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The table below looks at the demand for Software Testing skills within the Bolton region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Software Testing over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSoftware Testing
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank25-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching permanent IT job ads30
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.002 %0.000 %
As % of the category below3.261 %0.000 %
Salaries quoted30
Average minimum salary£33,000-
Average salary£34,500-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum salary£36,000-
UK excluding London average salary£34,401£33,319
% change on same period last year+3.24 %
Bolton IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
Bolton
Matching permanent IT job ads9224
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.053 %0.010 %
Salaries quoted8620
Average minimum salary£28,112£30,652
Average salary£31,606£33,758
% change on same period last year-6.37 %
Average maximum salary£35,099£36,864
UK excluding London average salary£42,675£44,216
% change on same period last year-3.48 %
Software Testing ManchesterSoftware Testing
Manchester

Software Testing
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Software Testing across the Bolton region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Bolton Software Testing Demand Trend

Software Testing
Salary Trend

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

Bolton Software Testing Salary Trend

Software Testing
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Software Testing across the Bolton region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

Bolton Software Testing Salary Histogram

Software Testing
Top 16 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT jobs across the Bolton region citing Software 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 Software Testing.

13 (60.00 %)User Acceptance Testing
13 (60.00 %)Retail
13 (60.00 %)QA
13 (60.00 %)TickIT
13 (60.00 %)Risk Management
13 (60.00 %)Education
13 (60.00 %)Games
13 (60.00 %)ISO9000
13 (60.00 %)Compuware
13 (60.00 %)EPoS
22 (40.00 %)ISEB
31 (20.00 %)SQL Server
31 (20.00 %)Regression Testing
31 (20.00 %)Test Management
31 (20.00 %)System Testing
31 (20.00 %)Release Management

Software Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT jobs across the Bolton region citing Software 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 Software Testing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Bolton IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (20.00 %)SQL Server
Bolton IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13 (60.00 %)Education
13 (60.00 %)Games
13 (60.00 %)Retail
Bolton IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
14 (80.00 %)Test Manager
14 (80.00 %)Test Team Leader
14 (80.00 %)Team Leader
14 (80.00 %)Software Team Leader
23 (60.00 %)Web Team Leader
Bolton IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
13 (60.00 %)EPoS
Bolton IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (60.00 %)Risk Management
13 (60.00 %)User Acceptance Testing
21 (20.00 %)Test Management
21 (20.00 %)System Testing
21 (20.00 %)Release Management
21 (20.00 %)Regression Testing
Bolton IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (40.00 %)ISEB
Bolton IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
13 (60.00 %)ISO9000
13 (60.00 %)TickIT
13 (60.00 %)QA
Bolton IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (60.00 %)Compuware