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This section looks at the demand for Test-Driven Development (TDD) skills within the Edinburgh region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited TDD over the 3 months to 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkTest-Driven Development (TDD)
Location
3 months to
21 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank8097
Rank change on same period last yearUp+17
Matching permanent IT job ads52
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.001 %
As % of the category below0.617 %0.174 %
Salaries quoted50
Average minimum salary£28,800-
Average salary£32,200-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum salary£35,600-
UK excluding London average salary£40,855£40,193
% change on same period last year+1.64 %
Edinburgh IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
Edinburgh
Matching permanent IT job ads8111152
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.436 %0.480 %
Salaries quoted584762
Average minimum salary£34,485£37,075
Average salary£38,125£40,232
% change on same period last year-5.23 %
Average maximum salary£41,765£43,390
UK excluding London average salary£42,491£44,465
% change on same period last year-4.44 %
TDD ScotlandTDD
Scotland

TDD
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing TDD across the Edinburgh region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Edinburgh TDD Demand Trend

TDD
Salary Trend

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

Edinburgh TDD Salary Trend

TDD
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing TDD across the Edinburgh region over the 3 months to 21 August 2008.

Edinburgh TDD Salary Histogram

TDD
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT jobs across the Edinburgh 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.

19 (60.00 %)SQL Server
28 (53.33 %)Java
28 (53.33 %)SQL
28 (53.33 %).NET
28 (53.33 %)XML
37 (46.67 %)ASP.NET
46 (40.00 %)CSS
46 (40.00 %)C#
46 (40.00 %)Spring
46 (40.00 %)AJAX
55 (33.33 %)J2EE
55 (33.33 %)JUnit
55 (33.33 %)JDBC
55 (33.33 %)OO
55 (33.33 %)Hibernate
64 (26.67 %)PL/SQL
64 (26.67 %)Microsoft
64 (26.67 %)JSP
64 (26.67 %)XSLT
64 (26.67 %)Ant
64 (26.67 %)MySQL
73 (20.00 %)HTML
73 (20.00 %)JavaScript
73 (20.00 %)Visual Studio
73 (20.00 %)Eclipse
73 (20.00 %)XHTML
73 (20.00 %)PostgreSQL
73 (20.00 %)Scrum
73 (20.00 %)Extreme Programming
73 (20.00 %).NET Framework

TDD
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT jobs across the Edinburgh 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.

Edinburgh IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
18 (53.33 %).NET
18 (53.33 %)XML
27 (46.67 %)ASP.NET
36 (40.00 %)CSS
36 (40.00 %)Spring
36 (40.00 %)AJAX
45 (33.33 %)JDBC
45 (33.33 %)J2EE
45 (33.33 %)Hibernate
54 (26.67 %)XSLT
54 (26.67 %)JSP
63 (20.00 %)XHTML
63 (20.00 %).NET Framework
63 (20.00 %)HTML
72 (13.33 %)ASP.NET 2.0
72 (13.33 %)Swing
72 (13.33 %)ADO.NET
81 (6.667 %)ASP
81 (6.667 %)WebServices
81 (6.667 %)XSL
Edinburgh IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (13.33 %)SharePoint
21 (6.667 %)CMS
Edinburgh IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (6.667 %)MS Office
11 (6.667 %)MS Excel
Edinburgh IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (6.667 %)Internet
11 (6.667 %)Wireless
Edinburgh IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
19 (60.00 %)SQL Server
24 (26.67 %)MySQL
33 (20.00 %)PostgreSQL
41 (6.667 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
41 (6.667 %)SQL Server 2005
41 (6.667 %)SQL Server 2000
Edinburgh IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
15 (33.33 %)JUnit
24 (26.67 %)Ant
33 (20.00 %)Visual Studio
33 (20.00 %)Eclipse
41 (6.667 %)NUnit
41 (6.667 %)Subversion
Edinburgh IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (13.33 %)Education
21 (6.667 %)Advertising
21 (6.667 %)Marketing
21 (6.667 %)Telecoms
Edinburgh IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
111 (73.33 %)Developer
25 (33.33 %)Senior Developer
25 (33.33 %)Java Developer
34 (26.67 %)Software Engineer
43 (20.00 %).NET Developer
52 (13.33 %)Programmer
52 (13.33 %)Senior Java Developer
52 (13.33 %)Java Software Engineer
52 (13.33 %)Web Programmer
61 (6.667 %)C Developer
61 (6.667 %)Senior Java/J2EE Developer
61 (6.667 %)Java/J2EE Developer
61 (6.667 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
61 (6.667 %)Graduate C++ Developer
61 (6.667 %)ASP.NET Developer
61 (6.667 %)Senior J2EE Developer
61 (6.667 %)Senior C# Developer
61 (6.667 %)Graduate
61 (6.667 %)Senior .NET Developer
61 (6.667 %)Graduate Developer
Edinburgh IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (6.667 %)Client/Server
11 (6.667 %)Web 2.0
11 (6.667 %)Computer Science
11 (6.667 %)French Language
11 (6.667 %)German Language
11 (6.667 %)Japanese Language
Edinburgh IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
15 (33.33 %)OO
23 (20.00 %)Scrum
23 (20.00 %)Extreme Programming
32 (13.33 %)E-Commerce
32 (13.33 %)Agile Software Development
32 (13.33 %)Web Development
32 (13.33 %)Continuous Integration
41 (6.667 %)Investment Management
41 (6.667 %)SOA
41 (6.667 %)Configuration Management
41 (6.667 %)Web Design
41 (6.667 %)UML
Edinburgh IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
18 (53.33 %)Java
18 (53.33 %)SQL
26 (40.00 %)C#
34 (26.67 %)PL/SQL
43 (20.00 %)JavaScript
52 (13.33 %)C++
61 (6.667 %)PHP
61 (6.667 %)C
Edinburgh IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (13.33 %)MCP
12 (13.33 %)MCAD
12 (13.33 %)MCSD
12 (13.33 %)Microsoft Certification
21 (6.667 %)Degree
Edinburgh IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
14 (26.67 %)Microsoft
22 (13.33 %)Oracle