The first table below looks at the demand for Software Testing skills in IT jobs advertised for the Guildford region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Software Testing over the 3 months to 18 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 Guildford region.

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Testing
Rank 77 74 55
Rank change year-on-year
-3 -19
Permanent jobs citing Software Testing 10 4 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Guildford 1.114% 0.580% 0.393%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.511% 0.862% 0.538%
Number of salaries quoted 10 4 2
Average salary £30,500 £56,250 £46,350
Average salary % change year-on-year
-45.77% +21.35%
90% offered a salary of more than £29,850 £44,750 £39,430
10% offered a salary of more than £45,500 £62,500 £53,270
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £34,500 £32,500
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +6.15%
All Processes & Methodologies
Guildford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
662 464 372
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Guildford 73.72% 67.25% 73.08%
Number of salaries quoted 548 440 354
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £39,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +8.97%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £33,500 £27,000
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £55,000 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Software Testing
Surrey

Software Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Guildford 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 Guildford region.

Guildford Software Testing Salary Trend

Software Testing
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Software Testing across the Guildford region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

Guildford Software Testing Salary Histogram

Software Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Guildford 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 29 (70.73%) ISEB
2 27 (65.85%) Automated Testing
3 23 (56.10%) QA
4 22 (53.66%) ISTQB
5 18 (43.90%) QuickTest Pro
5 18 (43.90%) SQL
6 17 (41.46%) Selenium
7 16 (39.02%) WinRunner
8 15 (36.59%) Windows
9 14 (34.15%) Degree
10 13 (31.71%) Open Source
11 12 (29.27%) Test Scripting
11 12 (29.27%) Perl
12 10 (24.39%) Linux
13 9 (21.95%) Scrum
14 8 (19.51%) Games
14 8 (19.51%) Information Security
14 8 (19.51%) Microsoft
14 8 (19.51%) MySQL
14 8 (19.51%) CentOS
15 7 (17.07%) XML
15 7 (17.07%) UNIX
15 7 (17.07%) PHP
15 7 (17.07%) Extreme Programming
16 6 (14.63%) TDD
16 6 (14.63%) SQL Server
17 5 (12.20%) Oracle
17 5 (12.20%) C#
17 5 (12.20%) ISO 9001
17 5 (12.20%) Python

Software Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Guildford 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 Development
1 7 (17.07%) XML
2 5 (12.20%) Middleware
3 3 (7.317%) .NET
4 2 (4.878%) ASP.NET
5 1 (2.439%) COM
5 1 (2.439%) FreeSWITCH
Application Platforms
1 2 (4.878%) SharePoint Server
2 1 (2.439%) IIS
Applications
1 2 (4.878%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 3 (7.317%) HTTP
2 1 (2.439%) TCP/IP
2 1 (2.439%) VPN
2 1 (2.439%) MPLS
2 1 (2.439%) RTP
2 1 (2.439%) Firewall
2 1 (2.439%) Wireshark
2 1 (2.439%) Asterisk PBX
2 1 (2.439%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (19.51%) MySQL
2 6 (14.63%) SQL Server
3 3 (7.317%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 18 (43.90%) QuickTest Pro
2 17 (41.46%) Selenium
3 16 (39.02%) WinRunner
4 1 (2.439%) WebDriver
4 1 (2.439%) Trac
4 1 (2.439%) Subversion
General
1 8 (19.51%) Games
2 1 (2.439%) Law
Job Titles
1 17 (41.46%) Test Manager
2 9 (21.95%) Software Engineer
3 7 (17.07%) QA Engineer
4 6 (14.63%) Analyst
4 6 (14.63%) Test Analyst
5 5 (12.20%) Test Engineer
5 5 (12.20%) Software Test Engineer
6 2 (4.878%) Testing Engineer
6 2 (4.878%) Software Testing Engineer
6 2 (4.878%) QA Manager
7 1 (2.439%) C# Developer
7 1 (2.439%) Software Developer
7 1 (2.439%) Developer
7 1 (2.439%) C# Software Developer
7 1 (2.439%) Agile Test Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 13 (31.71%) Open Source
2 2 (4.878%) Cryptography
2 2 (4.878%) Mathematics
2 2 (4.878%) Computer Science
2 2 (4.878%) iPhone
3 1 (2.439%) SaaS
Operating Systems
1 15 (36.59%) Windows
2 10 (24.39%) Linux
3 8 (19.51%) CentOS
4 7 (17.07%) UNIX
5 2 (4.878%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (65.85%) Automated Testing
2 12 (29.27%) Test Scripting
3 9 (21.95%) Scrum
4 8 (19.51%) Information Security
5 7 (17.07%) Extreme Programming
6 6 (14.63%) TDD
7 5 (12.20%) Risk Assessment
7 5 (12.20%) Waterfall
8 2 (4.878%) Programme Management
8 2 (4.878%) UML
8 2 (4.878%) OOA/OOD
8 2 (4.878%) OO
8 2 (4.878%) OOD
8 2 (4.878%) Penetration Testing
8 2 (4.878%) Reverse Engineering
8 2 (4.878%) Requirements Analysis
8 2 (4.878%) Web Development
8 2 (4.878%) Business Development
9 1 (2.439%) User Acceptance Testing
9 1 (2.439%) Integration Testing
Programming Languages
1 18 (43.90%) SQL
2 12 (29.27%) Perl
3 7 (17.07%) PHP
4 5 (12.20%) C#
4 5 (12.20%) Python
4 5 (12.20%) Bash shell
5 4 (9.756%) C++
6 2 (4.878%) Java
6 2 (4.878%) C
7 1 (2.439%) Shell Script
7 1 (2.439%) VB
Qualifications
1 29 (70.73%) ISEB
2 22 (53.66%) ISTQB
3 14 (34.15%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (56.10%) QA
2 5 (12.20%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 1 (2.439%) OpenSIPS
Vendors
1 8 (19.51%) Microsoft
2 5 (12.20%) Oracle
Guildford, Surrey
existing and writing new test cases and test scripts... The key skills for this role are : Manual software testing methodologies, functional testing, integration testing and user acceptance... Automated...
Reflex Computer Recruitment
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum + Bens
Posted: 17 June 2013