The first table below looks at the demand for System 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 System Testing over the 3 months to 19 June 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
System Testing
Rank 185 213 173
Rank change year-on-year
+28 -40
Permanent jobs citing System Testing 61 38 57
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 0.834% 0.519% 0.813%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.086% 0.697% 1.176%
Number of salaries quoted 54 32 55
Average salary £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-12.30% -
90% offered a salary of more than £27,800 £25,700 £22,200
10% offered a salary of more than £43,550 £49,500 £67,500
UK excluding London average salary £34,000 £36,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
-6.84% +4.28%
All Processes & Methodologies
North West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
5619 5451 4846
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 76.83% 74.47% 69.08%
Number of salaries quoted 4761 4795 4266
Average salary £37,500 £36,000 £39,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.16% -7.69%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £25,000 £25,000
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%
System Testing
England

System Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West System Testing Jobs Demand Trend

System Testing
Salary Trend

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

North West System Testing Salary Trend

System Testing
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing System Testing across the North West region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

North West System Testing Salary Histogram

System Testing
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing System Testing within the North West region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Cheshire +38 33 £28,500 -5.00%
Manchester -6 24 £37,500 +20.00%
Lancashire +9 3 - -
Merseyside +14 1 - -
System Testing
England

System Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the North West region citing System 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 System Testing.

1 55 (55.56%) SQL
2 53 (53.54%) Unit Testing
3 47 (47.47%) Web Services
4 46 (46.46%) SOAP
5 43 (43.43%) Java
6 35 (35.35%) Finance
6 35 (35.35%) C#
7 33 (33.33%) XML
8 32 (32.32%) Oracle
8 32 (32.32%) User Acceptance Testing
8 32 (32.32%) Agile Software Development
9 28 (28.28%) WebSphere
9 28 (28.28%) PL/SQL
10 27 (27.27%) Ajax
11 26 (26.26%) JavaScript
11 26 (26.26%) CSS
12 25 (25.25%) Legal
12 25 (25.25%) Hibernate
12 25 (25.25%) Servlets
12 25 (25.25%) Apache
12 25 (25.25%) WSDL
12 25 (25.25%) JAX-RPC
12 25 (25.25%) Spring
12 25 (25.25%) Java EE
12 25 (25.25%) Apache Axis
13 24 (24.24%) QA
14 23 (23.23%) Data Management
15 21 (21.21%) Waterfall
16 20 (20.20%) C++
17 19 (19.19%) .NET

System Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the North West region citing System 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 System Testing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 47 (47.47%) Web Services
2 46 (46.46%) SOAP
3 33 (33.33%) XML
4 28 (28.28%) WebSphere
5 27 (27.27%) Ajax
6 26 (26.26%) CSS
7 25 (25.25%) Hibernate
7 25 (25.25%) Servlets
7 25 (25.25%) WSDL
7 25 (25.25%) JAX-RPC
7 25 (25.25%) Spring
7 25 (25.25%) Java EE
7 25 (25.25%) Apache Axis
8 19 (19.19%) .NET
9 17 (17.17%) HTML
10 16 (16.16%) ASP.NET
11 15 (15.15%) JSF
12 14 (14.14%) soapUI
12 14 (14.14%) REST
13 12 (12.12%) JSP
Application Platforms
1 25 (25.25%) Apache
2 2 (2.020%) SharePoint
2 2 (2.020%) MS Exchange
2 2 (2.020%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 5 (5.051%) MS Office
2 2 (2.020%) MS Excel
3 1 (1.010%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (1.010%) Oracle Retail
1 1 (1.010%) SuccessFactors
1 1 (1.010%) SAP HCM
1 1 (1.010%) CSG Singleview
1 1 (1.010%) SAP HR
1 1 (1.010%) WebTrends
Communications & Networking
1 14 (14.14%) HTTP
2 2 (2.020%) SS7
2 2 (2.020%) SIGTRAN
3 1 (1.010%) NFC
3 1 (1.010%) LAN
3 1 (1.010%) WAN
3 1 (1.010%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (16.16%) SQL Server
2 7 (7.071%) SQL Server 2008
2 7 (7.071%) SQL Server 2005
2 7 (7.071%) MySQL
3 4 (4.040%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (4.040%) OLTP
4 3 (3.030%) DB2
5 1 (1.010%) SQL Server 2000
5 1 (1.010%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 16 (16.16%) Selenium
2 14 (14.14%) FitNesse
2 14 (14.14%) WATIR
3 7 (7.071%) Subversion
3 7 (7.071%) Visual Studio
4 6 (6.061%) Team Foundation Server
4 6 (6.061%) Rational DOORS
5 2 (2.020%) JIRA
General
1 35 (35.35%) Finance
2 25 (25.25%) Legal
3 5 (5.051%) Telecoms
4 4 (4.040%) Banking
5 3 (3.030%) Retail
5 3 (3.030%) Electronics
6 2 (2.020%) Games
7 1 (1.010%) General Ledger
7 1 (1.010%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 40 (40.40%) Developer
2 26 (26.26%) Java Developer
3 16 (16.16%) Consultant
4 14 (14.14%) Test Consultant
5 10 (10.10%) Analyst
5 10 (10.10%) .NET Developer
5 10 (10.10%) C# Developer
5 10 (10.10%) C# .NET Developer
6 9 (9.091%) C# ASP.NET Developer
6 9 (9.091%) ASP.NET Developer
6 9 (9.091%) Software Developer
7 8 (8.081%) Tester
7 8 (8.081%) C# Software Developer
7 8 (8.081%) .NET Software Developer
8 7 (7.071%) Test Leader
9 6 (6.061%) Software Tester
9 6 (6.061%) Architect
10 5 (5.051%) Senior Software Tester
10 5 (5.051%) Test Manager
10 5 (5.051%) Test Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 14 (14.14%) Mobile App
2 13 (13.13%) Web 2.0
3 10 (10.10%) Computer Science
4 8 (8.081%) Management Information System
5 7 (7.071%) Data Integration
6 3 (3.030%) Chip and PIN
7 2 (2.020%) Mainframe
7 2 (2.020%) Tandem
7 2 (2.020%) Cryptography
7 2 (2.020%) Statistics
7 2 (2.020%) IBM Mainframe
7 2 (2.020%) SWIFT
8 1 (1.010%) iSeries
8 1 (1.010%) Mobile Banking
8 1 (1.010%) Animation
8 1 (1.010%) SCADA
8 1 (1.010%) Java Card
8 1 (1.010%) Blackberry
8 1 (1.010%) AS400
Operating Systems
1 12 (12.12%) Windows
2 4 (4.040%) UNIX
2 4 (4.040%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (1.010%) Android
3 1 (1.010%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (53.54%) Unit Testing
2 32 (32.32%) User Acceptance Testing
2 32 (32.32%) Agile Software Development
3 23 (23.23%) Data Management
4 21 (21.21%) Waterfall
5 17 (17.17%) Software Engineering
6 14 (14.14%) RAD
7 10 (10.10%) Project Management
8 8 (8.081%) Requirements Analysis
8 8 (8.081%) Software Testing
9 7 (7.071%) Workflow
10 6 (6.061%) E-Commerce
10 6 (6.061%) MVC
11 5 (5.051%) Test Strategy
11 5 (5.051%) Web Testing
11 5 (5.051%) Continuous Integration
11 5 (5.051%) Requirements Management
11 5 (5.051%) Regression Testing
11 5 (5.051%) Risk Management
12 4 (4.040%) SOA
Programming Languages
1 55 (55.56%) SQL
2 43 (43.43%) Java
3 35 (35.35%) C#
4 28 (28.28%) PL/SQL
5 26 (26.26%) JavaScript
6 20 (20.20%) C++
7 17 (17.17%) C
8 16 (16.16%) Python
9 14 (14.14%) Ruby
9 14 (14.14%) PHP
10 12 (12.12%) XPath
11 4 (4.040%) VB.NET
12 3 (3.030%) T-SQL
12 3 (3.030%) COBOL
13 2 (2.020%) Perl
13 2 (2.020%) VB
13 2 (2.020%) VBA
14 1 (1.010%) RPG IV
14 1 (1.010%) RPG
Qualifications
1 16 (16.16%) Degree
2 11 (11.11%) ISEB
3 4 (4.040%) ISTQB
4 1 (1.010%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (24.24%) QA
System Software
1 2 (2.020%) Active Directory
1 2 (2.020%) Microsoft Virtual Server
1 2 (2.020%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (2.020%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 32 (32.32%) Oracle
2 9 (9.091%) Microsoft
3 7 (7.071%) Sencha
4 3 (3.030%) IBM
5 2 (2.020%) SAP
5 2 (2.020%) VMware
5 2 (2.020%) Pega
6 1 (1.010%) Infor
6 1 (1.010%) HP
6 1 (1.010%) Symbian
6 1 (1.010%) Unisys
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