The first table below looks at the demand for BDD skills in IT jobs advertised for the Merseyside region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited BDD over the 3 months to 21 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 Merseyside region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Behaviour-Driven Development (BDD)
Rank 53 76 -
Rank change year-on-year
+23 -
Permanent jobs citing BDD 6 3 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Merseyside 1.304% 0.448% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.596% 0.599% -
Number of salaries quoted 6 3 0
Average salary £37,500 £47,500 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-21.05% -
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
All Processes & Methodologies
Merseyside
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
376 501 317
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Merseyside 81.74% 74.78% 69.67%
Number of salaries quoted 315 443 256
Average salary £37,500 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.25% +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £29,000 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £52,750 £50,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
BDD
North West

BDD
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Merseyside BDD Jobs Demand Trend

BDD
Salary Trend

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

Merseyside BDD Salary Trend

BDD
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing BDD within the Merseyside region over the 3 months to 21 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
Liverpool +16 6 £37,500 -21.05%
BDD
North West

BDD
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Merseyside region citing BDD 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 BDD.

1 20 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 20 (100.00%) TDD
2 11 (55.00%) MCTS
2 11 (55.00%) MVC
2 11 (55.00%) ASP.NET
2 11 (55.00%) C#
2 11 (55.00%) VB
2 11 (55.00%) VB.NET
2 11 (55.00%) .NET
2 11 (55.00%) MCP
2 11 (55.00%) MCAD
2 11 (55.00%) MCSD
2 11 (55.00%) OO
2 11 (55.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 11 (55.00%) Internet
2 11 (55.00%) WCF
2 11 (55.00%) Domain-Driven Design
2 11 (55.00%) ASP.NET MVC
2 11 (55.00%) Razor View Engine
2 11 (55.00%) CQRS
2 11 (55.00%) Web Application Development
2 11 (55.00%) SQL Server 2012
2 11 (55.00%) ASP.NET MVC 4
3 9 (45.00%) Use Case
3 9 (45.00%) jQuery
3 9 (45.00%) Oracle 10g
3 9 (45.00%) EJB 3.0
3 9 (45.00%) Swing
3 9 (45.00%) HND
3 9 (45.00%) UNIX

BDD
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Merseyside region citing BDD 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 BDD. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 11 (55.00%) ASP.NET
1 11 (55.00%) .NET
1 11 (55.00%) WCF
1 11 (55.00%) ASP.NET MVC
1 11 (55.00%) Razor View Engine
1 11 (55.00%) ASP.NET MVC 4
2 9 (45.00%) jQuery
2 9 (45.00%) EJB 3.0
2 9 (45.00%) Swing
2 9 (45.00%) J2EE
2 9 (45.00%) EJB
2 9 (45.00%) Hibernate
2 9 (45.00%) Spring
Communications & Networking
1 11 (55.00%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 11 (55.00%) SQL Server 2012
3 9 (45.00%) Oracle 10g
Development Applications
1 9 (45.00%) JIRA
General
1 9 (45.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 20 (100.00%) Developer
2 11 (55.00%) .NET Developer
3 9 (45.00%) Software Developer
3 9 (45.00%) Java Developer
3 9 (45.00%) Java Software Developer
3 9 (45.00%) Java/J2EE Developer
4 5 (25.00%) Senior Java Software Developer
4 5 (25.00%) Senior Software Developer
4 5 (25.00%) Senior Java Developer
4 5 (25.00%) Senior Developer
5 4 (20.00%) Senior Java/J2EE Developer
6 3 (15.00%) Java Swing Developer
Operating Systems
1 9 (45.00%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (100.00%) TDD
2 11 (55.00%) MVC
2 11 (55.00%) OO
2 11 (55.00%) Domain-Driven Design
2 11 (55.00%) CQRS
2 11 (55.00%) Web Application Development
3 9 (45.00%) Use Case
3 9 (45.00%) Scrum
4 4 (20.00%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 11 (55.00%) C#
1 11 (55.00%) VB
1 11 (55.00%) VB.NET
2 9 (45.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 11 (55.00%) MCTS
1 11 (55.00%) MCP
1 11 (55.00%) MCAD
1 11 (55.00%) MCSD
1 11 (55.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 9 (45.00%) HND
2 9 (45.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 9 (45.00%) Oracle
Liverpool, Merseyside
Our client can provide you with industry recognised training in: .NET 4.5, ASP.NET MVC 4 (Razor), WCF, SQL Server 2012, Agile, TDD, BDD, DDD, OSS, ALT...
Dawson & Walsh
Salary: £30000 - £45000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Liverpool, North West
Our client can provide you with industry recognised training in: .NET 4.5, ASP.NET MVC 4 (Razor), WCF, SQL Server 2012, Agile, TDD, BDD, DDD, OSS, ALT...
Noir Consulting
Salary: £30000 - £45000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Liverpool, North West
Our client can provide training into: .NET 4.5, WCF, ASP.NET MVC 4 (Razor), SQL Server 2012, Agile, TDD, BDD, DDD, OSS, ALT.NET and CQRS... (.NET...
Noir Consulting
Salary: £30000 - £45000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013