Oxfordshire Test Specialist Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for the Test Specialist role in IT jobs within the Oxfordshire region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Test Specialist in their job title over the 3 months to 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Test Specialist
Location Abingdon Bath Berkshire Birmingham Bridgend Bristol Cheshire City of London East of England England Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Godalming Hampshire Livingston London Manchester Norfolk North West Norwich Oxfordshire Reading Runcorn Scotland Slough Somerset South East South Wales South West Surrey Swindon Tewkesbury UK Wales West Lothian West Midlands Wiltshire	3 months to 2 Dec 2008	Same period last year
Rank	126	-
Rank change on same period last year	-
Matching permanent IT job ads	1	0
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	0.001 %	0.000 %
As % of the category below	0.044 %	0.000 %
Salaries quoted	1	0
Average minimum salary	£35,000	-
Average salary	£37,500	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum salary	£40,000	-
UK excluding London average salary	£41,501	£41,742
% change on same period last year	-0.57 %
Job Titles Oxfordshire
Matching permanent IT job ads	2275	2895
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	1.522 %	1.292 %
Salaries quoted	2050	2641
Average minimum salary	£33,230	£31,504
Average salary	£36,476	£34,914
% change on same period last year	+4.47 %
Average maximum salary	£39,722	£38,323
UK excluding London average salary	£38,498	£39,074
% change on same period last year	-1.47 %
Test Specialist South East

Test Specialist
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Test Specialist across the Oxfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Test Specialist
Salary Trend

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

Test Specialist
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Test Specialist within the Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 2 December 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Permanent IT Job Ads	Average Salary Last 3 Months	Average Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year
Abingdon	-	1	£37,500	-

Test Specialist South East

Test Specialist
Top 11 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT jobs across the Oxfordshire region that cited Test Specialist 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 Specialist in their job title.

1 2 (66.67 %) ISEB 1 2 (66.67 %) WinRunner 1 2 (66.67 %) QuickTest Pro 2 1 (33.33 %) LoadRunner 2 1 (33.33 %) ISEB Practitioner 2 1 (33.33 %) Pensions 2 1 (33.33 %) ISTQB 2 1 (33.33 %) Degree 2 1 (33.33 %) Perl 2 1 (33.33 %) Python 2 1 (33.33 %) HP

Test Specialist
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT jobs across the Oxfordshire region that cited Test Specialist 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 Specialist in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Development Applications 1 2 (66.67 %) WinRunner 1 2 (66.67 %) QuickTest Pro 2 1 (33.33 %) LoadRunner	General 1 1 (33.33 %) Pensions
Programming Languages 1 1 (33.33 %) Perl 1 1 (33.33 %) Python	Qualifications 1 2 (66.67 %) ISEB 2 1 (33.33 %) ISEB Practitioner 2 1 (33.33 %) ISTQB 2 1 (33.33 %) Degree
Vendors 1 1 (33.33 %) HP