The first table below looks at the demand for System 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 System Testing over the 3 months to 17 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
System Testing
Rank 78 69 59
Rank change year-on-year
-9 -10
Permanent jobs citing System Testing 2 3 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leicestershire 0.293% 0.424% 0.362%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.404% 0.580% 0.506%
Number of salaries quoted 2 3 2
Average salary £40,000 £35,000 £38,198
Average salary % change year-on-year
+14.28% -8.37%
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £36,125 £32,500
% change year-on-year
-3.11% +11.15%
All Processes & Methodologies
Leicestershire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
495 517 395
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leicestershire 72.58% 73.13% 71.43%
Number of salaries quoted 436 453 355
Average salary £38,024 £35,000 £37,281
Average salary % change year-on-year
+8.63% -6.11%
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%
System Testing
East Midlands

System Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leicestershire System Testing Jobs Demand Trend

System Testing
Salary Trend

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

Leicestershire System Testing Salary Trend

System Testing
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing System Testing within the Leicestershire region over the 3 months to 17 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 -1 2 £40,000 +18.51%
System Testing
East Midlands

System Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leicestershire region citing System 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 System Testing.

1 7 (43.75%) Windows
1 7 (43.75%) Python
1 7 (43.75%) ISEB
1 7 (43.75%) QuickTest Pro
1 7 (43.75%) Firmware
1 7 (43.75%) Internet
1 7 (43.75%) Project Management
1 7 (43.75%) Stakeholder Management
1 7 (43.75%) VHDL
1 7 (43.75%) TestPartner
1 7 (43.75%) Business Analysis
1 7 (43.75%) Process Management
1 7 (43.75%) Test Automation
2 3 (18.75%) EPoS
2 3 (18.75%) EFTPOS
2 3 (18.75%) PRINCE2
3 1 (6.250%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (6.250%) Requirements Analysis
3 1 (6.250%) X++
3 1 (6.250%) MorphX
3 1 (6.250%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (6.250%) Data Analysis
3 1 (6.250%) Systems Analysis
3 1 (6.250%) ERP
3 1 (6.250%) Microsoft
3 1 (6.250%) C#
3 1 (6.250%) SQL Server
3 1 (6.250%) MS Office
3 1 (6.250%) Visual Studio
3 1 (6.250%) User Acceptance Testing

System Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leicestershire region citing System 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 System Testing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 1 (6.250%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 1 (6.250%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 7 (43.75%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.250%) SQL Server
1 1 (6.250%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 7 (43.75%) QuickTest Pro
1 7 (43.75%) TestPartner
2 1 (6.250%) MorphX
2 1 (6.250%) Visual Studio
Job Titles
1 7 (43.75%) Tester
2 6 (37.50%) Software Tester
3 5 (31.25%) Business Analyst
3 5 (31.25%) Analyst
4 2 (12.50%) Junior
4 2 (12.50%) Junior Analyst
4 2 (12.50%) Junior Business Analyst
5 1 (6.250%) Software Support Engineer
5 1 (6.250%) Software Engineer
5 1 (6.250%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (43.75%) Firmware
1 7 (43.75%) VHDL
2 3 (18.75%) EPoS
2 3 (18.75%) EFTPOS
3 1 (6.250%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 7 (43.75%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (43.75%) Project Management
1 7 (43.75%) Process Management
1 7 (43.75%) Business Analysis
1 7 (43.75%) Stakeholder Management
1 7 (43.75%) Test Automation
2 3 (18.75%) PRINCE2
3 1 (6.250%) ERP
3 1 (6.250%) Migration
3 1 (6.250%) Requirements Analysis
3 1 (6.250%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (6.250%) Test Scripting
3 1 (6.250%) Data Migration
3 1 (6.250%) Data Analysis
3 1 (6.250%) Systems Analysis
Programming Languages
1 7 (43.75%) Python
2 1 (6.250%) X++
2 1 (6.250%) C#
Qualifications
1 7 (43.75%) ISEB
Vendors
1 1 (6.250%) Microsoft