The first table below looks at the demand for Test Strategy skills in IT jobs advertised for the Birmingham region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Test Strategy 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 of the Processes & Methodologies category for the Birmingham region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Strategy
Rank 107 99 -
Rank change year-on-year
-8 -
Permanent jobs citing Test Strategy 11 1 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 0.647% 0.067% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.868% 0.098% -
Number of salaries quoted 8 1 0
Average salary £33,750 £28,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
+20.53% -
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £42,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year
+5.88% -
All Processes & Methodologies
Birmingham
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1268 1023 866
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 74.59% 69.03% 64.43%
Number of salaries quoted 1072 893 744
Average salary £45,000 £42,500 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.88% -
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £27,500 £28,000
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £70,000 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Test Strategy
West Midlands

Test Strategy
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Birmingham 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 Birmingham region.

Birmingham Test Strategy Salary Trend

Test Strategy
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Test Strategy across the Birmingham region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Birmingham Test Strategy Salary Histogram

Test Strategy
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Birmingham 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 14 (51.85%) Finance
2 13 (48.15%) ISTQB
3 9 (33.33%) ISEB
4 7 (25.93%) QA
4 7 (25.93%) Agile Software Development
5 6 (22.22%) Test Management
5 6 (22.22%) HP Quality Center
5 6 (22.22%) Project Management
5 6 (22.22%) SQL
6 5 (18.52%) Manual Testing
7 4 (14.81%) Selenium
7 4 (14.81%) Automated Testing
7 4 (14.81%) Integration Testing
8 3 (11.11%) Performance Testing
8 3 (11.11%) VB
8 3 (11.11%) HTML
8 3 (11.11%) Oracle
8 3 (11.11%) SQL Server
8 3 (11.11%) UNIX
8 3 (11.11%) Windows
8 3 (11.11%) Windows 2000
8 3 (11.11%) E-Commerce
8 3 (11.11%) HP
9 2 (7.407%) Telecoms
9 2 (7.407%) Legal
9 2 (7.407%) Advertising
9 2 (7.407%) JDA
9 2 (7.407%) EPoS
9 2 (7.407%) BizTalk Server
9 2 (7.407%) Microsoft

Test Strategy
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Birmingham 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 3 (11.11%) HTML
2 1 (3.704%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 2 (7.407%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 2 (7.407%) MS Excel
2 1 (3.704%) MS Office
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (11.11%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (14.81%) Selenium
General
1 14 (51.85%) Finance
2 2 (7.407%) Telecoms
2 2 (7.407%) Legal
2 2 (7.407%) Advertising
2 2 (7.407%) Games
2 2 (7.407%) Retail
3 1 (3.704%) Banking
Job Titles
1 12 (44.44%) Analyst
2 10 (37.04%) Test Analyst
3 8 (29.63%) Test Manager
4 7 (25.93%) Agile Test Analyst
5 6 (22.22%) Test Leader
6 5 (18.52%) Software Test Analyst
7 3 (11.11%) Systems Test Analyst
7 3 (11.11%) Systems Tester
7 3 (11.11%) Systems Analyst
7 3 (11.11%) Tester
8 2 (7.407%) Senior Test Analyst
8 2 (7.407%) Senior Analyst
8 2 (7.407%) Testing Analyst
9 1 (3.704%) Test Coordinator
9 1 (3.704%) QA Engineer
9 1 (3.704%) Coordinator
Miscellaneous
1 2 (7.407%) EPoS
2 1 (3.704%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 3 (11.11%) UNIX
1 3 (11.11%) Windows
1 3 (11.11%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (25.93%) Agile Software Development
2 6 (22.22%) Test Management
2 6 (22.22%) Project Management
3 5 (18.52%) Manual Testing
4 4 (14.81%) Automated Testing
4 4 (14.81%) Integration Testing
5 3 (11.11%) Performance Testing
5 3 (11.11%) E-Commerce
6 2 (7.407%) User Acceptance Testing
6 2 (7.407%) Test Scripting
6 2 (7.407%) TMap
6 2 (7.407%) Automation Testing
7 1 (3.704%) Usability Testing
7 1 (3.704%) Security Testing
7 1 (3.704%) Unit Testing
7 1 (3.704%) Six Sigma
7 1 (3.704%) Migration
7 1 (3.704%) Stakeholder Management
7 1 (3.704%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (22.22%) SQL
2 3 (11.11%) VB
3 1 (3.704%) C
Qualifications
1 13 (48.15%) ISTQB
2 9 (33.33%) ISEB
3 2 (7.407%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (25.93%) QA
Systems Management
1 6 (22.22%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 3 (11.11%) Oracle
1 3 (11.11%) HP
2 2 (7.407%) JDA
2 2 (7.407%) Microsoft
2 2 (7.407%) hybris
2 2 (7.407%) RedPrairie
3 1 (3.704%) IBM
3 1 (3.704%) PeopleSoft