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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
International Software Testing Qualification Board (ISTQB)
Rank 45 39 -
Rank change year-on-year
-6 -
Permanent jobs citing ISTQB 2 3 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bournemouth 0.690% 1.132% -
As % of the Qualifications category 2.326% 4.615% -
Number of salaries quoted 2 2 0
Average salary £55,000 £31,250 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
+76.00% -
UK excluding London average salary £33,000 £35,000 £37,250
% change year-on-year
-5.71% -6.04%
All Qualifications
Bournemouth
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
86 65 77
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bournemouth 29.66% 24.53% 24.06%
Number of salaries quoted 72 54 48
Average salary £45,000 £37,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+20.00% +7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £32,500 £31,900
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £40,000 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
ISTQB
Dorset

ISTQB
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bournemouth 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 Bournemouth region.

Bournemouth ISTQB Salary Trend

ISTQB
Top 5 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bournemouth 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 2 (100.00%) ISEB
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
1 2 (100.00%) QA
1 2 (100.00%) HP Quality Center
1 2 (100.00%) SWIFT

ISTQB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bournemouth 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.

General
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Test Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Senior Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Senior Test Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) QA Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Senior QA Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) QA Leader
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) SWIFT
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) HP Quality Center