The first table below looks at the demand for ISTQB in IT jobs advertised for the Newcastle upon Tyne region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited ISTQB over the 3 months to 21 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 Qualifications for the Newcastle upon Tyne region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
International Software Testing Qualification Board (ISTQB)
Rank 43 47 47
Rank change year-on-year
+4 0
Permanent jobs citing ISTQB 16 6 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Newcastle upon Tyne 3.259% 1.302% 0.503%
As % of the Qualifications category 12.60% 5.455% 1.852%
Number of salaries quoted 14 6 2
Average salary £33,000 £32,500 £27,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.53% +18.18%
UK excluding London average salary £33,000 £35,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-5.71% -6.66%
All Qualifications
Newcastle upon Tyne
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
127 110 108
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Newcastle upon Tyne 25.87% 23.86% 27.14%
Number of salaries quoted 106 99 90
Average salary £40,000 £32,500 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+23.07% -
90% offered a salary of more than £21,500 £22,500 £20,000
10% offered a salary of more than £46,600 £40,500 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
ISTQB
Tyne and Wear

ISTQB
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing ISTQB across the Newcastle upon Tyne region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

Newcastle upon Tyne ISTQB Jobs Demand Trend

ISTQB
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing ISTQB across the Newcastle upon Tyne region.

Newcastle upon Tyne ISTQB Salary Trend

ISTQB
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Newcastle upon Tyne region citing ISTQB 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 ISTQB.

1 21 (65.63%) ISEB
2 17 (53.13%) QA
3 15 (46.88%) Scrum
4 14 (43.75%) Selenium
5 12 (37.50%) RAD
6 11 (34.38%) TCP/IP
6 11 (34.38%) Linux
6 11 (34.38%) Automation Testing
7 10 (31.25%) Open Source
7 10 (31.25%) Software Testing
8 8 (25.00%) Performance Testing
8 8 (25.00%) Test Management
9 7 (21.88%) Finance
9 7 (21.88%) Wireless
9 7 (21.88%) Manual Testing
9 7 (21.88%) Automated Testing
9 7 (21.88%) soapUI
10 6 (18.75%) Non-Functional Testing
11 5 (15.63%) RDF
11 5 (15.63%) SOAP
11 5 (15.63%) Test Scripting
11 5 (15.63%) Test Strategy
12 4 (12.50%) Microsoft
12 4 (12.50%) Management Information System
12 4 (12.50%) Validation
13 3 (9.375%) Java
13 3 (9.375%) SQL
13 3 (9.375%) Visual Studio
13 3 (9.375%) Security Testing
13 3 (9.375%) Team Foundation Server

ISTQB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Newcastle upon Tyne region citing ISTQB 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 ISTQB. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 7 (21.88%) soapUI
2 5 (15.63%) SOAP
Applications
1 2 (6.250%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 11 (34.38%) TCP/IP
2 7 (21.88%) Wireless
3 2 (6.250%) Internet
Development Applications
1 14 (43.75%) Selenium
2 3 (9.375%) Visual Studio
2 3 (9.375%) Team Foundation Server
3 2 (6.250%) QuickTest Pro
4 1 (3.125%) LoadRunner
4 1 (3.125%) MSTest
General
1 7 (21.88%) Finance
2 2 (6.250%) Banking
2 2 (6.250%) Retail
2 2 (6.250%) Retail Banking
2 2 (6.250%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 10 (31.25%) Tester
2 8 (25.00%) Test Engineer
3 6 (18.75%) Test Manager
4 5 (15.63%) Test Analyst
4 5 (15.63%) Analyst
5 3 (9.375%) Performance Tester
5 3 (9.375%) Non-Functional Tester
5 3 (9.375%) Automation Tester
6 2 (6.250%) QA Engineer
6 2 (6.250%) Programme Test Manager
6 2 (6.250%) Programme Manager
6 2 (6.250%) Resource Manager
6 2 (6.250%) QA Tester
7 1 (3.125%) QA Manager
7 1 (3.125%) Senior Test Engineer
7 1 (3.125%) Test Specialist
7 1 (3.125%) Test Leader
7 1 (3.125%) QA Test Analyst
7 1 (3.125%) Automation Test Analyst
7 1 (3.125%) QA Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 10 (31.25%) Open Source
2 4 (12.50%) Management Information System
3 2 (6.250%) Social Network
4 1 (3.125%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 11 (34.38%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (46.88%) Scrum
2 12 (37.50%) RAD
3 11 (34.38%) Automation Testing
4 10 (31.25%) Software Testing
5 8 (25.00%) Performance Testing
5 8 (25.00%) Test Management
6 7 (21.88%) Manual Testing
6 7 (21.88%) Automated Testing
7 6 (18.75%) Non-Functional Testing
8 5 (15.63%) RDF
8 5 (15.63%) Test Scripting
8 5 (15.63%) Test Strategy
9 4 (12.50%) Validation
10 3 (9.375%) Security Testing
10 3 (9.375%) User Acceptance Testing
10 3 (9.375%) Agile Software Development
10 3 (9.375%) Project Planning
10 3 (9.375%) Resource Management
11 2 (6.250%) Integration Testing
11 2 (6.250%) Risk Analysis
Programming Languages
1 3 (9.375%) Java
1 3 (9.375%) SQL
Qualifications
1 21 (65.63%) ISEB
2 2 (6.250%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (53.13%) QA
Vendors
1 4 (12.50%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.125%) HP
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