The first table below looks at the demand for Test Strategy 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 Test Strategy over the 3 months to 17 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 Milton Keynes region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Strategy
Rank 101 83 85
Rank change year-on-year
-18 +2
Permanent jobs citing Test Strategy 1 8 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Milton Keynes 0.078% 0.755% 0.106%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.098% 0.995% 0.145%
Number of salaries quoted 1 6 0
Average salary £40,000 £42,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-4.76% -
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £42,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year
+5.88% -
All Processes & Methodologies
Milton Keynes
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1017 804 688
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Milton Keynes 78.90% 75.85% 72.80%
Number of salaries quoted 877 658 585
Average salary £42,500 £40,000 £38,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.25% +5.26%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £24,084 £29,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Test Strategy
Buckinghamshire

Test Strategy
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Milton Keynes 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 Milton Keynes region.

Milton Keynes Test Strategy Salary Trend

Test Strategy
Top 7 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Milton Keynes 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 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) Automated Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Web Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Team Foundation Server

Test Strategy
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Milton Keynes 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 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) ASP.NET
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Team Foundation Server
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Tester
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Test Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Test Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Tester
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) Automated Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Web Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL