The first table below looks at the demand for Agile Software Development skills in IT jobs advertised for the Watford region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Agile Software Development over the 3 months to 18 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 Watford region.

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Agile Software Development
Rank 33 32 66
Rank change year-on-year
-1 +34
Permanent jobs citing Agile Software Development 17 36 6
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Watford 5.763% 10.37% 1.105%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.391% 13.24% 1.357%
Number of salaries quoted 16 30 6
Average salary £37,500 £42,500 £58,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
-11.76% -27.65%
90% offered a salary of more than £31,500 £38,500 £37,500
10% offered a salary of more than £51,250 £57,500 £75,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
All Processes & Methodologies
Watford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
230 272 442
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Watford 77.97% 78.39% 81.40%
Number of salaries quoted 174 180 314
Average salary £42,500 £40,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.25% -11.11%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £28,850 £32,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £70,000 £55,150
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Agile Software Development
Hertfordshire

Agile Software Development
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Watford 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 Watford region.

Watford 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 Watford region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

Watford Agile Software Development Salary Histogram

Agile Software Development
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Watford 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 26 (74.29%) SQL Server
2 24 (68.57%) .NET
3 21 (60.00%) C#
4 20 (57.14%) SQL
5 18 (51.43%) Oracle
5 18 (51.43%) SQL Server 2008
6 16 (45.71%) Windows
7 15 (42.86%) Visual Studio
8 14 (40.00%) WinForms
9 13 (37.14%) C++
9 13 (37.14%) Oracle 8/8i
10 12 (34.29%) Java
10 12 (34.29%) JavaScript
10 12 (34.29%) CSS
11 10 (28.57%) XML
12 9 (25.71%) HTML
12 9 (25.71%) jQuery
12 9 (25.71%) Web Development
13 8 (22.86%) Ajax
13 8 (22.86%) E-Commerce
14 7 (20.00%) DHTML
14 7 (20.00%) ASP.NET
14 7 (20.00%) JSP
14 7 (20.00%) Servlets
14 7 (20.00%) TDD
15 6 (17.14%) MVC
15 6 (17.14%) Manufacturing
15 6 (17.14%) ASP.NET MVC
16 5 (14.29%) B2B
17 4 (11.43%) MS Excel

Agile Software Development
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Watford 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 24 (68.57%) .NET
2 14 (40.00%) WinForms
3 12 (34.29%) CSS
4 10 (28.57%) XML
5 9 (25.71%) HTML
5 9 (25.71%) jQuery
6 8 (22.86%) Ajax
7 7 (20.00%) DHTML
7 7 (20.00%) JSP
7 7 (20.00%) Servlets
7 7 (20.00%) ASP.NET
8 6 (17.14%) ASP.NET MVC
9 4 (11.43%) ASP.NET MVC 4
9 4 (11.43%) ASP
9 4 (11.43%) Web Services
10 3 (8.571%) .NET Framework
10 3 (8.571%) Java EE
11 2 (5.714%) WCF
11 2 (5.714%) REST
11 2 (5.714%) soapUI
Application Platforms
1 2 (5.714%) IIS
2 1 (2.857%) Apache
2 1 (2.857%) Jetty
Applications
1 4 (11.43%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.714%) Internet
2 1 (2.857%) HTTP
2 1 (2.857%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (74.29%) SQL Server
2 18 (51.43%) SQL Server 2008
3 13 (37.14%) Oracle 8/8i
4 4 (11.43%) DB2
4 4 (11.43%) MySQL
5 2 (5.714%) Oracle Reports
5 2 (5.714%) SQL Server 2005
6 1 (2.857%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 15 (42.86%) Visual Studio
2 2 (5.714%) Selenium
3 1 (2.857%) Visual Studio Team System
3 1 (2.857%) EasyMock
3 1 (2.857%) Git (software)
3 1 (2.857%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (2.857%) Mockito
3 1 (2.857%) Jenkins
3 1 (2.857%) Subversion
3 1 (2.857%) Maven
3 1 (2.857%) Cactus
3 1 (2.857%) Ant
3 1 (2.857%) JUnit
General
1 6 (17.14%) Manufacturing
2 4 (11.43%) Retail
3 3 (8.571%) Finance
4 1 (2.857%) Interactive Media
Job Titles
1 18 (51.43%) Developer
2 9 (25.71%) Software Engineer
2 9 (25.71%) C# Software Engineer
3 8 (22.86%) C# Developer
4 5 (14.29%) .NET Developer
5 3 (8.571%) Analyst
5 3 (8.571%) Junior
5 3 (8.571%) SQL Developer
5 3 (8.571%) Junior Developer
5 3 (8.571%) Junior .NET Developer
5 3 (8.571%) Junior C# Developer
5 3 (8.571%) C# .NET Developer
5 3 (8.571%) Junior C# .NET Developer
6 2 (5.714%) Test Leader
6 2 (5.714%) QA Leader
6 2 (5.714%) Senior Developer
6 2 (5.714%) Test Analyst
6 2 (5.714%) Java Developer
6 2 (5.714%) ASP.NET Developer
7 1 (2.857%) Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 1 (2.857%) Client/Server
1 1 (2.857%) Blog
1 1 (2.857%) RIA
1 1 (2.857%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 16 (45.71%) Windows
2 3 (8.571%) Linux
3 2 (5.714%) UNIX
4 1 (2.857%) VMS
4 1 (2.857%) Fedora
4 1 (2.857%) CentOS
4 1 (2.857%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (25.71%) Web Development
2 8 (22.86%) E-Commerce
3 7 (20.00%) TDD
4 6 (17.14%) MVC
5 5 (14.29%) B2B
6 3 (8.571%) Scrum
6 3 (8.571%) Content Management
6 3 (8.571%) Manual Testing
6 3 (8.571%) Software Testing
7 2 (5.714%) BDD
7 2 (5.714%) Test Scripting
7 2 (5.714%) Release Management
7 2 (5.714%) Automated Testing
7 2 (5.714%) Validation
7 2 (5.714%) Project Management
7 2 (5.714%) Regression Testing
7 2 (5.714%) ERP
7 2 (5.714%) UML
8 1 (2.857%) OOA/OOD
8 1 (2.857%) OO
Programming Languages
1 21 (60.00%) C#
2 20 (57.14%) SQL
3 13 (37.14%) C++
4 12 (34.29%) Java
4 12 (34.29%) JavaScript
5 4 (11.43%) Delphi
6 3 (8.571%) PL/SQL
7 2 (5.714%) VB
7 2 (5.714%) Shell Script
8 1 (2.857%) Bash shell
8 1 (2.857%) Python
8 1 (2.857%) T-SQL
8 1 (2.857%) Perl
8 1 (2.857%) PHP
Qualifications
1 3 (8.571%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.714%) QA
System Software
1 1 (2.857%) Xen
Systems Management
1 1 (2.857%) HP Quality Center
1 1 (2.857%) Puppet
Vendors
1 18 (51.43%) Oracle
2 3 (8.571%) Microsoft
3 2 (5.714%) DevExpress
4 1 (2.857%) HP
4 1 (2.857%) Red Hat
4 1 (2.857%) SAP
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