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The table below looks at the demand for System Testing skills within the Midlands 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 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSystem Testing
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank5774
Rank change on same period last yearUp+17
Matching permanent IT job ads44
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.002 %0.002 %
As % of the category below0.905 %0.401 %
Salaries quoted43
Average minimum salary£36,250£38,000
Average salary£38,750£38,833
% change on same period last year-0.21 %
Average maximum salary£41,250£39,667
UK excluding London average salary£34,842£35,337
% change on same period last year-1.40 %
Midlands IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
Midlands
Matching permanent IT job ads442998
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.256 %0.429 %
Salaries quoted356767
Average minimum salary£51,185£48,958
Average salary£57,184£54,157
% change on same period last year+5.59 %
Average maximum salary£63,183£59,356
UK excluding London average salary£42,675£44,216
% change on same period last year-3.48 %
System Testing EnglandSystem Testing
England

System Testing
Demand Trend

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

Midlands 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 Midlands region.

Midlands System Testing Salary Trend

System Testing
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing System Testing across the Midlands region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

Midlands System Testing Salary Histogram

System Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT jobs across the Midlands 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.

13 (25.00 %)Finance
13 (25.00 %)ISEB
13 (25.00 %)JDA
13 (25.00 %)Internet
13 (25.00 %)SQL
13 (25.00 %)HTML
13 (25.00 %)CSS
13 (25.00 %)UNIX
13 (25.00 %)Validation
13 (25.00 %)Business Analysis
13 (25.00 %)Web Testing
13 (25.00 %)Manual Testing
22 (16.67 %)QA
22 (16.67 %)SAP HR-PA
22 (16.67 %)User Acceptance Testing
22 (16.67 %)Unit Testing
22 (16.67 %)Navision
22 (16.67 %)Manufacturing
22 (16.67 %)SAP Payroll
22 (16.67 %)SAP
22 (16.67 %)SAP HR
31 (8.333 %)AS400
31 (8.333 %)Government
31 (8.333 %)Health
31 (8.333 %)Cisco Certification
31 (8.333 %)Project Management
31 (8.333 %)COBOL
31 (8.333 %)PL/SQL
31 (8.333 %)RPG
31 (8.333 %).NET

System Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT jobs across the Midlands 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.

Midlands IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
13 (25.00 %)HTML
13 (25.00 %)CSS
21 (8.333 %).NET
Midlands IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (8.333 %)MS Office
Midlands IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
12 (16.67 %)Navision
12 (16.67 %)SAP HR
12 (16.67 %)SAP Payroll
12 (16.67 %)SAP HR-PA
Midlands IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
13 (25.00 %)Internet
21 (8.333 %)TETRA
21 (8.333 %)GPRS
21 (8.333 %)GSM
21 (8.333 %)TCP/IP
Midlands IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (8.333 %)DB2
11 (8.333 %)Crystal Reports
11 (8.333 %)Oracle Reports
Midlands IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13 (25.00 %)Finance
22 (16.67 %)Manufacturing
31 (8.333 %)Pensions
31 (8.333 %)FMCG
31 (8.333 %)Government
31 (8.333 %)Health
Midlands IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
14 (33.33 %)Analyst
23 (25.00 %)Tester
23 (25.00 %)Manual Tester
32 (16.67 %)SAP HR Consultant
32 (16.67 %)SAP Consultant
32 (16.67 %)Developer
32 (16.67 %)Consultant
32 (16.67 %)Analyst Programmer
32 (16.67 %)Programmer
41 (8.333 %)Senior Analyst
41 (8.333 %)Test Analyst
41 (8.333 %)Senior Test Analyst
41 (8.333 %)RPG Programmer
41 (8.333 %)RPG Analyst Programmer
41 (8.333 %)AS400 Analyst Programmer
41 (8.333 %)Test Engineer
41 (8.333 %)Business Analyst
Midlands IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (8.333 %)AS400
Midlands IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
13 (25.00 %)UNIX
21 (8.333 %)Windows
21 (8.333 %)Linux
21 (8.333 %)Windows Mobile
Midlands IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (25.00 %)Validation
13 (25.00 %)Business Analysis
13 (25.00 %)Web Testing
13 (25.00 %)Manual Testing
22 (16.67 %)User Acceptance Testing
22 (16.67 %)Unit Testing
31 (8.333 %)Integration Testing
31 (8.333 %)UML
31 (8.333 %)E-Commerce
31 (8.333 %)Project Management
31 (8.333 %)Software Testing
31 (8.333 %)Web Development
31 (8.333 %)Security Cleared
Midlands IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13 (25.00 %)SQL
21 (8.333 %)COBOL
21 (8.333 %)PL/SQL
21 (8.333 %)RPG
Midlands IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
13 (25.00 %)ISEB
21 (8.333 %)Cisco Certification
21 (8.333 %)CCNA
Midlands IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (16.67 %)QA
Midlands IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (25.00 %)JDA
22 (16.67 %)SAP
31 (8.333 %)IBM
31 (8.333 %)Oracle