The first table below looks at the demand for Software Testing skills in IT jobs advertised for the Abingdon region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Software Testing over the 3 months to 20 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 Abingdon region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Testing
Rank 34 18 27
Rank change year-on-year
-16 +9
Permanent jobs citing Software Testing 1 5 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Abingdon 0.714% 4.673% 2.190%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.136% 8.197% 4.054%
Number of salaries quoted 1 5 3
Average salary £36,000 £27,500 £60,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+30.90% -54.16%
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £34,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
+2.94% +4.61%
All Processes & Methodologies
Abingdon
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
88 61 74
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Abingdon 62.86% 57.01% 54.01%
Number of salaries quoted 70 60 63
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -11.11%
90% offered a salary of more than £20,000 £27,500 £35,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Software Testing
Oxfordshire

Software Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Abingdon Software Testing Jobs Demand Trend

Software Testing
Salary Trend

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

Abingdon Software Testing Salary Trend

Software Testing
Top 8 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Abingdon region citing Software Testing 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 Software Testing.

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%) ISTQB
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) Test Scripting

Software Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Abingdon region citing Software Testing 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 Software Testing. 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%) Test Scripting
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) ISEB
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA