The first table below looks at the demand for ISTQB in IT jobs advertised for the East Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited ISTQB over the 3 months to 22 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 East Midlands region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
International Software Testing Qualification Board (ISTQB)
Rank 151 130 153
Rank change year-on-year
-21 +23
Permanent jobs citing ISTQB 14 38 11
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East Midlands 0.452% 1.118% 0.313%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.830% 3.369% 1.041%
Number of salaries quoted 10 33 10
Average salary £30,000 £35,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-14.28% +7.69%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,650 £26,500 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £44,650 £42,500 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £33,000 £35,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-5.71% -6.66%
All Qualifications
East Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
765 1128 1057
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East Midlands 24.69% 33.18% 30.09%
Number of salaries quoted 652 960 867
Average salary £37,500 £36,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.73% +4.28%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,000 £24,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £51,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
- +5.26%
ISTQB
England

ISTQB
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region.

East Midlands ISTQB Salary Trend

ISTQB
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing ISTQB across the East Midlands region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

East Midlands ISTQB Salary Histogram

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 East Midlands region over the 3 months to 22 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
Nottinghamshire +5 6 £29,250 -16.42%
Derbyshire +1 4 £43,500 +2.35%
Leicestershire -6 2 £42,500 -1.73%
Northamptonshire -19 1 £30,000 -9.77%
ISTQB
England

ISTQB
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the East Midlands 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 18 (81.82%) ISEB
2 11 (50.00%) SQL
3 9 (40.91%) Microsoft
4 7 (31.82%) Automated Testing
4 7 (31.82%) Team Foundation Server
5 6 (27.27%) Waterfall
5 6 (27.27%) Manual Testing
5 6 (27.27%) .NET
6 5 (22.73%) C#
6 5 (22.73%) Windows
6 5 (22.73%) Agile Software Development
6 5 (22.73%) Degree
6 5 (22.73%) QA
6 5 (22.73%) User Acceptance Testing
6 5 (22.73%) Test Scripting
7 4 (18.18%) Integration Testing
7 4 (18.18%) Continuous Improvement
7 4 (18.18%) Automation Testing
7 4 (18.18%) Retail
7 4 (18.18%) XML
8 3 (13.64%) ASP.NET
8 3 (13.64%) Java
8 3 (13.64%) Finance
8 3 (13.64%) Test Strategy
8 3 (13.64%) System Testing
8 3 (13.64%) HP Quality Center
9 2 (9.091%) Test Management
9 2 (9.091%) Stress Testing
9 2 (9.091%) JIRA
9 2 (9.091%) Enterprise Software

ISTQB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the East Midlands 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 6 (27.27%) .NET
2 4 (18.18%) XML
3 3 (13.64%) ASP.NET
4 2 (9.091%) Web Services
5 1 (4.545%) Middleware
5 1 (4.545%) WCF
5 1 (4.545%) Ajax
5 1 (4.545%) soapUI
Application Platforms
1 1 (4.545%) MQSeries
Applications
1 1 (4.545%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (9.091%) SQL Server
1 2 (9.091%) TOAD
Development Applications
1 7 (31.82%) Team Foundation Server
2 2 (9.091%) JIRA
2 2 (9.091%) TestDirector
3 1 (4.545%) JUnit
3 1 (4.545%) Visual Studio
3 1 (4.545%) Selenium
3 1 (4.545%) Cucumber
General
1 4 (18.18%) Retail
2 3 (13.64%) Finance
3 1 (4.545%) Pharmaceutical
3 1 (4.545%) Banking
3 1 (4.545%) Billing
Job Titles
1 13 (59.09%) Analyst
1 13 (59.09%) Test Analyst
2 6 (27.27%) Tester
3 3 (13.64%) Senior Analyst
3 3 (13.64%) Senior Test Analyst
4 2 (9.091%) Test Team Leader
4 2 (9.091%) Test Manager
4 2 (9.091%) Team Leader
4 2 (9.091%) QA Analyst
4 2 (9.091%) Programme Manager
5 1 (4.545%) Junior
5 1 (4.545%) Software Team Leader
5 1 (4.545%) Programme Test Manager
5 1 (4.545%) Junior Tester
5 1 (4.545%) Lead Test Analyst
5 1 (4.545%) Software Tester
5 1 (4.545%) Senior Tester
5 1 (4.545%) Automated Tester
5 1 (4.545%) Junior Software Tester
5 1 (4.545%) Test Programme Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (9.091%) Enterprise Software
1 2 (9.091%) N-Tier
2 1 (4.545%) NHS
2 1 (4.545%) Client/Server
2 1 (4.545%) AS400
2 1 (4.545%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 5 (22.73%) Windows
2 1 (4.545%) Windows XP
2 1 (4.545%) Windows 2000
2 1 (4.545%) Windows Vista
2 1 (4.545%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (31.82%) Automated Testing
2 6 (27.27%) Waterfall
2 6 (27.27%) Manual Testing
3 5 (22.73%) Agile Software Development
3 5 (22.73%) User Acceptance Testing
3 5 (22.73%) Test Scripting
4 4 (18.18%) Integration Testing
4 4 (18.18%) Continuous Improvement
4 4 (18.18%) Automation Testing
5 3 (13.64%) Test Strategy
5 3 (13.64%) System Testing
6 2 (9.091%) Test Management
6 2 (9.091%) Stress Testing
6 2 (9.091%) Change Management
6 2 (9.091%) Programme Management
6 2 (9.091%) Validation
6 2 (9.091%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (9.091%) Scrum
6 2 (9.091%) Software Testing
6 2 (9.091%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 11 (50.00%) SQL
2 5 (22.73%) C#
3 3 (13.64%) Java
4 2 (9.091%) JavaScript
4 2 (9.091%) VB
5 1 (4.545%) C
5 1 (4.545%) VBA
Qualifications
1 18 (81.82%) ISEB
2 5 (22.73%) Degree
3 1 (4.545%) SC Cleared
3 1 (4.545%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (22.73%) QA
2 1 (4.545%) SLA
2 1 (4.545%) WAI
Systems Management
1 3 (13.64%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 9 (40.91%) Microsoft
2 2 (9.091%) Oracle
2 2 (9.091%) SAP
3 1 (4.545%) Cognizant
3 1 (4.545%) HP
3 1 (4.545%) Cognos