The first table below looks at the demand for ISTQB in IT jobs advertised for the Cirencester region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited ISTQB over the 3 months to 21 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 Cirencester region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
International Software Testing Qualification Board (ISTQB)
Rank - 35 21
Permanent jobs citing ISTQB 0 4 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cirencester - 2.797% 1.000%
As % of the Qualifications category - 7.547% 3.030%
Number of salaries quoted 0 4 1
Average salary - £34,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -24.44%
UK excluding London average salary £33,000 £35,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-5.71% -6.66%
All Qualifications
Cirencester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
32 53 33
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cirencester 31.37% 37.06% 33.00%
Number of salaries quoted 27 30 31
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +6.66%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
ISTQB
Gloucestershire

ISTQB
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cirencester 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 Cirencester region.

Cirencester ISTQB Salary Trend

ISTQB
Top 12 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cirencester 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 7 (100.00%) Windows
1 7 (100.00%) CRM
1 7 (100.00%) SharePoint
1 7 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 7 (100.00%) ISEB
1 7 (100.00%) BizTalk Server
1 7 (100.00%) Billing
1 7 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 7 (100.00%) QA
1 7 (100.00%) Test Scripting
1 7 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
1 7 (100.00%) Waterfall

ISTQB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cirencester 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 Platforms
1 7 (100.00%) SharePoint
1 7 (100.00%) BizTalk Server
General
1 7 (100.00%) Billing
Job Titles
1 7 (100.00%) Test Leader
Operating Systems
1 7 (100.00%) Windows
1 7 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) CRM
1 7 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 7 (100.00%) Test Scripting
1 7 (100.00%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 7 (100.00%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (100.00%) QA
Vendors
1 7 (100.00%) Microsoft