The first table below looks at the demand for ISTQB in IT jobs advertised for the Abingdon region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited ISTQB over the 3 months to 19 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Qualifications for the Abingdon region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
International Software Testing Qualification Board (ISTQB)
Rank - - -
Permanent jobs citing ISTQB 0 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Abingdon - - -
As % of the Qualifications category - - -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Average salary - - -
UK excluding London average salary £33,000 £35,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-5.71% -6.66%
All Qualifications
Abingdon
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
35 42 42
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Abingdon 24.65% 42.00% 26.58%
Number of salaries quoted 18 39 40
Average salary £24,000 £44,000 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-45.45% +46.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £20,000 £32,500 £21,000
10% offered a salary of more than £42,500 £44,800 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
- +5.26%
ISTQB
Oxfordshire

ISTQB
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing ISTQB across the Abingdon region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

Abingdon ISTQB Jobs Demand Trend

ISTQB
Salary Trend

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

Abingdon ISTQB Salary Trend

ISTQB
Top 8 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Abingdon region citing ISTQB 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 ISTQB.

1 1 (100.00%) ISEB
1 1 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Retail
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) Test Scripting

ISTQB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Abingdon region citing ISTQB 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 ISTQB. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

General
1 1 (100.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Test Team Leader
1 1 (100.00%) Team Leader
1 1 (100.00%) Test Leader
1 1 (100.00%) QA Leader
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Scripting
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) ISEB
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA