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

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Strategy
Rank 82 74 79
Rank change year-on-year
-8 +5
Permanent jobs citing Test Strategy 2 7 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in North Yorkshire 0.206% 0.883% 0.329%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.269% 1.209% 0.446%
Number of salaries quoted 2 7 3
Average salary £31,000 £32,500 £21,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-4.61% +54.76%
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £42,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year
+5.88% -
All Processes & Methodologies
North Yorkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
744 579 672
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in North Yorkshire 76.46% 73.01% 73.68%
Number of salaries quoted 509 456 569
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,550 £25,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £53,850 £47,500 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Test Strategy
Yorkshire

Test Strategy
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North Yorkshire Test Strategy Jobs Demand Trend

Test Strategy
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Test Strategy across the North Yorkshire region.

North Yorkshire Test Strategy Salary Trend

Test Strategy
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Test Strategy within the North Yorkshire 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
Harrogate - 2 £31,000 -
Test Strategy
Yorkshire

Test Strategy
Top 20 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the North Yorkshire region citing Test Strategy 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 Test Strategy.

1 3 (100.00%) ISTQB
1 3 (100.00%) Test Management
2 2 (66.67%) Software Testing
2 2 (66.67%) User Acceptance Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Manual Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Waterfall
2 2 (66.67%) ISEB
3 1 (33.33%) Finance
3 1 (33.33%) C#
3 1 (33.33%) SQL
3 1 (33.33%) VBScript
3 1 (33.33%) VB
3 1 (33.33%) .NET
3 1 (33.33%) .NET Framework
3 1 (33.33%) Degree
3 1 (33.33%) JIRA
3 1 (33.33%) QA
3 1 (33.33%) Test Automation
3 1 (33.33%) HP Quality Center
3 1 (33.33%) Test Scripting

Test Strategy
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the North Yorkshire region citing Test Strategy 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 Test Strategy. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (33.33%) .NET
1 1 (33.33%) .NET Framework
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) JIRA
General
1 1 (33.33%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Test Coordinator
1 2 (66.67%) Coordinator
2 1 (33.33%) Tester
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Tester
2 1 (33.33%) QA Tester
2 1 (33.33%) Senior QA Tester
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Test Management
2 2 (66.67%) Software Testing
2 2 (66.67%) User Acceptance Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Manual Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Waterfall
3 1 (33.33%) Test Automation
3 1 (33.33%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) C#
1 1 (33.33%) SQL
1 1 (33.33%) VBScript
1 1 (33.33%) VB
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) ISTQB
2 2 (66.67%) ISEB
3 1 (33.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) HP Quality Center