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

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
International Software Testing Qualification Board (ISTQB)
Rank 93 117 110
Rank change year-on-year
+24 -7
Permanent jobs citing ISTQB 27 14 6
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 1.499% 0.697% 0.371%
As % of the Qualifications category 7.105% 2.657% 1.899%
Number of salaries quoted 20 12 4
Average salary £32,500 £40,000 £25,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-18.75% +60.00%
UK excluding London average salary £33,000 £35,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-5.71% -6.66%
All Qualifications
Cheshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
380 527 316
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 21.10% 26.25% 19.53%
Number of salaries quoted 278 472 257
Average salary £35,000 £37,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.66% +7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £22,000 £24,400
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £46,900 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
- +5.26%
ISTQB
North West

ISTQB
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region.

Cheshire ISTQB Salary Trend

ISTQB
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing ISTQB across the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Cheshire ISTQB Salary Histogram

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 Cheshire 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
Northwich - 13 £32,500 -
Chester - 7 - -
Warrington +17 6 £27,500 -
ISTQB
North West

ISTQB
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheshire 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 31 (100.00%) ISEB
2 19 (61.29%) Agile Software Development
3 14 (45.16%) SQL
4 13 (41.94%) Software Testing
5 9 (29.03%) MS Office
5 9 (29.03%) Windows
5 9 (29.03%) Windows XP
5 9 (29.03%) Microsoft
6 8 (25.81%) HP
6 8 (25.81%) QA
7 7 (22.58%) User Acceptance Testing
7 7 (22.58%) JIRA
7 7 (22.58%) Waterfall
7 7 (22.58%) Manual Testing
7 7 (22.58%) Project Management
8 6 (19.35%) ETL
8 6 (19.35%) SAS
8 6 (19.35%) HP Quality Center
8 6 (19.35%) Selenium
9 5 (16.13%) PHP
9 5 (16.13%) Bugzilla
10 4 (12.90%) Automated Testing
11 3 (9.677%) Continuous Improvement
11 3 (9.677%) Test Strategy
11 3 (9.677%) Quality Management
11 3 (9.677%) HTTP
12 2 (6.452%) Oracle
12 2 (6.452%) Compuware
12 2 (6.452%) FTP
12 2 (6.452%) Linux

ISTQB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheshire 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 2 (6.452%) XML
2 1 (3.226%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 6 (19.35%) SAS
Applications
1 9 (29.03%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 3 (9.677%) HTTP
2 2 (6.452%) FTP
Development Applications
1 7 (22.58%) JIRA
2 6 (19.35%) Selenium
3 5 (16.13%) Bugzilla
Job Titles
1 15 (48.39%) Analyst
2 13 (41.94%) Test Analyst
3 9 (29.03%) Test Leader
4 7 (22.58%) Test Engineer
5 5 (16.13%) Project Analyst
5 5 (16.13%) Lead Test Analyst
5 5 (16.13%) Test Project Leader
5 5 (16.13%) Project Leader
6 3 (9.677%) Test Manager
7 2 (6.452%) Tester
7 2 (6.452%) Software Tester
7 2 (6.452%) QA Analyst
8 1 (3.226%) Delivery Manager
8 1 (3.226%) Senior QA Analyst
8 1 (3.226%) Team Leader
8 1 (3.226%) Senior Analyst
8 1 (3.226%) Test Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.226%) Computer Science
1 1 (3.226%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 9 (29.03%) Windows
1 9 (29.03%) Windows XP
2 2 (6.452%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (61.29%) Agile Software Development
2 13 (41.94%) Software Testing
3 7 (22.58%) User Acceptance Testing
3 7 (22.58%) Waterfall
3 7 (22.58%) Manual Testing
3 7 (22.58%) Project Management
4 6 (19.35%) ETL
5 4 (12.90%) Automated Testing
6 3 (9.677%) Continuous Improvement
6 3 (9.677%) Test Strategy
6 3 (9.677%) Quality Management
7 2 (6.452%) PRINCE2
7 2 (6.452%) Regression Testing
8 1 (3.226%) Risk Analysis
8 1 (3.226%) Load Testing
8 1 (3.226%) Unit Testing
8 1 (3.226%) Automation Testing
8 1 (3.226%) Time Management
8 1 (3.226%) Test Automation
8 1 (3.226%) Risk Assessment
Programming Languages
1 14 (45.16%) SQL
2 5 (16.13%) PHP
3 1 (3.226%) C#
3 1 (3.226%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 31 (100.00%) ISEB
2 1 (3.226%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (25.81%) QA
Systems Management
1 6 (19.35%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 9 (29.03%) Microsoft
2 8 (25.81%) HP
3 2 (6.452%) Oracle
3 2 (6.452%) Compuware