Test Strategy Jobs in Manchester
 
Demand Trend Salary Trend Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Test Strategy skills in IT jobs advertised for the Manchester region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Test Strategy over the 3 months to 21 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 Manchester region.

Location
 3 months to
21 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Strategy
Rank 185 132 147
Rank change year-on-year
-53 +15
Permanent jobs citing Test Strategy 4 44 29
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 0.098% 1.208% 0.744%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.127% 1.664% 1.085%
Number of salaries quoted 3 24 15
Average salary £35,000 £50,000 £65,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-30.00% -23.07%
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £43,750 £42,500
% change year-on-year
+2.85% +2.94%
All Processes & Methodologies
Manchester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category		 3151 2645 2674
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 76.91% 72.64% 68.58%
Number of salaries quoted 2715 2327 2416
Average salary £37,500 £35,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.14% -6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £25,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £51,000 £60,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Test Strategy
North West

Test Strategy
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Manchester 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 Manchester region.

Manchester Test Strategy Salary Trend

Test Strategy
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Manchester 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 11 (50.00%) ISEB
2 10 (45.45%) HP Quality Center
3 9 (40.91%) ISTQB
4 7 (31.82%) Performance Testing
4 7 (31.82%) Software Testing
5 6 (27.27%) QA
5 6 (27.27%) Linux
6 5 (22.73%) Finance
7 4 (18.18%) Agile Software Development
7 4 (18.18%) Test Management
7 4 (18.18%) Windows
7 4 (18.18%) Performance Management
8 3 (13.64%) BDD
8 3 (13.64%) Semantic Web
8 3 (13.64%) Web Accessibility
8 3 (13.64%) Product Management
8 3 (13.64%) C++
8 3 (13.64%) SQL
8 3 (13.64%) OO
8 3 (13.64%) Internet
8 3 (13.64%) UML
8 3 (13.64%) Mac OS X
8 3 (13.64%) HP
8 3 (13.64%) Manual Testing
8 3 (13.64%) Interactive TV
8 3 (13.64%) Software Engineering
8 3 (13.64%) Degree
8 3 (13.64%) JIRA
8 3 (13.64%) Electronics
8 3 (13.64%) Advertising

Test Strategy
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Manchester 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 1 (4.545%) .NET
1 1 (4.545%) OpenGL
Applications
1 1 (4.545%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 3 (13.64%) Internet
2 1 (4.545%) VoIP
2 1 (4.545%) Ethernet
2 1 (4.545%) TCP/IP
2 1 (4.545%) IGMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.545%) SQL Server 2008
1 1 (4.545%) SQL Server
1 1 (4.545%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 3 (13.64%) JIRA
2 2 (9.091%) Selenium
2 2 (9.091%) FitNesse
2 2 (9.091%) QuickTest Pro
General
1 5 (22.73%) Finance
2 3 (13.64%) Electronics
2 3 (13.64%) Advertising
3 2 (9.091%) Aerospace
3 2 (9.091%) Military
3 2 (9.091%) Telecoms
4 1 (4.545%) Music
4 1 (4.545%) Marketing
4 1 (4.545%) Banking
4 1 (4.545%) Retail
Job Titles
1 11 (50.00%) Test Manager
2 4 (18.18%) Analyst
2 4 (18.18%) Test Analyst
3 3 (13.64%) Test Leader
4 2 (9.091%) Software Engineer
4 2 (9.091%) Software Manager
4 2 (9.091%) Software Test Manager
4 2 (9.091%) Development Engineer
4 2 (9.091%) Software Development Engineer
5 1 (4.545%) Graduate Software Tester
5 1 (4.545%) Junior Software Tester
5 1 (4.545%) Graduate
5 1 (4.545%) Tester
5 1 (4.545%) Junior
5 1 (4.545%) Software Tester
5 1 (4.545%) Junior Tester
Miscellaneous
1 3 (13.64%) Semantic Web
1 3 (13.64%) Interactive TV
1 3 (13.64%) BBC
2 2 (9.091%) Mathematics
2 2 (9.091%) Physics
2 2 (9.091%) Computer Science
2 2 (9.091%) Chip and PIN
2 2 (9.091%) Management Information System
3 1 (4.545%) Embedded Systems
3 1 (4.545%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
Operating Systems
1 6 (27.27%) Linux
2 4 (18.18%) Windows
3 3 (13.64%) Mac OS X
4 1 (4.545%) Windows CE
4 1 (4.545%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (31.82%) Performance Testing
1 7 (31.82%) Software Testing
2 4 (18.18%) Agile Software Development
2 4 (18.18%) Test Management
2 4 (18.18%) Performance Management
3 3 (13.64%) BDD
3 3 (13.64%) Web Accessibility
3 3 (13.64%) Product Management
3 3 (13.64%) OO
3 3 (13.64%) UML
3 3 (13.64%) Manual Testing
3 3 (13.64%) Software Engineering
3 3 (13.64%) TDD
3 3 (13.64%) Content Management
4 2 (9.091%) Information Management
4 2 (9.091%) User Acceptance Testing
4 2 (9.091%) OOP
4 2 (9.091%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (9.091%) Communications Security
4 2 (9.091%) V-Model
Programming Languages
1 3 (13.64%) C++
1 3 (13.64%) SQL
2 2 (9.091%) Shell Script
2 2 (9.091%) Java
2 2 (9.091%) C
Qualifications
1 11 (50.00%) ISEB
2 9 (40.91%) ISTQB
3 3 (13.64%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (27.27%) QA
Systems Management
1 10 (45.45%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 3 (13.64%) HP
2 1 (4.545%) Microsoft
Software Test Manager (Software/UAT/Manual) - Manchester, North West
Manchester, Lancashire
They require an experienced Test Manager with proven experience and expertise in software testing within a fast paced delivery environment... You will be required to implement a test...
AMsource Technology
Salary: From £35,000 to £40,000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Software Test Manager (Software/UAT/Manual) - Manchester, North West
Manchester, Lancashire
They require an experienced Test Manager with proven experience and expertise in software testing within a fast paced delivery environment... You will be required to implement a test...
AMsource Technology
Salary: From £30,000 to £40,000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
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