The first table below looks at the demand for Usability Testing skills in IT jobs advertised for the City of London region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Usability Testing 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 of the Processes & Methodologies category for the City of London region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Usability Testing
Rank 304 294 298
Rank change year-on-year
-10 +4
Permanent jobs citing Usability Testing 14 30 36
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the City of London 0.119% 0.228% 0.238%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.153% 0.298% 0.314%
Number of salaries quoted 7 30 28
Average salary £47,500 £48,750 £43,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.56% +11.42%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £42,000 £37,500
10% offered a salary of more than £53,500 £65,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £40,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
-12.50% +14.28%
All Processes & Methodologies
City of London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
9153 10068 11449
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the City of London 77.80% 76.64% 75.55%
Number of salaries quoted 7868 9137 10224
Average salary £55,000 £57,500 £60,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-4.34% -4.16%
90% offered a salary of more than £37,500 £36,400 £37,000
10% offered a salary of more than £80,000 £87,500 £82,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Usability Testing
London

Usability Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

City of London Usability Testing Jobs Demand Trend

Usability Testing
Salary Trend

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

City of London Usability Testing Salary Trend

Usability Testing
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Usability Testing across the City of London region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

City of London Usability Testing Salary Histogram

Usability Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the City of London region citing Usability 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 Usability Testing.

1 11 (35.48%) HTML
2 10 (32.26%) Information Architecture
2 10 (32.26%) Apple iOS
3 9 (29.03%) Android
4 8 (25.81%) E-Commerce
5 7 (22.58%) CSS
5 7 (22.58%) HTML5
5 7 (22.58%) Axure RP
6 6 (19.35%) Mobile App
6 6 (19.35%) User Experience Design
6 6 (19.35%) Selenium
6 6 (19.35%) Unit Testing
6 6 (19.35%) Banking
6 6 (19.35%) QuickTest Pro
7 5 (16.13%) Blackberry
7 5 (16.13%) Adobe
7 5 (16.13%) Windows
7 5 (16.13%) JavaScript
7 5 (16.13%) Regression Testing
7 5 (16.13%) Advertising
7 5 (16.13%) Test Scripting
7 5 (16.13%) Windows Phone
7 5 (16.13%) Mobile Banking
7 5 (16.13%) Non-Functional Testing
7 5 (16.13%) HP Quality Center
7 5 (16.13%) Automation Testing
8 4 (12.90%) Degree
8 4 (12.90%) Finance
8 4 (12.90%) Photoshop
8 4 (12.90%) WebTrends

Usability Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the City of London region citing Usability 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 Usability Testing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 11 (35.48%) HTML
2 7 (22.58%) CSS
2 7 (22.58%) HTML5
3 2 (6.452%) jQuery
3 2 (6.452%) Semantic HTML
3 2 (6.452%) Flash
4 1 (3.226%) XHTML
4 1 (3.226%) SOAP
4 1 (3.226%) Web Services
4 1 (3.226%) ASP
4 1 (3.226%) .NET
4 1 (3.226%) Middleware
4 1 (3.226%) WebSphere
4 1 (3.226%) .NET Framework
4 1 (3.226%) soapUI
4 1 (3.226%) CSS3
4 1 (3.226%) Gherkin
Application Platforms
1 1 (3.226%) WebLogic
Applications
1 4 (12.90%) Photoshop
2 3 (9.677%) MS Visio
2 3 (9.677%) Adobe Illustrator
2 3 (9.677%) OmniGraffle
3 2 (6.452%) InDesign
3 2 (6.452%) Fireworks
3 2 (6.452%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 4 (12.90%) WebTrends
2 1 (3.226%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.226%) Internet
Development Applications
1 7 (22.58%) Axure RP
2 6 (19.35%) Selenium
2 6 (19.35%) QuickTest Pro
3 2 (6.452%) Dreamweaver
4 1 (3.226%) Xcode
4 1 (3.226%) WebDriver
General
1 6 (19.35%) Banking
2 5 (16.13%) Advertising
3 4 (12.90%) Finance
4 2 (6.452%) Publishing
4 2 (6.452%) Marketing
5 1 (3.226%) Retail
5 1 (3.226%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 10 (32.26%) Designer
2 8 (25.81%) User Experience Designer
3 7 (22.58%) Analyst
3 7 (22.58%) Consultant
3 7 (22.58%) User Experience Consultant
4 5 (16.13%) Test Analyst
4 5 (16.13%) Senior Consultant
5 4 (12.90%) Research Consultant
6 3 (9.677%) Junior
7 2 (6.452%) Junior Designer
7 2 (6.452%) Test Leader
7 2 (6.452%) Web Designer
8 1 (3.226%) Architect
8 1 (3.226%) Project Manager
8 1 (3.226%) Technical Manager
8 1 (3.226%) Technical Project Manager
8 1 (3.226%) Senior Developer
8 1 (3.226%) Developer
8 1 (3.226%) iOS Developer
8 1 (3.226%) Senior iOS Developer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (19.35%) Mobile App
2 5 (16.13%) Blackberry
2 5 (16.13%) Mobile Banking
3 3 (9.677%) iPad
3 3 (9.677%) Psychology
3 3 (9.677%) Human Factors
4 2 (6.452%) Computer Science
4 2 (6.452%) Ergonomics
4 2 (6.452%) Social Media
4 2 (6.452%) W3C
5 1 (3.226%) Smartphone
5 1 (3.226%) Mobile Payment
5 1 (3.226%) Digital Media
5 1 (3.226%) Photography
Operating Systems
1 10 (32.26%) Apple iOS
2 9 (29.03%) Android
3 5 (16.13%) Windows
3 5 (16.13%) Windows Phone
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (32.26%) Information Architecture
2 8 (25.81%) E-Commerce
3 6 (19.35%) User Experience Design
3 6 (19.35%) Unit Testing
4 5 (16.13%) Regression Testing
4 5 (16.13%) Test Scripting
4 5 (16.13%) Non-Functional Testing
4 5 (16.13%) Automation Testing
5 3 (9.677%) SEO
6 2 (6.452%) Web Accessibility
6 2 (6.452%) Analytics
6 2 (6.452%) Web Design
6 2 (6.452%) Agile Software Development
6 2 (6.452%) Content Management
6 2 (6.452%) Web Analytics
7 1 (3.226%) DSDM
7 1 (3.226%) PRINCE2
7 1 (3.226%) PRINCE
7 1 (3.226%) Project Management
7 1 (3.226%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 5 (16.13%) JavaScript
2 1 (3.226%) SQL
2 1 (3.226%) C#
2 1 (3.226%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 4 (12.90%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.452%) QA
1 2 (6.452%) WCAG
Systems Management
1 5 (16.13%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 5 (16.13%) Adobe
2 1 (3.226%) Vignette
2 1 (3.226%) Apple
2 1 (3.226%) Google
2 1 (3.226%) BroadVision