The first table below looks at the demand for TDD skills in IT jobs advertised for the Chester region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited TDD 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 Processes & Methodologies category for the Chester region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test-Driven Development (TDD)
Rank 17 27 45
Rank change year-on-year
+10 +18
Permanent jobs citing TDD 43 10 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Chester 12.15% 6.250% 0.426%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 14.43% 8.621% 0.592%
Number of salaries quoted 25 6 1
Average salary £40,000 £45,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-11.11% -
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
All Processes & Methodologies
Chester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
298 116 169
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Chester 84.18% 72.50% 71.91%
Number of salaries quoted 162 96 164
Average salary £37,750 £37,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.02% -7.50%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £25,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £50,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
TDD
Cheshire

TDD
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Chester 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 Chester region.

Chester TDD Salary Trend

TDD
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing TDD across the Chester region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Chester TDD Salary Histogram

TDD
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Chester 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 62 (81.58%) .NET
2 59 (77.63%) C#
3 53 (69.74%) Scrum
4 40 (52.63%) ASP.NET
5 39 (51.32%) Agile Software Development
6 34 (44.74%) MVC
6 34 (44.74%) SQL Server
7 33 (43.42%) JavaScript
8 31 (40.79%) Pair Programming
9 30 (39.47%) ASP.NET MVC
10 27 (35.53%) Java
11 24 (31.58%) E-Commerce
12 23 (30.26%) BDD
13 22 (28.95%) Web Application Development
13 22 (28.95%) ASP.NET MVC 4
13 22 (28.95%) MCTS
13 22 (28.95%) Microsoft Certification
13 22 (28.95%) MCP
13 22 (28.95%) MCAD
13 22 (28.95%) MCSD
14 21 (27.63%) HTML
14 21 (27.63%) SQL Server 2008
15 20 (26.32%) jQuery
16 18 (23.68%) Continuous Integration
16 18 (23.68%) SQL
17 17 (22.37%) Spring
17 17 (22.37%) WCF
18 16 (21.05%) HTTP
19 15 (19.74%) CSS
19 15 (19.74%) Domain-Driven Design

TDD
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Chester 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 62 (81.58%) .NET
2 40 (52.63%) ASP.NET
3 30 (39.47%) ASP.NET MVC
4 22 (28.95%) ASP.NET MVC 4
5 21 (27.63%) HTML
6 20 (26.32%) jQuery
7 17 (22.37%) Spring
7 17 (22.37%) WCF
8 15 (19.74%) CSS
8 15 (19.74%) Razor View Engine
9 13 (17.11%) HTML5
10 11 (14.47%) Web Services
11 9 (11.84%) J2EE
12 8 (10.53%) CSS3
12 8 (10.53%) RESTful
12 8 (10.53%) NHibernate
12 8 (10.53%) JSON
13 7 (9.211%) LINQ
14 6 (7.895%) ASP.NET MVC 3
14 6 (7.895%) ASP.NET MVC 2
Communications & Networking
1 16 (21.05%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (44.74%) SQL Server
2 21 (27.63%) SQL Server 2008
3 7 (9.211%) SQL Server 2012
Development Applications
1 8 (10.53%) NUnit
1 8 (10.53%) Rhino Mocks
2 7 (9.211%) Moq
3 2 (2.632%) Selenium
3 2 (2.632%) JUnit
3 2 (2.632%) Visual Studio
4 1 (1.316%) Subversion
4 1 (1.316%) Eclipse
4 1 (1.316%) IntelliJ
4 1 (1.316%) QUnit
4 1 (1.316%) Jasmine
4 1 (1.316%) Cucumber
4 1 (1.316%) Hudson
4 1 (1.316%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 5 (6.579%) Finance
2 1 (1.316%) Banking
Job Titles
1 62 (81.58%) Developer
2 41 (53.95%) .NET Developer
3 11 (14.47%) Java Developer
4 10 (13.16%) Software Developer
5 9 (11.84%) Agile .NET Developer
5 9 (11.84%) Web Developer
5 9 (11.84%) Senior Developer
6 6 (7.895%) Senior Web Developer
7 5 (6.579%) Senior .NET Web Developer
7 5 (6.579%) .NET Software Developer
7 5 (6.579%) C# Developer
7 5 (6.579%) .NET Web Developer
7 5 (6.579%) Senior .NET Developer
8 3 (3.947%) Agile Java Developer
8 3 (3.947%) Java Software Developer
9 2 (2.632%) C# Web Developer
9 2 (2.632%) C# Software Developer
9 2 (2.632%) Analyst
9 2 (2.632%) ASP.NET Developer
10 1 (1.316%) Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 2 (2.632%) Open Source
1 2 (2.632%) Mobile App
2 1 (1.316%) New Media
2 1 (1.316%) Smartphone
2 1 (1.316%) Blog
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.632%) UNIX
1 2 (2.632%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (69.74%) Scrum
2 39 (51.32%) Agile Software Development
3 34 (44.74%) MVC
4 31 (40.79%) Pair Programming
5 24 (31.58%) E-Commerce
6 23 (30.26%) BDD
7 22 (28.95%) Web Application Development
8 18 (23.68%) Continuous Integration
9 15 (19.74%) Domain-Driven Design
9 15 (19.74%) CQRS
10 11 (14.47%) Kanban
11 8 (10.53%) Dependency Injection
12 7 (9.211%) Requirements Management
12 7 (9.211%) Business Intelligence
13 6 (7.895%) OO
13 6 (7.895%) Web Development
14 5 (6.579%) E-business
14 5 (6.579%) Configuration Management
15 2 (2.632%) Test Automation
15 2 (2.632%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 59 (77.63%) C#
2 33 (43.42%) JavaScript
3 27 (35.53%) Java
4 18 (23.68%) SQL
5 9 (11.84%) T-SQL
6 1 (1.316%) VB6
6 1 (1.316%) VB
6 1 (1.316%) VB.NET
6 1 (1.316%) Python
Qualifications
1 22 (28.95%) MCTS
1 22 (28.95%) Microsoft Certification
1 22 (28.95%) MCP
1 22 (28.95%) MCAD
1 22 (28.95%) MCSD
2 5 (6.579%) Security Cleared
3 1 (1.316%) Degree
Vendors
1 14 (18.42%) Microsoft
2 10 (13.16%) hybris
3 9 (11.84%) Apple
4 1 (1.316%) Oracle
4 1 (1.316%) JBoss
Chester, North West
My client is looking for someone that has solid experience and would be able to lead the development cycle and mentor junior teams members. This is a great...
Computer Futures
Salary: £37000 - £40000 per annum + Pension, Car Park, Health Care
Posted: 15 May 2013
Chester, North West
This will be a relatively hands off role but you will need experience of ASP.Net as well as strong C# and SQL knowledge... It will also involve...
Computer Futures
Salary: £55000 - £60000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Chester, North West
Our client can provide training into: .NET 4.5, ASP.NET MVC 4, SQL Server 2012, Agile (Scrum, Kanban), TDD (NUnit, RhinoMocks, Moq), BDD, ORM, LINQ and NHibernate... (...
Noir Consulting
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013