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The table below looks at the demand for System Testing skills within the Coventry region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited System Testing over the 3 months to 7 January 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSystem Testing
Location
3 months to
7 Jan 2009
Same period last year
Rank5363
Rank change on same period last yearUp+10
Matching permanent IT job ads83
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.007 %0.002 %
As % of the category below2.548 %0.699 %
Salaries quoted83
Average minimum salary£24,125£20,000
Average salary£27,438£24,083
% change on same period last year+13.92 %
Average maximum salary£30,750£28,167
UK excluding London average salary£33,432£38,419
% change on same period last year-12.98 %
Coventry IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
Coventry
Matching permanent IT job ads314429
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.270 %0.219 %
Salaries quoted281355
Average minimum salary£33,111£31,677
Average salary£35,709£34,530
% change on same period last year+3.41 %
Average maximum salary£38,307£37,383
UK excluding London average salary£42,793£44,663
% change on same period last year-4.18 %
System Testing West MidlandsSystem Testing
West Midlands

System Testing
Demand Trend

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

Coventry System Testing Demand Trend

System Testing
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing System Testing across the Coventry region.

Coventry System Testing Salary Trend

System Testing
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing System Testing across the Coventry region over the 3 months to 7 January 2009.

Coventry System Testing Salary Histogram

System Testing
Top 23 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 January 2009, IT jobs across the Coventry region citing System 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 System Testing.

113 (81.25 %)ISEB
210 (62.50 %)SQL
39 (56.25 %)Manual Testing
48 (50.00 %)VB
48 (50.00 %)Oracle
48 (50.00 %)SQL Server
48 (50.00 %)UNIX
48 (50.00 %)Windows
48 (50.00 %)HTML
57 (43.75 %)Finance
57 (43.75 %)Windows 2000
65 (31.25 %).NET
73 (18.75 %)HP
73 (18.75 %)User Acceptance Testing
82 (12.50 %)Test Scripting
82 (12.50 %)WebServices
82 (12.50 %)Oracle Forms
82 (12.50 %)MS Excel
82 (12.50 %)Client/Server
82 (12.50 %)Microsoft
82 (12.50 %)QA
91 (6.250 %)Banking
91 (6.250 %)Automated Testing

System Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 January 2009, IT jobs across the Coventry region citing System 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 System Testing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Coventry IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
18 (50.00 %)HTML
25 (31.25 %).NET
32 (12.50 %)WebServices
Coventry IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (12.50 %)MS Excel
Coventry IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
18 (50.00 %)SQL Server
Coventry IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (12.50 %)Oracle Forms
Coventry IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
17 (43.75 %)Finance
21 (6.250 %)Banking
Coventry IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
115 (93.75 %)Analyst
115 (93.75 %)Test Analyst
27 (43.75 %)Systems Analyst
27 (43.75 %)Systems Test Analyst
35 (31.25 %)Senior Test Analyst
35 (31.25 %)Senior Analyst
43 (18.75 %)Tester
52 (12.50 %)Senior Tester
52 (12.50 %)Team Leader
52 (12.50 %)Test Team Leader
Coventry IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (12.50 %)Client/Server
Coventry IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
18 (50.00 %)UNIX
18 (50.00 %)Windows
27 (43.75 %)Windows 2000
Coventry IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
19 (56.25 %)Manual Testing
23 (18.75 %)User Acceptance Testing
32 (12.50 %)Test Scripting
41 (6.250 %)Automated Testing
Coventry IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
110 (62.50 %)SQL
28 (50.00 %)VB
Coventry IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
113 (81.25 %)ISEB
Coventry IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (12.50 %)QA
Coventry IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
18 (50.00 %)Oracle
23 (18.75 %)HP
32 (12.50 %)Microsoft