The first table below looks at the demand for System Testing skills in IT jobs advertised for the Gloucestershire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited System Testing over the 3 months to 20 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 Gloucestershire region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
System Testing
Rank 85 54 80
Rank change year-on-year
-31 +26
Permanent jobs citing System Testing 6 48 7
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Gloucestershire 0.687% 3.944% 0.639%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.992% 5.473% 0.937%
Number of salaries quoted 5 21 7
Average salary £36,800 £35,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.14% -12.50%
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £36,000 £33,000
% change year-on-year
-2.77% +9.09%
All Processes & Methodologies
Gloucestershire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
605 877 747
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Gloucestershire 69.30% 72.06% 68.22%
Number of salaries quoted 521 720 663
Average salary £36,000 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-10.00% +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £30,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £57,500 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
System Testing
South West

System Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Gloucestershire System Testing Jobs Demand Trend

System Testing
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing System Testing across the Gloucestershire region.

Gloucestershire System Testing Salary Trend

System Testing
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing System Testing within the Gloucestershire region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Cheltenham -3 6 £36,800 +33.81%
System Testing
South West

System Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Gloucestershire region citing System 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 System Testing.

1 15 (78.95%) C#
1 15 (78.95%) .NET
2 14 (73.68%) ASP.NET
3 11 (57.89%) .NET Framework
4 10 (52.63%) Web Development
4 10 (52.63%) Agile Software Development
4 10 (52.63%) Java
5 7 (36.84%) Project Management
5 7 (36.84%) JavaScript
5 7 (36.84%) CSS
5 7 (36.84%) XML
5 7 (36.84%) XSL
5 7 (36.84%) XHTML
6 6 (31.58%) SQL Server
6 6 (31.58%) Degree
7 4 (21.05%) Scrum
8 3 (15.79%) MVC
8 3 (15.79%) Business Intelligence
8 3 (15.79%) SQL
8 3 (15.79%) TDD
8 3 (15.79%) Performance Management
8 3 (15.79%) BDD
8 3 (15.79%) Continuous Improvement
9 2 (10.53%) Change Control
9 2 (10.53%) Test Management
9 2 (10.53%) Technical Architecture
9 2 (10.53%) Oracle
9 2 (10.53%) CRM
9 2 (10.53%) Microsoft
9 2 (10.53%) Intranet

System Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Gloucestershire region citing System 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 System Testing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 15 (78.95%) .NET
2 14 (73.68%) ASP.NET
3 11 (57.89%) .NET Framework
4 7 (36.84%) CSS
4 7 (36.84%) XML
4 7 (36.84%) XSL
4 7 (36.84%) XHTML
5 1 (5.263%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 1 (5.263%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 1 (5.263%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 2 (10.53%) Intranet
1 2 (10.53%) Extranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (31.58%) SQL Server
2 1 (5.263%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (5.263%) Microsoft Analysis Services
2 1 (5.263%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (5.263%) SQL Server 2005
2 1 (5.263%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 1 (5.263%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 1 (5.263%) Visual Studio
Job Titles
1 9 (47.37%) Developer
2 6 (31.58%) .NET Developer
3 4 (21.05%) Analyst
3 4 (21.05%) Business Analyst
4 3 (15.79%) Team Leader
4 3 (15.79%) Technical Team Leader
5 2 (10.53%) Systems Architect
5 2 (10.53%) ASP.NET Developer
5 2 (10.53%) Architect
6 1 (5.263%) Senior Developer
6 1 (5.263%) Technical Manager
6 1 (5.263%) Delivery Manager
6 1 (5.263%) Senior .NET Developer
6 1 (5.263%) .NET Team Leader
6 1 (5.263%) Agile .NET Developer
6 1 (5.263%) Technical Delivery Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (10.53%) N-Tier
2 1 (5.263%) Cloud Computing
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.263%) Windows
1 1 (5.263%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (52.63%) Agile Software Development
1 10 (52.63%) Web Development
2 7 (36.84%) Project Management
3 4 (21.05%) Scrum
4 3 (15.79%) Business Intelligence
4 3 (15.79%) TDD
4 3 (15.79%) MVC
4 3 (15.79%) Performance Management
4 3 (15.79%) BDD
4 3 (15.79%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (10.53%) Change Control
5 2 (10.53%) Technical Architecture
5 2 (10.53%) Test Management
5 2 (10.53%) Workflow
5 2 (10.53%) CRM
6 1 (5.263%) E-Commerce
6 1 (5.263%) ERP
6 1 (5.263%) Data Modelling
6 1 (5.263%) Migration
6 1 (5.263%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 15 (78.95%) C#
2 10 (52.63%) Java
3 7 (36.84%) JavaScript
4 3 (15.79%) SQL
5 1 (5.263%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (31.58%) Degree
Vendors
1 2 (10.53%) Oracle
1 2 (10.53%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.263%) Salesforce.com