The first table below looks at the demand for ISTQB in IT jobs advertised for the Ipswich region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited ISTQB over the 3 months to 22 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 Qualifications for the Ipswich region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
International Software Testing Qualification Board (ISTQB)
Rank 52 - 47
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing ISTQB 2 0 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Ipswich 0.619% - 1.010%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.778% - 2.941%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 3
Average salary £20,000 - £21,500
UK excluding London average salary £33,000 £35,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-5.71% -6.66%
All Qualifications
Ipswich
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
72 52 102
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Ipswich 22.29% 19.92% 34.34%
Number of salaries quoted 58 48 98
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,500 £25,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £55,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
- +5.26%
ISTQB
Suffolk

ISTQB
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Ipswich 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 Ipswich region.

Ipswich ISTQB Salary Trend

ISTQB
Top 13 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Ipswich 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%) QA
2 3 (60.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 3 (60.00%) Test Scripting
2 3 (60.00%) C#
2 3 (60.00%) SQL
3 2 (40.00%) VB.NET
3 2 (40.00%) .NET
4 1 (20.00%) Software Testing
4 1 (20.00%) Root Cause Analysis
4 1 (20.00%) Performance Testing
4 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
4 1 (20.00%) VB

ISTQB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Ipswich 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%) .NET
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) Analyst
1 5 (100.00%) Test Analyst
2 3 (60.00%) QA Analyst
3 2 (40.00%) Senior Analyst
3 2 (40.00%) Senior Test Analyst
3 2 (40.00%) QA Test Analyst
3 2 (40.00%) Senior QA Analyst
3 2 (40.00%) Senior QA Test Analyst
3 2 (40.00%) Software Test Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 3 (60.00%) Test Scripting
2 1 (20.00%) Software Testing
2 1 (20.00%) Root Cause Analysis
2 1 (20.00%) Performance Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (60.00%) C#
1 3 (60.00%) SQL
2 2 (40.00%) VB.NET
3 1 (20.00%) VB
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (100.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
Ipswich, East Anglia
You will be required to use SQL in a .NET (VB.NET/ C#) environment and be able to deal with different test phases such as UAT, functional and...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £18000.00 - £22000.00 per annum
Posted: 10 May 2013