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

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Testing
Rank 38 39 37
Rank change year-on-year
+1 -2
Permanent jobs citing Software Testing 5 1 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Northern Ireland 1.916% 0.403% 0.444%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.311% 0.538% 0.599%
Number of salaries quoted 3 1 1
Average salary £30,000 £36,500 £55,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-17.80% -33.63%
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £34,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
+2.93% +4.61%
All Processes & Methodologies
Northern Ireland
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
151 186 167
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Northern Ireland 57.85% 75.00% 74.22%
Number of salaries quoted 98 94 80
Average salary £40,000 £34,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+17.64% -9.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £15,500 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £45,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Software Testing
UK

Software Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Northern Ireland 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 Northern Ireland region.

Northern Ireland Software Testing Salary Trend

Software Testing
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Software Testing across the Northern Ireland region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Northern Ireland 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 Northern Ireland 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
County Antrim -2 5 £30,000 -17.80%
Software Testing
UK

Software Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Northern Ireland 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 6 (75.00%) QA
2 4 (50.00%) Linux
3 3 (37.50%) OO
3 3 (37.50%) Java
3 3 (37.50%) UNIX
3 3 (37.50%) Ruby
3 3 (37.50%) Finance
3 3 (37.50%) Agile Software Development
3 3 (37.50%) Test Management
3 3 (37.50%) Open Source
4 2 (25.00%) Test Automation
4 2 (25.00%) Selenium
4 2 (25.00%) Automation Testing
4 2 (25.00%) C++
5 1 (12.50%) Python
5 1 (12.50%) TCP/IP
5 1 (12.50%) DNS
5 1 (12.50%) ISEB
5 1 (12.50%) C#
5 1 (12.50%) Windows
5 1 (12.50%) JavaScript
5 1 (12.50%) SQL
5 1 (12.50%) .NET
5 1 (12.50%) J2EE
5 1 (12.50%) CSS
5 1 (12.50%) WATIR
5 1 (12.50%) Ruby on Rails
5 1 (12.50%) .NET Framework
5 1 (12.50%) Degree
5 1 (12.50%) Computer Science

Software Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Northern Ireland 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 1 (12.50%) .NET
1 1 (12.50%) J2EE
1 1 (12.50%) CSS
1 1 (12.50%) Spring
1 1 (12.50%) Ruby on Rails
1 1 (12.50%) .NET Framework
1 1 (12.50%) jQuery
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) TCP/IP
1 1 (12.50%) DNS
Development Applications
1 2 (25.00%) Selenium
2 1 (12.50%) WATIR
General
1 3 (37.50%) Finance
Job Titles
1 4 (50.00%) Tester
2 3 (37.50%) Software Tester
2 3 (37.50%) Test Engineer
3 2 (25.00%) Junior
3 2 (25.00%) Senior Test Engineer
3 2 (25.00%) Junior Tester
3 2 (25.00%) Junior Software Tester
4 1 (12.50%) Automated Tester
4 1 (12.50%) Senior Java Developer
4 1 (12.50%) Software Developer
4 1 (12.50%) Developer
4 1 (12.50%) Senior Developer
4 1 (12.50%) Senior Software Developer
4 1 (12.50%) QA Tester
4 1 (12.50%) Java Developer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (37.50%) Open Source
2 1 (12.50%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 4 (50.00%) Linux
2 3 (37.50%) UNIX
3 1 (12.50%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (37.50%) OO
1 3 (37.50%) Agile Software Development
1 3 (37.50%) Test Management
2 2 (25.00%) Test Automation
2 2 (25.00%) Automation Testing
3 1 (12.50%) TDD
3 1 (12.50%) Software Engineering
3 1 (12.50%) Stress Testing
3 1 (12.50%) Web Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (37.50%) Java
1 3 (37.50%) Ruby
2 2 (25.00%) C++
3 1 (12.50%) C#
3 1 (12.50%) JavaScript
3 1 (12.50%) SQL
3 1 (12.50%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) ISEB
1 1 (12.50%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (75.00%) QA
Belfast, County Antrim
Key skills required include, Windows 2000 - XP support skills. Windows 2000 - 2003 Server knowledge... Networking and TCP/IP experience as well as remote access technologies (incl RAS and...
Greywood Associates Limited
Salary: £26000 - £28000 per annum + bens
Posted: 15 May 2013