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

Location
3 months to
17 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Agile Software Development
Rank 5 - 14
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing Agile Software Development 14 0 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Salford 25.93% - 2.222%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 29.79% - 3.448%
Number of salaries quoted 12 0 1
Average salary £45,000 - £27,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
All Processes & Methodologies
Salford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
47 40 29
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Salford 87.04% 76.92% 64.44%
Number of salaries quoted 44 37 29
Average salary £40,000 £34,000 £40,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+17.64% -16.04%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £30,000 £25,400
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £53,500 £41,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Agile Software Development
Manchester

Agile Software Development
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Salford 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 Salford region.

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

Salford 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 Salford 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 22 (73.33%) Java
2 20 (66.67%) Scrum
3 19 (63.33%) Linux
3 19 (63.33%) Ruby
4 17 (56.67%) BBC
5 15 (50.00%) UML
5 15 (50.00%) Web Services
5 15 (50.00%) PHP
5 15 (50.00%) REST
6 14 (46.67%) SQL
6 14 (46.67%) JavaScript
7 13 (43.33%) MySQL
8 12 (40.00%) ActionScript
8 12 (40.00%) Apache
8 12 (40.00%) SOA
8 12 (40.00%) LAMP
8 12 (40.00%) Games
8 12 (40.00%) Game Development
8 12 (40.00%) Ontologies
8 12 (40.00%) Semantic Web
9 11 (36.67%) Social Network
10 9 (30.00%) OO
11 8 (26.67%) SEO
11 8 (26.67%) Analytics
12 7 (23.33%) Spring
13 6 (20.00%) .NET
14 5 (16.67%) C
14 5 (16.67%) C++
14 5 (16.67%) Ant
14 5 (16.67%) UNIX

Agile Software Development
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 June 2013, IT jobs across the Salford 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 15 (50.00%) Web Services
1 15 (50.00%) REST
2 12 (40.00%) LAMP
3 7 (23.33%) Spring
4 6 (20.00%) .NET
5 5 (16.67%) Hibernate
5 5 (16.67%) Java SE
5 5 (16.67%) Java EE
6 3 (10.00%) JSON
6 3 (10.00%) XML
6 3 (10.00%) RESTful
7 2 (6.667%) HTML5
7 2 (6.667%) CSS3
7 2 (6.667%) JAX-RS
7 2 (6.667%) XSLT
7 2 (6.667%) HTML
7 2 (6.667%) CSS
7 2 (6.667%) jQuery
8 1 (3.333%) Ajax
8 1 (3.333%) Ruby on Rails
Application Platforms
1 12 (40.00%) Apache
2 1 (3.333%) CMS
2 1 (3.333%) Windows Azure
Communications & Networking
1 3 (10.00%) Internet
2 2 (6.667%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (43.33%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 5 (16.67%) Ant
1 5 (16.67%) Maven
2 1 (3.333%) Git (software)
2 1 (3.333%) RSpec
General
1 12 (40.00%) Games
2 5 (16.67%) Finance
3 4 (13.33%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 14 (46.67%) Software Engineer
2 9 (30.00%) Senior Software Engineer
3 7 (23.33%) Developer
4 5 (16.67%) Java Developer
5 4 (13.33%) Principal Software Engineer
5 4 (13.33%) Principal Engineer
5 4 (13.33%) Agile Project Manager
5 4 (13.33%) Project Manager
6 3 (10.00%) Business Analyst
6 3 (10.00%) Analyst
7 2 (6.667%) Senior Project Manager
7 2 (6.667%) Senior Manager
8 1 (3.333%) Senior Developer
8 1 (3.333%) Test Team Leader
8 1 (3.333%) Senior Web Developer
8 1 (3.333%) Team Leader
8 1 (3.333%) Technical Architect
8 1 (3.333%) Web Developer
8 1 (3.333%) Software Developer
8 1 (3.333%) Architect
Miscellaneous
1 17 (56.67%) BBC
2 12 (40.00%) Ontologies
2 12 (40.00%) Semantic Web
3 11 (36.67%) Social Network
4 5 (16.67%) Interactive TV
5 4 (13.33%) Mobile App
6 3 (10.00%) New Media
6 3 (10.00%) Web 2.0
6 3 (10.00%) Streaming Video
7 1 (3.333%) Statistics
7 1 (3.333%) DTV
7 1 (3.333%) Computer Science
7 1 (3.333%) MHEG
7 1 (3.333%) SaaS
Operating Systems
1 19 (63.33%) Linux
2 5 (16.67%) UNIX
3 2 (6.667%) Windows
3 2 (6.667%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (66.67%) Scrum
2 15 (50.00%) UML
3 12 (40.00%) SOA
3 12 (40.00%) Game Development
4 9 (30.00%) OO
5 8 (26.67%) SEO
5 8 (26.67%) Analytics
6 5 (16.67%) OOD
6 5 (16.67%) Business Analysis
6 5 (16.67%) TDD
6 5 (16.67%) Content Management
7 4 (13.33%) CRM
7 4 (13.33%) Project Management
7 4 (13.33%) Kanban
8 3 (10.00%) Test Automation
8 3 (10.00%) Use Case
8 3 (10.00%) BDD
8 3 (10.00%) User Stories
8 3 (10.00%) RDF
8 3 (10.00%) Pair Programming
Programming Languages
1 22 (73.33%) Java
2 19 (63.33%) Ruby
3 15 (50.00%) PHP
4 14 (46.67%) SQL
4 14 (46.67%) JavaScript
5 12 (40.00%) ActionScript
6 5 (16.67%) Python
6 5 (16.67%) C
6 5 (16.67%) C++
7 1 (3.333%) XQuery
7 1 (3.333%) XPath
Qualifications
1 1 (3.333%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.333%) QA
Vendors
1 5 (16.67%) JBoss
2 1 (3.333%) Apple
2 1 (3.333%) OpenTV
2 1 (3.333%) Rackspace