The first table below looks at the demand for Software Testing skills in IT jobs advertised for the Milton Keynes region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Software 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 Milton Keynes region.

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Testing
Rank 91 76 82
Rank change year-on-year
-15 +6
Permanent jobs citing Software Testing 14 15 8
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Milton Keynes 1.080% 1.524% 0.826%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.418% 1.940% 1.144%
Number of salaries quoted 13 12 6
Average salary £31,000 £35,000 £31,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-11.42% +11.11%
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £34,500 £32,500
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +6.15%
All Processes & Methodologies
Milton Keynes
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
987 773 699
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Milton Keynes 76.16% 78.56% 72.14%
Number of salaries quoted 838 641 601
Average salary £42,500 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.25% +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £24,000 £29,000
10% offered a salary of more than £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Software Testing
Buckinghamshire

Software Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Milton Keynes Software Testing Jobs Demand Trend

Software Testing
Salary Trend

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

Milton Keynes Software Testing Salary Trend

Software Testing
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Software Testing across the Milton Keynes region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

Milton Keynes Software Testing Salary Histogram

Software Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Milton Keynes region citing Software 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 Software Testing.

1 15 (48.39%) ISEB
2 12 (38.71%) SQL
3 10 (32.26%) TestDirector
3 10 (32.26%) Finance
3 10 (32.26%) Test Scripting
4 9 (29.03%) User Acceptance Testing
4 9 (29.03%) Microsoft
5 8 (25.81%) QuickTest Pro
5 8 (25.81%) Agile Software Development
5 8 (25.81%) Automated Testing
6 7 (22.58%) C#
7 6 (19.35%) XML
7 6 (19.35%) Regression Testing
8 5 (16.13%) Windows
8 5 (16.13%) Java
8 5 (16.13%) JIRA
8 5 (16.13%) HP Quality Center
9 4 (12.90%) Team Foundation Server
9 4 (12.90%) Degree
9 4 (12.90%) Physics
9 4 (12.90%) .NET
9 4 (12.90%) Oracle
9 4 (12.90%) MS Office
9 4 (12.90%) Web Services
9 4 (12.90%) Games
9 4 (12.90%) ISTQB
10 3 (9.677%) Military
10 3 (9.677%) Marketing
10 3 (9.677%) Scrum
10 3 (9.677%) Automotive

Software Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 6 (19.35%) XML
2 4 (12.90%) .NET
2 4 (12.90%) Web Services
3 3 (9.677%) ASP.NET
4 1 (3.226%) CSS
4 1 (3.226%) HTML
4 1 (3.226%) Ajax
4 1 (3.226%) WCF
Application Platforms
1 1 (3.226%) IIS
1 1 (3.226%) Apache
1 1 (3.226%) Tomcat
Applications
1 4 (12.90%) MS Office
2 3 (9.677%) MS Project
3 2 (6.452%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.226%) SNMP
1 1 (3.226%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.226%) MySQL
1 1 (3.226%) SQL Server
1 1 (3.226%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 1 (3.226%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 10 (32.26%) TestDirector
2 8 (25.81%) QuickTest Pro
3 5 (16.13%) JIRA
4 4 (12.90%) Team Foundation Server
5 3 (9.677%) Visual Studio
6 2 (6.452%) Visual Studio Team System
7 1 (3.226%) MSTest
General
1 10 (32.26%) Finance
2 4 (12.90%) Games
3 3 (9.677%) Military
3 3 (9.677%) Automotive
3 3 (9.677%) Publishing
3 3 (9.677%) Marketing
4 1 (3.226%) Retail
Job Titles
1 15 (48.39%) Tester
1 15 (48.39%) Analyst
2 10 (32.26%) Test Analyst
2 10 (32.26%) Software Tester
3 5 (16.13%) Test Manager
4 4 (12.90%) Test Engineer
4 4 (12.90%) Team Leader
4 4 (12.90%) Web Tester
4 4 (12.90%) Test Team Leader
5 3 (9.677%) QA Analyst
5 3 (9.677%) Quality Analyst
5 3 (9.677%) QA Tester
6 2 (6.452%) Senior Tester
7 1 (3.226%) Support Analyst
7 1 (3.226%) 2nd Line Support
7 1 (3.226%) Project Manager
7 1 (3.226%) Business Analyst
7 1 (3.226%) Business Project Manager
7 1 (3.226%) Business Manager
7 1 (3.226%) Software Test Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 4 (12.90%) Physics
2 3 (9.677%) Client/Server
2 3 (9.677%) Video Editing
3 1 (3.226%) Mathematics
3 1 (3.226%) iPhone
3 1 (3.226%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 5 (16.13%) Windows
2 1 (3.226%) Linux
2 1 (3.226%) Windows Mobile
2 1 (3.226%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (32.26%) Test Scripting
2 9 (29.03%) User Acceptance Testing
3 8 (25.81%) Agile Software Development
3 8 (25.81%) Automated Testing
4 6 (19.35%) Regression Testing
5 3 (9.677%) Validation
5 3 (9.677%) Scrum
5 3 (9.677%) Load Testing
5 3 (9.677%) Integration Testing
5 3 (9.677%) Test Management
5 3 (9.677%) V-Model
6 2 (6.452%) Stress Testing
6 2 (6.452%) Change Control
7 1 (3.226%) BDD
7 1 (3.226%) Network Management
7 1 (3.226%) ITIL
7 1 (3.226%) ETL
7 1 (3.226%) Business Intelligence
7 1 (3.226%) Systems Analysis
7 1 (3.226%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 12 (38.71%) SQL
2 7 (22.58%) C#
3 5 (16.13%) Java
4 3 (9.677%) Delphi
5 1 (3.226%) C
5 1 (3.226%) C++
5 1 (3.226%) JavaScript
5 1 (3.226%) Perl
5 1 (3.226%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 15 (48.39%) ISEB
2 4 (12.90%) ISTQB
2 4 (12.90%) Degree
3 1 (3.226%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (3.226%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (3.226%) ISEB Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (9.677%) QA
System Software
1 2 (6.452%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (16.13%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 9 (29.03%) Microsoft
2 4 (12.90%) Oracle
3 2 (6.452%) VMware
Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
The role is looking for a Test Analyst/ Software Tester that has excellent knowledge of various types of software testing including when and how to apply them... To...
Focus IT Recruitment
Salary: From £20,000 to £35,000 per annum + Great Benefits
Posted: 13 June 2013