The first table below looks at the demand for Software Testing skills in IT jobs advertised for the Salford region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Software Testing over the 3 months to 21 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 Salford region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Testing
Rank 8 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing Software Testing 4 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Salford 9.756% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.11% - -
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 0
Average salary £28,000 - -
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £34,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
+2.94% +4.61%
All Processes & Methodologies
Salford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
36 38 29
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Salford 87.80% 73.08% 63.04%
Number of salaries quoted 34 35 29
Average salary £40,000 £34,000 £40,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+17.64% -16.04%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,100 £30,000 £23,000
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £53,500 £41,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Software Testing
Manchester

Software Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Salford 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 Salford region.

Salford Software Testing Salary Trend

Software Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Salford 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 5 (62.50%) Degree
2 4 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 4 (50.00%) ISTQB
2 4 (50.00%) Agile Software Development
2 4 (50.00%) ISEB
3 3 (37.50%) Mac OS X
3 3 (37.50%) Internet
3 3 (37.50%) BBC
3 3 (37.50%) C
3 3 (37.50%) C++
3 3 (37.50%) HTML
3 3 (37.50%) Java
3 3 (37.50%) JavaScript
3 3 (37.50%) CSS
3 3 (37.50%) Windows
3 3 (37.50%) Linux
3 3 (37.50%) OOP
3 3 (37.50%) TDD
3 3 (37.50%) Content Management
3 3 (37.50%) Interactive TV
3 3 (37.50%) Cocoa
3 3 (37.50%) Xcode
3 3 (37.50%) Objective-C
3 3 (37.50%) Music
3 3 (37.50%) JIRA
3 3 (37.50%) Performance Testing
3 3 (37.50%) Android
3 3 (37.50%) Semantic Web
3 3 (37.50%) Web Accessibility
3 3 (37.50%) Product Management

Software Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Salford 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 3 (37.50%) HTML
1 3 (37.50%) CSS
1 3 (37.50%) Cocoa
Communications & Networking
1 3 (37.50%) Internet
Development Applications
1 3 (37.50%) Xcode
1 3 (37.50%) JIRA
General
1 3 (37.50%) Music
2 2 (25.00%) Music Industry
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) Developer
1 3 (37.50%) Test Leader
1 3 (37.50%) iOS Developer
2 1 (12.50%) Junior Test Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Junior Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Test Team Leader
2 1 (12.50%) Team Leader
2 1 (12.50%) Junior Tester
2 1 (12.50%) Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Test Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Tester
2 1 (12.50%) Junior
Miscellaneous
1 4 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 3 (37.50%) BBC
2 3 (37.50%) Interactive TV
2 3 (37.50%) Semantic Web
2 3 (37.50%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 3 (37.50%) Mac OS X
1 3 (37.50%) Windows
1 3 (37.50%) Linux
1 3 (37.50%) Android
1 3 (37.50%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) Agile Software Development
2 3 (37.50%) OOP
2 3 (37.50%) TDD
2 3 (37.50%) Content Management
2 3 (37.50%) Performance Testing
2 3 (37.50%) Web Accessibility
2 3 (37.50%) Product Management
2 3 (37.50%) BDD
2 3 (37.50%) Test Strategy
2 3 (37.50%) Web Development
3 1 (12.50%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 3 (37.50%) C
1 3 (37.50%) C++
1 3 (37.50%) Java
1 3 (37.50%) JavaScript
1 3 (37.50%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 5 (62.50%) Degree
2 4 (50.00%) ISTQB
2 4 (50.00%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) QA