The first table below looks at the demand for ISTQB in IT jobs advertised for the Herefordshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited ISTQB 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 Qualifications for the Herefordshire region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
International Software Testing Qualification Board (ISTQB)
Rank - 28 -
Permanent jobs citing ISTQB 0 2 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Herefordshire - 2.247% -
As % of the Qualifications category - 6.897% -
Number of salaries quoted 0 1 0
Average salary - £28,500 -
UK excluding London average salary £33,000 £35,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-5.71% -6.66%
All Qualifications
Herefordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
11 29 9
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Herefordshire 45.83% 32.58% 25.71%
Number of salaries quoted 10 25 8
Average salary £45,000 £28,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+57.89% -18.57%
90% offered a salary of more than £19,126 £26,000 £24,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £38,250 £35,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
- +5.26%
ISTQB
West Midlands

ISTQB
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing ISTQB across the Herefordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

Herefordshire ISTQB Jobs Demand Trend

ISTQB
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing ISTQB across the Herefordshire region.

Herefordshire ISTQB Salary Trend

ISTQB
Top 14 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Herefordshire region citing ISTQB 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 ISTQB.

1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) IIS
1 1 (100.00%) MS Office
1 1 (100.00%) Visual Studio
1 1 (100.00%) HND
1 1 (100.00%) MS Excel
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) ISEB
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server 2005
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Test Management
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server 2008

ISTQB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Herefordshire region citing ISTQB 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 ISTQB. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (100.00%) MS Office
1 1 (100.00%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server 2005
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Visual Studio
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Test Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) HND
1 1 (100.00%) ISEB
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft