The first table below looks at the demand for Test Strategy skills in IT jobs advertised for the Kingston Upon Thames region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Test Strategy over the 3 months to 24 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 Kingston Upon Thames region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Strategy
Rank 31 41 41
Rank change year-on-year
+10 0
Permanent jobs citing Test Strategy 4 2 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Kingston Upon Thames 2.424% 1.031% 2.410%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.899% 1.290% 2.797%
Number of salaries quoted 4 2 4
Average salary £42,250 £31,500 £50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+34.12% -37.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £42,000 £31,500 £46,500
10% offered a salary of more than £42,500 £31,500 £53,500
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £42,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year
+5.88% -
All Processes & Methodologies
Kingston Upon Thames
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
138 155 143
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Kingston Upon Thames 83.64% 79.90% 86.14%
Number of salaries quoted 125 154 143
Average salary £40,000 £42,500 £50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.88% -15.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £31,500 £30,000 £36,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Test Strategy
London

Test Strategy
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Kingston Upon Thames 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 Kingston Upon Thames region.

Kingston Upon Thames Test Strategy Salary Trend

Test Strategy
Top 8 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Kingston Upon Thames 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 4 (100.00%) ISEB
1 4 (100.00%) JIRA
2 2 (50.00%) V-Model
2 2 (50.00%) QA
2 2 (50.00%) Finance
2 2 (50.00%) Agile Software Development
3 1 (25.00%) Software Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared

Test Strategy
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Kingston Upon Thames 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.

Development Applications
1 4 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (50.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Test Leader
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) V-Model
1 2 (50.00%) Agile Software Development
2 1 (25.00%) Software Testing
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) ISEB
2 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) QA