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

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Agile Testing
Rank 125 133 -
Rank change year-on-year
+8 -
Permanent jobs citing Agile Testing 1 1 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 0.056% 0.050% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.074% 0.065% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 0
Average salary £35,000 £51,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-31.37% -
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £32,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -36.00%
All Processes & Methodologies
Cheshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1359 1529 1148
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 76.18% 76.37% 68.50%
Number of salaries quoted 1043 1338 977
Average salary £37,500 £37,500 £39,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -3.84%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £55,000 £61,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Agile Testing
North West

Agile Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheshire Agile Testing Jobs Demand Trend

Agile Testing
Salary Trend

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

Cheshire Agile Testing Salary Trend

Agile Testing
Top 5 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheshire region citing Agile 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 Agile Testing.

1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) Agile Software Development
1 1 (100.00%) Selenium
1 1 (100.00%) Cucumber
1 1 (100.00%) Gherkin

Agile Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheshire region citing Agile 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 Agile Testing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (100.00%) Gherkin
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Selenium
1 1 (100.00%) Cucumber
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Test Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Agile Test Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile Software Development
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL