The first table below looks at the demand for ISTQB in IT jobs advertised for the Solihull 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 Solihull region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
International Software Testing Qualification Board (ISTQB)
Rank 44 - 26
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing ISTQB 5 0 7
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Solihull 2.119% - 3.608%
As % of the Qualifications category 5.208% - 9.589%
Number of salaries quoted 5 0 3
Average salary £35,000 - £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £33,000 £35,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-5.71% -6.66%
All Qualifications
Solihull
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
96 52 73
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Solihull 40.68% 33.12% 37.63%
Number of salaries quoted 57 38 42
Average salary £35,500 £35,000 £31,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.42% +11.11%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,000 £17,500
10% offered a salary of more than £45,600 £35,000 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
ISTQB
West Midlands

ISTQB
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Solihull 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 Solihull region.

Solihull ISTQB Salary Trend

ISTQB
Top 17 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Solihull 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 7 (100.00%) .NET
1 7 (100.00%) ISEB
2 5 (71.43%) Retail
2 5 (71.43%) TestPartner
2 5 (71.43%) Software Testing
2 5 (71.43%) VB.NET
2 5 (71.43%) Compuware
2 5 (71.43%) QuickTest Pro
2 5 (71.43%) Rational Robot
2 5 (71.43%) Rational Functional Tester
2 5 (71.43%) Test Automation
2 5 (71.43%) Computer Science
3 2 (28.57%) User Acceptance Testing
3 2 (28.57%) Test Scripting
3 2 (28.57%) System Testing
3 2 (28.57%) Microsoft
4 1 (14.29%) Requirements Analysis

ISTQB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 7 (100.00%) .NET
Development Applications
1 5 (71.43%) QuickTest Pro
1 5 (71.43%) Rational Robot
1 5 (71.43%) TestPartner
1 5 (71.43%) Rational Functional Tester
General
1 5 (71.43%) Retail
Job Titles
1 7 (100.00%) Tester
2 6 (85.71%) Software Tester
3 5 (71.43%) Automation Tester
Miscellaneous
1 5 (71.43%) Computer Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Software Testing
1 5 (71.43%) Test Automation
2 2 (28.57%) User Acceptance Testing
2 2 (28.57%) Test Scripting
2 2 (28.57%) System Testing
3 1 (14.29%) Requirements Analysis
Programming Languages
1 5 (71.43%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 7 (100.00%) ISEB
Vendors
1 5 (71.43%) Compuware
2 2 (28.57%) Microsoft
Solihull, West Midlands (County)
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Posted: 13 May 2013