England System Testing Jobs

This section looks at the demand for System Testing skills within the England region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited System Testing over the last 3 months to 16 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Aberdeen Altrincham Basildon Basingstoke Bath Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Birmingham Bolton Borehamwood Bournemouth Bradford Brentford Brentwood Brighton Bristol Bromsgrove Buckinghamshire Bury Bury St Edmunds Cambridge Cambridgeshire Cardiff Chelmsford Cheltenham Cheshire City of London Clapham Colchester County Antrim County Londonderry Coventry Crawley Croydon Derby Derbyshire Docklands, London Dorking Dorset Dunfermline East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Eastbourne Edinburgh Ely England Essex Fareham Farnham Fife Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Godalming Gosport Guildford Halifax Hampshire Harrogate Harrow Hemel Hempstead Hereford Herefordshire Hertfordshire Home Counties Hove Huddersfield Hull Isle of Man Kent Lancashire Leamington Spa Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Livingston London Loughborough Luton Manchester Marlow Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newport Norfolk North Wales North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Osterley Oxford Oxfordshire Perth and Kinross Peterborough Poole Portsmouth Preston Reading Redhill Romford Ross-on-Wye Runcorn Salisbury Scotland Sheffield Shropshire Slough Solihull Somerset South Coast South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton St Albans Staffordshire Stevenage Stockport Stroud Suffolk Surbiton Surrey Swindon Telford Tewkesbury Thames Valley Trowbridge Tunbridge Wells UK Wales Warrington Warwickshire Watford West Lothian West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Weymouth Wiltshire Winchester Windsor Woking Worcester Worcestershire Wrexham York Yorkshire	3 months to 16 May 2008	Same period last year
Rank	280	316
Rank change on same period last year	+36
Matching permanent IT job ads	1235	1201
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	0.606 %	0.532 %
As % of the category below	1.151 %	1.051 %
Salaries quoted	1002	858
Average minimum salary	£38,210	£40,114
Average salary	£41,083	£43,027
% change on same period last year	-4.51 %
Average maximum salary	£43,956	£45,940
UK excluding London average salary	£36,038	£37,018
% change on same period last year	-2.64 %
Processes & Methodologies England
Matching permanent IT job ads	107264	114271
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	52.59 %	50.59 %
Salaries quoted	87873	91345
Average minimum salary	£43,347	£44,482
Average salary	£47,464	£48,555
% change on same period last year	-2.24 %
Average maximum salary	£51,581	£52,627
UK excluding London average salary	£42,840	£44,076
% change on same period last year	-2.80 %
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System Testing
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total starting in 2004 of permanent IT jobs ads citing System Testing across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

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Salary Trend

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

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Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing System Testing across the England region over the past 3 months.

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Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing System Testing within the England region over the past 3 months.

Rank	Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Permanent IT Job Ads	Average Salary Last 3 Months	Average Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year
1	London	+63	581	£47,861	-8.90 %
2	South East	-13	244	£36,071	-10.03 %
3	Yorkshire	+21	117	£33,185	+18.73 %
4	East of England	-2	104	£36,388	-12.88 %
5	South West	-15	74	£35,370	+1.62 %
6	West Midlands	-3	49	£38,990	+3.97 %
7	North West	-59	39	£31,860	-2.64 %
8	East Midlands	-25	15	£34,545	+6.91 %
9	Midlands	+5	13	£43,000	+32.30 %
10	South Coast	+4	3	£34,908	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the England region citing System Testing also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing System Testing.

1 705 (30.28 %) Finance 2 602 (25.86 %) User Acceptance Testing 3 540 (23.20 %) SQL 4 416 (17.87 %) ISEB 5 364 (15.64 %) .NET 6 335 (14.39 %) Java 7 295 (12.67 %) SQL Server 8 293 (12.59 %) Oracle 9 279 (11.98 %) QA 10 278 (11.94 %) Test Scripting 11 272 (11.68 %) Insurance 12 252 (10.82 %) Unix 13 234 (10.05 %) C# 14 228 (9.794 %) Banking 15 220 (9.450 %) Degree

16 215 (9.235 %) Unit Testing 17 213 (9.149 %) XML 17 213 (9.149 %) Microsoft 18 210 (9.021 %) Project Management 19 202 (8.677 %) TestDirector 20 201 (8.634 %) Integration Testing 21 168 (7.216 %) Windows 22 156 (6.701 %) UML 22 156 (6.701 %) Regression Testing 23 145 (6.229 %) J2EE 24 141 (6.057 %) DB2 25 138 (5.928 %) Automated Testing 26 136 (5.842 %) VB 26 136 (5.842 %) MS Excel 27 122 (5.241 %) C++

System Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the England region citing System Testing also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing System Testing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 364 (15.64 %) .NET 2 213 (9.149 %) XML 3 145 (6.229 %) J2EE 4 110 (4.725 %) ASP.NET 5 82 (3.522 %) HTML 6 60 (2.577 %) WebSphere 7 56 (2.405 %) WebServices 8 54 (2.320 %) ASP 9 47 (2.019 %) AJAX 10 46 (1.976 %) CSS 11 39 (1.675 %) ISPF 12 38 (1.632 %) .NET Framework 13 36 (1.546 %) JSP 14 35 (1.503 %) XSL 15 33 (1.418 %) Middleware 16 28 (1.203 %) WinForms 17 24 (1.031 %) XSLT 18 23 (0.988 %) Struts 19 22 (0.945 %) Hibernate 20 21 (0.902 %) XHTML	Application Platforms 1 59 (2.534 %) WebLogic 2 41 (1.761 %) IIS 3 31 (1.332 %) Apache 4 30 (1.289 %) Tomcat 5 28 (1.203 %) SAS 6 18 (0.773 %) SharePoint 7 15 (0.644 %) CICS 8 14 (0.601 %) JBoss 9 11 (0.473 %) ESB 10 7 (0.301 %) BizTalk Server 10 7 (0.301 %) CMS 10 7 (0.301 %) Oracle Workflow 10 7 (0.301 %) Exchange Server 2000 11 5 (0.215 %) MS Exchange 12 4 (0.172 %) MQSeries 12 4 (0.172 %) Oracle Application Server 13 3 (0.129 %) Exchange Server 2003 13 3 (0.129 %) WebSphere MQ 14 1 (0.043 %) SharePoint Server 2007 14 1 (0.043 %) iPlanet
Applications 1 136 (5.842 %) MS Excel 2 97 (4.167 %) MS Office 3 31 (1.332 %) MS PowerPoint 3 31 (1.332 %) MS Visio 4 29 (1.246 %) MS Project 5 4 (0.172 %) MATLAB 6 3 (0.129 %) Photoshop 7 2 (0.086 %) CA Clarity 8 1 (0.043 %) InfoPath	Business Applications 1 25 (1.074 %) SAP HR 2 21 (0.902 %) SAP Payroll 3 18 (0.773 %) Oracle Applications 4 8 (0.344 %) Misys Midas 4 8 (0.344 %) SAP HCM 5 7 (0.301 %) Loan IQ 5 7 (0.301 %) SAP MDM 5 7 (0.301 %) Fidessa 6 6 (0.258 %) Oracle Financials 6 6 (0.258 %) Oracle 11i 6 6 (0.258 %) Singl.eView 6 6 (0.258 %) SAP FI 6 6 (0.258 %) SAP CRM 6 6 (0.258 %) SAP SD 6 6 (0.258 %) SAP FI/CO 6 6 (0.258 %) SAP CO 6 6 (0.258 %) SAP Business One 7 4 (0.172 %) Academy Revenues and Benefits 7 4 (0.172 %) Remedy AR System 8 3 (0.129 %) SalesLogix
Communications & Networking 1 104 (4.467 %) Internet 2 29 (1.246 %) VoIP 3 28 (1.203 %) Intranet 4 25 (1.074 %) TCP/IP 5 20 (0.859 %) Wireless 6 16 (0.687 %) 3G 7 15 (0.644 %) Broadband 7 15 (0.644 %) GPRS 7 15 (0.644 %) GSM 8 9 (0.387 %) VPN 8 9 (0.387 %) SSL 8 9 (0.387 %) RFID 9 8 (0.344 %) SMS 9 8 (0.344 %) 3GPP 10 7 (0.301 %) 2G 11 6 (0.258 %) Firewall 11 6 (0.258 %) Bluetooth 11 6 (0.258 %) SS7 12 5 (0.215 %) Extranet 12 5 (0.215 %) PBX	Database & Business Intelligence 1 295 (12.67 %) SQL Server 2 141 (6.057 %) DB2 3 102 (4.381 %) SQL Server 2000 4 89 (3.823 %) SQL Server 2005 5 63 (2.706 %) Datawarehouse 6 53 (2.277 %) BusinessObjects 7 38 (1.632 %) MS Access 8 33 (1.418 %) Oracle Reports 9 32 (1.375 %) Crystal Reports 9 32 (1.375 %) ETL 9 32 (1.375 %) SQL Server 7 10 26 (1.117 %) MySQL 11 22 (0.945 %) TOAD 11 22 (0.945 %) Base SAS 12 21 (0.902 %) Oracle 10g 12 21 (0.902 %) Oracle 9i 13 18 (0.773 %) OLAP 14 17 (0.730 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 15 16 (0.687 %) Database Marketing 15 16 (0.687 %) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications 1 202 (8.677 %) TestDirector 2 80 (3.436 %) WinRunner 3 52 (2.234 %) QuickTest Pro 4 34 (1.460 %) VSS/SourceSafe 5 31 (1.332 %) Oracle Forms 6 23 (0.988 %) Visual Studio 7 21 (0.902 %) Dreamweaver 8 18 (0.773 %) WebSpeed 9 16 (0.687 %) LoadRunner 10 13 (0.558 %) ClearCase 11 10 (0.430 %) Ant 12 9 (0.387 %) JUnit 12 9 (0.387 %) Flash 12 9 (0.387 %) QARun 13 8 (0.344 %) TeamTrack 13 8 (0.344 %) TestPartner 14 7 (0.301 %) ClearQuest 14 7 (0.301 %) Rational Rose 15 6 (0.258 %) Rational Robot 16 5 (0.215 %) InstallShield	General 1 705 (30.28 %) Finance 2 272 (11.68 %) Insurance 3 228 (9.794 %) Banking 4 119 (5.112 %) Investment Banking 5 95 (4.081 %) Pensions 6 90 (3.866 %) Telecoms 7 76 (3.265 %) Retail 8 72 (3.093 %) Marketing 9 69 (2.964 %) Education 10 67 (2.878 %) Front Office 11 51 (2.191 %) Health 12 45 (1.933 %) Financial Institution 13 36 (1.546 %) Government 14 35 (1.503 %) Back Office 15 31 (1.332 %) Publishing 16 26 (1.117 %) Billing 17 20 (0.859 %) Electronics 17 20 (0.859 %) Manufacturing 18 18 (0.773 %) Construction 19 16 (0.687 %) Electric
Job Titles 1 1062 (45.62 %) Analyst 2 454 (19.50 %) Developer 3 368 (15.81 %) Test Analyst 4 263 (11.30 %) Business Analyst 5 217 (9.321 %) Tester 6 179 (7.689 %) Test Manager 7 131 (5.627 %) Senior Analyst 8 113 (4.854 %) Systems Analyst 8 113 (4.854 %) Consultant 9 104 (4.467 %) .NET Developer 10 102 (4.381 %) Programmer 11 100 (4.296 %) Test Engineer 12 98 (4.210 %) Team Leader 13 86 (3.694 %) Analyst Programmer 14 85 (3.651 %) C# Developer 15 84 (3.608 %) Systems Tester 16 83 (3.565 %) Java Developer 17 61 (2.620 %) Test Team Leader 18 58 (2.491 %) Analyst Developer 19 57 (2.448 %) Software Engineer	Miscellaneous 1 68 (2.921 %) Derivative 2 64 (2.749 %) Mainframe 3 56 (2.405 %) Management Information System 4 42 (1.804 %) Computer Science 5 40 (1.718 %) Client/Server 6 38 (1.632 %) Equity Derivative 7 24 (1.031 %) Mathematics 8 21 (0.902 %) Equities 9 20 (0.859 %) Fixed Income 10 19 (0.816 %) Asset Management 10 19 (0.816 %) PDA 11 16 (0.687 %) AS400 12 15 (0.644 %) Credit Risk 13 14 (0.601 %) Foreign Exchange (FX) 14 13 (0.558 %) Handset 15 12 (0.515 %) Credit Derivative 16 10 (0.430 %) IBM Mainframe 17 9 (0.387 %) Fund Management 17 9 (0.387 %) N-Tier 18 8 (0.344 %) German Language
Operating Systems 1 252 (10.82 %) Unix 2 168 (7.216 %) Windows 3 52 (2.234 %) Linux 4 26 (1.117 %) Windows NT 5 18 (0.773 %) Windows XP 6 15 (0.644 %) Windows Server 2003 7 11 (0.473 %) Solaris 8 10 (0.430 %) zOS 9 9 (0.387 %) Windows CE 9 9 (0.387 %) Windows 2000 9 9 (0.387 %) Windows Mobile 10 4 (0.172 %) AIX 11 3 (0.129 %) Mac OS X 12 2 (0.086 %) VxWorks 12 2 (0.086 %) VMS 12 2 (0.086 %) Embedded Linux 13 1 (0.043 %) NetWare 13 1 (0.043 %) HPUX 13 1 (0.043 %) SUSE 13 1 (0.043 %) MVS	Processes & Methodologies 1 602 (25.86 %) User Acceptance Testing 2 278 (11.94 %) Test Scripting 3 215 (9.235 %) Unit Testing 4 210 (9.021 %) Project Management 5 201 (8.634 %) Integration Testing 6 156 (6.701 %) Regression Testing 6 156 (6.701 %) UML 7 138 (5.928 %) Automated Testing 8 121 (5.198 %) Manual Testing 9 114 (4.897 %) Performance Testing 10 107 (4.596 %) Business Analysis 11 104 (4.467 %) PRINCE2 12 101 (4.338 %) Software Testing 13 92 (3.952 %) Test Management 14 82 (3.522 %) OO 15 81 (3.479 %) Systems Analysis 16 68 (2.921 %) Agile Software Development 17 67 (2.878 %) Data Modelling 18 58 (2.491 %) Risk Management 19 50 (2.148 %) SSADM
Programming Languages 1 540 (23.20 %) SQL 2 335 (14.39 %) Java 3 234 (10.05 %) C# 4 136 (5.842 %) VB 5 122 (5.241 %) C++ 6 103 (4.424 %) VB.NET 7 92 (3.952 %) JavaScript 8 91 (3.909 %) PL/SQL 9 70 (3.007 %) C 10 64 (2.749 %) COBOL 10 64 (2.749 %) VBA 11 63 (2.706 %) Transact-SQL 12 50 (2.148 %) Shell Script 13 48 (2.062 %) JCL 14 46 (1.976 %) VB6 15 39 (1.675 %) Perl 16 32 (1.375 %) PHP 17 25 (1.074 %) VBScript 18 23 (0.988 %) RPG 19 13 (0.558 %) VC++	Qualifications 1 416 (17.87 %) ISEB 2 220 (9.450 %) Degree 3 64 (2.749 %) ISEB Practitioner 4 51 (2.191 %) ISTQB 5 16 (0.687 %) ACCA 6 15 (0.644 %) PRINCE2 Certification 7 14 (0.601 %) CISA 8 9 (0.387 %) Microsoft Certification 9 7 (0.301 %) HND 10 6 (0.258 %) PRINCE2 Practitioner 10 6 (0.258 %) ITIL Certification 11 2 (0.086 %) CIMA 11 2 (0.086 %) MBA 12 1 (0.043 %) Siebel Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 279 (11.98 %) QA 2 26 (1.117 %) ISO8583 3 11 (0.473 %) SLA 4 9 (0.387 %) Sarbanes-Oxley 5 7 (0.301 %) IAS 39 6 5 (0.215 %) MiFID 7 2 (0.086 %) ISO9000 7 2 (0.086 %) Basel II 7 2 (0.086 %) TickIT 8 1 (0.043 %) ISO9001 8 1 (0.043 %) ISO9002	System Software 1 17 (0.730 %) Active Directory 2 6 (0.258 %) VMware Server 3 3 (0.129 %) Oracle RAC 4 1 (0.043 %) NFS 4 1 (0.043 %) Orbix 4 1 (0.043 %) NetBackup
Systems Management 1 7 (0.301 %) Tivoli 1 7 (0.301 %) AutoSys 2 1 (0.043 %) CONTROL-M 2 1 (0.043 %) Systems Management Server (SMS)	Vendors 1 293 (12.59 %) Oracle 2 213 (9.149 %) Microsoft 3 81 (3.479 %) SAP 4 53 (2.277 %) Business Objects 5 47 (2.019 %) Sybase 6 39 (1.675 %) BEA 7 25 (1.074 %) Progress 7 25 (1.074 %) IBM 8 13 (0.558 %) Citrix 9 12 (0.515 %) Ab Initio 10 11 (0.473 %) Siebel 11 9 (0.387 %) Cisco 11 9 (0.387 %) Motorola 11 9 (0.387 %) VMware 11 9 (0.387 %) Netezza 12 8 (0.344 %) Sun 12 8 (0.344 %) Compuware 13 7 (0.301 %) GoldenSource 14 6 (0.258 %) Stellent 14 6 (0.258 %) Charles River