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

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Agile Software Development
Rank 25 21 36
Rank change year-on-year
-4 +15
Permanent jobs citing Agile Software Development 40 39 22
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Tyne and Wear 7.117% 6.633% 4.037%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.828% 9.286% 6.011%
Number of salaries quoted 36 38 21
Average salary £38,250 £52,750 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-27.48% +50.71%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £35,000 £32,500
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £70,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
All Processes & Methodologies
Tyne and Wear
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
407 420 366
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Tyne and Wear 72.42% 71.43% 67.16%
Number of salaries quoted 361 347 308
Average salary £37,500 £37,500 £36,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +2.73%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,750 £25,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £60,000 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Agile Software Development
North East

Agile Software Development
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Tyne and Wear 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 Tyne and Wear region.

Tyne and Wear 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 Tyne and Wear region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Tyne and Wear Agile Software Development Salary Histogram

Agile Software Development
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Agile Software Development within the Tyne and Wear region over the 3 months to 17 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
Newcastle upon Tyne -7 34 £38,000 -39.20%
Sunderland - 17 £40,000 -
Agile Software Development
North East

Agile Software Development
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Tyne and Wear 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 35 (41.18%) OO
2 31 (36.47%) Java
2 31 (36.47%) Scrum
3 26 (30.59%) SQL
3 26 (30.59%) .NET
3 26 (30.59%) Unit Testing
4 23 (27.06%) SQL Server
5 22 (25.88%) Microsoft
6 20 (23.53%) ASP.NET
6 20 (23.53%) Degree
7 19 (22.35%) C#
8 18 (21.18%) XML
8 18 (21.18%) PhD
8 18 (21.18%) 3D Graphics
8 18 (21.18%) Multithreading
9 17 (20.00%) MVC
10 15 (17.65%) C++
10 15 (17.65%) Computer Science
11 13 (15.29%) QA
11 13 (15.29%) Mathematics
11 13 (15.29%) Physics
11 13 (15.29%) JavaScript
12 12 (14.12%) OOD
12 12 (14.12%) TDD
12 12 (14.12%) Team Foundation Server
13 11 (12.94%) Linux
14 10 (11.76%) Web Services
14 10 (11.76%) CSS
14 10 (11.76%) Windows
15 9 (10.59%) MS Excel

Agile Software Development
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Tyne and Wear 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 26 (30.59%) .NET
2 20 (23.53%) ASP.NET
3 18 (21.18%) XML
4 10 (11.76%) Web Services
4 10 (11.76%) CSS
5 9 (10.59%) HTML5
6 8 (9.412%) ASP.NET MVC
6 8 (9.412%) jQuery
7 7 (8.235%) JSON
8 6 (7.059%) HTML
9 5 (5.882%) COM
9 5 (5.882%) WinForms
9 5 (5.882%) Spring
10 4 (4.706%) LINQ
10 4 (4.706%) Hibernate
11 3 (3.529%) Flash
11 3 (3.529%) WCF
11 3 (3.529%) JSF
11 3 (3.529%) Ajax
11 3 (3.529%) .NET Framework
Application Platforms
1 2 (2.353%) WebLogic
1 2 (2.353%) Apache
1 2 (2.353%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.176%) BizTalk Server
2 1 (1.176%) DotNetNuke
Applications
1 9 (10.59%) MS Excel
2 1 (1.176%) MS Visio
2 1 (1.176%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (1.176%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 7 (8.235%) Internet
2 6 (7.059%) TCP/IP
3 5 (5.882%) Intranet
4 4 (4.706%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (27.06%) SQL Server
2 9 (10.59%) SQL Server 2008
3 5 (5.882%) MySQL
4 2 (2.353%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (2.353%) Oracle 11g
Development Applications
1 12 (14.12%) Team Foundation Server
2 9 (10.59%) Visual Studio
3 4 (4.706%) Maven
3 4 (4.706%) Jenkins
4 3 (3.529%) Selenium
5 2 (2.353%) JUnit
5 2 (2.353%) JIRA
5 2 (2.353%) Eclipse
5 2 (2.353%) Axure RP
6 1 (1.176%) QuickTest Pro
6 1 (1.176%) MSTest
General
1 7 (8.235%) Finance
2 6 (7.059%) Games
3 5 (5.882%) Advertising
4 3 (3.529%) Banking
5 2 (2.353%) Manufacturing
6 1 (1.176%) Law
Job Titles
1 48 (56.47%) Developer
2 28 (32.94%) Software Developer
3 20 (23.53%) Java Developer
4 13 (15.29%) Java Software Developer
5 9 (10.59%) Analyst
6 8 (9.412%) C++ Developer
6 8 (9.412%) C++ Software Developer
6 8 (9.412%) C++/Java Developer
7 7 (8.235%) .NET Developer
7 7 (8.235%) Development Manager
8 5 (5.882%) Business Analyst
9 4 (4.706%) Project Manager
9 4 (4.706%) Test Analyst
9 4 (4.706%) Lead Developer
9 4 (4.706%) Product Manager
9 4 (4.706%) QA Engineer
9 4 (4.706%) C# Developer
9 4 (4.706%) Test Engineer
9 4 (4.706%) ASP.NET Developer
9 4 (4.706%) Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 18 (21.18%) 3D Graphics
2 15 (17.65%) Computer Science
3 13 (15.29%) Mathematics
3 13 (15.29%) Physics
4 8 (9.412%) CUDA
5 5 (5.882%) Visualisation
5 5 (5.882%) Open Source
6 3 (3.529%) W3C
7 2 (2.353%) Management Information System
7 2 (2.353%) SaaS
7 2 (2.353%) N-Tier
8 1 (1.176%) Mobile App
8 1 (1.176%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (1.176%) Animation
8 1 (1.176%) Data Conversion
Operating Systems
1 11 (12.94%) Linux
2 10 (11.76%) Windows
3 5 (5.882%) Android
3 5 (5.882%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (41.18%) OO
2 31 (36.47%) Scrum
3 26 (30.59%) Unit Testing
4 18 (21.18%) Multithreading
5 17 (20.00%) MVC
6 12 (14.12%) OOD
6 12 (14.12%) TDD
7 9 (10.59%) UML
7 9 (10.59%) User Acceptance Testing
8 8 (9.412%) Project Management
8 8 (9.412%) Software Testing
9 6 (7.059%) Web Testing
9 6 (7.059%) Waterfall
10 5 (5.882%) Parallel Programming
10 5 (5.882%) Game Development
10 5 (5.882%) E-business
10 5 (5.882%) Business Intelligence
10 5 (5.882%) OOP
11 4 (4.706%) Test Scripting
11 4 (4.706%) Business Analysis
Programming Languages
1 31 (36.47%) Java
2 26 (30.59%) SQL
3 19 (22.35%) C#
4 15 (17.65%) C++
5 13 (15.29%) JavaScript
6 5 (5.882%) PHP
7 4 (4.706%) PL/SQL
8 3 (3.529%) T-SQL
8 3 (3.529%) VB.NET
8 3 (3.529%) ActionScript
8 3 (3.529%) Objective-C
8 3 (3.529%) ActionScript 3.0
9 1 (1.176%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 20 (23.53%) Degree
2 18 (21.18%) PhD
3 4 (4.706%) ISEB
4 3 (3.529%) ISTQB
5 1 (1.176%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (15.29%) QA
2 1 (1.176%) WCAG
Vendors
1 22 (25.88%) Microsoft
2 6 (7.059%) Oracle
3 4 (4.706%) Adobe
4 2 (2.353%) Red Hat
4 2 (2.353%) SAP
4 2 (2.353%) JBoss
5 1 (1.176%) Sage
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