The first table below looks at the demand for ISTQB in IT jobs advertised for the Slough region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited ISTQB over the 3 months to 20 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 Slough region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
International Software Testing Qualification Board (ISTQB)
Rank 68 63 52
Rank change year-on-year
-5 -11
Permanent jobs citing ISTQB 2 5 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Slough 0.290% 0.744% 0.213%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.775% 2.165% 0.870%
Number of salaries quoted 2 5 0
Average salary £31,000 £45,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-31.11% -
UK excluding London average salary £33,000 £35,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-5.71% -6.66%
All Qualifications
Slough
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
258 231 115
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Slough 37.45% 34.38% 24.47%
Number of salaries quoted 203 162 91
Average salary £47,500 £42,500 £41,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+11.76% +2.40%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £28,500 £31,000
10% offered a salary of more than £62,500 £60,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
ISTQB
Berkshire

ISTQB
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Slough 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 Slough region.

Slough ISTQB Salary Trend

ISTQB
Top 14 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Slough 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 4 (100.00%) ISEB
2 2 (50.00%) TestDirector
2 2 (50.00%) Finance
2 2 (50.00%) Scrum
2 2 (50.00%) Agile Software Development
2 2 (50.00%) Software Testing
2 2 (50.00%) Degree
2 2 (50.00%) QA
2 2 (50.00%) Integration Testing
2 2 (50.00%) Test Scripting
2 2 (50.00%) HP Quality Center
2 2 (50.00%) MS Office
2 2 (50.00%) MS Excel
2 2 (50.00%) Microsoft

ISTQB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Slough 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.

Applications
1 2 (50.00%) MS Office
1 2 (50.00%) MS Excel
Development Applications
1 2 (50.00%) TestDirector
General
1 2 (50.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Software Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) Test Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) Test Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) Software Test Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) Manual Test Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Scrum
1 2 (50.00%) Agile Software Development
1 2 (50.00%) Software Testing
1 2 (50.00%) Integration Testing
1 2 (50.00%) Test Scripting
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) ISEB
2 2 (50.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 2 (50.00%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft