The first table below looks at the demand for Software Testing skills in IT jobs advertised for the Gloucester region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Software Testing over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Gloucester region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Testing
Rank - 24 25
Permanent jobs citing Software Testing 0 25 12
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Gloucester - 7.003% 4.898%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - 9.542% 6.383%
Number of salaries quoted 0 20 8
Average salary - £33,250 £31,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +6.40%
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
- +7.69%
All Processes & Methodologies
Gloucester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
171 262 188
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Gloucester 78.44% 73.39% 76.73%
Number of salaries quoted 148 215 160
Average salary £35,500 £42,000 £41,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-15.47% +1.20%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £30,000 £27,000
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £63,500 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Software Testing
Gloucestershire

Software Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Gloucester 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 Gloucester region.

Gloucester Software Testing Salary Trend

Software Testing
Top 29 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Gloucester 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 (100.00%) Linux
2 4 (80.00%) Windows
3 3 (60.00%) C
3 3 (60.00%) C++
3 3 (60.00%) Java
3 3 (60.00%) SQL
4 2 (40.00%) UML
4 2 (40.00%) OOA/OOD
4 2 (40.00%) OO
4 2 (40.00%) Programme Management
4 2 (40.00%) Cryptography
4 2 (40.00%) Penetration Testing
4 2 (40.00%) SharePoint Server
4 2 (40.00%) Requirements Analysis
4 2 (40.00%) Web Development
4 2 (40.00%) Business Development
4 2 (40.00%) Android
4 2 (40.00%) iPhone
4 2 (40.00%) Reverse Engineering
4 2 (40.00%) Network Management
4 2 (40.00%) C#
4 2 (40.00%) OOD
5 1 (20.00%) ETL
5 1 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
5 1 (20.00%) Lotus
5 1 (20.00%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (20.00%) Oracle
5 1 (20.00%) SQL Server
5 1 (20.00%) UNIX

Software Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Gloucester 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 Platforms
1 2 (40.00%) SharePoint Server
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (20.00%) SQL Server
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Software Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Tester
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Cryptography
1 2 (40.00%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 5 (100.00%) Linux
2 4 (80.00%) Windows
3 2 (40.00%) Android
4 1 (20.00%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) UML
1 2 (40.00%) OOA/OOD
1 2 (40.00%) OO
1 2 (40.00%) Programme Management
1 2 (40.00%) Penetration Testing
1 2 (40.00%) Requirements Analysis
1 2 (40.00%) Web Development
1 2 (40.00%) Business Development
1 2 (40.00%) Reverse Engineering
1 2 (40.00%) Network Management
1 2 (40.00%) OOD
2 1 (20.00%) ETL
2 1 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 3 (60.00%) C
1 3 (60.00%) C++
1 3 (60.00%) Java
1 3 (60.00%) SQL
2 2 (40.00%) C#
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Lotus
1 1 (20.00%) Oracle
Gloucester, Gloucestershire
Good knowledge of quality assurance processes and tools... Interest in emerging technologies and the internet... Experience with automated testing, particularly Robot Framework and behaviour driven development (BDD)... Experience...
Fasthosts Internet Ltd
Salary: Up to £35,000 per annum depending on experience plus fantastic benefit
Posted: 23 May 2013
Gloucester
Quality Assurance EngineerFasthosts, the UK's foremost web hosting company, is one of the fastest growing technology businesses in the UK.
Fasthosts
Salary: Up to £35,000 depending on experience plus fantastic benefits
Posted: 14 June 2013