The first table below looks at the demand for Software Testing skills in IT jobs advertised for the Northamptonshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Software Testing over the 3 months to 23 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 Northamptonshire region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Testing
Rank 56 57 58
Rank change year-on-year
+1 +1
Permanent jobs citing Software Testing 11 15 20
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Northamptonshire 1.669% 1.966% 2.454%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.268% 2.517% 3.419%
Number of salaries quoted 11 11 20
Average salary £26,000 £30,000 £29,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
-13.33% +2.56%
UK excluding London average salary £34,000 £34,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
- +4.61%
All Processes & Methodologies
Northamptonshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
485 596 585
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Northamptonshire 73.60% 78.11% 71.78%
Number of salaries quoted 404 552 537
Average salary £39,000 £37,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.00% +7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £24,000 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £55,000 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Software Testing
East Midlands

Software Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Northamptonshire Software Testing Jobs Demand Trend

Software Testing
Salary Trend

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

Northamptonshire Software Testing Salary Trend

Software Testing
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Software Testing across the Northamptonshire region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Northamptonshire Software Testing Salary Histogram

Software Testing
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Testing within the Northamptonshire region over the 3 months to 23 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
Northampton -4 10 £26,000 -13.33%
Software Testing
East Midlands

Software Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Northamptonshire region citing Software 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 Software Testing.

1 10 (62.50%) Agile Software Development
2 9 (56.25%) HP Quality Center
3 7 (43.75%) QA
3 7 (43.75%) ISEB
4 6 (37.50%) CMS
4 6 (37.50%) FatWire
4 6 (37.50%) SQL
4 6 (37.50%) Oracle
4 6 (37.50%) Wiki
4 6 (37.50%) Test Scripting
4 6 (37.50%) WebCenter
4 6 (37.50%) Content Management
4 6 (37.50%) Web Development
4 6 (37.50%) JIRA
4 6 (37.50%) Functional Testing
5 5 (31.25%) System Testing
5 5 (31.25%) Oracle Reports
6 4 (25.00%) Games
6 4 (25.00%) C#
6 4 (25.00%) Windows
6 4 (25.00%) Team Foundation Server
6 4 (25.00%) Physics
6 4 (25.00%) Degree
7 3 (18.75%) Test Management
7 3 (18.75%) Retail
8 1 (6.250%) C
8 1 (6.250%) MS Excel
8 1 (6.250%) Microsoft
8 1 (6.250%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 1 (6.250%) Project Management

Software Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Northamptonshire region citing Software 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 Software Testing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 6 (37.50%) WebCenter
2 1 (6.250%) STL
2 1 (6.250%) Boost C++ Libraries
Application Platforms
1 6 (37.50%) CMS
Applications
1 1 (6.250%) MS Excel
1 1 (6.250%) MS Office
1 1 (6.250%) MS PowerPoint
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (31.25%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 6 (37.50%) JIRA
2 4 (25.00%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 4 (25.00%) Games
2 3 (18.75%) Retail
3 1 (6.250%) Finance
Job Titles
1 6 (37.50%) Tester
2 4 (25.00%) Test Team Leader
2 4 (25.00%) Team Leader
2 4 (25.00%) Analyst
2 4 (25.00%) Test Manager
2 4 (25.00%) Test Analyst
3 3 (18.75%) Senior Test Analyst
3 3 (18.75%) Senior Analyst
4 1 (6.250%) Project Manager
4 1 (6.250%) Systems Engineer
4 1 (6.250%) Senior Systems Engineer
4 1 (6.250%) PRINCE2 Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 6 (37.50%) Wiki
2 4 (25.00%) Physics
Operating Systems
1 4 (25.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (62.50%) Agile Software Development
2 6 (37.50%) Test Scripting
2 6 (37.50%) Content Management
2 6 (37.50%) Web Development
2 6 (37.50%) Functional Testing
3 5 (31.25%) System Testing
4 3 (18.75%) Test Management
5 1 (6.250%) Project Management
5 1 (6.250%) UML
5 1 (6.250%) OO
5 1 (6.250%) PRINCE2
5 1 (6.250%) Validation
5 1 (6.250%) Time Management
5 1 (6.250%) Waterfall
5 1 (6.250%) Automated Testing
5 1 (6.250%) Software Engineering
5 1 (6.250%) Requirements Analysis
Programming Languages
1 6 (37.50%) SQL
2 4 (25.00%) C#
3 1 (6.250%) C
3 1 (6.250%) C++
Qualifications
1 7 (43.75%) ISEB
2 4 (25.00%) Degree
3 1 (6.250%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (43.75%) QA
Systems Management
1 9 (56.25%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 6 (37.50%) FatWire
1 6 (37.50%) Oracle
2 1 (6.250%) Microsoft
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