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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Testing
Rank 98 121 116
Rank change year-on-year
+23 -5
Permanent jobs citing Software Testing 42 29 50
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 1.704% 1.151% 1.482%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.228% 1.579% 1.934%
Number of salaries quoted 36 25 46
Average salary £37,500 £33,000 £36,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
+13.63% -8.96%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £22,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £46,250 £41,500 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £34,000 £34,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
- +4.61%
All Processes & Methodologies
Hertfordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1885 1837 2585
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 76.47% 72.93% 76.64%
Number of salaries quoted 1486 1476 2084
Average salary £45,000 £47,500 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.26% +5.55%
90% offered a salary of more than £31,500 £31,500 £32,500
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £67,500 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Software Testing
East of England

Software Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire Software Testing Salary Trend

Software Testing
Salary Histogram

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

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire 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
Hertford - 7 £45,000 -
Watford +17 6 £31,500 +14.54%
Hemel Hempstead +2 6 £30,750 -25.90%
St Albans 0 4 - -
Stevenage +10 2 £34,469 +30.06%
Welwyn Garden City -21 2 £37,500 -
Rickmansworth - 2 £45,000 -
Borehamwood -11 1 £45,000 +104.54%
Software Testing
East of England

Software Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Hertfordshire 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 36 (55.38%) SQL
2 25 (38.46%) Java
2 25 (38.46%) QA
3 23 (35.38%) ISEB
4 19 (29.23%) Regression Testing
5 18 (27.69%) Degree
5 18 (27.69%) QuickTest Pro
6 16 (24.62%) C
6 16 (24.62%) Windows
6 16 (24.62%) ISTQB
6 16 (24.62%) Finance
7 14 (21.54%) Retail
8 13 (20.00%) Python
8 13 (20.00%) C++
8 13 (20.00%) Oracle
9 12 (18.46%) Project Management
9 12 (18.46%) Manual Testing
10 11 (16.92%) System Testing
10 11 (16.92%) Test Automation
10 11 (16.92%) Selenium
11 10 (15.38%) Automated Testing
11 10 (15.38%) Marketing
11 10 (15.38%) Microsoft
11 10 (15.38%) HP Quality Center
11 10 (15.38%) Test Strategy
12 9 (13.85%) Automation Testing
12 9 (13.85%) Agile Software Development
12 9 (13.85%) Scrum
13 8 (12.31%) Validation
13 8 (12.31%) XML

Software Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Hertfordshire 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 8 (12.31%) XML
1 8 (12.31%) HTML
2 6 (9.231%) .NET
3 5 (7.692%) Web Services
4 2 (3.077%) SOAP
4 2 (3.077%) JMS
5 1 (1.538%) LINQ
5 1 (1.538%) Ajax
5 1 (1.538%) soapUI
Application Platforms
1 2 (3.077%) TIBCO EMS
2 1 (1.538%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (3.077%) MS Office
1 2 (3.077%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (3.077%) TIBCO BusinessEvents
1 2 (3.077%) BusinessWorks
Communications & Networking
1 4 (6.154%) HTTP
1 4 (6.154%) Broadband
2 2 (3.077%) ATM
3 1 (1.538%) LAN
3 1 (1.538%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (10.77%) SQL Server
2 3 (4.615%) SQL Server 2005
3 2 (3.077%) MySQL
3 2 (3.077%) SQL Server 2000
4 1 (1.538%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (1.538%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 18 (27.69%) QuickTest Pro
2 11 (16.92%) Selenium
3 6 (9.231%) JMeter
4 4 (6.154%) Visual Studio
5 2 (3.077%) WatiN
5 2 (3.077%) NUnit
5 2 (3.077%) LoadRunner
General
1 16 (24.62%) Finance
2 14 (21.54%) Retail
3 10 (15.38%) Marketing
4 7 (10.77%) Telecoms
5 3 (4.615%) Banking
6 1 (1.538%) Manufacturing
6 1 (1.538%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 21 (32.31%) Analyst
2 20 (30.77%) Tester
2 20 (30.77%) Test Analyst
3 14 (21.54%) Test Engineer
4 12 (18.46%) QA Engineer
5 10 (15.38%) Senior Tester
6 8 (12.31%) Consultant
7 7 (10.77%) Junior
8 6 (9.231%) Software Manager
8 6 (9.231%) Software Project Manager
8 6 (9.231%) Project Manager
8 6 (9.231%) Agile Project Manager
9 5 (7.692%) Junior Tester
9 5 (7.692%) Test Consultant
10 4 (6.154%) QA Tester
10 4 (6.154%) Software Engineer
11 3 (4.615%) Software Test Engineer
11 3 (4.615%) Software Tester
11 3 (4.615%) Automation Tester
12 2 (3.077%) Senior Software Tester
Miscellaneous
1 6 (9.231%) Computer Science
2 4 (6.154%) EPoS
3 2 (3.077%) Mobile App
3 2 (3.077%) Open Source
3 2 (3.077%) Speech Recognition
3 2 (3.077%) APACS
4 1 (1.538%) Mathematics
Operating Systems
1 16 (24.62%) Windows
2 7 (10.77%) Linux
3 2 (3.077%) Windows Server 2008
3 2 (3.077%) Windows Server 2003
4 1 (1.538%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (29.23%) Regression Testing
2 12 (18.46%) Project Management
2 12 (18.46%) Manual Testing
3 11 (16.92%) System Testing
3 11 (16.92%) Test Automation
4 10 (15.38%) Automated Testing
4 10 (15.38%) Test Strategy
5 9 (13.85%) Automation Testing
5 9 (13.85%) Agile Software Development
5 9 (13.85%) Scrum
6 8 (12.31%) Validation
6 8 (12.31%) PRINCE2
6 8 (12.31%) V-Model
7 7 (10.77%) Test Scripting
8 6 (9.231%) Load Testing
8 6 (9.231%) Test Management
8 6 (9.231%) Lean Six Sigma
8 6 (9.231%) Six Sigma
8 6 (9.231%) Network Architecture
9 5 (7.692%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 36 (55.38%) SQL
2 25 (38.46%) Java
3 16 (24.62%) C
4 13 (20.00%) Python
4 13 (20.00%) C++
5 8 (12.31%) PL/SQL
6 6 (9.231%) Perl
6 6 (9.231%) PHP
7 5 (7.692%) JavaScript
7 5 (7.692%) C#
8 3 (4.615%) T-SQL
9 2 (3.077%) Groovy
9 2 (3.077%) VBScript
9 2 (3.077%) Shell Script
10 1 (1.538%) VB
Qualifications
1 23 (35.38%) ISEB
2 18 (27.69%) Degree
3 16 (24.62%) ISTQB
4 6 (9.231%) PMP
4 6 (9.231%) PMI Certification
5 2 (3.077%) ISEB Practitioner
5 2 (3.077%) PhD
6 1 (1.538%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (38.46%) QA
System Software
1 1 (1.538%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 10 (15.38%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 13 (20.00%) Oracle
2 10 (15.38%) Microsoft
3 6 (9.231%) Cisco
3 6 (9.231%) Nortel
3 6 (9.231%) Avaya
4 5 (7.692%) SAP
4 5 (7.692%) HP
5 2 (3.077%) Siebel
5 2 (3.077%) TIBCO
5 2 (3.077%) IBM
5 2 (3.077%) Citrix
6 1 (1.538%) Telerik
St. Albans, Hertfordshire
Skills and experience: Proven track record and previous software testing experience. Knowledge of 'Software Testing Tools' e.g. (test management tools, capture replay tools, data preparation tools, debugging...
Sky
Posted: 30 April 2013
St. Albans, South East
Skills and experience: Proven track record and previous software testing experience. Knowledge of 'Software Testing Tools' e.g. (test management tools, capture replay tools, data preparation tools, debugging...
SkyIQ
Posted: 25 May 2013
Watford, Hertfordshire
An expanding Software Testing Consultancy in Watford are recruiting for three junior testers to join a team working for the most part on manual testing of web based...
Redrock Consulting Ltd
Salary: £20 - £25 per annum
Posted: 23 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire - Commutable from...
Our client is looking for an individual with strong technical and project management skills to lead the delivery of innovative online platform and product work packages for their...
Networx Recruitment
Salary: £Competitive Salary
Posted: 23 May 2013