The first table below looks at the demand for DSDM skills in IT jobs advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited DSDM over the 3 months to 17 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 West region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Dynamic Systems Development Method (DSDM)
Rank 216 224 229
Rank change year-on-year
+8 +5
Permanent jobs citing DSDM 32 27 12
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 0.449% 0.383% 0.175%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.587% 0.525% 0.254%
Number of salaries quoted 27 22 10
Average salary £65,000 £45,000 £60,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+44.44% -25.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £34,600 £37,500 £28,500
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £52,500 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year
-5.55% -10.00%
All Processes & Methodologies
North West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
5447 5146 4717
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 76.40% 72.98% 68.73%
Number of salaries quoted 4545 4502 4139
Average salary £37,500 £36,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.73% -2.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £25,000 £25,429
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £57,500 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
DSDM
England

DSDM
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West DSDM Jobs Demand Trend

DSDM
Salary Trend

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

North West DSDM Salary Trend

DSDM
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing DSDM across the North West region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

North West DSDM Salary Histogram

DSDM
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing DSDM within the North West region over the 3 months to 17 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
Merseyside +12 7 £40,000 -8.57%
Manchester -19 5 £35,000 -33.33%
Cheshire - 2 - -
Cumbria - 1 - -
DSDM
England

DSDM
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West region citing DSDM 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 DSDM.

1 42 (77.78%) RUP
2 37 (68.52%) Agile Software Development
3 36 (66.67%) Scrum
4 34 (62.96%) UML
5 26 (48.15%) Java
6 24 (44.44%) ERP
7 23 (42.59%) User Acceptance Testing
8 21 (38.89%) Use Case
8 21 (38.89%) Finance
9 20 (37.04%) .NET
10 16 (29.63%) Stakeholder Management
10 16 (29.63%) Change Management
11 15 (27.78%) Business Analysis
12 14 (25.93%) .NET Framework
12 14 (25.93%) Requirements Management
12 14 (25.93%) Requirements Analysis
12 14 (25.93%) Data Analysis
12 14 (25.93%) GAP Analysis
12 14 (25.93%) Workflow
13 13 (24.07%) Manufacturing
13 13 (24.07%) C#
13 13 (24.07%) E-Commerce
14 11 (20.37%) NHS
14 11 (20.37%) Project Management
15 10 (18.52%) RAD
15 10 (18.52%) OOA/OOD
15 10 (18.52%) J2EE
16 8 (14.81%) PRINCE2
17 7 (12.96%) UNIX
17 7 (12.96%) Degree

DSDM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West region citing DSDM 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 DSDM. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 20 (37.04%) .NET
2 14 (25.93%) .NET Framework
3 10 (18.52%) J2EE
4 6 (11.11%) XML
5 5 (9.259%) ASP.NET
6 3 (5.556%) WebSphere
6 3 (5.556%) WCF
6 3 (5.556%) Web Services
7 2 (3.704%) .NET Compact Framework
8 1 (1.852%) COM
Applications
1 1 (1.852%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 3 (5.556%) HTTP
1 3 (5.556%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (7.407%) SQL Server
2 3 (5.556%) RDBMS
3 1 (1.852%) Star Schema
3 1 (1.852%) Oracle 11g
3 1 (1.852%) Oracle BI EE
3 1 (1.852%) SAP Data Services
3 1 (1.852%) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
1 2 (3.704%) VSS/SourceSafe
1 2 (3.704%) NUnit
1 2 (3.704%) CruiseControl
1 2 (3.704%) Subversion
1 2 (3.704%) MSTest
General
1 21 (38.89%) Finance
2 13 (24.07%) Manufacturing
3 3 (5.556%) Retail
3 3 (5.556%) Back Office
4 1 (1.852%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 30 (55.56%) Analyst
2 27 (50.00%) Business Analyst
3 11 (20.37%) Systems Analyst
4 10 (18.52%) Project Manager
4 10 (18.52%) UML Business Analyst
5 7 (12.96%) Technical Manager
5 7 (12.96%) Technical Project Manager
5 7 (12.96%) Developer
6 6 (11.11%) Architect
7 4 (7.407%) Technical Architect
8 3 (5.556%) Test Analyst
8 3 (5.556%) Lead Test Analyst
8 3 (5.556%) Ab Initio Developer
8 3 (5.556%) Infrastructure Architect
8 3 (5.556%) PRINCE2 Project Manager
8 3 (5.556%) Agile Project Manager
9 2 (3.704%) Agile Business Analyst
9 2 (3.704%) Mobile Developer
9 2 (3.704%) Senior Manager
9 2 (3.704%) C# Developer
Miscellaneous
1 11 (20.37%) NHS
2 7 (12.96%) Enterprise Software
3 4 (7.407%) Mobile App
3 4 (7.407%) Management Information System
4 3 (5.556%) Mathematics
4 3 (5.556%) PMI
5 1 (1.852%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 7 (12.96%) UNIX
2 4 (7.407%) Windows
3 3 (5.556%) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (77.78%) RUP
2 37 (68.52%) Agile Software Development
3 36 (66.67%) Scrum
4 34 (62.96%) UML
5 24 (44.44%) ERP
6 23 (42.59%) User Acceptance Testing
7 21 (38.89%) Use Case
8 16 (29.63%) Stakeholder Management
8 16 (29.63%) Change Management
9 15 (27.78%) Business Analysis
10 14 (25.93%) Requirements Management
10 14 (25.93%) Requirements Analysis
10 14 (25.93%) GAP Analysis
10 14 (25.93%) Workflow
10 14 (25.93%) Data Analysis
11 13 (24.07%) E-Commerce
12 11 (20.37%) Project Management
13 10 (18.52%) RAD
13 10 (18.52%) OOA/OOD
14 8 (14.81%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 26 (48.15%) Java
2 13 (24.07%) C#
3 6 (11.11%) C++
4 4 (7.407%) SQL
5 3 (5.556%) T-SQL
6 2 (3.704%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (12.96%) Degree
2 3 (5.556%) ISEB
2 3 (5.556%) PMI Certification
3 1 (1.852%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.556%) COBIT
Vendors
1 6 (11.11%) Oracle
2 5 (9.259%) Microsoft
3 4 (7.407%) SAP
4 3 (5.556%) Siebel
4 3 (5.556%) Cisco
4 3 (5.556%) EMC
4 3 (5.556%) Citrix
4 3 (5.556%) TIBCO
4 3 (5.556%) Ab Initio
4 3 (5.556%) VMware
North West
Desirable qualities/experience: - C#, .NET (.NET 3.5 or greater) - WCF, Windows Communication Foundation - MS T-SQL - XML The ideal candidate will have experience or an understanding of...
Sanderson
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 29 April 2013
Stockport, North West
Ideally you will have gained exposure to UML and OOA/D, although training will be provided, and you will have experience of prototyping tools and software development methodologies,...
Applause IT Ltd
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum + bens + flexi time
Posted: 29 April 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
You will have: * Demonstrable customer facing experience and excellent communication skills and team focus; * Hands on experience of Web application and Web service development in a commercial environment...
Barclays
Salary: Competitive + excellent benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013