The first table below looks at the demand for SpecFlow skills in IT jobs advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SpecFlow 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
SpecFlow
Rank 618 831 800
Rank change year-on-year
+213 -31
Permanent jobs citing SpecFlow 215 32 59
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 0.213% 0.028% 0.050%
As % of the Development Applications category 1.438% 0.194% 0.393%
Number of salaries quoted 193 31 47
Average salary £52,500 £42,500 £60,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+23.52% -29.16%
90% offered a salary of more than £34,200 £40,000 £40,000
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £65,000 £85,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £41,500
% change year-on-year
- -15.66%
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%
SpecFlow
UK

SpecFlow
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England SpecFlow Jobs Demand Trend

SpecFlow
Salary Trend

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

England SpecFlow Salary Trend

SpecFlow
Salary Histogram

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

England SpecFlow Salary Histogram

SpecFlow
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SpecFlow 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 +171 166 £56,250 +21.62%
South East +25 20 £35,000 -30.00%
East of England +15 13 £35,000 +16.66%
Yorkshire -9 12 £34,000 +6.25%
West Midlands - 3 £55,000 -
North West - 1 - -
SpecFlow
UK

SpecFlow
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 346 (75.71%) .NET
2 307 (67.18%) C#
3 288 (63.02%) Selenium
4 280 (61.27%) BDD
5 258 (56.46%) TDD
6 245 (53.61%) Scrum
7 183 (40.04%) SQL
8 179 (39.17%) MVC
9 178 (38.95%) Agile Software Development
10 176 (38.51%) Cucumber
11 168 (36.76%) QA
12 165 (36.11%) ASP.NET
13 139 (30.42%) SQL Server
14 132 (28.88%) Test Automation
15 129 (28.23%) jQuery
16 124 (27.13%) ASP.NET MVC
17 120 (26.26%) Kanban
18 118 (25.82%) OO
19 111 (24.29%) Continuous Integration
20 108 (23.63%) NUnit
20 108 (23.63%) WebDriver
21 102 (22.32%) JavaScript
22 95 (20.79%) Microsoft
22 95 (20.79%) Git (software)
23 93 (20.35%) Windows
24 90 (19.69%) E-Commerce
24 90 (19.69%) Subversion
25 85 (18.60%) FitNesse
26 82 (17.94%) ASP.NET MVC 4
27 81 (17.72%) TeamCity

SpecFlow
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 346 (75.71%) .NET
2 165 (36.11%) ASP.NET
3 129 (28.23%) jQuery
4 124 (27.13%) ASP.NET MVC
5 82 (17.94%) ASP.NET MVC 4
6 80 (17.51%) Web Services
7 75 (16.41%) .NET Framework
8 74 (16.19%) WCF
9 62 (13.57%) REST
10 59 (12.91%) SOAP
11 56 (12.25%) Gherkin
12 47 (10.28%) soapUI
13 45 (9.847%) CSS
14 43 (9.409%) NHibernate
15 42 (9.190%) RESTful
16 39 (8.534%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
17 36 (7.877%) XML
18 34 (7.440%) HTML
19 31 (6.783%) KnockoutJS
20 30 (6.565%) ASP.NET MVC 3
Application Platforms
1 48 (10.50%) IIS
2 37 (8.096%) MSMQ
3 29 (6.346%) CMS
3 29 (6.346%) Amazon AWS
4 17 (3.720%) Windows Azure
5 15 (3.282%) Sitecore CMS
5 15 (3.282%) Rackspace Cloud
6 14 (3.063%) ESB
7 13 (2.845%) ActiveMQ
8 11 (2.407%) Apache
9 9 (1.969%) Tomcat
10 2 (0.438%) BizTalk Server
10 2 (0.438%) Joomla!
10 2 (0.438%) Drupal
10 2 (0.438%) Umbraco
10 2 (0.438%) Mule
11 1 (0.219%) NServiceBus
11 1 (0.219%) RabbitMQ
Applications
1 27 (5.908%) MS Excel
2 1 (0.219%) Mingle
Communications & Networking
1 57 (12.47%) Internet
2 30 (6.565%) HTTP
3 22 (4.814%) BSS
4 1 (0.219%) Network Security
4 1 (0.219%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 139 (30.42%) SQL Server
2 71 (15.54%) MySQL
3 36 (7.877%) SQL Server 2008
4 33 (7.221%) NoSQL
4 33 (7.221%) SQL Server 2012
5 31 (6.783%) MarkLogic
6 17 (3.720%) MongoDB
7 12 (2.626%) RDBMS
8 11 (2.407%) SQL Server 2005
9 8 (1.751%) Hadoop
10 7 (1.532%) RavenDB
11 6 (1.313%) CouchDB
12 1 (0.219%) Big Data
12 1 (0.219%) SQL Server 2000
Development Applications
1 288 (63.02%) Selenium
2 176 (38.51%) Cucumber
3 108 (23.63%) WebDriver
3 108 (23.63%) NUnit
4 95 (20.79%) Git (software)
5 90 (19.69%) Subversion
6 85 (18.60%) FitNesse
7 81 (17.72%) ReSharper
7 81 (17.72%) TeamCity
8 60 (13.13%) Moq
9 56 (12.25%) JIRA
10 48 (10.50%) Visual Studio
11 40 (8.753%) JBehave
12 36 (7.877%) Rhino Mocks
13 31 (6.783%) QuickTest Pro
13 31 (6.783%) Maven
14 25 (5.470%) CruiseControl
15 20 (4.376%) Ant
16 19 (4.158%) JMeter
16 19 (4.158%) Concordion
General
1 80 (17.51%) Finance
2 37 (8.096%) Publishing
3 32 (7.002%) Retail
4 30 (6.565%) Games
5 19 (4.158%) Marketing
6 17 (3.720%) Back Office
7 9 (1.969%) Telecoms
7 9 (1.969%) Banking
8 5 (1.094%) Investment Banking
9 1 (0.219%) Retail Banking
9 1 (0.219%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 242 (52.95%) Developer
2 95 (20.79%) .NET Developer
3 72 (15.75%) Analyst
4 67 (14.66%) Test Analyst
5 57 (12.47%) Senior Developer
6 52 (11.38%) Agile .NET Developer
7 47 (10.28%) Tester
8 40 (8.753%) C# Developer
9 36 (7.877%) Senior .NET Developer
10 28 (6.127%) Software Engineer
11 27 (5.908%) C# .NET Developer
12 26 (5.689%) Test Manager
13 25 (5.470%) Software Developer
13 25 (5.470%) Automation Tester
14 22 (4.814%) Test Engineer
14 22 (4.814%) QA Tester
15 21 (4.595%) QA Engineer
16 20 (4.376%) C# ASP.NET Developer
17 19 (4.158%) Agile C# Developer
18 18 (3.939%) QA Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 71 (15.54%) Open Source
2 47 (10.28%) Computer Science
3 44 (9.628%) Mobile App
4 25 (5.470%) Video on Demand
5 21 (4.595%) Blog
6 19 (4.158%) Client/Server
7 12 (2.626%) iPad
8 10 (2.188%) Digital Media
9 9 (1.969%) iPhone
10 8 (1.751%) Management Information System
11 5 (1.094%) PMI
11 5 (1.094%) Online Games
12 4 (0.875%) Clustering
13 2 (0.438%) STB
13 2 (0.438%) Data Integration
13 2 (0.438%) Inversion of Control
14 1 (0.219%) Cloud Computing
14 1 (0.219%) Hedge funds
14 1 (0.219%) Kinect
14 1 (0.219%) SaaS
Operating Systems
1 93 (20.35%) Windows
2 17 (3.720%) Linux
3 13 (2.845%) Apple iOS
4 12 (2.626%) Android
5 10 (2.188%) Windows Server 2008
5 10 (2.188%) Windows XP
6 9 (1.969%) Windows 7
7 7 (1.532%) Windows 8
8 2 (0.438%) SUSE
9 1 (0.219%) Windows Phone
Processes & Methodologies
1 280 (61.27%) BDD
2 258 (56.46%) TDD
3 245 (53.61%) Scrum
4 179 (39.17%) MVC
5 178 (38.95%) Agile Software Development
6 132 (28.88%) Test Automation
7 120 (26.26%) Kanban
8 118 (25.82%) OO
9 111 (24.29%) Continuous Integration
10 90 (19.69%) E-Commerce
11 56 (12.25%) Unit Testing
12 50 (10.94%) Waterfall
13 48 (10.50%) Automated Testing
14 47 (10.28%) Automation Testing
15 46 (10.07%) Test Scripting
16 44 (9.628%) OOP
17 42 (9.190%) Software Testing
18 40 (8.753%) OOA/OOD
19 37 (8.096%) User Stories
20 36 (7.877%) SOA
Programming Languages
1 307 (67.18%) C#
2 183 (40.04%) SQL
3 102 (22.32%) JavaScript
4 56 (12.25%) Java
5 46 (10.07%) Ruby
6 29 (6.346%) C++
7 24 (5.252%) C
8 23 (5.033%) T-SQL
9 22 (4.814%) XQuery
10 18 (3.939%) PowerShell
11 7 (1.532%) Python
12 5 (1.094%) PL/SQL
13 4 (0.875%) Objective-C
14 3 (0.656%) PeopleCode
15 2 (0.438%) Perl
16 1 (0.219%) VB.NET
16 1 (0.219%) Shell Script
16 1 (0.219%) PowerHouse
16 1 (0.219%) XAML
16 1 (0.219%) Scala
Qualifications
1 61 (13.35%) Degree
2 44 (9.628%) ISEB
3 36 (7.877%) ISTQB
4 6 (1.313%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 5 (1.094%) PMI Certification
6 2 (0.438%) HND
7 1 (0.219%) Postgraduate
7 1 (0.219%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 168 (36.76%) QA
2 4 (0.875%) Basel III
System Software
1 3 (0.656%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 15 (3.282%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 95 (20.79%) Microsoft
2 23 (5.033%) Oracle
3 21 (4.595%) Sitecore
4 16 (3.501%) HP
5 11 (2.407%) Nokia
5 11 (2.407%) Siemens
5 11 (2.407%) Cerillion
5 11 (2.407%) Nokia Siemens Networks
6 4 (0.875%) Perforce
7 3 (0.656%) VMware
7 3 (0.656%) Xamarin
8 2 (0.438%) Apple
8 2 (0.438%) Salesforce.com
9 1 (0.219%) Mercator
9 1 (0.219%) Atlassian
London
The QA Developer will provide early feedback from exploratory testing to resolve issues as soon as possible, whilst developing and maintaining both manual and automated tests and new...
Annapurna HR
Salary: £50000 - £65000 per annum
Posted: 4 May 2013
London
The QA Developer will provide early feedback from exploratory testing to resolve issues as soon as possible, whilst developing and maintaining both manual and automated tests and new...
Annapurna HR
Salary: £50000 - £65000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
Brighton, East Sussex
You will support the automated test UI suite, writing automation frameworks from scratch using Selenium Webdriver with C#... Exposure to writing and creating automation frameworks using selenium webdriver ...
Evolution Recruitment Solutions
Salary: 35000
Posted: 13 May 2013
East Sussex
A good understanding of server side technologies: ASP.Net (2.0-4.0) C#. * Demonstrable knowledge and skills in CSS, HTML and JavaScript... Desirable: * Knowledge and experience of...
ARC IT Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £30000 Per Annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
City, London
My client is looking for developers skilled within the .NET stack, specifically building ASP.net applications (preferably in MVC) using C# and SQL Server... In their stack they...
Prism Digital
Salary: £45000 - £70000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 14 May 2013
London
Senior C# Developer (.NET, C#.NET, dot NET, ASP.NET MVC, BDD, Behaviour Driven Development, SpecFlow, Cucumber, Gherkin, ORM, NHibernate, Entity Framework, OO, TDD, Unit Testing, Integration Testing,...
Noir Consulting
Salary: £55000 - £65000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 18 May 2013
Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire
It is essential that you have worked within an Agile development environment and are used to implementing and coding a test automation framework within Microsoft (Visual Studio, C#,...
Connections Recruitment Ltd.
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 14 May 2013
Brighton, East Sussex
Essential Skills: Understanding of ASP.Net and C# Knowledge of CSS, HTML and JavaScript Knowledge of OOD and writing re-usable code. Desirable: JQuery or JS Frameworks BDD:...
Evolution Recruitment Solutions
Salary: 30-35k+Bens
Posted: 13 May 2013
Bolton, Lancashire
Here’s a non-exhaustive list of technologies/tools we currently use: - C# - JavaScript & associated libraries (eg JQuery) - ASP.NET Web Forms, ASP.Net MVC, WCF - NHibernate - Castle...
Appliance Online
Salary: Competitive Salary - Negotiable dependant on Experience
Posted: 29 April 2013
London
The successful candidate will be comfortable with some of the following: Parallel Programming, IoC/Dependency Injection, Continuous Integration, SpecFlow and multi-threaded applications.In addition, to the usual...
TRG
Salary: 40000 Per Annum Plus Excellent Benefits
Posted: 30 April 2013
London
Our client can provide you with exposure to, and industry recognised training in: .NET 4.5, WCF, ASP.NET MVC 3 / 4, SQL Server 2008 / 2012, Web APIs (...
Noir Consulting
Salary: £45000 - £50000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 14 May 2013
London
Our client can provide you with exposure to, and industry recognised training in: .NET 4.5, WCF, ASP.NET MVC 3 / 4, SQL Server 2008 / 2012, Web APIs (...
Noir Consulting
Salary: £55000 - £65000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 14 May 2013
East London
Lead Test Engineer - Selenium, Cucumber, Agile, Java, C++, .NET, Specflow, Ruby... The Test Engineer should have excellent experience and knowledge with the following: Selenium Webdriver, Cucumber, Specflow. Java,...
Oliver Bernard
Salary: From £70,000 to £80,000 per annum + bonus, excellent package
Posted: 17 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
Preferred: - Experience of BDD/ATDD techniques... HP Quality Center, Microsoft TFS 2010) - Use of automated test tools (e.g. HP QTP, Selenium, SoapUI) - Use of agile acceptance test...
The Bridge Ltd
Salary: From £27,000 to £34,000 per annum + Bonus + Bens
Posted: 13 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
Preferred: - Experience of BDD/ATDD techniques... Preferred: - Use of test management tools (eg HP Quality Center, Microsoft TFS 2010) - Use of automated test tools (eg HP QTP, Selenium,...
The Bridge Ltd
Salary: From £25,000 to £35,000 per annum + Bonus + Bens
Posted: 17 May 2013
City of London
The Role * Reviewing software specifications, designing, implementing and troubleshooting automated and manual test strategies * Testing to be performed at code or API level * Provide high quality reporting on...
Mint
Salary: £50000 - £57000 per annum + Bonus
Posted: 2 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
HP Quality Center, Microsoft TFS 2010) Use of automated test tools (e.g... SpecFlow, Fitnesse, Cucumber) Knowledge of Web Service APIs (XML /XSD/WSDL/SOAP) Knowledge of Web...
4it Recruitment Ltd
Salary: Up to £34,000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
City, London
Source control and configuration management, specifically Subversion although exposure to other tools and DSCM would be valuable. Continuous Integration tools (specifically TeamCity and Jenkins) Test automation (specifically Selenium...
Truphone
Salary: From £50,000 to £55,000 per annum Excellent plus benefits
Posted: 23 April 2013
City, London
Key Experience: *PMI / Prince2 certified *Defining and implementing integration and release processes across various types of development and configuration deliverables *Continuous Integration tools (specifically TeamCity and Jenkins) *Test...
Claremont Consulting Ltd
Salary: £45000 - £55000 per annum + Bonus + Benefits
Posted: 14 May 2013