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The table below looks at the demand for Software Testing skills within the Essex region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Software Testing over the 3 months to 13 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSoftware Testing
Location
3 months to
13 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank116114
Rank change on same period last yearDown-2
Matching permanent IT job ads913
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.005 %0.006 %
As % of the category below0.724 %0.983 %
Salaries quoted710
Average minimum salary£30,000£32,900
Average salary£33,000£34,050
% change on same period last year-3.08 %
Average maximum salary£36,000£35,200
UK excluding London average salary£34,304£33,286
% change on same period last year+3.05 %
Essex IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
Essex
Matching permanent IT job ads12431322
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.722 %0.569 %
Salaries quoted10221148
Average minimum salary£38,003£41,631
Average salary£40,424£44,153
% change on same period last year-8.44 %
Average maximum salary£42,844£46,675
UK excluding London average salary£42,657£44,229
% change on same period last year-3.55 %
Software Testing East of EnglandSoftware Testing
East of England

Software Testing
Demand Trend

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

Essex Software Testing Demand Trend

Software Testing
Salary Trend

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

Essex Software Testing Salary Trend

Software Testing
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Software Testing across the Essex region over the 3 months to 13 October 2008.

Essex Software Testing Salary Histogram

Software Testing
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Testing within the Essex region over the 3 months to 13 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
ColchesterNo change07£33,083+59.43 %
Software Testing East of EnglandSoftware Testing
East of England

Software Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT jobs across the Essex 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.

112 (85.71 %)QA
28 (57.14 %)ISEB
37 (50.00 %)Agile Software Development
44 (28.57 %)Finance
53 (21.43 %)Degree
53 (21.43 %)TestDirector
53 (21.43 %).NET
53 (21.43 %)Test Scripting
53 (21.43 %)Manual Testing
62 (14.29 %)Online Betting
62 (14.29 %)E-business
62 (14.29 %)MySQL
62 (14.29 %)C#
62 (14.29 %)PHP
62 (14.29 %)Business Intelligence
62 (14.29 %)Microsoft
62 (14.29 %)WinRunner
62 (14.29 %)Automated Testing
62 (14.29 %)Games
71 (7.143 %)Scrum
71 (7.143 %)ICAEW
71 (7.143 %)ISTQB
71 (7.143 %)Mathematics
71 (7.143 %)Change Management
71 (7.143 %)LoadRunner
71 (7.143 %)ClearQuest
71 (7.143 %)SQL Server
71 (7.143 %)ITIL
71 (7.143 %)ClearCase
71 (7.143 %)ISO9000

Software Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT jobs across the Essex 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.

Essex IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
13 (21.43 %).NET
Essex IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (14.29 %)MySQL
21 (7.143 %)SQL Server
Essex IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
13 (21.43 %)TestDirector
22 (14.29 %)WinRunner
31 (7.143 %)ClearCase
31 (7.143 %)LoadRunner
31 (7.143 %)ClearQuest
Essex IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
14 (28.57 %)Finance
22 (14.29 %)Games
22 (14.29 %)Online Betting
Essex IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
112 (85.71 %)Analyst
112 (85.71 %)Test Analyst
210 (71.43 %)Software Test Analyst
39 (64.29 %)Senior Test Analyst
39 (64.29 %)Senior Analyst
47 (50.00 %)Senior Software Test Analyst
52 (14.29 %)Senior Tester
52 (14.29 %)QA Test Analyst
52 (14.29 %)QA Analyst
52 (14.29 %)Tester
52 (14.29 %)Software Tester
61 (7.143 %)Test Engineer
61 (7.143 %)Software Engineer
61 (7.143 %)Release Manager
61 (7.143 %)Change Manager
61 (7.143 %)Lead Software Engineer
61 (7.143 %)Software Test Engineer
Essex IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (7.143 %)Mathematics
Essex IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
17 (50.00 %)Agile Software Development
23 (21.43 %)Test Scripting
23 (21.43 %)Manual Testing
32 (14.29 %)Automated Testing
32 (14.29 %)Business Intelligence
32 (14.29 %)E-business
41 (7.143 %)Scrum
41 (7.143 %)Change Management
41 (7.143 %)V-Model
41 (7.143 %)ITIL
Essex IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (14.29 %)C#
12 (14.29 %)PHP
Essex IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
18 (57.14 %)ISEB
23 (21.43 %)Degree
31 (7.143 %)ICAEW
31 (7.143 %)ISTQB
Essex IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
112 (85.71 %)QA
21 (7.143 %)ISO9000
Essex IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (14.29 %)Microsoft