The first table below looks at the demand for TDD skills in IT jobs advertised for the Suffolk region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited TDD over the 3 months to 22 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 Suffolk region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test-Driven Development (TDD)
Rank 36 26 41
Rank change year-on-year
-10 +15
Permanent jobs citing TDD 41 39 29
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Suffolk 5.882% 7.027% 4.455%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.367% 9.375% 6.606%
Number of salaries quoted 41 35 29
Average salary £40,000 £42,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.88% +13.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £31,500 £32,500 £29,500
10% offered a salary of more than £42,500 £50,000 £42,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
All Processes & Methodologies
Suffolk
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
490 416 439
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Suffolk 70.30% 74.95% 67.43%
Number of salaries quoted 460 373 389
Average salary £37,500 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.25% +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
TDD
East of England

TDD
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Suffolk TDD Jobs Demand Trend

TDD
Salary Trend

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

Suffolk TDD Salary Trend

TDD
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing TDD across the Suffolk region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Suffolk TDD Salary Histogram

TDD
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing TDD within the Suffolk region over the 3 months to 22 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
Ipswich +10 30 £41,500 +3.75%
Lowestoft - 9 £32,500 -
TDD
East of England

TDD
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Suffolk region citing TDD 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 TDD.

1 44 (64.71%) JavaScript
2 39 (57.35%) Agile Software Development
3 38 (55.88%) .NET
3 38 (55.88%) Web Services
4 37 (54.41%) C#
5 30 (44.12%) Java
5 30 (44.12%) jQuery
6 27 (39.71%) HTML
7 26 (38.24%) ASP.NET
7 26 (38.24%) XML
7 26 (38.24%) OO
7 26 (38.24%) Spring
8 25 (36.76%) SQL Server
8 25 (36.76%) J2EE
9 24 (35.29%) CSS
9 24 (35.29%) Ajax
10 22 (32.35%) SOAP
11 21 (30.88%) Degree
12 20 (29.41%) REST
12 20 (29.41%) Windows
12 20 (29.41%) Linux
13 19 (27.94%) JBoss
13 19 (27.94%) Tomcat
13 19 (27.94%) .NET Framework
14 18 (26.47%) Computer Science
14 18 (26.47%) UML
15 17 (25.00%) Finance
15 17 (25.00%) SOA
15 17 (25.00%) JSON
16 13 (19.12%) Continuous Integration

TDD
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Suffolk region citing TDD 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 TDD. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 38 (55.88%) .NET
1 38 (55.88%) Web Services
2 30 (44.12%) jQuery
3 27 (39.71%) HTML
4 26 (38.24%) ASP.NET
4 26 (38.24%) XML
4 26 (38.24%) Spring
5 25 (36.76%) J2EE
6 24 (35.29%) CSS
6 24 (35.29%) Ajax
7 22 (32.35%) SOAP
8 20 (29.41%) REST
9 19 (27.94%) .NET Framework
10 17 (25.00%) JSON
11 10 (14.71%) WCF
12 9 (13.24%) Hibernate
13 8 (11.76%) JSF
14 6 (8.824%) XML Schema
14 6 (8.824%) GWT
15 1 (1.471%) LAMP
Application Platforms
1 19 (27.94%) Tomcat
2 11 (16.18%) Windows Azure
3 1 (1.471%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (1.471%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 5 (7.353%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (36.76%) SQL Server
2 9 (13.24%) Big Data
3 3 (4.412%) MySQL
4 2 (2.941%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (1.471%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (1.471%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 8 (11.76%) Team Foundation Server
2 7 (10.29%) Eclipse
2 7 (10.29%) Visual Studio
3 1 (1.471%) Subversion
3 1 (1.471%) Ant
3 1 (1.471%) Maven
General
1 17 (25.00%) Finance
2 5 (7.353%) Games
Job Titles
1 66 (97.06%) Developer
2 29 (42.65%) .NET Developer
3 28 (41.18%) Java Developer
4 27 (39.71%) Software Developer
5 18 (26.47%) Senior Developer
6 17 (25.00%) Java Software Developer
7 15 (22.06%) Web Developer
8 11 (16.18%) Senior C# Developer
8 11 (16.18%) Senior .NET Developer
8 11 (16.18%) C# Developer
8 11 (16.18%) C# .NET Developer
8 11 (16.18%) Agile .NET Developer
8 11 (16.18%) Agile C# Developer
9 10 (14.71%) Lead Developer
10 9 (13.24%) Lead Software Developer
10 9 (13.24%) Lead .NET Developer
10 9 (13.24%) .NET Software Developer
11 7 (10.29%) .NET Web Developer
11 7 (10.29%) Java/J2EE Developer
11 7 (10.29%) ASP.NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 18 (26.47%) Computer Science
2 9 (13.24%) Speech Recognition
2 9 (13.24%) Mobile App
3 5 (7.353%) Client/Server
4 1 (1.471%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 20 (29.41%) Windows
1 20 (29.41%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (57.35%) Agile Software Development
2 26 (38.24%) OO
3 18 (26.47%) UML
4 17 (25.00%) SOA
5 13 (19.12%) Continuous Integration
6 12 (17.65%) BDD
6 12 (17.65%) Pair Programming
7 9 (13.24%) Automated Testing
7 9 (13.24%) Analytics
8 7 (10.29%) Rapid Prototyping
8 7 (10.29%) MVC
9 5 (7.353%) Stakeholder Management
9 5 (7.353%) Project Management
9 5 (7.353%) OOP
10 4 (5.882%) Web Development
11 3 (4.412%) Software Engineering
12 1 (1.471%) Scrum
12 1 (1.471%) Supply Chain Management
12 1 (1.471%) Software Testing
12 1 (1.471%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 44 (64.71%) JavaScript
2 37 (54.41%) C#
3 30 (44.12%) Java
4 7 (10.29%) SQL
5 6 (8.824%) VB
6 1 (1.471%) C++
6 1 (1.471%) Scala
Qualifications
1 21 (30.88%) Degree
2 1 (1.471%) ISEB
2 1 (1.471%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.471%) QA
Vendors
1 19 (27.94%) JBoss
2 11 (16.18%) Microsoft
3 1 (1.471%) Oracle
Lowestoft, East Anglia
The role will be utilising OO programming techniques using ASP.NET , C# to develop my clients website and associated applications. SQL Server database development will be required and...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £30000.00 - £35000.00 per annum
Posted: 11 May 2013
Ipswich, East Anglia
The role will be a hands on technical position that will involve the development of bespoke software systems using C#, ASP.NET, WCF and SQL Server... The ideal...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £40000.00 - £45000.00 per annum
Posted: 10 May 2013
Lowestoft, Suffolk
CORE COMPETENCIES Programming Languages -Demonstrates understanding of OO development principles -Demonstrates proficiency in Test Driven Development -Demonstrates proficiency in the MS .NET Framework -Demonstrates proficiency in C# (Preferred)...
Harvey Nash plc
Salary: £35000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
Suffolk, East Anglia
The technology is focused on the latest .NET stack including MVC 4, WCF, ORMs such as nHibernate and Entity Framework, unit testing and TFS. They are an Agile...
TRG
Salary: 45000 Per Annum Plus Excellent Benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
Ipswich, Suffolk
The technology is focused on the latest .NET stack including MVC 4, WCF, ORMs such as nHibernate and Entity Framework, unit testing and TFS... Experience Sought: * C#, ASP...
TRG
Salary: £45000 Per Annum Plus Excellent Benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013