ISTQB Jobs in the North West
 
Demand Trend Salary Trend Salary Histogram Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for ISTQB in IT jobs advertised for the North West 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 North West region.

Location
 3 months to
24 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
International Software Testing Qualification Board (ISTQB)
Rank 169 216 170
Rank change year-on-year
+47 -46
Permanent jobs citing ISTQB 75 31 64
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 1.044% 0.437% 0.932%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.300% 1.727% 3.867%
Number of salaries quoted 59 29 57
Average salary £30,000 £35,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-14.28% +7.69%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,200 £25,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £40,000 £58,500
UK excluding London average salary £33,000 £35,000 £37,250
% change year-on-year
-5.71% -6.04%
Search 5 ISTQB jobs in the North West
All Qualifications
North West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category		 1744 1795 1655
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 24.27% 25.29% 24.10%
Number of salaries quoted 1433 1537 1435
Average salary £36,500 £35,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.28% -
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £23,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £57,500 £53,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
ISTQB
England

ISTQB
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West 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 North West region.

North West ISTQB Salary Trend

ISTQB
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing ISTQB across the North West region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

North West ISTQB Salary Histogram

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 North West 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
Manchester +4 37 £28,000 -6.66%
Cheshire +16 27 £32,500 -18.75%
Merseyside - 8 £30,000 -
Lancashire - 2 £29,000 -
ISTQB
England

ISTQB
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West 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.

1 128 (100.00%) ISEB
2 50 (39.06%) Software Testing
3 42 (32.81%) Agile Software Development
4 41 (32.03%) SQL
5 34 (26.56%) QA
6 30 (23.44%) Test Scripting
6 30 (23.44%) HP Quality Center
7 28 (21.88%) HP
8 26 (20.31%) Selenium
9 25 (19.53%) Manual Testing
10 24 (18.75%) Degree
10 24 (18.75%) Automated Testing
11 23 (17.97%) Windows
12 22 (17.19%) SQL Server
13 21 (16.41%) Finance
14 20 (15.63%) Test Automation
15 19 (14.84%) C#
16 18 (14.06%) VB
17 17 (13.28%) .NET
17 17 (13.28%) Microsoft
17 17 (13.28%) JIRA
17 17 (13.28%) User Acceptance Testing
18 16 (12.50%) Oracle
19 15 (11.72%) Java
20 13 (10.16%) Scrum
20 13 (10.16%) Performance Testing
20 13 (10.16%) PHP
20 13 (10.16%) Test Strategy
21 12 (9.375%) Time Management
22 11 (8.594%) Waterfall

ISTQB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West 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 17 (13.28%) .NET
2 2 (1.563%) XML
3 1 (0.781%) soapUI
3 1 (0.781%) iOS SDK
3 1 (0.781%) SOAP
3 1 (0.781%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 11 (8.594%) Apache
2 6 (4.688%) SAS
3 5 (3.906%) WebLogic Integration
3 5 (3.906%) WebLogic
3 5 (3.906%) Tomcat
Applications
1 11 (8.594%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 7 (5.469%) FTP
2 6 (4.688%) HTTP
3 3 (2.344%) SIGTRAN
3 3 (2.344%) SS7
4 2 (1.563%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (17.19%) SQL Server
2 5 (3.906%) MS Access
3 2 (1.563%) SQL Server 2000
3 2 (1.563%) RDBMS
3 2 (1.563%) DB2
3 2 (1.563%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (0.781%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 26 (20.31%) Selenium
2 17 (13.28%) JIRA
3 7 (5.469%) WebDriver
3 7 (5.469%) Cucumber
3 7 (5.469%) Hudson
3 7 (5.469%) Jenkins
4 6 (4.688%) Behat
4 6 (4.688%) Bugzilla
4 6 (4.688%) JMeter
4 6 (4.688%) FitNesse
5 5 (3.906%) LoadRunner
6 4 (3.125%) JUnit
6 4 (3.125%) QuickTest Pro
6 4 (3.125%) TestPartner
6 4 (3.125%) SilkPerformer
6 4 (3.125%) jMock
6 4 (3.125%) QALoad
6 4 (3.125%) EasyMock
7 2 (1.563%) Eclipse
8 1 (0.781%) Atlassian Bamboo
General
1 21 (16.41%) Finance
2 8 (6.250%) Banking
3 6 (4.688%) Telecoms
4 3 (2.344%) Games
4 3 (2.344%) Advertising
5 2 (1.563%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (0.781%) Retail
Job Titles
1 54 (42.19%) Analyst
2 52 (40.63%) Test Analyst
3 33 (25.78%) Tester
4 21 (16.41%) Test Leader
5 17 (13.28%) Test Engineer
6 16 (12.50%) Junior Analyst
6 16 (12.50%) Junior Test Analyst
6 16 (12.50%) Junior
6 16 (12.50%) Test Manager
7 14 (10.94%) Software Tester
8 11 (8.594%) Junior Tester
9 9 (7.031%) Software Engineer
10 5 (3.906%) Lead Test Analyst
10 5 (3.906%) Test Project Leader
10 5 (3.906%) Project Leader
10 5 (3.906%) Senior Analyst
10 5 (3.906%) Project Analyst
11 4 (3.125%) Senior Test Analyst
11 4 (3.125%) Agile Test Analyst
12 3 (2.344%) Software Test Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 8 (6.250%) Computer Science
2 7 (5.469%) Mobile App
3 6 (4.688%) Open Source
4 5 (3.906%) N-Tier
5 3 (2.344%) BBC
6 2 (1.563%) Interactive TV
6 2 (1.563%) Semantic Web
7 1 (0.781%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 23 (17.97%) Windows
2 11 (8.594%) Windows XP
3 9 (7.031%) Linux
4 7 (5.469%) UNIX
5 5 (3.906%) SUSE
5 5 (3.906%) HPUX
6 2 (1.563%) Mac OS X
6 2 (1.563%) Windows 2000
6 2 (1.563%) Windows Vista
6 2 (1.563%) Windows 7
7 1 (0.781%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.781%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (39.06%) Software Testing
2 42 (32.81%) Agile Software Development
3 30 (23.44%) Test Scripting
4 25 (19.53%) Manual Testing
5 24 (18.75%) Automated Testing
6 20 (15.63%) Test Automation
7 17 (13.28%) User Acceptance Testing
8 13 (10.16%) Scrum
8 13 (10.16%) Performance Testing
8 13 (10.16%) Test Strategy
9 12 (9.375%) Time Management
10 11 (8.594%) Waterfall
11 10 (7.813%) E-Commerce
11 10 (7.813%) Security Testing
12 9 (7.031%) Integration Testing
12 9 (7.031%) Release Management
13 8 (6.250%) Statistical Analysis
14 7 (5.469%) Project Management
14 7 (5.469%) ETL
14 7 (5.469%) Performance Management
Programming Languages
1 41 (32.03%) SQL
2 19 (14.84%) C#
3 18 (14.06%) VB
4 15 (11.72%) Java
5 13 (10.16%) PHP
6 6 (4.688%) C
7 5 (3.906%) FoxPro (VFP)
8 4 (3.125%) Python
9 3 (2.344%) PowerShell
10 2 (1.563%) VB.NET
10 2 (1.563%) Perl
10 2 (1.563%) PL/SQL
10 2 (1.563%) C++
11 1 (0.781%) Ruby
11 1 (0.781%) Objective-C
11 1 (0.781%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 128 (100.00%) ISEB
2 24 (18.75%) Degree
3 10 (7.813%) ISEB Practitioner
4 2 (1.563%) Security Cleared
5 1 (0.781%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (26.56%) QA
2 6 (4.688%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 3 (2.344%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 30 (23.44%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 28 (21.88%) HP
2 17 (13.28%) Microsoft
3 16 (12.50%) Oracle
4 5 (3.906%) IBM
4 5 (3.906%) TIBCO
5 3 (2.344%) VMware
6 2 (1.563%) Compuware
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Stockport, Cheshire
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Salary: £18,000 - £25,000
Posted: 21 May 2013
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Salary: GBP18,000 - GBP25,000
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You will have experience across manual and automated software testing, preferably with evidence of testing complex enterprise level software products written in the .Net Framework with C#, WCF,...
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Salary: £38000 - £45000 per annum + Excellent Benefits Package
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