The first table below looks at the demand for Test Strategy skills in IT jobs advertised for the Merseyside 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 Merseyside region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Strategy
Rank - 80 -
Permanent jobs citing Test Strategy 0 2 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Merseyside - 0.297% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - 0.399% -
Number of salaries quoted 0 2 0
Average salary - £22,500 -
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £42,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year
+5.88% -
All Processes & Methodologies
Merseyside
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
374 501 327
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Merseyside 83.67% 74.44% 70.63%
Number of salaries quoted 312 442 268
Average salary £37,500 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.25% +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £29,000 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £53,250 £50,000 £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 Merseyside region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Merseyside 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 Merseyside region.

Merseyside Test Strategy Salary Trend

Test Strategy
Top 15 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Merseyside 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 2 (100.00%) QA
2 1 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Test Management
2 1 (50.00%) C#
2 1 (50.00%) SQL
2 1 (50.00%) .NET
2 1 (50.00%) ASP.NET
2 1 (50.00%) XML
2 1 (50.00%) ISEB
2 1 (50.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Banking
2 1 (50.00%) Asset Management
2 1 (50.00%) Investment Banking

Test Strategy
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Merseyside 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 (50.00%) .NET
1 1 (50.00%) ASP.NET
1 1 (50.00%) XML
General
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Banking
1 1 (50.00%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Test Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Quality Manager
1 1 (50.00%) QA Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Senior QA Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Quality Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Performance Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Test Management
1 1 (50.00%) Project Management
1 1 (50.00%) Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) C#
1 1 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) QA