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

Location
3 months to
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Testing
Rank 38 34 -
Rank change year-on-year
-4 -
Permanent jobs citing Software Testing 4 11 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hemel Hempstead 1.786% 4.508% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.548% 5.366% -
Number of salaries quoted 4 11 0
Average salary £29,000 £41,500 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-30.12% -
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
- +7.69%
All Processes & Methodologies
Hemel Hempstead
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
157 205 96
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hemel Hempstead 70.09% 84.02% 72.73%
Number of salaries quoted 151 193 89
Average salary £38,500 £38,500 £37,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +4.05%
90% offered a salary of more than £29,000 £25,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £53,500 £75,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Software Testing
Hertfordshire

Software Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hemel Hempstead 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 Hemel Hempstead region.

Hemel Hempstead Software Testing Salary Trend

Software Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the Hemel Hempstead 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%) SQL
1 10 (100.00%) ISEB
1 10 (100.00%) ISTQB
1 10 (100.00%) QA
2 8 (80.00%) System Testing
2 8 (80.00%) Regression Testing
3 5 (50.00%) JMeter
3 5 (50.00%) Automated Testing
3 5 (50.00%) HP Quality Center
3 5 (50.00%) Automation Testing
3 5 (50.00%) Selenium
3 5 (50.00%) Load Testing
3 5 (50.00%) Avaya
3 5 (50.00%) QuickTest Pro
3 5 (50.00%) JavaScript
3 5 (50.00%) PHP
3 5 (50.00%) Cisco
3 5 (50.00%) Nortel
3 5 (50.00%) XML
3 5 (50.00%) Python
3 5 (50.00%) C
3 5 (50.00%) C++
3 5 (50.00%) HTML
4 3 (30.00%) Java
5 2 (20.00%) PhD
5 2 (20.00%) Data Modelling
5 2 (20.00%) Project Management
5 2 (20.00%) Computer Science
5 2 (20.00%) Speech Recognition
5 2 (20.00%) Information Security

Software Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the Hemel Hempstead 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 5 (50.00%) XML
1 5 (50.00%) HTML
Development Applications
1 5 (50.00%) JMeter
1 5 (50.00%) Selenium
1 5 (50.00%) QuickTest Pro
Job Titles
1 10 (100.00%) QA Engineer
2 8 (80.00%) Test Engineer
2 8 (80.00%) Analyst
2 8 (80.00%) Test Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) Computer Science
1 2 (20.00%) Speech Recognition
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (80.00%) System Testing
1 8 (80.00%) Regression Testing
2 5 (50.00%) Automated Testing
2 5 (50.00%) Automation Testing
2 5 (50.00%) Load Testing
3 2 (20.00%) Data Modelling
3 2 (20.00%) Project Management
3 2 (20.00%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 10 (100.00%) SQL
2 5 (50.00%) JavaScript
2 5 (50.00%) PHP
2 5 (50.00%) Python
2 5 (50.00%) C
2 5 (50.00%) C++
3 3 (30.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 10 (100.00%) ISEB
1 10 (100.00%) ISTQB
2 2 (20.00%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (100.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 5 (50.00%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 5 (50.00%) Avaya
1 5 (50.00%) Cisco
1 5 (50.00%) Nortel