The first table below looks at the demand for Usability 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 Usability Testing over the 3 months to 23 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Usability Testing
Rank 131 121 118
Rank change year-on-year
-10 -3
Permanent jobs citing Usability Testing 18 9 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leeds 0.696% 0.427% 0.107%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.880% 0.539% 0.147%
Number of salaries quoted 18 9 2
Average salary £34,000 £45,000 £30,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-24.44% +47.54%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £41,000 £26,900
10% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £45,800 £34,100
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £40,000 £35,500
% change year-on-year
-12.50% +12.67%
All Processes & Methodologies
Leeds
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
2045 1671 1359
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leeds 79.02% 79.27% 72.91%
Number of salaries quoted 1617 1428 1156
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%
Usability Testing
West Yorkshire

Usability Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leeds Usability Testing Jobs Demand Trend

Usability Testing
Salary Trend

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

Leeds Usability Testing Salary Trend

Usability Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leeds region citing Usability 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 Usability Testing.

1 22 (88.00%) .NET
1 22 (88.00%) Microsoft
1 22 (88.00%) Agile Software Development
1 22 (88.00%) Test Automation
2 18 (72.00%) Cucumber
2 18 (72.00%) SpecFlow
2 18 (72.00%) Selenium
2 18 (72.00%) FitNesse
3 17 (68.00%) SQL
3 17 (68.00%) Web Services
3 17 (68.00%) Team Foundation Server
4 15 (60.00%) XML
4 15 (60.00%) XSD
4 15 (60.00%) SOAP
4 15 (60.00%) WSDL
5 13 (52.00%) Finance
5 13 (52.00%) QuickTest Pro
5 13 (52.00%) HP
5 13 (52.00%) User Stories
5 13 (52.00%) HP Quality Center
5 13 (52.00%) Test Management
6 12 (48.00%) QA
7 11 (44.00%) Software Testing
7 11 (44.00%) ISEB
7 11 (44.00%) SQL Server
7 11 (44.00%) soapUI
8 8 (32.00%) MS Excel
9 7 (28.00%) ISTQB
9 7 (28.00%) ATDD
9 7 (28.00%) BDD

Usability Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leeds region citing Usability 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 Usability Testing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 22 (88.00%) .NET
2 17 (68.00%) Web Services
3 15 (60.00%) XML
3 15 (60.00%) XSD
3 15 (60.00%) SOAP
3 15 (60.00%) WSDL
4 11 (44.00%) soapUI
Applications
1 8 (32.00%) MS Excel
2 1 (4.000%) MS Visio
2 1 (4.000%) Photoshop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (44.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 18 (72.00%) Cucumber
1 18 (72.00%) SpecFlow
1 18 (72.00%) Selenium
1 18 (72.00%) FitNesse
2 17 (68.00%) Team Foundation Server
3 13 (52.00%) QuickTest Pro
4 1 (4.000%) Axure RP
General
1 13 (52.00%) Finance
2 2 (8.000%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 18 (72.00%) Analyst
1 18 (72.00%) Test Analyst
2 6 (24.00%) Agile Test Analyst
3 4 (16.00%) Tester
4 3 (12.00%) Designer
4 3 (12.00%) QA Analyst
5 2 (8.000%) Software Tester
5 2 (8.000%) Systems Tester
5 2 (8.000%) Web Designer
5 2 (8.000%) QA Tester
5 2 (8.000%) QA Test Analyst
5 2 (8.000%) Lead Designer
6 1 (4.000%) User Experience Designer
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (88.00%) Agile Software Development
1 22 (88.00%) Test Automation
2 13 (52.00%) User Stories
2 13 (52.00%) Test Management
3 11 (44.00%) Software Testing
4 7 (28.00%) ATDD
4 7 (28.00%) BDD
5 5 (20.00%) DSDM
6 4 (16.00%) User Acceptance Testing
6 4 (16.00%) Automated Testing
6 4 (16.00%) Continuous Improvement
7 3 (12.00%) Business Analysis
8 1 (4.000%) Information Architecture
Programming Languages
1 17 (68.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 11 (44.00%) ISEB
2 7 (28.00%) ISTQB
3 1 (4.000%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (48.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 13 (52.00%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 22 (88.00%) Microsoft
2 13 (52.00%) HP
Leeds, West Yorkshire
Role & Responsibilities * Work alongside business analysts and conduct stakeholder interviews to gather business requirements and convert them into design requirements; *Architect consistent information hierarchies and flows for site...
Vertical IT
Salary: £25000 - £35000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
HP Quality Center, Microsoft TFS 2010) Use of automated test tools (e.g... SpecFlow, Fitnesse, Cucumber) Knowledge of Web Service APIs (XML /XSD/WSDL/SOAP) Knowledge of Web...
4it Recruitment Ltd
Salary: Up to £34,000 per annum
Posted: 22 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