The first 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 23 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 Nottinghamshire region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Testing
Rank 83 65 80
Rank change year-on-year
-18 +15
Permanent jobs citing Software Testing 10 28 20
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Nottinghamshire 0.936% 2.383% 1.465%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.188% 3.218% 1.869%
Number of salaries quoted 8 20 8
Average salary £30,750 £32,500 £38,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.38% -15.58%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,750 £25,250 £33,500
10% offered a salary of more than £53,750 £40,500 £44,200
UK excluding London average salary £34,000 £34,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
- +4.61%
All Processes & Methodologies
Nottinghamshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
842 870 1070
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Nottinghamshire 78.84% 74.04% 78.39%
Number of salaries quoted 737 724 828
Average salary £37,500 £37,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Software Testing
East Midlands

Software Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total 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 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 Nottinghamshire region.

Nottinghamshire Software Testing Salary Trend

Software Testing
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Software Testing across the Nottinghamshire region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Nottinghamshire 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 Nottinghamshire region over the 3 months to 23 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 -20 10 £30,750 -5.38%
Software Testing
East Midlands

Software Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, 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.

1 11 (57.89%) QA
2 10 (52.63%) Finance
3 7 (36.84%) ISEB
3 7 (36.84%) Test Automation
4 6 (31.58%) Test Scripting
4 6 (31.58%) Telecoms
5 5 (26.32%) Retail
5 5 (26.32%) QuickTest Pro
5 5 (26.32%) SQL
5 5 (26.32%) HP Quality Center
6 4 (21.05%) TestDirector
6 4 (21.05%) UNIX
6 4 (21.05%) Banking
6 4 (21.05%) Investment Banking
6 4 (21.05%) FIX Protocol
7 3 (15.79%) HP
7 3 (15.79%) Quality Management
7 3 (15.79%) Degree
7 3 (15.79%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 3 (15.79%) C#
7 3 (15.79%) SQL Server
7 3 (15.79%) Performance Management
8 2 (10.53%) TestComplete
8 2 (10.53%) Continuous Improvement
8 2 (10.53%) Digital Media
8 2 (10.53%) WatiN
8 2 (10.53%) Selenium
8 2 (10.53%) WCF
8 2 (10.53%) WPF
8 2 (10.53%) LINQ

Software Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, 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.

Application Development
1 4 (21.05%) FIX Protocol
2 2 (10.53%) WCF
2 2 (10.53%) WPF
2 2 (10.53%) LINQ
2 2 (10.53%) XML
2 2 (10.53%) HTML
2 2 (10.53%) .NET
3 1 (5.263%) COM
3 1 (5.263%) Web Services
3 1 (5.263%) Swing
3 1 (5.263%) Gherkin
3 1 (5.263%) OSGi
Application Platforms
1 2 (10.53%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (5.263%) MS Office
1 1 (5.263%) MS Excel
1 1 (5.263%) Mingle
1 1 (5.263%) Spreadsheet
Communications & Networking
1 2 (10.53%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (15.79%) SQL Server
2 1 (5.263%) DB2
Development Applications
1 5 (26.32%) QuickTest Pro
2 4 (21.05%) TestDirector
3 2 (10.53%) TestComplete
3 2 (10.53%) WatiN
3 2 (10.53%) Selenium
4 1 (5.263%) NetBeans
4 1 (5.263%) LoadRunner
4 1 (5.263%) FitNesse
4 1 (5.263%) Cucumber
4 1 (5.263%) NetBeans IDE
4 1 (5.263%) SpecFlow
General
1 10 (52.63%) Finance
2 6 (31.58%) Telecoms
3 5 (26.32%) Retail
4 4 (21.05%) Banking
4 4 (21.05%) Investment Banking
5 2 (10.53%) Marketing
6 1 (5.263%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 6 (31.58%) Test Manager
2 5 (26.32%) Software Engineer
3 4 (21.05%) Tester
3 4 (21.05%) QA Engineer
4 3 (15.79%) Test Engineer
4 3 (15.79%) Lead Software Engineer
4 3 (15.79%) Analyst
5 2 (10.53%) Automation Engineer
5 2 (10.53%) Test Automation Engineer
5 2 (10.53%) Software Tester
5 2 (10.53%) Senior Test Manager
5 2 (10.53%) Senior Manager
6 1 (5.263%) Junior Tester
6 1 (5.263%) Software Test Engineer
6 1 (5.263%) Team Leader
6 1 (5.263%) QA Tester
6 1 (5.263%) Senior Analyst
6 1 (5.263%) Test Team Leader
6 1 (5.263%) QA Analyst
6 1 (5.263%) Senior QA Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (15.79%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 2 (10.53%) Digital Media
2 2 (10.53%) Credit Risk
2 2 (10.53%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (5.263%) Computer Science
3 1 (5.263%) Mainframe
3 1 (5.263%) Client/Server
3 1 (5.263%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 4 (21.05%) UNIX
2 2 (10.53%) Windows
3 1 (5.263%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (36.84%) Test Automation
2 6 (31.58%) Test Scripting
3 3 (15.79%) Quality Management
3 3 (15.79%) Performance Management
4 2 (10.53%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (10.53%) Automation Testing
4 2 (10.53%) OOP
4 2 (10.53%) SOA
4 2 (10.53%) Automated Testing
4 2 (10.53%) Agile Software Development
5 1 (5.263%) Regression Testing
5 1 (5.263%) Scrum
5 1 (5.263%) Data Analysis
5 1 (5.263%) OO
5 1 (5.263%) Stress Testing
5 1 (5.263%) Unit Testing
5 1 (5.263%) Test Management
5 1 (5.263%) Waterfall
5 1 (5.263%) Analytics
5 1 (5.263%) Change Control
Programming Languages
1 5 (26.32%) SQL
2 3 (15.79%) C#
3 2 (10.53%) Java
3 2 (10.53%) XAML
Qualifications
1 7 (36.84%) ISEB
2 3 (15.79%) Degree
3 1 (5.263%) ISEB Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (57.89%) QA
Systems Management
1 5 (26.32%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 3 (15.79%) HP
2 2 (10.53%) Oracle
3 1 (5.263%) Microsoft
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
You will be educated to a HND or Degree level, preferably in an Engineering related field, along with having at least 5+ years relevant Software Testing experience. You...
Executive Resource Group
Salary: Unspecified
Posted: 21 May 2013