The first table below looks at the demand for Velocity 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 Velocity 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 Application Development category for the North West region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Apache Velocity
Rank 242 245 -
Rank change year-on-year
+3 -
Permanent jobs citing Velocity 1 2 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 0.014% 0.028% -
As % of the Application Development category 0.028% 0.057% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 0
Average salary £65,000 £45,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
+44.44% -
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £44,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year
+2.27% -2.22%
All Application Development
North West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
3536 3491 3030
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 49.21% 49.18% 44.12%
Number of salaries quoted 3150 3162 2776
Average salary £34,000 £33,500 £34,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.49% -1.47%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £24,500 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £47,500 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Velocity
England

Velocity
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West Velocity Jobs Demand Trend

Velocity
Salary Trend

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

North West Velocity Salary Trend

Velocity
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Velocity 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
Manchester - 1 £65,000 -
Velocity
England

Velocity
Top 29 Related IT Skills

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

1 7 (63.64%) Scrum
1 7 (63.64%) Continuous Integration
1 7 (63.64%) Test Automation
1 7 (63.64%) Continuous Improvement
2 6 (54.55%) Jenkins
2 6 (54.55%) Hudson
2 6 (54.55%) HP Quality Center
2 6 (54.55%) Team Foundation Server
2 6 (54.55%) Confluence
2 6 (54.55%) Subversion
2 6 (54.55%) Maven
2 6 (54.55%) Requirements Analysis
2 6 (54.55%) JIRA
2 6 (54.55%) Release Management
2 6 (54.55%) ClearCase
2 6 (54.55%) HP
2 6 (54.55%) Configuration Management
2 6 (54.55%) Bugzilla
3 5 (45.45%) Agile Software Development
4 4 (36.36%) Games
4 4 (36.36%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (36.36%) User Stories
5 3 (27.27%) Planning Poker
5 3 (27.27%) Waterfall
6 1 (9.091%) BDD
6 1 (9.091%) Project Management
6 1 (9.091%) E-Commerce
6 1 (9.091%) TDD
6 1 (9.091%) Retail

Velocity
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Platforms
1 6 (54.55%) Confluence
Development Applications
1 6 (54.55%) Jenkins
1 6 (54.55%) Hudson
1 6 (54.55%) Team Foundation Server
1 6 (54.55%) Subversion
1 6 (54.55%) Maven
1 6 (54.55%) JIRA
1 6 (54.55%) ClearCase
1 6 (54.55%) Bugzilla
General
1 4 (36.36%) Games
2 1 (9.091%) Retail
Job Titles
1 7 (63.64%) ScrumMaster
2 4 (36.36%) Business Analyst
2 4 (36.36%) Analyst
2 4 (36.36%) Agile Business Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (63.64%) Scrum
1 7 (63.64%) Continuous Integration
1 7 (63.64%) Test Automation
1 7 (63.64%) Continuous Improvement
2 6 (54.55%) Requirements Analysis
2 6 (54.55%) Release Management
2 6 (54.55%) Configuration Management
3 5 (45.45%) Agile Software Development
4 4 (36.36%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (36.36%) User Stories
5 3 (27.27%) Planning Poker
5 3 (27.27%) Waterfall
6 1 (9.091%) BDD
6 1 (9.091%) Project Management
6 1 (9.091%) E-Commerce
6 1 (9.091%) TDD
Systems Management
1 6 (54.55%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 6 (54.55%) HP