The first table below looks at the demand for Agile Software Development skills in IT jobs advertised for the Chester region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Agile Software Development over the 3 months to 20 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 Chester region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Agile Software Development
Rank 5 32 20
Rank change year-on-year
+27 -12
Permanent jobs citing Agile Software Development 85 5 30
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Chester 24.08% 3.067% 12.82%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 28.52% 4.237% 17.75%
Number of salaries quoted 25 4 30
Average salary £42,500 £37,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+14.86% -17.77%
90% offered a salary of more than £33,600 £27,950 £35,900
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £46,750 £48,650
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
All Processes & Methodologies
Chester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
298 118 169
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Chester 84.42% 72.39% 72.22%
Number of salaries quoted 159 98 164
Average salary £38,000 £37,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.70% -7.50%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £25,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £50,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Agile Software Development
Cheshire

Agile Software Development
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Chester 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 Chester region.

Chester 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 Chester region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

Chester Agile Software Development Salary Histogram

Agile Software Development
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Chester 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 59 (41.55%) Scrum
2 53 (37.32%) E-Commerce
3 47 (33.10%) .NET
4 46 (32.39%) SQL
5 43 (30.28%) C#
6 40 (28.17%) TDD
7 34 (23.94%) Java
8 33 (23.24%) JavaScript
8 33 (23.24%) HTTP
9 31 (21.83%) Pair Programming
10 29 (20.42%) HTML
11 28 (19.72%) SQL Server
11 28 (19.72%) jQuery
12 26 (18.31%) Web Services
13 25 (17.61%) CSS
13 25 (17.61%) Migration
13 25 (17.61%) Data Migration
14 24 (16.90%) ASP.NET
15 21 (14.79%) Stakeholder Management
16 20 (14.08%) Validation
16 20 (14.08%) Data Validation
17 18 (12.68%) MVC
17 18 (12.68%) XML
17 18 (12.68%) ETL
17 18 (12.68%) Microsoft
18 17 (11.97%) .NET Framework
19 16 (11.27%) Continuous Integration
19 16 (11.27%) HTML5
19 16 (11.27%) Finance
19 16 (11.27%) Spring

Agile Software Development
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Chester 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 47 (33.10%) .NET
2 29 (20.42%) HTML
3 28 (19.72%) jQuery
4 26 (18.31%) Web Services
5 25 (17.61%) CSS
6 24 (16.90%) ASP.NET
7 18 (12.68%) XML
8 17 (11.97%) .NET Framework
9 16 (11.27%) Spring
9 16 (11.27%) HTML5
10 14 (9.859%) ASP.NET MVC
11 11 (7.746%) CSS3
12 10 (7.042%) Ajax
12 10 (7.042%) WCF
12 10 (7.042%) SOAP
13 9 (6.338%) JSON
14 8 (5.634%) RESTful
15 6 (4.225%) J2EE
16 5 (3.521%) COM
16 5 (3.521%) XHTML
Application Platforms
1 6 (4.225%) SAS
2 2 (1.408%) Apache
3 1 (0.704%) ESB
Applications
1 5 (3.521%) MS Excel
2 1 (0.704%) Photoshop
Communications & Networking
1 33 (23.24%) HTTP
2 3 (2.113%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (19.72%) SQL Server
2 14 (9.859%) SQL Server 2008
3 10 (7.042%) OLTP
4 8 (5.634%) SQL Server 2005
4 8 (5.634%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 6 (4.225%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 4 (2.817%) Big Data
7 3 (2.113%) SQL Server 2000
8 2 (1.408%) MySQL
8 2 (1.408%) OLAP
8 2 (1.408%) SQL Server 2012
9 1 (0.704%) IDMS
9 1 (0.704%) Hadoop
9 1 (0.704%) Oracle 8/8i
9 1 (0.704%) Data Warehouse
9 1 (0.704%) VLDB
Development Applications
1 14 (9.859%) Selenium
2 13 (9.155%) Visual Studio
3 8 (5.634%) Team Foundation Server
4 6 (4.225%) Subversion
5 5 (3.521%) JIRA
5 5 (3.521%) Git (software)
5 5 (3.521%) ClearCase
5 5 (3.521%) Mercurial
6 4 (2.817%) Concordion
7 3 (2.113%) JUnit
8 1 (0.704%) QUnit
8 1 (0.704%) Jasmine
8 1 (0.704%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.704%) Hudson
8 1 (0.704%) Eclipse
8 1 (0.704%) IntelliJ
General
1 16 (11.27%) Finance
2 2 (1.408%) Legal
2 2 (1.408%) Games
3 1 (0.704%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 72 (50.70%) Developer
2 51 (35.92%) Analyst
3 44 (30.99%) Business Analyst
4 31 (21.83%) .NET Developer
5 21 (14.79%) Data Analyst
6 13 (9.155%) Agile Business Analyst
7 12 (8.451%) Java Developer
8 11 (7.746%) Software Developer
9 10 (7.042%) DBA
9 10 (7.042%) Senior Developer
9 10 (7.042%) SQL DBA
9 10 (7.042%) Agile .NET Developer
10 9 (6.338%) C# Developer
11 8 (5.634%) Test Engineer
11 8 (5.634%) SQL Developer
12 7 (4.930%) Ab Initio Developer
12 7 (4.930%) Test Analyst
12 7 (4.930%) Web Developer
13 6 (4.225%) Senior .NET Developer
13 6 (4.225%) C# .NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 8 (5.634%) Replication
2 7 (4.930%) Clustering
3 5 (3.521%) SaaS
3 5 (3.521%) Client/Server
4 2 (1.408%) Open Source
5 1 (0.704%) iPad
5 1 (0.704%) New Media
5 1 (0.704%) Mobile App
5 1 (0.704%) Smartphone
5 1 (0.704%) Computer Science
5 1 (0.704%) Blog
5 1 (0.704%) Data Integration
Operating Systems
1 8 (5.634%) UNIX
2 6 (4.225%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (41.55%) Scrum
2 53 (37.32%) E-Commerce
3 40 (28.17%) TDD
4 31 (21.83%) Pair Programming
5 25 (17.61%) Migration
5 25 (17.61%) Data Migration
6 21 (14.79%) Stakeholder Management
7 20 (14.08%) Validation
7 20 (14.08%) Data Validation
8 18 (12.68%) ETL
8 18 (12.68%) MVC
9 16 (11.27%) Continuous Integration
10 15 (10.56%) Requirements Management
11 14 (9.859%) Unit Testing
11 14 (9.859%) User Stories
12 13 (9.155%) Web Development
13 10 (7.042%) Configuration Management
13 10 (7.042%) OO
14 8 (5.634%) Dependency Injection
14 8 (5.634%) Kanban
Programming Languages
1 46 (32.39%) SQL
2 43 (30.28%) C#
3 34 (23.94%) Java
4 33 (23.24%) JavaScript
5 15 (10.56%) T-SQL
6 8 (5.634%) C++
7 5 (3.521%) Perl
8 4 (2.817%) C
9 3 (2.113%) Python
10 2 (1.408%) PHP
10 2 (1.408%) PL/SQL
10 2 (1.408%) XPath
11 1 (0.704%) Groovy
11 1 (0.704%) PowerHouse
11 1 (0.704%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 7 (4.930%) ISEB
1 7 (4.930%) Degree
2 6 (4.225%) ISTQB
3 5 (3.521%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (2.113%) QA
Systems Management
1 6 (4.225%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 18 (12.68%) Microsoft
2 10 (7.042%) Apple
2 10 (7.042%) hybris
3 7 (4.930%) Ab Initio
4 6 (4.225%) HP
5 5 (3.521%) IBM
6 4 (2.817%) Oracle
7 1 (0.704%) JBoss
Chester, Cheshire
Ultimately the client is looking for talented C# .net developers with exposure to web services technology. Experience of an agile environment is preferred but this is a role...
TEKsystems
Salary: Package
Posted: 14 May 2013
Chester, Cheshire
With this role comes a fantastic challenge to be part of a major re platforming programme into Java... Ultimately the client is looking for talented Java developers with...
TEKsystems
Salary: £40000 - £55000 per annum + Package
Posted: 14 May 2013
Chester, Cheshire
C#, ASP.NET, Spring, Dependency Injection, Agile, Spring.net My client is one of the most highly regarded and well known e-commerce comparison websites... Skills Required: C#...
Aston Carter
Posted: 13 May 2013
Chester, North West
Key Skills: - Java / J2EE- Spring- Agile- Javascript / JQuery- Web Service Desirable Skills: - GIT and JIRA- Struts- Hibernate- Oracle- Eclipse- Tomcat The role itself: * Design and development of new...
Computer Futures
Salary: £40000 - £46000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Chester, North West
Development Manager (Hand On) - Chester - Utilities I'm currently working on a Development Manager ro0le for a Utilities company in the Chester area where you will be required...
Computer Futures
Salary: £50000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Chester, North West
The Role - Identify, plan and execute appropriate testing for all types of change - Perform various types of testing to maintain a stable environment including but not limited to...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £30000.00 - £32000.00 per annum + bens
Posted: 9 May 2013