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The table below looks at the demand for Software Testing skills within the Abingdon region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Software Testing over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSoftware Testing
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank5037
Rank change on same period last yearDown-13
Matching permanent IT job ads715
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.004 %0.006 %
As % of the category below4.762 %9.868 %
Salaries quoted715
Average minimum salary£28,000£28,800
Average salary£31,500£31,267
% change on same period last year+0.74 %
Average maximum salary£35,000£33,733
UK excluding London average salary£34,865£33,129
% change on same period last year+5.24 %
Abingdon IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
Abingdon
Matching permanent IT job ads147152
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.081 %0.064 %
Salaries quoted139135
Average minimum salary£44,911£38,980
Average salary£48,439£42,420
% change on same period last year+14.18 %
Average maximum salary£51,966£45,861
UK excluding London average salary£42,540£44,374
% change on same period last year-4.13 %
Software Testing OxfordshireSoftware Testing
Oxfordshire

Software Testing
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 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 Demand Trend

Software Testing
Salary Trend

The 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
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Software Testing across the Abingdon region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008.

Abingdon Software Testing Salary Histogram

Software Testing
Top 5 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, 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.

17 (77.78 %)Windows
17 (77.78 %)Client/Server
21 (11.11 %)Retail
21 (11.11 %)QA
21 (11.11 %)TestDirector

Software Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, 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.

Abingdon IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (11.11 %)TestDirector
Abingdon IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (11.11 %)Retail
Abingdon IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
17 (77.78 %)Tester
17 (77.78 %)Software Tester
17 (77.78 %)Senior Tester
21 (11.11 %)Senior Test Engineer
21 (11.11 %)Software Test Analyst
21 (11.11 %)Test Engineer
21 (11.11 %)Analyst
21 (11.11 %)Test Analyst
Abingdon IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
17 (77.78 %)Client/Server
Abingdon IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
17 (77.78 %)Windows
Abingdon IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (11.11 %)QA