The first table below looks at the demand for the Test Consultant role in IT jobs advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Test Consultant in their job title over the 3 months to 24 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 Job Titles advertised for the Berkshire region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Consultant
Rank 215 212 209
Rank change year-on-year
-3 -3
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Consultant 4 10 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire 0.077% 0.162% 0.019%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.082% 0.172% 0.020%
Number of salaries quoted 1 10 1
Average salary £45,000 £37,500 £70,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+20.00% -46.42%
UK excluding London average salary £46,000 £40,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year
+15.00% -30.43%
All Job Titles
Berkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
4901 5818 4903
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire 94.07% 94.43% 94.27%
Number of salaries quoted 3900 4958 4077
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £42,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +1.19%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £27,500 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £62,500 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Test Consultant
South East

Test Consultant
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Test Consultant across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Berkshire Test Consultant Jobs Demand Trend

Test Consultant
Salary Trend

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

Berkshire Test Consultant Salary Trend

Test Consultant
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Test Consultant within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 24 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
Bracknell - 4 £45,000 -
Test Consultant
South East

Test Consultant
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Berkshire region that cited Test Consultant in their job title 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 with Test Consultant in their job title.

1 11 (100.00%) Oracle
1 11 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 11 (100.00%) LoadRunner
2 9 (81.82%) Test Scripting
2 9 (81.82%) SC Cleared
2 9 (81.82%) Security Cleared
2 9 (81.82%) Test Automation
2 9 (81.82%) HP Quality Center
2 9 (81.82%) Regression Testing
2 9 (81.82%) ISEB
2 9 (81.82%) QuickTest Pro
2 9 (81.82%) Migration
3 7 (63.64%) Windows
4 6 (54.55%) SQL
4 6 (54.55%) HP
4 6 (54.55%) Performance Testing
4 6 (54.55%) Retail
5 5 (45.45%) SilkTest
5 5 (45.45%) Windows 7
5 5 (45.45%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (45.45%) Windows Server 2008
5 5 (45.45%) Non-Functional Testing
5 5 (45.45%) Active Directory
5 5 (45.45%) Oracle 8/8i
5 5 (45.45%) Windows XP
5 5 (45.45%) LAN
5 5 (45.45%) WAN
5 5 (45.45%) VMware
5 5 (45.45%) VMware ESX
5 5 (45.45%) VMware Workstation

Test Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Berkshire region that cited Test Consultant in their job title 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 with Test Consultant in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (18.18%) soapUI
Application Platforms
1 4 (36.36%) Tomcat
1 4 (36.36%) IIS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (45.45%) LAN
1 5 (45.45%) WAN
2 2 (18.18%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 5 (45.45%) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
1 11 (100.00%) LoadRunner
2 9 (81.82%) QuickTest Pro
3 5 (45.45%) SilkTest
4 2 (18.18%) JMeter
General
1 6 (54.55%) Retail
2 4 (36.36%) Telecoms
2 4 (36.36%) Finance
Operating Systems
1 7 (63.64%) Windows
2 5 (45.45%) Windows 7
2 5 (45.45%) Windows Server 2008
2 5 (45.45%) Windows XP
2 5 (45.45%) Windows Server 2003
3 2 (18.18%) UNIX
3 2 (18.18%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (81.82%) Test Scripting
1 9 (81.82%) Test Automation
1 9 (81.82%) Regression Testing
1 9 (81.82%) Migration
2 6 (54.55%) Performance Testing
3 5 (45.45%) Non-Functional Testing
3 5 (45.45%) Validation
4 4 (36.36%) Automated Testing
5 2 (18.18%) Test Management
5 2 (18.18%) Software Testing
5 2 (18.18%) CRM
5 2 (18.18%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 6 (54.55%) SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (81.82%) SC Cleared
1 9 (81.82%) Security Cleared
1 9 (81.82%) ISEB
2 4 (36.36%) ISTQB
System Software
1 5 (45.45%) VMware Infrastructure
1 5 (45.45%) Active Directory
1 5 (45.45%) VMware ESX
1 5 (45.45%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 9 (81.82%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 11 (100.00%) Oracle
2 6 (54.55%) HP
3 5 (45.45%) VMware
4 4 (36.36%) Fujitsu
5 2 (18.18%) IBM
5 2 (18.18%) Citrix