The first table below looks at the demand for Software 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 Software Testing over the 3 months to 22 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Testing
Rank 62 51 40
Rank change year-on-year
-11 -11
Permanent jobs citing Software Testing 5 9 17
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Somerset 0.786% 1.923% 3.534%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.000% 2.535% 5.414%
Number of salaries quoted 5 9 15
Average salary £38,000 £38,750 £25,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.93% +55.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £33,000 £25,000 £23,700
10% offered a salary of more than £38,300 £55,500 £37,500
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £34,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
+2.93% +4.61%
All Processes & Methodologies
Somerset
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
500 355 314
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Somerset 78.62% 75.85% 65.28%
Number of salaries quoted 460 338 290
Average salary £38,000 £39,160 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.96% +4.42%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,100 £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%
Software Testing
South West

Software Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Somerset Software Testing Jobs Demand Trend

Software Testing
Salary Trend

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

Somerset Software Testing Salary Trend

Software Testing
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Testing within the Somerset region over the 3 months to 22 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 -7 3 £38,000 +52.00%
Taunton 0 1 £38,500 +22.21%
Software Testing
South West

Software Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Somerset region citing Software 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 Software Testing.

1 10 (50.00%) Finance
2 9 (45.00%) ISEB
3 7 (35.00%) .NET
3 7 (35.00%) QA
3 7 (35.00%) Test Automation
4 6 (30.00%) FitNesse
4 6 (30.00%) Agile Software Development
4 6 (30.00%) Telerik
4 6 (30.00%) IBM
4 6 (30.00%) Rational Robot
4 6 (30.00%) Scrum
5 5 (25.00%) Project Management
5 5 (25.00%) Retail
5 5 (25.00%) Business Analysis
5 5 (25.00%) Unit Testing
5 5 (25.00%) Test Scripting
6 4 (20.00%) Test Strategy
6 4 (20.00%) Client/Server
7 3 (15.00%) Test Management
7 3 (15.00%) Automated Testing
8 2 (10.00%) ISEB Practitioner
8 2 (10.00%) User Acceptance Testing
8 2 (10.00%) Release Management
8 2 (10.00%) Manual Testing
8 2 (10.00%) SWIFT
8 2 (10.00%) ERP
8 2 (10.00%) XML
8 2 (10.00%) ITIL
8 2 (10.00%) CRM
9 1 (5.000%) ASP.NET

Software Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Somerset region citing Software 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 Software Testing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 7 (35.00%) .NET
2 2 (10.00%) XML
3 1 (5.000%) ASP.NET
3 1 (5.000%) Middleware
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.000%) HTTP
Development Applications
1 6 (30.00%) FitNesse
1 6 (30.00%) Rational Robot
2 1 (5.000%) QuickTest Pro
2 1 (5.000%) Selenium
General
1 10 (50.00%) Finance
2 5 (25.00%) Retail
3 1 (5.000%) Manufacturing
3 1 (5.000%) Games
Job Titles
1 8 (40.00%) Test Manager
2 5 (25.00%) QA Manager
3 3 (15.00%) Tester
3 3 (15.00%) Software Tester
3 3 (15.00%) Test Engineer
3 3 (15.00%) Senior Software Engineer
3 3 (15.00%) Software Engineer
3 3 (15.00%) Senior Software Test Engineer
3 3 (15.00%) Test Leader
3 3 (15.00%) Applications Manager
3 3 (15.00%) Software Test Engineer
3 3 (15.00%) Senior Test Engineer
4 2 (10.00%) IT Programme Manager
4 2 (10.00%) IT Development Manager
4 2 (10.00%) QA Leader
4 2 (10.00%) Senior Software Tester
4 2 (10.00%) Senior Tester
4 2 (10.00%) Development Manager
4 2 (10.00%) Programme Manager
5 1 (5.000%) Release Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (20.00%) Client/Server
2 2 (10.00%) SWIFT
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (35.00%) Test Automation
2 6 (30.00%) Agile Software Development
2 6 (30.00%) Scrum
3 5 (25.00%) Project Management
3 5 (25.00%) Business Analysis
3 5 (25.00%) Unit Testing
3 5 (25.00%) Test Scripting
4 4 (20.00%) Test Strategy
5 3 (15.00%) Test Management
5 3 (15.00%) Automated Testing
6 2 (10.00%) User Acceptance Testing
6 2 (10.00%) Release Management
6 2 (10.00%) Manual Testing
6 2 (10.00%) ERP
6 2 (10.00%) ITIL
6 2 (10.00%) CRM
7 1 (5.000%) CAD
7 1 (5.000%) CAE
Qualifications
1 9 (45.00%) ISEB
2 2 (10.00%) ISEB Practitioner
3 1 (5.000%) BC Cleared
3 1 (5.000%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (35.00%) QA
2 1 (5.000%) ISO 9001
Systems Management
1 1 (5.000%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 6 (30.00%) Telerik
1 6 (30.00%) IBM
2 1 (5.000%) HP
2 1 (5.000%) SolidWorks