The first 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 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 Leicestershire region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Testing
Rank 73 - 54
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing Software Testing 8 0 8
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leicestershire 1.151% - 1.515%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.590% - 2.162%
Number of salaries quoted 6 0 6
Average salary £27,000 - £37,500
90% offered a salary of more than £24,250 - £29,500
10% offered a salary of more than £31,750 - £38,500
UK excluding London average salary £34,000 £34,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
- +4.61%
All Processes & Methodologies
Leicestershire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
503 517 370
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leicestershire 72.37% 73.86% 70.08%
Number of salaries quoted 441 449 333
Average salary £38,000 £35,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+8.57% -
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £26,500 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £52,000 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Software Testing
East Midlands

Software Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total 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 Jobs Demand Trend

Software Testing
Salary Trend

This 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 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Leicester - 5 £27,000 -
Loughborough - 2 £31,500 -
Software Testing
East Midlands

Software Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, 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.

1 8 (44.44%) Microsoft
2 7 (38.89%) MS Excel
3 6 (33.33%) PRINCE2
3 6 (33.33%) Project Management
3 6 (33.33%) Time Management
4 5 (27.78%) Learning Management System
4 5 (27.78%) Business Analysis
4 5 (27.78%) Requirements Management
4 5 (27.78%) Change Management
4 5 (27.78%) E-Learning
4 5 (27.78%) Internet
5 4 (22.22%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 4 (22.22%) Windows
5 4 (22.22%) SQL
5 4 (22.22%) MS Office
5 4 (22.22%) Waterfall
5 4 (22.22%) MS PowerPoint
6 3 (16.67%) SQL Server
7 2 (11.11%) .NET
7 2 (11.11%) ISEB
7 2 (11.11%) Automated Testing
7 2 (11.11%) QA
7 2 (11.11%) User Acceptance Testing
7 2 (11.11%) Test Scripting
7 2 (11.11%) Manual Testing
8 1 (5.556%) Unit Testing
8 1 (5.556%) Test Management
8 1 (5.556%) Selenium
8 1 (5.556%) Fat Client
8 1 (5.556%) Test Strategy

Software Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, 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.

Application Development
1 2 (11.11%) .NET
2 1 (5.556%) JSON
2 1 (5.556%) ASP.NET
2 1 (5.556%) SOAP
2 1 (5.556%) Web Services
2 1 (5.556%) XML
Applications
1 7 (38.89%) MS Excel
2 4 (22.22%) MS Office
2 4 (22.22%) MS PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 5 (27.78%) Internet
2 1 (5.556%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (16.67%) SQL Server
2 1 (5.556%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 1 (5.556%) Selenium
1 1 (5.556%) QuickTest Pro
General
1 1 (5.556%) Retail
1 1 (5.556%) French Language
Job Titles
1 6 (33.33%) Project Manager
1 6 (33.33%) Analyst
1 6 (33.33%) Applications Support
2 5 (27.78%) Applications Support Analyst
2 5 (27.78%) Systems Support
2 5 (27.78%) Support Analyst
3 2 (11.11%) Agile Project Manager
3 2 (11.11%) Test Leader
4 1 (5.556%) Technical Support Engineer
4 1 (5.556%) Technical Analyst
4 1 (5.556%) Technical Engineer
4 1 (5.556%) E-Commerce Project Manager
4 1 (5.556%) E-Commerce Manager
4 1 (5.556%) QA Analyst
4 1 (5.556%) PRINCE2 Project Manager
4 1 (5.556%) 2nd Line Support
4 1 (5.556%) Technical Support
4 1 (5.556%) Support Engineer
4 1 (5.556%) Test Manager
Miscellaneous
1 5 (27.78%) Learning Management System
1 5 (27.78%) E-Learning
2 1 (5.556%) Fat Client
2 1 (5.556%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (5.556%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 4 (22.22%) Windows
2 1 (5.556%) Windows 8
2 1 (5.556%) Windows Server 2012
2 1 (5.556%) Windows 7
2 1 (5.556%) Mac OS X Server
2 1 (5.556%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (5.556%) Windows Vista
2 1 (5.556%) Mac OS X
2 1 (5.556%) Windows Server 2003
2 1 (5.556%) Linux
2 1 (5.556%) UNIX
2 1 (5.556%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (33.33%) PRINCE2
1 6 (33.33%) Project Management
1 6 (33.33%) Time Management
2 5 (27.78%) Business Analysis
2 5 (27.78%) Requirements Management
2 5 (27.78%) Change Management
3 4 (22.22%) Waterfall
4 2 (11.11%) Automated Testing
4 2 (11.11%) User Acceptance Testing
4 2 (11.11%) Test Scripting
4 2 (11.11%) Manual Testing
5 1 (5.556%) Unit Testing
5 1 (5.556%) Test Management
5 1 (5.556%) Test Strategy
5 1 (5.556%) Agile Software Development
5 1 (5.556%) Requirements Analysis
5 1 (5.556%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 4 (22.22%) SQL
2 1 (5.556%) Java
Qualifications
1 4 (22.22%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 2 (11.11%) ISEB
3 1 (5.556%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.11%) QA
Vendors
1 8 (44.44%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.556%) Apple
2 1 (5.556%) Oracle
2 1 (5.556%) IBM