The first table below looks at the demand for RDF skills in IT jobs advertised for the North East region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited RDF 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 Processes & Methodologies category for the North East region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Resource Description Framework (RDF)
Rank 66 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing RDF 3 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North East 0.435% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.621% - -
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 0
Average salary £27,500 - -
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £35,250 £32,000
% change year-on-year
+20.56% +10.15%
All Processes & Methodologies
North East
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
483 605 454
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North East 70.10% 68.44% 65.04%
Number of salaries quoted 432 486 362
Average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,750 £24,900 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £60,000 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
RDF
England

RDF
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North East RDF Jobs Demand Trend

RDF
Salary Trend

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

North East RDF Salary Trend

RDF
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing RDF within the North East region over the 3 months to 22 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
Tyne and Wear - 3 £27,500 -
RDF
England

RDF
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the North East region citing RDF 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 RDF.

1 8 (80.00%) ISEB
1 8 (80.00%) Manual Testing
2 6 (60.00%) Software Testing
3 5 (50.00%) ISTQB
3 5 (50.00%) Performance Testing
3 5 (50.00%) Finance
3 5 (50.00%) QA
4 3 (30.00%) System Testing
4 3 (30.00%) User Acceptance Testing
4 3 (30.00%) Functional Testing
4 3 (30.00%) Regression Testing
4 3 (30.00%) Validation
4 3 (30.00%) ISEB Practitioner
4 3 (30.00%) Penetration Testing
4 3 (30.00%) Automated Testing
4 3 (30.00%) Unit Testing
4 3 (30.00%) Integration Testing
4 3 (30.00%) Test Management
4 3 (30.00%) Test Scripting
4 3 (30.00%) Project Planning
4 3 (30.00%) Resource Management
5 2 (20.00%) Test Strategy
6 1 (10.00%) Telecoms
6 1 (10.00%) Mainframe
6 1 (10.00%) SQL
6 1 (10.00%) XML
6 1 (10.00%) E-Commerce
6 1 (10.00%) VoIP
6 1 (10.00%) Cisco
6 1 (10.00%) Systems Analysis

RDF
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 1 (10.00%) XML
Communications & Networking
1 1 (10.00%) VoIP
General
1 5 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (10.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 5 (50.00%) Test Manager
2 2 (20.00%) Resource Manager
2 2 (20.00%) Programme Manager
2 2 (20.00%) Programme Test Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Telephony Project Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Business Systems Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Systems Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Technical Project Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Project Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Business Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Technical Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) Mainframe
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (80.00%) Manual Testing
2 6 (60.00%) Software Testing
3 5 (50.00%) Performance Testing
4 3 (30.00%) System Testing
4 3 (30.00%) User Acceptance Testing
4 3 (30.00%) Functional Testing
4 3 (30.00%) Regression Testing
4 3 (30.00%) Validation
4 3 (30.00%) Penetration Testing
4 3 (30.00%) Automated Testing
4 3 (30.00%) Unit Testing
4 3 (30.00%) Integration Testing
4 3 (30.00%) Test Management
4 3 (30.00%) Test Scripting
4 3 (30.00%) Project Planning
4 3 (30.00%) Resource Management
5 2 (20.00%) Test Strategy
6 1 (10.00%) E-Commerce
6 1 (10.00%) Systems Analysis
Programming Languages
1 1 (10.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (80.00%) ISEB
2 5 (50.00%) ISTQB
3 3 (30.00%) ISEB Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (50.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (10.00%) Cisco