The first table below looks at the demand for Agile Software Development skills in IT jobs advertised for the Northampton 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 Northampton region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Agile Software Development
Rank 5 21 47
Rank change year-on-year
+16 +26
Permanent jobs citing Agile Software Development 95 39 16
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Northampton 24.11% 8.515% 3.376%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 32.42% 11.17% 4.863%
Number of salaries quoted 88 38 15
Average salary £39,000 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.50% +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £24,250 £35,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £52,500 £48,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
All Processes & Methodologies
Northampton
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
293 349 329
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Northampton 74.37% 76.20% 69.41%
Number of salaries quoted 252 338 309
Average salary £38,500 £37,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.66% +7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £24,000 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £48,000 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Agile Software Development
Northamptonshire

Agile Software Development
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Northampton 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 Northampton region.

Northampton 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 Northampton region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Northampton 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 Northampton 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 69 (54.76%) Scrum
2 62 (49.21%) Java
3 59 (46.83%) SQL
4 50 (39.68%) OOP
4 50 (39.68%) OOD
5 48 (38.10%) Java EE
6 45 (35.71%) .NET
7 44 (34.92%) JUnit
8 40 (31.75%) C#
9 39 (30.95%) OO
9 39 (30.95%) Selenium
9 39 (30.95%) FitNesse
10 38 (30.16%) TDD
11 32 (25.40%) Software Engineering
12 30 (23.81%) Tomcat
13 29 (23.02%) MySQL
14 25 (19.84%) JavaScript
15 24 (19.05%) MVC
15 24 (19.05%) hybris
16 22 (17.46%) Oracle
16 22 (17.46%) Windows
17 21 (16.67%) Spring
18 19 (15.08%) E-Commerce
18 19 (15.08%) HTML
18 19 (15.08%) CSS
18 19 (15.08%) Web Development
19 18 (14.29%) SQL Server
19 18 (14.29%) Linux
20 17 (13.49%) Apache
20 17 (13.49%) Degree

Agile Software Development
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Northampton 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 48 (38.10%) Java EE
2 45 (35.71%) .NET
3 21 (16.67%) Spring
4 19 (15.08%) HTML
4 19 (15.08%) CSS
5 14 (11.11%) ASP.NET
6 13 (10.32%) ASP.NET MVC
6 13 (10.32%) J2EE
7 12 (9.524%) HTML5
7 12 (9.524%) jQuery
8 11 (8.730%) WinForms
9 10 (7.937%) CSS3
10 9 (7.143%) Hibernate
10 9 (7.143%) Struts
11 8 (6.349%) JSP
11 8 (6.349%) JSF
12 5 (3.968%) WebCenter
13 4 (3.175%) .NET Framework
14 3 (2.381%) Spring MVC
15 2 (1.587%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 30 (23.81%) Tomcat
2 17 (13.49%) Apache
3 11 (8.730%) Magento
4 8 (6.349%) CMS
5 2 (1.587%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.794%) SharePoint 2013
6 1 (0.794%) Sitecore CMS
6 1 (0.794%) SharePoint
Applications
1 13 (10.32%) Google Apps
2 5 (3.968%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 16 (12.70%) LAN
1 16 (12.70%) WAN
2 8 (6.349%) BSS
3 7 (5.556%) SAN
4 1 (0.794%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (23.02%) MySQL
2 18 (14.29%) SQL Server
3 5 (3.968%) Oracle Reports
4 2 (1.587%) SQL Server 2008
5 1 (0.794%) SQL Server 2012
5 1 (0.794%) Oracle 11g
5 1 (0.794%) Oracle 10g
5 1 (0.794%) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
1 44 (34.92%) JUnit
2 39 (30.95%) Selenium
2 39 (30.95%) FitNesse
3 13 (10.32%) Ant
3 13 (10.32%) Maven
3 13 (10.32%) Subversion
4 5 (3.968%) Team Foundation Server
4 5 (3.968%) JIRA
5 4 (3.175%) QuickTest Pro
5 4 (3.175%) MSTest
6 3 (2.381%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.794%) Visual Studio Team System
7 1 (0.794%) Oracle Forms
General
1 9 (7.143%) Retail
2 4 (3.175%) Games
3 2 (1.587%) Electronics
4 1 (0.794%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 45 (35.71%) Developer
2 32 (25.40%) Software Engineer
3 24 (19.05%) Java Developer
4 20 (15.87%) Analyst
5 18 (14.29%) Business Analyst
6 15 (11.90%) Senior Software Engineer
6 15 (11.90%) Senior Analyst
6 15 (11.90%) Senior Business Analyst
7 14 (11.11%) Senior Developer
7 14 (11.11%) Infrastructure Designer
7 14 (11.11%) Designer
8 11 (8.730%) Software Developer
9 9 (7.143%) Agile Business Analyst
9 9 (7.143%) Team Leader
9 9 (7.143%) Java/J2EE Developer
10 6 (4.762%) .NET Developer
10 6 (4.762%) Senior Java Developer
11 5 (3.968%) Senior .NET Developer
11 5 (3.968%) Tester
11 5 (3.968%) Test Manager
Miscellaneous
1 16 (12.70%) IaaS
1 16 (12.70%) SaaS
1 16 (12.70%) Open Source
1 16 (12.70%) Computer Science
2 5 (3.968%) Wiki
3 4 (3.175%) Physics
Operating Systems
1 22 (17.46%) Windows
2 18 (14.29%) Linux
3 9 (7.143%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 69 (54.76%) Scrum
2 50 (39.68%) OOP
2 50 (39.68%) OOD
3 39 (30.95%) OO
4 38 (30.16%) TDD
5 32 (25.40%) Software Engineering
6 24 (19.05%) MVC
7 19 (15.08%) E-Commerce
7 19 (15.08%) Web Development
8 17 (13.49%) User Stories
9 16 (12.70%) Project Management
10 14 (11.11%) UML
11 13 (10.32%) Information Management
12 11 (8.730%) Agile Project Management
13 10 (7.937%) Extreme Programming
14 9 (7.143%) Software Testing
15 6 (4.762%) Test Scripting
16 5 (3.968%) System Testing
16 5 (3.968%) Functional Testing
16 5 (3.968%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 62 (49.21%) Java
2 59 (46.83%) SQL
3 40 (31.75%) C#
4 25 (19.84%) JavaScript
5 10 (7.937%) T-SQL
6 2 (1.587%) VB.NET
6 2 (1.587%) C
6 2 (1.587%) C++
6 2 (1.587%) XAML
7 1 (0.794%) VB6
7 1 (0.794%) Python
7 1 (0.794%) PHP
7 1 (0.794%) PL/SQL
7 1 (0.794%) VBA
7 1 (0.794%) VB
Qualifications
1 17 (13.49%) Degree
2 5 (3.968%) ISEB
3 2 (1.587%) PMP
3 2 (1.587%) PMI Certification
4 1 (0.794%) SCJA
4 1 (0.794%) SCJP
4 1 (0.794%) SCJD
4 1 (0.794%) Sun Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (5.556%) QA
System Software
1 2 (1.587%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (3.968%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 24 (19.05%) hybris
2 22 (17.46%) Oracle
3 16 (12.70%) Cisco
4 13 (10.32%) Google
5 11 (8.730%) ATG
6 8 (6.349%) JBoss
7 5 (3.968%) FatWire
8 3 (2.381%) Microsoft
9 2 (1.587%) VMware
10 1 (0.794%) Sitecore
10 1 (0.794%) Sun
Northampton, Northamptonshire
A leader, planner and communicator with a good knowledge of OOP, OOD, Procedural programming and SQL, it's also important that you're up to speed with all...
Emponics Ltd
Salary: £35000 - £42000 per annum + bonus+ health+ pension
Posted: 21 May 2013
Northampton, Northamptonshire
An excellent planner and communicator with a good knowledge of OOP, OOD, Procedural programming or SQL, it's also important that you have an understanding of Fitnesse, Selenium,...
Emponics Ltd
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum + bonus + bens
Posted: 21 May 2013
Northampton, Northamptonshire
In addition the following are considered essential Operating systems including Linux / Unix and Windows... Experience in Open Source technologies, including Linux, MySQL, Apache and Tomcat. Cloud platform experience...
Emponics Ltd
Salary: £40000 - £48000 per annum + 15% bonus + bens
Posted: 24 May 2013
Northampton, Northamptonshire
In addition the following are considered essential Operating systems including Linux / Unix and Windows... Experience in Open Source technologies, including Linux, MySQL, Apache and Tomcat. Cloud platform experience...
Emponics Ltd
Salary: £55000 - £60000 per annum + 15% bonus + bens
Posted: 24 May 2013
Northampton, Northamptonshire
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Salary: From £45,000 to £55,000 per annum + Bens + Bonus + Car Allowance
Posted: 20 May 2013