The first table below looks at the demand for the Test Consultant role in IT jobs advertised for the Oxfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Test Consultant in their job title over the 3 months to 24 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 Job Titles advertised for the Oxfordshire region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Consultant
Rank 122 103 -
Rank change year-on-year
-19 -
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Consultant 1 2 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 0.054% 0.139% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.058% 0.142% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 2 0
Average salary £72,500 £58,750 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
+23.40% -
UK excluding London average salary £46,000 £40,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year
+15.00% -30.43%
All Job Titles
Oxfordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1735 1405 1551
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 93.99% 97.43% 95.62%
Number of salaries quoted 1502 1266 1398
Average salary £40,000 £39,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.26% -1.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £26,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £57,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Test Consultant
South East

Test Consultant
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Test Consultant across the Oxfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Oxfordshire Test Consultant Jobs Demand Trend

Test Consultant
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Test Consultant across the Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire Test Consultant Salary Trend

Test Consultant
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Test Consultant within the Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 24 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 -26 1 £72,500 +23.40%
Test Consultant
South East

Test Consultant
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Oxfordshire region that cited Test Consultant in their job title 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 with Test Consultant in their job title.

1 5 (55.56%) LoadRunner
1 5 (55.56%) HP
2 4 (44.44%) Citrix
2 4 (44.44%) Oracle
2 4 (44.44%) Windows
2 4 (44.44%) Linux
2 4 (44.44%) IBM
2 4 (44.44%) Red Hat
2 4 (44.44%) Rational Robot
2 4 (44.44%) VMware
2 4 (44.44%) Disaster Recovery
2 4 (44.44%) WebSphere
2 4 (44.44%) Oracle RAC
2 4 (44.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 4 (44.44%) Windows Server 2012
2 4 (44.44%) HP SiteScope
3 3 (33.33%) Test Management
3 3 (33.33%) ISEB Practitioner
3 3 (33.33%) Project Management
3 3 (33.33%) ISEB
4 2 (22.22%) PRINCE2
4 2 (22.22%) Service Delivery
4 2 (22.22%) Software Testing
5 1 (11.11%) Telecoms
5 1 (11.11%) Finance
5 1 (11.11%) Retail
5 1 (11.11%) Test Automation
5 1 (11.11%) Cucumber
5 1 (11.11%) Selenium
5 1 (11.11%) Configuration Management

Test Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Oxfordshire region that cited Test Consultant in their job title 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 with Test Consultant in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 4 (44.44%) WebSphere
Development Applications
1 5 (55.56%) LoadRunner
2 4 (44.44%) Rational Robot
3 1 (11.11%) Cucumber
3 1 (11.11%) Selenium
3 1 (11.11%) QuickTest Pro
General
1 1 (11.11%) Telecoms
1 1 (11.11%) Finance
1 1 (11.11%) Retail
Operating Systems
1 4 (44.44%) Windows
1 4 (44.44%) Linux
1 4 (44.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 4 (44.44%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (44.44%) Disaster Recovery
2 3 (33.33%) Test Management
2 3 (33.33%) Project Management
3 2 (22.22%) PRINCE2
3 2 (22.22%) Service Delivery
3 2 (22.22%) Software Testing
4 1 (11.11%) Test Automation
4 1 (11.11%) Configuration Management
Qualifications
1 3 (33.33%) ISEB Practitioner
1 3 (33.33%) ISEB
System Software
1 4 (44.44%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 4 (44.44%) HP SiteScope
Vendors
1 5 (55.56%) HP
2 4 (44.44%) Citrix
2 4 (44.44%) Oracle
2 4 (44.44%) IBM
2 4 (44.44%) Red Hat
2 4 (44.44%) VMware