The first table below looks at the demand for ISTQB in IT jobs advertised for the Devon region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited ISTQB 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 Qualifications for the Devon region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
International Software Testing Qualification Board (ISTQB)
Rank 40 42 50
Rank change year-on-year
+2 +8
Permanent jobs citing ISTQB 2 2 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Devon 0.730% 0.654% 0.482%
As % of the Qualifications category 7.143% 3.922% 1.460%
Number of salaries quoted 2 1 2
Average salary £34,000 £35,000 £21,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.85% +62.79%
UK excluding London average salary £33,000 £35,000 £37,250
% change year-on-year
-5.71% -6.04%
All Qualifications
Devon
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
28 51 137
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Devon 10.22% 16.67% 33.01%
Number of salaries quoted 26 40 125
Average salary £34,000 £35,000 £27,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.85% +27.27%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,450 £28,900 £20,150
10% offered a salary of more than £42,144 £31,000 £47,750
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
ISTQB
South West

ISTQB
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Devon 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 Devon region.

Devon ISTQB Salary Trend

ISTQB
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing ISTQB within the Devon region over the 3 months to 17 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
Exeter - 2 £34,000 -
ISTQB
South West

ISTQB
Top 28 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Devon 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 30 (100.00%) ISEB
2 29 (96.67%) QA
3 19 (63.33%) Test Scripting
4 18 (60.00%) HTTP
4 18 (60.00%) Web Services
5 16 (53.33%) Degree
5 16 (53.33%) HND
6 11 (36.67%) Regression Testing
6 11 (36.67%) .NET
7 10 (33.33%) SQL Server
7 10 (33.33%) MS Project
7 10 (33.33%) MS Office
7 10 (33.33%) Java
7 10 (33.33%) JIRA
8 2 (6.667%) Software Testing
8 2 (6.667%) SQL
8 2 (6.667%) Time Management
8 2 (6.667%) Security Cleared
9 1 (3.333%) Cucumber
9 1 (3.333%) BDD
9 1 (3.333%) SpecFlow
9 1 (3.333%) C
9 1 (3.333%) C#
9 1 (3.333%) ASP.NET
9 1 (3.333%) Scrum
9 1 (3.333%) MS Excel
9 1 (3.333%) XML
9 1 (3.333%) Risk Analysis

ISTQB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Devon 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 18 (60.00%) Web Services
2 11 (36.67%) .NET
3 1 (3.333%) ASP.NET
3 1 (3.333%) XML
Applications
1 10 (33.33%) MS Project
1 10 (33.33%) MS Office
2 1 (3.333%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 18 (60.00%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (33.33%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 10 (33.33%) JIRA
2 1 (3.333%) Cucumber
2 1 (3.333%) SpecFlow
Job Titles
1 17 (56.67%) Software Engineer
1 17 (56.67%) Test Engineer
1 17 (56.67%) Software Test Engineer
2 11 (36.67%) Analyst
2 11 (36.67%) Test Analyst
3 10 (33.33%) Tester
4 6 (20.00%) Senior Software Engineer
4 6 (20.00%) Test Team Leader
4 6 (20.00%) Team Leader
4 6 (20.00%) Senior Test Engineer
4 6 (20.00%) Senior Software Test Engineer
5 4 (13.33%) Software Team Leader
6 1 (3.333%) Junior Test Engineer
6 1 (3.333%) QA Test Analyst
6 1 (3.333%) Junior Software Engineer
6 1 (3.333%) QA Analyst
6 1 (3.333%) Junior
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (63.33%) Test Scripting
2 11 (36.67%) Regression Testing
3 2 (6.667%) Software Testing
3 2 (6.667%) Time Management
4 1 (3.333%) BDD
4 1 (3.333%) Risk Analysis
4 1 (3.333%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 10 (33.33%) Java
2 2 (6.667%) SQL
3 1 (3.333%) C
3 1 (3.333%) C#
Qualifications
1 30 (100.00%) ISEB
2 16 (53.33%) Degree
2 16 (53.33%) HND
3 2 (6.667%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (96.67%) QA
Exeter, Devon
Any experience with the following is highly desirable; Quality Assurance and Testing experience; Experience with .NET, C#, VB.NET, VB6, SQL Server, you will be ISEB or ISTQB...
Edge Specialist Recruitment
Salary: Up to £35,000 per annum DOE
Posted: 17 May 2013
Exeter, Devon
Performing regression testing using different environment configurations. *Reporting testing progress to the QA Manager... *ISEB/ISTQB Certification... *Experience of using MS Office and MS project... *Practical experience of...
Global Technology Solutions Ltd
Salary: £33000 - £35000 per annum + ben
Posted: 16 May 2013