The first table below looks at the demand for Velocity skills in IT jobs advertised for the Cheshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Velocity over the 3 months to 21 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 Application Development category for the Cheshire region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Apache Velocity
Rank - - -
Permanent jobs citing Velocity 0 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire - - -
As % of the Application Development category - - -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Average salary - - -
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £44,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year
+2.27% -2.22%
All Application Development
Cheshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
805 1047 859
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 44.65% 53.45% 52.51%
Number of salaries quoted 667 939 780
Average salary £32,500 £35,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.14% -
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £24,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £46,000 £46,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Velocity
North West

Velocity
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Velocity across the Cheshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Cheshire Velocity Jobs Demand Trend

Velocity
Salary Trend

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

Cheshire Velocity Salary Trend

Velocity
Top 15 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheshire region citing Velocity 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 Velocity.

1 5 (100.00%) Agile Software Development
2 4 (80.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (80.00%) Games
2 4 (80.00%) User Stories
3 3 (60.00%) Planning Poker
3 3 (60.00%) Waterfall
4 1 (20.00%) BDD
4 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (20.00%) E-Commerce
4 1 (20.00%) Project Management
4 1 (20.00%) Scrum
4 1 (20.00%) TDD
4 1 (20.00%) Retail
4 1 (20.00%) Continuous Integration
4 1 (20.00%) Test Automation

Velocity
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheshire region citing Velocity 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 Velocity. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

General
1 4 (80.00%) Games
2 1 (20.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Business Analyst
1 4 (80.00%) Analyst
1 4 (80.00%) Agile Business Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) ScrumMaster
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Agile Software Development
2 4 (80.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (80.00%) User Stories
3 3 (60.00%) Planning Poker
3 3 (60.00%) Waterfall
4 1 (20.00%) BDD
4 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (20.00%) E-Commerce
4 1 (20.00%) Project Management
4 1 (20.00%) Scrum
4 1 (20.00%) TDD
4 1 (20.00%) Continuous Integration
4 1 (20.00%) Test Automation