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

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Agile Testing
Rank 118 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing Agile Testing 4 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bristol 0.231% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.296% - -
Number of salaries quoted 4 0 0
Average salary £28,250 - -
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £32,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -36.00%
All Processes & Methodologies
Bristol
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1351 1320 1320
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bristol 77.91% 76.30% 70.63%
Number of salaries quoted 1169 1156 1032
Average salary £37,500 £39,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.06% +5.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £27,500 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Agile Testing
South West

Agile Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bristol Agile Testing Jobs Demand Trend

Agile Testing
Salary Trend

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

Bristol Agile Testing Salary Trend

Agile Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bristol region citing Agile 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 Agile Testing.

1 4 (100.00%) Automated Testing
2 3 (75.00%) Software Testing
2 3 (75.00%) WMI
2 3 (75.00%) Integration Testing
2 3 (75.00%) PowerShell
2 3 (75.00%) Test Automation
2 3 (75.00%) VBScript
2 3 (75.00%) .NET
2 3 (75.00%) Oracle
2 3 (75.00%) SQL Server
2 3 (75.00%) C#
2 3 (75.00%) Windows
3 2 (50.00%) N-Tier
3 2 (50.00%) Manual Testing
4 1 (25.00%) Computer Science
4 1 (25.00%) Google Analytics
4 1 (25.00%) Degree
4 1 (25.00%) Google
4 1 (25.00%) Software Engineering
4 1 (25.00%) System Testing
4 1 (25.00%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (25.00%) Facebook
4 1 (25.00%) Twitter
4 1 (25.00%) Analytics
4 1 (25.00%) TDD
4 1 (25.00%) ISEB
4 1 (25.00%) WebTrends
4 1 (25.00%) Python
4 1 (25.00%) C++
4 1 (25.00%) XML

Agile Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bristol region citing Agile 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 Agile Testing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (75.00%) .NET
2 1 (25.00%) XML
Business Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Google Analytics
1 1 (25.00%) WebTrends
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (75.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Team Foundation Server
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Tester
1 2 (50.00%) Systems Tester
1 2 (50.00%) Integration Tester
2 1 (25.00%) Test Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Software Test Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) N-Tier
2 1 (25.00%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 3 (75.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Automated Testing
2 3 (75.00%) Software Testing
2 3 (75.00%) Integration Testing
2 3 (75.00%) Test Automation
3 2 (50.00%) Manual Testing
4 1 (25.00%) Software Engineering
4 1 (25.00%) System Testing
4 1 (25.00%) Analytics
4 1 (25.00%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) PowerShell
1 3 (75.00%) VBScript
1 3 (75.00%) C#
2 1 (25.00%) Python
2 1 (25.00%) C++
2 1 (25.00%) C
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Degree
1 1 (25.00%) ISEB
Systems Management
1 3 (75.00%) WMI
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Oracle
2 1 (25.00%) Google
2 1 (25.00%) Facebook
2 1 (25.00%) Twitter
Bristol, Avon
This role would suit a test engineer with 2 - 5 years of experience following a degree in Computer Science or Software Engineering. You must be able to read...
IT Connections
Salary: £25,000 to £35,000
Posted: 17 May 2013