The first table below looks at the demand for Software Testing skills in IT jobs advertised for the Rickmansworth region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Software Testing over the 3 months to 22 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 Rickmansworth region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Testing
Rank 28 - 10
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing Software Testing 2 0 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Rickmansworth 1.481% - 3.448%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.681% - 4.545%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 1
Average salary £45,000 - £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £34,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
+2.93% +4.61%
All Processes & Methodologies
Rickmansworth
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
119 58 22
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Rickmansworth 88.15% 90.63% 75.86%
Number of salaries quoted 107 35 20
Average salary £45,000 £42,500 £55,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.88% -22.72%
90% offered a salary of more than £33,500 £37,500 £29,000
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £72,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Software Testing
Hertfordshire

Software Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Rickmansworth 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 Rickmansworth region.

Rickmansworth Software Testing Salary Trend

Software Testing
Top 16 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Rickmansworth 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 9 (100.00%) Java
1 9 (100.00%) SQL
2 8 (88.89%) PL/SQL
2 8 (88.89%) Oracle
2 8 (88.89%) QuickTest Pro
2 8 (88.89%) Finance
2 8 (88.89%) Manual Testing
2 8 (88.89%) V-Model
2 8 (88.89%) Regression Testing
3 1 (11.11%) JMeter
3 1 (11.11%) QA
3 1 (11.11%) Selenium
3 1 (11.11%) Test Scripting
3 1 (11.11%) XML
3 1 (11.11%) VBScript
3 1 (11.11%) VB

Software Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Rickmansworth 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 1 (11.11%) XML
Development Applications
1 8 (88.89%) QuickTest Pro
2 1 (11.11%) JMeter
2 1 (11.11%) Selenium
General
1 8 (88.89%) Finance
Job Titles
1 8 (88.89%) Tester
1 8 (88.89%) Senior Tester
2 1 (11.11%) Automation Tester
2 1 (11.11%) Senior Automation Tester
2 1 (11.11%) Automated Tester
2 1 (11.11%) QA Analyst
2 1 (11.11%) Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (88.89%) Manual Testing
1 8 (88.89%) V-Model
1 8 (88.89%) Regression Testing
2 1 (11.11%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 9 (100.00%) Java
1 9 (100.00%) SQL
2 8 (88.89%) PL/SQL
3 1 (11.11%) VBScript
3 1 (11.11%) VB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) QA
Vendors
1 8 (88.89%) Oracle