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The table below looks at the demand for Software Testing skills within the City of London region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Software Testing over the 3 months to 6 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSoftware Testing
Location
3 months to
6 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank263273
Rank change on same period last yearUp+10
Matching permanent IT job ads7863
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.045 %0.027 %
As % of the category below0.693 %0.641 %
Salaries quoted5959
Average minimum salary£35,685£52,415
Average salary£39,456£54,890
% change on same period last year-28.11 %
Average maximum salary£43,227£57,364
UK excluding London average salary£34,682£33,242
% change on same period last year+4.33 %
City of London IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
City of London
Matching permanent IT job ads112489828
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled6.467 %4.211 %
Salaries quoted95537679
Average minimum salary£50,650£53,056
Average salary£56,110£57,510
% change on same period last year-2.43 %
Average maximum salary£61,570£61,964
UK excluding London average salary£42,667£44,191
% change on same period last year-3.44 %
Software Testing LondonSoftware Testing
London

Software Testing
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Software Testing across the City of London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

City of London Software Testing Demand Trend

Software Testing
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Software Testing across the City of London region.

City of London Software Testing Salary Trend

Software Testing
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Software Testing across the City of London region over the 3 months to 6 October 2008.

City of London Software Testing Salary Histogram

Software Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, IT jobs across the City of London 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.

172 (46.75 %)Finance
271 (46.10 %)ISEB
354 (35.06 %)QA
450 (32.47 %)SQL
546 (29.87 %)TestDirector
638 (24.68 %)Banking
734 (22.08 %)Test Scripting
829 (18.83 %)User Acceptance Testing
925 (16.23 %)Oracle
1024 (15.58 %)Automated Testing
1024 (15.58 %)Insurance
1122 (14.29 %)QuickTest Pro
1219 (12.34 %)UNIX
1318 (11.69 %)Derivative
1318 (11.69 %)Degree
1417 (11.04 %)Microsoft
1516 (10.39 %)Manual Testing
1615 (9.740 %)ISEB Practitioner
1615 (9.740 %)WinRunner
1615 (9.740 %)MS Office
1713 (8.442 %)SQL Server
1713 (8.442 %)MS Excel
1713 (8.442 %)Regression Testing
1713 (8.442 %)Investment Banking
1812 (7.792 %)Pensions
1812 (7.792 %)Health
1911 (7.143 %)Front Office
1911 (7.143 %)Test Management
2010 (6.494 %)Computer Science
2010 (6.494 %)System Testing

Software Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, IT jobs across the City of London 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.

City of London IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
17 (4.545 %)WebServices
26 (3.896 %)XML
26 (3.896 %).NET
35 (3.247 %)J2EE
42 (1.299 %)HTML
42 (1.299 %)WebSphere
51 (0.649 %)CSS
51 (0.649 %)WAP
51 (0.649 %)XML Schema
51 (0.649 %)AJAX
City of London IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
13 (1.948 %)Lotus Notes
13 (1.948 %)SharePoint
22 (1.299 %)WebSphere Application Server
22 (1.299 %)WebLogic
22 (1.299 %)Apache
22 (1.299 %)Tomcat
22 (1.299 %)Tuxedo
22 (1.299 %)Oracle Application Server
31 (0.649 %)IIS
31 (0.649 %)ColdFusion
City of London IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
115 (9.740 %)MS Office
213 (8.442 %)MS Excel
36 (3.896 %)MS Visio
45 (3.247 %)MS PowerPoint
City of London IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
12 (1.299 %)Oracle 11i
21 (0.649 %)Oracle CRM
21 (0.649 %)Oracle Financials
City of London IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
15 (3.247 %)HTTP
22 (1.299 %)LDAP
22 (1.299 %)Internet
31 (0.649 %)TCP/IP
31 (0.649 %)Intranet
City of London IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
113 (8.442 %)SQL Server
28 (5.195 %)Datawarehouse
36 (3.896 %)Oracle Reports
45 (3.247 %)BusinessObjects
54 (2.597 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
54 (2.597 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
63 (1.948 %)RDBMS
72 (1.299 %)Informix
72 (1.299 %)DB2
72 (1.299 %)SQL Server 2005
81 (0.649 %)Crystal Reports
81 (0.649 %)Oracle 10g
81 (0.649 %)DTS
City of London IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
146 (29.87 %)TestDirector
222 (14.29 %)QuickTest Pro
315 (9.740 %)WinRunner
410 (6.494 %)LoadRunner
59 (5.844 %)Selenium
67 (4.545 %)FitNesse
67 (4.545 %)Rational Robot
75 (3.247 %)ClearQuest
75 (3.247 %)SilkTest
84 (2.597 %)SilkPerformer
93 (1.948 %)Bugzilla
102 (1.299 %)Flash
102 (1.299 %)eCATT
111 (0.649 %)JIRA
111 (0.649 %)Visual Studio
City of London IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
172 (46.75 %)Finance
238 (24.68 %)Banking
324 (15.58 %)Insurance
413 (8.442 %)Investment Banking
512 (7.792 %)Pensions
512 (7.792 %)Health
611 (7.143 %)Front Office
78 (5.195 %)Government
87 (4.545 %)Back Office
96 (3.896 %)Retail
103 (1.948 %)Education
103 (1.948 %)Financial Institution
112 (1.299 %)Legal
112 (1.299 %)Publishing
112 (1.299 %)Local Government
112 (1.299 %)Retail Banking
121 (0.649 %)Electric
City of London IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
165 (42.21 %)Analyst
250 (32.47 %)Test Analyst
325 (16.23 %)Tester
416 (10.39 %)Test Manager
512 (7.792 %)Consultant
610 (6.494 %)Trainer
610 (6.494 %)Senior Analyst
610 (6.494 %)Senior Test Analyst
78 (5.195 %)Graduate
87 (4.545 %)Business Analyst
96 (3.896 %)Support Analyst
96 (3.896 %)Developer
105 (3.247 %)Business Consultant
105 (3.247 %)IT Trainer
105 (3.247 %)QA Tester
105 (3.247 %)Test Consultant
105 (3.247 %)Training Consultant
105 (3.247 %)Software Tester
105 (3.247 %)IT Consultant
114 (2.597 %)Datawarehouse Analyst
City of London IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
118 (11.69 %)Derivative
210 (6.494 %)Computer Science
39 (5.844 %)Management Information System
48 (5.195 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
57 (4.545 %)Exotic Derivative
66 (3.896 %)Fixed Income
75 (3.247 %)Equities
83 (1.948 %)Mainframe
92 (1.299 %)Credit Derivative
92 (1.299 %)PKI
92 (1.299 %)Social Network
92 (1.299 %)Clustering
92 (1.299 %)E-Learning
92 (1.299 %)Client/Server
92 (1.299 %)Biometrics
92 (1.299 %)Equity Derivative
101 (0.649 %)EFT
101 (0.649 %)Multithreading
101 (0.649 %)Interest Rate Derivative
City of London IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
119 (12.34 %)UNIX
29 (5.844 %)Windows
32 (1.299 %)Linux
32 (1.299 %)Windows 2000
32 (1.299 %)Windows XP
32 (1.299 %)Windows Vista
41 (0.649 %)Solaris
City of London IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
134 (22.08 %)Test Scripting
229 (18.83 %)User Acceptance Testing
324 (15.58 %)Automated Testing
416 (10.39 %)Manual Testing
513 (8.442 %)Regression Testing
611 (7.143 %)Test Management
710 (6.494 %)System Testing
88 (5.195 %)PRINCE2
96 (3.896 %)Configuration Management
96 (3.896 %)Asset Management
96 (3.896 %)Performance Testing
96 (3.896 %)Integration Testing
105 (3.247 %)Business Analysis
105 (3.247 %)Incident Management
105 (3.247 %)Fund Management
105 (3.247 %)Business Intelligence
105 (3.247 %)Project Management
105 (3.247 %)Scrum
114 (2.597 %)ITIL
114 (2.597 %)SOA
City of London IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
150 (32.47 %)SQL
29 (5.844 %)Java
37 (4.545 %)VBScript
45 (3.247 %)VB
54 (2.597 %)C#
54 (2.597 %)Perl
63 (1.948 %)C++
72 (1.299 %)VBA
81 (0.649 %)Python
81 (0.649 %)Shell Script
81 (0.649 %)VB.NET
81 (0.649 %)JavaScript
81 (0.649 %)PL/SQL
81 (0.649 %)Transact-SQL
City of London IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
171 (46.10 %)ISEB
218 (11.69 %)Degree
315 (9.740 %)ISEB Practitioner
49 (5.844 %)ISTQB
54 (2.597 %)ITIL Certification
62 (1.299 %)PRINCE2 Certification
City of London IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
154 (35.06 %)QA
21 (0.649 %)SLA
City of London IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
14 (2.597 %)Active Directory
21 (0.649 %)VMware Workstation
City of London IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
125 (16.23 %)Oracle
217 (11.04 %)Microsoft
36 (3.896 %)Compuware
36 (3.896 %)HP
36 (3.896 %)Citrix
45 (3.247 %)Business Objects
45 (3.247 %)Borland
54 (2.597 %)Retek
63 (1.948 %)Lotus
63 (1.948 %)PeopleSoft
63 (1.948 %)IBM
63 (1.948 %)Sybase
72 (1.299 %)BEA
81 (0.649 %)Remedy
81 (0.649 %)VMware
81 (0.649 %)Sun
81 (0.649 %)Interwoven