The first table below looks at the demand for Software Testing skills in IT jobs advertised for the Dorset region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Software Testing over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Dorset region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Testing
Rank 61 53 62
Rank change year-on-year
-8 +9
Permanent jobs citing Software Testing 14 8 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Dorset 2.131% 1.578% 0.821%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.740% 2.388% 1.182%
Number of salaries quoted 14 4 1
Average salary £24,750 £27,500 £70,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-10.00% -60.71%
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
- +7.69%
All Processes & Methodologies
Dorset
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
511 335 423
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Dorset 77.78% 66.07% 69.46%
Number of salaries quoted 440 242 295
Average salary £38,500 £37,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.66% +7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,500 £24,000 £27,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £57,500 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Software Testing
South West

Software Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Dorset 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 Dorset region.

Dorset Software Testing Salary Trend

Software Testing
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Software Testing across the Dorset region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Dorset Software Testing Salary Histogram

Software Testing
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Testing within the Dorset region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Weymouth -7 2 £30,000 -
Dorchester - 2 £36,250 -
Poole - 2 £29,000 -
Bournemouth -8 1 £50,000 +81.81%
Software Testing
South West

Software Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Dorset 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 19 (73.08%) C
2 14 (53.85%) C++
3 10 (38.46%) Electronics
3 10 (38.46%) Degree
4 9 (34.62%) SQL
5 8 (30.77%) CRM
5 8 (30.77%) Linux
6 7 (26.92%) Embedded C
6 7 (26.92%) ISEB
6 7 (26.92%) Windows
6 7 (26.92%) Software Engineering
7 6 (23.08%) Finance
7 6 (23.08%) Microsoft
7 6 (23.08%) Java
8 5 (19.23%) XML
8 5 (19.23%) ISTQB
9 4 (15.38%) Test Scripting
9 4 (15.38%) RTCP
9 4 (15.38%) RTP
9 4 (15.38%) Oracle
10 3 (11.54%) MFC
10 3 (11.54%) C#
10 3 (11.54%) ATL
10 3 (11.54%) Configuration Management
10 3 (11.54%) ActiveX
10 3 (11.54%) Signal Processing
10 3 (11.54%) Unit Testing
10 3 (11.54%) JIRA
10 3 (11.54%) QA
10 3 (11.54%) Telecoms

Software Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Dorset 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 5 (19.23%) XML
2 3 (11.54%) MFC
2 3 (11.54%) ATL
2 3 (11.54%) ActiveX
3 2 (7.692%) HTML
3 2 (7.692%) .NET
4 1 (3.846%) JDBC
4 1 (3.846%) ODBC
4 1 (3.846%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 1 (3.846%) WebLogic
Applications
1 2 (7.692%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (11.54%) LabWindows
2 2 (7.692%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (7.692%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (7.692%) Dynamics AX
2 2 (7.692%) Dynamics GP
2 2 (7.692%) GoldMine
2 2 (7.692%) Oracle Retail
2 2 (7.692%) Exchequer
3 1 (3.846%) SAP Business One
Communications & Networking
1 4 (15.38%) RTCP
1 4 (15.38%) RTP
2 2 (7.692%) Extranet
3 1 (3.846%) ISDN
3 1 (3.846%) VoIP
3 1 (3.846%) FTP
3 1 (3.846%) HTTP
3 1 (3.846%) HTTPS
3 1 (3.846%) Megaco
3 1 (3.846%) H.323
3 1 (3.846%) SS7
3 1 (3.846%) MGCP
3 1 (3.846%) MGW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.846%) SQL Server
1 1 (3.846%) Crystal Reports
1 1 (3.846%) TOAD
Development Applications
1 3 (11.54%) JIRA
1 3 (11.54%) JMeter
2 2 (7.692%) Oracle Forms
3 1 (3.846%) Visual Studio
3 1 (3.846%) JProbe
3 1 (3.846%) Introscope
3 1 (3.846%) QuickTest Pro
3 1 (3.846%) LoadRunner
3 1 (3.846%) MSBuild
3 1 (3.846%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (3.846%) JProfiler
3 1 (3.846%) NUnit
General
1 10 (38.46%) Electronics
2 6 (23.08%) Finance
3 3 (11.54%) Telecoms
3 3 (11.54%) Retail
4 1 (3.846%) Banking
4 1 (3.846%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 13 (50.00%) Software Engineer
2 8 (30.77%) Graduate
3 7 (26.92%) Graduate Software Engineer
4 5 (19.23%) Analyst
5 3 (11.54%) Software Developer
5 3 (11.54%) Test Analyst
5 3 (11.54%) Developer
5 3 (11.54%) Test Engineer
5 3 (11.54%) C Software Engineer
6 2 (7.692%) Senior Support Analyst
6 2 (7.692%) Software Consultant
6 2 (7.692%) Junior
6 2 (7.692%) Senior Analyst
6 2 (7.692%) QA Engineer
6 2 (7.692%) Consultant
6 2 (7.692%) Support Analyst
6 2 (7.692%) Help Desk Analyst
6 2 (7.692%) Applications Support
6 2 (7.692%) Support Consultant
7 1 (3.846%) Tester
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.846%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (3.846%) SWIFT
Operating Systems
1 8 (30.77%) Linux
2 7 (26.92%) Windows
3 1 (3.846%) Solaris
3 1 (3.846%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (30.77%) CRM
2 7 (26.92%) Software Engineering
3 4 (15.38%) Test Scripting
4 3 (11.54%) Configuration Management
4 3 (11.54%) Signal Processing
4 3 (11.54%) Unit Testing
5 2 (7.692%) Incident Management
5 2 (7.692%) User Acceptance Testing
5 2 (7.692%) System Testing
5 2 (7.692%) Time Management
5 2 (7.692%) ITIL
5 2 (7.692%) Regression Testing
5 2 (7.692%) ERP
6 1 (3.846%) Project Management
6 1 (3.846%) Continuous Improvement
6 1 (3.846%) Test Management
6 1 (3.846%) Logistics
Programming Languages
1 19 (73.08%) C
2 14 (53.85%) C++
3 9 (34.62%) SQL
4 7 (26.92%) Embedded C
5 6 (23.08%) Java
6 3 (11.54%) C#
7 2 (7.692%) Python
7 2 (7.692%) JavaScript
7 2 (7.692%) PHP
7 2 (7.692%) VB
8 1 (3.846%) VBA
8 1 (3.846%) VBScript
8 1 (3.846%) Shell Script
8 1 (3.846%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 10 (38.46%) Degree
2 7 (26.92%) ISEB
3 5 (19.23%) ISTQB
4 2 (7.692%) CIMA
4 2 (7.692%) ACCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (11.54%) QA
System Software
1 1 (3.846%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (7.692%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
2 1 (3.846%) HP SiteScope
2 1 (3.846%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 6 (23.08%) Microsoft
2 4 (15.38%) Oracle
3 2 (7.692%) Pegasus
3 2 (7.692%) Sage
4 1 (3.846%) SAP
4 1 (3.846%) HP
4 1 (3.846%) VMware