The first table below looks at the demand for TDD skills in IT jobs advertised for the Luton region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited TDD over the 3 months to 24 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 Processes & Methodologies category for the Luton region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test-Driven Development (TDD)
Rank 28 29 25
Rank change year-on-year
+1 -4
Permanent jobs citing TDD 16 17 14
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Luton 4.324% 4.533% 5.447%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.281% 7.798% 6.140%
Number of salaries quoted 13 13 14
Average salary £50,000 £45,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+11.11% +38.46%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
All Processes & Methodologies
Luton
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
303 218 228
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Luton 81.89% 58.13% 88.72%
Number of salaries quoted 266 180 194
Average salary £47,500 £47,500 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +11.76%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £27,250 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £57,500 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
TDD
Bedfordshire

TDD
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing TDD across the Luton region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Luton TDD Jobs Demand Trend

TDD
Salary Trend

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

Luton TDD Salary Trend

TDD
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing TDD across the Luton region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Luton TDD Salary Histogram

TDD
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Luton 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.

1 46 (85.19%) .NET
2 42 (77.78%) C#
3 28 (51.85%) MVC
3 28 (51.85%) SQL Server
3 28 (51.85%) ASP.NET
4 27 (50.00%) Scrum
5 25 (46.30%) Web Services
6 23 (42.59%) HTML
6 23 (42.59%) SOA
6 23 (42.59%) Microsoft
7 22 (40.74%) Unit Testing
8 21 (38.89%) E-Commerce
9 19 (35.19%) Internet
9 19 (35.19%) BDD
10 18 (33.33%) Continuous Integration
10 18 (33.33%) Web Development
10 18 (33.33%) .NET Framework
10 18 (33.33%) Windows
11 17 (31.48%) JavaScript
11 17 (31.48%) XML
11 17 (31.48%) Refactoring
12 16 (29.63%) N-Tier
12 16 (29.63%) Change Management
13 14 (25.93%) MS Excel
13 14 (25.93%) SQL Server 2005
14 13 (24.07%) Dependency Injection
15 12 (22.22%) Team Foundation Server
16 11 (20.37%) Inversion of Control
16 11 (20.37%) SQL Server 2008
16 11 (20.37%) ASP.NET MVC

TDD
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Luton 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.

Application Development
1 46 (85.19%) .NET
2 28 (51.85%) ASP.NET
3 25 (46.30%) Web Services
4 23 (42.59%) HTML
5 18 (33.33%) .NET Framework
6 17 (31.48%) XML
7 11 (20.37%) ASP.NET MVC
7 11 (20.37%) NHibernate
8 4 (7.407%) iOS SDK
8 4 (7.407%) Cocoa
9 2 (3.704%) WCF
9 2 (3.704%) WPF
9 2 (3.704%) KnockoutJS
9 2 (3.704%) ASP.NET MVC 4
9 2 (3.704%) Ninject
9 2 (3.704%) Node.js
10 1 (1.852%) J2EE
10 1 (1.852%) WinForms
10 1 (1.852%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 11 (20.37%) SharePoint
2 9 (16.67%) SharePoint Server
3 8 (14.81%) BizTalk Server
4 4 (7.407%) Exstream Dialogue
4 4 (7.407%) Windows Azure
5 3 (5.556%) Oracle Workflow
6 1 (1.852%) NServiceBus
6 1 (1.852%) WebLogic
6 1 (1.852%) Apache
6 1 (1.852%) Papyrus
Applications
1 14 (25.93%) MS Excel
2 8 (14.81%) DOC1
3 5 (9.259%) PrintSoft PReS
Business Applications
1 5 (9.259%) Exstream
Communications & Networking
1 19 (35.19%) Internet
2 2 (3.704%) 3G
2 2 (3.704%) 3GPP
2 2 (3.704%) 4G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (51.85%) SQL Server
2 14 (25.93%) SQL Server 2005
3 11 (20.37%) SQL Server 2008
4 10 (18.52%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 8 (14.81%) GIS
6 7 (12.96%) SQL Server 2000
7 5 (9.259%) Data Warehouse
7 5 (9.259%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 4 (7.407%) RDBMS
9 2 (3.704%) SQL Server 2012
Development Applications
1 12 (22.22%) Team Foundation Server
2 5 (9.259%) Visual Studio
3 4 (7.407%) Xcode
4 1 (1.852%) Jenkins
4 1 (1.852%) Ant
4 1 (1.852%) Selenium
4 1 (1.852%) Hudson
4 1 (1.852%) Maven
4 1 (1.852%) NUnit
General
1 8 (14.81%) Retail
2 6 (11.11%) Telecoms
3 5 (9.259%) Games
4 3 (5.556%) Investment Banking
4 3 (5.556%) Banking
Job Titles
1 41 (75.93%) Developer
2 31 (57.41%) .NET Developer
3 22 (40.74%) C# Developer
4 19 (35.19%) C# .NET Developer
5 11 (20.37%) Architect
6 9 (16.67%) Solutions Architect
7 8 (14.81%) C# ASP.NET Developer
7 8 (14.81%) ASP.NET Developer
8 4 (7.407%) iOS Developer
8 4 (7.407%) Lead C# Developer
8 4 (7.407%) Agile .NET Developer
8 4 (7.407%) Agile C# Developer
8 4 (7.407%) Lead .NET Developer
8 4 (7.407%) Lead Developer
9 3 (5.556%) Analyst
9 3 (5.556%) Programmer
9 3 (5.556%) C# Programmer
9 3 (5.556%) .NET Programmer
10 2 (3.704%) .NET Analyst Programmer
10 2 (3.704%) .NET Architect
Miscellaneous
1 16 (29.63%) N-Tier
2 11 (20.37%) Inversion of Control
3 4 (7.407%) Digital Media
3 4 (7.407%) iPad
3 4 (7.407%) Enterprise Software
3 4 (7.407%) iPhone
4 1 (1.852%) Mathematics
4 1 (1.852%) Statistics
Operating Systems
1 18 (33.33%) Windows
2 4 (7.407%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (51.85%) MVC
2 27 (50.00%) Scrum
3 23 (42.59%) SOA
4 22 (40.74%) Unit Testing
5 21 (38.89%) E-Commerce
6 19 (35.19%) BDD
7 18 (33.33%) Continuous Integration
7 18 (33.33%) Web Development
8 17 (31.48%) Refactoring
9 16 (29.63%) Change Management
10 13 (24.07%) Dependency Injection
11 10 (18.52%) Agile Software Development
12 8 (14.81%) Workflow
12 8 (14.81%) OO
12 8 (14.81%) ETL
12 8 (14.81%) AOP
13 5 (9.259%) Data Transformation
14 4 (7.407%) UML
14 4 (7.407%) OOP
15 3 (5.556%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 42 (77.78%) C#
2 17 (31.48%) JavaScript
3 6 (11.11%) SQL
4 4 (7.407%) Objective-C
5 2 (3.704%) Java
6 1 (1.852%) C++
6 1 (1.852%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 9 (16.67%) Degree
2 3 (5.556%) ISEB
2 3 (5.556%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (3.704%) MCTS
3 2 (3.704%) MCP
3 2 (3.704%) MCAD
3 2 (3.704%) MCSD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.852%) QA
Vendors
1 23 (42.59%) Microsoft
2 11 (20.37%) Oracle
3 7 (12.96%) XMPie
3 7 (12.96%) Sybase
4 5 (9.259%) HP
5 4 (7.407%) Apple
6 1 (1.852%) JBoss
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