The first table below looks at the demand for Scrum skills in IT jobs advertised for the Livingston region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Scrum over the 3 months to 21 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 Livingston region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Scrum
Rank 21 - 29
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing Scrum 7 0 11
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Livingston 7.071% - 4.472%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.527% - 5.789%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 11
Average salary - - £42,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £42,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-5.88% +6.25%
All Processes & Methodologies
Livingston
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
93 55 190
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Livingston 93.94% 56.12% 77.24%
Number of salaries quoted 22 39 111
Average salary £36,000 £45,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-20.00% +12.50%
90% offered a salary of more than £33,000 £27,500 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £41,000 £47,500 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Scrum
West Lothian

Scrum
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Livingston Scrum Jobs Demand Trend

Scrum
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Scrum across the Livingston region.

Livingston Scrum Salary Trend

Scrum
Top 14 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Livingston 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Scrum.

1 9 (100.00%) XML
1 9 (100.00%) XML Schema
1 9 (100.00%) QuickTest Pro
1 9 (100.00%) Agile Software Development
1 9 (100.00%) TDD
1 9 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 9 (100.00%) Degree
1 9 (100.00%) QA
1 9 (100.00%) Selenium
1 9 (100.00%) FitNesse
1 9 (100.00%) Continuous Integration
1 9 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 9 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 9 (100.00%) User Stories

Scrum
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Livingston 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Scrum. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 9 (100.00%) XML
1 9 (100.00%) XML Schema
Development Applications
1 9 (100.00%) QuickTest Pro
1 9 (100.00%) Selenium
1 9 (100.00%) FitNesse
Job Titles
1 9 (100.00%) Tester
1 9 (100.00%) QA Engineer
1 9 (100.00%) Agile Tester
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (100.00%) Agile Software Development
1 9 (100.00%) TDD
1 9 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 9 (100.00%) Continuous Integration
1 9 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 9 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 9 (100.00%) User Stories
Qualifications
1 9 (100.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (100.00%) QA