The first table below looks at the demand for Test Strategy skills in IT jobs advertised for the Cheshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Test Strategy over the 3 months to 17 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Strategy
Rank 113 111 107
Rank change year-on-year
-2 -4
Permanent jobs citing Test Strategy 7 13 9
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 0.391% 0.675% 0.543%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.513% 0.885% 0.789%
Number of salaries quoted 6 12 4
Average salary £27,500 £38,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-28.57% +10.00%
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £42,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year
+5.88% -
All Processes & Methodologies
Cheshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1364 1469 1140
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 76.24% 76.23% 68.80%
Number of salaries quoted 1042 1291 967
Average salary £37,500 £37,500 £38,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -1.31%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Test Strategy
North West

Test Strategy
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheshire Test Strategy Jobs Demand Trend

Test Strategy
Salary Trend

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

Cheshire Test Strategy Salary Trend

Test Strategy
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Test Strategy across the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Cheshire Test Strategy Salary Histogram

Test Strategy
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Test Strategy within the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 17 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
Warrington - 5 £27,500 -
Crewe +4 1 £35,000 -6.66%
Knutsford +3 1 £27,500 -28.57%
Test Strategy
North West

Test Strategy
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheshire region citing Test Strategy 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 Test Strategy.

1 6 (66.67%) ISEB
1 6 (66.67%) QA
2 4 (44.44%) User Acceptance Testing
2 4 (44.44%) Automated Testing
3 3 (33.33%) Agile Software Development
3 3 (33.33%) Risk Management
3 3 (33.33%) ISTQB
3 3 (33.33%) Java
3 3 (33.33%) Oracle
3 3 (33.33%) Quality Management
3 3 (33.33%) System Testing
3 3 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (22.22%) SWIFT
4 2 (22.22%) Service Delivery
4 2 (22.22%) Management Information System
4 2 (22.22%) WebSphere MQ
4 2 (22.22%) Project Management
4 2 (22.22%) Mainframe
4 2 (22.22%) DB2
4 2 (22.22%) C++
4 2 (22.22%) COBOL
4 2 (22.22%) IBM
4 2 (22.22%) UNIX
4 2 (22.22%) WebSphere
4 2 (22.22%) Performance Testing
4 2 (22.22%) Tandem
4 2 (22.22%) IBM Mainframe
4 2 (22.22%) Pega
4 2 (22.22%) Team Foundation Server
4 2 (22.22%) EDIFACT

Test Strategy
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheshire region citing Test Strategy 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 Test Strategy. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (22.22%) EDIFACT
1 2 (22.22%) WebSphere
2 1 (11.11%) .NET
2 1 (11.11%) LAMP
Application Platforms
1 2 (22.22%) WebSphere MQ
1 2 (22.22%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 1 (11.11%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (11.11%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (22.22%) DB2
2 1 (11.11%) SQL Server 2005
2 1 (11.11%) SQL Server 2008
2 1 (11.11%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (22.22%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (11.11%) Visual Studio
2 1 (11.11%) WinRunner
2 1 (11.11%) Bugzilla
2 1 (11.11%) JIRA
General
1 2 (22.22%) Banking
2 1 (11.11%) Pharmaceutical
2 1 (11.11%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (33.33%) Tester
2 2 (22.22%) Analyst
2 2 (22.22%) Architect
2 2 (22.22%) Test Analyst
2 2 (22.22%) Solutions Architect
2 2 (22.22%) Software Tester
3 1 (11.11%) Test Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Product Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Software Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Web Tester
3 1 (11.11%) Quality Manager
3 1 (11.11%) QA Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Test Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) Mainframe
1 2 (22.22%) Management Information System
1 2 (22.22%) Tandem
1 2 (22.22%) Cryptography
1 2 (22.22%) IBM Mainframe
1 2 (22.22%) SWIFT
2 1 (11.11%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 2 (22.22%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (44.44%) Automated Testing
1 4 (44.44%) User Acceptance Testing
2 3 (33.33%) System Testing
2 3 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (33.33%) Agile Software Development
2 3 (33.33%) Quality Management
2 3 (33.33%) Risk Management
3 2 (22.22%) Workflow
3 2 (22.22%) Service Delivery
3 2 (22.22%) Project Management
3 2 (22.22%) Supply Chain Management
3 2 (22.22%) Software Testing
3 2 (22.22%) Performance Testing
4 1 (11.11%) Load Testing
4 1 (11.11%) Integration Testing
4 1 (11.11%) Web Testing
4 1 (11.11%) Test Scripting
4 1 (11.11%) Web Development
4 1 (11.11%) Test Automation
4 1 (11.11%) MVVM
Programming Languages
1 3 (33.33%) Java
2 2 (22.22%) C++
2 2 (22.22%) COBOL
3 1 (11.11%) C
Qualifications
1 6 (66.67%) ISEB
2 3 (33.33%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (66.67%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (33.33%) Oracle
2 2 (22.22%) IBM
2 2 (22.22%) Pega
3 1 (11.11%) Microsoft
3 1 (11.11%) Progress