The first table below looks at the demand for BDD skills in IT jobs advertised for the South Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited BDD 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 Processes & Methodologies category for the South Yorkshire region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Behaviour-Driven Development (BDD)
Rank 48 76 70
Rank change year-on-year
+28 -6
Permanent jobs citing BDD 23 9 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in South Yorkshire 3.217% 0.965% 0.359%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.085% 1.353% 0.525%
Number of salaries quoted 21 9 3
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -30.00%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
All Processes & Methodologies
South Yorkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
563 665 571
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in South Yorkshire 78.74% 71.28% 68.30%
Number of salaries quoted 489 533 467
Average salary £36,000 £35,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.85% -
90% offered a salary of more than £23,500 £25,000 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £50,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
BDD
Yorkshire

BDD
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South Yorkshire 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 South Yorkshire region.

South Yorkshire BDD Salary Trend

BDD
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing BDD across the South Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

South Yorkshire 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 South Yorkshire 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
Sheffield +26 21 £35,000 -36.36%
BDD
Yorkshire

BDD
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the South Yorkshire 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 28 (100.00%) TDD
2 25 (89.29%) Java
3 19 (67.86%) MVC
3 19 (67.86%) Spring
4 17 (60.71%) Spring MVC
4 17 (60.71%) Spring Web Flow
4 17 (60.71%) Hibernate
4 17 (60.71%) Scrum
5 16 (57.14%) J2EE
6 15 (53.57%) CMS
6 15 (53.57%) J2SE
6 15 (53.57%) FreeMarker
7 13 (46.43%) Scala
8 12 (42.86%) Continuous Integration
9 11 (39.29%) Liferay
9 11 (39.29%) JavaScript
9 11 (39.29%) Web Services
10 10 (35.71%) RESTful
10 10 (35.71%) Pair Programming
11 9 (32.14%) JSF
11 9 (32.14%) Maven
11 9 (32.14%) Spring Integration
12 8 (28.57%) Apache
12 8 (28.57%) PHP
12 8 (28.57%) Ant
13 7 (25.00%) Web Development
14 6 (21.43%) Velocity
14 6 (21.43%) Apache Solr
14 6 (21.43%) LAMP
14 6 (21.43%) C++

BDD
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the South Yorkshire 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 19 (67.86%) Spring
2 17 (60.71%) Spring MVC
2 17 (60.71%) Spring Web Flow
2 17 (60.71%) Hibernate
3 16 (57.14%) J2EE
4 15 (53.57%) J2SE
4 15 (53.57%) FreeMarker
5 11 (39.29%) Web Services
6 10 (35.71%) RESTful
7 9 (32.14%) JSF
7 9 (32.14%) Spring Integration
8 6 (21.43%) Velocity
8 6 (21.43%) LAMP
8 6 (21.43%) JSP
9 3 (10.71%) Symfony
9 3 (10.71%) CSS
9 3 (10.71%) HTML
10 2 (7.143%) WSDL
10 2 (7.143%) SOAP
10 2 (7.143%) XML
Application Platforms
1 15 (53.57%) CMS
2 11 (39.29%) Liferay
3 8 (28.57%) Apache
4 6 (21.43%) Apache Solr
5 2 (7.143%) Tomcat
Applications
1 1 (3.571%) Photoshop
1 1 (3.571%) Fireworks
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (10.71%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 9 (32.14%) Maven
2 8 (28.57%) Ant
3 3 (10.71%) Git (software)
4 2 (7.143%) PHPUnit
4 2 (7.143%) Subversion
5 1 (3.571%) JUnit
General
1 3 (10.71%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 26 (92.86%) Developer
2 22 (78.57%) Java Developer
3 8 (28.57%) Senior Java Developer
3 8 (28.57%) Senior Developer
4 6 (21.43%) Java/J2EE Developer
4 6 (21.43%) J2EE Developer
5 4 (14.29%) PHP Developer
6 3 (10.71%) Java Programmer
6 3 (10.71%) Programmer
7 2 (7.143%) Software Developer
7 2 (7.143%) Senior PHP Developer
7 2 (7.143%) Software Engineer
8 1 (3.571%) Graduate Developer
8 1 (3.571%) Graduate
8 1 (3.571%) Junior
8 1 (3.571%) Junior Developer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (14.29%) Digital Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (100.00%) TDD
2 19 (67.86%) MVC
3 17 (60.71%) Scrum
4 12 (42.86%) Continuous Integration
5 10 (35.71%) Pair Programming
6 7 (25.00%) Web Development
7 4 (14.29%) Unit Testing
8 3 (10.71%) OO
9 2 (7.143%) SOA
9 2 (7.143%) Software Testing
10 1 (3.571%) Agile Software Development
10 1 (3.571%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 25 (89.29%) Java
2 13 (46.43%) Scala
3 11 (39.29%) JavaScript
4 8 (28.57%) PHP
5 6 (21.43%) C++
6 2 (7.143%) PHP5
Qualifications
1 1 (3.571%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.571%) SLA
Vendors
1 3 (10.71%) Zend
Sheffield, South Yorkshire
Our Client, a leading software based in South Yorkshire are looking to an accomplished Senior .Net Developer to their dynamic Development Team... You will be passionate about software...
Hamlin Knight
Salary: From £30,000 to £50,000 per annum
Posted: 22 May 2013
Sheffield, South Yorkshire
You will have commercial experience using Spring MVC or Webflow and Hibernate. You'll also have worked with Agile (Scrum) methodologies, Test Driven Development (TDD) and Business Driven...
Hamlin Knight
Salary: From £25,000 to £45,000 per annum
Posted: 22 May 2013
Sheffield, Yorkshire
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: 40000 Per Annum Excellent benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
South Yorkshire
The team is Agile with a particular focus on TDD, BDD, Pair Programming, Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery... Essential Experience: * Spring, Spring MVC, Webflow * Hibernate * Agile experience (In...
TRG
Salary: £40000 Per Annum Excellent benefits
Posted: 19 May 2013
Sheffield, Yorkshire
Senior Java Developer, Sheffield£25,000- £40,000 + BenefitsMy client is a large, well-known specialist web application developer and systems integrator which has been acquired by a...
Salary: £25000 - £40000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
Barnsley, South Yorkshire
They currently redeveloping their in house ERP and internal Document Management System along with some XHTML 5 Online Applications Skills and Experience -Object-oriented PHP5.3 -Design Patterns -...
Spring Technology
Salary: £20000.00 - £30000.00 per annum + 23 days holiday + Pension Scheme
Posted: 20 May 2013
Sheffield, South Yorkshire
Solid commercial experience in Spring MVC or Webflow. Knowledge of Java, JSP, Hibernate, J2EE/Enterprise edition and J2SE core technologies. Understanding of BDD / Agile / Scrum / Scala... Key Skills:...
Searchability.co.uk
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 24 May 2013