Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for Software Testing skills in IT jobs advertised for the Leicestershire 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 Leicestershire region.

 Software Testing
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank515291
Rank change year-on-year
Up+1Up+39
Matching permanent IT job ads2113
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leicestershire0.438 %2.204 %0.236 %
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category0.651 %3.406 %0.554 %
Salaries quoted2100
Average salary£40,500£33,750-
Average salary % change year-on-year
+20.00 %-
UK excluding London average salary£30,000£30,000£31,500
% change year-on-year
--4.760 %
Leicestershire IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryAll Processes & Methodologies
Leicestershire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
307323542
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leicestershire67.18 %64.73 %42.64 %
Salaries quoted283295471
Average salary£38,000£33,032£35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+15.04 %-5.620 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£27,000£25,000£25,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£50,000£52,500£47,500
UK excluding London average salary£40,000£40,000£40,000
Software Testing East MidlandsSoftware Testing
East Midlands

Software Testing
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Software Testing across the Leicestershire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Leicestershire Software Testing Demand Trend

Software Testing
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Software Testing across the Leicestershire region.

Leicestershire Software Testing Salary Trend

Software Testing
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Testing within the Leicestershire region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
LeicesterDown-41£45,000+38.46 %
Software Testing East MidlandsSoftware Testing
East Midlands

Software Testing
Top 13 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the Leicestershire region citing Software 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 Software Testing.

11 (50.00 %)ITIL
11 (50.00 %)E-Commerce
11 (50.00 %)IBM
11 (50.00 %)HP
11 (50.00 %)ISEB
11 (50.00 %)Change Management
11 (50.00 %)Retail
11 (50.00 %)Automated Testing
11 (50.00 %)WebSphere
11 (50.00 %)Degree
11 (50.00 %)Integration Testing
11 (50.00 %)Test Management
11 (50.00 %)Test Automation

Software Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the Leicestershire region citing Software 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 Software Testing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Leicestershire IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
11 (50.00 %)WebSphere
Leicestershire IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
11 (50.00 %)Retail
Leicestershire IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
11 (50.00 %)Tester
11 (50.00 %)Release Manager
11 (50.00 %)Service Manager
11 (50.00 %)Change Manager
11 (50.00 %)Systems Tester
11 (50.00 %)Senior Tester
11 (50.00 %)Integration Tester
11 (50.00 %)Senior Integration Tester
Leicestershire IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
11 (50.00 %)ITIL
11 (50.00 %)E-Commerce
11 (50.00 %)Change Management
11 (50.00 %)Automated Testing
11 (50.00 %)Integration Testing
11 (50.00 %)Test Management
11 (50.00 %)Test Automation
Leicestershire IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
11 (50.00 %)ISEB
11 (50.00 %)Degree
Leicestershire IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
11 (50.00 %)IBM
11 (50.00 %)HP