For some time I have been advancing Agile methods, specifically within Higher Education’s Information Technology offices. Beginning in 2012 I began weekly queries of Higher Ed Jobs (www.higheredjobs.com) to identify IT specific jobs which include “Agile” or “Scrum” within their job descriptions. These are then compared to all IT specific jobs posted to the job search site. In order to provide a more comprehensive understanding of the IT industry’s adoption of Agile methods, I added Dice (www.dice.com) in the second week and Indeed (www.indeed.com) in the third.
Methodology
Two “job agents” were created using Higher Ed Jobs’ (HEJ) providing weekly reports of new jobs posted to the job search site (see HEJ-AgileVaAllData ): “Agile/Scrum” and “All IT Jobs.” The search criteria for the reports are:
HigherEdJobs.com: All IT Jobs Agent
| Email Notification: | Weekly (How often HEJ emails new job openings) |
| Location Type: | Location Bound – Employee is required to work from a specific geographic location (For example, work in an office or location based classroom) Online/Remote – Employee is NOT required to work from a specific geographic location (For example, teach and/or work from home) |
| Location: | Search in all locations |
| Search Criteria | Admin-Computing; Database Administration; Management/Director; Multimedia; Network/System Administration; Programming/Analyst; Support and Training; Web Development, and; Other. |
| Position Type: | Full-Time; Part-Time/Adjunct |
| Institution Type: | Four-Year/Advanced Degree (BA, MA and/or PhD); Community College (Associate Degree); Outside Higher Education |
| Keyword: | (None included) |
HigherEdJobs.com:Agile/Scrum
| Email Notification: | Weekly (How often HEJ emails new job openings) |
| Location Type: | Location Bound – Employee is required to work from a specific geographic location (For example, work in an office or location based classroom) Online/Remote – Employee is NOT required to work from a specific geographic location (For example, teach and/or work from home) |
| Location: | Search in all locations |
| Search Criteria | Admin-Computing; Database Administration; Management/Director; Multimedia; Network/System Administration; Programming/Analyst; Support and Training; Web Development, and; Other. |
| Position Type: | Full-Time; Part-Time/Adjunct |
| Institution Type: | Four-Year/Advanced Degree (BA, MA and/or PhD); Community College (Associate Degree); Outside Higher Education |
| Keyword: | Agile OR Scrum |
Indeed: All Programmer Jobs (Advanced Search)
| Find Jobs | |
| With all of these words | programmer |
| With the exact phrase | |
| With at least one of these words | |
| With none of these words | |
| With these words in the title | |
| From this company | |
| Show jobs of type | |
| Show jobs from | |
| Salary estimate | |
| Where and When | |
| Location (city, state, or zip) | |
| Age – Jobs published | |
| Display results per page, sorted by | |
Indeed: All Programmer Jobs with Agile OR Scrum (Advanced Search)
| Find Jobs | |
| With all of these words | programmer |
| With the exact phrase | |
| With at least one of these words | agile scrum |
| With none of these words | |
| With these words in the title | |
| From this company | |
| Show jobs of type | |
| Show jobs from | |
| Salary estimate | |
| Where and When | |
| Location (city, state, or zip) | |
| Age – Jobs published | |
| Display results per page, sorted by | |
