The first table below looks at the demand for BDD skills in IT jobs advertised for the Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Behaviour-Driven Development (BDD)
Rank 113 95 99
Rank change year-on-year
-18 +4
Permanent jobs citing BDD 11 7 6
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 0.592% 0.477% 0.376%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.830% 0.708% 0.577%
Number of salaries quoted 11 7 6
Average salary £40,000 £30,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+33.33% -25.00%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
All Processes & Methodologies
Oxfordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1325 989 1040
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 71.27% 67.32% 65.24%
Number of salaries quoted 1137 889 919
Average salary £44,000 £41,500 £41,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.02% +1.21%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,000 £25,500
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £60,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
BDD
South East

BDD
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire BDD Salary Trend

BDD
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing BDD across the Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Oxfordshire BDD Salary Histogram

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 Oxfordshire 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
Oxford - 10 £40,000 -
Bicester - 1 £45,000 -
BDD
South East

BDD
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Oxfordshire 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 42 (100.00%) TDD
2 28 (66.67%) SQL Server
3 24 (57.14%) .NET
3 24 (57.14%) C#
4 21 (50.00%) SQL
4 21 (50.00%) ASP.NET
4 21 (50.00%) SQL Server 2008
4 21 (50.00%) ASP.NET MVC
5 20 (47.62%) Java
5 20 (47.62%) MVC
6 17 (40.48%) Scrum
6 17 (40.48%) JavaScript
6 17 (40.48%) CSS
7 16 (38.10%) Windows
7 16 (38.10%) OO
7 16 (38.10%) Pair Programming
7 16 (38.10%) Continuous Integration
7 16 (38.10%) WCF
8 15 (35.71%) MCTS
8 15 (35.71%) MCP
8 15 (35.71%) MCAD
8 15 (35.71%) MCSD
8 15 (35.71%) Microsoft Certification
9 14 (33.33%) HTML
9 14 (33.33%) NUnit
9 14 (33.33%) NHibernate
9 14 (33.33%) Kanban
9 14 (33.33%) Rhino Mocks
9 14 (33.33%) Moq
10 13 (30.95%) Spring

BDD
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Oxfordshire 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 24 (57.14%) .NET
2 21 (50.00%) ASP.NET
2 21 (50.00%) ASP.NET MVC
3 17 (40.48%) CSS
4 16 (38.10%) WCF
5 14 (33.33%) HTML
5 14 (33.33%) NHibernate
6 13 (30.95%) Spring
6 13 (30.95%) WPF
7 11 (26.19%) ASP.NET MVC 3
7 11 (26.19%) Razor View Engine
8 9 (21.43%) Hibernate
9 7 (16.67%) Java EE
9 7 (16.67%) Ajax
9 7 (16.67%) ASP.NET MVC 4
9 7 (16.67%) WinForms
10 6 (14.29%) LINQ
11 5 (11.90%) Silverlight
11 5 (11.90%) JMS
12 4 (9.524%) jQuery
Application Platforms
1 5 (11.90%) MQSeries
2 2 (4.762%) Tomcat
2 2 (4.762%) SharePoint
2 2 (4.762%) SharePoint Server
3 1 (2.381%) SharePoint 2010
3 1 (2.381%) BizTalk Server
Communications & Networking
1 4 (9.524%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (66.67%) SQL Server
2 21 (50.00%) SQL Server 2008
3 3 (7.143%) SQL Server 2005
4 2 (4.762%) SQL Server 2012
5 1 (2.381%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 14 (33.33%) NUnit
1 14 (33.33%) Rhino Mocks
1 14 (33.33%) Moq
2 9 (21.43%) JUnit
3 5 (11.90%) Selenium
4 3 (7.143%) Subversion
5 1 (2.381%) Git (software)
General
1 9 (21.43%) Games
2 8 (19.05%) Music
3 1 (2.381%) Banking
3 1 (2.381%) Finance
3 1 (2.381%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 42 (100.00%) Developer
2 18 (42.86%) Java Developer
3 16 (38.10%) .NET Developer
4 9 (21.43%) C# Developer
5 7 (16.67%) C# .NET Developer
6 6 (14.29%) Java Programmer
6 6 (14.29%) Programmer
7 4 (9.524%) Junior
7 4 (9.524%) Junior Developer
7 4 (9.524%) Junior .NET Developer
7 4 (9.524%) Agile C# Developer
8 3 (7.143%) C# ASP.NET Developer
8 3 (7.143%) ASP.NET Developer
8 3 (7.143%) Web Developer
9 2 (4.762%) Senior Developer
9 2 (4.762%) Software Engineer
9 2 (4.762%) Software Developer
9 2 (4.762%) C# Software Engineer
9 2 (4.762%) C# Web Developer
9 2 (4.762%) C# Software Developer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (9.524%) Client/Server
1 4 (9.524%) Tandem
1 4 (9.524%) Computer Science
2 2 (4.762%) Mobile App
2 2 (4.762%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 16 (38.10%) Windows
2 9 (21.43%) Linux
3 2 (4.762%) Android
3 2 (4.762%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (100.00%) TDD
2 20 (47.62%) MVC
3 17 (40.48%) Scrum
4 16 (38.10%) OO
4 16 (38.10%) Pair Programming
4 16 (38.10%) Continuous Integration
5 14 (33.33%) Kanban
6 13 (30.95%) Business Intelligence
7 12 (28.57%) Web Application Development
8 9 (21.43%) Supply Chain Management
8 9 (21.43%) Unit Testing
9 5 (11.90%) Multithreading
10 4 (9.524%) OOD
10 4 (9.524%) OOP
10 4 (9.524%) OOA/OOD
10 4 (9.524%) Domain-Driven Design
10 4 (9.524%) CQRS
11 3 (7.143%) MVVM
11 3 (7.143%) Asset Management
12 2 (4.762%) Agile Software Development
Programming Languages
1 24 (57.14%) C#
2 21 (50.00%) SQL
3 20 (47.62%) Java
4 17 (40.48%) JavaScript
5 9 (21.43%) Groovy
5 9 (21.43%) Scala
6 5 (11.90%) VB.NET
7 2 (4.762%) PHP
7 2 (4.762%) C++
8 1 (2.381%) Ruby
8 1 (2.381%) VB
Qualifications
1 15 (35.71%) MCTS
1 15 (35.71%) MCP
1 15 (35.71%) MCAD
1 15 (35.71%) MCSD
1 15 (35.71%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (9.524%) Degree
Vendors
1 5 (11.90%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.381%) Facebook
Bicester, South East
Our client will give you the opportunity to work on enterprise level software development projects and training into: .NET 4.5, ASP.NET MVC 4, WCF, SQL Server...
Noir Consulting
Salary: £35000 - £55000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Bicester, Oxfordshire
Our client will give you the opportunity to work on enterprise level software development projects and training into: .NET 4.5, ASP.NET MVC 4, WCF, SQL Server...
Dawson & Walsh
Salary: £35000 - £55000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Oxford, Oxfordshire
A leading BI Software vendor is looking for a Junior/graduate Java Developer to join a dynamic development team... The team is Agile with a particular focus on...
TRG
Salary: £40000 Per Annum Excellent benefits
Posted: 19 May 2013
Oxfordshire, South East
The team is Agile with a particular focus on TDD, BDD, Pair Programming, Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery... Essential Experience: - 2.2 in Computer Science or related degree -...
TRG
Salary: 40000 Per Annum Excellent benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Oxfordshire, South East
The team is Agile with a particular focus on TDD, BDD, Pair Programming, Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery. In addition, to the usual technical responsibilities the client is...
TRG
Salary: 60000 Per Annum Excellent benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Oxford, Oxfordshire
A leading BI Software vendor is looking for a high calibre Java Developer to join a dynamic development team... The team is Agile with a particular focus on...
TRG
Salary: £60000 Per Annum Excellent benefits
Posted: 19 May 2013