The first table below looks at the demand for ISTQB in IT jobs advertised for the Birmingham region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited ISTQB over the 3 months to 23 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 Qualifications for the Birmingham region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
International Software Testing Qualification Board (ISTQB)
Rank 93 99 89
Rank change year-on-year
+6 -10
Permanent jobs citing ISTQB 16 3 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 0.950% 0.204% 0.295%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.042% 0.769% 0.849%
Number of salaries quoted 14 3 4
Average salary £32,500 £52,500 £32,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
-38.09% +62.79%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,250 £32,500 £31,500
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £52,500 £48,400
UK excluding London average salary £33,000 £35,000 £37,000
% change year-on-year
-5.71% -5.40%
All Qualifications
Birmingham
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
526 390 471
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 31.22% 26.57% 34.71%
Number of salaries quoted 418 335 390
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +13.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,850 £30,000 £24,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £59,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
- +5.26%
ISTQB
West Midlands

ISTQB
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing ISTQB across the Birmingham region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

Birmingham ISTQB Jobs Demand Trend

ISTQB
Salary Trend

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

Birmingham ISTQB Salary Trend

ISTQB
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing ISTQB across the Birmingham region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Birmingham ISTQB Salary Histogram

ISTQB
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Birmingham 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 19 (76.00%) ISEB
2 13 (52.00%) Test Strategy
3 11 (44.00%) HP Quality Center
3 11 (44.00%) Finance
4 10 (40.00%) Agile Software Development
5 8 (32.00%) Integration Testing
6 5 (20.00%) HP
6 5 (20.00%) Test Scripting
6 5 (20.00%) User Acceptance Testing
7 4 (16.00%) Test Management
7 4 (16.00%) QuickTest Pro
7 4 (16.00%) Degree
8 3 (12.00%) Banking
8 3 (12.00%) Front Office
8 3 (12.00%) Back Office
8 3 (12.00%) TestDirector
8 3 (12.00%) Microsoft
8 3 (12.00%) SQL
8 3 (12.00%) Web Testing
8 3 (12.00%) QA
9 2 (8.000%) Selenium
9 2 (8.000%) Release Management
9 2 (8.000%) Performance Testing
9 2 (8.000%) Security Testing
9 2 (8.000%) Statistical Analysis
9 2 (8.000%) Manual Testing
9 2 (8.000%) SC Cleared
9 2 (8.000%) Security Cleared
9 2 (8.000%) V-Model
9 2 (8.000%) hybris

ISTQB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Birmingham 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.

Application Development
1 2 (8.000%) CGI
1 2 (8.000%) Middleware
2 1 (4.000%) ASP.NET
2 1 (4.000%) HTML
2 1 (4.000%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 2 (8.000%) MQSeries
1 2 (8.000%) BizTalk Server
2 1 (4.000%) WebLogic Integration
2 1 (4.000%) WebLogic
2 1 (4.000%) Apache
2 1 (4.000%) Tomcat
Applications
1 2 (8.000%) MS Excel
2 1 (4.000%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.000%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.000%) SQL Server
2 1 (4.000%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (4.000%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 4 (16.00%) QuickTest Pro
2 3 (12.00%) TestDirector
3 2 (8.000%) Selenium
3 2 (8.000%) LoadRunner
General
1 11 (44.00%) Finance
2 3 (12.00%) Banking
2 3 (12.00%) Front Office
2 3 (12.00%) Back Office
3 2 (8.000%) Telecoms
3 2 (8.000%) Games
3 2 (8.000%) Legal
3 2 (8.000%) Retail
4 1 (4.000%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 15 (60.00%) Analyst
2 13 (52.00%) Test Analyst
3 7 (28.00%) Agile Test Analyst
4 6 (24.00%) Test Manager
5 5 (20.00%) Software Test Analyst
6 3 (12.00%) Senior Test Analyst
6 3 (12.00%) Senior Analyst
7 2 (8.000%) Testing Analyst
7 2 (8.000%) Test Leader
8 1 (4.000%) Software Manager
8 1 (4.000%) Test Coordinator
8 1 (4.000%) Software Tester
8 1 (4.000%) Test Engineer
8 1 (4.000%) Coordinator
8 1 (4.000%) Tester
8 1 (4.000%) Software Test Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.000%) Mobile App
1 2 (8.000%) EPoS
1 2 (8.000%) AS400
2 1 (4.000%) Computer Science
2 1 (4.000%) Mainframe
2 1 (4.000%) N-Tier
2 1 (4.000%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.000%) SUSE
1 1 (4.000%) UNIX
1 1 (4.000%) Windows
1 1 (4.000%) HPUX
1 1 (4.000%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (52.00%) Test Strategy
2 10 (40.00%) Agile Software Development
3 8 (32.00%) Integration Testing
4 5 (20.00%) Test Scripting
4 5 (20.00%) User Acceptance Testing
5 4 (16.00%) Test Management
6 3 (12.00%) Web Testing
7 2 (8.000%) Release Management
7 2 (8.000%) Performance Testing
7 2 (8.000%) Security Testing
7 2 (8.000%) Statistical Analysis
7 2 (8.000%) Manual Testing
7 2 (8.000%) V-Model
7 2 (8.000%) Waterfall
7 2 (8.000%) TMap
7 2 (8.000%) E-Commerce
7 2 (8.000%) Scrum
7 2 (8.000%) Software Testing
8 1 (4.000%) Logistics
8 1 (4.000%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (12.00%) SQL
2 1 (4.000%) FoxPro (VFP)
2 1 (4.000%) C#
2 1 (4.000%) JavaScript
2 1 (4.000%) VB
2 1 (4.000%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 19 (76.00%) ISEB
2 4 (16.00%) Degree
3 2 (8.000%) SC Cleared
3 2 (8.000%) Security Cleared
3 2 (8.000%) ISEB Practitioner
4 1 (4.000%) MCTS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (12.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 11 (44.00%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 5 (20.00%) HP
2 3 (12.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (8.000%) hybris
3 2 (8.000%) RedPrairie
3 2 (8.000%) JDA
4 1 (4.000%) TIBCO
4 1 (4.000%) IBM
4 1 (4.000%) PeopleSoft
4 1 (4.000%) Oracle
Birmingham, West Midlands
Responsibilities: - Plan and prioritise work for all incoming testing - Design detailed test cases - Perform test execution on various applications - Document and publish all test results to a defined...
Sand Resources
Salary: £24000 - £28000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 1 May 2013