 (14.29%) JasperReports
5 19 (10.05%) Oracle Reports
6 11 (5.820%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 11 (5.820%) NoSQL
7 10 (5.291%) Jackrabbit
7 10 (5.291%) CouchDB
7 10 (5.291%) MongoDB
7 10 (5.291%) MySQL
8 7 (3.704%) SQL Server 2000
9 6 (3.175%) Oracle 8/8i
10 5 (2.646%) SQL Server 2012
11 2 (1.058%) PostgreSQL
11 2 (1.058%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 1 (0.529%) Data Warehouse
12 1 (0.529%) Big Data
12 1 (0.529%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 38 (20.11%) Subversion
2 35 (18.52%) Maven
2 35 (18.52%) Eclipse
3 27 (14.29%) Visual Studio
4 25 (13.23%) Apache Continuum
4 25 (13.23%) Selenium
4 25 (13.23%) FitNesse
4 25 (13.23%) TeamCity
5 22 (11.64%) NUnit
6 11 (5.820%) CruiseControl
6 11 (5.820%) Visual Studio Team System
6 11 (5.820%) MSBuild
7 6 (3.175%) MSTest
7 6 (3.175%) Rhino Mocks
7 6 (3.175%) Moq
8 5 (2.646%) Team Foundation Server
8 5 (2.646%) QuickTest Pro
8 5 (2.646%) LoadRunner
9 2 (1.058%) Ant
9 2 (1.058%) JIRA
General
1 12 (6.349%) Finance
2 6 (3.175%) Automotive
2 6 (3.175%) Marketing
3 5 (2.646%) Telecoms
3 5 (2.646%) Games
4 4 (2.116%) Retail
4 4 (2.116%) Advertising
5 1 (0.529%) Legal
5 1 (0.529%) Investment Banking
5 1 (0.529%) Banking
Job Titles
1 109 (57.67%) Developer
2 42 (22.22%) .NET Developer
3 31 (16.40%) Java Developer
4 23 (12.17%) Senior Developer
5 16 (8.466%) C# Developer
5 16 (8.466%) C# .NET Developer
6 15 (7.937%) ASP.NET Developer
6 15 (7.937%) Analyst
7 14 (7.407%) Senior Java Developer
7 14 (7.407%) C# ASP.NET Developer
8 12 (6.349%) Development Manager
9 11 (5.820%) Java/J2EE Developer
10 10 (5.291%) Agile .NET Developer
11 9 (4.762%) Tester
11 9 (4.762%) Architect
11 9 (4.762%) Project Manager
11 9 (4.762%) Test Analyst
12 8 (4.233%) Software Developer
12 8 (4.233%) Software Engineer
12 8 (4.233%) Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 17 (8.995%) Firmware
2 14 (7.407%) Computer Science
3 10 (5.291%) Cloud Computing
3 10 (5.291%) Social Media
3 10 (5.291%) Mobile App
4 7 (3.704%) SaaS
5 6 (3.175%) Telematics
5 6 (3.175%) Inversion of Control
6 3 (1.587%) Open Source
7 2 (1.058%) EPoS
7 2 (1.058%) Pocket PC
7 2 (1.058%) Mathematics
8 1 (0.529%) Physics
8 1 (0.529%) CMDB
8 1 (0.529%) Blackberry
8 1 (0.529%) DTV
8 1 (0.529%) Device Driver
8 1 (0.529%) Digital Media
8 1 (0.529%) New Media
Operating Systems
1 23 (12.17%) Windows
2 2 (1.058%) Windows 8
2 2 (1.058%) Windows Phone 8
2 2 (1.058%) Windows Phone
2 2 (1.058%) Windows CE
2 2 (1.058%) Windows Mobile
2 2 (1.058%) UNIX
3 1 (0.529%) Android
3 1 (0.529%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.529%) AIX
3 1 (0.529%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 69 (36.51%) MVC
2 45 (23.81%) TDD
3 43 (22.75%) OO
4 36 (19.05%) Scrum
5 27 (14.29%) Unit Testing
6 21 (11.11%) E-Commerce
7 19 (10.05%) Continuous Integration
7 19 (10.05%) Multithreading
7 19 (10.05%) Waterfall
8 18 (9.524%) Kanban
8 18 (9.524%) Project Management
9 17 (8.995%) BDD
10 16 (8.466%) Automated Testing
11 15 (7.937%) UML
12 12 (6.349%) RUP
12 12 (6.349%) Software Architecture
13 11 (5.820%) MSF
13 11 (5.820%) OOA/OOD
13 11 (5.820%) Unified Process
14 10 (5.291%) OOP
Programming Languages
1 77 (40.74%) C#
2 60 (31.75%) SQL
3 54 (28.57%) Java
4 44 (23.28%) JavaScript
5 30 (15.87%) VB.NET
6 29 (15.34%) T-SQL
7 13 (6.878%) Scala
8 10 (5.291%) Clojure
8 10 (5.291%) Ruby
8 10 (5.291%) Erlang
9 8 (4.233%) VB
10 3 (1.587%) PowerShell
11 2 (1.058%) XPath
11 2 (1.058%) Embedded C++
11 2 (1.058%) C++
11 2 (1.058%) PHP
12 1 (0.529%) PL/SQL
12 1 (0.529%) Objective-C
12 1 (0.529%) Python
12 1 (0.529%) C
Qualifications
1 21 (11.11%) Degree
2 13 (6.878%) SC Cleared
2 13 (6.878%) Security Cleared
2 13 (6.878%) ISTQB
3 11 (5.820%) DV Cleared
4 9 (4.762%) Microsoft Certification
5 8 (4.233%) MCTS
6 7 (3.704%) MCAD
6 7 (3.704%) MCSD
7 6 (3.175%) ISEB
7 6 (3.175%) APMP
7 6 (3.175%) MCP
8 1 (0.529%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 1 (0.529%) MCITP
8 1 (0.529%) MCPD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (8.995%) QA
2 1 (0.529%) ISO 9001
2 1 (0.529%) TickIT
System Software
1 1 (0.529%) Active Directory
1 1 (0.529%) Terminal Services
1 1 (0.529%) Samba
1 1 (0.529%) Squid
1 1 (0.529%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (2.646%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 54 (28.57%) Microsoft
2 43 (22.75%) Oracle
3 25 (13.23%) JBoss
4 8 (4.233%) Salesforce.com
5 6 (3.175%) HP
6 2 (1.058%) JDA
6 2 (1.058%) VMware
6 2 (1.058%) hybris
6 2 (1.058%) RedPrairie
7 1 (0.529%) Red Gate
7 1 (0.529%) Remedy
7 1 (0.529%) SAP
7 1 (0.529%) EMC
7 1 (0.529%) Citrix
7 1 (0.529%) BMC
Birmingham, West Midlands
You will be working on bespoke software solutions at the cutting edge of technology.Essential skills: Minimum of 2 years demonstrable experience of designing, developing, testing, deploying and...
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Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum + Excellent pension + Holiday
Posted: 29 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
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Salary: £25000 - 45000 Per Annum 12% Bonus + Benefits
Posted: 11 June 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
Highly skilled C# ASP.Net Solutions Architect with strong Agile, C#, ASP.Net experience are required by Kyna Associates for an outstanding e-Commerce, online retail client, based...
Kyna Associates
Salary: £45000 - 60000 Per Annum Excellent Benefits + Bonus
Posted: 13 June 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands
In particular a working knowledge of the V-Model... Experienced user of MS Office toolset (particularly Excel and Word). ISTQB Foundation Certificate in Software Testing. Desired experience/skills:...
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Salary: £38000.00 - £45000.00 per annum
Posted: 17 June 2013