ISTQB Jobs in Cambridge
 
Demand Trend Salary Trend Related Skills

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

Location
 3 months to
17 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
International Software Testing Qualification Board (ISTQB)
Rank 75 107 109
Rank change year-on-year
+32 +2
Permanent jobs citing ISTQB 52 18 15
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridge 2.763% 0.910% 0.688%
As % of the Qualifications category 7.365% 1.982% 1.599%
Number of salaries quoted 50 15 15
Average salary £37,500 £36,500 £43,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.73% -15.11%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,000 £26,900 £41,000
10% offered a salary of more than £42,500 £42,500 £47,100
UK excluding London average salary £33,000 £35,000 £37,250
% change year-on-year
-5.71% -6.04%
All Qualifications
Cambridge
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category		 706 908 938
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridge 37.51% 45.88% 43.01%
Number of salaries quoted 593 743 867
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £57,500 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
ISTQB
Cambridgeshire

ISTQB
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridge 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 Cambridge region.

Cambridge ISTQB Salary Trend

ISTQB
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridge 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 84 (100.00%) ISEB
2 82 (97.62%) Software Testing
2 82 (97.62%) QA
3 55 (65.48%) Degree
4 51 (60.71%) Automated Testing
4 51 (60.71%) Test Scripting
5 50 (59.52%) Python
6 47 (55.95%) Perl
7 45 (53.57%) Selenium
8 42 (50.00%) Linux
9 39 (46.43%) Ruby
10 37 (44.05%) Computer Science
11 34 (40.48%) Windows
12 29 (34.52%) C#
13 25 (29.76%) HTML
13 25 (29.76%) JavaScript
14 23 (27.38%) Manual Testing
15 22 (26.19%) UNIX
15 22 (26.19%) CSS
16 20 (23.81%) C
16 20 (23.81%) FitNesse
17 19 (22.62%) Mac OS
18 17 (20.24%) .NET
19 16 (19.05%) Automation Testing
20 15 (17.86%) Bash shell
21 12 (14.29%) User Stories
21 12 (14.29%) Java
21 12 (14.29%) C++
21 12 (14.29%) SQL
21 12 (14.29%) Microsoft

ISTQB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridge 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 25 (29.76%) HTML
2 22 (26.19%) CSS
3 17 (20.24%) .NET
4 10 (11.90%) ASP
Applications
1 10 (11.90%) MS Excel
2 2 (2.381%) Adobe Illustrator
2 2 (2.381%) Photoshop
2 2 (2.381%) MS Office
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (11.90%) SQL Server
2 2 (2.381%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 45 (53.57%) Selenium
2 20 (23.81%) FitNesse
3 7 (8.333%) NUnit
4 6 (7.143%) QuickTest Pro
4 6 (7.143%) TestComplete
5 2 (2.381%) Bugzilla
5 2 (2.381%) JIRA
General
1 11 (13.10%) Games
2 2 (2.381%) Finance
Job Titles
1 25 (29.76%) Tester
1 25 (29.76%) Software Tester
2 24 (28.57%) Test Engineer
3 20 (23.81%) Software Test Engineer
3 20 (23.81%) Software Engineer
4 18 (21.43%) QA Engineer
5 10 (11.90%) QA Leader
6 8 (9.524%) Software Developer
6 8 (9.524%) Developer
7 2 (2.381%) Analyst
7 2 (2.381%) Junior
7 2 (2.381%) Test Analyst
7 2 (2.381%) Junior Software Tester
7 2 (2.381%) Junior Tester
8 1 (1.190%) Software Manager
8 1 (1.190%) Software Test Manager
8 1 (1.190%) Quality Engineer
8 1 (1.190%) Test Manager
Miscellaneous
1 37 (44.05%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 42 (50.00%) Linux
2 34 (40.48%) Windows
3 22 (26.19%) UNIX
4 19 (22.62%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 82 (97.62%) Software Testing
2 51 (60.71%) Automated Testing
2 51 (60.71%) Test Scripting
3 23 (27.38%) Manual Testing
4 16 (19.05%) Automation Testing
5 12 (14.29%) User Stories
5 12 (14.29%) Performance Testing
6 11 (13.10%) Security Testing
7 10 (11.90%) TDD
8 8 (9.524%) Business Analysis
9 7 (8.333%) Agile Software Development
10 2 (2.381%) Test Automation
11 1 (1.190%) Test Strategy
11 1 (1.190%) Performance Management
11 1 (1.190%) ITIL
11 1 (1.190%) PRINCE2
11 1 (1.190%) E-Commerce
11 1 (1.190%) Resource Management
Programming Languages
1 50 (59.52%) Python
2 47 (55.95%) Perl
3 39 (46.43%) Ruby
4 29 (34.52%) C#
5 25 (29.76%) JavaScript
6 20 (23.81%) C
7 15 (17.86%) Bash shell
8 12 (14.29%) C++
8 12 (14.29%) Java
8 12 (14.29%) SQL
9 8 (9.524%) Embedded C
10 4 (4.762%) VB
11 3 (3.571%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 84 (100.00%) ISEB
2 55 (65.48%) Degree
3 2 (2.381%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 82 (97.62%) QA
2 3 (3.571%) WAI
Vendors
1 12 (14.29%) Microsoft
2 2 (2.381%) Adobe
QA Test Engineer
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
My client is look for software tester with experience of .Net, C#.Net, Visual Basic and nUnit... Key Skills: List of key skills for the role; ISEB, ISTQB,...
Cooper Lomaz Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £30k - 35k per year
Posted: 15 May 2013
Junior Software Tester
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Job Description: Our client makes products for Windows, Web, and SOAP clients, using C#, C++, and JavaScript languages and the Microsoft .NET platform and SQL Server database... ISTQB-...
MJH Personnel Associates
Salary: Excellent + bens
Posted: 16 May 2013
Test Lead / Senior Tester
Cambridge, East Anglia
Job Role: Test Lead / Senior Tester Location: CambridgeSalary: £40k to £55k + benefitsTest Lead / Senior Tester (Automation / Automated Testing, Selenium, Grinder, JMeter, Python, C++/Java). Bright, articulate Tester with...
Client Server
Salary: £40k to £55k + benefits
Posted: 13 May 2013
Test Lead / Senior Tester
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Requirements: Automated testing experience (having used tools such as Selenium, Grinder, JMeter, JUnit, HttpUnit) and have experience of writing custom scripts using Java, Python and / or C++ Ability...
Client Server
Salary: £40k to £55k + benefits
Posted: 13 May 2013
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