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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Agile Software Development
Rank 11 - 3
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing Agile Software Development 4 0 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Taunton 8.163% - 14.29%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.11% - 18.18%
Number of salaries quoted 4 0 2
Average salary £35,250 - £30,500
90% offered a salary of more than £27,800 - £22,900
10% offered a salary of more than £46,550 - £38,100
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
All Processes & Methodologies
Taunton
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
36 27 11
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Taunton 73.47% 64.29% 78.57%
Number of salaries quoted 34 26 10
Average salary £32,500 £39,160 £25,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-17.00% +56.64%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £28,000 £21,000
10% offered a salary of more than £48,650 £40,000 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Agile Software Development
Somerset

Agile Software Development
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Taunton 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 Taunton region.

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

Taunton 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 Taunton 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 8 (66.67%) .NET
2 7 (58.33%) Scrum
3 6 (50.00%) ISEB
3 6 (50.00%) Telerik
3 6 (50.00%) Software Testing
3 6 (50.00%) QA
3 6 (50.00%) FitNesse
3 6 (50.00%) Test Automation
3 6 (50.00%) IBM
3 6 (50.00%) Rational Robot
4 5 (41.67%) UML
5 4 (33.33%) Client/Server
6 3 (25.00%) Enterprise Architecture
6 3 (25.00%) Change Control
7 2 (16.67%) ISEB Practitioner
7 2 (16.67%) Security Cleared
7 2 (16.67%) .NET Framework
7 2 (16.67%) Migration
7 2 (16.67%) VB.NET
7 2 (16.67%) SharePoint
7 2 (16.67%) JavaScript
7 2 (16.67%) ASP.NET
7 2 (16.67%) Oracle
7 2 (16.67%) SQL Server
7 2 (16.67%) IIS
7 2 (16.67%) C#
7 2 (16.67%) C++
7 2 (16.67%) HTML
8 1 (8.333%) Java
8 1 (8.333%) Visual Studio

Agile Software Development
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Taunton 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 8 (66.67%) .NET
2 2 (16.67%) .NET Framework
2 2 (16.67%) ASP.NET
2 2 (16.67%) HTML
3 1 (8.333%) ASP
3 1 (8.333%) XML
Application Platforms
1 2 (16.67%) SharePoint
1 2 (16.67%) IIS
2 1 (8.333%) OpenROAD
Applications
1 1 (8.333%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (8.333%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (16.67%) SQL Server
2 1 (8.333%) Oracle 8/8i
2 1 (8.333%) Ingres
2 1 (8.333%) SQL Server 2005
2 1 (8.333%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 6 (50.00%) FitNesse
1 6 (50.00%) Rational Robot
2 1 (8.333%) Visual Studio
2 1 (8.333%) Dreamweaver
2 1 (8.333%) Subversion
2 1 (8.333%) ReSharper
2 1 (8.333%) NUnit
2 1 (8.333%) Jenkins
Job Titles
1 5 (41.67%) QA Manager
2 4 (33.33%) Test Manager
3 3 (25.00%) Solutions Architect
3 3 (25.00%) Architect
4 2 (16.67%) QA Leader
4 2 (16.67%) Analyst
5 1 (8.333%) Project Manager
5 1 (8.333%) Developer
5 1 (8.333%) Development Manager
5 1 (8.333%) Senior Developer
5 1 (8.333%) Analyst Programmer
5 1 (8.333%) Programmer
5 1 (8.333%) Senior Analyst
5 1 (8.333%) Analyst Developer
5 1 (8.333%) Team Leader
5 1 (8.333%) Development Project Manager
5 1 (8.333%) Senior Analyst Developer
5 1 (8.333%) QA Test Manager
5 1 (8.333%) Test Leader
Miscellaneous
1 4 (33.33%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 1 (8.333%) UNIX
1 1 (8.333%) Windows
1 1 (8.333%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (58.33%) Scrum
2 6 (50.00%) Software Testing
2 6 (50.00%) Test Automation
3 5 (41.67%) UML
4 3 (25.00%) Enterprise Architecture
4 3 (25.00%) Change Control
5 2 (16.67%) Migration
6 1 (8.333%) ITIL
6 1 (8.333%) Service Delivery
6 1 (8.333%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 2 (16.67%) VB.NET
1 2 (16.67%) JavaScript
1 2 (16.67%) C#
1 2 (16.67%) C++
2 1 (8.333%) Java
2 1 (8.333%) SQL
2 1 (8.333%) VB
2 1 (8.333%) VB6
Qualifications
1 6 (50.00%) ISEB
2 2 (16.67%) ISEB Practitioner
2 2 (16.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (50.00%) QA
Vendors
1 6 (50.00%) Telerik
1 6 (50.00%) IBM
2 2 (16.67%) Oracle
3 1 (8.333%) Microsoft
3 1 (8.333%) Macromedia
3 1 (8.333%) Red Gate