The first table below looks at the demand for Software Testing skills in IT jobs advertised for the Hampshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Software Testing over the 3 months to 24 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 Hampshire region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Testing
Rank 111 107 108
Rank change year-on-year
-4 +1
Permanent jobs citing Software Testing 71 72 61
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hampshire 2.057% 1.876% 1.681%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.711% 2.462% 2.332%
Number of salaries quoted 57 65 50
Average salary £28,500 £35,000 £30,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-18.57% +14.75%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £27,500 £24,750
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £47,500 £37,600
UK excluding London average salary £34,000 £34,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
- +4.61%
All Processes & Methodologies
Hampshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
2619 2925 2616
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hampshire 75.87% 76.23% 72.09%
Number of salaries quoted 2208 2525 2200
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £29,500 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £66,050 £62,500 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Software Testing
South East

Software Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hampshire 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 Hampshire region.

Hampshire Software Testing Salary Trend

Software Testing
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Software Testing across the Hampshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Hampshire Software Testing Salary Histogram

Software Testing
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Testing within the Hampshire region over the 3 months to 24 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
Basingstoke -2 15 £27,500 -42.10%
Winchester +1 14 £27,500 -
Southampton -19 7 £37,500 +25.00%
Portsmouth -2 6 £29,750 -15.00%
Aldershot - 6 £43,750 -
Fareham 0 4 £45,000 +57.89%
Farnborough +1 2 £25,000 -28.57%
Andover - 2 - -
Havant - 1 £38,500 -
Software Testing
South East

Software Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Hampshire 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 58 (37.66%) Test Scripting
2 52 (33.77%) QA
3 48 (31.17%) SQL
4 39 (25.32%) Linux
5 29 (18.83%) ISEB
6 28 (18.18%) UNIX
7 27 (17.53%) SQL Server
7 27 (17.53%) Microsoft
7 27 (17.53%) Automated Testing
8 25 (16.23%) ITIL
9 24 (15.58%) .NET
10 23 (14.94%) ISTQB
10 23 (14.94%) Manual Testing
10 23 (14.94%) HP Quality Center
11 22 (14.29%) Regression Testing
12 21 (13.64%) Oracle
13 19 (12.34%) XML
13 19 (12.34%) Windows
14 18 (11.69%) C#
14 18 (11.69%) Java
14 18 (11.69%) Test Management
15 17 (11.04%) Scrum
15 17 (11.04%) Project Management
16 16 (10.39%) HP
16 16 (10.39%) CentOS
17 15 (9.740%) Test Automation
17 15 (9.740%) Degree
17 15 (9.740%) VMware
17 15 (9.740%) Telecoms
17 15 (9.740%) MS Office

Software Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Hampshire 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 24 (15.58%) .NET
2 19 (12.34%) XML
3 12 (7.792%) HTML
3 12 (7.792%) .NET Framework
4 9 (5.844%) Servlets
5 7 (4.545%) WinForms
5 7 (4.545%) Ajax
5 7 (4.545%) ASP.NET
6 6 (3.896%) Web Services
7 5 (3.247%) JSON
7 5 (3.247%) J2EE
7 5 (3.247%) SOAP
7 5 (3.247%) REST
7 5 (3.247%) WebRTC
8 4 (2.597%) JSP
8 4 (2.597%) CSS
8 4 (2.597%) Velocity
9 3 (1.948%) NHibernate
9 3 (1.948%) JDBC
9 3 (1.948%) EJB
Application Platforms
1 9 (5.844%) MS Exchange
2 4 (2.597%) Oracle Workflow
3 2 (1.299%) Apache
4 1 (0.649%) Tomcat
4 1 (0.649%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.649%) WebLogic
4 1 (0.649%) CM System
Applications
1 15 (9.740%) MS Office
2 14 (9.091%) MS Excel
3 7 (4.545%) Niku Workbench
4 1 (0.649%) MS PowerPoint
4 1 (0.649%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (1.948%) Remedy ITSM
Communications & Networking
1 12 (7.792%) HTTP
2 11 (7.143%) ATM
3 8 (5.195%) Internet
4 7 (4.545%) DNS
4 7 (4.545%) TCP/IP
5 5 (3.247%) Firewall
5 5 (3.247%) SMTP
6 3 (1.948%) VPN
7 2 (1.299%) DHCP
7 2 (1.299%) CTI
8 1 (0.649%) Network Security
8 1 (0.649%) VLAN
8 1 (0.649%) DVB
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (17.53%) SQL Server
2 10 (6.494%) MySQL
3 5 (3.247%) Oracle 11g
4 4 (2.597%) Oracle 9i
4 4 (2.597%) Oracle 10g
5 3 (1.948%) TOAD
5 3 (1.948%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 6 (3.896%) Visual Studio
2 5 (3.247%) QuickTest Pro
3 4 (2.597%) Selenium
4 3 (1.948%) Bugzilla
4 3 (1.948%) WebDriver
4 3 (1.948%) JIRA
4 3 (1.948%) ReSharper
4 3 (1.948%) Eclipse
4 3 (1.948%) Cucumber
5 2 (1.299%) TestDirector
5 2 (1.299%) MSI
5 2 (1.299%) InstallShield
6 1 (0.649%) Subversion
6 1 (0.649%) Visual Studio Team System
6 1 (0.649%) Git (software)
6 1 (0.649%) Team Foundation Server
6 1 (0.649%) ClearCase
General
1 15 (9.740%) Telecoms
2 6 (3.896%) Back Office
3 5 (3.247%) Law
4 4 (2.597%) Marketing
4 4 (2.597%) Retail
4 4 (2.597%) Advertising
5 3 (1.948%) Finance
6 2 (1.299%) Electronics
7 1 (0.649%) Manufacturing
7 1 (0.649%) Avionics
Job Titles
1 42 (27.27%) Tester
2 37 (24.03%) Software Tester
3 28 (18.18%) Analyst
4 25 (16.23%) Test Analyst
5 18 (11.69%) Software Engineer
6 17 (11.04%) Test Manager
7 15 (9.740%) Administrator
8 13 (8.442%) QA Engineer
9 12 (7.792%) QA Manager
9 12 (7.792%) Developer
9 12 (7.792%) QA Tester
10 9 (5.844%) Linux Systems Administrator
10 9 (5.844%) Linux Administrator
10 9 (5.844%) Systems Administrator
11 8 (5.195%) Java Developer
12 7 (4.545%) Test Engineer
12 7 (4.545%) Software Development Engineer
12 7 (4.545%) Development Engineer
13 5 (3.247%) Applications Support
13 5 (3.247%) Exchange Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 10 (6.494%) Open Source
2 9 (5.844%) Derivative
3 7 (4.545%) Computer Science
3 7 (4.545%) Client/Server
4 5 (3.247%) Replication
5 4 (2.597%) Digital Media
5 4 (2.597%) N-Tier
5 4 (2.597%) PMI
5 4 (2.597%) SaaS
6 2 (1.299%) Firmware
6 2 (1.299%) Mathematics
6 2 (1.299%) Inversion of Control
7 1 (0.649%) Streaming Video
7 1 (0.649%) STB
7 1 (0.649%) DTV
7 1 (0.649%) MPEG
Operating Systems
1 39 (25.32%) Linux
2 28 (18.18%) UNIX
3 19 (12.34%) Windows
4 16 (10.39%) CentOS
5 13 (8.442%) Solaris
6 9 (5.844%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 9 (5.844%) Oracle Linux
7 4 (2.597%) AIX
8 3 (1.948%) Windows XP
8 3 (1.948%) HPUX
9 1 (0.649%) Windows Server 2008
9 1 (0.649%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (37.66%) Test Scripting
2 27 (17.53%) Automated Testing
3 25 (16.23%) ITIL
4 23 (14.94%) Manual Testing
5 22 (14.29%) Regression Testing
6 18 (11.69%) Test Management
7 17 (11.04%) Scrum
7 17 (11.04%) Project Management
8 15 (9.740%) Test Automation
9 14 (9.091%) Test Strategy
10 12 (7.792%) Performance Testing
11 11 (7.143%) PRINCE2
11 11 (7.143%) Waterfall
12 10 (6.494%) OO
12 10 (6.494%) Agile Software Development
13 9 (5.844%) Security Management
13 9 (5.844%) ITIL V3
14 8 (5.195%) Release Management
15 7 (4.545%) Information Security
15 7 (4.545%) Extreme Programming
Programming Languages
1 48 (31.17%) SQL
2 18 (11.69%) C#
2 18 (11.69%) Java
3 14 (9.091%) Perl
4 13 (8.442%) VB.NET
4 13 (8.442%) Shell Script
5 11 (7.143%) JavaScript
6 10 (6.494%) PL/SQL
7 9 (5.844%) PHP
8 8 (5.195%) VB
8 8 (5.195%) Python
9 6 (3.896%) T-SQL
9 6 (3.896%) C++
10 5 (3.247%) Bash shell
11 4 (2.597%) VB6
12 3 (1.948%) Ruby
13 2 (1.299%) C
13 2 (1.299%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 29 (18.83%) ISEB
2 23 (14.94%) ISTQB
3 15 (9.740%) Degree
4 14 (9.091%) Security Cleared
5 9 (5.844%) SC Cleared
5 9 (5.844%) RHCE
6 4 (2.597%) PMI Certification
7 2 (1.299%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.649%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 52 (33.77%) QA
2 9 (5.844%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 14 (9.091%) VMware Infrastructure
2 10 (6.494%) Active Directory
3 4 (2.597%) VirtualBox
4 2 (1.299%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 23 (14.94%) HP Quality Center
2 4 (2.597%) Control-M
3 2 (1.299%) WSUS
3 2 (1.299%) SCCM
Vendors
1 27 (17.53%) Microsoft
2 21 (13.64%) Oracle
3 16 (10.39%) HP
4 15 (9.740%) VMware
5 9 (5.844%) Red Hat
6 7 (4.545%) Niku
6 7 (4.545%) IBM
6 7 (4.545%) JBoss
7 3 (1.948%) Remedy
7 3 (1.948%) BMC
8 2 (1.299%) SAP
8 2 (1.299%) Avaya
8 2 (1.299%) Mitel
9 1 (0.649%) ATG
9 1 (0.649%) Citrix
9 1 (0.649%) Progress
Winchester, Hampshire
Your main testing experience will be within manual testing but any experience in automated testing would also be beneficial. The majority of the software will be written in...
Spectrum IT Recruitment (South) Ltd
Salary: £25000 - £30000 per annum
Posted: 19 May 2013
Southampton, South East
Taking the role in the quality assurance of an agile team you will ensure that Linux, web-based software is tested thoroughly and performs according to the requirements...
Deerfoot IT Resources Ltd
Salary: £20000 - £25000 per annum + flexi time, 5% pension and more
Posted: 14 May 2013