Berkshire ISTQB Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for International Software Testing Qualification Board (ISTQB) in IT jobs within the Berkshire region compared to all other Qualifications we currently track. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited ISTQB over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

International Software Testing Qualification Board (ISTQB)
Location Abingdon Basingstoke Berkshire Birmingham Borehamwood Bridgend Brighton Bristol Cambridge Cambridgeshire Cardiff Cheltenham Cheshire City of London Devon Dorking Dundee East of England East Sussex Edinburgh England Essex Exeter Farnborough Glasgow Gloucestershire Hampshire Herefordshire Hertford Hertfordshire Home Counties Horsham Hove Lancashire Leeds Letchworth Liverpool London Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Newcastle Upon Tyne North East North West Oxfordshire Peterborough Reading Scotland Sheffield Solihull Somerset South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton St Albans Staines Stirling Stockport Surbiton Surrey Swindon Twickenham Tyne and Wear UK Wales Warrington West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Wiltshire Wolverhampton Worcester Worcestershire Yorkshire	3 months to 21 Nov 2008	Same period last year
Rank	220	284
Rank change on same period last year	+64
Matching permanent IT job ads	20	2
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	0.013 %	0.001 %
As % of the category below	1.136 %	0.071 %
Salaries quoted	19	0
Average minimum salary	£31,605	-
Average salary	£33,250	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum salary	£34,895	-
UK excluding London average salary	£39,368	£44,553
% change on same period last year	-11.63 %
Qualifications Berkshire
Matching permanent IT job ads	1761	2801
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	1.136 %	1.254 %
Salaries quoted	1542	2275
Average minimum salary	£38,342	£37,403
Average salary	£42,426	£40,680
% change on same period last year	+4.29 %
Average maximum salary	£46,510	£43,956
UK excluding London average salary	£37,971	£38,036
% change on same period last year	-0.17 %
ISTQB South East

ISTQB
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing ISTQB across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

ISTQB
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing ISTQB across the Berkshire region.

ISTQB
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing ISTQB across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008.

ISTQB
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing ISTQB within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Permanent IT Job Ads	Average Salary Last 3 Months	Average Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year
Reading	-	17	£33,632	-

ISTQB South East

ISTQB
Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT jobs across the Berkshire region citing ISTQB 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 ISTQB.

1 27 (100.00 %) ISEB 2 15 (55.56 %) Regression Testing 3 8 (29.63 %) Test Scripting 4 7 (25.93 %) User Acceptance Testing 5 6 (22.22 %) Security Cleared 6 5 (18.52 %) System Testing 6 5 (18.52 %) Integration Testing 6 5 (18.52 %) Automated Testing 6 5 (18.52 %) Government 7 4 (14.81 %) QA 8 3 (11.11 %) Software Testing 9 2 (7.407 %) Manual Testing 10 1 (3.704 %) SC Cleared 10 1 (3.704 %) DV Cleared 10 1 (3.704 %) Oracle

10 1 (3.704 %) SQL Server 10 1 (3.704 %) ISO9000 10 1 (3.704 %) ISEB Practitioner 10 1 (3.704 %) Degree 10 1 (3.704 %) Test Management 10 1 (3.704 %) Performance Testing

ISTQB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT jobs across the Berkshire region citing ISTQB 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 ISTQB. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Database & Business Intelligence 1 1 (3.704 %) SQL Server	General 1 5 (18.52 %) Government
Job Titles 1 24 (88.89 %) Test Engineer 2 2 (7.407 %) QA Engineer 2 2 (7.407 %) Test Manager 3 1 (3.704 %) QA Manager 3 1 (3.704 %) Tester	Processes & Methodologies 1 15 (55.56 %) Regression Testing 2 8 (29.63 %) Test Scripting 3 7 (25.93 %) User Acceptance Testing 4 6 (22.22 %) Security Cleared 5 5 (18.52 %) System Testing 5 5 (18.52 %) Automated Testing 5 5 (18.52 %) Integration Testing 6 3 (11.11 %) Software Testing 7 2 (7.407 %) Manual Testing 8 1 (3.704 %) Test Management 8 1 (3.704 %) Performance Testing 8 1 (3.704 %) SC Cleared 8 1 (3.704 %) DV Cleared
Qualifications 1 27 (100.00 %) ISEB 2 1 (3.704 %) ISEB Practitioner 2 1 (3.704 %) Degree	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 4 (14.81 %) QA 2 1 (3.704 %) ISO9000
Vendors 1 1 (3.704 %) Oracle