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This section looks at the demand for System Testing skills within the Merseyside region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited System Testing over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSystem Testing
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank6881
Rank change on same period last yearUp+13
Matching permanent IT job ads106
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.005 %0.003 %
As % of the category below1.770 %1.183 %
Salaries quoted94
Average minimum salary£25,111£27,000
Average salary£26,278£27,250
% change on same period last year-3.56 %
Average maximum salary£27,444£27,500
UK excluding London average salary£34,815£36,008
% change on same period last year-3.31 %
Merseyside IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
Merseyside
Matching permanent IT job ads565507
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.304 %0.211 %
Salaries quoted481407
Average minimum salary£35,352£37,022
Average salary£37,862£39,631
% change on same period last year-4.46 %
Average maximum salary£40,372£42,240
UK excluding London average salary£42,487£44,463
% change on same period last year-4.44 %
System Testing North WestSystem Testing
North West

System Testing
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing System Testing across the Merseyside region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Merseyside System Testing Demand Trend

System Testing
Salary Trend

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

Merseyside System Testing Salary Trend

System Testing
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing System Testing across the Merseyside region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008.

Merseyside System Testing Salary Histogram

System Testing
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing System Testing within the Merseyside region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
LiverpoolUp+129£27,063-0.68 %
System Testing North WestSystem Testing
North West

System Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs across the Merseyside region citing System 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 System Testing.

19 (90.00 %)SQL
25 (50.00 %)COBOL
25 (50.00 %)UNIX
25 (50.00 %)HPUX
34 (40.00 %)HP
34 (40.00 %)PRINCE2
42 (20.00 %)Automated Testing
42 (20.00 %)ISEB
42 (20.00 %)Regression Testing
42 (20.00 %)SQL Server
42 (20.00 %)MS Office
42 (20.00 %)VB
42 (20.00 %).NET
51 (10.00 %)Oracle
51 (10.00 %)Transact-SQL
51 (10.00 %)HTML
51 (10.00 %)Java
51 (10.00 %)JavaScript
51 (10.00 %)PL/SQL
51 (10.00 %)CSS
51 (10.00 %)JSP
51 (10.00 %)Servlets
51 (10.00 %)Struts
51 (10.00 %)WebServices
51 (10.00 %)Ant
51 (10.00 %)Windows
51 (10.00 %)Validation
51 (10.00 %)Retail
51 (10.00 %)Windows Server 2003
51 (10.00 %)Oracle 8/8i

System Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs across the Merseyside region citing System 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 System Testing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Merseyside IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12 (20.00 %).NET
21 (10.00 %)CSS
21 (10.00 %)JSP
21 (10.00 %)Servlets
21 (10.00 %)Struts
21 (10.00 %)WebServices
21 (10.00 %)JSTL
21 (10.00 %)HTML
Merseyside IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (10.00 %)Oracle 9iAS
Merseyside IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (20.00 %)MS Office
21 (10.00 %)MS Excel
Merseyside IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (20.00 %)SQL Server
21 (10.00 %)Oracle 8/8i
21 (10.00 %)Oracle 9i
Merseyside IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (10.00 %)Ant
11 (10.00 %)JDeveloper
Merseyside IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (10.00 %)Retail
Merseyside IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
15 (50.00 %)Programmer
23 (30.00 %)Analyst
23 (30.00 %)Test Analyst
32 (20.00 %)Software Test Analyst
41 (10.00 %)Junior Analyst
41 (10.00 %)Tester
41 (10.00 %)Junior
41 (10.00 %)Developer
41 (10.00 %)Software Tester
41 (10.00 %)Java Developer
41 (10.00 %)COBOL Programmer
41 (10.00 %)Junior Test Analyst
Merseyside IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (10.00 %)Client/Server
Merseyside IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
15 (50.00 %)HPUX
15 (50.00 %)UNIX
21 (10.00 %)Windows
21 (10.00 %)Windows XP
21 (10.00 %)Windows Server 2003
21 (10.00 %)Windows Vista
Merseyside IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14 (40.00 %)PRINCE2
22 (20.00 %)Regression Testing
22 (20.00 %)Automated Testing
31 (10.00 %)Software Testing
31 (10.00 %)Test Scripting
31 (10.00 %)V-Model
31 (10.00 %)Validation
Merseyside IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
19 (90.00 %)SQL
25 (50.00 %)COBOL
32 (20.00 %)VB
41 (10.00 %)Transact-SQL
41 (10.00 %)Java
41 (10.00 %)JavaScript
41 (10.00 %)PL/SQL
Merseyside IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (20.00 %)ISEB
Merseyside IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
14 (40.00 %)HP
21 (10.00 %)Oracle