The first table below looks at the demand for Regression Testing skills in IT jobs advertised for the Somerset region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Regression 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 Somerset region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Regression Testing
Rank 60 55 48
Rank change year-on-year
-5 -7
Permanent jobs citing Regression Testing 4 4 8
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Somerset 0.624% 0.883% 1.720%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.792% 1.153% 2.632%
Number of salaries quoted 4 4 6
Average salary £31,250 £35,000 £28,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-10.71% +22.80%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £32,500 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £37,100 £39,250 £32,500
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £32,500 £32,500
% change year-on-year
+7.69% -
All Processes & Methodologies
Somerset
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
505 347 304
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Somerset 78.78% 76.60% 65.38%
Number of salaries quoted 462 331 282
Average salary £37,500 £39,160 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-4.23% +4.42%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,400 £25,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £62,500 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Regression Testing
South West

Regression Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Somerset Regression Testing Jobs Demand Trend

Regression Testing
Salary Trend

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

Somerset Regression Testing Salary Trend

Regression Testing
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Regression Testing within the Somerset region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Bath -8 1 £38,000 +8.57%
Street - 1 £35,000 -
Regression Testing
South West

Regression Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Somerset region citing Regression 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 Regression Testing.

1 7 (53.85%) Finance
1 7 (53.85%) User Acceptance Testing
1 7 (53.85%) Test Management
1 7 (53.85%) MS Excel
2 6 (46.15%) CSS
2 6 (46.15%) JavaScript
3 5 (38.46%) C#
3 5 (38.46%) .NET
3 5 (38.46%) ASP.NET
4 4 (30.77%) HTML
5 3 (23.08%) Java
5 3 (23.08%) Visual Studio
5 3 (23.08%) PHP
5 3 (23.08%) SQL
5 3 (23.08%) Project Management
5 3 (23.08%) SharePoint
5 3 (23.08%) E-Commerce
5 3 (23.08%) MCTS
5 3 (23.08%) QA
5 3 (23.08%) Selenium
5 3 (23.08%) Publishing
5 3 (23.08%) Data Management
5 3 (23.08%) User Experience Design
5 3 (23.08%) WebDriver
5 3 (23.08%) SharePoint 2010
6 2 (15.38%) Cucumber
6 2 (15.38%) Automated Testing
6 2 (15.38%) Animation
6 2 (15.38%) Manual Testing
6 2 (15.38%) Microsoft

Regression Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 6 (46.15%) CSS
2 5 (38.46%) .NET
2 5 (38.46%) ASP.NET
3 4 (30.77%) HTML
4 2 (15.38%) XML
Application Platforms
1 3 (23.08%) SharePoint
1 3 (23.08%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 7 (53.85%) MS Excel
Development Applications
1 3 (23.08%) Visual Studio
1 3 (23.08%) Selenium
1 3 (23.08%) WebDriver
2 2 (15.38%) Cucumber
2 2 (15.38%) QuickTest Pro
General
1 7 (53.85%) Finance
2 3 (23.08%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 10 (76.92%) Tester
2 7 (53.85%) Analyst
2 7 (53.85%) Test Analyst
3 3 (23.08%) SharePoint Developer
3 3 (23.08%) Developer
4 2 (15.38%) Senior Developer
4 2 (15.38%) Web Tester
4 2 (15.38%) Senior SharePoint Developer
5 1 (7.692%) QA Tester
Miscellaneous
1 2 (15.38%) Animation
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (53.85%) User Acceptance Testing
1 7 (53.85%) Test Management
2 3 (23.08%) Project Management
2 3 (23.08%) E-Commerce
2 3 (23.08%) Data Management
2 3 (23.08%) User Experience Design
3 2 (15.38%) Automated Testing
3 2 (15.38%) Manual Testing
4 1 (7.692%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 6 (46.15%) JavaScript
2 5 (38.46%) C#
3 3 (23.08%) Java
3 3 (23.08%) PHP
3 3 (23.08%) SQL
4 2 (15.38%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 3 (23.08%) MCTS
2 2 (15.38%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (23.08%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (15.38%) Microsoft