The first table below looks at the demand for Software Testing skills in IT jobs advertised for the Fareham region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Software Testing over the 3 months to 24 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 Fareham region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Testing
Rank 32 32 41
Rank change year-on-year
0 +9
Permanent jobs citing Software Testing 4 6 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Fareham 2.395% 2.871% 1.754%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.125% 4.317% 2.500%
Number of salaries quoted 4 6 4
Average salary £45,000 £28,500 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+57.89% -12.30%
UK excluding London average salary £34,000 £34,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
- +4.61%
All Processes & Methodologies
Fareham
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
128 139 160
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Fareham 76.65% 66.51% 70.18%
Number of salaries quoted 122 127 148
Average salary £40,000 £33,750 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+18.51% -15.62%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £23,500 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £47,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Software Testing
Hampshire

Software Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Fareham 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 Fareham region.

Fareham Software Testing Salary Trend

Software Testing
Top 19 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Fareham 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 5 (83.33%) Microsoft
2 4 (66.67%) QA
3 3 (50.00%) Test Scripting
3 3 (50.00%) Regression Testing
3 3 (50.00%) SQL Server
3 3 (50.00%) MS Office
4 2 (33.33%) MS Excel
4 2 (33.33%) ISEB
4 2 (33.33%) Avaya
4 2 (33.33%) QuickTest Pro
4 2 (33.33%) CTI
4 2 (33.33%) Telecoms
4 2 (33.33%) Law
4 2 (33.33%) Mitel
4 2 (33.33%) Degree
4 2 (33.33%) Computer Science
4 2 (33.33%) SQL
4 2 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (16.67%) Quality Management

Software Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Fareham 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.

Applications
1 3 (50.00%) MS Office
2 2 (33.33%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (33.33%) CTI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (50.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (33.33%) QuickTest Pro
General
1 2 (33.33%) Telecoms
1 2 (33.33%) Law
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) QA Manager
2 2 (33.33%) Quality Manager
2 2 (33.33%) Quality Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) QA Leader
3 1 (16.67%) Lead Tester
3 1 (16.67%) QA Tester
3 1 (16.67%) Tester
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Computer Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Test Scripting
1 3 (50.00%) Regression Testing
2 2 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (16.67%) Quality Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (33.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) ISEB
1 2 (33.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (66.67%) QA
Vendors
1 5 (83.33%) Microsoft
2 2 (33.33%) Avaya
2 2 (33.33%) Mitel