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The first part of the table below looks at the demand for Software Testing skills in IT jobs advertised for the Leicester region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Software Testing over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Processes & Methodologies category for the Leicester region.
| Software Testing |
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19 Mar 2010 | Same period 2009 | Same period 2008 |
| Rank | 41 | 37 | 75 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 -4 |  +38 |
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| Matching permanent IT job ads | 1 | 10 | 2 |
| As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leicester | 0.370 % | 3.521 % | 0.242 % |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 0.588 % | 5.128 % | 0.641 % |
| Salaries quoted | 1 | 9 | 0 |
| Average salary | £45,000 | £32,500 | - |
| Average salary % change year-on-year | |
| UK excluding London average salary | £30,000 | £30,000 | £31,500 |
| % change year-on-year | |
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Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category | 170 | 195 | 312 |
| As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leicester | 62.96 % | 68.66 % | 37.82 % |
| Salaries quoted | 158 | 182 | 294 |
| Average salary | £35,000 | £34,750 | £35,000 |
| Average salary % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of jobs offered a salary of more than | £27,009 | £26,000 | £24,000 |
| 10% of jobs offered a salary of more than | £50,000 | £51,000 | £47,500 |
| UK excluding London average salary | £40,000 | £40,000 | £40,000 |
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Software Testing
Demand TrendThe chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Software Testing across the Leicester region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.
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