The first table below looks at the demand for Test Strategy skills in IT jobs advertised for the Northamptonshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Test Strategy 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 of the Processes & Methodologies category for the Northamptonshire region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Strategy
Rank 65 73 69
Rank change year-on-year
+8 -4
Permanent jobs citing Test Strategy 5 2 7
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Northamptonshire 0.758% 0.258% 0.885%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.025% 0.331% 1.232%
Number of salaries quoted 3 2 7
Average salary £55,000 £44,500 £40,006
Average salary % change year-on-year
+23.59% +11.23%
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £42,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year
+5.88% -
All Processes & Methodologies
Northamptonshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
488 605 568
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Northamptonshire 73.94% 77.96% 71.81%
Number of salaries quoted 405 560 520
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%
Test Strategy
East Midlands

Test Strategy
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Northamptonshire 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 Northamptonshire region.

Northamptonshire Test Strategy Salary Trend

Test Strategy
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Test Strategy across the Northamptonshire region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Northamptonshire Test Strategy Salary Histogram

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 Northamptonshire 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
Northampton +1 3 £29,000 -34.83%
Test Strategy
East Midlands

Test Strategy
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Northamptonshire 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 (42.86%) Finance
1 3 (42.86%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (28.57%) Programme Management
2 2 (28.57%) Alterian
2 2 (28.57%) Omniture
2 2 (28.57%) Statistical Analysis
2 2 (28.57%) Marketing
2 2 (28.57%) User Acceptance Testing
2 2 (28.57%) Test Management
2 2 (28.57%) System Testing
2 2 (28.57%) Market Research
2 2 (28.57%) smartFOCUS
2 2 (28.57%) SAS
2 2 (28.57%) Hyperion
2 2 (28.57%) SPSS
2 2 (28.57%) SQLPlus
2 2 (28.57%) SQL
2 2 (28.57%) Oracle
2 2 (28.57%) Business Objects
2 2 (28.57%) CRM
2 2 (28.57%) TOAD
2 2 (28.57%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (28.57%) SQL Navigator
2 2 (28.57%) Unica
2 2 (28.57%) Customer Insight
2 2 (28.57%) Analytics
3 1 (14.29%) Verint
3 1 (14.29%) QA
3 1 (14.29%) ISEB
3 1 (14.29%) Avaya

Test Strategy
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Northamptonshire 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 Platforms
1 2 (28.57%) SAS
Applications
1 2 (28.57%) SPSS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (28.57%) SQLPlus
1 2 (28.57%) TOAD
1 2 (28.57%) SQL Navigator
General
1 3 (42.86%) Finance
2 2 (28.57%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Test Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Programme Test Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Programme Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Project Leader
2 1 (14.29%) Test Project Leader
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Statistics
1 1 (14.29%) IVR
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (28.57%) Programme Management
2 2 (28.57%) Statistical Analysis
2 2 (28.57%) User Acceptance Testing
2 2 (28.57%) Test Management
2 2 (28.57%) System Testing
2 2 (28.57%) Market Research
2 2 (28.57%) CRM
2 2 (28.57%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (28.57%) Customer Insight
2 2 (28.57%) Analytics
3 1 (14.29%) E-Commerce
3 1 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (14.29%) Resource Management
3 1 (14.29%) Agile Software Development
3 1 (14.29%) TDD
3 1 (14.29%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 2 (28.57%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Alterian
1 2 (28.57%) Omniture
1 2 (28.57%) smartFOCUS
1 2 (28.57%) Hyperion
1 2 (28.57%) Oracle
1 2 (28.57%) Business Objects
1 2 (28.57%) Unica
2 1 (14.29%) Verint
2 1 (14.29%) Avaya
2 1 (14.29%) NetIQ
2 1 (14.29%) Chordiant
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