The first table below looks at the demand for ISTQB in IT jobs advertised for the Nottingham region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited ISTQB 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 Qualifications for the Nottingham region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
International Software Testing Qualification Board (ISTQB)
Rank 87 86 94
Rank change year-on-year
-1 +8
Permanent jobs citing ISTQB 4 5 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Nottingham 0.416% 0.459% 0.083%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.455% 1.202% 0.243%
Number of salaries quoted 3 5 0
Average salary £28,500 £35,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-18.57% -
UK excluding London average salary £33,000 £35,000 £37,250
% change year-on-year
-5.71% -6.04%
All Qualifications
Nottingham
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
275 416 412
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Nottingham 28.62% 38.17% 34.08%
Number of salaries quoted 248 340 296
Average salary £37,500 £38,000 £38,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.31% -1.29%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £60,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
ISTQB
Nottinghamshire

ISTQB
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Nottingham 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 Nottingham region.

Nottingham ISTQB Salary Trend

ISTQB
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing ISTQB across the Nottingham region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Nottingham ISTQB Salary Histogram

ISTQB
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Nottingham 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 5 (71.43%) ISEB
2 3 (42.86%) SQL
2 3 (42.86%) Retail
2 3 (42.86%) Test Scripting
3 2 (28.57%) Team Foundation Server
3 2 (28.57%) Microsoft
3 2 (28.57%) Test Management
3 2 (28.57%) Waterfall
3 2 (28.57%) Degree
3 2 (28.57%) Change Management
3 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (28.57%) Programme Management
3 2 (28.57%) C#
3 2 (28.57%) JavaScript
3 2 (28.57%) .NET
3 2 (28.57%) ASP.NET
3 2 (28.57%) Configuration Management
3 2 (28.57%) Project Management
3 2 (28.57%) Windows
4 1 (14.29%) MS Excel
4 1 (14.29%) E-Commerce
4 1 (14.29%) N-Tier
4 1 (14.29%) SLA
4 1 (14.29%) Cognizant
4 1 (14.29%) XML
4 1 (14.29%) PRINCE2
4 1 (14.29%) Visual Studio
4 1 (14.29%) SAP
4 1 (14.29%) VB
4 1 (14.29%) Resource Management

ISTQB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Nottingham 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 2 (28.57%) .NET
1 2 (28.57%) ASP.NET
2 1 (14.29%) XML
2 1 (14.29%) Ajax
2 1 (14.29%) WCF
Applications
1 1 (14.29%) MS Excel
Development Applications
1 2 (28.57%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (14.29%) Visual Studio
General
1 3 (42.86%) Retail
2 1 (14.29%) Billing
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Tester
2 2 (28.57%) Analyst
2 2 (28.57%) Test Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Software Tester
3 1 (14.29%) Junior Tester
3 1 (14.29%) Junior Software Tester
3 1 (14.29%) Test Programme Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Test Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Programme Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Junior
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 2 (28.57%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Test Scripting
2 2 (28.57%) Test Management
2 2 (28.57%) Change Management
2 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (28.57%) Programme Management
2 2 (28.57%) Configuration Management
2 2 (28.57%) Project Management
2 2 (28.57%) Waterfall
3 1 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (14.29%) Test Strategy
3 1 (14.29%) User Stories
3 1 (14.29%) Service Delivery
3 1 (14.29%) PRINCE2
3 1 (14.29%) E-Commerce
3 1 (14.29%) Automated Testing
3 1 (14.29%) Resource Management
3 1 (14.29%) Fault Management
3 1 (14.29%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (14.29%) Integration Testing
3 1 (14.29%) System Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (42.86%) SQL
2 2 (28.57%) C#
2 2 (28.57%) JavaScript
3 1 (14.29%) VB
Qualifications
1 5 (71.43%) ISEB
2 2 (28.57%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) SLA
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft
2 1 (14.29%) Cognizant
2 1 (14.29%) SAP