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The first part of the table below looks at the demand for Unit Testing skills in IT jobs advertised for the South West region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Unit Testing over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Processes & Methodologies category for the South West region.

 Unit Testing
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank115113168
Rank change year-on-year
Down-2Up+55
Matching permanent IT job ads687894
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West1.356 %1.261 %0.809 %
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category2.218 %2.199 %1.445 %
Salaries quoted677276
Average salary£35,000£36,000£38,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.770 %-5.260 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£25,300£28,500£27,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£41,500£40,000£48,000
UK excluding London average salary£37,500£36,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+4.160 %+2.850 %
South West IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryAll Processes & Methodologies
South West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
306635476505
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West61.16 %57.34 %55.99 %
Salaries quoted270730505116
Average salary£35,000£37,500£37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.660 %-
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£25,000£26,000£25,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£50,000£55,000£52,500
UK excluding London average salary£40,000£40,000£40,000
Unit Testing EnglandUnit Testing
England

Unit Testing
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Unit Testing across the South West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

South West Unit Testing Demand Trend

Unit Testing
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Unit Testing across the South West region.

South West Unit Testing Salary Trend

Unit Testing
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Unit Testing across the South West region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

South West Unit Testing Salary Histogram

Unit Testing
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Unit Testing within the South West region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
BristolUp+1839£40,000+33.33 %
SomersetUp+1716£32,500-13.33 %
DevonUp+65£30,000-25.00 %
WiltshireDown-65£30,000-20.00 %
AvonNew entry-2£34,000-
GloucestershireDown-131£30,000+0.84 %
Unit Testing EnglandUnit Testing
England

Unit Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the South West region citing Unit Testing 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 Unit Testing.

196 (69.57 %).NET
295 (68.84 %)C#
384 (60.87 %)SQL
467 (48.55 %)SQL Server
566 (47.83 %)VB
662 (44.93 %)VB.NET
759 (42.75 %)C++
856 (40.58 %)RDBMS
953 (38.41 %)DCOM
1051 (36.96 %)Windows
1147 (34.06 %)QA
1244 (31.88 %)MDX
1244 (31.88 %)ODBC
1244 (31.88 %)Client/Server
1244 (31.88 %)OLAP
1244 (31.88 %)MSI
1339 (28.26 %)CSS
1437 (26.81 %)Oracle
1437 (26.81 %)HTML
1533 (23.91 %)Java
1533 (23.91 %)ASP.NET
1628 (20.29 %)XML
1727 (19.57 %)JavaScript
1826 (18.84 %)Agile Software Development
1925 (18.12 %)Web Development
1925 (18.12 %)Oracle OLAP
2020 (14.49 %)Health
2020 (14.49 %)AJAX
2119 (13.77 %)TDD
2119 (13.77 %)Microsoft

Unit Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the South West region citing Unit Testing 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 Unit Testing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

South West IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
196 (69.57 %).NET
253 (38.41 %)DCOM
344 (31.88 %)ODBC
344 (31.88 %)MDX
439 (28.26 %)CSS
537 (26.81 %)HTML
633 (23.91 %)ASP.NET
728 (20.29 %)XML
820 (14.49 %)AJAX
916 (11.59 %)XHTML
1014 (10.14 %)Web Services
1111 (7.971 %)jQuery
1210 (7.246 %)Django
1210 (7.246 %)ASP
139 (6.522 %)JSF
148 (5.797 %)Spring
148 (5.797 %)XSLT
156 (4.348 %)Swing
156 (4.348 %)Hibernate
156 (4.348 %)Silverlight
South West IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
18 (5.797 %)SharePoint
23 (2.174 %)WebLogic
23 (2.174 %)IIS
23 (2.174 %)WebLogic Portal
32 (1.449 %)Oracle Workflow
32 (1.449 %)SAS
South West IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
14 (2.899 %)MS Excel
21 (0.725 %)MS Visio
21 (0.725 %)MS Office
South West IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
11 (0.725 %)Summit
South West IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
13 (2.174 %)Internet
South West IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
167 (48.55 %)SQL Server
256 (40.58 %)RDBMS
344 (31.88 %)OLAP
425 (18.12 %)Oracle OLAP
516 (11.59 %)MySQL
614 (10.14 %)SQL Server 2005
77 (5.072 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
86 (4.348 %)SQL Server Integration Services
94 (2.899 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
94 (2.899 %)SQL Server 2000
103 (2.174 %)SQL Server 2008
112 (1.449 %)Data Cleansing
112 (1.449 %)BusinessObjects
121 (0.725 %)GIS
121 (0.725 %)DB2
South West IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
16 (4.348 %)Visual Studio
16 (4.348 %)Team Foundation Server
25 (3.623 %)Subversion
34 (2.899 %)Eclipse
43 (2.174 %)Ant
51 (0.725 %)NUnit
51 (0.725 %)WATIR
South West IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
120 (14.49 %)Health
216 (11.59 %)Pensions
312 (8.696 %)Finance
44 (2.899 %)Government
44 (2.899 %)Marketing
53 (2.174 %)Advertising
62 (1.449 %)Telecoms
62 (1.449 %)Billing
71 (0.725 %)Retail
South West IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
174 (53.62 %)Developer
239 (28.26 %)Software Engineer
323 (16.67 %)Web Developer
418 (13.04 %)Software Developer
418 (13.04 %)Java Developer
513 (9.420 %)C# Developer
513 (9.420 %)Senior Software Engineer
612 (8.696 %).NET Developer
612 (8.696 %)Lead Developer
710 (7.246 %)Java Web Developer
710 (7.246 %)Lead Software Developer
710 (7.246 %)C++ Developer
88 (5.797 %)Software Development Manager
88 (5.797 %)Team Leader
88 (5.797 %)Development Manager
88 (5.797 %)Software Manager
97 (5.072 %)VB Developer
97 (5.072 %)C++ Software Developer
106 (4.348 %)Consultant
106 (4.348 %)Lead Software Engineer
South West IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
144 (31.88 %)Client/Server
210 (7.246 %)Blog
33 (2.174 %)Open Source
33 (2.174 %)Computer Science
33 (2.174 %)N-Tier
42 (1.449 %)NHS
42 (1.449 %)Web 2.0
51 (0.725 %)SaaS
South West IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
151 (36.96 %)Windows
212 (8.696 %)Linux
32 (1.449 %)Debian
32 (1.449 %)UNIX
South West IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
126 (18.84 %)Agile Software Development
225 (18.12 %)Web Development
319 (13.77 %)TDD
418 (13.04 %)Project Management
513 (9.420 %)UML
612 (8.696 %)E-Commerce
78 (5.797 %)CRM
78 (5.797 %)User Acceptance Testing
87 (5.072 %)Use Case
87 (5.072 %)Scrum
87 (5.072 %)Data Analysis
95 (3.623 %)Software Testing
104 (2.899 %)Business Analysis
113 (2.174 %)Systems Analysis
113 (2.174 %)Refactoring
113 (2.174 %)System Testing
113 (2.174 %)Integration Testing
113 (2.174 %)Content Management
113 (2.174 %)SOA
113 (2.174 %)Business Intelligence
South West IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
195 (68.84 %)C#
284 (60.87 %)SQL
366 (47.83 %)VB
462 (44.93 %)VB.NET
559 (42.75 %)C++
633 (23.91 %)Java
727 (19.57 %)JavaScript
818 (13.04 %)C
915 (10.87 %)T-SQL
1012 (8.696 %)Python
1110 (7.246 %)VB6
126 (4.348 %)PHP
133 (2.174 %)Ruby
142 (1.449 %)PHP5
142 (1.449 %)PL/SQL
142 (1.449 %)Perl
151 (0.725 %)Delphi
151 (0.725 %)XAML
South West IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
110 (7.246 %)Degree
26 (4.348 %)Security Cleared
34 (2.899 %)SC Cleared
43 (2.174 %)Microsoft Certification
51 (0.725 %)ISEB
South West IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
147 (34.06 %)QA
South West IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
12 (1.449 %)Postfix
South West IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
144 (31.88 %)MSI
South West IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
137 (26.81 %)Oracle
219 (13.77 %)Microsoft
33 (2.174 %)ILOG
42 (1.449 %)Epiphany
42 (1.449 %)Alterian
42 (1.449 %)Unica
42 (1.449 %)Business Objects
42 (1.449 %)Cognos
51 (0.725 %)DevExpress