The first table below looks at the demand for Test Strategy skills in IT jobs advertised for the Ipswich region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Test Strategy 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 Ipswich region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Strategy
Rank 52 43 50
Rank change year-on-year
-9 +7
Permanent jobs citing Test Strategy 1 4 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Ipswich 0.311% 1.538% 0.347%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.465% 1.878% 0.450%
Number of salaries quoted 1 4 1
Average salary £35,000 £27,500 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+27.27% -35.29%
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £43,750 £42,500
% change year-on-year
+2.85% +2.94%
All Processes & Methodologies
Ipswich
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
215 213 222
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Ipswich 66.77% 81.92% 77.08%
Number of salaries quoted 197 188 208
Average salary £40,000 £38,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.26% +1.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,500 £25,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £55,000 £54,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Test Strategy
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Test Strategy
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Ipswich Test Strategy Jobs Demand Trend

Test Strategy
Salary Trend

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

Ipswich Test Strategy Salary Trend

Test Strategy
Top 7 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Ipswich region citing Test Strategy 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 Test Strategy.

1 2 (66.67%) Regression Testing
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
1 2 (66.67%) Agile Software Development
1 2 (66.67%) User Acceptance Testing
1 2 (66.67%) SaaS
2 1 (33.33%) Manual Testing
2 1 (33.33%) QA

Test Strategy
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Ipswich region citing Test Strategy 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 Test Strategy. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

General
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Analyst
1 2 (66.67%) Test Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) QA Leader
2 1 (33.33%) Test Team Leader
2 1 (33.33%) Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) SaaS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Regression Testing
1 2 (66.67%) Agile Software Development
1 2 (66.67%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Manual Testing
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) QA