The first table below looks at the demand for Software Testing skills in IT jobs advertised for the Home Counties region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Software Testing over the 3 months to 21 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 Home Counties region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Testing
Rank - - -
Permanent jobs citing Software Testing 0 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the Home Counties - - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - - -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Average salary - - -
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £34,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
+2.94% +4.61%
All Processes & Methodologies
Home Counties
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
10 49 131
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the Home Counties 52.63% 67.12% 68.95%
Number of salaries quoted 3 34 128
Average salary £70,000 £52,500 £60,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+33.33% -12.50%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Software Testing
South East

Software Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Home Counties 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 Home Counties region.

Home Counties Software Testing Salary Trend

Software Testing
Top 9 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Home Counties 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 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) XML
1 1 (100.00%) ISEB
1 1 (100.00%) Agile Software Development
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB
1 1 (100.00%) Degree

Software Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Home Counties 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 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) XML
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Test Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile Software Development
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) ISEB
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB
1 1 (100.00%) Degree