The first table below looks at the demand for Software Testing skills in IT jobs advertised for the Poole region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Software Testing 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 of the Processes & Methodologies category for the Poole region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Testing
Rank 16 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing Software Testing 3 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Poole 3.371% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.286% - -
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 0
Average salary £29,000 - -
UK excluding London average salary £34,000 £34,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
- +4.61%
All Processes & Methodologies
Poole
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
70 49 70
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Poole 78.65% 48.51% 88.61%
Number of salaries quoted 56 49 66
Average salary £32,500 £29,500 £31,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+10.16% -6.34%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £22,700 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £47,500 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Software Testing
Dorset

Software Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Poole 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 Poole region.

Poole Software Testing Salary Trend

Software Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Poole 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 3 (60.00%) Windows
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (60.00%) ISEB
1 3 (60.00%) Finance
1 3 (60.00%) ISTQB
2 2 (40.00%) GoldMine
2 2 (40.00%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (40.00%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (40.00%) Dynamics AX
2 2 (40.00%) Dynamics GP
2 2 (40.00%) CIMA
2 2 (40.00%) Regression Testing
2 2 (40.00%) Exchequer
2 2 (40.00%) Pegasus
2 2 (40.00%) Sage
2 2 (40.00%) ACCA
2 2 (40.00%) Python
2 2 (40.00%) MS Excel
2 2 (40.00%) CRM
2 2 (40.00%) ERP
2 2 (40.00%) C
2 2 (40.00%) C++
2 2 (40.00%) HTML
2 2 (40.00%) Java
2 2 (40.00%) JavaScript
2 2 (40.00%) PHP
2 2 (40.00%) SQL
2 2 (40.00%) System Testing
2 2 (40.00%) QA
2 2 (40.00%) XML

Software Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Poole 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 2 (40.00%) HTML
1 2 (40.00%) XML
Applications
1 2 (40.00%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (40.00%) GoldMine
1 2 (40.00%) Dynamics NAV
1 2 (40.00%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (40.00%) Dynamics AX
1 2 (40.00%) Dynamics GP
1 2 (40.00%) Exchequer
2 1 (20.00%) SAP Business One
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (20.00%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Team Foundation Server
1 1 (20.00%) MSBuild
1 1 (20.00%) Visual Studio
1 1 (20.00%) NUnit
General
1 3 (60.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Test Engineer
2 2 (40.00%) Software Consultant
2 2 (40.00%) QA Engineer
2 2 (40.00%) Analyst
2 2 (40.00%) Test Analyst
2 2 (40.00%) Consultant
2 2 (40.00%) Support Consultant
Operating Systems
1 3 (60.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Regression Testing
1 2 (40.00%) CRM
1 2 (40.00%) ERP
1 2 (40.00%) System Testing
2 1 (20.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (20.00%) Project Management
2 1 (20.00%) Logistics
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) Python
1 2 (40.00%) C
1 2 (40.00%) C++
1 2 (40.00%) Java
1 2 (40.00%) JavaScript
1 2 (40.00%) PHP
1 2 (40.00%) SQL
2 1 (20.00%) PowerShell
2 1 (20.00%) VBScript
2 1 (20.00%) VB
2 1 (20.00%) VBA
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) ISEB
1 3 (60.00%) ISTQB
2 2 (40.00%) CIMA
2 2 (40.00%) ACCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) QA
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (40.00%) Pegasus
2 2 (40.00%) Sage
3 1 (20.00%) SAP
3 1 (20.00%) VMware
Poole, Dorset
Any experience of C / C++, PHP, JavaScript, XML, HTML, Python or Java would be of particular interest. Skills required for the role of Test Analyst / QA Engineer: Scripting...
Understanding Recruitment
Salary: £26000 - £32000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 19 May 2013