The first table below looks at the demand for ISTQB in IT jobs advertised for the Nottinghamshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited ISTQB over the 3 months to 21 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 Nottinghamshire region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
International Software Testing Qualification Board (ISTQB)
Rank 89 90 97
Rank change year-on-year
+1 +7
Permanent jobs citing ISTQB 6 5 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Nottinghamshire 0.554% 0.414% 0.151%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.974% 1.134% 0.448%
Number of salaries quoted 4 5 1
Average salary £29,250 £35,000 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-16.42% +16.66%
UK excluding London average salary £33,000 £35,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-5.71% -6.66%
All Qualifications
Nottinghamshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
304 441 446
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Nottinghamshire 28.04% 36.54% 33.66%
Number of salaries quoted 274 361 316
Average salary £37,500 £37,500 £36,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +2.73%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,000 £23,000
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
East Midlands

ISTQB
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Nottinghamshire 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 Nottinghamshire region.

Nottinghamshire ISTQB Salary Trend

ISTQB
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing ISTQB across the Nottinghamshire region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Nottinghamshire ISTQB Salary Histogram

ISTQB
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing ISTQB within the Nottinghamshire region over the 3 months to 21 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
Nottingham +2 5 £28,500 -18.57%
ISTQB
East Midlands

ISTQB
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Nottinghamshire 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 6 (66.67%) ISEB
2 4 (44.44%) SQL
3 3 (33.33%) Retail
3 3 (33.33%) Windows
3 3 (33.33%) Degree
3 3 (33.33%) Microsoft
3 3 (33.33%) Test Scripting
3 3 (33.33%) Team Foundation Server
3 3 (33.33%) Waterfall
4 2 (22.22%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (22.22%) Test Management
4 2 (22.22%) Configuration Management
4 2 (22.22%) Project Management
4 2 (22.22%) C#
4 2 (22.22%) JavaScript
4 2 (22.22%) .NET
4 2 (22.22%) ASP.NET
4 2 (22.22%) Automated Testing
4 2 (22.22%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (22.22%) Programme Management
4 2 (22.22%) Change Management
5 1 (11.11%) Finance
5 1 (11.11%) Service Delivery
5 1 (11.11%) Ajax
5 1 (11.11%) Billing
5 1 (11.11%) XML
5 1 (11.11%) PRINCE2
5 1 (11.11%) Visual Studio
5 1 (11.11%) SAP
5 1 (11.11%) VB

ISTQB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Nottinghamshire 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 (22.22%) .NET
1 2 (22.22%) ASP.NET
2 1 (11.11%) Ajax
2 1 (11.11%) XML
2 1 (11.11%) WCF
Applications
1 1 (11.11%) MS Excel
Development Applications
1 3 (33.33%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (11.11%) Visual Studio
General
1 3 (33.33%) Retail
2 1 (11.11%) Finance
2 1 (11.11%) Billing
2 1 (11.11%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 4 (44.44%) Analyst
1 4 (44.44%) Test Analyst
2 3 (33.33%) Tester
3 1 (11.11%) Programme Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Junior
3 1 (11.11%) Test Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Software Tester
3 1 (11.11%) Junior Tester
3 1 (11.11%) Junior Software Tester
3 1 (11.11%) Test Programme Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 3 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (33.33%) Test Scripting
1 3 (33.33%) Waterfall
2 2 (22.22%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (22.22%) Test Management
2 2 (22.22%) Configuration Management
2 2 (22.22%) Project Management
2 2 (22.22%) Automated Testing
2 2 (22.22%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (22.22%) Programme Management
2 2 (22.22%) Change Management
3 1 (11.11%) Service Delivery
3 1 (11.11%) PRINCE2
3 1 (11.11%) E-Commerce
3 1 (11.11%) Manual Testing
3 1 (11.11%) System Testing
3 1 (11.11%) Resource Management
3 1 (11.11%) Fault Management
3 1 (11.11%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (11.11%) Integration Testing
3 1 (11.11%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 4 (44.44%) SQL
2 2 (22.22%) C#
2 2 (22.22%) JavaScript
3 1 (11.11%) VB
Qualifications
1 6 (66.67%) ISEB
2 3 (33.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) SLA
Vendors
1 3 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (11.11%) SAP
2 1 (11.11%) Cognizant