The first table below looks at the demand for BDD skills in IT contracts advertised for the York region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited BDD 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 York region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Behaviour-Driven Development (BDD)
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing BDD 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in York - - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £325 £310
% change year-on-year
+7.69% +4.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 - -
All Processes & Methodologies
York
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
47 38 25
As % of all contract IT jobs located in York 55.29% 63.33% 67.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 16 2
Average daily rate £355 £275 £181
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+29.09% +51.72%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £285 £200 £122
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £400 £240
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 3
Average hourly rate - £16.50 £11.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +40.42%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
BDD
North Yorkshire

BDD
Top 8 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the York region citing BDD 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 contract IT job ads sampled that cited BDD.

1 1 (100.00%) Automated Testing
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) Selenium
1 1 (100.00%) FitNesse
1 1 (100.00%) Compatibility Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Load Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Scripting
1 1 (100.00%) Cucumber

BDD
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the York region citing BDD also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited BDD. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Selenium
1 1 (100.00%) FitNesse
1 1 (100.00%) Cucumber
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Tester
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Test Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) QA Tester
1 1 (100.00%) QA Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Automated Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Compatibility Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Load Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Scripting
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA