The first table below looks at the demand for System 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 System Testing 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 of the Processes & Methodologies category for the Buckinghamshire region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
System Testing
Rank 132 113 128
Rank change year-on-year
-19 +15
Permanent jobs citing System Testing 2 13 7
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 0.098% 0.678% 0.333%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.132% 0.922% 0.460%
Number of salaries quoted 2 9 6
Average salary £30,750 £34,629 £36,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
-11.20% -4.47%
90% offered a salary of more than £29,750 £34,000 £28,750
10% offered a salary of more than £31,750 £39,000 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £34,500 £36,000 £33,500
% change year-on-year
-4.16% +7.46%
All Processes & Methodologies
Buckinghamshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1519 1410 1521
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 74.68% 73.55% 72.36%
Number of salaries quoted 1335 1190 1331
Average salary £42,500 £41,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.65% +2.50%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £26,000 £29,000
10% offered a salary of more than £61,000 £60,000 £61,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
System Testing
South East

System Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Buckinghamshire System Testing Jobs Demand Trend

System Testing
Salary Trend

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

Buckinghamshire System Testing Salary Trend

System Testing
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing System Testing within the Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 24 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 -26 2 £30,750 -10.38%
System Testing
South East

System Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Buckinghamshire region citing System 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 System Testing.

1 6 (66.67%) SQL
2 4 (44.44%) .NET
2 4 (44.44%) MVC
3 3 (33.33%) SQL Server
3 3 (33.33%) T-SQL
3 3 (33.33%) C#
4 2 (22.22%) Oracle
4 2 (22.22%) Web Services
4 2 (22.22%) XML
4 2 (22.22%) SOA
4 2 (22.22%) ASP.NET
4 2 (22.22%) Migration
4 2 (22.22%) Automated Testing
4 2 (22.22%) Agile Software Development
4 2 (22.22%) QA
4 2 (22.22%) jQuery
4 2 (22.22%) Data Migration
4 2 (22.22%) Team Foundation Server
4 2 (22.22%) Degree
4 2 (22.22%) Test Scripting
4 2 (22.22%) JavaScript
5 1 (11.11%) Manual Testing
5 1 (11.11%) Computer Science
5 1 (11.11%) ASP.NET MVC
5 1 (11.11%) Rational DOORS
5 1 (11.11%) soapUI
5 1 (11.11%) Razor View Engine
5 1 (11.11%) Mobile App
5 1 (11.11%) User Acceptance Testing
5 1 (11.11%) Load Testing

System Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Buckinghamshire region citing System 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 System Testing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 4 (44.44%) .NET
2 2 (22.22%) Web Services
2 2 (22.22%) XML
2 2 (22.22%) ASP.NET
2 2 (22.22%) jQuery
3 1 (11.11%) ASP.NET MVC
3 1 (11.11%) soapUI
3 1 (11.11%) Razor View Engine
3 1 (11.11%) CSS
3 1 (11.11%) SAML
3 1 (11.11%) XSL
3 1 (11.11%) ADO.NET
3 1 (11.11%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 1 (11.11%) MSMQ
1 1 (11.11%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Simulink
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (33.33%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (22.22%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (11.11%) Rational DOORS
2 1 (11.11%) QuickTest Pro
2 1 (11.11%) Visual Studio
General
1 1 (11.11%) Retail
1 1 (11.11%) Finance
Job Titles
1 4 (44.44%) Developer
1 4 (44.44%) Analyst
1 4 (44.44%) Test Analyst
2 2 (22.22%) Web Developer
2 2 (22.22%) DBA
2 2 (22.22%) QA Analyst
2 2 (22.22%) Database Developer
2 2 (22.22%) QA Test Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Agile Test Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Senior Design Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Senior QA Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Senior QA Test Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Software Test Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Senior Systems Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Systems Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Senior Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Design Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Senior Test Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Computer Science
1 1 (11.11%) Mobile App
1 1 (11.11%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 1 (11.11%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (44.44%) MVC
2 2 (22.22%) SOA
2 2 (22.22%) Migration
2 2 (22.22%) Automated Testing
2 2 (22.22%) Agile Software Development
2 2 (22.22%) Data Migration
2 2 (22.22%) Test Scripting
3 1 (11.11%) Manual Testing
3 1 (11.11%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (11.11%) Load Testing
3 1 (11.11%) Integration Testing
3 1 (11.11%) Software Testing
3 1 (11.11%) Web Development
3 1 (11.11%) Change Management
3 1 (11.11%) Regression Testing
3 1 (11.11%) Scrum
3 1 (11.11%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 6 (66.67%) SQL
2 3 (33.33%) T-SQL
2 3 (33.33%) C#
3 2 (22.22%) JavaScript
4 1 (11.11%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 2 (22.22%) Degree
2 1 (11.11%) ISTQB
2 1 (11.11%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (22.22%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (22.22%) Oracle
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft