The first table below looks at the demand for ISTQB in IT jobs advertised for the Luton region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited ISTQB 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 Qualifications for the Luton region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
International Software Testing Qualification Board (ISTQB)
Rank 32 - 31
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing ISTQB 12 0 8
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Luton 3.243% - 3.113%
As % of the Qualifications category 10.62% - 9.302%
Number of salaries quoted 12 0 8
Average salary £27,500 - £27,500
UK excluding London average salary £33,000 £35,000 £37,250
% change year-on-year
-5.71% -6.04%
All Qualifications
Luton
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
113 98 86
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Luton 30.54% 26.13% 33.46%
Number of salaries quoted 81 82 78
Average salary £50,000 £40,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+25.00% -
90% offered a salary of more than £27,100 £26,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £45,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
ISTQB
Bedfordshire

ISTQB
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing ISTQB across the Luton region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

Luton ISTQB Jobs Demand Trend

ISTQB
Salary Trend

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

Luton ISTQB Salary Trend

ISTQB
Top 25 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Luton region citing ISTQB 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 ISTQB.

1 24 (92.31%) ISEB
1 24 (92.31%) Test Scripting
2 13 (50.00%) Bugzilla
2 13 (50.00%) SQL
2 13 (50.00%) FogBugz
2 13 (50.00%) Software Testing
3 12 (46.15%) Web Services
4 11 (42.31%) Selenium
5 9 (34.62%) Risk Analysis
5 9 (34.62%) ETL
5 9 (34.62%) Test Automation
6 8 (30.77%) Java
6 8 (30.77%) Client/Server
7 7 (26.92%) WebDriver
7 7 (26.92%) QA
8 5 (19.23%) Data Warehouse
9 4 (15.38%) SQL Server
10 3 (11.54%) Systems Analysis
10 3 (11.54%) User Acceptance Testing
11 2 (7.692%) Web Testing
11 2 (7.692%) Use Case
11 2 (7.692%) Degree
11 2 (7.692%) Manual Testing
11 2 (7.692%) Data Integration
11 2 (7.692%) Agile Software Development

ISTQB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 12 (46.15%) Web Services
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (19.23%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (15.38%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 13 (50.00%) Bugzilla
1 13 (50.00%) FogBugz
2 11 (42.31%) Selenium
3 7 (26.92%) WebDriver
Job Titles
1 14 (53.85%) Test Analyst
1 14 (53.85%) Analyst
2 11 (42.31%) Test Engineer
3 7 (26.92%) QA Analyst
4 2 (7.692%) Manual Test Analyst
4 2 (7.692%) Agile Test Analyst
4 2 (7.692%) Tester
5 1 (3.846%) Test Manager
5 1 (3.846%) Test Leader
Miscellaneous
1 8 (30.77%) Client/Server
2 2 (7.692%) Data Integration
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (92.31%) Test Scripting
2 13 (50.00%) Software Testing
3 9 (34.62%) Risk Analysis
3 9 (34.62%) ETL
3 9 (34.62%) Test Automation
4 3 (11.54%) Systems Analysis
4 3 (11.54%) User Acceptance Testing
5 2 (7.692%) Web Testing
5 2 (7.692%) Use Case
5 2 (7.692%) Manual Testing
5 2 (7.692%) Agile Software Development
Programming Languages
1 13 (50.00%) SQL
2 8 (30.77%) Java
Qualifications
1 24 (92.31%) ISEB
2 2 (7.692%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (26.92%) QA