The first table below looks at the demand for BDD skills in IT jobs advertised for the Bedford region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs 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 Bedford region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Behaviour-Driven Development (BDD)
Rank - - 30
Permanent jobs citing BDD 0 0 8
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedford - - 4.878%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - - 6.154%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 8
Average salary - - £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
All Processes & Methodologies
Bedford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
203 169 130
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedford 80.88% 83.66% 79.27%
Number of salaries quoted 197 160 128
Average salary £40,000 £42,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.88% +13.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £25,000 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £55,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
BDD
Bedfordshire

BDD
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bedford BDD Jobs Demand Trend

BDD
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing BDD across the Bedford region.

Bedford BDD Salary Trend

BDD
Top 7 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bedford 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 IT job ads sampled that cited BDD.

1 6 (100.00%) E-Commerce
1 6 (100.00%) Scrum
1 6 (100.00%) Agile Software Development
1 6 (100.00%) TDD
1 6 (100.00%) Pair Programming
1 6 (100.00%) Kanban
2 3 (50.00%) .NET

BDD
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bedford 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 IT job ads sampled that cited BDD. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (50.00%) .NET
Job Titles
1 6 (100.00%) Project Manager
1 6 (100.00%) Delivery Project Manager
1 6 (100.00%) Delivery Manager
1 6 (100.00%) ScrumMaster
1 6 (100.00%) Lead Project Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) E-Commerce
1 6 (100.00%) Scrum
1 6 (100.00%) Agile Software Development
1 6 (100.00%) TDD
1 6 (100.00%) Pair Programming
1 6 (100.00%) Kanban