The first table below looks at the demand for ISTQB in IT jobs advertised for the Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
International Software Testing Qualification Board (ISTQB)
Rank 92 129 125
Rank change year-on-year
+37 -4
Permanent jobs citing ISTQB 51 23 22
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 1.957% 0.789% 0.746%
As % of the Qualifications category 5.829% 2.014% 2.016%
Number of salaries quoted 49 20 21
Average salary £37,500 £36,500 £44,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.73% -17.04%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,000 £26,150 £40,000
10% offered a salary of more than £42,500 £42,500 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £33,000 £35,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-5.71% -6.66%
All Qualifications
Cambridgeshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
875 1142 1091
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 33.58% 39.16% 36.97%
Number of salaries quoted 744 930 1007
Average salary £40,000 £38,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.89% +2.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £27,500 £25,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £53,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
- +5.26%
ISTQB
East of England

ISTQB
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire region.

Cambridgeshire ISTQB Salary Trend

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 Cambridgeshire 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
Cambridge +40 51 £37,500 +2.73%
ISTQB
East of England

ISTQB
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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 86 (100.00%) ISEB
2 84 (97.67%) Software Testing
2 84 (97.67%) QA
3 56 (65.12%) Degree
4 52 (60.47%) Test Scripting
5 51 (59.30%) Automated Testing
6 50 (58.14%) Python
7 47 (54.65%) Perl
8 46 (53.49%) Selenium
9 42 (48.84%) Linux
10 39 (45.35%) Ruby
11 37 (43.02%) Computer Science
12 34 (39.53%) Windows
13 31 (36.05%) C#
14 25 (29.07%) HTML
14 25 (29.07%) JavaScript
15 23 (26.74%) Manual Testing
16 22 (25.58%) CSS
16 22 (25.58%) UNIX
17 20 (23.26%) C
17 20 (23.26%) FitNesse
18 19 (22.09%) .NET
18 19 (22.09%) Mac OS
19 16 (18.60%) Automation Testing
20 15 (17.44%) Bash shell
21 13 (15.12%) Microsoft
22 12 (13.95%) Java
22 12 (13.95%) C++
22 12 (13.95%) SQL
22 12 (13.95%) Performance Testing

ISTQB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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 (29.07%) HTML
2 22 (25.58%) CSS
3 19 (22.09%) .NET
4 10 (11.63%) ASP
Applications
1 10 (11.63%) MS Excel
2 4 (4.651%) Photoshop
2 4 (4.651%) Adobe Illustrator
3 3 (3.488%) MS Office
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (11.63%) SQL Server
2 2 (2.326%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 46 (53.49%) Selenium
2 20 (23.26%) FitNesse
3 9 (10.47%) NUnit
4 8 (9.302%) TestComplete
5 7 (8.140%) QuickTest Pro
6 2 (2.326%) JIRA
6 2 (2.326%) Bugzilla
General
1 11 (12.79%) Games
2 2 (2.326%) Finance
Job Titles
1 26 (30.23%) Tester
1 26 (30.23%) Software Tester
2 25 (29.07%) Test Engineer
3 20 (23.26%) Software Test Engineer
3 20 (23.26%) Software Engineer
4 19 (22.09%) QA Engineer
5 10 (11.63%) QA Leader
6 8 (9.302%) Software Developer
6 8 (9.302%) Developer
7 2 (2.326%) Junior
7 2 (2.326%) Junior Tester
7 2 (2.326%) Analyst
7 2 (2.326%) Test Analyst
7 2 (2.326%) Junior Software Tester
8 1 (1.163%) Quality Engineer
8 1 (1.163%) Test Manager
8 1 (1.163%) Software Manager
8 1 (1.163%) Software Test Manager
Miscellaneous
1 37 (43.02%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 42 (48.84%) Linux
2 34 (39.53%) Windows
3 22 (25.58%) UNIX
4 19 (22.09%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 84 (97.67%) Software Testing
2 52 (60.47%) Test Scripting
3 51 (59.30%) Automated Testing
4 23 (26.74%) Manual Testing
5 16 (18.60%) Automation Testing
6 12 (13.95%) Performance Testing
6 12 (13.95%) User Stories
7 11 (12.79%) Security Testing
8 10 (11.63%) TDD
9 9 (10.47%) Agile Software Development
10 8 (9.302%) Business Analysis
11 2 (2.326%) Test Automation
12 1 (1.163%) Performance Management
12 1 (1.163%) Test Strategy
12 1 (1.163%) Resource Management
12 1 (1.163%) PRINCE2
12 1 (1.163%) E-Commerce
12 1 (1.163%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 50 (58.14%) Python
2 47 (54.65%) Perl
3 39 (45.35%) Ruby
4 31 (36.05%) C#
5 25 (29.07%) JavaScript
6 20 (23.26%) C
7 15 (17.44%) Bash shell
8 12 (13.95%) Java
8 12 (13.95%) C++
8 12 (13.95%) SQL
9 8 (9.302%) Embedded C
10 5 (5.814%) VB
11 4 (4.651%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 86 (100.00%) ISEB
2 56 (65.12%) Degree
3 2 (2.326%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 84 (97.67%) QA
2 3 (3.488%) WAI
Vendors
1 13 (15.12%) Microsoft
2 4 (4.651%) Adobe
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