Scrum Contracts in Yorkshire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Yorkshire with a requirement for Scrum skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Scrum over the 3 months to 28 June 2017 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

Note that daily and hourly rates are treated separately in these statistics. When calculating contractor rate percentiles, daily rates are never derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Scrum England / Yorkshire
Location	3 months to 28 Jun 2017	Same period 2016	Same period 2015
Rank	14	19	45
Rank change year-on-year	+5	+26
Contract jobs citing Scrum	169	207	120
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire	8.28%	7.39%	4.10%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category	9.82%	8.56%	4.91%
Number of daily rates quoted	117	155	89
Median daily rate	£425	£425	£370
Median daily rate % change year-on-year	-	+14.86%
90% offered a daily rate of more than	£340	£338	£300
10% offered a daily rate of more than	£529	£525	£480
UK excluding London median daily rate	£425	£425	£380
% change year-on-year	-	+11.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted	1	0	0
Median hourly rate	£45.50	-	-
UK excluding London median hourly rate	£45.00	£43.00	£36.89
% change year-on-year	+4.65%	+16.57%

Scrum is in the process and methodology skills category. The next table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Yorkshire with a requirement for process and methodology skills.

Contract Process & Methodology Skills Yorkshire
Contract job vacancies with a requirement for process and methodology skills	1721	2417	2445
As % of all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Yorkshire	84.32%	86.29%	83.59%
Number of daily rates quoted	1126	1668	1708
Median daily rate	£413	£425	£365
Median daily rate % change year-on-year	-2.94%	+16.43%
90% offered a daily rate of more than	£300	£313	£275
10% offered a daily rate of more than	£550	£550	£500
UK excluding London median daily rate	£415	£400	£385
% change year-on-year	+3.75%	+3.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted	50	37	53
Median hourly rate	£15.25	£18.00	£17.50
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year	-15.27%	+2.85%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than	£9.16	£11.00	£10.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than	£26.39	£37.00	£45.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate	£34.75	£28.50	£30.00
% change year-on-year	+21.92%	-5.00%

Scrum
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

The job posting trend of jobs advertised in Yorkshire citing Scrum as a proportion of all contract or permanent IT jobs with a match in the Processes & Methodologies category.

Job vacancy trend for Scrum in Yorkshire

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Yorkshire

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in contract jobs citing Scrum in Yorkshire.

Contractor daily rate trend for Scrum in Yorkshire

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Contractor Daily Rate Histogram in Yorkshire

The daily rate distribution of IT jobs citing Scrum in Yorkshire over the 3 months to 28 June 2017.

Contractor daily rate histogram for Scrum in Yorkshire

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Yorkshire

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for contractor hourly rates quoted in IT jobs citing Scrum in Yorkshire.

Contractor hourly rate trend for Scrum in Yorkshire

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Contract Job Locations in Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Scrum within the Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 28 June 2017. 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	Rank Change on Same Period Last Year	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Median Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Job Vacancies
West Yorkshire	+9	137	£425	-	57
South Yorkshire	+10	22	£413	-2.94%	12
North Yorkshire	-7	2	£475	+5.55%	6
Scrum England

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Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills in Yorkshire

For the 6 months to 28 June 2017, IT contractor jobs citing Scrum also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number co-occurrences and its proportion to all contract ads across the Yorkshire region with a requirement for Scrum.

1	324 (97.59%)	Agile Software Development
2	123 (37.05%)	Java
3	102 (30.72%)	Kanban
4	100 (30.12%)	RESTful
5	90 (27.11%)	Test Automation
6	77 (23.19%)	HTML
7	74 (22.29%)	CSS
8	69 (20.78%)	User Experience
9	68 (20.48%)	Continuous Integration
10	64 (19.28%)	JSON
11	62 (18.67%)	TDD
12	60 (18.07%)	Scala
13	58 (17.47%)	JIRA
14	56 (16.87%)	Git (software)
14	56 (16.87%)	Open Source

14	56 (16.87%)	HTML5
14	56 (16.87%)	Jenkins
15	53 (15.96%)	REST
15	53 (15.96%)	JavaScript
16	52 (15.66%)	CSS3
17	51 (15.36%)	Spring
18	48 (14.46%)	C#
19	46 (13.86%)	Python
20	44 (13.25%)	MVC
20	44 (13.25%)	BDD
20	44 (13.25%)	User Stories
21	43 (12.95%)	Ajax
22	42 (12.65%)	Linux
23	41 (12.35%)	Confluence
24	40 (12.05%)	Ruby

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Co-occurring IT Skills in Yorkshire by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
Applications
Cloud Services
Communications & Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
Development Applications
General
Job Titles
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
Miscellaneous
Operating Systems
Processes & Methodologies
Programming Languages
Qualifications
Quality Assurance & Compliance
System Software
Systems Management
Vendors

Application Platforms
1	41 (12.35%)	Confluence
2	13 (3.92%)	CMS
3	11 (3.31%)	Sitecore CMS
4	5 (1.51%)	Elasticsearch
5	4 (1.20%)	Apache
5	4 (1.20%)	Apache Solr
6	3 (0.90%)	nginx
6	3 (0.90%)	Tomcat
7	2 (0.60%)	Cloud Foundry
7	2 (0.60%)	OpenStack
7	2 (0.60%)	Oracle SOA Suite
8	1 (0.30%)	Apache Spark
8	1 (0.30%)	Drupal

Applications
1	4 (1.20%)	Microsoft Excel
2	3 (0.90%)	MS Visio
3	2 (0.60%)	Microsoft Office
3	2 (0.60%)	Microsoft Project
3	2 (0.60%)	Photoshop
4	1 (0.30%)	InVision
4	1 (0.30%)	Microsoft PowerPoint

Cloud Services
1	7 (2.11%)	Amazon AWS
2	3 (0.90%)	PaaS
2	3 (0.90%)	Slack
3	2 (0.60%)	IaaS
3	2 (0.60%)	Microsoft Azure
4	1 (0.30%)	Amazon EC2
4	1 (0.30%)	Amazon ELB
4	1 (0.30%)	Amazon S3
4	1 (0.30%)	Amazon SQS
4	1 (0.30%)	AWS CloudFormation
4	1 (0.30%)	AWS Lambda
4	1 (0.30%)	Google Cloud Platform
4	1 (0.30%)	Loggly
4	1 (0.30%)	SaaS
4	1 (0.30%)	Sumo Logic
4	1 (0.30%)	Virtual Private Cloud

Communications & Networking
1	34 (10.24%)	HTTP
2	8 (2.41%)	Internet
3	4 (1.20%)	Firewall
4	1 (0.30%)	DNS
4	1 (0.30%)	SMS

Database & Business Intelligence
1	32 (9.64%)	Relational Database
2	26 (7.83%)	NoSQL
3	24 (7.23%)	MongoDB
4	22 (6.63%)	SQL Server
5	16 (4.82%)	Apache Cassandra
6	13 (3.92%)	MySQL
7	10 (3.01%)	PostgreSQL
8	3 (0.90%)	SQL Server 2012
9	2 (0.60%)	Oracle Reports
9	2 (0.60%)	Redis
10	1 (0.30%)	Amazon DynamoDB
10	1 (0.30%)	Hadoop
10	1 (0.30%)	HBase
10	1 (0.30%)	Oracle Database
10	1 (0.30%)	Oracle Database 10g
10	1 (0.30%)	Oracle Discoverer
10	1 (0.30%)	Riak

Development Applications
1	58 (17.47%)	JIRA
2	56 (16.87%)	Git (software)
2	56 (16.87%)	Jenkins
3	33 (9.94%)	JUnit
3	33 (9.94%)	Subversion
4	16 (4.82%)	Xcode
5	15 (4.52%)	Selenium
6	11 (3.31%)	Android Studio
7	9 (2.71%)	Cucumber
8	8 (2.41%)	IntelliJ
8	8 (2.41%)	Maven
9	7 (2.11%)	WebDriver
10	6 (1.81%)	SoapUI
10	6 (1.81%)	Visual Studio
11	5 (1.51%)	Mockito
11	5 (1.51%)	SonarQube
11	5 (1.51%)	SpecFlow
12	4 (1.20%)	Eclipse
12	4 (1.20%)	Octopus Deploy
13	3 (0.90%)	Oracle Forms

General
1	35 (10.54%)	Finance
2	22 (6.63%)	Banking
3	19 (5.72%)	Retail
4	9 (2.71%)	Games
5	4 (1.20%)	Retail Banking
6	2 (0.60%)	Legal
6	2 (0.60%)	Marketing
6	2 (0.60%)	Online Betting
6	2 (0.60%)	Publishing
7	1 (0.30%)	Financial Institution
7	1 (0.30%)	Pharmaceutical

Job Titles
1	149 (44.88%)	Developer
2	52 (15.66%)	Java Developer
3	39 (11.75%)	Analyst
4	34 (10.24%)	Architect
5	33 (9.94%)	Business Analyst
6	26 (7.83%)	Scrum Master
7	25 (7.53%)	Scala Developer
8	22 (6.63%)	Technical Architect
9	21 (6.33%)	Agile Business Analyst
10	18 (5.42%)	Tester
11	16 (4.82%)	.NET Developer
11	16 (4.82%)	Front End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
11	16 (4.82%)	iOS Developer
12	15 (4.52%)	Java Scala Developer
12	15 (4.52%)	Product Manager
13	14 (4.22%)	Project Manager
14	13 (3.92%)	Agile Developer
14	13 (3.92%)	Android Developer
15	12 (3.61%)	Digital Analyst
15	12 (3.61%)	Digital Business Analyst

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1	100 (30.12%)	RESTful
2	77 (23.19%)	HTML
3	74 (22.29%)	CSS
4	64 (19.28%)	JSON
5	56 (16.87%)	HTML5
6	53 (15.96%)	REST
7	52 (15.66%)	CSS3
8	51 (15.36%)	Spring
9	43 (12.95%)	Ajax
10	34 (10.24%)	.NET
10	34 (10.24%)	Ruby on Rails
11	33 (9.94%)	Django
11	33 (9.94%)	Play Framework
12	32 (9.64%)	Web Services
13	27 (8.13%)	Guice
14	26 (7.83%)	jQuery
15	25 (7.53%)	Spring MVC
16	20 (6.02%)	AngularJS
17	19 (5.72%)	ASP.NET
18	16 (4.82%)	Cocoa

Miscellaneous
1	69 (20.78%)	User Experience
2	25 (7.53%)	Mobile App
3	18 (5.42%)	Analytical Skills
4	12 (3.61%)	Computer Science
5	8 (2.41%)	Greenfield Project
6	6 (1.81%)	Social Media
7	4 (1.20%)	Management Information System
7	4 (1.20%)	NHS
7	4 (1.20%)	RIA
8	3 (0.90%)	Clustering
8	3 (0.90%)	iPad
8	3 (0.90%)	Over-the-Top Content
8	3 (0.90%)	Virtual Team
9	2 (0.60%)	Data Centre
9	2 (0.60%)	Online Banking
9	2 (0.60%)	Online Games
9	2 (0.60%)	Web 2.0
10	1 (0.30%)	CMDB
10	1 (0.30%)	Credit Risk
10	1 (0.30%)	IPTV

Operating Systems
1	42 (12.65%)	Linux
2	20 (6.02%)	Android
2	20 (6.02%)	Apple iOS
3	10 (3.01%)	Unix
4	5 (1.51%)	Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5	3 (0.90%)	AIX
5	3 (0.90%)	Solaris
6	1 (0.30%)	CentOS
6	1 (0.30%)	CoreOS
6	1 (0.30%)	Mac OS X
6	1 (0.30%)	Ubuntu
6	1 (0.30%)	Windows

Processes & Methodologies
1	324 (97.59%)	Agile Software Development
2	102 (30.72%)	Kanban
3	90 (27.11%)	Test Automation
4	68 (20.48%)	Continuous Integration
5	62 (18.67%)	TDD
6	56 (16.87%)	Open Source
7	44 (13.25%)	BDD
7	44 (13.25%)	MVC
7	44 (13.25%)	User Stories
8	39 (11.75%)	Configuration Management
9	36 (10.84%)	Unit Testing
10	33 (9.94%)	Continuous Improvement
10	33 (9.94%)	Software Engineering
11	30 (9.04%)	Microservices
12	28 (8.43%)	Service Design
13	27 (8.13%)	OO
14	26 (7.83%)	DevOps
14	26 (7.83%)	OWASP
14	26 (7.83%)	Project Management
14	26 (7.83%)	Responsive Web Design

Programming Languages
1	123 (37.05%)	Java
2	60 (18.07%)	Scala
3	53 (15.96%)	JavaScript
4	48 (14.46%)	C#
5	46 (13.86%)	Python
6	40 (12.05%)	Ruby
7	38 (11.45%)	SQL
8	16 (4.82%)	Objective-C
9	15 (4.52%)	Apple Swift
10	13 (3.92%)	T-SQL
11	6 (1.81%)	Groovy
12	5 (1.51%)	Bash Shell
12	5 (1.51%)	Go
12	5 (1.51%)	PHP
12	5 (1.51%)	Shell Script
13	4 (1.20%)	C
13	4 (1.20%)	PL/SQL
14	2 (0.60%)	C++
14	2 (0.60%)	Korn
14	2 (0.60%)	VBA

Qualifications
1	30 (9.04%)	Degree
2	14 (4.22%)	Computer Science Degree
3	13 (3.92%)	ISEB
4	10 (3.01%)	ISTQB
5	8 (2.41%)	Security Cleared
6	7 (2.11%)	ISTQB Foundation Certification
7	4 (1.20%)	PMP
8	3 (0.90%)	BPSS Clearance
8	3 (0.90%)	CTC Cleared
8	3 (0.90%)	PMI Certification
9	2 (0.60%)	AWS Certification
9	2 (0.60%)	Master's Degree
9	2 (0.60%)	PRINCE2 Practitioner
10	1 (0.30%)	CCDP
10	1 (0.30%)	CCNP
10	1 (0.30%)	Chartered Engineer
10	1 (0.30%)	Cisco Certification
10	1 (0.30%)	CISM
10	1 (0.30%)	CISSP
10	1 (0.30%)	ITIL Certification

Quality Assurance & Compliance
1	15 (4.52%)	QA
2	4 (1.20%)	Disclosure Scotland
2	4 (1.20%)	PMO
3	1 (0.30%)	FATCA
3	1 (0.30%)	P3O

System Software
1	18 (5.42%)	Docker
2	2 (0.60%)	VMware Infrastructure
3	1 (0.30%)	HDFS
3	1 (0.30%)	Hyper-V
3	1 (0.30%)	Virtual Machines
3	1 (0.30%)	VirtualBox
3	1 (0.30%)	vSphere
3	1 (0.30%)	Xen

Systems Management
1	9 (2.71%)	Puppet
2	7 (2.11%)	Opscode Chef
3	4 (1.20%)	Kubernetes
4	3 (0.90%)	Ansible
4	3 (0.90%)	Rancher
5	1 (0.30%)	Cobbler
5	1 (0.30%)	Grafana
5	1 (0.30%)	Graphite
5	1 (0.30%)	Nagios
5	1 (0.30%)	Piwik
5	1 (0.30%)	Salt
5	1 (0.30%)	Terraform
5	1 (0.30%)	ZABBIX

Vendors
1	30 (9.04%)	Google
2	27 (8.13%)	Oracle
3	11 (3.31%)	Sitecore
4	9 (2.71%)	Microsoft
5	5 (1.51%)	IBM
6	4 (1.20%)	Atlassian
6	4 (1.20%)	HP
7	3 (0.90%)	Apple
7	3 (0.90%)	Red Hat
7	3 (0.90%)	Sun
7	3 (0.90%)	VMware
7	3 (0.90%)	Xamarin
8	2 (0.60%)	New Relic
9	1 (0.30%)	Cisco
9	1 (0.30%)	Rackspace
9	1 (0.30%)	SaltStack
9	1 (0.30%)	ServiceNow
9	1 (0.30%)	Solace
9	1 (0.30%)	Splunk
9	1 (0.30%)	Zend