The first table below looks at the demand for Regression Testing skills in IT jobs advertised for the North East region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Regression Testing 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 of the Processes & Methodologies category for the North East region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Regression Testing
Rank 68 70 65
Rank change year-on-year
+2 -5
Permanent jobs citing Regression Testing 3 3 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North East 0.435% 0.348% 0.546%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.617% 0.505% 0.837%
Number of salaries quoted 3 3 4
Average salary £27,500 £45,000 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-38.88% +5.88%
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £32,500 £32,500
% change year-on-year
+7.69% -
All Processes & Methodologies
North East
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
486 594 478
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North East 70.43% 68.99% 65.30%
Number of salaries quoted 434 478 383
Average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £24,500 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £60,250 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Regression Testing
England

Regression Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North East Regression Testing Jobs Demand Trend

Regression Testing
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Regression Testing across the North East region.

North East Regression Testing Salary Trend

Regression Testing
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Regression Testing within the North East 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
Tyne and Wear -3 3 £27,500 -21.42%
Regression Testing
England

Regression Testing
Top 22 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the North East region citing Regression 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 Regression Testing.

1 5 (100.00%) ISEB
2 4 (80.00%) Unit Testing
2 4 (80.00%) Integration Testing
2 4 (80.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 4 (80.00%) System Testing
3 3 (60.00%) Performance Testing
3 3 (60.00%) Functional Testing
3 3 (60.00%) Test Scripting
3 3 (60.00%) Manual Testing
3 3 (60.00%) Finance
3 3 (60.00%) Validation
3 3 (60.00%) RDF
3 3 (60.00%) QA
3 3 (60.00%) ISEB Practitioner
3 3 (60.00%) Penetration Testing
3 3 (60.00%) Software Testing
4 1 (20.00%) ISTQB
4 1 (20.00%) Linux
4 1 (20.00%) TCP/IP
4 1 (20.00%) Scrum
4 1 (20.00%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (20.00%) Automation Testing

Regression Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the North East region citing Regression 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 Regression Testing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) TCP/IP
General
1 3 (60.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (20.00%) Tester
1 1 (20.00%) Test Manager
1 1 (20.00%) Test Leader
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Unit Testing
1 4 (80.00%) Integration Testing
1 4 (80.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 4 (80.00%) System Testing
2 3 (60.00%) Performance Testing
2 3 (60.00%) Functional Testing
2 3 (60.00%) Test Scripting
2 3 (60.00%) Manual Testing
2 3 (60.00%) Validation
2 3 (60.00%) RDF
2 3 (60.00%) Penetration Testing
2 3 (60.00%) Software Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Scrum
3 1 (20.00%) Automation Testing
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) ISEB
2 3 (60.00%) ISEB Practitioner
3 1 (20.00%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (60.00%) QA
Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear
Technical skills required: - Knowledge of test automation using Python, jUnit or TestNG, and Webdriver... - Experience with Hudson and/or Jenkins continuous integration tools. - Working knowledge of object oriented...
Solutions Recruitment
Salary: From £25,000 to £29,000 per annum
Posted: 22 May 2013