The first table below looks at the demand for ISTQB in IT jobs advertised for the Norfolk region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited ISTQB 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 Qualifications for the Norfolk region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
International Software Testing Qualification Board (ISTQB)
Rank 58 - 36
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing ISTQB 2 0 11
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Norfolk 0.451% - 3.514%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.667% - 18.03%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 10
Average salary £27,250 - £47,500
90% offered a salary of more than £26,650 - £41,500
10% offered a salary of more than £27,850 - £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £33,000 £35,000 £37,250
% change year-on-year
-5.71% -6.04%
All Qualifications
Norfolk
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
75 107 61
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Norfolk 16.93% 22.20% 19.49%
Number of salaries quoted 70 93 51
Average salary £28,000 £34,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-17.64% -15.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,700 £22,500 £20,000
10% offered a salary of more than £40,350 £60,000 £47,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
ISTQB
East of England

ISTQB
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Norfolk 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 Norfolk region.

Norfolk ISTQB Salary Trend

ISTQB
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing ISTQB within the Norfolk region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Norwich - 2 £27,250 -
ISTQB
East of England

ISTQB
Top 28 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Norfolk 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 5 (100.00%) ISEB
2 2 (40.00%) SQL
2 2 (40.00%) Regression Testing
2 2 (40.00%) Finance
2 2 (40.00%) Banking
2 2 (40.00%) Retail
2 2 (40.00%) Retail Banking
2 2 (40.00%) Performance Testing
2 2 (40.00%) QA
2 2 (40.00%) Non-Functional Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Selenium
3 1 (20.00%) Usability Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Compatibility Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Load Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Stress Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Security Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Volume Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Scalability Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Degree
3 1 (20.00%) Computer Science
3 1 (20.00%) Automated Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Scrum
3 1 (20.00%) Agile Software Development
3 1 (20.00%) .NET
3 1 (20.00%) Oracle
3 1 (20.00%) SQL Server
3 1 (20.00%) Windows
3 1 (20.00%) Microsoft

ISTQB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Norfolk 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 1 (20.00%) .NET
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Selenium
General
1 2 (40.00%) Finance
1 2 (40.00%) Banking
1 2 (40.00%) Retail
1 2 (40.00%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Tester
2 1 (20.00%) Web Tester
2 1 (20.00%) Testing Specialist
2 1 (20.00%) Non-Functional Test Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Software Tester
2 1 (20.00%) Test Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Test Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Test Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Regression Testing
1 2 (40.00%) Performance Testing
1 2 (40.00%) Non-Functional Testing
2 1 (20.00%) Usability Testing
2 1 (20.00%) Compatibility Testing
2 1 (20.00%) Load Testing
2 1 (20.00%) Stress Testing
2 1 (20.00%) Security Testing
2 1 (20.00%) Volume Testing
2 1 (20.00%) Scalability Testing
2 1 (20.00%) Automated Testing
2 1 (20.00%) Scrum
2 1 (20.00%) Agile Software Development
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) ISEB
2 1 (20.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Oracle
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
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