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The table below looks at the demand for Test-Driven Development (TDD) skills within the West Yorkshire region 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 3 months to 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkTest-Driven Development (TDD)
Location
3 months to
2 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank168189
Rank change on same period last yearUp+21
Matching permanent IT job ads52
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.001 %
As % of the category below0.184 %0.061 %
Salaries quoted41
Average minimum salary£37,750£35,000
Average salary£39,000£40,000
% change on same period last year-2.50 %
Average maximum salary£40,250£45,000
UK excluding London average salary£39,942£40,229
% change on same period last year-0.71 %
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
West Yorkshire
Matching permanent IT job ads27243273
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled1.822 %1.460 %
Salaries quoted23062734
Average minimum salary£35,214£34,510
Average salary£38,026£37,440
% change on same period last year+1.56 %
Average maximum salary£40,839£40,369
UK excluding London average salary£42,954£44,648
% change on same period last year-3.79 %
TDD YorkshireTDD
Yorkshire

TDD
Demand Trend

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

West Yorkshire TDD Demand Trend

TDD
Salary Trend

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

West Yorkshire TDD Salary Trend

TDD
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing TDD across the West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 2 December 2008.

West Yorkshire 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 West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 2 December 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
LeedsUp+285£39,000-2.50 %
TDD YorkshireTDD
Yorkshire

TDD
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT jobs across the West Yorkshire 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.

111 (61.11 %)SQL
29 (50.00 %).NET
29 (50.00 %)C#
29 (50.00 %)XML
29 (50.00 %)OO
38 (44.44 %)ASP.NET
47 (38.89 %)Scrum
47 (38.89 %)Agile Software Development
56 (33.33 %)Windows
65 (27.78 %)UML
65 (27.78 %)SQL Server
65 (27.78 %)Visual Studio
65 (27.78 %)NUnit
65 (27.78 %)QA
65 (27.78 %)ISEB Practitioner
65 (27.78 %)Extreme Programming
65 (27.78 %)ISEB
65 (27.78 %)User Acceptance Testing
65 (27.78 %)Web Testing
74 (22.22 %)HTML
83 (16.67 %)Perl
83 (16.67 %)MySQL
83 (16.67 %)Linux
83 (16.67 %)CSS
83 (16.67 %)SOAP
83 (16.67 %)Regression Testing
83 (16.67 %)Management Information System
83 (16.67 %)System Testing
92 (11.11 %)Unit Testing
92 (11.11 %)CPAN

TDD
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT jobs across the West Yorkshire 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.

West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
19 (50.00 %).NET
19 (50.00 %)XML
28 (44.44 %)ASP.NET
34 (22.22 %)HTML
43 (16.67 %)CSS
43 (16.67 %)SOAP
52 (11.11 %)CPAN
52 (11.11 %)WCF
61 (5.556 %)WF
61 (5.556 %)Hibernate
61 (5.556 %).NET Framework
61 (5.556 %)Microsoft Enterprise Library
61 (5.556 %)Struts
61 (5.556 %)J2SE
61 (5.556 %)Servlets
61 (5.556 %)COM+
61 (5.556 %)EJB
61 (5.556 %)J2EE
61 (5.556 %)ADO
61 (5.556 %)ADO.NET
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (5.556 %)Apache
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
15 (27.78 %)SQL Server
23 (16.67 %)MySQL
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
15 (27.78 %)Visual Studio
15 (27.78 %)NUnit
22 (11.11 %)Subversion
31 (5.556 %)JUnit
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (5.556 %)Telecoms
11 (5.556 %)Finance
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
111 (61.11 %)Developer
25 (27.78 %)Software Developer
25 (27.78 %)Tester
33 (16.67 %)Perl Developer
42 (11.11 %)Graduate
42 (11.11 %).NET Developer
51 (5.556 %)C# Developer
51 (5.556 %)ASP.NET Developer
51 (5.556 %)Team Leader
51 (5.556 %)Web Developer
51 (5.556 %)Java Developer
51 (5.556 %)Technical Team Leader
51 (5.556 %).NET Web Developer
51 (5.556 %)C# Web Developer
51 (5.556 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
13 (16.67 %)Management Information System
21 (5.556 %)Computer Science
21 (5.556 %)iDTV
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
16 (33.33 %)Windows
23 (16.67 %)Linux
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
19 (50.00 %)OO
27 (38.89 %)Agile Software Development
27 (38.89 %)Scrum
35 (27.78 %)Extreme Programming
35 (27.78 %)User Acceptance Testing
35 (27.78 %)Web Testing
35 (27.78 %)UML
43 (16.67 %)System Testing
43 (16.67 %)Regression Testing
52 (11.11 %)SOA
52 (11.11 %)Unit Testing
61 (5.556 %)Time Management
61 (5.556 %)Workflow
61 (5.556 %)BPEL
61 (5.556 %)Technical Architecture
61 (5.556 %)Web Development
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
111 (61.11 %)SQL
29 (50.00 %)C#
33 (16.67 %)Perl
42 (11.11 %)JavaScript
51 (5.556 %)Java
51 (5.556 %)Transact-SQL
51 (5.556 %)VB
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
15 (27.78 %)ISEB
15 (27.78 %)ISEB Practitioner
21 (5.556 %)MCTS
21 (5.556 %)Degree
21 (5.556 %)Microsoft Certification
21 (5.556 %)MCAD
21 (5.556 %)MCSD
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
15 (27.78 %)QA
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (11.11 %)Microsoft
21 (5.556 %)Oracle