The first table below looks at the demand for Software Testing skills in IT jobs advertised for the County Antrim region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Software Testing over the 3 months to 24 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 County Antrim region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Testing
Rank 38 37 37
Rank change year-on-year
-1 0
Permanent jobs citing Software Testing 4 1 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in County Antrim 1.633% 0.508% 0.488%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.759% 0.645% 0.617%
Number of salaries quoted 4 1 1
Average salary £35,000 £36,500 £55,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-4.10% -33.63%
UK excluding London average salary £34,000 £34,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
- +4.61%
All Processes & Methodologies
County Antrim
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
145 155 162
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in County Antrim 59.18% 78.68% 79.02%
Number of salaries quoted 99 82 81
Average salary £41,000 £32,500 £38,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+26.15% -14.47%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,500 £15,390 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £57,000 £45,500 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Software Testing
Northern Ireland

Software Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

County Antrim 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 County Antrim region.

County Antrim Software Testing Salary Trend

Software Testing
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Software Testing across the County Antrim region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

County Antrim Software Testing Salary Histogram

Software Testing
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Testing within the County Antrim region over the 3 months to 24 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
Belfast -2 4 £35,000 -4.10%
Software Testing
Northern Ireland

Software Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the County Antrim 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 6 (66.67%) QA
2 4 (44.44%) Java
2 4 (44.44%) Linux
2 4 (44.44%) Agile Software Development
3 3 (33.33%) Ruby
3 3 (33.33%) UNIX
3 3 (33.33%) Finance
3 3 (33.33%) OO
3 3 (33.33%) Test Management
3 3 (33.33%) Selenium
3 3 (33.33%) Open Source
4 2 (22.22%) Automation Testing
4 2 (22.22%) Test Automation
4 2 (22.22%) C++
4 2 (22.22%) J2EE
4 2 (22.22%) Degree
4 2 (22.22%) Computer Science
4 2 (22.22%) Spring
4 2 (22.22%) Software Engineering
5 1 (11.11%) TDD
5 1 (11.11%) Ruby on Rails
5 1 (11.11%) .NET Framework
5 1 (11.11%) Windows
5 1 (11.11%) CSS
5 1 (11.11%) C#
5 1 (11.11%) JavaScript
5 1 (11.11%) SQL
5 1 (11.11%) .NET
5 1 (11.11%) Python
5 1 (11.11%) TCP/IP

Software Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the County Antrim 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.

Application Development
1 2 (22.22%) J2EE
1 2 (22.22%) Spring
2 1 (11.11%) Ruby on Rails
2 1 (11.11%) .NET Framework
2 1 (11.11%) CSS
2 1 (11.11%) .NET
2 1 (11.11%) jQuery
Communications & Networking
1 1 (11.11%) TCP/IP
1 1 (11.11%) DNS
Development Applications
1 3 (33.33%) Selenium
2 1 (11.11%) WATIR
General
1 3 (33.33%) Finance
Job Titles
1 4 (44.44%) Tester
2 3 (33.33%) Software Tester
2 3 (33.33%) Test Engineer
3 2 (22.22%) Junior Software Tester
3 2 (22.22%) Software Developer
3 2 (22.22%) Junior
3 2 (22.22%) Developer
3 2 (22.22%) Senior Developer
3 2 (22.22%) Senior Software Developer
3 2 (22.22%) Senior Test Engineer
3 2 (22.22%) Junior Tester
3 2 (22.22%) Senior Java Developer
3 2 (22.22%) Java Developer
4 1 (11.11%) QA Tester
4 1 (11.11%) Automated Tester
Miscellaneous
1 3 (33.33%) Open Source
2 2 (22.22%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 4 (44.44%) Linux
2 3 (33.33%) UNIX
3 1 (11.11%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (44.44%) Agile Software Development
2 3 (33.33%) OO
2 3 (33.33%) Test Management
3 2 (22.22%) Automation Testing
3 2 (22.22%) Test Automation
3 2 (22.22%) Software Engineering
4 1 (11.11%) TDD
4 1 (11.11%) Stress Testing
4 1 (11.11%) Web Testing
Programming Languages
1 4 (44.44%) Java
2 3 (33.33%) Ruby
3 2 (22.22%) C++
4 1 (11.11%) C#
4 1 (11.11%) JavaScript
4 1 (11.11%) SQL
4 1 (11.11%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (22.22%) Degree
2 1 (11.11%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (66.67%) QA
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