The first table below looks at the demand for Agile Testing skills in IT jobs advertised for the Leeds region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Agile Testing over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Leeds region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Agile Testing
Rank 141 - 118
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing Agile Testing 7 0 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leeds 0.273% - 0.055%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.343% - 0.077%
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 0
Average salary £30,500 - -
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £30,000 £33,500
% change year-on-year
+16.66% -10.44%
All Processes & Methodologies
Leeds
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
2041 1745 1305
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leeds 79.51% 79.61% 71.55%
Number of salaries quoted 1600 1455 1106
Average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £26,000 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £57,150 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Agile Testing
West Yorkshire

Agile Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leeds Agile Testing Jobs Demand Trend

Agile Testing
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Agile Testing across the Leeds region.

Leeds Agile Testing Salary Trend

Agile Testing
Top 22 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Leeds region citing Agile 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 Agile Testing.

1 12 (50.00%) SOAP
2 11 (45.83%) Test Management
3 10 (41.67%) QA
4 9 (37.50%) Test Automation
4 9 (37.50%) LoadRunner
4 9 (37.50%) Non-Functional Testing
5 8 (33.33%) Test Scripting
5 8 (33.33%) HTML
5 8 (33.33%) Web Services
6 4 (16.67%) E-Commerce
6 4 (16.67%) Automated Testing
7 3 (12.50%) Games
7 3 (12.50%) Agile Software Development
8 2 (8.333%) Test Strategy
8 2 (8.333%) Software Testing
8 2 (8.333%) Project Management
8 2 (8.333%) Management Information System
9 1 (4.167%) SQL
9 1 (4.167%) ISEB
9 1 (4.167%) BDD
9 1 (4.167%) Business Analysis
9 1 (4.167%) ATDD

Agile Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Leeds region citing Agile 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 Agile Testing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 12 (50.00%) SOAP
2 8 (33.33%) HTML
2 8 (33.33%) Web Services
Development Applications
1 9 (37.50%) LoadRunner
General
1 3 (12.50%) Games
Job Titles
1 11 (45.83%) Analyst
1 11 (45.83%) Test Analyst
2 9 (37.50%) Senior Test Analyst
2 9 (37.50%) Tester
2 9 (37.50%) Senior Analyst
2 9 (37.50%) Non-Functional Test Analyst
3 8 (33.33%) Automated Tester
3 8 (33.33%) Web Tester
4 5 (20.83%) Software Test Engineer
4 5 (20.83%) Test Engineer
4 5 (20.83%) Software Engineer
5 2 (8.333%) Software Development Engineer
5 2 (8.333%) Development Engineer
6 1 (4.167%) Senior Software Engineer
6 1 (4.167%) Software Tester
6 1 (4.167%) Agile Test Analyst
6 1 (4.167%) Senior Software Tester
6 1 (4.167%) Senior Software Test Engineer
6 1 (4.167%) Software Test Analyst
6 1 (4.167%) Senior Test Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.333%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (45.83%) Test Management
2 9 (37.50%) Test Automation
2 9 (37.50%) Non-Functional Testing
3 8 (33.33%) Test Scripting
4 4 (16.67%) E-Commerce
4 4 (16.67%) Automated Testing
5 3 (12.50%) Agile Software Development
6 2 (8.333%) Test Strategy
6 2 (8.333%) Software Testing
6 2 (8.333%) Project Management
7 1 (4.167%) BDD
7 1 (4.167%) Business Analysis
7 1 (4.167%) ATDD
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.167%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (4.167%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (41.67%) QA
Leeds, Yorkshire
Using an iterative approach this role will incorporate agile testing techniques to demonstrate a satisfactory level of quality has been achieved... * Identify areas of functionality suited for automated...
Hays Specialist Recruitment
Salary: £20000.00 - £45000.00 per annum
Posted: 5 June 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
The successful Test Engineer will come from a strong software testing background, with experience of automated testing tools and concepts, experience of API level testing using tools such...
4it Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £Excellent Salary + Benefits
Posted: 17 June 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
The successful Software Development Test Engineer will come from an extremely strong technical testing background, will be a subject matter expert in Testing and QA, and will have...
4it Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £Excellent Salary + Benefits
Posted: 17 June 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
Using an iterative approach this role will incorporate agile testing techniques to demonstrate a satisfactory level of quality has been achieved... - Identify areas of functionality suited for automated...
William Hill
Salary: From £20,000 to £42,000 per annum
Posted: 4 June 2013