The first table below looks at the demand for Test Strategy skills in IT jobs advertised for the Derbyshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Test Strategy over the 3 months to 23 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 Derbyshire region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Strategy
Rank 52 57 57
Rank change year-on-year
+5 0
Permanent jobs citing Test Strategy 2 1 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Derbyshire 0.471% 0.228% 0.555%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.575% 0.379% 0.777%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 3
Average salary £55,000 - £32,500
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £42,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year
+5.88% -
All Processes & Methodologies
Derbyshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
348 264 386
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Derbyshire 81.88% 60.14% 71.35%
Number of salaries quoted 287 234 346
Average salary £35,000 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-12.50% +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £27,500 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £55,000 £80,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Test Strategy
East Midlands

Test Strategy
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Derbyshire Test Strategy Jobs Demand Trend

Test Strategy
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Test Strategy across the Derbyshire region.

Derbyshire Test Strategy Salary Trend

Test Strategy
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Test Strategy within the Derbyshire region over the 3 months to 23 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
Derby - 1 £55,000 -
Test Strategy
East Midlands

Test Strategy
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Derbyshire region citing Test Strategy 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 Test Strategy.

1 7 (87.50%) Java
2 5 (62.50%) SQL Server
2 5 (62.50%) Microsoft
2 5 (62.50%) QA
2 5 (62.50%) Degree
2 5 (62.50%) Team Foundation Server
3 4 (50.00%) Software Architecture
3 4 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 4 (50.00%) Spring
3 4 (50.00%) Hibernate
3 4 (50.00%) Eclipse
3 4 (50.00%) UML
3 4 (50.00%) OO
4 2 (25.00%) IBM
4 2 (25.00%) ISEB
4 2 (25.00%) Software Testing
4 2 (25.00%) ISTQB
4 2 (25.00%) Validation
4 2 (25.00%) User Acceptance Testing
4 2 (25.00%) Integration Testing
5 1 (12.50%) Test Management
5 1 (12.50%) Test Scripting
5 1 (12.50%) Manual Testing
5 1 (12.50%) System Testing
5 1 (12.50%) HP Quality Center
5 1 (12.50%) WAI
5 1 (12.50%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (12.50%) Automation Testing
5 1 (12.50%) WebSphere
5 1 (12.50%) Automated Testing

Test Strategy
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Derbyshire region citing Test Strategy 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 Test Strategy. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 4 (50.00%) Spring
1 4 (50.00%) Hibernate
2 1 (12.50%) WebSphere
2 1 (12.50%) Middleware
2 1 (12.50%) XML
2 1 (12.50%) .NET
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (62.50%) SQL Server
2 1 (12.50%) TOAD
Development Applications
1 5 (62.50%) Team Foundation Server
2 4 (50.00%) Eclipse
3 1 (12.50%) TestDirector
General
1 1 (12.50%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (50.00%) Developer
1 4 (50.00%) Java Developer
2 2 (25.00%) Team Leader
2 2 (25.00%) Test Team Leader
2 2 (25.00%) Test Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Test Leader
3 1 (12.50%) Software Team Leader
3 1 (12.50%) Programme Test Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Programme Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (12.50%) Management Information System
1 1 (12.50%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 1 (12.50%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) Software Architecture
1 4 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 4 (50.00%) UML
1 4 (50.00%) OO
2 2 (25.00%) Software Testing
2 2 (25.00%) Validation
2 2 (25.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 2 (25.00%) Integration Testing
3 1 (12.50%) Test Management
3 1 (12.50%) Test Scripting
3 1 (12.50%) Manual Testing
3 1 (12.50%) System Testing
3 1 (12.50%) Automation Testing
3 1 (12.50%) Automated Testing
3 1 (12.50%) Matrix Management
3 1 (12.50%) Change Management
3 1 (12.50%) Regression Testing
3 1 (12.50%) Agile Software Development
Programming Languages
1 7 (87.50%) Java
2 1 (12.50%) Pascal
2 1 (12.50%) C
2 1 (12.50%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (62.50%) Degree
2 2 (25.00%) ISEB
2 2 (25.00%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (62.50%) QA
2 1 (12.50%) WAI
Systems Management
1 1 (12.50%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 5 (62.50%) Microsoft
2 2 (25.00%) IBM
3 1 (12.50%) Oracle