The first table below looks at the demand for BDD skills in IT jobs advertised for the West Sussex region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited BDD over the 3 months to 21 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 West Sussex region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Behaviour-Driven Development (BDD)
Rank 85 85 -
Rank change year-on-year
0 -
Permanent jobs citing BDD 29 18 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Sussex 1.917% 1.295% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.569% 1.524% -
Number of salaries quoted 29 18 0
Average salary £44,000 £45,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.22% -
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
All Processes & Methodologies
West Sussex
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1129 1181 1016
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Sussex 74.62% 84.96% 71.65%
Number of salaries quoted 928 956 867
Average salary £42,500 £45,000 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.55% +5.88%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,000 £27,500 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
BDD
South East

BDD
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Sussex 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 West Sussex region.

West Sussex BDD Salary Trend

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 West Sussex region over the 3 months to 21 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
Crawley - 17 £42,500 -
Gatwick +21 10 £48,000 -12.72%
BDD
South East

BDD
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Sussex 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 55 (100.00%) TDD
2 54 (98.18%) .NET
3 50 (90.91%) Scrum
4 32 (58.18%) MVC
4 32 (58.18%) SQL Server
4 32 (58.18%) C#
4 32 (58.18%) ASP.NET
4 32 (58.18%) SQL Server 2008
4 32 (58.18%) ASP.NET MVC
5 31 (56.36%) JavaScript
6 30 (54.55%) CSS
7 28 (50.91%) HTML
7 28 (50.91%) Microsoft
7 28 (50.91%) .NET Framework
7 28 (50.91%) Kanban
8 27 (49.09%) Financial Institution
8 27 (49.09%) SQL Server 2005
8 27 (49.09%) NHibernate
8 27 (49.09%) Finance
9 26 (47.27%) Windows
9 26 (47.27%) N-Tier
9 26 (47.27%) OOD
9 26 (47.27%) jQuery
9 26 (47.27%) Team Foundation Server
9 26 (47.27%) Refactoring
9 26 (47.27%) Inversion of Control
9 26 (47.27%) Castle Windsor
9 26 (47.27%) CSS3
9 26 (47.27%) HTML5
9 26 (47.27%) User Stories

BDD
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Sussex 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 54 (98.18%) .NET
2 32 (58.18%) ASP.NET
2 32 (58.18%) ASP.NET MVC
3 30 (54.55%) CSS
4 28 (50.91%) HTML
4 28 (50.91%) .NET Framework
5 27 (49.09%) NHibernate
6 26 (47.27%) jQuery
6 26 (47.27%) Castle Windsor
6 26 (47.27%) CSS3
6 26 (47.27%) HTML5
7 1 (1.818%) Razor View Engine
7 1 (1.818%) ASP.NET MVC 4
7 1 (1.818%) WCF
7 1 (1.818%) LINQ
Application Platforms
1 2 (3.636%) IIS
Applications
1 2 (3.636%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 19 (34.55%) Ethernet
2 2 (3.636%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (58.18%) SQL Server
1 32 (58.18%) SQL Server 2008
2 27 (49.09%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 26 (47.27%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (1.818%) Rhino Mocks
2 1 (1.818%) Moq
2 1 (1.818%) QuickTest Pro
2 1 (1.818%) NUnit
General
1 27 (49.09%) Financial Institution
1 27 (49.09%) Finance
2 2 (3.636%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 33 (60.00%) Developer
2 32 (58.18%) .NET Developer
3 28 (50.91%) Software Developer
4 27 (49.09%) .NET Software Developer
5 16 (29.09%) Tester
5 16 (29.09%) Software Tester
6 7 (12.73%) Software Engineer
6 7 (12.73%) Test Engineer
7 6 (10.91%) Software Test Engineer
7 6 (10.91%) Test Development Engineer
7 6 (10.91%) Software Development Engineer
7 6 (10.91%) Development Engineer
8 3 (5.455%) Real Time Software Engineer
8 3 (5.455%) Real Time Engineer
9 2 (3.636%) Senior .NET Developer
9 2 (3.636%) Software Programmer
9 2 (3.636%) Senior Developer
9 2 (3.636%) Programmer
10 1 (1.818%) Automated Test Engineer
10 1 (1.818%) Agile .NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 26 (47.27%) N-Tier
1 26 (47.27%) Inversion of Control
2 2 (3.636%) Mathematics
2 2 (3.636%) Physics
2 2 (3.636%) Computer Science
2 2 (3.636%) PaaS
3 1 (1.818%) DTV
Operating Systems
1 26 (47.27%) Windows
1 26 (47.27%) Windows 8
1 26 (47.27%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (100.00%) TDD
2 50 (90.91%) Scrum
3 32 (58.18%) MVC
4 28 (50.91%) Kanban
5 26 (47.27%) OOD
5 26 (47.27%) Refactoring
5 26 (47.27%) User Stories
6 24 (43.64%) Agile Software Development
7 23 (41.82%) ATDD
8 21 (38.18%) Continuous Integration
9 5 (9.091%) Unit Testing
10 4 (7.273%) Test Automation
11 3 (5.455%) Software Testing
12 2 (3.636%) Continuous Improvement
13 1 (1.818%) Web Application Development
13 1 (1.818%) Test Scripting
13 1 (1.818%) Automated Testing
Programming Languages
1 32 (58.18%) C#
2 31 (56.36%) JavaScript
3 22 (40.00%) C++
4 2 (3.636%) Java
5 1 (1.818%) VBScript
5 1 (1.818%) VB
Qualifications
1 22 (40.00%) ISTQB
1 22 (40.00%) ISEB
2 2 (3.636%) Degree
3 1 (1.818%) MCP
3 1 (1.818%) MCAD
3 1 (1.818%) MCSD
3 1 (1.818%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (1.818%) MCTS
Systems Management
1 1 (1.818%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 28 (50.91%) Microsoft
2 4 (7.273%) Telerik
3 1 (1.818%) HP