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

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Testing
Rank 76 69 62
Rank change year-on-year
-7 -7
Permanent jobs citing Software Testing 19 15 14
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 1.754% 1.524% 1.675%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.243% 2.206% 2.014%
Number of salaries quoted 19 14 13
Average salary £27,500 £31,250 £39,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-12.00% -20.88%
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £34,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
+2.94% +4.61%
All Processes & Methodologies
Bedfordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
847 680 695
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 78.21% 69.11% 83.13%
Number of salaries quoted 763 590 656
Average salary £45,000 £45,000 £41,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +9.75%
90% offered a salary of more than £29,600 £27,500 £32,000
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £60,000 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Software Testing
East of England

Software Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bedfordshire 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 Bedfordshire region.

Bedfordshire Software Testing Salary Trend

Software Testing
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Testing within the Bedfordshire region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Luton +7 12 £27,500 -38.88%
Bedford -8 7 £30,000 -
Software Testing
East of England

Software Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bedfordshire 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 24 (72.73%) ISEB
2 22 (66.67%) ISTQB
3 14 (42.42%) Microsoft
4 13 (39.39%) QA
4 13 (39.39%) Test Scripting
5 12 (36.36%) Degree
5 12 (36.36%) Agile Software Development
6 11 (33.33%) Selenium
7 10 (30.30%) Java
8 9 (27.27%) MS Excel
9 7 (21.21%) XML
9 7 (21.21%) SQL Server
9 7 (21.21%) Test Management
9 7 (21.21%) Visual Studio Team System
9 7 (21.21%) WebDriver
10 6 (18.18%) Crystal Reports
10 6 (18.18%) .NET
11 5 (15.15%) Scrum
11 5 (15.15%) Wiki
11 5 (15.15%) JIRA
12 4 (12.12%) Retail
12 4 (12.12%) Project Management
12 4 (12.12%) SQL
12 4 (12.12%) HP Quality Center
12 4 (12.12%) TestComplete
12 4 (12.12%) System Testing
12 4 (12.12%) Automation Testing
13 3 (9.091%) Test Strategy
13 3 (9.091%) Software Architecture
13 3 (9.091%) Performance Management

Software Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bedfordshire 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.

Application Development
1 7 (21.21%) XML
2 6 (18.18%) .NET
3 1 (3.030%) ASP.NET
3 1 (3.030%) CSS
3 1 (3.030%) Web Services
3 1 (3.030%) XSLT
3 1 (3.030%) WSDL
3 1 (3.030%) WCF
3 1 (3.030%) RESTful
3 1 (3.030%) ASP.NET MVC
3 1 (3.030%) HTML
Applications
1 9 (27.27%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (6.061%) JDE World
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (21.21%) SQL Server
2 6 (18.18%) Crystal Reports
3 2 (6.061%) MS Access
3 2 (6.061%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 11 (33.33%) Selenium
2 7 (21.21%) Visual Studio Team System
2 7 (21.21%) WebDriver
3 5 (15.15%) JIRA
4 4 (12.12%) TestComplete
5 3 (9.091%) Team Foundation Server
5 3 (9.091%) Visual Studio
6 2 (6.061%) NUnit
General
1 4 (12.12%) Retail
2 2 (6.061%) Aerospace
2 2 (6.061%) Manufacturing
3 1 (3.030%) Military
Job Titles
1 18 (54.55%) Test Engineer
2 16 (48.48%) Analyst
3 14 (42.42%) Test Analyst
4 7 (21.21%) QA Engineer
5 4 (12.12%) Senior Test Analyst
5 4 (12.12%) Senior Analyst
6 3 (9.091%) Test Manager
7 2 (6.061%) Business Analyst
7 2 (6.061%) Tester
7 2 (6.061%) Business Systems Analyst
7 2 (6.061%) Systems Analyst
7 2 (6.061%) QA Manager
7 2 (6.061%) QA Analyst
7 2 (6.061%) Systems Tester
7 2 (6.061%) Manual Test Analyst
7 2 (6.061%) Agile Test Analyst
8 1 (3.030%) Web Development Team Leader
8 1 (3.030%) .NET Team Leader
8 1 (3.030%) Web Team Leader
8 1 (3.030%) Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 5 (15.15%) Wiki
2 2 (6.061%) Data Integration
2 2 (6.061%) Client/Server
3 1 (3.030%) NHS
3 1 (3.030%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.030%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (39.39%) Test Scripting
2 12 (36.36%) Agile Software Development
3 7 (21.21%) Test Management
4 5 (15.15%) Scrum
5 4 (12.12%) Project Management
5 4 (12.12%) System Testing
5 4 (12.12%) Automation Testing
6 3 (9.091%) Test Strategy
6 3 (9.091%) Performance Management
6 3 (9.091%) Software Architecture
6 3 (9.091%) Regression Testing
6 3 (9.091%) Stakeholder Management
6 3 (9.091%) User Acceptance Testing
6 3 (9.091%) Web Testing
6 3 (9.091%) Automated Testing
6 3 (9.091%) Resource Management
7 2 (6.061%) Risk Analysis
7 2 (6.061%) Business Analysis
7 2 (6.061%) Use Case
7 2 (6.061%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 10 (30.30%) Java
2 4 (12.12%) SQL
3 2 (6.061%) VB
4 1 (3.030%) JavaScript
4 1 (3.030%) C#
Qualifications
1 24 (72.73%) ISEB
2 22 (66.67%) ISTQB
3 12 (36.36%) Degree
4 2 (6.061%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (39.39%) QA
Systems Management
1 4 (12.12%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 14 (42.42%) Microsoft
2 2 (6.061%) JD Edwards
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