Software Testing Jobs in Cambridge
 
Demand Trend Salary Trend Salary Histogram Related Skills

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

Location
 3 months to
23 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Testing
Rank 43 73 45
Rank change year-on-year
+30 -28
Permanent jobs citing Software Testing 95 58 105
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridge 5.263% 2.871% 4.817%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.546% 4.521% 7.216%
Number of salaries quoted 92 40 89
Average salary £37,500 £32,250 £36,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+16.27% -10.41%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £29,800 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £51,700 £48,800
UK excluding London average salary £34,000 £34,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
- +4.61%
All Processes & Methodologies
Cambridge
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category		 1259 1283 1455
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridge 69.75% 63.51% 66.74%
Number of salaries quoted 1088 1084 1296
Average salary £42,500 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.25% +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £31,000 £29,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £62,500 £54,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Software Testing
Cambridgeshire

Software Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridge 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 Cambridge region.

Cambridge Software Testing Salary Trend

Software Testing
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Software Testing across the Cambridge region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Cambridge Software Testing Salary Histogram

Software Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridge 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.

1 154 (67.84%) QA
2 98 (43.17%) ISEB
3 92 (40.53%) Degree
4 89 (39.21%) Test Scripting
5 88 (38.77%) Linux
6 87 (38.33%) Python
7 86 (37.89%) Automated Testing
8 82 (36.12%) Selenium
9 81 (35.68%) ISTQB
9 81 (35.68%) Perl
10 67 (29.52%) Windows
11 61 (26.87%) UNIX
12 51 (22.47%) C
13 43 (18.94%) Computer Science
13 43 (18.94%) Manual Testing
14 41 (18.06%) C++
15 39 (17.18%) QuickTest Pro
15 39 (17.18%) Ruby
16 33 (14.54%) C#
17 32 (14.10%) HTML
17 32 (14.10%) Test Automation
18 29 (12.78%) JIRA
19 26 (11.45%) Java
19 26 (11.45%) Postgraduate
20 25 (11.01%) JavaScript
21 22 (9.692%) CSS
21 22 (9.692%) FitNesse
22 21 (9.251%) SQL
22 21 (9.251%) Microsoft
23 20 (8.811%) .NET

Software Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridge 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 32 (14.10%) HTML
2 22 (9.692%) CSS
3 20 (8.811%) .NET
4 12 (5.286%) Web Services
5 10 (4.405%) ASP
6 9 (3.965%) Natural Language Processing
7 8 (3.524%) XML
8 3 (1.322%) STL
8 3 (1.322%) J2EE
8 3 (1.322%) Boost C++ Libraries
9 1 (0.441%) Ajax
Applications
1 13 (5.727%) MS Excel
2 6 (2.643%) Photoshop
2 6 (2.643%) Adobe Illustrator
3 5 (2.203%) FrameMaker
3 5 (2.203%) MS Office
3 5 (2.203%) RoboHelp
3 5 (2.203%) Adobe Captivate
4 4 (1.762%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 1 (0.441%) Dynamics NAV
1 1 (0.441%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.762%) Internet
2 3 (1.322%) WAN
2 3 (1.322%) RIP
3 1 (0.441%) STUN
3 1 (0.441%) SNMP
3 1 (0.441%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.441%) SSL
3 1 (0.441%) HTTP
3 1 (0.441%) SAN
3 1 (0.441%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (5.286%) SQL Server
2 9 (3.965%) Text Mining
Development Applications
1 82 (36.12%) Selenium
2 39 (17.18%) QuickTest Pro
3 29 (12.78%) JIRA
4 22 (9.692%) FitNesse
5 12 (5.286%) LabVIEW
6 6 (2.643%) NUnit
7 5 (2.203%) TestComplete
8 4 (1.762%) WebDriver
9 3 (1.322%) LoadRunner
10 2 (0.881%) Bugzilla
11 1 (0.441%) ClearCase
11 1 (0.441%) Visual Studio
11 1 (0.441%) QALoad
11 1 (0.441%) WATIR
11 1 (0.441%) Team Foundation Server
11 1 (0.441%) MSTest
General
1 14 (6.167%) Finance
2 11 (4.846%) Games
3 3 (1.322%) Electronics
3 3 (1.322%) Law
4 1 (0.441%) Marketing
4 1 (0.441%) Multimedia
4 1 (0.441%) German Language
Job Titles
1 60 (26.43%) Tester
2 47 (20.70%) Test Engineer
3 46 (20.26%) QA Engineer
4 40 (17.62%) Developer
5 37 (16.30%) Software Engineer
6 30 (13.22%) Software Test Engineer
7 28 (12.33%) Software Developer
8 27 (11.89%) Analyst
9 25 (11.01%) Software Tester
10 19 (8.370%) Senior Software Developer
10 19 (8.370%) Test Analyst
10 19 (8.370%) Senior Developer
11 18 (7.930%) Senior Tester
11 18 (7.930%) Junior
12 14 (6.167%) Junior Tester
13 11 (4.846%) QA Analyst
14 10 (4.405%) QA Leader
15 9 (3.965%) QA Tester
16 6 (2.643%) Senior Analyst
17 5 (2.203%) Author
Miscellaneous
1 43 (18.94%) Computer Science
2 19 (8.370%) Cloud Computing
3 12 (5.286%) Embedded Systems
4 9 (3.965%) Grid Computing
4 9 (3.965%) Chemistry
4 9 (3.965%) Life Science
5 4 (1.762%) Mathematics
5 4 (1.762%) Device Driver
6 3 (1.322%) Cryptography
7 1 (0.441%) Management Information System
7 1 (0.441%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 88 (38.77%) Linux
2 67 (29.52%) Windows
3 61 (26.87%) UNIX
4 19 (8.370%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.441%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 89 (39.21%) Test Scripting
2 86 (37.89%) Automated Testing
3 43 (18.94%) Manual Testing
4 32 (14.10%) Test Automation
5 19 (8.370%) Agile Software Development
6 16 (7.048%) Performance Testing
6 16 (7.048%) Automation Testing
7 12 (5.286%) User Stories
8 11 (4.846%) Security Testing
9 10 (4.405%) TDD
10 8 (3.524%) Business Analysis
11 6 (2.643%) Software Engineering
12 5 (2.203%) V-Model
12 5 (2.203%) Test Strategy
13 4 (1.762%) Multithreading
13 4 (1.762%) Project Management
13 4 (1.762%) E-Commerce
13 4 (1.762%) Validation
14 3 (1.322%) UML
14 3 (1.322%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 87 (38.33%) Python
2 81 (35.68%) Perl
3 51 (22.47%) C
4 41 (18.06%) C++
5 39 (17.18%) Ruby
6 33 (14.54%) C#
7 26 (11.45%) Java
8 25 (11.01%) JavaScript
9 21 (9.251%) SQL
10 16 (7.048%) Bash shell
11 12 (5.286%) Tcl
12 8 (3.524%) VB
12 8 (3.524%) Embedded C
13 4 (1.762%) Assembly Language
14 2 (0.881%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 98 (43.17%) ISEB
2 92 (40.53%) Degree
3 81 (35.68%) ISTQB
4 26 (11.45%) Postgraduate
5 5 (2.203%) HNC
6 1 (0.441%) ISEB Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 154 (67.84%) QA
2 3 (1.322%) TickIT
2 3 (1.322%) WAI
2 3 (1.322%) ISO 9000
2 3 (1.322%) ISO 9001
Systems Management
1 13 (5.727%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 21 (9.251%) Microsoft
2 11 (4.846%) Adobe
3 10 (4.405%) HP
4 3 (1.322%) Riverbed
Test Analyst
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A well known global publisher is looking for a Test Analyst to join their Test Team, within the Business Solutions Group based in Cambridge.Reporting to the Test...
Networx Recruitment
Salary: £23,050 -£24,824
Posted: 2 May 2013
Automation Test Analyst
Cambridge, East Anglia
Suitable candidates will demonstrate the following: Educated to degree level either in a science or engineering based subject Formal qualifications in testing (Foundation level of ISEB Software Testing) -...
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Salary: £30000 - £33000 per annum + + benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Automation Test Analyst
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Suitable candidates will demonstrate the following:-Educated to degree level either in a science or engineering based subject -Formal qualifications in testing (Foundation level of ISEB Software Testing) -...
Harvey Nash plc
Salary: £30000 - £33000 per annum + + benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Non Functional Test Lead
Cambridge, East Anglia
The role includes the line and task management of the team, helping define and implement the test strategy, producing test effort estimates and resourcing and scheduling requests for...
Harvey Nash plc
Salary: £35000 - £38000 per annum + + Benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Non Functional Test Lead
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
The role includes the line and task management of the team, helping define and implement the test strategy, producing test effort estimates and resourcing and scheduling requests for...
Harvey Nash plc
Salary: £35000 - £38000 per annum + + Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Senior Software Tools Test Engineer - tools, GUI, Windows, GNU UNIX, test scripts, automated, ISEB, Cambridge, to c£46k + benefits
Cambridge, East Anglia
Senior Software Tools Test Engineer - GUI applications, Windows, GNU Linux, test scripts, automated test systems, ISEB... - ISEB Foundation certificate in software testing holder. - Good understanding of C / C++...
ECM Selection Ltd
Salary: to c£46k + benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Senior Software Test Analyst / Engineer - Python, test, analyst, engineer, software, hardware, scripting, Cambridge, to £45k + benefits
Cambridge, East Anglia
This growing network technology company develops innovative consumer electronics products for clients worldwide. Due to continued growth they are seeking a Senior Test Engineer with experience and enthusiasm...
ECM Selection Ltd
Salary: to £45k + benefits
Posted: 9 May 2013
C++ Engineer/Programmer - C++, Real Time Operating System, Development, Engineering
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
A leading global technology client is looking for a high calibre C++ Engineer to join a product development team. As a highly skilled C++ Developer you will be...
TRG
Salary: £40000 - 45000 Per Annum Benefits
Posted: 19 May 2013
C++ Engineer/Programmer ? C++, Real Time Operating System, Development, Engineering
Cambridge, East Anglia
As a highly skilled C++ Developer you will be part of a focused project team which is responsible for innovation and development of new product strategies and embedded...
TRG
Salary: 40000-45000 Per Annum Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Embedded Test Engineer - CB
Cambridge, East Anglia
My client has a global presence and is widely recognised as a market leader within the development of wireless technologies... The Role: The role of the Test Engineer...
Computer Futures
Salary: £41000 - £46000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Web Delivery Manager / Project Manager / Agile / e-Learning
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire - Commutable from...
Our client is looking for an individual with strong technical and project management skills to lead the delivery of innovative online platform and product work packages for their...
Networx Recruitment
Salary: £Competitive Salary
Posted: 23 May 2013
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