The first table below looks at the demand for ISTQB in IT jobs advertised for the North Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited ISTQB over the 3 months to 22 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 Yorkshire region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
International Software Testing Qualification Board (ISTQB)
Rank 79 69 70
Rank change year-on-year
-10 +1
Permanent jobs citing ISTQB 5 13 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in North Yorkshire 0.509% 1.597% 0.550%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.695% 7.143% 2.283%
Number of salaries quoted 5 13 5
Average salary £30,000 £32,500 £21,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.69% +54.76%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £27,500 £19,800
10% offered a salary of more than £30,900 £32,500 £27,900
UK excluding London average salary £33,000 £35,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-5.71% -6.66%
All Qualifications
North Yorkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
295 182 219
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in North Yorkshire 30.04% 22.36% 24.09%
Number of salaries quoted 200 163 196
Average salary £42,500 £37,500 £31,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+13.33% +19.04%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £23,500 £18,945
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £60,000 £51,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
- +5.26%
ISTQB
Yorkshire

ISTQB
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

North Yorkshire ISTQB Salary Trend

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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 22 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
York +3 3 £24,000 -4.00%
Harrogate - 3 £30,500 -
Knaresborough - 1 £30,000 -
ISTQB
Yorkshire

ISTQB
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the North Yorkshire 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 16 (94.12%) ISEB
2 13 (76.47%) QA
3 11 (64.71%) JIRA
4 10 (58.82%) Selenium
4 10 (58.82%) Test Management
4 10 (58.82%) Test Scripting
5 8 (47.06%) Manual Testing
5 8 (47.06%) SQL
6 7 (41.18%) HTML
6 7 (41.18%) CSS
6 7 (41.18%) Bugzilla
6 7 (41.18%) Security Testing
7 6 (35.29%) JavaScript
8 5 (29.41%) Agile Software Development
8 5 (29.41%) SaaS
8 5 (29.41%) Firebug
9 4 (23.53%) Performance Testing
9 4 (23.53%) Automated Testing
9 4 (23.53%) .NET
9 4 (23.53%) W3C
9 4 (23.53%) DOM
10 3 (17.65%) C#
10 3 (17.65%) Waterfall
10 3 (17.65%) Software Testing
10 3 (17.65%) User Acceptance Testing
10 3 (17.65%) Test Strategy
11 2 (11.76%) Degree
12 1 (5.882%) System Testing
12 1 (5.882%) Test Automation
12 1 (5.882%) HP Quality Center

ISTQB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the North Yorkshire 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 7 (41.18%) HTML
1 7 (41.18%) CSS
2 4 (23.53%) .NET
2 4 (23.53%) DOM
3 1 (5.882%) ASP.NET MVC
3 1 (5.882%) .NET Framework
3 1 (5.882%) ASP.NET
3 1 (5.882%) XML
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.882%) HTTP
Development Applications
1 11 (64.71%) JIRA
2 10 (58.82%) Selenium
3 7 (41.18%) Bugzilla
4 5 (29.41%) Firebug
5 1 (5.882%) SpecFlow
General
1 1 (5.882%) Finance
Job Titles
1 12 (70.59%) Analyst
1 12 (70.59%) Test Analyst
2 5 (29.41%) Junior
2 5 (29.41%) Junior Test Analyst
2 5 (29.41%) Junior Analyst
3 4 (23.53%) Tester
4 3 (17.65%) Coordinator
4 3 (17.65%) Test Coordinator
4 3 (17.65%) Software Tester
5 1 (5.882%) Automation Tester
5 1 (5.882%) Test Engineer
5 1 (5.882%) Senior Tester
5 1 (5.882%) QA Tester
5 1 (5.882%) Senior QA Tester
5 1 (5.882%) Graduate
Miscellaneous
1 5 (29.41%) SaaS
2 4 (23.53%) W3C
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (58.82%) Test Management
1 10 (58.82%) Test Scripting
2 8 (47.06%) Manual Testing
3 7 (41.18%) Security Testing
4 5 (29.41%) Agile Software Development
5 4 (23.53%) Performance Testing
5 4 (23.53%) Automated Testing
6 3 (17.65%) Waterfall
6 3 (17.65%) Software Testing
6 3 (17.65%) User Acceptance Testing
6 3 (17.65%) Test Strategy
7 1 (5.882%) System Testing
7 1 (5.882%) Test Automation
7 1 (5.882%) Regression Testing
7 1 (5.882%) MVC
7 1 (5.882%) Business Analysis
7 1 (5.882%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 8 (47.06%) SQL
2 6 (35.29%) JavaScript
3 3 (17.65%) C#
4 1 (5.882%) Java
4 1 (5.882%) VBScript
4 1 (5.882%) VB
Qualifications
1 16 (94.12%) ISEB
2 2 (11.76%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (76.47%) QA
2 1 (5.882%) 21 CFR Part 11
Systems Management
1 1 (5.882%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 1 (5.882%) HP