The first table below looks at the demand for Software Testing skills in IT jobs advertised for the Oxfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Software Testing over the 3 months to 22 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 Oxfordshire region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Testing
Rank 90 89 87
Rank change year-on-year
-1 -2
Permanent jobs citing Software Testing 31 17 18
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 1.685% 1.153% 1.131%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.354% 1.726% 1.739%
Number of salaries quoted 31 12 13
Average salary £45,000 £28,750 £23,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+56.52% +22.34%
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £34,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
+2.93% +4.61%
All Processes & Methodologies
Oxfordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1317 985 1035
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 71.58% 66.82% 65.01%
Number of salaries quoted 1128 885 918
Average salary £44,000 £41,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.31% +2.50%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,000 £25,500
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £60,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Software Testing
South East

Software Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire Software Testing Salary Trend

Software Testing
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Software Testing across the Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 22 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
Oxford -13 13 £55,000 +115.68%
Henley-on-Thames - 3 £25,000 -
Abingdon -21 1 £36,000 +30.90%
Software Testing
South East

Software Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Oxfordshire 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 34 (59.65%) QA
2 31 (54.39%) ISEB
3 29 (50.88%) SQL Server
4 21 (36.84%) Selenium
4 21 (36.84%) Open Source
5 20 (35.09%) Oracle
6 19 (33.33%) Test Management
7 16 (28.07%) Degree
7 16 (28.07%) SQL
7 16 (28.07%) QuickTest Pro
7 16 (28.07%) Business Intelligence
8 15 (26.32%) C#
9 14 (24.56%) Microsoft
10 13 (22.81%) ETL
10 13 (22.81%) Agile Software Development
11 12 (21.05%) Windows Vista
11 12 (21.05%) Windows
11 12 (21.05%) Windows 7
12 11 (19.30%) HP Quality Center
12 11 (19.30%) CRM
12 11 (19.30%) Siebel
12 11 (19.30%) LoadRunner
12 11 (19.30%) WATIR
12 11 (19.30%) Oracle BI EE
12 11 (19.30%) Publishing
13 10 (17.54%) SQL Server 2008
13 10 (17.54%) Scalability Testing
13 10 (17.54%) Silverlight
13 10 (17.54%) MS Excel
13 10 (17.54%) VB

Software Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Oxfordshire 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 10 (17.54%) Silverlight
1 10 (17.54%) .NET
2 7 (12.28%) COM
2 7 (12.28%) Web Services
3 1 (1.754%) HTML
3 1 (1.754%) CSS
Applications
1 10 (17.54%) MS Excel
2 4 (7.018%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.754%) DHCP
1 1 (1.754%) TCP/IP
1 1 (1.754%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (50.88%) SQL Server
2 11 (19.30%) Oracle BI EE
3 10 (17.54%) SQL Server 2008
4 9 (15.79%) SQL Server 2005
5 5 (8.772%) DB2
6 3 (5.263%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 3 (5.263%) SQL Server 2000
7 2 (3.509%) OLAP
7 2 (3.509%) Crystal Reports
7 2 (3.509%) Oracle OWB
7 2 (3.509%) BODI
7 2 (3.509%) Oracle OLAP
7 2 (3.509%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (1.754%) Oracle 11g
8 1 (1.754%) Data Warehouse
8 1 (1.754%) Oracle Reports
8 1 (1.754%) Oracle 8/8i
8 1 (1.754%) Oracle 9i
Development Applications
1 21 (36.84%) Selenium
2 16 (28.07%) QuickTest Pro
3 11 (19.30%) LoadRunner
3 11 (19.30%) WATIR
4 4 (7.018%) Rational Robot
4 4 (7.018%) TestComplete
5 1 (1.754%) Cucumber
5 1 (1.754%) Concordion
General
1 11 (19.30%) Publishing
2 8 (14.04%) Telecoms
3 5 (8.772%) Retail
4 4 (7.018%) Finance
Job Titles
1 27 (47.37%) Analyst
2 16 (28.07%) Test Manager
3 9 (15.79%) QA Analyst
4 7 (12.28%) Test Analyst
4 7 (12.28%) Consultant
4 7 (12.28%) Tester
5 6 (10.53%) QA Leader
5 6 (10.53%) Support Analyst
5 6 (10.53%) Senior Analyst
5 6 (10.53%) Test Team Leader
5 6 (10.53%) Team Leader
6 5 (8.772%) Senior Test Manager
6 5 (8.772%) Test Engineer
6 5 (8.772%) Senior Tester
6 5 (8.772%) Senior QA Manager
6 5 (8.772%) QA Manager
6 5 (8.772%) Senior Manager
7 4 (7.018%) Applications Support
7 4 (7.018%) Security Analyst
7 4 (7.018%) Applications Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 21 (36.84%) Open Source
2 9 (15.79%) EPoS
2 9 (15.79%) Enterprise Software
3 7 (12.28%) Mobile App
4 4 (7.018%) Mainframe
5 1 (1.754%) Computer Science
5 1 (1.754%) Statistics
Operating Systems
1 12 (21.05%) Windows Vista
1 12 (21.05%) Windows
1 12 (21.05%) Windows 7
2 9 (15.79%) Windows Server 2008
3 3 (5.263%) Windows XP
4 1 (1.754%) VxWorks
4 1 (1.754%) Solaris
4 1 (1.754%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (33.33%) Test Management
2 16 (28.07%) Business Intelligence
3 13 (22.81%) ETL
3 13 (22.81%) Agile Software Development
4 11 (19.30%) CRM
5 10 (17.54%) Scalability Testing
6 9 (15.79%) Integration Testing
6 9 (15.79%) Continuous Improvement
7 8 (14.04%) Test Automation
8 7 (12.28%) Test Scripting
8 7 (12.28%) Project Management
8 7 (12.28%) E-Commerce
9 6 (10.53%) Security Testing
10 5 (8.772%) Data Management
10 5 (8.772%) Manual Testing
10 5 (8.772%) Project Planning
11 4 (7.018%) Data Modelling
11 4 (7.018%) PRINCE
11 4 (7.018%) Automated Testing
11 4 (7.018%) Embedded Software Development
Programming Languages
1 16 (28.07%) SQL
2 15 (26.32%) C#
3 10 (17.54%) VB
4 9 (15.79%) Java
5 5 (8.772%) T-SQL
6 4 (7.018%) C
6 4 (7.018%) C++
7 2 (3.509%) PL/SQL
8 1 (1.754%) JavaScript
8 1 (1.754%) Python
Qualifications
1 31 (54.39%) ISEB
2 16 (28.07%) Degree
3 8 (14.04%) ISEB Practitioner
4 1 (1.754%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (59.65%) QA
Systems Management
1 11 (19.30%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 20 (35.09%) Oracle
2 14 (24.56%) Microsoft
3 11 (19.30%) Siebel
4 5 (8.772%) Compuware
4 5 (8.772%) IBM
5 4 (7.018%) HP
6 2 (3.509%) Cognos
6 2 (3.509%) MicroStrategy
6 2 (3.509%) Informatica
6 2 (3.509%) Ab Initio
6 2 (3.509%) Teradata