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This section looks at the demand for Software Testing skills within the Hampshire region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Software Testing over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSoftware Testing
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank100118
Rank change on same period last yearUp+18
Matching permanent IT job ads12388
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.065 %0.036 %
As % of the category below3.145 %2.210 %
Salaries quoted11384
Average minimum salary£31,462£33,298
Average salary£34,919£35,167
% change on same period last year-0.70 %
Average maximum salary£38,376£37,036
UK excluding London average salary£34,409£33,204
% change on same period last year+3.63 %
Hampshire IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
Hampshire
Matching permanent IT job ads39113982
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled2.065 %1.631 %
Salaries quoted31413107
Average minimum salary£38,249£37,992
Average salary£41,900£41,004
% change on same period last year+2.18 %
Average maximum salary£45,552£44,016
UK excluding London average salary£42,567£44,524
% change on same period last year-4.39 %
Software Testing South EastSoftware Testing
South East

Software Testing
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 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 Demand Trend

Software Testing
Salary Trend

The 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

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Software Testing across the Hampshire region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

Hampshire Software Testing Salary Histogram

Software Testing
Job Locations

This section 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 25 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
BasingstokeDown-2722£31,361-11.65 %
SouthamptonUp+1420£32,800-24.55 %
EastleighNew entry-14£30,429-
PortsmouthUp+1610£40,400+118.37 %
FarnboroughDown-15£36,900+41.92 %
FarehamDown-35£28,250-6.99 %
GosportNew entry-2£24,000-
Software Testing South EastSoftware Testing
South East

Software Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, 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.

176 (30.04 %)C++
262 (24.51 %)OO
360 (23.72 %)ISEB
449 (19.37 %)QA
544 (17.39 %)Embedded C++
643 (17.00 %)Oracle
737 (14.62 %)SQL
836 (14.23 %)C
935 (13.83 %)UML
1034 (13.44 %)OOD
1132 (12.65 %)Test Scripting
1231 (12.25 %)Java
1329 (11.46 %)UNIX
1427 (10.67 %)Windows
1526 (10.28 %)Linux
1526 (10.28 %)Microsoft
1526 (10.28 %)Automated Testing
1625 (9.881 %)Finance
1721 (8.300 %)Pensions
1819 (7.510 %)Telecoms
1819 (7.510 %)Visual Studio
1918 (7.115 %)SQL Server
1918 (7.115 %)Wireless
2016 (6.324 %)Security Cleared
2016 (6.324 %)Client/Server
2016 (6.324 %)GSM
2115 (5.929 %)IIS
2115 (5.929 %)Oracle 10g
2115 (5.929 %)Performance Testing
2214 (5.534 %)Document Management

Software Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, 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.

Hampshire IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
112 (4.743 %)J2EE
211 (4.348 %).NET
38 (3.162 %)XML
44 (1.581 %)ASP.NET
53 (1.186 %)ATL
53 (1.186 %)HTML
53 (1.186 %)MFC
53 (1.186 %)ASP
61 (0.395 %)WinForms
Hampshire IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
115 (5.929 %)IIS
212 (4.743 %)Oracle Workflow
38 (3.162 %)Exchange Server 5.5
38 (3.162 %)Exchange Server 2003
38 (3.162 %)Exchange Server 2007
45 (1.976 %)BizTalk Server
54 (1.581 %)MS Exchange
62 (0.791 %)iFIX
71 (0.395 %)Lotus Domino
71 (0.395 %)MQSeries
Hampshire IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
111 (4.348 %)MS Excel
21 (0.395 %)MS Project
Hampshire IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
118 (7.115 %)Wireless
216 (6.324 %)GSM
312 (4.743 %)Broadband
312 (4.743 %)SNMP
410 (3.953 %)DNS
410 (3.953 %)WCDMA
59 (3.557 %)VoIP
59 (3.557 %)MGCP
59 (3.557 %)Megaco
59 (3.557 %)CTI
66 (2.372 %)SMS
66 (2.372 %)3GPP
66 (2.372 %)3G
74 (1.581 %)2G
74 (1.581 %)GPRS
82 (0.791 %)WiMAX
91 (0.395 %)Intranet
91 (0.395 %)Internet
Hampshire IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
118 (7.115 %)SQL Server
215 (5.929 %)Oracle 10g
313 (5.138 %)Oracle 9i
43 (1.186 %)RDBMS
51 (0.395 %)DB2
51 (0.395 %)SQL Server 2000
51 (0.395 %)MySQL
Hampshire IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
119 (7.510 %)Visual Studio
211 (4.348 %)TestDirector
310 (3.953 %)VSS/SourceSafe
48 (3.162 %)QuickTest Pro
54 (1.581 %)LoadRunner
63 (1.186 %)WinRunner
72 (0.791 %)SilkTest
81 (0.395 %)Flash
81 (0.395 %)PowerBuilder
Hampshire IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
125 (9.881 %)Finance
221 (8.300 %)Pensions
319 (7.510 %)Telecoms
413 (5.138 %)Government
511 (4.348 %)Military
67 (2.767 %)Electronics
76 (2.372 %)Education
85 (1.976 %)Financial Institution
85 (1.976 %)Banking
94 (1.581 %)Health
103 (1.186 %)Pharmaceutical
103 (1.186 %)Retail
112 (0.791 %)Graphic Design
112 (0.791 %)3D Graphics
112 (0.791 %)Insurance
112 (0.791 %)Electric
121 (0.395 %)Manufacturing
121 (0.395 %)Multimedia
Hampshire IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
182 (32.41 %)Tester
255 (21.74 %)Software Tester
353 (20.95 %)Software Engineer
353 (20.95 %)Analyst
441 (16.21 %)Test Analyst
518 (7.115 %)QA Tester
616 (6.324 %)Test Engineer
715 (5.929 %)Senior Software Engineer
715 (5.929 %)Test Manager
813 (5.138 %)Developer
813 (5.138 %)QA Analyst
813 (5.138 %)Embedded C++ Engineer
912 (4.743 %)Software Developer
912 (4.743 %)Embedded Software Engineer
912 (4.743 %)C++ Software Engineer
1010 (3.953 %)Systems Tester
1010 (3.953 %)Support Engineer
119 (3.557 %)Real Time Engineer
128 (3.162 %)Embedded C++ Software Engineer
137 (2.767 %)Principal Engineer
Hampshire IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
116 (6.324 %)Client/Server
28 (3.162 %)Device Driver
34 (1.581 %)Computer Science
34 (1.581 %)AS400
Hampshire IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
129 (11.46 %)UNIX
227 (10.67 %)Windows
326 (10.28 %)Linux
46 (2.372 %)ThreadX
51 (0.395 %)Windows 2000
51 (0.395 %)Solaris
Hampshire IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
162 (24.51 %)OO
235 (13.83 %)UML
334 (13.44 %)OOD
432 (12.65 %)Test Scripting
526 (10.28 %)Automated Testing
616 (6.324 %)Security Cleared
715 (5.929 %)Performance Testing
814 (5.534 %)Document Management
814 (5.534 %)Workflow
913 (5.138 %)Configuration Management
913 (5.138 %)Manual Testing
109 (3.557 %)Load Testing
109 (3.557 %)SC Cleared
109 (3.557 %)BC Cleared
117 (2.767 %)Regression Testing
126 (2.372 %)Project Management
126 (2.372 %)Extreme Programming
126 (2.372 %)CRM
126 (2.372 %)Web Testing
126 (2.372 %)TDD
Hampshire IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
176 (30.04 %)C++
244 (17.39 %)Embedded C++
337 (14.62 %)SQL
436 (14.23 %)C
531 (12.25 %)Java
613 (5.138 %)VB
78 (3.162 %)VBScript
87 (2.767 %)VBA
95 (1.976 %)C#
104 (1.581 %)Tcl
113 (1.186 %)PL/SQL
122 (0.791 %)JavaScript
122 (0.791 %)Perl
122 (0.791 %)PHP
Hampshire IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
160 (23.72 %)ISEB
212 (4.743 %)ISTQB
212 (4.743 %)Degree
36 (2.372 %)ISEB Practitioner
Hampshire IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
149 (19.37 %)QA
21 (0.395 %)ISO9001
Hampshire IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
110 (3.953 %)Active Directory
25 (1.976 %)MSMQ
Hampshire IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
110 (3.953 %)MOM
24 (1.581 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
Hampshire IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
143 (17.00 %)Oracle
226 (10.28 %)Microsoft
39 (3.557 %)Compuware
42 (0.791 %)Siebel
42 (0.791 %)Anite
51 (0.395 %)IBM
51 (0.395 %)Adobe
51 (0.395 %)HP
51 (0.395 %)Apple
51 (0.395 %)TIBCO
51 (0.395 %)Sony
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