The first table below looks at the demand for Behat skills in IT jobs advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Behat over the 3 months to 17 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 Development Applications category for the England region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Behat
Rank 815 841 -
Rank change year-on-year
+26 -
Permanent jobs citing Behat 15 22 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 0.015% 0.019% -
As % of the Development Applications category 0.100% 0.134% -
Number of salaries quoted 14 22 0
Average salary £40,000 £47,500 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-15.78% -
UK excluding London average salary £30,000 £29,000 -
% change year-on-year
+3.44% -
All Development Applications
England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
14952 16465 15023
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 14.83% 14.49% 12.85%
Number of salaries quoted 12931 14520 13245
Average salary £43,000 £42,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.17% +6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,000 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £62,500 £65,000 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £38,000 £37,000
% change year-on-year
+1.31% +2.70%
Behat
UK

Behat
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England Behat Jobs Demand Trend

Behat
Salary Trend

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

England Behat Salary Trend

Behat
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Behat across the England region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

England Behat Salary Histogram

Behat
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Behat within the England region over the 3 months to 17 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
London +26 9 £55,000 +7.31%
North West - 6 £30,000 -
Behat
UK

Behat
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the England region citing Behat 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 Behat.

1 56 (90.32%) PHP
2 41 (66.13%) BDD
3 38 (61.29%) Linux
4 35 (56.45%) Automated Testing
4 35 (56.45%) Zend
5 34 (54.84%) Selenium
5 34 (54.84%) TDD
5 34 (54.84%) MySQL
6 33 (53.23%) Magento
7 27 (43.55%) PHPUnit
8 25 (40.32%) Varnish
8 25 (40.32%) Redis
9 24 (38.71%) Java
9 24 (38.71%) nginx
9 24 (38.71%) Zend Framework
10 23 (37.10%) PHP5
10 23 (37.10%) QA
10 23 (37.10%) Agile Software Development
11 19 (30.65%) CSS
12 17 (27.42%) HTML
12 17 (27.42%) JavaScript
12 17 (27.42%) OO
13 16 (25.81%) Apache
13 16 (25.81%) XML
13 16 (25.81%) Continuous Integration
13 16 (25.81%) User Stories
14 15 (24.19%) Cucumber
14 15 (24.19%) E-Commerce
14 15 (24.19%) Scrum
15 14 (22.58%) Automation Testing

Behat
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the England region citing Behat 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 Behat. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 24 (38.71%) Zend Framework
2 19 (30.65%) CSS
3 17 (27.42%) HTML
4 16 (25.81%) XML
5 11 (17.74%) HTML5
5 11 (17.74%) CSS3
6 9 (14.52%) XSD
7 7 (11.29%) jQuery
8 5 (8.065%) Web Services
9 3 (4.839%) LAMP
10 1 (1.613%) Backbone.js
10 1 (1.613%) J2EE
10 1 (1.613%) RESTful
10 1 (1.613%) J2SE
Application Platforms
1 33 (53.23%) Magento
2 24 (38.71%) nginx
3 16 (25.81%) Apache
4 8 (12.90%) CMS
4 8 (12.90%) Joomla!
4 8 (12.90%) WordPress
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (54.84%) MySQL
2 25 (40.32%) Redis
3 1 (1.613%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 34 (54.84%) Selenium
2 27 (43.55%) PHPUnit
3 15 (24.19%) Cucumber
4 11 (17.74%) WebDriver
4 11 (17.74%) Maven
4 11 (17.74%) Ant
5 9 (14.52%) JMeter
5 9 (14.52%) Xcode
5 9 (14.52%) Jenkins
6 8 (12.90%) Hudson
7 7 (11.29%) FitNesse
8 6 (9.677%) WATIR
8 6 (9.677%) JBehave
9 5 (8.065%) RSpec
9 5 (8.065%) Subversion
10 3 (4.839%) QuickTest Pro
10 3 (4.839%) LoadRunner
10 3 (4.839%) Rational Robot
10 3 (4.839%) Git (software)
11 2 (3.226%) Jasmine
General
1 3 (4.839%) Retail
2 2 (3.226%) Music
3 1 (1.613%) Telecoms
3 1 (1.613%) Automotive
3 1 (1.613%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 36 (58.06%) Developer
2 25 (40.32%) Senior Developer
3 23 (37.10%) PHP Developer
4 17 (27.42%) Senior PHP Developer
5 14 (22.58%) Test Engineer
6 11 (17.74%) Automation Engineer
7 6 (9.677%) Senior Test Engineer
7 6 (9.677%) Software Engineer
8 4 (6.452%) Tester
8 4 (6.452%) Web Developer
9 3 (4.839%) Test Automation Engineer
9 3 (4.839%) Junior
10 2 (3.226%) Senior Web Developer
10 2 (3.226%) Junior Tester
10 2 (3.226%) Automation Tester
10 2 (3.226%) Senior Test Automation Engineer
10 2 (3.226%) Agile Tester
11 1 (1.613%) Graduate PHP Developer
11 1 (1.613%) Junior PHP Developer
11 1 (1.613%) Web Tester
Miscellaneous
1 10 (16.13%) Digital Media
2 7 (11.29%) Mobile App
3 6 (9.677%) Open Source
4 2 (3.226%) W3C
4 2 (3.226%) BBC
5 1 (1.613%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 38 (61.29%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (66.13%) BDD
2 35 (56.45%) Automated Testing
3 34 (54.84%) TDD
4 23 (37.10%) Agile Software Development
5 17 (27.42%) OO
6 16 (25.81%) User Stories
6 16 (25.81%) Continuous Integration
7 15 (24.19%) E-Commerce
7 15 (24.19%) Scrum
8 14 (22.58%) Automation Testing
9 13 (20.97%) OOP
10 10 (16.13%) Unit Testing
11 9 (14.52%) Web Development
11 9 (14.52%) Test Automation
12 8 (12.90%) Build Automation
13 6 (9.677%) Manual Testing
14 5 (8.065%) Kanban
14 5 (8.065%) Continuous Improvement
14 5 (8.065%) ATDD
14 5 (8.065%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 56 (90.32%) PHP
2 24 (38.71%) Java
3 23 (37.10%) PHP5
4 17 (27.42%) JavaScript
5 13 (20.97%) Python
6 3 (4.839%) Perl
7 2 (3.226%) SQL
8 1 (1.613%) C#
8 1 (1.613%) C++
8 1 (1.613%) Objective-C
8 1 (1.613%) Ruby
8 1 (1.613%) XPath
Qualifications
1 6 (9.677%) ISEB
1 6 (9.677%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (37.10%) QA
System Software
1 25 (40.32%) Varnish
Vendors
1 35 (56.45%) Zend
2 1 (1.613%) Oracle
2 1 (1.613%) Sybase
London
Experience with Varnish, Redis, MySQL, and some Linux admin stuff would be very desirable, and if possible some automated testing with Behat or PHPUnit. Skills Required PHP & Magento...
Engage PSG
Salary: £50000 - £60000 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013