The first table below looks at the demand for Test Strategy skills in IT jobs advertised for the Basingstoke region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Test Strategy 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 Basingstoke region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Strategy
Rank 72 58 59
Rank change year-on-year
-14 +1
Permanent jobs citing Test Strategy 6 14 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Basingstoke 0.851% 2.276% 0.191%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.165% 2.985% 0.244%
Number of salaries quoted 0 10 0
Average salary - £48,750 -
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year
- +5.88%
All Processes & Methodologies
Basingstoke
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
515 469 410
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Basingstoke 73.05% 76.26% 78.24%
Number of salaries quoted 395 365 301
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 £66,500 £62,500 £67,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Test Strategy
Hampshire

Test Strategy
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Basingstoke Test Strategy Jobs Demand Trend

Test Strategy
Salary Trend

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

Basingstoke Test Strategy Salary Trend

Test Strategy
Top 17 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Basingstoke region citing Test Strategy 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 Test Strategy.

1 9 (100.00%) ATM
1 9 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 9 (100.00%) ISTQB
1 9 (100.00%) HP Quality Center
2 6 (66.67%) Waterfall
2 6 (66.67%) Test Management
2 6 (66.67%) ITIL
2 6 (66.67%) PRINCE2
2 6 (66.67%) IBM
2 6 (66.67%) Niku
2 6 (66.67%) Niku Workbench
2 6 (66.67%) Project Management
3 3 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (33.33%) Agile Software Development
3 3 (33.33%) Marketing
3 3 (33.33%) Test Scripting
3 3 (33.33%) Performance Management

Test Strategy
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Basingstoke region citing Test Strategy 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 Test Strategy. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 6 (66.67%) Niku Workbench
Communications & Networking
1 9 (100.00%) ATM
General
1 3 (33.33%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 6 (66.67%) Test Manager
2 3 (33.33%) Test Analyst
2 3 (33.33%) Lead Test Analyst
2 3 (33.33%) Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (100.00%) Software Testing
2 6 (66.67%) Test Management
2 6 (66.67%) ITIL
2 6 (66.67%) PRINCE2
2 6 (66.67%) Project Management
2 6 (66.67%) Waterfall
3 3 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (33.33%) Agile Software Development
3 3 (33.33%) Test Scripting
3 3 (33.33%) Performance Management
Qualifications
1 9 (100.00%) ISTQB
Systems Management
1 9 (100.00%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 6 (66.67%) IBM
1 6 (66.67%) Niku