The first table below looks at the demand for Test Strategy skills in IT jobs advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Test Strategy 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 London region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Strategy
Rank 282 365 344
Rank change year-on-year
+83 -21
Permanent jobs citing Test Strategy 382 300 337
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London 0.874% 0.559% 0.581%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.098% 0.725% 0.763%
Number of salaries quoted 290 230 284
Average salary £55,000 £53,750 £60,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.32% -10.41%
90% offered a salary of more than £39,000 £35,000 £40,000
10% offered a salary of more than £75,000 £85,000 £87,500
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £42,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year
+5.88% -
All Processes & Methodologies
London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
34789 41364 44167
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London 79.55% 77.12% 76.15%
Number of salaries quoted 28845 35545 36921
Average salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
90% offered a salary of more than £36,000 £35,000 £35,000
10% offered a salary of more than £80,000 £85,000 £80,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Test Strategy
England

Test Strategy
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London Test Strategy Jobs Demand Trend

Test Strategy
Salary Trend

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

London Test Strategy Salary Trend

Test Strategy
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Test Strategy across the London region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

London Test Strategy Salary Histogram

Test Strategy
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Test Strategy within the London 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
City of London -60 42 £52,500 -12.50%
Bromley - 10 - -
Ealing - 10 £60,000 -
Croydon +9 9 £52,500 -4.54%
Canary Wharf +5 5 £75,000 +57.89%
Kingston Upon Thames +10 4 £42,250 +34.12%
Docklands, London +9 3 £87,500 -5.40%
Hammersmith - 3 £50,000 -
Isleworth - 2 - -
Test Strategy
England

Test Strategy
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the London region citing Test Strategy 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 Test Strategy.

1 322 (44.91%) QA
2 232 (32.36%) Finance
3 191 (26.64%) Selenium
4 187 (26.08%) Test Scripting
5 183 (25.52%) Agile Software Development
6 177 (24.69%) Degree
7 155 (21.62%) Java
8 154 (21.48%) User Acceptance Testing
9 137 (19.11%) Test Automation
10 128 (17.85%) Banking
10 128 (17.85%) ISEB
11 126 (17.57%) Performance Testing
12 124 (17.29%) Automated Testing
13 118 (16.46%) Scrum
14 103 (14.37%) SQL
15 102 (14.23%) TDD
16 99 (13.81%) Test Management
17 84 (11.72%) BDD
18 81 (11.30%) WebDriver
18 81 (11.30%) Software Testing
19 78 (10.88%) E-Commerce
20 77 (10.74%) HP Quality Center
21 73 (10.18%) Integration Testing
22 70 (9.763%) QuickTest Pro
23 69 (9.623%) C#
23 69 (9.623%) Regression Testing
23 69 (9.623%) JIRA
24 68 (9.484%) JMeter
25 67 (9.344%) Project Management
26 65 (9.066%) .NET

Test Strategy
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the London region citing Test Strategy 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 Test Strategy. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 65 (9.066%) .NET
2 56 (7.810%) HTML
3 53 (7.392%) CSS
4 31 (4.324%) Web Services
5 29 (4.045%) REST
6 25 (3.487%) XML
7 23 (3.208%) ASP.NET
7 23 (3.208%) JSON
8 22 (3.068%) soapUI
9 17 (2.371%) SOAP
9 17 (2.371%) Middleware
10 16 (2.232%) HTML5
10 16 (2.232%) .NET Framework
11 15 (2.092%) Gherkin
12 14 (1.953%) jQuery
13 11 (1.534%) CSS3
13 11 (1.534%) Node.js
13 11 (1.534%) Backbone.js
13 11 (1.534%) Sass
14 10 (1.395%) Silverlight
Application Platforms
1 14 (1.953%) SharePoint
2 9 (1.255%) Tomcat
3 8 (1.116%) Confluence
4 2 (0.279%) Drupal
4 2 (0.279%) ESB
4 2 (0.279%) Tuxedo
4 2 (0.279%) CMS
5 1 (0.139%) BizTalk Server
5 1 (0.139%) Apache
5 1 (0.139%) WebSphere Application Server
5 1 (0.139%) WebLogic
5 1 (0.139%) IIS
5 1 (0.139%) WorkSite
5 1 (0.139%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 44 (6.137%) MS Excel
2 20 (2.789%) MS Project
3 19 (2.650%) MS PowerPoint
4 8 (1.116%) MS Office
5 6 (0.837%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 11 (1.534%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (1.116%) SAP FI-GL
3 6 (0.837%) SAP FI
3 6 (0.837%) SAP CO
3 6 (0.837%) SAP FI/CO
3 6 (0.837%) Oracle ERP
4 3 (0.418%) Sophis RISQUE
5 2 (0.279%) Oracle EBS R12
5 2 (0.279%) LatentZero
5 2 (0.279%) Global One
6 1 (0.139%) SAP CRM
6 1 (0.139%) Oracle EBS
Communications & Networking
1 31 (4.324%) HTTP
2 15 (2.092%) TCP/IP
2 15 (2.092%) HTTPS
3 14 (1.953%) Firewall
3 14 (1.953%) SSL
4 13 (1.813%) LAN
4 13 (1.813%) WAN
4 13 (1.813%) LDAP
5 12 (1.674%) DNS
6 8 (1.116%) Internet
7 4 (0.558%) BSS
8 2 (0.279%) SNMP
8 2 (0.279%) SAN
9 1 (0.139%) Fibre Channel
9 1 (0.139%) Intranet
9 1 (0.139%) Extranet
9 1 (0.139%) DHCP
9 1 (0.139%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (5.858%) SQL Server
2 14 (1.953%) Big Data
3 10 (1.395%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 10 (1.395%) SAP HANA
4 7 (0.976%) Oracle Reports
5 5 (0.697%) MySQL
5 5 (0.697%) DB2
6 4 (0.558%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 4 (0.558%) Data Warehouse
7 3 (0.418%) TOAD
8 1 (0.139%) EDRMS
8 1 (0.139%) SAP BW
8 1 (0.139%) DataStage
8 1 (0.139%) RDBMS
8 1 (0.139%) Oracle 10g
8 1 (0.139%) Oracle 11g
8 1 (0.139%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 191 (26.64%) Selenium
2 81 (11.30%) WebDriver
3 70 (9.763%) QuickTest Pro
4 69 (9.623%) JIRA
5 68 (9.484%) JMeter
6 56 (7.810%) Jenkins
7 54 (7.531%) JBehave
8 48 (6.695%) Cucumber
9 40 (5.579%) JUnit
10 37 (5.160%) LoadRunner
11 36 (5.021%) Eclipse
12 27 (3.766%) FitNesse
12 27 (3.766%) Xcode
13 25 (3.487%) Visual Studio
14 23 (3.208%) Team Foundation Server
15 20 (2.789%) Subversion
16 18 (2.510%) Jasmine
17 16 (2.232%) Git (software)
18 15 (2.092%) GitHub
19 14 (1.953%) Mercurial
General
1 232 (32.36%) Finance
2 128 (17.85%) Banking
3 45 (6.276%) Retail
4 44 (6.137%) Investment Banking
5 33 (4.603%) Marketing
6 31 (4.324%) Publishing
6 31 (4.324%) Front Office
7 29 (4.045%) Legal
8 22 (3.068%) Telecoms
9 19 (2.650%) Financial Institution
10 11 (1.534%) Wholesale Banking
11 7 (0.976%) Back Office
11 7 (0.976%) Corporate Banking
12 6 (0.837%) International Banking
12 6 (0.837%) Games
13 3 (0.418%) Advertising
13 3 (0.418%) Law
13 3 (0.418%) Retail Banking
14 2 (0.279%) Billing
14 2 (0.279%) Music
Job Titles
1 205 (28.59%) Test Manager
2 127 (17.71%) Analyst
3 98 (13.67%) Test Analyst
4 84 (11.72%) Test Leader
5 55 (7.671%) Tester
6 54 (7.531%) Consultant
7 50 (6.974%) Developer
8 49 (6.834%) QA Engineer
9 45 (6.276%) Senior Analyst
10 41 (5.718%) Senior Test Analyst
11 36 (5.021%) Programme Manager
12 34 (4.742%) Test Consultant
12 34 (4.742%) QA Leader
12 34 (4.742%) Agile Test Analyst
13 30 (4.184%) Programme Test Manager
13 30 (4.184%) Senior Manager
14 28 (3.905%) QA Manager
15 24 (3.347%) Team Leader
16 23 (3.208%) Test Engineer
17 22 (3.068%) Test Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 50 (6.974%) Computer Science
2 41 (5.718%) Mobile App
3 33 (4.603%) Open Source
4 31 (4.324%) Derivative
5 30 (4.184%) Statistics
6 20 (2.789%) Equity Derivative
7 17 (2.371%) Equities
7 17 (2.371%) iPhone
7 17 (2.371%) iPad
8 16 (2.232%) Client/Server
9 15 (2.092%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 15 (2.092%) Credit Risk
10 14 (1.953%) Mathematics
11 13 (1.813%) SaaS
12 11 (1.534%) Data Protection Act
12 11 (1.534%) Semantic Web
13 9 (1.255%) Blog
13 9 (1.255%) Economics
14 8 (1.116%) Visualisation
14 8 (1.116%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 52 (7.252%) Linux
2 46 (6.416%) Windows
3 42 (5.858%) UNIX
4 34 (4.742%) Apple iOS
5 16 (2.232%) Android
6 14 (1.953%) Mac OS
7 6 (0.837%) Ubuntu
7 6 (0.837%) OpenBSD
8 5 (0.697%) Windows Phone
8 5 (0.697%) AIX
9 4 (0.558%) OpenVMS
9 4 (0.558%) zOS
9 4 (0.558%) Windows 8
10 3 (0.418%) Mac OS X
11 1 (0.139%) Oracle Linux
11 1 (0.139%) VMS
11 1 (0.139%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 187 (26.08%) Test Scripting
2 183 (25.52%) Agile Software Development
3 154 (21.48%) User Acceptance Testing
4 137 (19.11%) Test Automation
5 126 (17.57%) Performance Testing
6 124 (17.29%) Automated Testing
7 118 (16.46%) Scrum
8 102 (14.23%) TDD
9 99 (13.81%) Test Management
10 84 (11.72%) BDD
11 81 (11.30%) Software Testing
12 78 (10.88%) E-Commerce
13 73 (10.18%) Integration Testing
14 69 (9.623%) Regression Testing
15 67 (9.344%) Project Management
16 62 (8.647%) PRINCE2
17 59 (8.229%) Stakeholder Management
18 57 (7.950%) Manual Testing
19 55 (7.671%) Agile Testing
19 55 (7.671%) Automation Testing
Programming Languages
1 155 (21.62%) Java
2 103 (14.37%) SQL
3 69 (9.623%) C#
4 50 (6.974%) Ruby
5 48 (6.695%) JavaScript
6 36 (5.021%) PHP
7 18 (2.510%) Python
8 15 (2.092%) VBScript
9 12 (1.674%) VB
10 10 (1.395%) C
11 9 (1.255%) MATLAB
11 9 (1.255%) C++
12 8 (1.116%) Shell Script
13 7 (0.976%) sed
13 7 (0.976%) AWK
13 7 (0.976%) Perl
13 7 (0.976%) Bash shell
14 5 (0.697%) Groovy
15 4 (0.558%) VBA
16 3 (0.418%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 177 (24.69%) Degree
2 128 (17.85%) ISEB
3 60 (8.368%) ISTQB
4 20 (2.789%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 19 (2.650%) SAP Certification
5 19 (2.650%) Security Cleared
6 11 (1.534%) ISEB Practitioner
7 10 (1.395%) CCA
8 9 (1.255%) PMI Certification
9 8 (1.116%) SC Cleared
9 8 (1.116%) PMP
10 3 (0.418%) DV Cleared
11 1 (0.139%) Microsoft Certification
11 1 (0.139%) PhD
11 1 (0.139%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 322 (44.91%) QA
2 8 (1.116%) Basel II
3 6 (0.837%) Basel III
3 6 (0.837%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 4 (0.558%) Solvency II
5 2 (0.279%) PCI DSS
5 2 (0.279%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.139%) TickIT
6 1 (0.139%) 21 CFR Part 11
6 1 (0.139%) GxP
6 1 (0.139%) WAI
System Software
1 25 (3.487%) Active Directory
2 5 (0.697%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.139%) ISA Server
3 1 (0.139%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 77 (10.74%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (0.139%) CA Wily
Vendors
1 65 (9.066%) HP
2 50 (6.974%) Microsoft
3 37 (5.160%) SAP
4 32 (4.463%) Oracle
5 13 (1.813%) Cisco
5 13 (1.813%) Cognizant
6 11 (1.534%) Citrix
7 10 (1.395%) Reuters
7 10 (1.395%) Bloomberg
8 8 (1.116%) Mercator
9 7 (0.976%) IBM
10 5 (0.697%) Twitter
10 5 (0.697%) VMware
11 4 (0.558%) Fundtech
11 4 (0.558%) Sencha
11 4 (0.558%) Huawei
12 3 (0.418%) Xamarin
12 3 (0.418%) Sophis
13 2 (0.279%) Pega
13 2 (0.279%) Wall Street Systems
London
We are looking for experienced Test Assurance Managers to join our Testing practice to lead and manage User Acceptance Testing activities on major programmes for our customers... Sogeti...
Sogeti
Salary: Excellent Salary + Flexible Benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
London
Test Analyst Salary £38k Location- Central London Experience with QTP OR TestComplete The Role Looking for an experienced test analyst with a good knowledge of system and functional...
OCC Computing
Salary: £0 - 38k per year + benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
London
This will include test strategy development, third party test assurance (software and\or hardware) and overall responsibility for the delivery of services into complex, high profile programmes... Sogeti...
Sogeti
Salary: Excellent Salary + Benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
London
They are looking for a Test Consultant (Integration / Automation / Performance / ISEB) to deliver projects and provide strategic advice to clients where their new and existing technology implementations are...
ANSON MCCADE
Salary: From £30,000 to £47,000 per annum plus competitive package
Posted: 20 May 2013
London
My global banking client, a prestigious and top tier investment bank, is looking for a high calibre business facing test manager to build a new Quality Assurance function...
Aston Carter
Salary: £80000 - £90000 per annum + bonus and benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
London
You will be using TDD and Agile on a daily basis along with Selenium, JBehave etc... Solid understanding of TDD and agile testing methodologies... Core skills to carry...
Coal IT Services
Salary: From £30,000 to £40,000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
City, London
c) Has worked within an Agile development environment... You may have experience of the following: Test Manager, Waterfall, Software Testing Manager, Scrum, ISTQB, Agile, QA Manager, Quality Assurance,...
EasyWebRecruitment.com
Salary: c£55,000 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013
London, London, United Kingdom
Through their award winning brands, IG offers Contracts for Difference (CFDs) and financial spread betting to a global audience of over 130,000 clients... IG Group's strong...
Easy Web Recruitment
Salary: £0 - £55,000 per year
Posted: 22 May 2013
Chiswick, West London, United Kingdom
To help provide guidance and assistance in client requirements definition.The candidate Test Lead must have - Qualified to ISEB/ISTQB Foundation level - Software testing. - Experience of using test...
OpenBet
Salary: Competitive + Benefits
Posted: 25 May 2013
London
This is a great opportunity to join a top consultancy with a strong client base and the chance to take your Test Management career to the next level...
Randstad Technologies
Salary: competitive + flexible benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Central London / West End
Lead Agile Java Tester / QA Engineer - Global Giant- Open Source expert Junit , Fitnesse , Selenium AGILE... Expert Java web application and Webservices application testing , SOAP JUNIT... Expert in Test...
BTR Recruitment Ltd.
Salary: From £65,000 to £85,000 per annum plus package
Posted: 20 May 2013
West London
Qualified to ISEB/ISTQB Foundation level - Software testing. Experience of using test tools, enterprise and open source... Detailed knowledge of both Manual and Automated Testing. Experience of testing...
OpenBet Technology
Salary: Competitive
Posted: 10 May 2013
London
TEST LEAD - WEB PLATFORM - .NET - UAT - VISUAL STUDIO - HANDS ON TESTING - ELEARNING... The successful Test Lead will be responsible for all testing activities on IT projects specified by...
Burns Sheehan
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 24 May 2013
City of London
Prepare test scenarios and execute and support the user community during acceptance testing * Act as a Product Owner in Agile development process * Develop effective relationships with the user...
WorldPay
Salary: Competitive + Bens
Posted: 25 May 2013
London
As Test Lead / Manager you'll be required to complete the Test Strategy, construct a meaningful Test Project Plan and oversee final preparation for system integration testing on...
Sogeti
Salary: Excellent Salary + Flexible Benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
London
You will be using TDD and Agile on a daily basis along with Selenium, JBehave etc... Solid understanding of TDD and agile testing methodologies... Ability to code in...
Coal IT Services
Salary: From £40,000 to £50,000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Central London / West End
Lead Java Developer in Test / QA Engineer - Global Giant- Open Source expert Junit , Fitnesse , Selenium AGILE... Expert Java web application and Webservices application testing , SOAP JUNIT... Expert in...
BTR Recruitment Ltd.
Salary: From £65,000 to £85,000 per annum plus package
Posted: 24 May 2013
London
The successful candidate will have knowledge of setting up/maintaining test data and environments, experience with automation testing with open source tools such as Cucumber or Webdriver and...
Hydrogen Group
Salary: £40000 - £50000.00 per annum + shares + bonus + benefits
Posted: 23 May 2013
London
You will be familiar with using numerous tools including Selenium Webdriver, Junit, Eggplant, Robotium and other emerging open source testing tools. The role is working in a heavy...
Vertical IT
Salary: £45000 - £50000 per annum
Posted: 24 May 2013
London
An expert in SELENIUM WEBDRIVER within a .NET ENVIRONMENT?... Key requirements: An excellent knowledge of automated testing and of using Selenium Webdriver to a high level, Strong knowledge...
Explore Recruitment Solutions
Salary: £50000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 24 May 2013
East London
At least three years' performance software testing experience. oExperience must be within a UNIX/Linux environment oCandidates with good performance testing experience outside of a Financial Services environment...
Aston Carter
Salary: £65000 - £80000 per annum + annual bonus + benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
City of London
You will also be required to prepare test strategy documents covering test objectives, scope, environment, deliverables, roles and responsibilities, schedule, risks, assumptions, issues and dependencies Generating reports on...
Real Staffing
Salary: £71 - £100 per annum
Posted: 25 May 2013
London
An opportunity has arisen for an experienced Quality Assurance Manager to join a fantastic organisation based in Ealing, London.The role will involve responsibility to develop, establish, and...
Harvey Nash plc
Posted: 25 May 2013
London
Key skills: -Substantial experience in overseeing the design, development, and implementation of quality assurance standards for software testing... -Extensive experience with core software applications, including Microsoft Windows XP &...
Harvey Nash plc
Posted: 24 May 2013
London
Apple/ Blackberry Certification)... Experience in testing native / web applications on iOS, Android, Blackberry & Windows platforms... Significant experience in using test automation tools (including Selenium Web driver, SoapUI Pro,...
Epsilium Recruitment
Salary: From £60,000 to £65,000 per annum Holidays+ Pension + Health + Benefi
Posted: 20 May 2013