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

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Testing
Rank 91 62 87
Rank change year-on-year
-29 +25
Permanent jobs citing Software Testing 4 12 15
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Kent 0.347% 1.700% 1.430%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.486% 2.348% 1.961%
Number of salaries quoted 4 12 14
Average salary £35,000 £38,776 £28,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-9.73% +38.48%
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £34,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
+2.94% +4.61%
All Processes & Methodologies
Kent
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
823 511 765
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Kent 71.32% 72.38% 72.93%
Number of salaries quoted 693 452 693
Average salary £42,500 £37,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+13.33% -
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £25,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £50,600 £50,000
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 Kent region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Kent 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 Kent region.

Kent Software Testing Salary Trend

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 Kent region over the 3 months to 21 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
Maidstone - 2 £32,500 -
Tunbridge Wells +8 1 £35,000 +27.27%
West Malling - 1 £30,000 -
Sevenoaks - 1 £35,000 -
Software Testing
South East

Software Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Kent 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 11 (78.57%) SQL
2 9 (64.29%) PHP
2 9 (64.29%) MySQL
2 9 (64.29%) QA
2 9 (64.29%) Test Scripting
3 8 (57.14%) Degree
3 8 (57.14%) Scrum
3 8 (57.14%) Perl
3 8 (57.14%) Linux
3 8 (57.14%) ISEB
4 7 (50.00%) Extreme Programming
4 7 (50.00%) Information Security
4 7 (50.00%) CentOS
5 6 (42.86%) UNIX
6 4 (28.57%) XML
6 4 (28.57%) Selenium
6 4 (28.57%) Automation Testing
7 3 (21.43%) C#
7 3 (21.43%) HTML
8 2 (14.29%) Java
8 2 (14.29%) JavaScript
8 2 (14.29%) Windows
8 2 (14.29%) SQL Server
8 2 (14.29%) MS Office
8 2 (14.29%) ETL
8 2 (14.29%) Python
8 2 (14.29%) E-Commerce
8 2 (14.29%) Migration
8 2 (14.29%) System Testing
8 2 (14.29%) User Acceptance Testing

Software Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Kent 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 4 (28.57%) XML
2 3 (21.43%) HTML
3 1 (7.143%) Zend Framework
3 1 (7.143%) jQuery
3 1 (7.143%) Web Services
3 1 (7.143%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 1 (7.143%) concrete5
1 1 (7.143%) Drupal
1 1 (7.143%) Apache
Applications
1 2 (14.29%) MS Office
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (64.29%) MySQL
2 2 (14.29%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (28.57%) Selenium
2 1 (7.143%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (7.143%) JIRA
2 1 (7.143%) QuickTest Pro
2 1 (7.143%) Visual Studio
General
1 1 (7.143%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 8 (57.14%) QA Engineer
2 3 (21.43%) Software Test Analyst
2 3 (21.43%) Tester
2 3 (21.43%) Analyst
2 3 (21.43%) Test Analyst
3 2 (14.29%) Senior Tester
3 2 (14.29%) Test Leader
3 2 (14.29%) Automation Tester
4 1 (7.143%) Senior Automation Tester
4 1 (7.143%) QA Automation Engineer
4 1 (7.143%) Automation Engineer
4 1 (7.143%) Senior QA Engineer
4 1 (7.143%) Senior QA Tester
4 1 (7.143%) QA Tester
4 1 (7.143%) PHP Developer
4 1 (7.143%) QA Test Analyst
4 1 (7.143%) QA Analyst
4 1 (7.143%) Senior Web Tester
4 1 (7.143%) Web Engineer
4 1 (7.143%) Senior Web Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (14.29%) Open Source
2 1 (7.143%) Replication
2 1 (7.143%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 8 (57.14%) Linux
2 7 (50.00%) CentOS
3 6 (42.86%) UNIX
4 2 (14.29%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (64.29%) Test Scripting
2 8 (57.14%) Scrum
3 7 (50.00%) Extreme Programming
3 7 (50.00%) Information Security
4 4 (28.57%) Automation Testing
5 2 (14.29%) ETL
5 2 (14.29%) E-Commerce
5 2 (14.29%) Migration
5 2 (14.29%) System Testing
5 2 (14.29%) User Acceptance Testing
5 2 (14.29%) Automated Testing
5 2 (14.29%) Web Testing
5 2 (14.29%) Test Automation
6 1 (7.143%) Agile Testing
6 1 (7.143%) Business Analysis
6 1 (7.143%) Agile Software Development
6 1 (7.143%) Content Management
6 1 (7.143%) Logistics
6 1 (7.143%) Performance Testing
6 1 (7.143%) SOA
Programming Languages
1 11 (78.57%) SQL
2 9 (64.29%) PHP
3 8 (57.14%) Perl
4 3 (21.43%) C#
5 2 (14.29%) Java
5 2 (14.29%) JavaScript
5 2 (14.29%) Python
5 2 (14.29%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 8 (57.14%) Degree
1 8 (57.14%) ISEB
2 2 (14.29%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (64.29%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (7.143%) Zend
1 1 (7.143%) Oracle