The first table below looks at the demand for Test Strategy skills in IT jobs advertised for the Bedford region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Test Strategy over the 3 months to 17 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 Bedford region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Strategy
Rank - 39 -
Permanent jobs citing Test Strategy 0 2 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedford - 0.971% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - 1.170% -
Number of salaries quoted 0 2 0
Average salary - £30,000 -
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £42,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year
+5.88% -
All Processes & Methodologies
Bedford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
205 171 137
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedford 81.35% 83.01% 80.59%
Number of salaries quoted 199 162 135
Average salary £40,000 £42,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.88% +13.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £25,000 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £55,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Test Strategy
Bedfordshire

Test Strategy
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bedford 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 Bedford region.

Bedford Test Strategy Salary Trend

Test Strategy
Top 27 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bedford 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 4 (57.14%) Microsoft
1 4 (57.14%) Project Management
1 4 (57.14%) Stakeholder Management
1 4 (57.14%) Resource Management
1 4 (57.14%) Performance Management
2 3 (42.86%) Data Protection
2 3 (42.86%) Data Mapping
2 3 (42.86%) Data Architecture
2 3 (42.86%) Talend Open Studio
2 3 (42.86%) Data Governance
2 3 (42.86%) Change Control
2 3 (42.86%) Talend
2 3 (42.86%) Data Modelling
2 3 (42.86%) Test Management
2 3 (42.86%) SQL
2 3 (42.86%) Software Testing
2 3 (42.86%) Data Protection Act
2 3 (42.86%) Scrum
2 3 (42.86%) Quality Management
3 2 (28.57%) Agile Software Development
3 2 (28.57%) MS Excel
3 2 (28.57%) QA
3 2 (28.57%) Matrix Management
3 2 (28.57%) Visual Studio Team System
4 1 (14.29%) Product Management
4 1 (14.29%) Business Analysis
4 1 (14.29%) Management Information System

Test Strategy
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bedford 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 2 (28.57%) MS Excel
Development Applications
1 3 (42.86%) Talend Open Studio
2 2 (28.57%) Visual Studio Team System
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Test Manager
2 3 (42.86%) Data Manager
3 2 (28.57%) QA Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (14.29%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Stakeholder Management
1 4 (57.14%) Project Management
1 4 (57.14%) Performance Management
1 4 (57.14%) Resource Management
2 3 (42.86%) Data Governance
2 3 (42.86%) Change Control
2 3 (42.86%) Data Protection
2 3 (42.86%) Data Mapping
2 3 (42.86%) Data Architecture
2 3 (42.86%) Quality Management
2 3 (42.86%) Data Modelling
2 3 (42.86%) Software Testing
2 3 (42.86%) Scrum
2 3 (42.86%) Test Management
3 2 (28.57%) Agile Software Development
3 2 (28.57%) Matrix Management
4 1 (14.29%) Product Management
4 1 (14.29%) Business Analysis
Programming Languages
1 3 (42.86%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (28.57%) QA
Vendors
1 4 (57.14%) Microsoft
2 3 (42.86%) Talend