The first table below looks at the demand for FitNesse 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 FitNesse 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 Development Applications category for the North West region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
FitNesse
Rank 226 243 230
Rank change year-on-year
+17 -13
Permanent jobs citing FitNesse 17 4 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 0.237% 0.056% 0.058%
As % of the Development Applications category 1.517% 0.361% 0.429%
Number of salaries quoted 12 3 4
Average salary £28,750 £27,500 £28,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.54% -4.34%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £27,500 £27,150
10% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £35,500 £31,050
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £32,500
% change year-on-year
- +15.38%
All Development Applications
North West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
1121 1109 933
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 15.60% 15.62% 13.59%
Number of salaries quoted 972 978 861
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,000 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £50,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+1.31% +1.33%
FitNesse
England

FitNesse
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West FitNesse Jobs Demand Trend

FitNesse
Salary Trend

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

North West FitNesse Salary Trend

FitNesse
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing FitNesse within the North West region over the 3 months to 24 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
Lancashire - 7 £27,500 -
Merseyside - 6 £30,000 -
Manchester -18 4 £27,500 -
FitNesse
England

FitNesse
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West region citing FitNesse 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 FitNesse.

1 22 (100.00%) Selenium
2 20 (90.91%) QA
2 20 (90.91%) Java
2 20 (90.91%) PHP
2 20 (90.91%) Mobile App
3 16 (72.73%) SQL
4 14 (63.64%) SOAP
4 14 (63.64%) Web Services
4 14 (63.64%) XML
4 14 (63.64%) RAD
4 14 (63.64%) Python
4 14 (63.64%) HTTP
4 14 (63.64%) C
4 14 (63.64%) C#
4 14 (63.64%) C++
4 14 (63.64%) WATIR
4 14 (63.64%) Ruby
4 14 (63.64%) User Acceptance Testing
4 14 (63.64%) Unit Testing
4 14 (63.64%) System Testing
4 14 (63.64%) Waterfall
4 14 (63.64%) soapUI
4 14 (63.64%) REST
5 8 (36.36%) Manual Testing
6 6 (27.27%) Behat
6 6 (27.27%) Jenkins
6 6 (27.27%) User Stories
6 6 (27.27%) Cucumber
6 6 (27.27%) Hudson
6 6 (27.27%) WebDriver

FitNesse
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West region citing FitNesse 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 FitNesse. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 14 (63.64%) SOAP
1 14 (63.64%) Web Services
1 14 (63.64%) XML
1 14 (63.64%) soapUI
1 14 (63.64%) REST
Application Platforms
1 6 (27.27%) Apache
Communications & Networking
1 14 (63.64%) HTTP
Development Applications
1 22 (100.00%) Selenium
2 14 (63.64%) WATIR
3 6 (27.27%) Behat
3 6 (27.27%) Jenkins
3 6 (27.27%) Cucumber
3 6 (27.27%) Hudson
3 6 (27.27%) WebDriver
3 6 (27.27%) JMeter
4 2 (9.091%) QuickTest Pro
Job Titles
1 14 (63.64%) Consultant
1 14 (63.64%) Test Consultant
2 6 (27.27%) Software Engineer
3 2 (9.091%) Analyst
3 2 (9.091%) Test Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 20 (90.91%) Mobile App
2 6 (27.27%) Open Source
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (63.64%) RAD
1 14 (63.64%) User Acceptance Testing
1 14 (63.64%) Unit Testing
1 14 (63.64%) System Testing
1 14 (63.64%) Waterfall
2 8 (36.36%) Manual Testing
3 6 (27.27%) User Stories
3 6 (27.27%) Test Automation
3 6 (27.27%) Continuous Integration
3 6 (27.27%) Agile Software Development
3 6 (27.27%) Automated Testing
3 6 (27.27%) Scrum
3 6 (27.27%) Web Development
4 2 (9.091%) V-Model
4 2 (9.091%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 20 (90.91%) Java
1 20 (90.91%) PHP
2 16 (72.73%) SQL
3 14 (63.64%) Python
3 14 (63.64%) C
3 14 (63.64%) C#
3 14 (63.64%) C++
3 14 (63.64%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 6 (27.27%) ISTQB
1 6 (27.27%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (90.91%) QA
Systems Management
1 2 (9.091%) HP Quality Center