The first table below looks at the demand for Software Testing skills in IT jobs advertised for the Basingstoke region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Software Testing over the 3 months to 22 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 Basingstoke region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Testing
Rank 68 60 50
Rank change year-on-year
-8 -10
Permanent jobs citing Software Testing 13 9 7
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Basingstoke 1.871% 1.449% 1.344%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.559% 1.907% 1.741%
Number of salaries quoted 6 8 3
Average salary £27,500 £47,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-42.10% +26.66%
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £34,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
+2.93% +4.61%
All Processes & Methodologies
Basingstoke
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
508 472 402
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Basingstoke 73.09% 76.01% 77.16%
Number of salaries quoted 391 365 296
Average salary £42,500 £45,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.55% -
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £32,500 £31,000
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £62,500 £67,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Software Testing
Hampshire

Software Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Basingstoke 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 Basingstoke region.

Basingstoke Software Testing Salary Trend

Software Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Basingstoke 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 14 (60.87%) ISTQB
1 14 (60.87%) Test Scripting
2 13 (56.52%) HP Quality Center
3 10 (43.48%) Project Management
3 10 (43.48%) ITIL
4 9 (39.13%) ATM
4 9 (39.13%) Test Strategy
5 8 (34.78%) Waterfall
6 6 (26.09%) Test Management
6 6 (26.09%) IBM
6 6 (26.09%) PRINCE2
6 6 (26.09%) Niku
6 6 (26.09%) Niku Workbench
7 5 (21.74%) ISEB
8 4 (17.39%) Replication
8 4 (17.39%) UNIX
8 4 (17.39%) Windows
8 4 (17.39%) AIX
8 4 (17.39%) Solaris
8 4 (17.39%) Integration Testing
8 4 (17.39%) Test Automation
8 4 (17.39%) Control-M
8 4 (17.39%) Load Balancing
9 3 (13.04%) Degree
9 3 (13.04%) QA
9 3 (13.04%) Stakeholder Management
9 3 (13.04%) Agile Software Development
9 3 (13.04%) Marketing
9 3 (13.04%) Automated Testing
9 3 (13.04%) Performance Management

Software Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Basingstoke 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 6 (26.09%) Niku Workbench
Communications & Networking
1 9 (39.13%) ATM
2 1 (4.348%) Internet
2 1 (4.348%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.348%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (4.348%) Selenium
General
1 3 (13.04%) Marketing
2 1 (4.348%) Telecoms
2 1 (4.348%) Manufacturing
2 1 (4.348%) Avionics
Job Titles
1 13 (56.52%) Analyst
1 13 (56.52%) Test Analyst
2 6 (26.09%) Test Manager
3 3 (13.04%) Lead Test Analyst
4 2 (8.696%) QA Analyst
4 2 (8.696%) QA Test Analyst
4 2 (8.696%) Software Tester
4 2 (8.696%) Tester
4 2 (8.696%) Software Engineer
5 1 (4.348%) Test Engineer
5 1 (4.348%) Software Test Engineer
5 1 (4.348%) QA Engineer
5 1 (4.348%) Graduate
5 1 (4.348%) Software Test Analyst
5 1 (4.348%) Graduate Software Tester
Miscellaneous
1 4 (17.39%) Replication
2 1 (4.348%) Computer Science
2 1 (4.348%) SaaS
Operating Systems
1 4 (17.39%) UNIX
1 4 (17.39%) Windows
1 4 (17.39%) AIX
1 4 (17.39%) Solaris
2 1 (4.348%) Linux
2 1 (4.348%) Windows XP
2 1 (4.348%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (60.87%) Test Scripting
2 10 (43.48%) Project Management
2 10 (43.48%) ITIL
3 9 (39.13%) Test Strategy
4 8 (34.78%) Waterfall
5 6 (26.09%) Test Management
5 6 (26.09%) PRINCE2
6 4 (17.39%) Integration Testing
6 4 (17.39%) Test Automation
6 4 (17.39%) Load Balancing
7 3 (13.04%) Stakeholder Management
7 3 (13.04%) Agile Software Development
7 3 (13.04%) Automated Testing
7 3 (13.04%) Performance Management
8 2 (8.696%) Automation Testing
8 2 (8.696%) User Acceptance Testing
8 2 (8.696%) Performance Testing
8 2 (8.696%) Unit Testing
8 2 (8.696%) Regression Testing
9 1 (4.348%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.348%) Java
1 1 (4.348%) SQL
Qualifications
1 14 (60.87%) ISTQB
2 5 (21.74%) ISEB
3 3 (13.04%) Degree
4 1 (4.348%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (13.04%) QA
Systems Management
1 13 (56.52%) HP Quality Center
2 4 (17.39%) Control-M
Vendors
1 6 (26.09%) IBM
1 6 (26.09%) Niku
2 1 (4.348%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.348%) Oracle