The first table below looks at the demand for ISTQB in IT jobs advertised for the Croydon 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 Croydon region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
International Software Testing Qualification Board (ISTQB)
Rank 36 47 35
Rank change year-on-year
+11 -12
Permanent jobs citing ISTQB 1 4 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Croydon 0.346% 1.183% 1.444%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.667% 4.255% 5.882%
Number of salaries quoted 1 4 4
Average salary £44,500 £55,000 £58,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
-19.09% -6.38%
UK excluding London average salary £33,000 £35,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-5.71% -6.66%
All Qualifications
Croydon
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
60 94 68
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Croydon 20.76% 27.81% 24.55%
Number of salaries quoted 47 89 66
Average salary £45,000 £40,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+12.50% +14.28%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £30,000 £21,500
10% offered a salary of more than £62,500 £69,500 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
ISTQB
London

ISTQB
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Croydon 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 Croydon region.

Croydon ISTQB Salary Trend

ISTQB
Top 11 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Croydon 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 2 (100.00%) C#
1 2 (100.00%) .NET
1 2 (100.00%) Visual Studio
1 2 (100.00%) ISEB
1 2 (100.00%) QuickTest Pro
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
1 2 (100.00%) Agile Software Development
1 2 (100.00%) Automated Testing
1 2 (100.00%) .NET Framework
1 2 (100.00%) Test Scripting
1 2 (100.00%) Automation Testing

ISTQB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Croydon 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 Development
1 2 (100.00%) .NET
1 2 (100.00%) .NET Framework
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Visual Studio
1 2 (100.00%) QuickTest Pro
General
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Test Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Software Test Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile Software Development
1 2 (100.00%) Automated Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Test Scripting
1 2 (100.00%) Automation Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) C#
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) ISEB