The first table below looks at the demand for Software Testing skills in IT jobs advertised for the Epsom region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Software Testing over the 3 months to 21 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 of the Processes & Methodologies category for the Epsom region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Testing
Rank 15 34 17
Rank change year-on-year
+19 -17
Permanent jobs citing Software Testing 12 8 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Epsom 16.44% 4.103% 1.587%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 22.64% 4.878% 2.500%
Number of salaries quoted 12 8 1
Average salary £65,000 £55,000 £36,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+18.18% +50.68%
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £34,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
+2.94% +4.61%
All Processes & Methodologies
Epsom
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
53 164 40
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Epsom 72.60% 84.10% 63.49%
Number of salaries quoted 49 152 35
Average salary £65,000 £62,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.00% +66.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £45,000 £31,450
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £65,000 £80,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Software Testing
Surrey

Software Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Epsom 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 Epsom region.

Epsom Software Testing Salary Trend

Software Testing
Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Epsom 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 28 (100.00%) C#
1 28 (100.00%) C++
1 28 (100.00%) Java
1 28 (100.00%) OO
2 27 (96.43%) SQL
2 27 (96.43%) Test Strategy
3 26 (92.86%) Finance
4 23 (82.14%) Test Automation
4 23 (82.14%) Agile Software Development
4 23 (82.14%) Degree
4 23 (82.14%) Computer Science
5 22 (78.57%) Mathematics
6 13 (46.43%) Automated Testing
7 10 (35.71%) QA
8 5 (17.86%) Analytics
9 4 (14.29%) .NET
10 3 (10.71%) RAD
11 1 (3.571%) MS Excel
11 1 (3.571%) Microsoft
11 1 (3.571%) Financial Modelling
11 1 (3.571%) Automation Testing

Software Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Epsom 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 4 (14.29%) .NET
Applications
1 1 (3.571%) MS Excel
General
1 26 (92.86%) Finance
Job Titles
1 19 (67.86%) Developer
2 9 (32.14%) Test Engineer
3 5 (17.86%) Technical Engineer
3 5 (17.86%) Senior Technical Architect
3 5 (17.86%) Technical Architect
3 5 (17.86%) Architect
3 5 (17.86%) Senior Test Engineer
3 5 (17.86%) Senior Architect
3 5 (17.86%) Test Architect
3 5 (17.86%) Senior Test Architect
3 5 (17.86%) Senior Technical Engineer
4 4 (14.29%) Software Developer
4 4 (14.29%) Tester
5 3 (10.71%) QA Tester
Miscellaneous
1 23 (82.14%) Computer Science
2 22 (78.57%) Mathematics
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (100.00%) OO
2 27 (96.43%) Test Strategy
3 23 (82.14%) Test Automation
3 23 (82.14%) Agile Software Development
4 13 (46.43%) Automated Testing
5 5 (17.86%) Analytics
6 3 (10.71%) RAD
7 1 (3.571%) Financial Modelling
7 1 (3.571%) Automation Testing
Programming Languages
1 28 (100.00%) C#
1 28 (100.00%) C++
1 28 (100.00%) Java
2 27 (96.43%) SQL
Qualifications
1 23 (82.14%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (35.71%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (3.571%) Microsoft