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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Testing
Rank - 8 -
Permanent jobs citing Software Testing 0 8 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hereford - 25.00% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - 36.36% -
Number of salaries quoted 0 8 0
Average salary - £28,500 -
UK excluding London average salary £34,000 £34,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
- +4.61%
All Processes & Methodologies
Hereford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
5 22 7
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hereford 55.56% 68.75% 53.85%
Number of salaries quoted 5 22 7
Average salary £45,000 £28,500 £23,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
+57.89% +20.00%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Software Testing
Herefordshire

Software Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hereford 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 Hereford region.

Hereford Software Testing Salary Trend

Software Testing
Top 19 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Hereford 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 4 (100.00%) SQL
1 4 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 4 (100.00%) Visual Studio
1 4 (100.00%) QA
2 3 (75.00%) Test Management
2 3 (75.00%) Automated Testing
2 3 (75.00%) SQL Server 2005
2 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (75.00%) NHS
2 3 (75.00%) Manual Testing
2 3 (75.00%) SQL Server 2008
2 3 (75.00%) Mobile Payment
3 1 (25.00%) C#
3 1 (25.00%) Chip and PIN
3 1 (25.00%) Windows
3 1 (25.00%) .NET
3 1 (25.00%) Test Scripting
3 1 (25.00%) Finance
3 1 (25.00%) Advertising

Software Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Hereford 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 1 (25.00%) .NET
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 3 (75.00%) SQL Server 2005
2 3 (75.00%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 4 (100.00%) Visual Studio
General
1 1 (25.00%) Finance
1 1 (25.00%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Analyst
1 4 (100.00%) Test Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Test Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) QA Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) NHS
1 3 (75.00%) Mobile Payment
2 1 (25.00%) Chip and PIN
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Test Management
1 3 (75.00%) Automated Testing
1 3 (75.00%) Manual Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) SQL
2 1 (25.00%) C#
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (100.00%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft