The first table below looks at the demand for Scrum skills in IT jobs advertised for the West Lothian region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Scrum over the 3 months to 20 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 West Lothian region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Scrum
Rank 23 - 32
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing Scrum 7 0 13
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Lothian 6.364% - 4.467%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.604% - 5.909%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 13
Average salary - - £42,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £42,500 £40,750
% change year-on-year
-5.88% +4.29%
All Processes & Methodologies
West Lothian
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
106 70 220
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Lothian 96.36% 56.91% 75.60%
Number of salaries quoted 27 48 140
Average salary £36,000 £50,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-28.00% +25.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £33,000 £27,500 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £41,000 £50,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Scrum
Scotland

Scrum
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Lothian 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 West Lothian region.

West Lothian Scrum Salary Trend

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 West Lothian region over the 3 months to 20 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
Livingston - 7 - -
Scrum
Scotland

Scrum
Top 14 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Lothian 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 9 (100.00%) XML
1 9 (100.00%) XML Schema
1 9 (100.00%) QuickTest Pro
1 9 (100.00%) Agile Software Development
1 9 (100.00%) TDD
1 9 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 9 (100.00%) Degree
1 9 (100.00%) QA
1 9 (100.00%) Selenium
1 9 (100.00%) FitNesse
1 9 (100.00%) Continuous Integration
1 9 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 9 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 9 (100.00%) User Stories

Scrum
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Lothian 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 9 (100.00%) XML
1 9 (100.00%) XML Schema
Development Applications
1 9 (100.00%) QuickTest Pro
1 9 (100.00%) Selenium
1 9 (100.00%) FitNesse
Job Titles
1 9 (100.00%) Tester
1 9 (100.00%) QA Engineer
1 9 (100.00%) Agile Tester
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (100.00%) Agile Software Development
1 9 (100.00%) TDD
1 9 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 9 (100.00%) Continuous Integration
1 9 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 9 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 9 (100.00%) User Stories
Qualifications
1 9 (100.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (100.00%) QA