The first table below looks at the demand for Cucumber skills in IT jobs advertised for the Leeds region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Cucumber over the 3 months to 22 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 Leeds region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Cucumber
Rank 115 137 -
Rank change year-on-year
+22 -
Permanent jobs citing Cucumber 30 1 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leeds 1.137% 0.047% -
As % of the Development Applications category 6.961% 0.247% -
Number of salaries quoted 30 1 0
Average salary £35,000 £29,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
+20.68% -
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £45,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-22.22% +20.00%
All Development Applications
Leeds
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
431 405 252
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leeds 16.34% 19.00% 13.96%
Number of salaries quoted 333 361 217
Average salary £35,000 £37,000 £34,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.40% +8.82%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £25,950 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £42,500 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £38,000 £37,000
% change year-on-year
+1.31% +2.70%
Cucumber
West Yorkshire

Cucumber
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leeds Cucumber Jobs Demand Trend

Cucumber
Salary Trend

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

Leeds Cucumber Salary Trend

Cucumber
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leeds region citing Cucumber 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 Cucumber.

1 64 (100.00%) Selenium
2 56 (87.50%) Test Automation
3 55 (85.94%) QuickTest Pro
4 51 (79.69%) Agile Software Development
5 48 (75.00%) QA
6 39 (60.94%) Test Management
7 29 (45.31%) Test Scripting
8 26 (40.63%) Logistics
9 24 (37.50%) FitNesse
10 22 (34.38%) SpecFlow
11 21 (32.81%) Microsoft
12 18 (28.13%) .NET
12 18 (28.13%) Usability Testing
13 17 (26.56%) HP Quality Center
13 17 (26.56%) HP
14 16 (25.00%) Finance
14 16 (25.00%) soapUI
14 16 (25.00%) User Stories
14 16 (25.00%) Team Foundation Server
15 15 (23.44%) SQL
16 14 (21.88%) SOAP
17 13 (20.31%) Web Services
17 13 (20.31%) XML
17 13 (20.31%) XSD
17 13 (20.31%) SQL Server
17 13 (20.31%) Automated Testing
18 11 (17.19%) ISEB
18 11 (17.19%) Java
18 11 (17.19%) WSDL
19 10 (15.63%) LoadRunner

Cucumber
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leeds region citing Cucumber 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 Cucumber. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 18 (28.13%) .NET
2 16 (25.00%) soapUI
3 14 (21.88%) SOAP
4 13 (20.31%) Web Services
4 13 (20.31%) XML
4 13 (20.31%) XSD
5 11 (17.19%) WSDL
6 1 (1.563%) Gherkin
Applications
1 8 (12.50%) MS Excel
2 1 (1.563%) Mingle
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (20.31%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.563%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 64 (100.00%) Selenium
2 55 (85.94%) QuickTest Pro
3 24 (37.50%) FitNesse
4 22 (34.38%) SpecFlow
5 16 (25.00%) Team Foundation Server
6 10 (15.63%) LoadRunner
7 1 (1.563%) TestDirector
7 1 (1.563%) WebDriver
General
1 16 (25.00%) Finance
2 1 (1.563%) Banking
2 1 (1.563%) Retail
2 1 (1.563%) Telecoms
2 1 (1.563%) Investment Banking
2 1 (1.563%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 40 (62.50%) Tester
2 25 (39.06%) Web Tester
2 25 (39.06%) Automated Tester
3 24 (37.50%) Analyst
3 24 (37.50%) Test Analyst
4 12 (18.75%) Automation Tester
5 8 (12.50%) Agile Test Analyst
6 3 (4.688%) Senior Tester
6 3 (4.688%) Test Leader
6 3 (4.688%) QA Analyst
7 2 (3.125%) QA Test Analyst
8 1 (1.563%) QA Tester
Miscellaneous
1 1 (1.563%) Open Source
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (87.50%) Test Automation
2 51 (79.69%) Agile Software Development
3 39 (60.94%) Test Management
4 29 (45.31%) Test Scripting
5 26 (40.63%) Logistics
6 18 (28.13%) Usability Testing
7 16 (25.00%) User Stories
8 13 (20.31%) Automated Testing
9 10 (15.63%) BDD
10 8 (12.50%) Software Testing
11 7 (10.94%) DSDM
11 7 (10.94%) ATDD
12 5 (7.813%) Scrum
13 3 (4.688%) Business Analysis
13 3 (4.688%) Web Testing
14 2 (3.125%) TDD
15 1 (1.563%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 15 (23.44%) SQL
2 11 (17.19%) Java
3 10 (15.63%) C#
4 1 (1.563%) JavaScript
4 1 (1.563%) PHP
Qualifications
1 11 (17.19%) ISEB
2 8 (12.50%) ISTQB
3 1 (1.563%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (75.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 17 (26.56%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 21 (32.81%) Microsoft
2 17 (26.56%) HP
Leeds, Yorkshire
Key Skills 3 years experience in a testing role and automated testing experience Knowledge of automated test tools Selenium Web Driver Cucumber MySQL PHP Create and analyse test...
greywood
Salary: £35000 per annum + Bens
Posted: 4 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