The first table below looks at the demand for Regression Testing skills in IT jobs advertised for the Merseyside region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Regression Testing over the 3 months to 18 June 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 Merseyside region.

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Regression Testing
Rank 51 76 -
Rank change year-on-year
+25 -
Permanent jobs citing Regression Testing 8 4 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Merseyside 1.656% 0.602% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.010% 0.802% -
Number of salaries quoted 7 4 0
Average salary £42,000 £22,500 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
+86.66% -
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £32,375 £33,000
% change year-on-year
+8.10% -1.89%
All Processes & Methodologies
Merseyside
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
398 499 352
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Merseyside 82.40% 75.04% 73.79%
Number of salaries quoted 345 450 286
Average salary £37,500 £37,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £27,500 £27,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £50,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Regression Testing
North West

Regression Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Merseyside Regression Testing Jobs Demand Trend

Regression Testing
Salary Trend

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

Merseyside Regression Testing Salary Trend

Regression Testing
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Regression Testing within the Merseyside region over the 3 months to 18 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Liverpool - 8 £42,000 -
Regression Testing
North West

Regression Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Merseyside region citing Regression 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 Regression Testing.

1 7 (46.67%) Software Testing
1 7 (46.67%) Manual Testing
2 5 (33.33%) SQL
3 4 (26.67%) Test Scripting
3 4 (26.67%) TestComplete
3 4 (26.67%) Load Testing
3 4 (26.67%) Selenium
3 4 (26.67%) SQL Server
3 4 (26.67%) QuickTest Pro
3 4 (26.67%) Automated Testing
4 3 (20.00%) VB6
4 3 (20.00%) VB
4 3 (20.00%) VB.NET
4 3 (20.00%) .NET
5 2 (13.33%) System Testing
6 1 (6.667%) Web Testing
6 1 (6.667%) User Acceptance Testing
6 1 (6.667%) Performance Testing
6 1 (6.667%) ISTQB
6 1 (6.667%) V-Model
6 1 (6.667%) Test Automation
6 1 (6.667%) Root Cause Analysis
6 1 (6.667%) Degree
6 1 (6.667%) Computer Science
6 1 (6.667%) QA
6 1 (6.667%) Agile Software Development
6 1 (6.667%) GAP Analysis
6 1 (6.667%) Games
6 1 (6.667%) Oracle
6 1 (6.667%) C#

Regression Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Merseyside region citing Regression 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 Regression Testing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (20.00%) .NET
Applications
1 1 (6.667%) MS Office
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (26.67%) SQL Server
2 1 (6.667%) DB2
2 1 (6.667%) SQL Server 2000
Development Applications
1 4 (26.67%) QuickTest Pro
1 4 (26.67%) Selenium
1 4 (26.67%) TestComplete
General
1 1 (6.667%) Games
Job Titles
1 6 (40.00%) Tester
1 6 (40.00%) Senior Tester
2 5 (33.33%) Team Leader
2 5 (33.33%) Test Team Leader
2 5 (33.33%) Test Leader
2 5 (33.33%) Lead Tester
2 5 (33.33%) Analyst
3 4 (26.67%) Test Analyst
3 4 (26.67%) Automated Test Analyst
4 3 (20.00%) Developer
4 3 (20.00%) Software Developer
5 2 (13.33%) Manual Test Analyst
6 1 (6.667%) Software Tester
6 1 (6.667%) Development Engineer
6 1 (6.667%) Senior Software Tester
6 1 (6.667%) Business Analyst
6 1 (6.667%) Business Systems Analyst
6 1 (6.667%) Systems Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.667%) Computer Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (46.67%) Software Testing
1 7 (46.67%) Manual Testing
2 4 (26.67%) Load Testing
2 4 (26.67%) Automated Testing
2 4 (26.67%) Test Scripting
3 2 (13.33%) System Testing
4 1 (6.667%) V-Model
4 1 (6.667%) Test Automation
4 1 (6.667%) Root Cause Analysis
4 1 (6.667%) Web Testing
4 1 (6.667%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (6.667%) Performance Testing
4 1 (6.667%) DSDM
4 1 (6.667%) GAP Analysis
4 1 (6.667%) Agile Software Development
Programming Languages
1 5 (33.33%) SQL
2 3 (20.00%) VB
2 3 (20.00%) VB.NET
2 3 (20.00%) VB6
3 1 (6.667%) Python
3 1 (6.667%) C#
3 1 (6.667%) C++
3 1 (6.667%) Perl
3 1 (6.667%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (6.667%) ISEB
1 1 (6.667%) ISTQB
1 1 (6.667%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.667%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (6.667%) Oracle