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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Scrum
Rank 44 66 132
Rank change year-on-year
+22 +66
Permanent jobs citing Scrum 251 157 45
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 4.992% 3.444% 1.079%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.658% 4.965% 1.562%
Number of salaries quoted 241 133 43
Average salary £37,500 £40,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.25% -11.11%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £31,200 £35,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £65,000 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £42,500 £41,500
% change year-on-year
-5.88% +2.40%
All Processes & Methodologies
West Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
3770 3162 2881
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 74.98% 69.37% 69.06%
Number of salaries quoted 3158 2737 2424
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £26,500 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £62,500 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Scrum
England

Scrum
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands 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 Midlands region.

West Midlands Scrum Salary Trend

Scrum
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Scrum across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region over the 3 months to 24 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
Birmingham +8 62 £47,500 +26.66%
Warwickshire -1 53 £33,500 -21.17%
Staffordshire +22 31 £43,000 -14.00%
Worcestershire +21 19 £35,000 +18.64%
Coventry -28 17 £52,500 -4.54%
Solihull -16 13 £36,750 +22.50%
Dudley - 11 £33,500 -
Walsall - 7 £25,000 -
West Bromwich - 4 £43,750 -
Herefordshire - 4 £30,000 -
Wolverhampton - 2 £50,000 -
Shropshire - 1 £32,500 -
Scrum
England

Scrum
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands 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.

1 308 (67.40%) .NET
2 253 (55.36%) C#
3 250 (54.70%) SQL Server
4 217 (47.48%) ASP.NET
5 156 (34.14%) Agile Software Development
6 151 (33.04%) TDD
7 148 (32.39%) SQL
8 143 (31.29%) MVC
9 139 (30.42%) WCF
10 112 (24.51%) ASP.NET MVC
11 107 (23.41%) JavaScript
11 107 (23.41%) HTML
12 100 (21.88%) CSS
13 96 (21.01%) Microsoft
14 89 (19.47%) Finance
15 88 (19.26%) Razor View Engine
16 87 (19.04%) XML
17 86 (18.82%) Java
17 86 (18.82%) Kanban
18 80 (17.51%) jQuery
19 79 (17.29%) ASP.NET MVC 4
19 79 (17.29%) Windows
20 75 (16.41%) Degree
21 73 (15.97%) SQL Server 2008
22 72 (15.75%) Web Services
23 71 (15.54%) Microsoft Certification
24 69 (15.10%) OO
25 68 (14.88%) VB.NET
26 67 (14.66%) MCP
26 67 (14.66%) Web Application Development

Scrum
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands 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
1 308 (67.40%) .NET
2 217 (47.48%) ASP.NET
3 139 (30.42%) WCF
4 112 (24.51%) ASP.NET MVC
5 107 (23.41%) HTML
6 100 (21.88%) CSS
7 88 (19.26%) Razor View Engine
8 87 (19.04%) XML
9 80 (17.51%) jQuery
10 79 (17.29%) ASP.NET MVC 4
11 72 (15.75%) Web Services
12 60 (13.13%) Castle Windsor
12 60 (13.13%) Ajax
13 58 (12.69%) HTML5
14 51 (11.16%) WPF
15 50 (10.94%) XSLT
16 42 (9.190%) WinForms
17 36 (7.877%) .NET Framework
18 34 (7.440%) NHibernate
19 32 (7.002%) Spring.NET
Application Platforms
1 52 (11.38%) SharePoint
2 13 (2.845%) NetWeaver
2 13 (2.845%) SAP Portal
3 11 (2.407%) Tomcat
4 8 (1.751%) IIS
5 7 (1.532%) Windows Azure
6 6 (1.313%) Confluence
6 6 (1.313%) BizTalk Server
6 6 (1.313%) MSMQ
7 5 (1.094%) Apache
8 4 (0.875%) SharePoint 2010
8 4 (0.875%) SharePoint Server
9 3 (0.656%) MQSeries
9 3 (0.656%) Amazon AWS
10 2 (0.438%) Joomla!
10 2 (0.438%) SugarCRM
10 2 (0.438%) WordPress
10 2 (0.438%) TPMS
10 2 (0.438%) Umbraco
10 2 (0.438%) CMS
Applications
1 29 (6.346%) MS Excel
2 11 (2.407%) MS Office
3 2 (0.438%) InfoPath
3 2 (0.438%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.219%) Photoshop
4 1 (0.219%) MS Project
4 1 (0.219%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (0.438%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 10 (2.188%) Modbus
2 2 (0.438%) HTTPS
3 1 (0.219%) Internet
3 1 (0.219%) Broadband
3 1 (0.219%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 250 (54.70%) SQL Server
2 73 (15.97%) SQL Server 2008
3 41 (8.972%) SQL Server 2012
4 39 (8.534%) SQL Server 2005
5 34 (7.440%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 27 (5.908%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 19 (4.158%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 18 (3.939%) MySQL
9 16 (3.501%) DB2
10 7 (1.532%) PostgreSQL
11 6 (1.313%) Data Warehouse
12 5 (1.094%) MongoDB
13 4 (0.875%) RavenDB
13 4 (0.875%) SQL Server 2000
14 3 (0.656%) Crystal Reports
14 3 (0.656%) Big Data
15 2 (0.438%) Informix
16 1 (0.219%) Oracle 10g
16 1 (0.219%) TOAD
16 1 (0.219%) CouchDB
Development Applications
1 66 (14.44%) NUnit
2 63 (13.79%) Rhino Mocks
3 41 (8.972%) Team Foundation Server
4 37 (8.096%) Moq
5 34 (7.440%) Visual Studio
5 34 (7.440%) Subversion
6 33 (7.221%) Selenium
7 32 (7.002%) MSTest
8 27 (5.908%) Maven
9 22 (4.814%) JIRA
10 20 (4.376%) Ant
11 17 (3.720%) Hudson
12 16 (3.501%) Jenkins
13 15 (3.282%) Xcode
14 10 (2.188%) QuickTest Pro
15 9 (1.969%) MSBuild
16 7 (1.532%) Eclipse
16 7 (1.532%) TestComplete
17 6 (1.313%) Cucumber
17 6 (1.313%) WebDriver
General
1 89 (19.47%) Finance
2 29 (6.346%) Telecoms
3 28 (6.127%) Manufacturing
4 25 (5.470%) Aerospace
5 19 (4.158%) Retail
6 17 (3.720%) Automotive
7 14 (3.063%) Pharmaceutical
8 9 (1.969%) Marketing
9 8 (1.751%) Billing
10 7 (1.532%) Legal
11 6 (1.313%) Banking
12 5 (1.094%) German Language
13 4 (0.875%) Games
14 3 (0.656%) Publishing
15 1 (0.219%) Advertising
15 1 (0.219%) Music
15 1 (0.219%) Italian Language
Job Titles
1 287 (62.80%) Developer
2 151 (33.04%) .NET Developer
3 53 (11.60%) Senior Developer
4 37 (8.096%) Software Engineer
5 34 (7.440%) C# Developer
6 32 (7.002%) Analyst
7 29 (6.346%) Web Developer
7 29 (6.346%) ASP.NET Developer
8 27 (5.908%) Project Manager
9 26 (5.689%) Java Developer
10 22 (4.814%) Development Manager
10 22 (4.814%) Software Developer
11 21 (4.595%) ScrumMaster
12 19 (4.158%) Java Software Engineer
13 16 (3.501%) .NET Web Developer
14 15 (3.282%) Business Analyst
14 15 (3.282%) Senior .NET Developer
15 13 (2.845%) Software Manager
16 12 (2.626%) Agile Project Manager
16 12 (2.626%) Test Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 38 (8.315%) Mobile App
2 32 (7.002%) Inversion of Control
3 21 (4.595%) Mathematics
4 20 (4.376%) Enterprise Software
5 17 (3.720%) Computer Science
6 13 (2.845%) Blackberry
7 12 (2.626%) Social Network
7 12 (2.626%) N-Tier
8 11 (2.407%) SaaS
8 11 (2.407%) Digital Media
9 10 (2.188%) SCADA
10 9 (1.969%) Pocket PC
11 8 (1.751%) Tandem
12 7 (1.532%) iSeries
13 5 (1.094%) Credit Risk
14 4 (0.875%) Blog
14 4 (0.875%) PMI
15 3 (0.656%) AS400
15 3 (0.656%) Social Media
16 2 (0.438%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 79 (17.29%) Windows
2 22 (4.814%) Windows Phone
3 21 (4.595%) Android
4 20 (4.376%) UNIX
4 20 (4.376%) Linux
5 13 (2.845%) Windows Phone 7
6 11 (2.407%) Windows 8
7 10 (2.188%) Windows Mobile
8 9 (1.969%) Windows CE
8 9 (1.969%) Windows Phone 8
9 5 (1.094%) Windows 7
9 5 (1.094%) Apple iOS
10 4 (0.875%) Solaris
11 1 (0.219%) Windows 2000
11 1 (0.219%) Windows XP
11 1 (0.219%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 156 (34.14%) Agile Software Development
2 151 (33.04%) TDD
3 143 (31.29%) MVC
4 86 (18.82%) Kanban
5 69 (15.10%) OO
6 67 (14.66%) Web Application Development
7 66 (14.44%) Continuous Integration
8 42 (9.190%) Project Management
9 41 (8.972%) BDD
10 34 (7.440%) Web Development
11 32 (7.002%) Unit Testing
11 32 (7.002%) Dependency Injection
11 32 (7.002%) E-Commerce
12 31 (6.783%) Software Architecture
13 28 (6.127%) PRINCE2
14 26 (5.689%) Business Intelligence
15 21 (4.595%) MVVM
15 21 (4.595%) Waterfall
16 20 (4.376%) Software Engineering
17 19 (4.158%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 253 (55.36%) C#
2 148 (32.39%) SQL
3 107 (23.41%) JavaScript
4 86 (18.82%) Java
5 68 (14.88%) VB.NET
6 53 (11.60%) C++
7 51 (11.16%) VB
8 29 (6.346%) T-SQL
9 23 (5.033%) VB6
10 15 (3.282%) PHP
11 14 (3.063%) VC++
12 9 (1.969%) Embedded C++
13 8 (1.751%) C
14 7 (1.532%) Objective-C
15 6 (1.313%) Ruby
15 6 (1.313%) PowerShell
16 4 (0.875%) ABAP
17 3 (0.656%) XPath
18 2 (0.438%) XQuery
18 2 (0.438%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 75 (16.41%) Degree
2 71 (15.54%) Microsoft Certification
3 67 (14.66%) MCP
4 66 (14.44%) MCTS
4 66 (14.44%) MCAD
4 66 (14.44%) MCSD
5 24 (5.252%) ISEB
6 6 (1.313%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 4 (0.875%) PMI Certification
8 3 (0.656%) ISTQB
9 2 (0.438%) Security Cleared
9 2 (0.438%) ISEB Practitioner
9 2 (0.438%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 2 (0.438%) MCSE
10 1 (0.219%) SC Cleared
10 1 (0.219%) CFA
10 1 (0.219%) CBAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (7.659%) QA
2 4 (0.875%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (0.438%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (0.219%) ISO 9001
4 1 (0.219%) TickIT
Systems Management
1 9 (1.969%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 96 (21.01%) Microsoft
2 47 (10.28%) Oracle
3 20 (4.376%) Sybase
4 19 (4.158%) SAP
5 6 (1.313%) HP
6 4 (0.875%) Facebook
6 4 (0.875%) Apple
7 3 (0.656%) Adobe
7 3 (0.656%) Zend
7 3 (0.656%) Twitter
7 3 (0.656%) Red Gate
8 2 (0.438%) Google
9 1 (0.219%) JBoss
9 1 (0.219%) Business Objects
9 1 (0.219%) EPiServer
9 1 (0.219%) iRise
Warwick, West Midlands
C# Developer/ Software Developer/ Programmer C#,WPF, Silverlight, ASP.net, SQL SERVER This market leading organisation are looking to add a C#.net Developer (WPF, WCF, ASP.net &...
IT Ventures Ltd
Salary: £32000 - £35000 per annum + Excellent Benefits, Flexi Time
Posted: 1 May 2013
Warwick, West Midlands
C# Developer/ Software Developer - Warwick, Warwickshire - £35k - Excellent Role & Company!C#, WPF, Silverlight, ASP.Net, SQL SERVER, WCF, Developer.This market leading organisation are looking to add a...
IT Ventures Ltd
Salary: £32000 - £35000 per annum + Excellent Benefits, Flexi Time
Posted: 10 May 2013
Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
You will have a proven track record with asp, vb & sql at senior level, along with front end skills such as javascript, html & css... of an Agile development...
The Bridge Ltd
Salary: From £50,000 to £55,000 per annum
Posted: 22 May 2013
Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
I have an urgent requirement for a developer with excellent skills in ASP.Net, VB.Net or VB6, C#, SQL Server, HTML, CSS, Javascript and Agile Development... Exposure...
Evolution Recruitment Solutions
Salary: 25,000 - 45,000
Posted: 23 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
Senior .NET Developer/Perm - ASP.NET/MVC/e-commerce/Agile (TDD/BDD) My client, a market leading organisation, are currently looking for strong, hands-on .NET Developers to...
ReThink Recruitment
Salary: £35000.00 - £45000.00 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
You will have at least 12 months commercial experience with asp, vb & sql in conjunction with a relevant degree in Computer Science/Engineering/Software... of an Agile development...
The Bridge Ltd
Salary: From £20,000 to £25,000 per annum
Posted: 24 May 2013
Solihull, West Midlands (County)
ASP.Net (C#) Developer Solihull £25,000 - £45,000... * Maintaining IIS. The ideal candidate will have the following experience (desirables in italics) ; * C# * ASP.NET MVC 2/3 *...
JP Specialist Contracts
Salary: £25000 - £40000 per annum + Salary Dependant On Experience
Posted: 24 May 2013
Warwick, Warwickshire
Net Developer (C#, SQL, WPF, WCF, ASP.Net) Location: Warwick... WPF/Silverlight. WCF/Web Services... SQL Server 2005/2008 including: Stored Procedures... Desirable skills: MVVM/MVC. SSIS/SSRS...
Hamlin Knight
Salary: Up to £36,000 per annum flexible working, development
Posted: 22 May 2013
Redditch, West Midlands
Sharing knowledge and building your expertise with the systems and solutions is an on-going requirement of this position, and will ensure your growth within the company.YouFor...
JAM
Salary: £25000 - £35000 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013
Walsall, West Midlands
.NET Developer, ASP.NET, C#, C#.NET, dot NET, Web Application Development, .NET 4.5, WCF, ASP.NET MVC 4, Razor, SQL Server 2012, Subversion, SVN, AJAX, Agile,...
Noir Consulting
Salary: £20000 - £30000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
Worcester, Worcestershire
C#/Asp.Net Developer - 2 positions Open... The role also entails a small amount of Web Development in which technologies such as Asp.Net MVC will be utilised.
North Point Recruitment
Salary: £26000 - £36000 per annum
Posted: 23 May 2013
Worcester, Worcestershire
Because of steady repeat business and a healthy order book they are looking to hire 2 talented C#/Asp.Net Developers... Approximately 85% of time will be spent...
North Point Recruitment
Salary: £26000 - £36000 per annum
Posted: 25 May 2013
Solihull, West Midlands (County)
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Next Move IT
Salary: £30000 - £37000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Redditch, Worcestershire
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Jam Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £25000 - £35000 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013
Coventry, West Midlands
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Hudson
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum + extensive benefits
Posted: 25 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands
NET Developer (ASP.NET, C#, VB.NET, C#.NET, VB, dot NET, Web Application Development, .NET 4.5, ASP.NET MVC 4, Razor, WCF, Continuous Integration, Dependency Injection,...
Noir Consulting
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
Solihull, West Midlands
.NET Developer, ASP.NET, VB.NET, VB, Web Application Development, .NET 4.5, ASP.NET MVC 4, Razor, HTML5, WCF, SQL Server 2012, Agile, Scrum, Kanban, TDD, BDD,...
Noir Consulting
Salary: £30000 - £45000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
Coventry, West Midlands
You will have: * Demonstrable customer facing experience and excellent communication skills and team focus;* Hands on experience of Web application and Web service development in a commercial environment...
BARCLAYS
Salary: Competitive salary plus excellent benefits
Posted: 25 May 2013
West Midlands
To be suitable for these Java / JEE development positions you will need a solid range of skills across areas such as: Java / JEE OO Design Patterns Agile / SCRUM...
ISL
Salary: £35000.00 - £46000 per annum
Posted: 25 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
Being a Microsoft Gold partner the client works with the newest technologies - ASP.NET 4, WPF, WCF, Apple (IPad and IPhone application work), HTML 5 etc and offer...
Robert Walters
Salary: £20000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013
Cannock, West Midlands
Our client can provide you with exposure to: .NET 4.5, ASP.NET MVC 4 (Razor), WCF, WPF, MVVM, Prism, continuous integration, dependency injection (Ninject / Spring.net etc),...
Noir Consulting
Salary: £30000 - £50000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Cannock, West Midlands
Our client can provide you with exposure to: .NET 4.5, ASP.NET MVC 4 (Razor), WCF, WPF, MVVM, Prism, continuous integration, dependency injection (Ninject / Spring.net etc),...
Noir Consulting
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
Cannock, Staffordshire
Our client can provide you with exposure to: .NET 4.5, ASP.NET MVC 4 (Razor), WCF, WPF, MVVM, Prism, continuous integration, dependency injection (Ninject / Spring.net etc),...
Dawson & Walsh
Salary: £30000 - £50000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Coventry, West Midlands (County)
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Executive Resource Group
Salary: From £50,000 to £55,000 per annum 25 days holiday, Private health, Dea
Posted: 20 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
As well as traditional Business Analyst functions you will also be encouraged to work with external teams, present to senior stakeholders and customers and mentor other consultants in...
Mortimer Spinks
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013