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

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
System Testing
Rank 200 164 182
Rank change year-on-year
-36 +18
Permanent jobs citing System Testing 15 59 14
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire 0.292% 0.962% 0.272%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.421% 1.375% 0.399%
Number of salaries quoted 13 39 13
Average salary £45,000 £35,750 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+25.87% -15.88%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,600 £31,500 £28,400
10% offered a salary of more than £58,500 £56,400 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £36,125 £32,500
% change year-on-year
-3.11% +11.15%
All Processes & Methodologies
Berkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
3567 4292 3513
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire 69.33% 69.98% 68.21%
Number of salaries quoted 2719 3622 2916
Average salary £47,000 £45,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.44% -
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £31,500 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £67,500 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
System Testing
South East

System Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Berkshire System Testing Jobs Demand Trend

System Testing
Salary Trend

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

Berkshire System Testing Salary Trend

System Testing
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing System Testing across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Berkshire System Testing Salary Histogram

System Testing
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing System Testing within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 17 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
Reading -16 4 £58,500 +30.00%
Bracknell -28 4 £50,000 +11.11%
Newbury +10 2 £23,000 -
Ascot - 2 £33,750 -
Slough -18 1 £62,500 +98.41%
System Testing
South East

System Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Berkshire region citing System 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 System Testing.

1 20 (33.90%) Agile Software Development
2 18 (30.51%) Windows
3 16 (27.12%) SQL Server
3 16 (27.12%) Automated Testing
3 16 (27.12%) QA
4 15 (25.42%) HP Quality Center
5 14 (23.73%) C#
5 14 (23.73%) Degree
5 14 (23.73%) Test Scripting
6 13 (22.03%) HP
7 12 (20.34%) Pharmaceutical
7 12 (20.34%) Advertising
8 11 (18.64%) TCP/IP
8 11 (18.64%) Microsoft
9 10 (16.95%) NFS
9 10 (16.95%) Veritas
9 10 (16.95%) Legato
9 10 (16.95%) .NET
9 10 (16.95%) UNIX
9 10 (16.95%) Finance
9 10 (16.95%) Wireless
9 10 (16.95%) Product Management
10 9 (15.25%) NAS
10 9 (15.25%) Computer Science
10 9 (15.25%) Service Delivery
10 9 (15.25%) C++
11 8 (13.56%) HTML
11 8 (13.56%) CSS
11 8 (13.56%) IPv6
11 8 (13.56%) VLAN

System Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Berkshire region citing System 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 System Testing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 10 (16.95%) .NET
2 8 (13.56%) CSS
2 8 (13.56%) HTML
3 6 (10.17%) XML
4 5 (8.475%) Servlets
4 5 (8.475%) JSF
4 5 (8.475%) .NET Framework
4 5 (8.475%) WCF
4 5 (8.475%) WPF
5 3 (5.085%) Web Services
6 2 (3.390%) XSD
6 2 (3.390%) XSLT
6 2 (3.390%) Silverlight
7 1 (1.695%) WinForms
7 1 (1.695%) ASP.NET
Application Platforms
1 2 (3.390%) IIS
Applications
1 2 (3.390%) Photoshop
1 2 (3.390%) MS Office
1 2 (3.390%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (6.780%) JDE EnterpriseOne
2 3 (5.085%) SAP MM
3 1 (1.695%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (1.695%) Oracle ERP
Communications & Networking
1 11 (18.64%) TCP/IP
2 10 (16.95%) Wireless
3 9 (15.25%) NAS
4 8 (13.56%) VLAN
4 8 (13.56%) IPv6
5 6 (10.17%) Firewall
6 3 (5.085%) 3G
6 3 (5.085%) Bluetooth
6 3 (5.085%) GPRS
6 3 (5.085%) GSM
6 3 (5.085%) LAN
6 3 (5.085%) WAN
6 3 (5.085%) ZigBee
7 1 (1.695%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (27.12%) SQL Server
2 6 (10.17%) SQL Server 2008
3 5 (8.475%) SQL Server 2005
4 1 (1.695%) SQL Server 2000
Development Applications
1 5 (8.475%) Visual Studio
2 2 (3.390%) TestDirector
2 2 (3.390%) QuickTest Pro
2 2 (3.390%) SilkPerformer
2 2 (3.390%) FitNesse
General
1 12 (20.34%) Pharmaceutical
1 12 (20.34%) Advertising
2 10 (16.95%) Finance
3 4 (6.780%) Retail
4 2 (3.390%) Financial Institution
4 2 (3.390%) Telecoms
5 1 (1.695%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 18 (30.51%) Test Engineer
2 15 (25.42%) Analyst
3 8 (13.56%) Junior
3 8 (13.56%) QA Engineer
4 7 (11.86%) Developer
4 7 (11.86%) Business Analyst
5 5 (8.475%) Tester
5 5 (8.475%) Test Analyst
5 5 (8.475%) Java Developer
5 5 (8.475%) Senior Test Engineer
6 4 (6.780%) Financial Analyst
6 4 (6.780%) Senior Financial Analyst
6 4 (6.780%) JDE Business Analyst
6 4 (6.780%) Systems Tester
6 4 (6.780%) Senior Tester
6 4 (6.780%) Junior Developer
6 4 (6.780%) QA Tester
6 4 (6.780%) Junior Java Developer
6 4 (6.780%) Senior QA Engineer
6 4 (6.780%) Senior QA Tester
Miscellaneous
1 9 (15.25%) Computer Science
2 8 (13.56%) Embedded Systems
3 5 (8.475%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
4 3 (5.085%) Management Information System
5 2 (3.390%) N-Tier
5 2 (3.390%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 18 (30.51%) Windows
2 10 (16.95%) UNIX
3 3 (5.085%) Linux
4 2 (3.390%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (33.90%) Agile Software Development
2 16 (27.12%) Automated Testing
3 14 (23.73%) Test Scripting
4 10 (16.95%) Product Management
5 9 (15.25%) Service Delivery
6 7 (11.86%) Web Testing
6 7 (11.86%) Test Management
7 5 (8.475%) User Acceptance Testing
7 5 (8.475%) OO
7 5 (8.475%) ERP
7 5 (8.475%) Project Management
7 5 (8.475%) Automation Testing
8 4 (6.780%) Continuous Improvement
8 4 (6.780%) Quality Management
8 4 (6.780%) Regression Testing
8 4 (6.780%) Software Testing
9 3 (5.085%) Business Analysis
9 3 (5.085%) Performance Testing
9 3 (5.085%) Performance Management
9 3 (5.085%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 14 (23.73%) C#
2 9 (15.25%) C++
3 5 (8.475%) Java
3 5 (8.475%) JavaScript
4 3 (5.085%) SQL
5 2 (3.390%) C
5 2 (3.390%) PHP
6 1 (1.695%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 14 (23.73%) Degree
2 6 (10.17%) CCNA
2 6 (10.17%) Cisco Certification
3 5 (8.475%) ISEB
4 2 (3.390%) SC Cleared
4 2 (3.390%) DV Cleared
4 2 (3.390%) Security Cleared
5 1 (1.695%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (27.12%) QA
2 4 (6.780%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 10 (16.95%) NFS
2 2 (3.390%) Active Directory
3 1 (1.695%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 15 (25.42%) HP Quality Center
2 10 (16.95%) Legato
3 1 (1.695%) Cisco UCCE
Vendors
1 13 (22.03%) HP
2 11 (18.64%) Microsoft
3 10 (16.95%) Veritas
4 4 (6.780%) Hitachi
4 4 (6.780%) JD Edwards
5 3 (5.085%) SAP
5 3 (5.085%) Cisco
6 2 (3.390%) Borland
6 2 (3.390%) Fujitsu
7 1 (1.695%) VMware
7 1 (1.695%) Oracle
Reading, Berkshire
Looking for circa 5yrs experience in SAP MM preferably that includes multiple full life cycles and "hands on" experience... Skills required for this role, very strong written and...
Lawrence Harvey Enterprise
Salary: £55000 - £62000 per annum + pension, life insurance, bonus
Posted: 14 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire
Looking for circa 5yrs experience in SAP MM preferably that includes multiple full life cycles and "hands on" experience... Skills required for this role, very strong written and...
Lawrence Harvey Enterprise
Salary: £55000 - £62000 per annum + pension, life insurance, bonus
Posted: 14 May 2013