The first table below looks at the demand for Test Strategy skills in IT jobs advertised for the Bedfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Test Strategy over the 3 months to 18 June 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Strategy
Rank 76 75 69
Rank change year-on-year
-1 -6
Permanent jobs citing Test Strategy 8 3 11
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 0.742% 0.339% 1.175%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.978% 0.463% 1.380%
Number of salaries quoted 7 3 11
Average salary £40,000 £60,000 £55,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-33.33% +9.09%
UK excluding London average salary £42,750 £42,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year
+0.58% -
All Processes & Methodologies
Bedfordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
818 648 797
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 75.88% 73.30% 85.15%
Number of salaries quoted 746 576 741
Average salary £45,000 £42,500 £41,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.88% +2.40%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,500 £29,000 £30,500
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £59,500 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Test Strategy
East of England

Test Strategy
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bedfordshire 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 Bedfordshire region.

Bedfordshire Test Strategy Salary Trend

Test Strategy
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Test Strategy across the Bedfordshire region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

Bedfordshire Test Strategy Salary Histogram

Test Strategy
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Test Strategy within the Bedfordshire region over the 3 months to 18 June 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
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Job
Vacancies
Bedford - 3 £40,000 - 1
Test Strategy
East of England

Test Strategy
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Bedfordshire 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 11 (73.33%) Agile Testing
2 9 (60.00%) Scrum
2 9 (60.00%) E-Commerce
2 9 (60.00%) BDD
3 7 (46.67%) QA
4 6 (40.00%) Agile Software Development
4 6 (40.00%) TDD
4 6 (40.00%) B2C
4 6 (40.00%) HP
4 6 (40.00%) Test Automation
4 6 (40.00%) HP Quality Center
4 6 (40.00%) Test Management
4 6 (40.00%) Waterfall
4 6 (40.00%) Mobile App
5 5 (33.33%) B2B
6 4 (26.67%) CMS
6 4 (26.67%) SEO
6 4 (26.67%) Risk Assessment
6 4 (26.67%) Analytics
6 4 (26.67%) Selenium
7 3 (20.00%) Budget Control
7 3 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
7 3 (20.00%) Stress Testing
7 3 (20.00%) Continuous Integration
7 3 (20.00%) Kanban
7 3 (20.00%) QADirector
7 3 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
8 2 (13.33%) Configuration Management
8 2 (13.33%) Regression Testing
8 2 (13.33%) Volume Testing

Test Strategy
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Bedfordshire 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.

Application Development
1 1 (6.667%) XML
1 1 (6.667%) XSLT
Application Platforms
1 4 (26.67%) CMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.667%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 4 (26.67%) Selenium
2 3 (20.00%) QADirector
General
1 1 (6.667%) Finance
Job Titles
1 10 (66.67%) Test Manager
2 4 (26.67%) Test Leader
3 3 (20.00%) Configuration Manager
3 3 (20.00%) QA Manager
4 1 (6.667%) Software Tester
4 1 (6.667%) E-Commerce Manager
4 1 (6.667%) Tester
Miscellaneous
1 6 (40.00%) Mobile App
2 1 (6.667%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (6.667%) UNIX
1 1 (6.667%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (73.33%) Agile Testing
2 9 (60.00%) BDD
2 9 (60.00%) E-Commerce
2 9 (60.00%) Scrum
3 6 (40.00%) B2C
3 6 (40.00%) Agile Software Development
3 6 (40.00%) TDD
3 6 (40.00%) Test Management
3 6 (40.00%) Test Automation
3 6 (40.00%) Waterfall
4 5 (33.33%) B2B
5 4 (26.67%) Analytics
5 4 (26.67%) Risk Assessment
5 4 (26.67%) SEO
6 3 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
6 3 (20.00%) Stress Testing
6 3 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
6 3 (20.00%) Continuous Integration
6 3 (20.00%) Kanban
6 3 (20.00%) Budget Control
Programming Languages
1 1 (6.667%) C#
1 1 (6.667%) Delphi
1 1 (6.667%) PL/SQL
1 1 (6.667%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (6.667%) ISEB
1 1 (6.667%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (46.67%) QA
Systems Management
1 6 (40.00%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 6 (40.00%) HP
2 1 (6.667%) Oracle
2 1 (6.667%) Microsoft
Bedford, Bedfordshire
Good working knowledge of Agile Testing and experience of leading or implementing test automation and/or performance testing... Any ISEB or ISTQB certifications would be ideal but by...
Understanding Recruitment
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 16 June 2013