The first table below looks at the demand for Test Strategy skills in IT jobs advertised for the Oxfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Test Strategy over the 3 months to 18 June 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Strategy
Rank 117 104 111
Rank change year-on-year
-13 +7
Permanent jobs citing Test Strategy 8 1 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 0.426% 0.068% 0.113%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.607% 0.105% 0.175%
Number of salaries quoted 8 1 2
Average salary £57,500 £50,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+15.00% +42.85%
UK excluding London average salary £42,750 £42,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year
+0.58% -
All Processes & Methodologies
Oxfordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1317 948 1142
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 70.13% 64.89% 64.37%
Number of salaries quoted 1120 845 1018
Average salary £43,000 £42,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.17% +6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £29,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £57,500 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Test Strategy
South East

Test Strategy
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Oxfordshire Test Strategy Jobs Demand Trend

Test Strategy
Salary Trend

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

Oxfordshire Test Strategy Salary Trend

Test Strategy
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Test Strategy within the Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 18 June 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
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Job
Vacancies
Oxford -12 4 £60,000 +20.00% 1
Kidlington - 3 £52,500 -
Test Strategy
South East

Test Strategy
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Oxfordshire region citing Test Strategy 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 Test Strategy.

1 14 (82.35%) QA
2 13 (76.47%) Business Intelligence
3 10 (58.82%) Oracle
3 10 (58.82%) CRM
3 10 (58.82%) Siebel
3 10 (58.82%) Oracle BI EE
4 5 (29.41%) QuickTest Pro
4 5 (29.41%) LoadRunner
4 5 (29.41%) ETL
4 5 (29.41%) E-business
4 5 (29.41%) Finance
4 5 (29.41%) HP Quality Center
4 5 (29.41%) Open Source
4 5 (29.41%) WATIR
4 5 (29.41%) Selenium
4 5 (29.41%) Oracle ODI
5 4 (23.53%) Scrum
5 4 (23.53%) SQL
5 4 (23.53%) Middleware
6 3 (17.65%) FitNesse
6 3 (17.65%) Agile Software Development
6 3 (17.65%) Cucumber
6 3 (17.65%) Concordion
7 2 (11.76%) Test Management
8 1 (5.882%) Test Scripting
8 1 (5.882%) Continuous Integration
8 1 (5.882%) Retail
8 1 (5.882%) Security Testing
8 1 (5.882%) Web Testing
8 1 (5.882%) Waterfall

Test Strategy
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Oxfordshire region citing Test Strategy 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 Test Strategy. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 4 (23.53%) Middleware
2 1 (5.882%) .NET
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (58.82%) Oracle BI EE
2 5 (29.41%) Oracle ODI
3 1 (5.882%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (29.41%) QuickTest Pro
1 5 (29.41%) LoadRunner
1 5 (29.41%) WATIR
1 5 (29.41%) Selenium
2 3 (17.65%) FitNesse
2 3 (17.65%) Cucumber
2 3 (17.65%) Concordion
General
1 5 (29.41%) Finance
2 1 (5.882%) Retail
2 1 (5.882%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 8 (47.06%) Analyst
1 8 (47.06%) Test Analyst
2 7 (41.18%) Test Manager
3 4 (23.53%) Test Team Leader
3 4 (23.53%) Team Leader
4 3 (17.65%) QA Manager
4 3 (17.65%) QA Test Analyst
4 3 (17.65%) QA Analyst
5 1 (5.882%) Senior QA Engineer
5 1 (5.882%) Test Leader
5 1 (5.882%) Tester
5 1 (5.882%) Senior Analyst
5 1 (5.882%) QA Engineer
5 1 (5.882%) Senior Test Analyst
5 1 (5.882%) Senior Tester
Miscellaneous
1 5 (29.41%) Open Source
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (76.47%) Business Intelligence
2 10 (58.82%) CRM
3 5 (29.41%) ETL
3 5 (29.41%) E-business
4 4 (23.53%) Scrum
5 3 (17.65%) Agile Software Development
6 2 (11.76%) Test Management
7 1 (5.882%) Test Scripting
7 1 (5.882%) Continuous Integration
7 1 (5.882%) Test Automation
7 1 (5.882%) Waterfall
7 1 (5.882%) RUP
7 1 (5.882%) DSDM
7 1 (5.882%) Logistics
7 1 (5.882%) Automated Testing
7 1 (5.882%) Supplier Management
7 1 (5.882%) Software Testing
7 1 (5.882%) Security Testing
7 1 (5.882%) Web Testing
Programming Languages
1 4 (23.53%) SQL
2 1 (5.882%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (5.882%) ISEB
1 1 (5.882%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (82.35%) QA
Systems Management
1 5 (29.41%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 10 (58.82%) Oracle
1 10 (58.82%) Siebel
2 1 (5.882%) TOWER Software
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