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The table below looks at the demand for Software Testing skills within the Farnborough 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 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSoftware Testing
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank41-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching permanent IT job ads60
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.000 %
As % of the category below2.439 %0.000 %
Salaries quoted60
Average minimum salary£30,000-
Average salary£34,500-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum salary£39,000-
UK excluding London average salary£34,865£33,129
% change on same period last year+5.24 %
Farnborough IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
Farnborough
Matching permanent IT job ads246212
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.136 %0.089 %
Salaries quoted234184
Average minimum salary£46,671£37,852
Average salary£51,124£40,592
% change on same period last year+25.94 %
Average maximum salary£55,578£43,331
UK excluding London average salary£42,540£44,374
% change on same period last year-4.13 %
Software Testing HampshireSoftware Testing
Hampshire

Software Testing
Demand Trend

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

Farnborough 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 Farnborough region.

Farnborough Software Testing Salary Trend

Software Testing
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Software Testing across the Farnborough region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008.

Farnborough Software Testing Salary Histogram

Software Testing
Top 22 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT jobs across the Farnborough 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.

18 (38.10 %)Wireless
18 (38.10 %)Telecoms
26 (28.57 %)TestDirector
35 (23.81 %)QA
35 (23.81 %)Test Scripting
35 (23.81 %)Manual Testing
35 (23.81 %)Automated Testing
35 (23.81 %)CTI
35 (23.81 %)MGCP
35 (23.81 %)Megaco
35 (23.81 %)C
35 (23.81 %)Broadband
35 (23.81 %)Finance
35 (23.81 %)VoIP
35 (23.81 %)SNMP
43 (14.29 %)WCDMA
43 (14.29 %)Education
43 (14.29 %)GSM
43 (14.29 %)Software Engineering
43 (14.29 %)Degree
43 (14.29 %)Computer Science
52 (9.524 %)Java

Software Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT jobs across the Farnborough 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.

Farnborough IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
18 (38.10 %)Wireless
25 (23.81 %)Broadband
25 (23.81 %)VoIP
25 (23.81 %)SNMP
25 (23.81 %)CTI
25 (23.81 %)MGCP
25 (23.81 %)Megaco
33 (14.29 %)WCDMA
33 (14.29 %)GSM
Farnborough IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
16 (28.57 %)TestDirector
Farnborough IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
18 (38.10 %)Telecoms
25 (23.81 %)Finance
33 (14.29 %)Education
Farnborough IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
112 (57.14 %)Tester
26 (28.57 %)Test Engineer
35 (23.81 %)Software Tester
35 (23.81 %)QA Tester
43 (14.29 %)Team Leader
Farnborough IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
13 (14.29 %)Computer Science
Farnborough IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
15 (23.81 %)Automated Testing
15 (23.81 %)Test Scripting
15 (23.81 %)Manual Testing
23 (14.29 %)Software Engineering
Farnborough IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
15 (23.81 %)C
22 (9.524 %)Java
Farnborough IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
13 (14.29 %)Degree
Farnborough IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
15 (23.81 %)QA