The first table below looks at the demand for SpecFlow skills in IT jobs advertised for the Leeds region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SpecFlow over the 3 months to 18 June 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SpecFlow
Rank 133 135 -
Rank change year-on-year
+2 -
Permanent jobs citing SpecFlow 17 5 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leeds 0.650% 0.229% -
As % of the Development Applications category 3.944% 1.302% -
Number of salaries quoted 14 4 0
Average salary £31,500 £32,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.56% -
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £32,000 £41,500
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -22.89%
All Development Applications
Leeds
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
431 384 244
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leeds 16.47% 17.58% 13.46%
Number of salaries quoted 323 324 200
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 £28,000 £25,500 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £45,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+2.66% -
SpecFlow
West Yorkshire

SpecFlow
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leeds 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 Leeds region.

Leeds SpecFlow Salary Trend

SpecFlow
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Leeds 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 32 (100.00%) Selenium
1 32 (100.00%) FitNesse
1 32 (100.00%) Cucumber
2 28 (87.50%) Agile Software Development
3 27 (84.38%) Microsoft
4 26 (81.25%) Finance
5 25 (78.13%) .NET
5 25 (78.13%) Test Automation
6 24 (75.00%) HP
6 24 (75.00%) QuickTest Pro
6 24 (75.00%) Usability Testing
7 23 (71.88%) HP Quality Center
7 23 (71.88%) Team Foundation Server
7 23 (71.88%) User Stories
8 20 (62.50%) Test Management
8 20 (62.50%) SQL
8 20 (62.50%) SOAP
8 20 (62.50%) Web Services
9 19 (59.38%) soapUI
10 17 (53.13%) XML
10 17 (53.13%) XSD
10 17 (53.13%) WSDL
10 17 (53.13%) SQL Server
11 12 (37.50%) ISEB
11 12 (37.50%) QA
12 11 (34.38%) BDD
12 11 (34.38%) ATDD
12 11 (34.38%) Software Testing
13 9 (28.13%) DSDM
14 8 (25.00%) ISTQB

SpecFlow
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Leeds 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 25 (78.13%) .NET
2 20 (62.50%) SOAP
2 20 (62.50%) Web Services
3 19 (59.38%) soapUI
4 17 (53.13%) XML
4 17 (53.13%) XSD
4 17 (53.13%) WSDL
5 4 (12.50%) Gherkin
Applications
1 6 (18.75%) MS Excel
2 4 (12.50%) Mingle
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (53.13%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 32 (100.00%) Selenium
1 32 (100.00%) FitNesse
1 32 (100.00%) Cucumber
2 24 (75.00%) QuickTest Pro
3 23 (71.88%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 26 (81.25%) Finance
2 4 (12.50%) Banking
2 4 (12.50%) Retail
2 4 (12.50%) Investment Banking
2 4 (12.50%) Retail Banking
2 4 (12.50%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 28 (87.50%) Analyst
1 28 (87.50%) Test Analyst
2 12 (37.50%) Agile Test Analyst
3 4 (12.50%) QA Analyst
4 3 (9.375%) Consultant
4 3 (9.375%) Test Consultant
5 1 (3.125%) Tester
5 1 (3.125%) Automation Tester
Miscellaneous
1 4 (12.50%) Open Source
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (87.50%) Agile Software Development
2 25 (78.13%) Test Automation
3 24 (75.00%) Usability Testing
4 23 (71.88%) User Stories
5 20 (62.50%) Test Management
6 11 (34.38%) Software Testing
6 11 (34.38%) BDD
6 11 (34.38%) ATDD
7 9 (28.13%) DSDM
8 8 (25.00%) Business Analysis
9 4 (12.50%) Scrum
9 4 (12.50%) Test Scripting
10 3 (9.375%) Web Testing
Programming Languages
1 20 (62.50%) SQL
Qualifications
1 12 (37.50%) ISEB
2 8 (25.00%) ISTQB
3 4 (12.50%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (37.50%) QA
Systems Management
1 23 (71.88%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 27 (84.38%) Microsoft
2 24 (75.00%) HP
Leeds, Yorkshire
Use of automated test tools (QTP, Selenium).* Use of Agile accepted tools (SpecFlow, Fitnesse, Cucumber)* Knowledge of Web Service APIs.* Knowledge of Web site testing.* Database Systems experience (...
E-Resourcing
Salary: £25000 - £35000 per annum + Package
Posted: 12 June 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: 12 June 2013