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

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Compatibility Testing
Rank 246 250 239
Rank change year-on-year
+4 -11
Permanent jobs citing Compatibility Testing 2 1 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 0.028% 0.014% 0.029%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.037% 0.019% 0.042%
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 2
Average salary £57,500 £30,250 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+90.08% +0.83%
UK excluding London average salary £26,500 £37,500 £30,000
% change year-on-year
-29.33% +25.00%
All Processes & Methodologies
North West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
5447 5146 4717
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 76.40% 72.98% 68.73%
Number of salaries quoted 4545 4502 4139
Average salary £37,500 £36,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.73% -2.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £25,000 £25,429
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £57,500 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Compatibility Testing
England

Compatibility Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West Compatibility Testing Jobs Demand Trend

Compatibility Testing
Salary Trend

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

North West Compatibility Testing Salary Trend

Compatibility Testing
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Compatibility Testing within the North West region over the 3 months to 17 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
Cheshire - 2 £57,500 -
Compatibility Testing
England

Compatibility Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West region citing Compatibility 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 Compatibility Testing.

1 2 (66.67%) Oracle
2 1 (33.33%) SQL Server
2 1 (33.33%) MS Office
2 1 (33.33%) Windows
2 1 (33.33%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (33.33%) Windows XP
2 1 (33.33%) ISO 9000
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) Citrix
2 1 (33.33%) Thin Client
2 1 (33.33%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
2 1 (33.33%) McAfee
2 1 (33.33%) Sophos
2 1 (33.33%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (33.33%) Workflow
2 1 (33.33%) Migration
2 1 (33.33%) Oracle Workflow
2 1 (33.33%) VMware
2 1 (33.33%) Asset Management
2 1 (33.33%) Windows Vista
2 1 (33.33%) WSUS
2 1 (33.33%) QA
2 1 (33.33%) Fat Client
2 1 (33.33%) Unit Testing
2 1 (33.33%) SCCM
2 1 (33.33%) Data Migration
2 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (33.33%) PowerShell

Compatibility Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West region citing Compatibility 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 Compatibility Testing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 1 (33.33%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle EBS R12
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) SQL Server
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle Reports
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Test Manager
1 1 (33.33%) DBA
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle DBA
1 1 (33.33%) Technical Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Thin Client
1 1 (33.33%) Fat Client
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
1 1 (33.33%) Windows XP
1 1 (33.33%) Windows Vista
1 1 (33.33%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Workflow
1 1 (33.33%) Migration
1 1 (33.33%) Asset Management
1 1 (33.33%) Unit Testing
1 1 (33.33%) Data Migration
1 1 (33.33%) Cash Management
1 1 (33.33%) Software Deployment
1 1 (33.33%) Software Distribution
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) SQL
1 1 (33.33%) VBScript
1 1 (33.33%) VB
1 1 (33.33%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) ISO 9000
1 1 (33.33%) QA
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (33.33%) XenApp
1 1 (33.33%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
1 1 (33.33%) WSUS
1 1 (33.33%) SCCM
1 1 (33.33%) McAfee ePO
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Oracle
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) Citrix
2 1 (33.33%) McAfee
2 1 (33.33%) Sophos
2 1 (33.33%) VMware
Chester, Cheshire
The role will involve co-ordinating Compatibility Testing; including test planning and ensuring defects are properly tracked, managed and reported on... Define a test approach which: Ensures automation...
Sopra Group Ltd
Salary: Attractive, plus flexible benefits
Posted: 6 May 2013