The first table below looks at the demand for Functional 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 Functional 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
Functional Testing
Rank 239 237 219
Rank change year-on-year
-2 -18
Permanent jobs citing Functional Testing 9 14 22
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 0.126% 0.199% 0.321%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.165% 0.272% 0.466%
Number of salaries quoted 8 10 22
Average salary £38,750 £50,000 £47,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-22.50% +5.26%
UK excluding London average salary £34,000 £34,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
- -15.00%
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%
Functional Testing
England

Functional Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West Functional Testing Jobs Demand Trend

Functional Testing
Salary Trend

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

North West Functional Testing Salary Trend

Functional Testing
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Functional Testing across the North West region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

North West Functional Testing Salary Histogram

Functional Testing
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Functional 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
Manchester -28 5 £82,500 +65.00%
Cheshire - 1 £27,500 -
Lancashire - 1 £18,500 -
Merseyside - 1 £15,000 -
Functional Testing
England

Functional Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 7 (63.64%) User Acceptance Testing
2 5 (45.45%) Stakeholder Management
2 5 (45.45%) HP
2 5 (45.45%) ISEB
2 5 (45.45%) Finance
2 5 (45.45%) HP Quality Center
3 4 (36.36%) Non-Functional Testing
3 4 (36.36%) Test Management
4 3 (27.27%) Data Migration
4 3 (27.27%) Integration Testing
4 3 (27.27%) QA
4 3 (27.27%) QADirector
4 3 (27.27%) Automated Testing
4 3 (27.27%) Migration
4 3 (27.27%) Banking
4 3 (27.27%) Oracle
5 2 (18.18%) Mobile App
5 2 (18.18%) CRM
5 2 (18.18%) E-Commerce
5 2 (18.18%) ERP
5 2 (18.18%) Business Intelligence
5 2 (18.18%) Regression Testing
5 2 (18.18%) Retail
5 2 (18.18%) SQL
6 1 (9.091%) Performance Testing
6 1 (9.091%) JIRA
6 1 (9.091%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (9.091%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (9.091%) Test Strategy
6 1 (9.091%) Waterfall

Functional Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Business Applications
1 1 (9.091%) Oracle EBS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (9.091%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 3 (27.27%) QADirector
2 1 (9.091%) JIRA
General
1 5 (45.45%) Finance
2 3 (27.27%) Banking
3 2 (18.18%) Retail
Job Titles
1 6 (54.55%) Analyst
1 6 (54.55%) Test Analyst
2 4 (36.36%) Functional Analyst
2 4 (36.36%) Functional Test Analyst
3 3 (27.27%) Head of Testing
4 1 (9.091%) Tester
4 1 (9.091%) Consultant
4 1 (9.091%) Functional Consultant
4 1 (9.091%) Oracle Financials Consultant
4 1 (9.091%) Oracle Consultant
4 1 (9.091%) Oracle Functional Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 2 (18.18%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (63.64%) User Acceptance Testing
2 5 (45.45%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (36.36%) Test Management
3 4 (36.36%) Non-Functional Testing
4 3 (27.27%) Migration
4 3 (27.27%) Integration Testing
4 3 (27.27%) Data Migration
4 3 (27.27%) Automated Testing
5 2 (18.18%) CRM
5 2 (18.18%) E-Commerce
5 2 (18.18%) ERP
5 2 (18.18%) Business Intelligence
5 2 (18.18%) Regression Testing
6 1 (9.091%) Performance Testing
6 1 (9.091%) Waterfall
6 1 (9.091%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 2 (18.18%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (45.45%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (27.27%) QA
Systems Management
1 5 (45.45%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 5 (45.45%) HP
2 3 (27.27%) Oracle