The first table below looks at the demand for WATIR skills in IT jobs advertised for the Manchester region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited WATIR over the 3 months to 23 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 Manchester region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Web Application Testing in Ruby (WATIR)
Rank 185 - 170
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing WATIR 4 0 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 0.098% - 0.025%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.602% - 0.193%
Number of salaries quoted 4 0 1
Average salary £27,500 - £37,500
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £48,750 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+2.56% +30.00%
All Development Applications
Manchester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
665 532 518
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 16.33% 14.61% 12.86%
Number of salaries quoted 598 475 483
Average salary £35,000 £32,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.69% -7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,000 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £55,000 £42,200
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+1.31% +1.33%
WATIR
North West

WATIR
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Manchester WATIR Jobs Demand Trend

WATIR
Salary Trend

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

Manchester WATIR Salary Trend

WATIR
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing WATIR within the Manchester region over the 3 months to 23 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
Bolton - 4 £27,500 -
WATIR
North West

WATIR
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Manchester region citing WATIR 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 WATIR.

1 6 (100.00%) Selenium
1 6 (100.00%) Ruby
2 4 (66.67%) Waterfall
2 4 (66.67%) soapUI
2 4 (66.67%) REST
2 4 (66.67%) FitNesse
2 4 (66.67%) User Acceptance Testing
2 4 (66.67%) Unit Testing
2 4 (66.67%) System Testing
2 4 (66.67%) C
2 4 (66.67%) C#
2 4 (66.67%) C++
2 4 (66.67%) Java
2 4 (66.67%) PHP
2 4 (66.67%) SQL
2 4 (66.67%) SOAP
2 4 (66.67%) Web Services
2 4 (66.67%) XML
2 4 (66.67%) RAD
2 4 (66.67%) Python
2 4 (66.67%) HTTP
2 4 (66.67%) QA
2 4 (66.67%) Mobile App
3 2 (33.33%) BBC
3 2 (33.33%) Scrum
3 2 (33.33%) Agile Software Development
3 2 (33.33%) TDD
3 2 (33.33%) Content Management
3 2 (33.33%) Interactive TV
3 2 (33.33%) Automated Testing

WATIR
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Manchester region citing WATIR 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 WATIR. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 4 (66.67%) soapUI
1 4 (66.67%) REST
1 4 (66.67%) SOAP
1 4 (66.67%) Web Services
1 4 (66.67%) XML
Communications & Networking
1 4 (66.67%) HTTP
Development Applications
1 6 (100.00%) Selenium
2 4 (66.67%) FitNesse
3 2 (33.33%) Capybara
3 2 (33.33%) Cucumber
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Test Consultant
1 4 (66.67%) Consultant
2 2 (33.33%) Test Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (66.67%) Mobile App
2 2 (33.33%) BBC
2 2 (33.33%) Interactive TV
2 2 (33.33%) New Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Waterfall
1 4 (66.67%) User Acceptance Testing
1 4 (66.67%) Unit Testing
1 4 (66.67%) System Testing
1 4 (66.67%) RAD
2 2 (33.33%) Scrum
2 2 (33.33%) Agile Software Development
2 2 (33.33%) TDD
2 2 (33.33%) Content Management
2 2 (33.33%) Automated Testing
2 2 (33.33%) Business Analysis
2 2 (33.33%) Kanban
2 2 (33.33%) Test Automation
2 2 (33.33%) BDD
2 2 (33.33%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 6 (100.00%) Ruby
2 4 (66.67%) C
2 4 (66.67%) C#
2 4 (66.67%) C++
2 4 (66.67%) Java
2 4 (66.67%) PHP
2 4 (66.67%) SQL
2 4 (66.67%) Python
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (66.67%) QA