Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for Software Testing skills in IT jobs advertised for the Nottinghamshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Software Testing over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Processes & Methodologies category for the Nottinghamshire region.

 Software Testing
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank656199
Rank change year-on-year
Down-4Up+38
Matching permanent IT job ads1814
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Nottinghamshire0.132 %1.008 %0.752 %
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category0.210 %1.699 %1.703 %
Salaries quoted1711
Average salary£35,000£37,500£27,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.660 %+36.36 %
UK excluding London average salary£30,000£30,000£31,500
% change year-on-year
--4.760 %
Nottinghamshire IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryAll Processes & Methodologies
Nottinghamshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
476471822
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Nottinghamshire62.80 %59.32 %44.17 %
Salaries quoted421388715
Average salary£37,500£32,500£32,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+15.38 %+1.560 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£24,000£23,000£24,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£55,000£55,000£47,500
UK excluding London average salary£40,000£40,000£40,000
Software Testing East MidlandsSoftware Testing
East Midlands

Software Testing
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Software Testing across the Nottinghamshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Nottinghamshire Software Testing Demand Trend

Software Testing
Salary Trend

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

Nottinghamshire Software Testing Salary Trend

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 Nottinghamshire region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
NottinghamUp+91£35,000-6.66 %
Software Testing East MidlandsSoftware Testing
East Midlands

Software Testing
Top 17 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the Nottinghamshire 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.

19 (90.00 %)ISEB
19 (90.00 %)QA
28 (80.00 %)ITIL
28 (80.00 %)Automated Testing
32 (20.00 %)Test Scripting
41 (10.00 %)Test Automation
41 (10.00 %)HP Quality Center
41 (10.00 %)Use Case
41 (10.00 %)ISTQB
41 (10.00 %)Degree
41 (10.00 %)ESB
41 (10.00 %)Mathematics
41 (10.00 %)Chemistry
41 (10.00 %)Computer Science
41 (10.00 %)HP
41 (10.00 %)Regression Testing
41 (10.00 %)QuickTest Pro

Software Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the Nottinghamshire 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.

Nottinghamshire IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
11 (10.00 %)ESB
Nottinghamshire IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
11 (10.00 %)QuickTest Pro
Nottinghamshire IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
19 (90.00 %)QA Manager
28 (80.00 %)Quality Manager
31 (10.00 %)Junior Test Analyst
31 (10.00 %)Junior Analyst
31 (10.00 %)QA Test Manager
31 (10.00 %)Junior
31 (10.00 %)Analyst
31 (10.00 %)Test Manager
31 (10.00 %)Test Analyst
Nottinghamshire IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
11 (10.00 %)Mathematics
11 (10.00 %)Chemistry
11 (10.00 %)Computer Science
Nottinghamshire IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
18 (80.00 %)ITIL
18 (80.00 %)Automated Testing
22 (20.00 %)Test Scripting
31 (10.00 %)Test Automation
31 (10.00 %)Use Case
31 (10.00 %)Regression Testing
Nottinghamshire IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
19 (90.00 %)ISEB
21 (10.00 %)ISTQB
21 (10.00 %)Degree
Nottinghamshire IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
19 (90.00 %)QA
Nottinghamshire IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
11 (10.00 %)HP Quality Center
Nottinghamshire IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
11 (10.00 %)HP