The first table below looks at the demand for TDD skills in IT jobs advertised for the Bedfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited TDD over the 3 months to 20 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 Bedfordshire region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test-Driven Development (TDD)
Rank 34 22 37
Rank change year-on-year
-12 +15
Permanent jobs citing TDD 67 74 41
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 6.187% 7.520% 4.904%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.910% 10.88% 5.899%
Number of salaries quoted 63 69 41
Average salary £45,000 £50,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-10.00% +33.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £37,000 £32,500
10% offered a salary of more than £68,500 £60,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
All Processes & Methodologies
Bedfordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
847 680 695
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 78.21% 69.11% 83.13%
Number of salaries quoted 763 590 656
Average salary £45,000 £45,000 £41,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +9.75%
90% offered a salary of more than £29,600 £27,500 £32,000
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £60,000 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
TDD
East of England

TDD
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bedfordshire TDD Jobs Demand Trend

TDD
Salary Trend

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

Bedfordshire TDD Salary Trend

TDD
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing TDD across the Bedfordshire region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

Bedfordshire TDD Salary Histogram

TDD
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing TDD within the Bedfordshire region over the 3 months to 20 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
Bedford +4 29 £45,000 +5.88%
Luton -2 15 £50,000 +11.11%
TDD
East of England

TDD
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bedfordshire region citing TDD 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 TDD.

1 146 (87.43%) .NET
2 129 (77.25%) C#
3 118 (70.66%) ASP.NET
4 106 (63.47%) Scrum
5 97 (58.08%) SQL Server
6 96 (57.49%) MVC
7 77 (46.11%) Microsoft
8 76 (45.51%) Windows
9 69 (41.32%) WCF
10 66 (39.52%) .NET Framework
11 59 (35.33%) ASP.NET MVC
12 57 (34.13%) Team Foundation Server
12 57 (34.13%) E-Commerce
13 53 (31.74%) HTML
14 51 (30.54%) BDD
15 45 (26.95%) Web Services
16 44 (26.35%) WPF
17 43 (25.75%) SQL
18 42 (25.15%) SOA
18 42 (25.15%) Web Development
19 41 (24.55%) XML
20 40 (23.95%) Visual Studio
20 40 (23.95%) MS Excel
21 39 (23.35%) JavaScript
22 37 (22.16%) N-Tier
23 35 (20.96%) SQL Server 2008
24 34 (20.36%) Agile Software Development
25 33 (19.76%) T-SQL
26 31 (18.56%) Unit Testing
27 30 (17.96%) OO

TDD
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bedfordshire region citing TDD 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 TDD. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 146 (87.43%) .NET
2 118 (70.66%) ASP.NET
3 69 (41.32%) WCF
4 66 (39.52%) .NET Framework
5 59 (35.33%) ASP.NET MVC
6 53 (31.74%) HTML
7 45 (26.95%) Web Services
8 44 (26.35%) WPF
9 41 (24.55%) XML
10 27 (16.17%) LINQ
11 26 (15.57%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
12 25 (14.97%) CSS
13 23 (13.77%) WinForms
14 20 (11.98%) Silverlight
15 13 (7.784%) ASP
16 11 (6.587%) Ninject
16 11 (6.587%) Ajax
16 11 (6.587%) NHibernate
16 11 (6.587%) ASP.NET MVC 4
17 10 (5.988%) KnockoutJS
Application Platforms
1 27 (16.17%) Windows Azure
2 24 (14.37%) SharePoint
3 12 (7.186%) SharePoint Server
4 9 (5.389%) BizTalk Server
5 8 (4.790%) SharePoint 2013
6 7 (4.192%) SharePoint 2010
7 4 (2.395%) Exstream Dialogue
8 3 (1.796%) Oracle Workflow
8 3 (1.796%) WebLogic
9 1 (0.599%) Apache
9 1 (0.599%) CMS
9 1 (0.599%) Papyrus
Applications
1 40 (23.95%) MS Excel
2 8 (4.790%) DOC1
3 5 (2.994%) PrintSoft PReS
4 1 (0.599%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 14 (8.383%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (2.994%) Exstream
Communications & Networking
1 20 (11.98%) Internet
2 3 (1.796%) 3GPP
3 2 (1.198%) 3G
3 2 (1.198%) 4G
4 1 (0.599%) Wireless
4 1 (0.599%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 97 (58.08%) SQL Server
2 35 (20.96%) SQL Server 2008
3 22 (13.17%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 21 (12.57%) SQL Server 2012
5 20 (11.98%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 15 (8.982%) SQL Server 2005
7 12 (7.186%) SQL Server 2000
8 9 (5.389%) RDBMS
9 8 (4.790%) GIS
10 6 (3.593%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 6 (3.593%) Data Warehouse
11 5 (2.994%) Crystal Reports
11 5 (2.994%) Oracle Reports
12 1 (0.599%) OLAP
12 1 (0.599%) Data Mining
12 1 (0.599%) MySQL
12 1 (0.599%) Microsoft Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 57 (34.13%) Team Foundation Server
2 40 (23.95%) Visual Studio
3 23 (13.77%) Subversion
4 21 (12.57%) Selenium
5 14 (8.383%) Moq
6 8 (4.790%) Cucumber
6 8 (4.790%) WebDriver
6 8 (4.790%) WATIR
7 7 (4.192%) Rhino Mocks
8 5 (2.994%) NUnit
8 5 (2.994%) JIRA
8 5 (2.994%) MSTest
8 5 (2.994%) Visual Studio Team System
8 5 (2.994%) PowerBuilder
9 4 (2.395%) Xcode
9 4 (2.395%) Git (software)
10 3 (1.796%) MSBuild
10 3 (1.796%) SpecFlow
10 3 (1.796%) TeamCity
10 3 (1.796%) QADirector
General
1 18 (10.78%) Retail
2 7 (4.192%) Telecoms
3 5 (2.994%) Games
4 3 (1.796%) Banking
4 3 (1.796%) Investment Banking
5 2 (1.198%) Marketing
5 2 (1.198%) Billing
5 2 (1.198%) Finance
Job Titles
1 103 (61.68%) Developer
2 53 (31.74%) .NET Developer
3 38 (22.75%) C# Developer
4 32 (19.16%) C# .NET Developer
5 22 (13.17%) Architect
6 20 (11.98%) C# ASP.NET Developer
7 19 (11.38%) Analyst
8 17 (10.18%) Senior Developer
9 16 (9.581%) Test Analyst
10 15 (8.982%) Solutions Architect
11 13 (7.784%) Agile C# Developer
12 11 (6.587%) Agile Test Analyst
13 9 (5.389%) ASP.NET Developer
14 8 (4.790%) Agile .NET Developer
15 7 (4.192%) Lead Developer
15 7 (4.192%) Software Developer
15 7 (4.192%) Senior .NET Developer
16 6 (3.593%) Delivery Manager
16 6 (3.593%) ScrumMaster
16 6 (3.593%) Lead Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 37 (22.16%) N-Tier
2 12 (7.186%) Inversion of Control
2 12 (7.186%) Mobile App
3 8 (4.790%) Tandem
4 5 (2.994%) Wiki
4 5 (2.994%) Enterprise Software
5 4 (2.395%) iPad
5 4 (2.395%) Digital Media
5 4 (2.395%) iPhone
6 3 (1.796%) Management Information System
7 2 (1.198%) Social Network
7 2 (1.198%) Client/Server
8 1 (0.599%) Open Source
8 1 (0.599%) Statistics
8 1 (0.599%) Graphic Design
8 1 (0.599%) Mathematics
Operating Systems
1 76 (45.51%) Windows
2 4 (2.395%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.599%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 106 (63.47%) Scrum
2 96 (57.49%) MVC
3 57 (34.13%) E-Commerce
4 51 (30.54%) BDD
5 42 (25.15%) Web Development
5 42 (25.15%) SOA
6 34 (20.36%) Agile Software Development
7 31 (18.56%) Unit Testing
8 30 (17.96%) OO
9 27 (16.17%) Continuous Integration
10 26 (15.57%) Kanban
11 25 (14.97%) Domain-Driven Design
11 25 (14.97%) Dependency Injection
12 19 (11.38%) Multithreading
12 19 (11.38%) Agile Testing
13 18 (10.78%) Refactoring
14 17 (10.18%) Change Management
15 14 (8.383%) CRM
16 13 (7.784%) ETL
17 12 (7.186%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 129 (77.25%) C#
2 43 (25.75%) SQL
3 39 (23.35%) JavaScript
4 33 (19.76%) T-SQL
5 20 (11.98%) Java
6 10 (5.988%) VBScript
7 9 (5.389%) Python
7 9 (5.389%) Ruby
8 6 (3.593%) PL/SQL
9 5 (2.994%) VB6
9 5 (2.994%) VB
10 4 (2.395%) Objective-C
11 3 (1.796%) VB.NET
12 1 (0.599%) PHP
12 1 (0.599%) C++
Qualifications
1 12 (7.186%) Microsoft Certification
2 11 (6.587%) MCTS
2 11 (6.587%) Degree
2 11 (6.587%) MCP
2 11 (6.587%) MCAD
2 11 (6.587%) MCSD
3 4 (2.395%) ISEB
4 1 (0.599%) Sun Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (4.790%) QA
Systems Management
1 3 (1.796%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 77 (46.11%) Microsoft
2 19 (11.38%) Oracle
3 8 (4.790%) HP
4 7 (4.192%) XMPie
4 7 (4.192%) Sybase
5 5 (2.994%) Typemock
6 4 (2.395%) Apple
6 4 (2.395%) Telerik
6 4 (2.395%) Capita
7 2 (1.198%) IBM
8 1 (0.599%) BEA
8 1 (0.599%) Atlassian
8 1 (0.599%) JBoss
8 1 (0.599%) Adobe
Luton, Bedfordshire
e-Commerce, Agile, SCRUM, C#, ASP.Net, Programming, Microsoft, SQL Server) Is it time for a change?... You will have an excellent commercial track record developing in .Net,...
Connections Recruitment Ltd.
Salary: £55000 - £65000 per annum
Posted: 14 May 2013
Bedford, South East
As part of the IT Graduate Programme, you can expect to be exposed to and gain experience in the following: * C# 3 and 4 * SQL Server 2008 and...
Capita Resourcing
Salary: £23000.00 per annum
Posted: 27 April 2013
Bedford, Bedfordshire
As part of the IT Graduate Programme, you can expect to be exposed to and gain experience in the following: * C# 3 and 4 * SQL Server 2008 and...
Capita Resourcing - Jobs at Capita
Salary: £23000.00 per annum
Posted: 26 April 2013
Bedford, Bedfordshire
We are currently engaged in a major project to replace bespoke legacy systems with Microsoft Dynamics CRM and SharePoint 2013... The following skills are essential: C# Dynamics CRM...
Capita Resourcing - Jobs at Capita
Salary: £30000.00 - £35000.00 per annum
Posted: 14 May 2013
Bedford, South East
We are currently engaged in a major project to replace bespoke legacy systems with Microsoft Dynamics CRM and SharePoint 2013... Essential Experience/Skills: We are looking for someone...
Capita Resourcing
Salary: £30000.00 - £35000.00 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Bedford, Bedfordshire
Technical Lead Developer / Solution Architect (Microsoft Gold Partner - C#, ASP.Net, WCF, MVC) We are looking for a Technical Lead, Lead Developer or Solution Architect with good experience...
Understanding Recruitment
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 19 May 2013
Luton, Bedfordshire
be the design authority for the .NET based solutions... - have relevant architectural qualifications (TOGAF, Zachmans, ISEB). The technical skills required for the Solutions Architect - .Net Framework are: - A...
Coal IT Services
Salary: From £65,000 to £75,000 per annum + Excellent benefits
Posted: 14 May 2013