The first table below looks at the demand for ISTQB in IT jobs advertised for the Leeds region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited ISTQB over the 3 months to 20 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 Leeds region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
International Software Testing Qualification Board (ISTQB)
Rank 129 86 123
Rank change year-on-year
-43 +37
Permanent jobs citing ISTQB 18 47 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leeds 0.692% 2.225% 0.055%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.731% 8.319% 0.268%
Number of salaries quoted 16 47 1
Average salary £33,750 £37,500 £31,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-10.00% +19.04%
UK excluding London average salary £33,000 £35,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-5.71% -6.66%
All Qualifications
Leeds
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
659 565 373
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leeds 25.35% 26.75% 20.68%
Number of salaries quoted 499 471 329
Average salary £35,000 £37,500 £34,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.66% +10.29%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,000 £24,000 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £52,500 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
ISTQB
West Yorkshire

ISTQB
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leeds 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 Leeds region.

Leeds ISTQB Salary Trend

ISTQB
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing ISTQB across the Leeds region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

Leeds ISTQB Salary Histogram

ISTQB
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leeds 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 45 (95.74%) ISEB
2 27 (57.45%) Selenium
3 21 (44.68%) Software Testing
4 18 (38.30%) Scrum
5 15 (31.91%) Java
5 15 (31.91%) QA
6 14 (29.79%) Agile Software Development
6 14 (29.79%) BDD
7 13 (27.66%) Test Strategy
8 12 (25.53%) TDD
8 12 (25.53%) Finance
8 12 (25.53%) JUnit
9 10 (21.28%) .NET
9 10 (21.28%) Team Foundation Server
10 9 (19.15%) Test Automation
10 9 (19.15%) HP Quality Center
11 8 (17.02%) Cucumber
11 8 (17.02%) soapUI
11 8 (17.02%) Microsoft
11 8 (17.02%) QuickTest Pro
12 7 (14.89%) SQL Server
12 7 (14.89%) V-Model
12 7 (14.89%) Waterfall
12 7 (14.89%) SpecFlow
12 7 (14.89%) FitNesse
12 7 (14.89%) Usability Testing
13 6 (12.77%) Performance Testing
13 6 (12.77%) MS Excel
13 6 (12.77%) Legal
14 5 (10.64%) LoadRunner

ISTQB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leeds 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 10 (21.28%) .NET
2 8 (17.02%) soapUI
3 3 (6.383%) Web Services
4 2 (4.255%) HTML
4 2 (4.255%) SOAP
5 1 (2.128%) ASP
5 1 (2.128%) CSS
5 1 (2.128%) XML
5 1 (2.128%) Flash
5 1 (2.128%) LAMP
5 1 (2.128%) .NET Framework
Application Platforms
1 1 (2.128%) Apache
1 1 (2.128%) Tomcat
1 1 (2.128%) SharePoint
1 1 (2.128%) ColdFusion
1 1 (2.128%) CMS
Applications
1 6 (12.77%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (8.511%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.128%) FTP
1 1 (2.128%) HTTP
1 1 (2.128%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (14.89%) SQL Server
2 2 (4.255%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 27 (57.45%) Selenium
2 12 (25.53%) JUnit
3 10 (21.28%) Team Foundation Server
4 8 (17.02%) Cucumber
4 8 (17.02%) QuickTest Pro
5 7 (14.89%) SpecFlow
5 7 (14.89%) FitNesse
6 5 (10.64%) LoadRunner
6 5 (10.64%) Visual Studio
7 2 (4.255%) JMeter
7 2 (4.255%) JIRA
7 2 (4.255%) WebDriver
8 1 (2.128%) WebLOAD
8 1 (2.128%) Oracle APEX
8 1 (2.128%) Oracle Forms
8 1 (2.128%) Eclipse
General
1 12 (25.53%) Finance
2 6 (12.77%) Legal
3 2 (4.255%) Telecoms
3 2 (4.255%) Retail
4 1 (2.128%) Electronics
4 1 (2.128%) Banking
Job Titles
1 20 (42.55%) Analyst
2 18 (38.30%) Test Analyst
3 14 (29.79%) Tester
4 8 (17.02%) Test Manager
5 6 (12.77%) Test Engineer
5 6 (12.77%) QA Engineer
6 4 (8.511%) Senior QA Engineer
7 3 (6.383%) Software Test Analyst
7 3 (6.383%) QA Test Analyst
7 3 (6.383%) QA Analyst
8 2 (4.255%) Senior Analyst
8 2 (4.255%) Graduate
8 2 (4.255%) Senior Test Engineer
8 2 (4.255%) Senior Test Analyst
8 2 (4.255%) Software Test Engineer
8 2 (4.255%) Software Engineer
9 1 (2.128%) Team Leader
9 1 (2.128%) QA Tester
9 1 (2.128%) Test Team Leader
9 1 (2.128%) Automation Test Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (4.255%) Mathematics
1 2 (4.255%) Physics
1 2 (4.255%) Computer Science
2 1 (2.128%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.255%) UNIX
1 2 (4.255%) Windows
2 1 (2.128%) Linux
2 1 (2.128%) SUSE
2 1 (2.128%) Ubuntu
2 1 (2.128%) openSUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (44.68%) Software Testing
2 18 (38.30%) Scrum
3 14 (29.79%) Agile Software Development
3 14 (29.79%) BDD
4 13 (27.66%) Test Strategy
5 12 (25.53%) TDD
6 9 (19.15%) Test Automation
7 7 (14.89%) Waterfall
7 7 (14.89%) V-Model
7 7 (14.89%) Usability Testing
8 6 (12.77%) Performance Testing
9 5 (10.64%) Test Management
9 5 (10.64%) Test Scripting
9 5 (10.64%) RAD
9 5 (10.64%) User Stories
10 4 (8.511%) ERP
10 4 (8.511%) User Acceptance Testing
10 4 (8.511%) Practice Management
11 3 (6.383%) Automated Testing
11 3 (6.383%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 15 (31.91%) Java
2 4 (8.511%) SQL
3 1 (2.128%) VB.NET
3 1 (2.128%) JavaScript
3 1 (2.128%) Perl
3 1 (2.128%) PHP
Qualifications
1 45 (95.74%) ISEB
2 4 (8.511%) Degree
3 3 (6.383%) ISEB Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (31.91%) QA
2 1 (2.128%) ISO 9001
2 1 (2.128%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Systems Management
1 9 (19.15%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 8 (17.02%) Microsoft
2 4 (8.511%) HP
3 2 (4.255%) Hitachi
3 2 (4.255%) Bloomberg
4 1 (2.128%) Twitter
4 1 (2.128%) Oracle
Leeds, Yorkshire
My client is looking for a Test Analyst with the following experience:-Proven testing background-Automation testing experience (strong plus)-Experience with UNIX/Linux and/or Java considered...
Cornucopia IT Resourcing Limited
Salary: £25000 - £45000 per annum + Bonus + Benefits
Posted: 14 May 2013
Leeds, Yorkshire
Test Analyst, Tester, Software Tester, ISEB, Test Cases, Automated testing, UAT testing, Leeds, West YorkshireTest Analyst required for a permanent position based in Leeds... Degree educated or suitable...
Harvey Nash plc
Salary: £21000 - £24000 per annum + + benefits
Posted: 11 May 2013