The first table below looks at the demand for Test Management skills in IT jobs advertised for the Leeds region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Test Management over the 3 months to 22 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Management
Rank 102 98 101
Rank change year-on-year
-4 +3
Permanent jobs citing Test Management 43 40 12
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leeds 1.630% 1.876% 0.665%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.064% 2.377% 0.910%
Number of salaries quoted 39 39 8
Average salary £34,000 £35,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.85% +7.69%
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year
+5.88% -5.55%
All Processes & Methodologies
Leeds
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
2083 1683 1319
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leeds 78.96% 78.94% 73.07%
Number of salaries quoted 1646 1439 1118
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%
Test Management
West Yorkshire

Test Management
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leeds Test Management Jobs Demand Trend

Test Management
Salary Trend

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

Leeds Test Management Salary Trend

Test Management
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Test Management across the Leeds region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Leeds Test Management Salary Histogram

Test Management
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leeds region citing Test Management 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 Management.

1 66 (79.52%) QA
2 52 (62.65%) Test Scripting
3 49 (59.04%) Selenium
4 47 (56.63%) Test Automation
5 44 (53.01%) Agile Software Development
6 39 (46.99%) Cucumber
7 35 (42.17%) QuickTest Pro
8 26 (31.33%) Web Services
8 26 (31.33%) Logistics
9 25 (30.12%) ISEB
10 22 (26.51%) HP Quality Center
11 21 (25.30%) SQL
11 21 (25.30%) .NET
12 19 (22.89%) Microsoft
12 19 (22.89%) SOAP
12 19 (22.89%) Software Testing
13 17 (20.48%) HP
14 16 (19.28%) XML
15 15 (18.07%) FitNesse
15 15 (18.07%) Team Foundation Server
16 13 (15.66%) SpecFlow
16 13 (15.66%) User Stories
16 13 (15.66%) Usability Testing
17 12 (14.46%) SQL Server
17 12 (14.46%) HTML
18 11 (13.25%) XSD
18 11 (13.25%) WSDL
18 11 (13.25%) Finance
19 9 (10.84%) ITIL
19 9 (10.84%) Visual Studio

Test Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leeds region citing Test Management 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 Management. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 26 (31.33%) Web Services
2 21 (25.30%) .NET
3 19 (22.89%) SOAP
4 16 (19.28%) XML
5 12 (14.46%) HTML
6 11 (13.25%) XSD
6 11 (13.25%) WSDL
7 7 (8.434%) ASP.NET
8 6 (7.229%) soapUI
9 4 (4.819%) XML Schema
Application Platforms
1 2 (2.410%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (6.024%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 5 (6.024%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (14.46%) SQL Server
2 2 (2.410%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 49 (59.04%) Selenium
2 39 (46.99%) Cucumber
3 35 (42.17%) QuickTest Pro
4 15 (18.07%) FitNesse
4 15 (18.07%) Team Foundation Server
5 13 (15.66%) SpecFlow
6 9 (10.84%) Visual Studio
7 4 (4.819%) LoadRunner
8 3 (3.614%) Visual Studio Team System
9 2 (2.410%) TestDirector
9 2 (2.410%) JUnit
9 2 (2.410%) TestComplete
9 2 (2.410%) DbUnit
General
1 11 (13.25%) Finance
2 2 (2.410%) Retail
3 1 (1.205%) Banking
Job Titles
1 39 (46.99%) Tester
2 31 (37.35%) Automated Tester
2 31 (37.35%) Web Tester
3 26 (31.33%) Analyst
4 24 (28.92%) Test Analyst
5 17 (20.48%) Test Manager
6 6 (7.229%) Test Leader
6 6 (7.229%) Agile Test Analyst
7 5 (6.024%) QA Manager
7 5 (6.024%) QA Analyst
8 3 (3.614%) QA Test Manager
8 3 (3.614%) Senior Tester
9 2 (2.410%) Statistical Analyst
9 2 (2.410%) Test Team Leader
9 2 (2.410%) Test Engineer
9 2 (2.410%) Team Leader
9 2 (2.410%) QA Test Analyst
9 2 (2.410%) Web Analyst
9 2 (2.410%) Software Test Analyst
9 2 (2.410%) Web Test Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (3.614%) Replication
2 2 (2.410%) Statistics
2 2 (2.410%) Computer Science
2 2 (2.410%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 5 (6.024%) UNIX
2 4 (4.819%) Windows
2 4 (4.819%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (62.65%) Test Scripting
2 47 (56.63%) Test Automation
3 44 (53.01%) Agile Software Development
4 26 (31.33%) Logistics
5 19 (22.89%) Software Testing
6 13 (15.66%) User Stories
6 13 (15.66%) Usability Testing
7 9 (10.84%) ITIL
7 9 (10.84%) BDD
8 8 (9.639%) Agile Testing
9 7 (8.434%) ATDD
9 7 (8.434%) User Acceptance Testing
10 5 (6.024%) Test Strategy
10 5 (6.024%) DSDM
10 5 (6.024%) Automated Testing
11 4 (4.819%) CRM
11 4 (4.819%) Performance Testing
11 4 (4.819%) Manual Testing
12 3 (3.614%) Business Analysis
13 2 (2.410%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 21 (25.30%) SQL
2 7 (8.434%) C#
3 2 (2.410%) Java
3 2 (2.410%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 25 (30.12%) ISEB
2 9 (10.84%) ISTQB
3 4 (4.819%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 66 (79.52%) QA
2 1 (1.205%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Systems Management
1 22 (26.51%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 19 (22.89%) Microsoft
2 17 (20.48%) HP
Leeds, West Yorkshire
Tester / Test Analyst - Leeds, Bradford, York, Wakefield, Yorkshire - £25,000 - £35,000 - UAT Regression, System Integration, Ad Hoc Testing... The Tester / Test Analyst role is a very hands...
Oscar Associates (UK) Ltd
Salary: £25000 - £35000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
Preferred: - Experience of BDD/ATDD techniques... Preferred: - Use of test management tools (eg HP Quality Center, Microsoft TFS 2010) - Use of automated test tools (eg HP QTP, Selenium,...
The Bridge Ltd
Salary: From £25,000 to £35,000 per annum + Bonus + Bens
Posted: 17 May 2013