The first table below looks at the demand for Software Testing skills in IT jobs advertised for the Chester region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Software Testing over the 3 months to 20 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 Chester region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Testing
Rank - - -
Permanent jobs citing Software Testing 0 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Chester - - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - - -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Average salary - - -
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £34,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
+2.94% +4.61%
All Processes & Methodologies
Chester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
298 118 169
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Chester 84.42% 72.39% 72.22%
Number of salaries quoted 159 98 164
Average salary £38,000 £37,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.70% -7.50%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £25,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £50,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Software Testing
Cheshire

Software Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Chester 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 Chester region.

Chester Software Testing Salary Trend

Software Testing
Top 11 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Chester 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 2 (100.00%) C
1 2 (100.00%) UML
1 2 (100.00%) Ethernet
1 2 (100.00%) Assembly Language
1 2 (100.00%) Aerospace
1 2 (100.00%) Requirements Management
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) DO-178B
1 2 (100.00%) Change Control
1 2 (100.00%) Embedded Systems

Software Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Chester 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.

Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Ethernet
General
1 2 (100.00%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Design Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Software Design Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Embedded Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) UML
1 2 (100.00%) Requirements Management
1 2 (100.00%) Change Control
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) C
1 2 (100.00%) Assembly Language
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) DO-178B