The first table below looks at the demand for ISTQB in IT jobs advertised for the Sheffield region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited ISTQB 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 Qualifications for the Sheffield region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
International Software Testing Qualification Board (ISTQB)
Rank 54 56 -
Rank change year-on-year
+2 -
Permanent jobs citing ISTQB 2 7 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Sheffield 0.377% 1.146% -
As % of the Qualifications category 1.429% 4.828% -
Number of salaries quoted 2 7 0
Average salary £27,500 £25,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
+10.00% -
UK excluding London average salary £33,000 £35,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-5.71% -6.66%
All Qualifications
Sheffield
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
140 145 137
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Sheffield 26.42% 23.73% 23.66%
Number of salaries quoted 120 140 109
Average salary £40,000 £35,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+14.28% -6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £21,100 £23,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £51,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
ISTQB
South Yorkshire

ISTQB
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing ISTQB across the Sheffield region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

Sheffield ISTQB Jobs Demand Trend

ISTQB
Salary Trend

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

Sheffield ISTQB Salary Trend

ISTQB
Top 4 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Sheffield region citing ISTQB 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 ISTQB.

1 2 (100.00%) ISEB
1 2 (100.00%) Automated Testing
1 2 (100.00%) JIRA
1 2 (100.00%) Test Scripting

ISTQB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Sheffield region citing ISTQB 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 ISTQB. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) JIRA
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Systems Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Test Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Systems Test Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Automated Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Test Scripting
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) ISEB
Sheffield, South Yorkshire
Skills & Experience Required: -Experience Manual / Functional testing -ISEB / ISTQB certified -Bug tracking tools (preferably Jira) Desirable Skills: -Automated testing knowledge -Regression / Performance knowledge This is a fantastic opportunity...
AMsource Technology
Salary: From £25,000 to £30,000 per annum & benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013