The first table below looks at the demand for Software Testing skills in IT jobs advertised for the Halifax 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 Halifax region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Testing
Rank 21 33 27
Rank change year-on-year
+12 -6
Permanent jobs citing Software Testing 7 2 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Halifax 4.698% 1.020% 0.794%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.087% 1.351% 1.250%
Number of salaries quoted 0 2 1
Average salary - £32,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -7.14%
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
- +7.69%
All Processes & Methodologies
Halifax
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
115 148 80
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Halifax 77.18% 75.51% 63.49%
Number of salaries quoted 81 106 54
Average salary £37,500 £35,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.14% -
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £27,500 £27,000
10% offered a salary of more than £48,500 £55,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Software Testing
West Yorkshire

Software Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Halifax 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 Halifax region.

Halifax Software Testing Salary Trend

Software Testing
Top 5 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Halifax 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 10 (100.00%) ITIL
1 10 (100.00%) SLA
1 10 (100.00%) PRINCE
1 10 (100.00%) Project Management
1 10 (100.00%) QA

Software Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Halifax 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.

Job Titles
1 7 (70.00%) Operations Manager
1 7 (70.00%) Support Manager
2 3 (30.00%) Development Manager
2 3 (30.00%) QA Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (100.00%) ITIL
1 10 (100.00%) PRINCE
1 10 (100.00%) Project Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (100.00%) SLA
1 10 (100.00%) QA