The first table below looks at the demand for Software Testing skills in IT jobs advertised for the Altrincham region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Software Testing over the 3 months to 24 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 Altrincham region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Testing
Rank 30 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing Software Testing 5 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Altrincham 3.497% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.717% - -
Number of salaries quoted 5 0 0
Average salary £55,000 - -
UK excluding London average salary £34,000 £34,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
- +4.61%
All Processes & Methodologies
Altrincham
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
106 78 25
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Altrincham 74.13% 82.11% 56.82%
Number of salaries quoted 100 74 21
Average salary £35,000 £30,000 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+16.66% -
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £25,000 £16,150
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £42,500 £39,400
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Software Testing
Manchester

Software Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Altrincham 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 Altrincham region.

Altrincham Software Testing Salary Trend

Software Testing
Top 24 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Altrincham 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 5 (62.50%) JUnit
1 5 (62.50%) ISEB
1 5 (62.50%) QuickTest Pro
1 5 (62.50%) LoadRunner
1 5 (62.50%) TestPartner
1 5 (62.50%) Automated Testing
1 5 (62.50%) SilkPerformer
1 5 (62.50%) QA
1 5 (62.50%) QALoad
1 5 (62.50%) Selenium
1 5 (62.50%) jMock
1 5 (62.50%) Manual Testing
1 5 (62.50%) QMS
1 5 (62.50%) EasyMock
1 5 (62.50%) Automation Testing
2 3 (37.50%) Crystal Reports
2 3 (37.50%) MS Office
2 3 (37.50%) HND
2 3 (37.50%) UNIX
2 3 (37.50%) Oracle Reports
2 3 (37.50%) ISO 9000
2 3 (37.50%) PL/SQL
2 3 (37.50%) SQL
2 3 (37.50%) Oracle

Software Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Altrincham 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.

Applications
1 3 (37.50%) MS Office
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (37.50%) Crystal Reports
1 3 (37.50%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 5 (62.50%) JUnit
1 5 (62.50%) QuickTest Pro
1 5 (62.50%) LoadRunner
1 5 (62.50%) TestPartner
1 5 (62.50%) SilkPerformer
1 5 (62.50%) QALoad
1 5 (62.50%) Selenium
1 5 (62.50%) jMock
1 5 (62.50%) EasyMock
Job Titles
1 5 (62.50%) Head of Testing
2 3 (37.50%) Analyst
2 3 (37.50%) Support Analyst
2 3 (37.50%) Software Support Analyst
Operating Systems
1 3 (37.50%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Automated Testing
1 5 (62.50%) Manual Testing
1 5 (62.50%) QMS
1 5 (62.50%) Automation Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (37.50%) PL/SQL
1 3 (37.50%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (62.50%) ISEB
2 3 (37.50%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (62.50%) QA
2 3 (37.50%) ISO 9000
Vendors
1 3 (37.50%) Oracle
Altrincham, Cheshire
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