The first table below looks at the demand for Software Testing skills in IT jobs advertised for the Derby region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Software Testing over the 3 months to 17 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 Derby region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Testing
Rank 30 - 45
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing Software Testing 8 0 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Derby 3.653% - 0.299%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.063% - 0.403%
Number of salaries quoted 5 0 1
Average salary £27,000 - £28,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £34,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
+2.93% +4.61%
All Processes & Methodologies
Derby
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
158 199 248
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Derby 72.15% 67.46% 74.25%
Number of salaries quoted 140 182 222
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £27,500 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £60,000 £72,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Software Testing
Derbyshire

Software Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Derby 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 Derby region.

Derby Software Testing Salary Trend

Software Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Derby 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 7 (50.00%) Time Management
2 6 (42.86%) Change Management
3 5 (35.71%) E-Learning
3 5 (35.71%) Internet
3 5 (35.71%) Business Analysis
3 5 (35.71%) Requirements Management
3 5 (35.71%) Learning Management System
4 4 (28.57%) Retail
4 4 (28.57%) Degree
4 4 (28.57%) ISEB
4 4 (28.57%) SQL
4 4 (28.57%) Telecoms
4 4 (28.57%) Finance
5 3 (21.43%) Quality Management
5 3 (21.43%) Investment Banking
5 3 (21.43%) Performance Management
5 3 (21.43%) Banking
6 2 (14.29%) Test Strategy
6 2 (14.29%) Java
6 2 (14.29%) .NET
6 2 (14.29%) SQL Server
6 2 (14.29%) QuickTest Pro
7 1 (7.143%) LoadRunner
7 1 (7.143%) Middleware
7 1 (7.143%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (7.143%) C#
7 1 (7.143%) C++
7 1 (7.143%) IIS
7 1 (7.143%) MS Office
7 1 (7.143%) ASP.NET

Software Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Derby 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 (14.29%) .NET
2 1 (7.143%) ASP.NET
2 1 (7.143%) Middleware
2 1 (7.143%) WebSphere
2 1 (7.143%) .NET Framework
2 1 (7.143%) Silverlight
Application Platforms
1 1 (7.143%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (7.143%) MS Office
1 1 (7.143%) MS Excel
1 1 (7.143%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 5 (35.71%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (14.29%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (14.29%) QuickTest Pro
2 1 (7.143%) LoadRunner
2 1 (7.143%) Selenium
2 1 (7.143%) TestComplete
General
1 4 (28.57%) Telecoms
1 4 (28.57%) Finance
1 4 (28.57%) Retail
2 3 (21.43%) Investment Banking
2 3 (21.43%) Banking
3 1 (7.143%) Automotive
3 1 (7.143%) Games
Job Titles
1 7 (50.00%) Analyst
2 5 (35.71%) Systems Support
2 5 (35.71%) Support Analyst
2 5 (35.71%) Applications Support
2 5 (35.71%) Applications Support Analyst
3 3 (21.43%) Test Manager
4 2 (14.29%) Test Analyst
4 2 (14.29%) Software Engineer
4 2 (14.29%) Test Engineer
5 1 (7.143%) Senior Software Engineer
5 1 (7.143%) Senior Test Analyst
5 1 (7.143%) Software Test Engineer
5 1 (7.143%) Senior Test Engineer
5 1 (7.143%) QA Test Analyst
5 1 (7.143%) QA Analyst
5 1 (7.143%) Test Leader
5 1 (7.143%) Senior Software Test Engineer
5 1 (7.143%) Tester
5 1 (7.143%) Senior Analyst
5 1 (7.143%) Software Tester
Miscellaneous
1 5 (35.71%) E-Learning
1 5 (35.71%) Learning Management System
2 1 (7.143%) N-Tier
2 1 (7.143%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.143%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (50.00%) Time Management
2 6 (42.86%) Change Management
3 5 (35.71%) Business Analysis
3 5 (35.71%) Requirements Management
4 3 (21.43%) Performance Management
4 3 (21.43%) Quality Management
5 2 (14.29%) Test Strategy
6 1 (7.143%) Automation Testing
6 1 (7.143%) Regression Testing
6 1 (7.143%) Validation
6 1 (7.143%) Automated Testing
6 1 (7.143%) Software Engineering
6 1 (7.143%) User Acceptance Testing
6 1 (7.143%) Performance Testing
6 1 (7.143%) Test Management
6 1 (7.143%) Test Scripting
6 1 (7.143%) Manual Testing
6 1 (7.143%) System Testing
6 1 (7.143%) ITIL
6 1 (7.143%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 4 (28.57%) SQL
2 2 (14.29%) Java
3 1 (7.143%) C#
3 1 (7.143%) C++
Qualifications
1 4 (28.57%) ISEB
1 4 (28.57%) Degree
2 1 (7.143%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (7.143%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.143%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (7.143%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 1 (7.143%) IBM
1 1 (7.143%) Microsoft