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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Testing
Rank - 28 34
Permanent jobs citing Software Testing 0 30 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheltenham - 7.426% 1.619%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - 9.317% 2.410%
Number of salaries quoted 0 9 3
Average salary - £34,000 £26,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +28.30%
UK excluding London average salary £34,000 £34,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
- +4.61%
All Processes & Methodologies
Cheltenham
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
132 322 166
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheltenham 61.68% 79.70% 67.21%
Number of salaries quoted 126 231 137
Average salary £37,500 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.25% +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,250 £32,500 £28,076
10% offered a salary of more than £71,500 £53,750 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Software Testing
Gloucestershire

Software Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheltenham 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 Cheltenham region.

Cheltenham Software Testing Salary Trend

Software Testing
Top 10 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheltenham 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 7 (100.00%) ISEB
2 5 (71.43%) .NET
2 5 (71.43%) MS Excel
2 5 (71.43%) Microsoft
2 5 (71.43%) Automated Testing
2 5 (71.43%) Test Scripting
3 2 (28.57%) Test Automation
3 2 (28.57%) Finance
4 1 (14.29%) SQL
4 1 (14.29%) Test Management

Software Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheltenham 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 5 (71.43%) .NET
Applications
1 5 (71.43%) MS Excel
General
1 2 (28.57%) Finance
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Analyst
1 4 (57.14%) Test Analyst
2 3 (42.86%) Tester
2 3 (42.86%) Senior Tester
3 2 (28.57%) Test Leader
4 1 (14.29%) Senior Analyst
4 1 (14.29%) Senior Test Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Automated Testing
1 5 (71.43%) Test Scripting
2 2 (28.57%) Test Automation
3 1 (14.29%) Test Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (100.00%) ISEB
Vendors
1 5 (71.43%) Microsoft