The first table below looks at the demand for Test Strategy skills in IT jobs advertised for the Solihull region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Test Strategy over the 3 months to 18 June 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 Solihull region.

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Strategy
Rank 43 41 23
Rank change year-on-year
-2 -18
Permanent jobs citing Test Strategy 5 1 9
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Solihull 1.825% 0.461% 5.143%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.370% 0.599% 6.977%
Number of salaries quoted 5 1 0
Average salary £40,000 £50,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-20.00% -
UK excluding London average salary £42,750 £42,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year
+0.58% -
All Processes & Methodologies
Solihull
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
211 167 129
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Solihull 77.01% 76.96% 73.71%
Number of salaries quoted 159 108 92
Average salary £37,500 £35,000 £34,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.14% +2.94%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,890 £23,500 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £47,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Test Strategy
West Midlands

Test Strategy
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Solihull Test Strategy Jobs Demand Trend

Test Strategy
Salary Trend

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

Solihull Test Strategy Salary Trend

Test Strategy
Top 15 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Solihull region citing Test Strategy 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 Test Strategy.

1 3 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 2 (33.33%) Information Management
2 2 (33.33%) Business Analysis
2 2 (33.33%) ISEB
2 2 (33.33%) Finance
2 2 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (16.67%) Retail
3 1 (16.67%) ISEB Practitioner
3 1 (16.67%) Manufacturing
3 1 (16.67%) Change Management
3 1 (16.67%) Management Information System
3 1 (16.67%) Risk Management
3 1 (16.67%) Release Management
3 1 (16.67%) Test Management
3 1 (16.67%) Test Scripting

Test Strategy
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Solihull region citing Test Strategy 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 Test Strategy. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

General
1 2 (33.33%) Finance
2 1 (16.67%) Manufacturing
2 1 (16.67%) Retail
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Coordinator
1 2 (33.33%) Business Analyst
1 2 (33.33%) Analyst
1 2 (33.33%) Test Manager
1 2 (33.33%) Test Coordinator
2 1 (16.67%) Change Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Release Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 2 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (33.33%) Information Management
2 2 (33.33%) Business Analysis
3 1 (16.67%) Release Management
3 1 (16.67%) Test Management
3 1 (16.67%) Test Scripting
3 1 (16.67%) Change Management
3 1 (16.67%) Risk Management
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) ISEB
2 1 (16.67%) ISEB Practitioner