The first table below looks at the demand for BDD skills in IT jobs advertised for the Watford region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited BDD over the 3 months to 23 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 Watford region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Behaviour-Driven Development (BDD)
Rank - 52 -
Permanent jobs citing BDD 0 8 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Watford - 2.286% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - 2.807% -
Number of salaries quoted 0 8 0
Average salary - £48,750 -
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
All Processes & Methodologies
Watford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
223 285 372
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Watford 77.70% 81.43% 82.48%
Number of salaries quoted 179 186 269
Average salary £42,500 £40,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.25% -11.11%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,500 £30,000 £32,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £65,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
BDD
Hertfordshire

BDD
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Watford 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 Watford region.

Watford BDD Salary Trend

BDD
Top 12 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Watford 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 2 (100.00%) Java
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
1 2 (100.00%) .NET
1 2 (100.00%) UNIX
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
1 2 (100.00%) Project Management
1 2 (100.00%) Validation
1 2 (100.00%) Scrum
1 2 (100.00%) Agile Software Development
1 2 (100.00%) TDD
1 2 (100.00%) QA

BDD
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Watford 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 2 (100.00%) .NET
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) QA Leader
2 1 (50.00%) Test Leader
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) UNIX
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Project Management
1 2 (100.00%) Validation
1 2 (100.00%) Scrum
1 2 (100.00%) Agile Software Development
1 2 (100.00%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Java
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) QA