The first table below looks at the demand for Scrum skills in IT jobs advertised for the Scotland region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Scrum over the 3 months to 22 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 Scotland region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Scrum
Rank 34 54 62
Rank change year-on-year
+20 +8
Permanent jobs citing Scrum 170 112 100
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 5.327% 3.200% 2.925%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.173% 4.564% 3.833%
Number of salaries quoted 78 94 73
Average salary £37,250 £37,500 £38,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-0.66% -2.59%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £31,050 £31,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £45,000 £56,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,500 £42,500 £41,500
% change year-on-year
-4.70% +2.40%
All Processes & Methodologies
Scotland
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
2370 2454 2609
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 74.27% 70.11% 76.31%
Number of salaries quoted 1410 1750 1892
Average salary £41,500 £40,000 £42,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.75% -5.32%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £27,500 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £60,000 £57,700
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Scrum
UK

Scrum
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Scotland 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 Scotland region.

Scotland Scrum Salary Trend

Scrum
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Scrum across the Scotland region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Scotland Scrum Salary Histogram

Scrum
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Scrum within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Edinburgh +5 73 £42,500 +13.33%
Glasgow +15 69 £40,000 -
Dundee +2 12 £31,000 -16.21%
Fife - 7 £36,500 -
Aberdeen +2 6 £39,500 +21.53%
West Lothian - 6 - -
Moray - 4 £40,000 -
Renfrewshire +12 2 - -
Aberdeenshire - 1 - -
Scrum
UK

Scrum
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland 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.

1 151 (47.04%) Agile Software Development
2 130 (40.50%) Java
2 130 (40.50%) .NET
3 114 (35.51%) TDD
4 109 (33.96%) C#
5 108 (33.64%) Finance
6 90 (28.04%) Continuous Integration
7 89 (27.73%) SQL Server
8 83 (25.86%) JavaScript
9 70 (21.81%) Microsoft
10 68 (21.18%) ASP.NET
10 68 (21.18%) Degree
11 66 (20.56%) jQuery
12 65 (20.25%) Unit Testing
13 64 (19.94%) XML
14 63 (19.63%) Banking
15 60 (18.69%) Spring
16 57 (17.76%) HTML
17 56 (17.45%) .NET Framework
18 54 (16.82%) MVC
19 52 (16.20%) CSS
20 49 (15.26%) Hibernate
20 49 (15.26%) ASP.NET MVC
21 46 (14.33%) Oracle
22 45 (14.02%) SQL
22 45 (14.02%) Extreme Programming
23 44 (13.71%) Subversion
24 43 (13.40%) Web Services
25 41 (12.77%) QA
26 40 (12.46%) WCF

Scrum
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland 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
1 130 (40.50%) .NET
2 68 (21.18%) ASP.NET
3 66 (20.56%) jQuery
4 64 (19.94%) XML
5 60 (18.69%) Spring
6 57 (17.76%) HTML
7 56 (17.45%) .NET Framework
8 52 (16.20%) CSS
9 49 (15.26%) Hibernate
9 49 (15.26%) ASP.NET MVC
10 43 (13.40%) Web Services
11 40 (12.46%) WCF
12 31 (9.657%) J2EE
13 24 (7.477%) ASP.NET MVC 4
13 24 (7.477%) JMS
14 23 (7.165%) NHibernate
15 20 (6.231%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
16 19 (5.919%) Java EE
17 17 (5.296%) XSLT
18 16 (4.984%) JSF
Application Platforms
1 29 (9.034%) Tomcat
2 19 (5.919%) Amazon EC2
3 9 (2.804%) Apache
4 7 (2.181%) Confluence
5 6 (1.869%) IIS
6 5 (1.558%) RabbitMQ
6 5 (1.558%) OpenStack
7 4 (1.246%) nginx
8 3 (0.935%) NServiceBus
8 3 (0.935%) MSMQ
8 3 (0.935%) MQSeries
8 3 (0.935%) WebLogic
8 3 (0.935%) WebSphere MQ
8 3 (0.935%) SharePoint
9 2 (0.623%) TeamSite
9 2 (0.623%) WebSphere Application Server
9 2 (0.623%) CMS
9 2 (0.623%) Mule
9 2 (0.623%) ESB
9 2 (0.623%) Apache Qpid
Applications
1 32 (9.969%) MS Excel
2 15 (4.673%) MS Office
3 4 (1.246%) RoboHelp
3 4 (1.246%) FrameMaker
4 2 (0.623%) MS Project
5 1 (0.312%) Photoshop
5 1 (0.312%) Fireworks
Business Applications
1 3 (0.935%) Finacle
1 3 (0.935%) Temenos T24
2 2 (0.623%) BusinessWorks
2 2 (0.623%) Maximo
2 2 (0.623%) Oracle BPM
3 1 (0.312%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 28 (8.723%) Internet
2 4 (1.246%) SMTP
2 4 (1.246%) HTTP
2 4 (1.246%) SAN
2 4 (1.246%) TACACS
2 4 (1.246%) Wi-Fi
3 3 (0.935%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 89 (27.73%) SQL Server
2 28 (8.723%) SQL Server 2008
3 16 (4.984%) SQL Server 2012
4 11 (3.427%) MySQL
5 8 (2.492%) NoSQL
6 6 (1.869%) RDBMS
6 6 (1.869%) Oracle 8/8i
7 5 (1.558%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 4 (1.246%) Microsoft Analysis Services
8 4 (1.246%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 4 (1.246%) Oracle 11g
8 4 (1.246%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 3 (0.935%) Data Warehouse
10 2 (0.623%) Oracle 10g
10 2 (0.623%) MarkLogic
11 1 (0.312%) Pentaho
11 1 (0.312%) JasperReports
11 1 (0.312%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 44 (13.71%) Subversion
2 39 (12.15%) Eclipse
3 36 (11.21%) Selenium
4 34 (10.59%) Ant
5 33 (10.28%) Maven
5 33 (10.28%) Team Foundation Server
6 32 (9.969%) Visual Studio
7 31 (9.657%) JIRA
8 29 (9.034%) Jenkins
9 20 (6.231%) JUnit
10 16 (4.984%) NUnit
10 16 (4.984%) Rhino Mocks
10 16 (4.984%) Moq
11 14 (4.361%) QuickTest Pro
12 11 (3.427%) FitNesse
12 11 (3.427%) Visual Studio Tools for Office
13 8 (2.492%) Hudson
14 6 (1.869%) JMeter
15 5 (1.558%) Git (software)
16 3 (0.935%) Cucumber
General
1 108 (33.64%) Finance
2 63 (19.63%) Banking
3 31 (9.657%) Games
4 22 (6.854%) Private Banking
5 17 (5.296%) Retail
6 16 (4.984%) Publishing
7 15 (4.673%) Music
7 15 (4.673%) Music Industry
8 11 (3.427%) Investment Banking
9 10 (3.115%) Telecoms
10 9 (2.804%) Legal
11 7 (2.181%) Marketing
12 6 (1.869%) Financial Institution
13 5 (1.558%) Retail Banking
14 4 (1.246%) Front Office
15 2 (0.623%) Advertising
16 1 (0.312%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 164 (51.09%) Developer
2 71 (22.12%) .NET Developer
3 39 (12.15%) Java Developer
4 33 (10.28%) Project Manager
5 29 (9.034%) C# Developer
6 25 (7.788%) Analyst
6 25 (7.788%) C# .NET Developer
7 24 (7.477%) Senior Developer
8 23 (7.165%) Software Developer
9 22 (6.854%) Tester
9 22 (6.854%) ASP.NET Developer
10 18 (5.607%) Test Engineer
10 18 (5.607%) ScrumMaster
11 17 (5.296%) Software Engineer
12 16 (4.984%) Lead Developer
12 16 (4.984%) C# ASP.NET Developer
13 15 (4.673%) Development Manager
14 13 (4.050%) Web Developer
15 12 (3.738%) Analyst Programmer
15 12 (3.738%) Programmer
Miscellaneous
1 26 (8.100%) Computer Science
1 26 (8.100%) Enterprise Software
1 26 (8.100%) N-Tier
2 16 (4.984%) Clustering
3 10 (3.115%) Fixed Income
4 9 (2.804%) Client/Server
5 8 (2.492%) Economics
5 8 (2.492%) Equities
6 6 (1.869%) Derivative
7 5 (1.558%) Eucalyptus
7 5 (1.558%) Hedge funds
8 4 (1.246%) Equity Derivative
8 4 (1.246%) Reference Data
8 4 (1.246%) Data Integration
8 4 (1.246%) Credit Risk
9 3 (0.935%) Mobile App
9 3 (0.935%) Handset
10 2 (0.623%) Artificial Intelligence
10 2 (0.623%) Device Driver
10 2 (0.623%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 35 (10.90%) UNIX
2 28 (8.723%) Linux
3 22 (6.854%) Windows
4 19 (5.919%) Android
5 8 (2.492%) Apple iOS
6 5 (1.558%) Windows Server 2008
7 4 (1.246%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (0.623%) Windows Server 2003
8 2 (0.623%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 151 (47.04%) Agile Software Development
2 114 (35.51%) TDD
3 90 (28.04%) Continuous Integration
4 65 (20.25%) Unit Testing
5 54 (16.82%) MVC
6 45 (14.02%) Extreme Programming
7 39 (12.15%) Project Management
8 37 (11.53%) Product Management
8 37 (11.53%) BDD
9 36 (11.21%) SOA
10 32 (9.969%) Data Modelling
11 26 (8.100%) Waterfall
11 26 (8.100%) Software Engineering
12 25 (7.788%) Kanban
13 23 (7.165%) Test Scripting
14 20 (6.231%) Web Testing
15 18 (5.607%) Web Application Development
16 17 (5.296%) Multithreading
16 17 (5.296%) Test Automation
16 17 (5.296%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 130 (40.50%) Java
2 109 (33.96%) C#
3 83 (25.86%) JavaScript
4 45 (14.02%) SQL
5 38 (11.84%) PHP
6 28 (8.723%) Python
7 11 (3.427%) Ruby
8 10 (3.115%) PL/SQL
9 9 (2.804%) C++
9 9 (2.804%) T-SQL
9 9 (2.804%) VB.NET
9 9 (2.804%) VBA
10 8 (2.492%) C
11 4 (1.246%) Scala
12 3 (0.935%) Objective-C
12 3 (0.935%) Perl
13 2 (0.623%) XQuery
13 2 (0.623%) VBScript
13 2 (0.623%) PowerShell
13 2 (0.623%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 68 (21.18%) Degree
2 26 (8.100%) Microsoft Certification
3 19 (5.919%) Security Cleared
3 19 (5.919%) MCP
4 16 (4.984%) MCAD
4 16 (4.984%) MCSD
4 16 (4.984%) MCTS
4 16 (4.984%) SC Cleared
5 12 (3.738%) DV Cleared
6 8 (2.492%) MCPD
7 7 (2.181%) ISEB
7 7 (2.181%) Sun Certification
8 4 (1.246%) Oracle Certification
8 4 (1.246%) MCDBA
9 3 (0.935%) ISTQB
10 2 (0.623%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (12.77%) QA
2 1 (0.312%) WCAG
System Software
1 5 (1.558%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (1.246%) Oracle RAC
3 2 (0.623%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 22 (6.854%) Puppet
2 6 (1.869%) HP Quality Center
3 4 (1.246%) Data Guard
3 4 (1.246%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 70 (21.81%) Microsoft
2 46 (14.33%) Oracle
3 21 (6.542%) Sybase
4 19 (5.919%) JBoss
5 9 (2.804%) VMware
5 9 (2.804%) Citrix
6 8 (2.492%) IBM
6 8 (2.492%) Twitter
7 4 (1.246%) Red Hat
7 4 (1.246%) Perforce
7 4 (1.246%) Pega
8 3 (0.935%) Apple
8 3 (0.935%) Informatica
8 3 (0.935%) Sun
8 3 (0.935%) Temenos
9 2 (0.623%) HP
9 2 (0.623%) TIBCO
9 2 (0.623%) webMethods
9 2 (0.623%) Primavera
9 2 (0.623%) Talend
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Salary: £30000 - £50000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
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Salary: £28000 - £57000 per annum + Bonus, Pension & Healthcare
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Salary: £43500 - £47500 per annum + benefits + BONUS + pension
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Salary: £30000 - £50000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
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Salary: £30000 - £50000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
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Salary: £50000 per annum
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Salary: £36000 - £44000 per annum + bonus + benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
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Salary: Attractive, plus flexible benefits
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Salary: From £35,000 to £40,000 per annum
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