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This section looks at the demand for Test-Driven Development (TDD) skills across the UK with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited TDD over the last 3 months to 16 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkTest-Driven Development (TDD)
Location
3 months to 16 May 2008Same period last year
Rank331395
Rank change on same period last yearUp+64
Matching permanent IT job ads1069892
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.524 %0.395 %
As % of the category below0.940 %0.727 %
Salaries quoted916705
Average minimum salary£43,170£43,853
Average salary£48,395£49,111
% change on same period last year-1.45 %
Average maximum salary£53,620£54,368
UK excluding London average salary£40,802£41,285
% change on same period last year-1.17 %
Processes & Methodologies UKProcesses & Methodologies
UK
Matching permanent IT job ads113710122731
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled55.75 %54.34 %
Salaries quoted9231897107
Average minimum salary£43,598£44,814
Average salary£47,725£48,869
% change on same period last year-2.34 %
Average maximum salary£51,852£52,925
UK excluding London average salary£42,840£44,076
% change on same period last year-2.80 %

TDD
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total starting in 2004 of permanent IT jobs ads citing TDD across the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

TDD Demand Trend

TDD
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs ads citing TDD across the UK.

TDD Salary Trend

TDD
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing TDD across the UK over the past 3 months.

TDD Salary Histogram

TDD
Top 30 Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing TDD within the UK over the past 3 months.

RankLocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
1EnglandUp+551051£48,563-2.04 %
2LondonUp+70674£53,205-3.52 %
3South EastUp+34227£43,757-3.80 %
4BerkshireUp+41123£47,102+4.55 %
5City of LondonDown-2120£55,785-5.10 %
6HampshireNo change054£41,843+0.67 %
7East of EnglandNo change040£38,818-18.27 %
8West MidlandsUp+233£33,167+35.05 %
9ReadingDown-430£43,431-10.39 %
9SloughUp+630£48,558+73.42 %
10BracknellUp+2928£43,393-5.07 %
11SurreyDown-1626£37,250-24.06 %
12East MidlandsUp+824£35,909+0.34 %
13BasingstokeDown-2523£40,810+34.04 %
14YorkshireDown-4020£34,211+9.69 %
15NewburyUp+419£55,658+16.51 %
16Tyne and WearNew entry-17£32,941-
16North EastUp+817£32,941-8.97 %
16Newcastle Upon TyneNew entry-17£32,941-
17CambridgeshireUp+216£33,125-39.77 %
18ScotlandUp+2315£31,000-5.54 %
18WarwickshireNew entry-15£24,750-
18LeicestershireUp+215£35,000-3.44 %
19HertfordshireUp+814£43,182-21.48 %
20KentUp+713£34,154-
20WindsorUp+813£42,500+13.33 %
20HammersmithDown-313£61,100-
21CambridgeNew entry-12£30,500-
21FarnboroughDown-1612£46,750+37.50 %
22North WestNew entry-11£34,136-

TDD
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the UK citing TDD also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing TDD.

1964 (48.69 %).NET
2864 (43.64 %)C#
3847 (42.78 %)Java
4710 (35.86 %)SQL Server
5704 (35.56 %)XML
6626 (31.62 %)Agile Software Development
7615 (31.06 %)Scrum
8593 (29.95 %)OO
9570 (28.79 %)ASP.NET
10565 (28.54 %)SQL
11474 (23.94 %)Microsoft
12459 (23.18 %)Extreme Programming
13423 (21.36 %)J2EE
14407 (20.56 %)Spring
15385 (19.44 %)Hibernate
16331 (16.72 %)WebServices
17330 (16.67 %)SQL Server 2005
18300 (15.15 %)Continuous Integration
19299 (15.10 %)AJAX
20289 (14.60 %)JavaScript
21267 (13.48 %)Finance
22258 (13.03 %)Windows
23250 (12.63 %)Degree
24249 (12.58 %)HTML
25235 (11.87 %)CSS
26230 (11.62 %)JUnit
27228 (11.52 %)Oracle
28225 (11.36 %)WinForms
29220 (11.11 %)UML
30203 (10.25 %)C++

TDD
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the UK citing TDD also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing TDD. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1964 (48.69 %).NET
2704 (35.56 %)XML
3570 (28.79 %)ASP.NET
4423 (21.36 %)J2EE
5407 (20.56 %)Spring
6385 (19.44 %)Hibernate
7331 (16.72 %)WebServices
8299 (15.10 %)AJAX
9249 (12.58 %)HTML
10235 (11.87 %)CSS
11225 (11.36 %)WinForms
12164 (8.283 %).NET Framework
13137 (6.919 %)WCF
14112 (5.657 %)XHTML
15105 (5.303 %)WPF
16103 (5.202 %)Java EE
1792 (4.646 %)JSP
1891 (4.596 %)Struts
1982 (4.141 %)Silverlight
2076 (3.838 %)JMS
Application Platforms
1174 (8.788 %)SharePoint
2173 (8.737 %)BizTalk Server
3121 (6.111 %)SharePoint Server 2007
472 (3.636 %)MQSeries
568 (3.434 %)CMS
662 (3.131 %)Tomcat
756 (2.828 %)WebLogic
852 (2.626 %)Apache
951 (2.576 %)JBoss
1042 (2.121 %)IIS
1124 (1.212 %)Resin
1217 (0.859 %)WorkSite
1314 (0.707 %)Content Management Server
1411 (0.556 %)SharePoint Portal Server
155 (0.253 %)MS Exchange
155 (0.253 %)Jetty
163 (0.152 %)ESB
163 (0.152 %)Oracle Workflow
172 (0.101 %)TeamSite
181 (0.051 %)Oracle Application Server
Applications
168 (3.434 %)MS Excel
230 (1.515 %)MS Visio
317 (0.859 %)Quicktime
415 (0.758 %)MS Office
513 (0.657 %)MS Project
64 (0.202 %)Photoshop
71 (0.051 %)FrameMaker
Business Applications
14 (0.202 %)RMDS
22 (0.101 %)Oracle Applications
31 (0.051 %)MarketView
Communications & Networking
1104 (5.253 %)Internet
234 (1.717 %)Broadband
312 (0.606 %)SAN
48 (0.404 %)HTTP
48 (0.404 %)TCP/IP
57 (0.354 %)SMS
64 (0.202 %)VoIP
64 (0.202 %)WINS
73 (0.152 %)Wireless
82 (0.101 %)WiMAX
82 (0.101 %)FTP
82 (0.101 %)Wi-Fi
82 (0.101 %)Intranet
82 (0.101 %)SMTP
91 (0.051 %)Ethernet
91 (0.051 %)DVB
Database & Business Intelligence
1710 (35.86 %)SQL Server
2330 (16.67 %)SQL Server 2005
3154 (7.778 %)MySQL
4153 (7.727 %)SQL Server 7
5122 (6.162 %)SQL Server 2000
655 (2.778 %)RDBMS
727 (1.364 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
825 (1.263 %)Datawarehouse
918 (0.909 %)Oracle 9i
918 (0.909 %)MS Access
1015 (0.758 %)PostgreSQL
1114 (0.707 %)Oracle 10g
1212 (0.606 %)GIS
1212 (0.606 %)KDB
1311 (0.556 %)BusinessObjects
149 (0.455 %)DTS
149 (0.455 %)DB2
158 (0.404 %)Crystal Reports
166 (0.303 %)SQL Server Integration Services
175 (0.253 %)BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
Development Applications
1230 (11.62 %)JUnit
2201 (10.15 %)Subversion
3193 (9.747 %)NUnit
4166 (8.384 %)Eclipse
5137 (6.919 %)Ant
672 (3.636 %)Visual Studio
770 (3.535 %)CruiseControl
869 (3.485 %)Selenium
958 (2.929 %)Flash
1048 (2.424 %)FitNesse
1145 (2.273 %)VSS/SourceSafe
1234 (1.717 %)IntelliJ
1323 (1.162 %)XDoclet
1418 (0.909 %)HttpUnit
1418 (0.909 %)jMock
1516 (0.808 %)QuickTest Pro
1614 (0.707 %)MTASC
1712 (0.606 %)TestDirector
1811 (0.556 %)ClearCase
1910 (0.505 %)JIRA
General
1267 (13.48 %)Finance
2181 (9.141 %)Banking
3133 (6.717 %)Front Office
476 (3.838 %)Telecoms
553 (2.677 %)Games
553 (2.677 %)Pensions
652 (2.626 %)Investment Banking
732 (1.616 %)Financial Institution
732 (1.616 %)Back Office
828 (1.414 %)Music
925 (1.263 %)Music Industry
1024 (1.212 %)Education
1024 (1.212 %)Advertising
1123 (1.162 %)Law
1220 (1.010 %)Online Games
1318 (0.909 %)Insurance
1318 (0.909 %)Health
1417 (0.859 %)Publishing
1516 (0.808 %)Electronics
1615 (0.758 %)Aerospace
Job Titles
11513 (76.41 %)Developer
2512 (25.86 %)Java Developer
3467 (23.59 %).NET Developer
4361 (18.23 %)Senior Developer
5331 (16.72 %)C# Developer
6184 (9.293 %)Senior Java Developer
7178 (8.990 %)ASP.NET Developer
8163 (8.232 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
9130 (6.566 %)Java/J2EE Developer
10118 (5.960 %)Analyst
11114 (5.758 %)Software Engineer
12103 (5.202 %)Software Developer
1389 (4.495 %)Web Developer
1488 (4.444 %)J2EE Developer
1573 (3.687 %)Architect
1670 (3.535 %)Team Leader
1764 (3.232 %)Senior .NET Developer
1764 (3.232 %)Senior Java/J2EE Developer
1853 (2.677 %)Senior C# Developer
1951 (2.576 %)Senior Software Developer
Miscellaneous
190 (4.545 %)Computer Science
289 (4.495 %)Derivative
381 (4.091 %)Tandem
457 (2.879 %)Web 2.0
537 (1.869 %)Multithreading
629 (1.465 %)RIA
629 (1.465 %)Equity Derivative
724 (1.212 %)Physics
821 (1.061 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
918 (0.909 %)Mathematics
1016 (0.808 %)Social Network
1016 (0.808 %)Client/Server
1016 (0.808 %)Equities
1016 (0.808 %)Credit Derivative
1114 (0.707 %)Fixed Income
1213 (0.657 %)W3C
1312 (0.606 %)N-Tier
1410 (0.505 %)Grid Computing
1410 (0.505 %)Spread Betting
158 (0.404 %)Asset Management
Operating Systems
1258 (13.03 %)Windows
2159 (8.030 %)Linux
3132 (6.667 %)Unix
432 (1.616 %)Solaris
516 (0.808 %)Windows NT
612 (0.606 %)Windows XP
79 (0.455 %)Debian
86 (0.303 %)VxWorks
93 (0.152 %)Windows Vista
102 (0.101 %)Windows Server 2003
111 (0.051 %)Symbian OS
111 (0.051 %)Fedora
111 (0.051 %)Windows Mobile
111 (0.051 %)Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1626 (31.62 %)Agile Software Development
2615 (31.06 %)Scrum
3593 (29.95 %)OO
4459 (23.18 %)Extreme Programming
5300 (15.15 %)Continuous Integration
6220 (11.11 %)UML
7146 (7.374 %)Unit Testing
8118 (5.960 %)Pair Programming
9114 (5.758 %)E-Commerce
10105 (5.303 %)SOA
11101 (5.101 %)Web Development
12100 (5.051 %)Software Engineering
1397 (4.899 %)OOD
1476 (3.838 %)MVC
1573 (3.687 %)OOP
1667 (3.384 %)Refactoring
1760 (3.030 %)Configuration Management
1855 (2.778 %)Project Management
1952 (2.626 %)DSDM
1952 (2.626 %)Automated Testing
Programming Languages
1864 (43.64 %)C#
2847 (42.78 %)Java
3565 (28.54 %)SQL
4289 (14.60 %)JavaScript
5203 (10.25 %)C++
6180 (9.091 %)VB.NET
7143 (7.222 %)VB
8109 (5.505 %)Ruby
9104 (5.253 %)Perl
1090 (4.545 %)PL/SQL
1171 (3.586 %)Transact-SQL
1262 (3.131 %)PHP
1359 (2.980 %)VC++
1457 (2.879 %)Python
1556 (2.828 %)VBA
1643 (2.172 %)VB6
1739 (1.970 %)ActionScript
1834 (1.717 %)C
1924 (1.212 %)DHTML
2014 (0.707 %)VBScript
Qualifications
1250 (12.63 %)Degree
2184 (9.293 %)Microsoft Certification
3171 (8.636 %)MCSD
4157 (7.929 %)MCP
5156 (7.879 %)MCAD
643 (2.172 %)ISEB
79 (0.455 %)Sun Certification
84 (0.202 %)PhD
93 (0.152 %)ISEB Practitioner
93 (0.152 %)MCTS
102 (0.101 %)ISTQB
102 (0.101 %)MCPD
102 (0.101 %)MCSE
111 (0.051 %)MBA
111 (0.051 %)SCWCD
111 (0.051 %)CITP
111 (0.051 %)MBCS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
183 (4.192 %)QA
26 (0.303 %)WAI
System Software
166 (3.333 %)MSMQ
214 (0.707 %)NFS
33 (0.152 %)Active Directory
Vendors
1474 (23.94 %)Microsoft
2228 (11.52 %)Oracle
346 (2.323 %)SeeBeyond
440 (2.020 %)TIBCO
535 (1.768 %)Sybase
625 (1.263 %)Adobe
714 (0.707 %)IBM
813 (0.657 %)Sun
912 (0.606 %)Vitria
1011 (0.556 %)Business Objects
1110 (0.505 %)Red Hat
128 (0.404 %)Perforce
128 (0.404 %)Google
137 (0.354 %)Macromedia
146 (0.303 %)HP
146 (0.303 %)Wall Street Systems
146 (0.303 %)Reuters
146 (0.303 %)Bloomberg
155 (0.253 %)Serena
164 (0.202 %)Tangosol
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