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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Strategy
Rank 126 115 115
Rank change year-on-year
-11 0
Permanent jobs citing Test Strategy 22 19 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leeds 0.847% 0.911% 0.270%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.069% 1.147% 0.370%
Number of salaries quoted 16 17 3
Average salary £35,000 £40,000 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-12.50% +33.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £27,800 £28,000
10% offered a salary of more than £41,000 £45,000 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £42,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year
+5.88% -
All Processes & Methodologies
Leeds
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
2058 1657 1350
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leeds 79.21% 79.43% 72.97%
Number of salaries quoted 1628 1411 1150
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 £49,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Test Strategy
West Yorkshire

Test Strategy
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leeds 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 Leeds region.

Leeds Test Strategy Salary Trend

Test Strategy
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Test Strategy across the Leeds region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Leeds Test Strategy Salary Histogram

Test Strategy
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leeds 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 24 (48.98%) HP Quality Center
2 23 (46.94%) Automated Testing
3 22 (44.90%) SQL
3 22 (44.90%) Bugzilla
3 22 (44.90%) JIRA
3 22 (44.90%) QA
4 16 (32.65%) ISEB
5 12 (24.49%) Selenium
6 11 (22.45%) SOAP
6 11 (22.45%) E-Commerce
6 11 (22.45%) JUnit
6 11 (22.45%) Games
6 11 (22.45%) Scrum
7 10 (20.41%) ISTQB
8 9 (18.37%) Performance Testing
8 9 (18.37%) BDD
8 9 (18.37%) Java
8 9 (18.37%) TDD
9 5 (10.20%) Agile Software Development
9 5 (10.20%) Test Management
10 4 (8.163%) IT Governance
10 4 (8.163%) Process Improvement
10 4 (8.163%) Quality Management
11 3 (6.122%) Stakeholder Management
12 2 (4.082%) Finance
12 2 (4.082%) Change Control
12 2 (4.082%) User Stories
12 2 (4.082%) Continuous Improvement
12 2 (4.082%) DbUnit
12 2 (4.082%) User Acceptance Testing

Test Strategy
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leeds 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.

Application Development
1 11 (22.45%) SOAP
2 1 (2.041%) ASP.NET
2 1 (2.041%) .NET
Development Applications
1 22 (44.90%) Bugzilla
1 22 (44.90%) JIRA
2 12 (24.49%) Selenium
3 11 (22.45%) JUnit
4 2 (4.082%) DbUnit
4 2 (4.082%) FitNesse
General
1 11 (22.45%) Games
2 2 (4.082%) Finance
Job Titles
1 25 (51.02%) Analyst
2 23 (46.94%) Test Analyst
3 22 (44.90%) Technical Analyst
3 22 (44.90%) Technical Test Analyst
4 16 (32.65%) Tester
5 7 (14.29%) Test Manager
6 4 (8.163%) Performance Tester
7 3 (6.122%) QA Manager
7 3 (6.122%) Software Tester
7 3 (6.122%) QA Analyst
8 1 (2.041%) Quality Analyst
8 1 (2.041%) Senior Performance Tester
8 1 (2.041%) Software Team Leader
8 1 (2.041%) QA Test Manager
8 1 (2.041%) QA Leader
8 1 (2.041%) Junior Software Tester
8 1 (2.041%) Test Team Leader
8 1 (2.041%) Senior Tester
8 1 (2.041%) Team Leader
8 1 (2.041%) QA Tester
Miscellaneous
1 1 (2.041%) Client/Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (46.94%) Automated Testing
2 11 (22.45%) E-Commerce
2 11 (22.45%) Scrum
3 9 (18.37%) Performance Testing
3 9 (18.37%) BDD
3 9 (18.37%) TDD
4 5 (10.20%) Agile Software Development
4 5 (10.20%) Test Management
5 4 (8.163%) IT Governance
5 4 (8.163%) Process Improvement
5 4 (8.163%) Quality Management
6 3 (6.122%) Stakeholder Management
7 2 (4.082%) Change Control
7 2 (4.082%) User Stories
7 2 (4.082%) Continuous Improvement
7 2 (4.082%) User Acceptance Testing
7 2 (4.082%) Test Scripting
7 2 (4.082%) Business Analysis
7 2 (4.082%) Software Testing
8 1 (2.041%) Manual Testing
Programming Languages
1 22 (44.90%) SQL
2 9 (18.37%) Java
Qualifications
1 16 (32.65%) ISEB
2 10 (20.41%) ISTQB
3 1 (2.041%) SC Cleared
3 1 (2.041%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (44.90%) QA
2 1 (2.041%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Systems Management
1 24 (48.98%) HP Quality Center