The first table below looks at the demand for System Testing skills in IT jobs advertised for the East of England region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited System 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 East of England region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
System Testing
Rank 184 184 205
Rank change year-on-year
0 +21
Permanent jobs citing System Testing 80 82 70
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East of England 0.994% 0.959% 0.707%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.360% 1.350% 0.963%
Number of salaries quoted 38 72 59
Average salary £35,500 £36,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.73% -2.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £29,700 £30,865 £27,000
10% offered a salary of more than £53,000 £42,500 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £34,000 £36,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
-6.84% +4.28%
All Processes & Methodologies
East of England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
5883 6076 7266
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East of England 73.06% 71.08% 73.34%
Number of salaries quoted 4978 5157 6142
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £41,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +3.65%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £28,500 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
System Testing
England

System Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East of England System Testing Jobs Demand Trend

System Testing
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing System Testing across the East of England region.

East of England System Testing Salary Trend

System Testing
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing System Testing across the East of England region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

East of England System Testing Salary Histogram

System Testing
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing System Testing within the East of England 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
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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
Hertfordshire +25 48 £37,000 -7.50% 3
Cambridgeshire +6 18 £34,000 -4.22% 2
Essex +25 10 £50,000 +36.98% 1
Bedfordshire -26 3 £32,500 -
Suffolk -4 1 - -
System Testing
England

System Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the East of England region citing System 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 System Testing.

1 71 (38.17%) SQL
2 50 (26.88%) MS Excel
3 49 (26.34%) Microsoft
4 45 (24.19%) Finance
5 44 (23.66%) UNIX
6 42 (22.58%) User Acceptance Testing
7 41 (22.04%) ISEB
8 39 (20.97%) Agile Software Development
9 34 (18.28%) QA
10 30 (16.13%) MS Office
11 28 (15.05%) Regression Testing
11 28 (15.05%) Validation
12 26 (13.98%) XML
12 26 (13.98%) Degree
12 26 (13.98%) Business Analysis
13 24 (12.90%) Linux
14 22 (11.83%) Windows
14 22 (11.83%) Oracle
15 21 (11.29%) HTML
15 21 (11.29%) Bash shell
16 19 (10.22%) Dimensional Modelling
16 19 (10.22%) Korn
16 19 (10.22%) Retail
16 19 (10.22%) ETL
16 19 (10.22%) Broadband
16 19 (10.22%) RDBMS
16 19 (10.22%) QuickTest Pro
16 19 (10.22%) Shell Script
16 19 (10.22%) Ab Initio
17 18 (9.677%) MS PowerPoint

System Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the East of England region citing System 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 System Testing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 26 (13.98%) XML
2 21 (11.29%) HTML
3 16 (8.602%) .NET
4 12 (6.452%) Web Services
5 9 (4.839%) J2EE
6 7 (3.763%) WCF
6 7 (3.763%) WPF
6 7 (3.763%) Silverlight
6 7 (3.763%) WebSphere
6 7 (3.763%) .NET Framework
6 7 (3.763%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
7 6 (3.226%) Unity DI Container
7 6 (3.226%) Flash
8 2 (1.075%) SOAP
8 2 (1.075%) SAP PI
8 2 (1.075%) Ajax
8 2 (1.075%) soapUI
8 2 (1.075%) REST
9 1 (0.538%) ASP.NET
9 1 (0.538%) EDI
Application Platforms
1 6 (3.226%) MQSeries
2 2 (1.075%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.075%) WebSphere Transformation Extender
2 2 (1.075%) WebSphere Message Broker
3 1 (0.538%) FormScape
Applications
1 50 (26.88%) MS Excel
2 30 (16.13%) MS Office
3 18 (9.677%) MS PowerPoint
4 7 (3.763%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 7 (3.763%) Oracle EBS
2 5 (2.688%) Oracle EBS R12
3 2 (1.075%) Oracle iProcurement
3 2 (1.075%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 19 (10.22%) Broadband
2 8 (4.301%) GSM
3 7 (3.763%) HSPA
3 7 (3.763%) WCDMA
3 7 (3.763%) 2G
3 7 (3.763%) 3G
4 5 (2.688%) VLAN
4 5 (2.688%) TCP/IP
4 5 (2.688%) IPv6
5 2 (1.075%) GPRS
5 2 (1.075%) ATM
5 2 (1.075%) HTTP
5 2 (1.075%) LAN
5 2 (1.075%) WAN
5 2 (1.075%) Intranet
6 1 (0.538%) TETRA
6 1 (0.538%) TDMA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (10.22%) RDBMS
2 17 (9.140%) SQL Server
3 16 (8.602%) DB2
4 10 (5.376%) MySQL
5 7 (3.763%) Oracle Reports
5 7 (3.763%) SQLPlus
6 6 (3.226%) DbVisualizer
7 4 (2.151%) MS Access
7 4 (2.151%) SQL Server 2008
7 4 (2.151%) SQL Server 2005
8 2 (1.075%) GIS
8 2 (1.075%) SQL Server 2000
8 2 (1.075%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 2 (1.075%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 2 (1.075%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 1 (0.538%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 19 (10.22%) QuickTest Pro
2 16 (8.602%) MSTest
3 14 (7.527%) Selenium
4 11 (5.914%) ClearQuest
4 11 (5.914%) RequisitePro
5 10 (5.376%) Visual Studio
5 10 (5.376%) Team Foundation Server
6 9 (4.839%) LoadRunner
7 7 (3.763%) ProC
8 6 (3.226%) Rhino Mocks
9 5 (2.688%) JMeter
9 5 (2.688%) TestDirector
10 2 (1.075%) LabVIEW
10 2 (1.075%) WatiN
10 2 (1.075%) WATIR
10 2 (1.075%) JIRA
10 2 (1.075%) FitNesse
10 2 (1.075%) NUnit
11 1 (0.538%) SCons
11 1 (0.538%) CruiseControl
General
1 45 (24.19%) Finance
2 19 (10.22%) Retail
3 14 (7.527%) Marketing
4 8 (4.301%) Advertising
5 7 (3.763%) Electronics
6 6 (3.226%) Manufacturing
6 6 (3.226%) Telecoms
7 2 (1.075%) General Ledger
7 2 (1.075%) Banking
8 1 (0.538%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 77 (41.40%) Analyst
2 30 (16.13%) Developer
3 29 (15.59%) Test Analyst
4 28 (15.05%) Tester
5 26 (13.98%) Business Analyst
6 19 (10.22%) Test Engineer
7 17 (9.140%) QA Engineer
8 16 (8.602%) Systems Analyst
9 15 (8.065%) Software Tester
9 15 (8.065%) Test Manager
10 13 (6.989%) Ab Initio Developer
11 8 (4.301%) Support Analyst
11 8 (4.301%) Technical Leader
11 8 (4.301%) Technical Engineer
11 8 (4.301%) Systems Test Analyst
12 7 (3.763%) Oracle Support Analyst
12 7 (3.763%) Oracle Analyst
12 7 (3.763%) Development Engineer
12 7 (3.763%) Senior Development Engineer
12 7 (3.763%) Senior Technical Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 8 (4.301%) Fixed Income
1 8 (4.301%) Equities
2 7 (3.763%) Enterprise Software
3 5 (2.688%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
4 4 (2.151%) Management Information System
5 2 (1.075%) APACS
5 2 (1.075%) EPoS
5 2 (1.075%) iSeries
5 2 (1.075%) Open Source
5 2 (1.075%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (1.075%) Mathematics
5 2 (1.075%) Physics
6 1 (0.538%) Wiki
6 1 (0.538%) Computer Science
6 1 (0.538%) Data Conversion
Operating Systems
1 44 (23.66%) UNIX
2 24 (12.90%) Linux
3 22 (11.83%) Windows
4 2 (1.075%) Windows Server 2003
4 2 (1.075%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (22.58%) User Acceptance Testing
2 39 (20.97%) Agile Software Development
3 28 (15.05%) Regression Testing
3 28 (15.05%) Validation
4 26 (13.98%) Business Analysis
5 19 (10.22%) Dimensional Modelling
5 19 (10.22%) ETL
6 17 (9.140%) Automated Testing
7 16 (8.602%) Software Testing
7 16 (8.602%) Integration Testing
8 15 (8.065%) Unit Testing
9 14 (7.527%) Data Modelling
10 13 (6.989%) Change Management
11 12 (6.452%) Risk Assessment
11 12 (6.452%) Test Strategy
12 11 (5.914%) Embedded Software Development
12 11 (5.914%) Document Management
12 11 (5.914%) Wealth Management
12 11 (5.914%) Test Scripting
12 11 (5.914%) UML
Programming Languages
1 71 (38.17%) SQL
2 21 (11.29%) Bash shell
3 19 (10.22%) Korn
3 19 (10.22%) Shell Script
4 14 (7.527%) Java
5 13 (6.989%) C#
5 13 (6.989%) Python
6 12 (6.452%) C
7 11 (5.914%) VBA
7 11 (5.914%) JavaScript
8 10 (5.376%) PL/SQL
9 8 (4.301%) Perl
9 8 (4.301%) T-SQL
10 7 (3.763%) C++
10 7 (3.763%) XAML
11 5 (2.688%) PHP
12 2 (1.075%) FoxPro (VFP)
12 2 (1.075%) MATLAB
12 2 (1.075%) Ruby
13 1 (0.538%) RPG/400
Qualifications
1 41 (22.04%) ISEB
2 26 (13.98%) Degree
3 15 (8.065%) ISTQB
4 3 (1.613%) CBAP
5 2 (1.075%) HNC
5 2 (1.075%) HND
6 1 (0.538%) MCITP
6 1 (0.538%) MBCS
6 1 (0.538%) MCPD
6 1 (0.538%) MCTS
6 1 (0.538%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (18.28%) QA
2 4 (2.151%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 5 (2.688%) NFS
Systems Management
1 10 (5.376%) HP Quality Center
2 7 (3.763%) ServiceCenter
Vendors
1 49 (26.34%) Microsoft
2 22 (11.83%) Oracle
3 19 (10.22%) Ab Initio
4 15 (8.065%) HP
5 6 (3.226%) IBM
6 5 (2.688%) Cisco
6 5 (2.688%) Nortel
6 5 (2.688%) Avaya
7 2 (1.075%) SAP
8 1 (0.538%) LANSA
8 1 (0.538%) Anite
8 1 (0.538%) Perforce
St. Albans, Hertfordshire
Core Skills ETL experience - AbInitio. /EME an advantage RDBMS, SQL - with experience of writing Store Procedures. UNIX / Linux essential - with experience of writing shell scripts ( bash / ksh ) Database...
Sky
Salary: Benefits
Posted: 28 May 2013
St. Albans, South East
ETL experience - AbInitio/EME an advantage. RDBMS, SQL - with experience of writing Store Procedures. UNIX / Linux essential - with experience of writing shell scripts ( bash / ksh ) Database Modelling techniques -...
SkyIQ
Salary: Benefits
Posted: 28 May 2013
Basildon, Essex
Tech Developer/Analyst - Insurance - C#,.NET 3.5/4,OOP,WCF,Silverlight or WPF,Prism,T-SQL Essential Excellent development experience in C#, .NET 3.5/4.0...
Personnel IT
Salary: £45000.00 - £55000.00 per annum + benefits
Posted: 13 June 2013
Watford, Hertfordshire
Coordinating change management with third party systems providers. Testing Programs before releasing for System Testing... Skills and Experience: MCTS in AX Dynamics 2009 (essential) 3 to 5 years...
Eaglecliff
Salary: From £40,000 to £45,000 per annum
Posted: 14 June 2013
Cambridge, East Anglia
You will act as the primary interface for all system testing associated with new development, patching and database or application upgrades. your main duties will include functional development,...
iKonnect
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum
Posted: 18 June 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
iKas International
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum
Posted: 18 June 2013
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