The first table below looks at the demand for ISTQB in IT jobs advertised for the Buckinghamshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited ISTQB over the 3 months to 22 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 Buckinghamshire region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
International Software Testing Qualification Board (ISTQB)
Rank 132 104 125
Rank change year-on-year
-28 +21
Permanent jobs citing ISTQB 3 23 6
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 0.147% 1.181% 0.290%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.552% 3.710% 1.012%
Number of salaries quoted 3 18 5
Average salary £24,000 £37,750 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-36.42% +7.85%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,800 £31,750 £33,800
10% offered a salary of more than £40,800 £50,000 £37,000
UK excluding London average salary £33,000 £35,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-5.71% -6.66%
All Qualifications
Buckinghamshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
543 620 593
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 26.59% 31.83% 28.66%
Number of salaries quoted 468 548 509
Average salary £40,000 £37,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.66% -
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £22,500 £23,500
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
- +5.26%
ISTQB
South East

ISTQB
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Buckinghamshire 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 Buckinghamshire region.

Buckinghamshire ISTQB Salary Trend

ISTQB
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing ISTQB across the Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Buckinghamshire ISTQB Salary Histogram

ISTQB
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing ISTQB within the Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
High Wycombe +4 2 £23,250 -7.00%
ISTQB
South East

ISTQB
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Buckinghamshire 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 15 (88.24%) User Acceptance Testing
2 13 (76.47%) Software Testing
2 13 (76.47%) Microsoft
3 11 (64.71%) ISEB
4 9 (52.94%) C#
4 9 (52.94%) Scrum
4 9 (52.94%) QA
4 9 (52.94%) Test Automation
5 8 (47.06%) Computer Science
5 8 (47.06%) Team Foundation Server
6 6 (35.29%) Integration Testing
7 5 (29.41%) Load Testing
7 5 (29.41%) Validation
7 5 (29.41%) MS Project
7 5 (29.41%) Regression Testing
8 4 (23.53%) Visual Studio
8 4 (23.53%) Degree
9 3 (17.65%) User Stories
9 3 (17.65%) SQL
9 3 (17.65%) XML
10 2 (11.76%) UNIX
10 2 (11.76%) Linux
10 2 (11.76%) E-Commerce
10 2 (11.76%) HTML
10 2 (11.76%) JavaScript
10 2 (11.76%) JSP
10 2 (11.76%) Twitter
11 1 (5.882%) Test Management
11 1 (5.882%) Manual Testing
11 1 (5.882%) System Testing

ISTQB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Buckinghamshire 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 3 (17.65%) XML
2 2 (11.76%) HTML
2 2 (11.76%) JSP
3 1 (5.882%) .NET
Applications
1 5 (29.41%) MS Project
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.882%) TOAD
Development Applications
1 8 (47.06%) Team Foundation Server
2 4 (23.53%) Visual Studio
General
1 1 (5.882%) Telecoms
1 1 (5.882%) Finance
1 1 (5.882%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 8 (47.06%) Tester
2 7 (41.18%) Test Engineer
3 5 (29.41%) Senior Tester
3 5 (29.41%) QA Engineer
4 4 (23.53%) Software Engineer
4 4 (23.53%) Software Test Engineer
4 4 (23.53%) Senior Test Engineer
5 3 (17.65%) Lead Software Engineer
6 2 (11.76%) Analyst
6 2 (11.76%) Test Analyst
6 2 (11.76%) Senior Analyst
6 2 (11.76%) Senior Test Analyst
6 2 (11.76%) Senior QA Engineer
7 1 (5.882%) Senior QA Test Analyst
7 1 (5.882%) Senior QA Tester
7 1 (5.882%) Senior Technical Test Analyst
7 1 (5.882%) Web Tester
7 1 (5.882%) Senior Software Test Engineer
7 1 (5.882%) Senior Software Engineer
7 1 (5.882%) Technical Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 8 (47.06%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 2 (11.76%) UNIX
1 2 (11.76%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (88.24%) User Acceptance Testing
2 13 (76.47%) Software Testing
3 9 (52.94%) Scrum
3 9 (52.94%) Test Automation
4 6 (35.29%) Integration Testing
5 5 (29.41%) Load Testing
5 5 (29.41%) Validation
5 5 (29.41%) Regression Testing
6 3 (17.65%) User Stories
7 2 (11.76%) E-Commerce
8 1 (5.882%) Test Management
8 1 (5.882%) Manual Testing
8 1 (5.882%) System Testing
8 1 (5.882%) Automation Testing
8 1 (5.882%) Automated Testing
8 1 (5.882%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (52.94%) C#
2 3 (17.65%) SQL
3 2 (11.76%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 11 (64.71%) ISEB
2 4 (23.53%) Degree
3 1 (5.882%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (52.94%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (5.882%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 13 (76.47%) Microsoft
2 2 (11.76%) Twitter