The first table below looks at the demand for ISTQB in IT jobs advertised for the East Sussex 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 East Sussex region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
International Software Testing Qualification Board (ISTQB)
Rank 65 84 62
Rank change year-on-year
+19 -22
Permanent jobs citing ISTQB 25 8 12
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in East Sussex 2.803% 0.836% 1.802%
As % of the Qualifications category 10.46% 2.597% 6.557%
Number of salaries quoted 14 8 12
Average salary £32,500 £35,000 £34,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.14% +2.18%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,450 £28,000 £30,500
10% offered a salary of more than £37,500 £43,250 £38,000
UK excluding London average salary £33,000 £35,000 £37,250
% change year-on-year
-5.71% -6.04%
All Qualifications
East Sussex
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
239 308 183
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in East Sussex 26.79% 32.18% 27.48%
Number of salaries quoted 209 287 169
Average salary £40,000 £37,500 £37,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.66% +1.35%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,000 £27,500 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £52,000 £47,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
ISTQB
South East

ISTQB
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East Sussex 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 Sussex region.

East Sussex ISTQB Salary Trend

ISTQB
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing ISTQB across the East Sussex region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

East Sussex 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 Sussex 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
Brighton +16 25 £32,500 -7.14%
ISTQB
South East

ISTQB
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the East Sussex 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 26 (89.66%) ISEB
2 18 (62.07%) Selenium
3 14 (48.28%) SQL
3 14 (48.28%) Windows
4 13 (44.83%) QA
5 10 (34.48%) TDD
5 10 (34.48%) SQL Server
6 9 (31.03%) QuickTest Pro
6 9 (31.03%) Agile Software Development
6 9 (31.03%) Automated Testing
7 8 (27.59%) JIRA
7 8 (27.59%) Social Media
7 8 (27.59%) V-Model
8 6 (20.69%) Test Automation
9 5 (17.24%) Management Information System
9 5 (17.24%) Finance
9 5 (17.24%) UNIX
9 5 (17.24%) Middleware
9 5 (17.24%) MS Excel
9 5 (17.24%) TOAD
9 5 (17.24%) Microsoft
9 5 (17.24%) HP
9 5 (17.24%) Visual Studio
9 5 (17.24%) .NET
9 5 (17.24%) Oracle
9 5 (17.24%) C++
9 5 (17.24%) HTML
9 5 (17.24%) Java
9 5 (17.24%) Test Scripting
9 5 (17.24%) Waterfall

ISTQB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the East Sussex 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 5 (17.24%) HTML
1 5 (17.24%) .NET
1 5 (17.24%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 4 (13.79%) CMS
Applications
1 5 (17.24%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (34.48%) SQL Server
2 5 (17.24%) TOAD
Development Applications
1 18 (62.07%) Selenium
2 9 (31.03%) QuickTest Pro
3 8 (27.59%) JIRA
4 5 (17.24%) Visual Studio
5 4 (13.79%) Git (software)
5 4 (13.79%) WebDriver
5 4 (13.79%) Cucumber
6 3 (10.34%) Jenkins
General
1 5 (17.24%) Finance
2 3 (10.34%) Games
3 2 (6.897%) Marketing
4 1 (3.448%) Banking
Job Titles
1 14 (48.28%) Analyst
1 14 (48.28%) Test Analyst
2 6 (20.69%) Tester
3 5 (17.24%) Consultant
3 5 (17.24%) Functional Consultant
3 5 (17.24%) Test Consultant
3 5 (17.24%) QA Test Analyst
3 5 (17.24%) QA Analyst
3 5 (17.24%) Web Tester
3 5 (17.24%) Test Automation Consultant
3 5 (17.24%) Automated Tester
4 3 (10.34%) QA Engineer
5 2 (6.897%) Graduate
6 1 (3.448%) Test Manager
6 1 (3.448%) Manual Tester
6 1 (3.448%) Senior Manager
6 1 (3.448%) Applications Tester
6 1 (3.448%) Senior Test Manager
6 1 (3.448%) Web Analyst
6 1 (3.448%) Web Test Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 8 (27.59%) Social Media
2 5 (17.24%) Management Information System
2 5 (17.24%) Computer Science
3 1 (3.448%) Online Games
Operating Systems
1 14 (48.28%) Windows
2 5 (17.24%) UNIX
3 4 (13.79%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (34.48%) TDD
2 9 (31.03%) Automated Testing
2 9 (31.03%) Agile Software Development
3 8 (27.59%) V-Model
4 6 (20.69%) Test Automation
5 5 (17.24%) Waterfall
5 5 (17.24%) BDD
5 5 (17.24%) Software Engineering
5 5 (17.24%) Test Scripting
6 4 (13.79%) Scrum
7 3 (10.34%) Continuous Integration
7 3 (10.34%) Software Testing
8 2 (6.897%) Web Development
8 2 (6.897%) Digital Marketing
8 2 (6.897%) Manual Testing
9 1 (3.448%) Stakeholder Management
9 1 (3.448%) Test Management
9 1 (3.448%) Process Improvement
9 1 (3.448%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 14 (48.28%) SQL
2 5 (17.24%) C++
2 5 (17.24%) Java
3 4 (13.79%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 26 (89.66%) ISEB
2 4 (13.79%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (44.83%) QA
Systems Management
1 3 (10.34%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 5 (17.24%) Oracle
1 5 (17.24%) Microsoft
1 5 (17.24%) HP
2 1 (3.448%) CheckPoint
Brighton, East Sussex
Hands-on experience of Selenium WebDriver, Cucumber or similar automated testing software... Experience with JIRA. Selenium RC. Continuous Integration utilising Jenkins or similar. ISEB\ISTQB Foundation Level Certificate.
Hydrogen Group
Salary: £30000.00 - £38000.00 per annum + Bonus + Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Brighton, South East
Main duties will be:Work with the product team leads, technical leads and product managers to understandthe new functionality being developedCreate and execute manual and automated test plans,...
DP Connect Ltd
Salary: Negotiable + Monthly and yearly bonuses
Posted: 30 April 2013