The first table below looks at the demand for ISTQB in IT jobs advertised for the High Wycombe region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited ISTQB over the 3 months to 18 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 High Wycombe region.

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
International Software Testing Qualification Board (ISTQB)
Rank 36 40 -
Rank change year-on-year
+4 -
Permanent jobs citing ISTQB 2 5 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in High Wycombe 0.995% 1.901% -
As % of the Qualifications category 3.774% 5.682% -
Number of salaries quoted 2 5 0
Average salary £23,250 £25,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.00% -
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £35,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-7.14% -6.66%
All Qualifications
High Wycombe
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
53 88 68
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in High Wycombe 26.37% 33.46% 43.87%
Number of salaries quoted 46 78 58
Average salary £33,750 £40,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-15.62% +23.07%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £22,000 £23,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £52,500 £53,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
- +5.26%
ISTQB
Buckinghamshire

ISTQB
Jobs Demand Trend

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

High Wycombe 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 High Wycombe region.

High Wycombe ISTQB Salary Trend

ISTQB
Top 24 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the High Wycombe 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 5 (100.00%) ISEB
1 5 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 4 (80.00%) Test Automation
3 3 (60.00%) Microsoft
3 3 (60.00%) Team Foundation Server
3 3 (60.00%) Software Testing
3 3 (60.00%) Computer Science
3 3 (60.00%) QA
3 3 (60.00%) Scrum
3 3 (60.00%) C#
4 2 (40.00%) HTML
4 2 (40.00%) JavaScript
4 2 (40.00%) SQL
4 2 (40.00%) Visual Studio
4 2 (40.00%) JSP
4 2 (40.00%) XML
4 2 (40.00%) UNIX
4 2 (40.00%) Linux
4 2 (40.00%) E-Commerce
5 1 (20.00%) Automated Testing
5 1 (20.00%) Degree
5 1 (20.00%) Manual Testing
5 1 (20.00%) System Testing
5 1 (20.00%) Change Management

ISTQB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the High Wycombe 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 Development
1 2 (40.00%) HTML
1 2 (40.00%) JSP
1 2 (40.00%) XML
Development Applications
1 3 (60.00%) Team Foundation Server
2 2 (40.00%) Visual Studio
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Senior Test Engineer
1 2 (40.00%) Tester
1 2 (40.00%) Test Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Test Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Test Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Software Tester
2 1 (20.00%) QA Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) QA Test Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) QA Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Senior QA Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Senior QA Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Senior QA Test Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Web Tester
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 2 (40.00%) UNIX
1 2 (40.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 4 (80.00%) Test Automation
3 3 (60.00%) Software Testing
3 3 (60.00%) Scrum
4 2 (40.00%) E-Commerce
5 1 (20.00%) Change Management
5 1 (20.00%) Automated Testing
5 1 (20.00%) Manual Testing
5 1 (20.00%) System Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (60.00%) C#
2 2 (40.00%) JavaScript
2 2 (40.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) ISEB
2 1 (20.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (60.00%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft