The first table below looks at the demand for Software Testing skills in IT jobs advertised for the Buckinghamshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Software Testing over the 3 months to 17 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 Buckinghamshire region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Testing
Rank 120 107 113
Rank change year-on-year
-13 +6
Permanent jobs citing Software Testing 16 23 20
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 0.791% 1.178% 0.948%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.054% 1.610% 1.299%
Number of salaries quoted 15 19 17
Average salary £28,500 £35,000 £31,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-18.57% +11.11%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,700 £30,000 £24,400
10% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £44,700 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £34,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
+2.93% +4.61%
All Processes & Methodologies
Buckinghamshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1518 1429 1540
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 75.00% 73.21% 72.99%
Number of salaries quoted 1340 1209 1351
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £26,000 £29,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Software Testing
South East

Software Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Buckinghamshire Software Testing Jobs Demand Trend

Software Testing
Salary Trend

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

Buckinghamshire Software Testing Salary Trend

Software Testing
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Software Testing across the Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Buckinghamshire Software Testing Salary Histogram

Software Testing
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Testing within the Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 17 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
Milton Keynes -12 15 £29,750 -13.76%
Amersham - 1 £24,500 -
Software Testing
South East

Software Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Buckinghamshire 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.

1 33 (55.93%) ISEB
2 21 (35.59%) QA
3 20 (33.90%) Microsoft
3 20 (33.90%) C#
4 19 (32.20%) User Acceptance Testing
5 16 (27.12%) Test Scripting
5 16 (27.12%) HP Quality Center
6 15 (25.42%) Test Management
7 13 (22.03%) Computer Science
7 13 (22.03%) ISTQB
8 12 (20.34%) Degree
8 12 (20.34%) JIRA
8 12 (20.34%) Team Foundation Server
8 12 (20.34%) SQL
9 10 (16.95%) Scrum
10 9 (15.25%) Finance
10 9 (15.25%) Regression Testing
10 9 (15.25%) TestDirector
10 9 (15.25%) Java
10 9 (15.25%) .NET
10 9 (15.25%) Automated Testing
11 8 (13.56%) Agile Software Development
11 8 (13.56%) QuickTest Pro
12 7 (11.86%) ASP.NET
12 7 (11.86%) Test Automation
13 6 (10.17%) Visual Studio
13 6 (10.17%) XML
13 6 (10.17%) Windows
14 5 (8.475%) OO
14 5 (8.475%) MS Project

Software Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Buckinghamshire 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.

Application Development
1 9 (15.25%) .NET
2 7 (11.86%) ASP.NET
3 6 (10.17%) XML
4 5 (8.475%) WPF
4 5 (8.475%) ASP.NET MVC
5 3 (5.085%) Web Services
6 2 (3.390%) HTML
6 2 (3.390%) CSS
6 2 (3.390%) WCF
7 1 (1.695%) XHTML
7 1 (1.695%) Ajax
Application Platforms
1 2 (3.390%) IIS
2 1 (1.695%) Apache
2 1 (1.695%) Tomcat
Applications
1 5 (8.475%) MS Project
1 5 (8.475%) MS Office
2 2 (3.390%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.695%) SNMP
1 1 (1.695%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (6.780%) SQL Server
2 2 (3.390%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 2 (3.390%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (1.695%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 12 (20.34%) JIRA
1 12 (20.34%) Team Foundation Server
2 9 (15.25%) TestDirector
3 8 (13.56%) QuickTest Pro
4 6 (10.17%) Visual Studio
5 2 (3.390%) Visual Studio Team System
6 1 (1.695%) Selenium
General
1 9 (15.25%) Finance
2 5 (8.475%) Retail
3 4 (6.780%) Games
4 3 (5.085%) Military
4 3 (5.085%) Automotive
4 3 (5.085%) Marketing
4 3 (5.085%) Publishing
5 1 (1.695%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 22 (37.29%) Analyst
2 20 (33.90%) Tester
3 17 (28.81%) Test Analyst
4 12 (20.34%) Software Tester
4 12 (20.34%) Test Engineer
5 9 (15.25%) Software Engineer
6 5 (8.475%) Developer
6 5 (8.475%) Graduate
6 5 (8.475%) Software Developer
6 5 (8.475%) Senior Analyst
6 5 (8.475%) Senior Test Analyst
6 5 (8.475%) QA Tester
6 5 (8.475%) QA Engineer
6 5 (8.475%) Graduate Software Engineer
6 5 (8.475%) Test Leader
7 4 (6.780%) Web Tester
7 4 (6.780%) Senior Test Engineer
7 4 (6.780%) Senior Tester
7 4 (6.780%) Software Test Engineer
7 4 (6.780%) Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 13 (22.03%) Computer Science
2 4 (6.780%) Physics
3 3 (5.085%) Client/Server
3 3 (5.085%) Video Editing
4 2 (3.390%) Mathematics
5 1 (1.695%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.695%) iPhone
5 1 (1.695%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 6 (10.17%) Windows
2 2 (3.390%) Windows Mobile
3 1 (1.695%) Android
3 1 (1.695%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (32.20%) User Acceptance Testing
2 16 (27.12%) Test Scripting
3 15 (25.42%) Test Management
4 10 (16.95%) Scrum
5 9 (15.25%) Regression Testing
5 9 (15.25%) Automated Testing
6 8 (13.56%) Agile Software Development
7 7 (11.86%) Test Automation
8 5 (8.475%) MVC
8 5 (8.475%) Validation
8 5 (8.475%) OO
8 5 (8.475%) Integration Testing
8 5 (8.475%) Load Testing
9 3 (5.085%) V-Model
9 3 (5.085%) User Stories
10 2 (3.390%) Change Control
10 2 (3.390%) Manual Testing
10 2 (3.390%) Stress Testing
10 2 (3.390%) ITIL
10 2 (3.390%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 20 (33.90%) C#
2 12 (20.34%) SQL
3 9 (15.25%) Java
4 2 (3.390%) JavaScript
4 2 (3.390%) T-SQL
4 2 (3.390%) C
4 2 (3.390%) Delphi
5 1 (1.695%) C++
5 1 (1.695%) Perl
Qualifications
1 33 (55.93%) ISEB
2 13 (22.03%) ISTQB
3 12 (20.34%) Degree
4 2 (3.390%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (3.390%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (1.695%) ISEB Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (35.59%) QA
System Software
1 2 (3.390%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 16 (27.12%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 20 (33.90%) Microsoft
2 3 (5.085%) Oracle
3 2 (3.390%) VMware
3 2 (3.390%) Telerik
3 2 (3.390%) Twitter