The first table below looks at the demand for the Test Specialist role in IT jobs advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Test Specialist in their job title over the 3 months to 22 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 Job Titles advertised for the London region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Specialist
Rank 576 643 607
Rank change year-on-year
+67 -36
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Specialist 25 6 23
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London 0.057% 0.011% 0.040%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.061% 0.012% 0.043%
Number of salaries quoted 25 5 22
Average salary £55,000 £67,500 £63,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
-18.51% +5.88%
UK excluding London average salary £48,750 £41,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year
+18.90% -8.88%
All Job Titles
London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
41114 51159 53446
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London 93.43% 93.93% 93.59%
Number of salaries quoted 34577 44402 45054
Average salary £50,000 £50,000 £52,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -4.76%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £31,500 £31,500
10% offered a salary of more than £75,000 £80,000 £77,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Test Specialist
England

Test Specialist
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Test Specialist across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

London Test Specialist Jobs Demand Trend

Test Specialist
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Test Specialist across the London region.

London Test Specialist Salary Trend

Test Specialist
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Test Specialist across the London region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

London Test Specialist Salary Histogram

Test Specialist
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Test Specialist within the London region over the 3 months to 22 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
City of London +20 4 £55,000 -18.51%
Test Specialist
England

Test Specialist
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the London region that cited Test Specialist in their job title 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 with Test Specialist in their job title.

1 27 (65.85%) QA
2 23 (56.10%) ISEB
3 20 (48.78%) QuickTest Pro
4 18 (43.90%) Degree
4 18 (43.90%) Test Strategy
5 17 (41.46%) Selenium
6 16 (39.02%) Software Testing
6 16 (39.02%) SAP
7 15 (36.59%) SAP Certification
7 15 (36.59%) Test Scripting
8 14 (34.15%) LoadRunner
9 12 (29.27%) Performance Testing
10 10 (24.39%) Agile Software Development
10 10 (24.39%) Test Automation
11 9 (21.95%) Cucumber
11 9 (21.95%) Stakeholder Management
12 8 (19.51%) Finance
12 8 (19.51%) Java
12 8 (19.51%) SAP HANA
12 8 (19.51%) Big Data
12 8 (19.51%) Test Management
13 7 (17.07%) Automated Testing
13 7 (17.07%) PRINCE2
13 7 (17.07%) SQL
14 6 (14.63%) Open Source
14 6 (14.63%) User Acceptance Testing
15 5 (12.20%) Android
15 5 (12.20%) HP Quality Center
15 5 (12.20%) Ruby
15 5 (12.20%) ISTQB

Test Specialist
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the London region that cited Test Specialist in their job title 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 with Test Specialist in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (7.317%) SOAP
1 3 (7.317%) HTML
2 2 (4.878%) Web Services
2 2 (4.878%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 1 (2.439%) SharePoint
Communications & Networking
1 4 (9.756%) BSS
2 2 (4.878%) HTTP
3 1 (2.439%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (19.51%) SAP HANA
1 8 (19.51%) Big Data
2 1 (2.439%) DB2
2 1 (2.439%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (2.439%) DataStage
2 1 (2.439%) SAP BI
Development Applications
1 20 (48.78%) QuickTest Pro
2 17 (41.46%) Selenium
3 14 (34.15%) LoadRunner
4 9 (21.95%) Cucumber
5 5 (12.20%) JMeter
6 4 (9.756%) SilkTest
6 4 (9.756%) WebDriver
7 2 (4.878%) JIRA
8 1 (2.439%) FitNesse
8 1 (2.439%) WATIR
8 1 (2.439%) Rational Performance Tester
General
1 8 (19.51%) Finance
2 3 (7.317%) Banking
3 2 (4.878%) Publishing
4 1 (2.439%) Corporate Banking
4 1 (2.439%) Telecoms
4 1 (2.439%) Front Office
4 1 (2.439%) Back Office
4 1 (2.439%) Investment Banking
4 1 (2.439%) Games
Miscellaneous
1 6 (14.63%) Open Source
2 5 (12.20%) Mobile App
2 5 (12.20%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 4 (9.756%) Equities
3 4 (9.756%) Derivative
4 2 (4.878%) Web 2.0
5 1 (2.439%) Online Games
5 1 (2.439%) iPhone
5 1 (2.439%) SWIFT
Operating Systems
1 5 (12.20%) Android
2 4 (9.756%) Apple iOS
3 3 (7.317%) Windows
4 2 (4.878%) UNIX
5 1 (2.439%) AIX
5 1 (2.439%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (43.90%) Test Strategy
2 16 (39.02%) Software Testing
3 15 (36.59%) Test Scripting
4 12 (29.27%) Performance Testing
5 10 (24.39%) Agile Software Development
5 10 (24.39%) Test Automation
6 9 (21.95%) Stakeholder Management
7 8 (19.51%) Test Management
8 7 (17.07%) Automated Testing
8 7 (17.07%) PRINCE2
9 6 (14.63%) User Acceptance Testing
10 5 (12.20%) Regression Testing
11 4 (9.756%) TDD
11 4 (9.756%) Integration Testing
12 3 (7.317%) Web Testing
12 3 (7.317%) Root Cause Analysis
12 3 (7.317%) BDD
12 3 (7.317%) Scrum
13 2 (4.878%) Project Management
13 2 (4.878%) Security Testing
Programming Languages
1 8 (19.51%) Java
2 7 (17.07%) SQL
3 5 (12.20%) Ruby
4 4 (9.756%) Python
5 3 (7.317%) PHP
6 2 (4.878%) C++
6 2 (4.878%) PL/SQL
6 2 (4.878%) JavaScript
6 2 (4.878%) VB
7 1 (2.439%) C
7 1 (2.439%) C#
Qualifications
1 23 (56.10%) ISEB
2 18 (43.90%) Degree
3 15 (36.59%) SAP Certification
4 5 (12.20%) ISTQB
4 5 (12.20%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (65.85%) QA
Systems Management
1 5 (12.20%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 16 (39.02%) SAP
2 4 (9.756%) HP
3 1 (2.439%) TOWER Software
3 1 (2.439%) Serena
3 1 (2.439%) Oracle
3 1 (2.439%) Symbian
3 1 (2.439%) CA