The first table below looks at the demand for Test Strategy skills in IT jobs advertised for the Peterborough region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Test Strategy over the 3 months to 17 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 Peterborough region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Strategy
Rank - - 45
Permanent jobs citing Test Strategy 0 0 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Peterborough - - 1.338%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - - 1.878%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 3
Average salary - - £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £42,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year
+5.88% -
All Processes & Methodologies
Peterborough
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
262 220 213
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Peterborough 71.58% 71.20% 71.24%
Number of salaries quoted 226 183 175
Average salary £42,500 £39,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.59% +5.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £22,900 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £45,000 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Test Strategy
Cambridgeshire

Test Strategy
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Peterborough 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 Peterborough region.

Peterborough Test Strategy Salary Trend

Test Strategy
Top 17 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Peterborough 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 2 (100.00%) E-Commerce
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) ISEB
1 2 (100.00%) WinRunner
1 2 (100.00%) TestDirector
1 2 (100.00%) LoadRunner
1 2 (100.00%) Mainframe
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
1 2 (100.00%) Retail
1 2 (100.00%) Logistics
1 2 (100.00%) Web Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Test Scripting
2 1 (50.00%) Software Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) MS Excel
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Management

Test Strategy
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Peterborough 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.

Applications
1 1 (50.00%) MS Excel
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) WinRunner
1 2 (100.00%) TestDirector
1 2 (100.00%) LoadRunner
General
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
1 2 (100.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Test Manager
1 2 (100.00%) Senior Manager
1 2 (100.00%) Senior Test Manager
1 2 (100.00%) Test Leader
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Mainframe
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) E-Commerce
1 2 (100.00%) Logistics
1 2 (100.00%) Web Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Test Scripting
2 1 (50.00%) Software Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) ISEB
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft