The first table below looks at the demand for System 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 System 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 Leeds region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
System Testing
Rank 139 120 112
Rank change year-on-year
-19 -8
Permanent jobs citing System Testing 7 14 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leeds 0.267% 0.664% 0.166%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.339% 0.839% 0.227%
Number of salaries quoted 6 14 3
Average salary £28,500 £35,000 £28,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-18.57% +25.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,750 £27,500 £27,600
10% offered a salary of more than £29,000 £37,500 £30,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,250 £32,750
% change year-on-year
-0.70% +7.63%
All Processes & Methodologies
Leeds
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
2067 1669 1323
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leeds 78.71% 79.10% 73.22%
Number of salaries quoted 1628 1430 1125
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 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
System Testing
West Yorkshire

System Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leeds System Testing Jobs Demand Trend

System Testing
Salary Trend

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

Leeds System Testing Salary Trend

System Testing
Top 26 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leeds region citing System 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 System Testing.

1 23 (65.71%) Automation Testing
2 20 (57.14%) User Acceptance Testing
3 7 (20.00%) Test Scripting
3 7 (20.00%) .NET
3 7 (20.00%) Test Automation
4 6 (17.14%) SQL
5 5 (14.29%) Oracle APEX
5 5 (14.29%) VB.NET
5 5 (14.29%) Oracle Forms
5 5 (14.29%) Oracle
6 4 (11.43%) ISEB
6 4 (11.43%) Credit Risk
6 4 (11.43%) Finance
7 2 (5.714%) SQL Server
7 2 (5.714%) C
7 2 (5.714%) Manual Testing
7 2 (5.714%) Web Testing
8 1 (2.857%) Degree
8 1 (2.857%) Mathematics
8 1 (2.857%) ISTQB
8 1 (2.857%) C#
8 1 (2.857%) C++
8 1 (2.857%) HTML
8 1 (2.857%) Java
8 1 (2.857%) PHP
8 1 (2.857%) XML

System Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leeds region citing System 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 System Testing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 7 (20.00%) .NET
2 1 (2.857%) HTML
2 1 (2.857%) XML
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.714%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (14.29%) Oracle APEX
1 5 (14.29%) Oracle Forms
General
1 4 (11.43%) Finance
Job Titles
1 29 (82.86%) Analyst
2 28 (80.00%) Test Analyst
3 6 (17.14%) Functional Test Analyst
3 6 (17.14%) Functional Analyst
4 5 (14.29%) Systems Analyst
5 4 (11.43%) Systems Test Analyst
6 3 (8.571%) Consultant
7 2 (5.714%) Configuration Engineer
8 1 (2.857%) IT Support
8 1 (2.857%) Senior Analyst
8 1 (2.857%) Senior Test Analyst
8 1 (2.857%) Business Systems Analyst
8 1 (2.857%) IT Graduate
8 1 (2.857%) Trainee Analyst
8 1 (2.857%) Trainee Test Analyst
8 1 (2.857%) Trainee
8 1 (2.857%) Graduate
8 1 (2.857%) Technical Support
8 1 (2.857%) 1st Line Support
8 1 (2.857%) Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 4 (11.43%) Credit Risk
2 1 (2.857%) Mathematics
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (65.71%) Automation Testing
2 20 (57.14%) User Acceptance Testing
3 7 (20.00%) Test Scripting
3 7 (20.00%) Test Automation
4 2 (5.714%) Manual Testing
4 2 (5.714%) Web Testing
Programming Languages
1 6 (17.14%) SQL
2 5 (14.29%) VB.NET
3 2 (5.714%) C
4 1 (2.857%) C#
4 1 (2.857%) C++
4 1 (2.857%) Java
4 1 (2.857%) PHP
Qualifications
1 4 (11.43%) ISEB
2 1 (2.857%) Degree
2 1 (2.857%) ISTQB
Vendors
1 5 (14.29%) Oracle
Leeds, Yorkshire
Are you a SQL Configuration Engineer that is looking for a fresh challenge without be restricted to 5 days in the office?... On behalf of a global client...
DP Connect Ltd
Salary: £28000 - £30000 per annum + Company Car, Excellent Benefits
Posted: 9 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
The successful Test Analyst will also have experience of SQL, system testing and web testing (XML & HTML)... ISEB Certified. System Testing. Web Testing (XML & HTML) Experience of working...
CoreCom Consulting
Salary: £25000 - £28000 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013