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This section looks at the demand for System Testing skills within the Somerset region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited System Testing over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSystem Testing
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank9177
Rank change on same period last yearDown-14
Matching permanent IT job ads82
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.004 %0.001 %
As % of the category below0.989 %0.355 %
Salaries quoted12
Average minimum salary£35,000£28,000
Average salary£35,000£30,500
% change on same period last year+14.75 %
Average maximum salary£35,000£33,000
UK excluding London average salary£34,815£36,008
% change on same period last year-3.31 %
Somerset IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
Somerset
Matching permanent IT job ads809563
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.436 %0.235 %
Salaries quoted704509
Average minimum salary£37,520£30,799
Average salary£40,729£34,683
% change on same period last year+17.42 %
Average maximum salary£43,937£38,568
UK excluding London average salary£42,487£44,463
% change on same period last year-4.44 %
System Testing South WestSystem Testing
South West

System Testing
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing System Testing across the Somerset region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Somerset System Testing Demand Trend

System Testing
Salary Trend

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

Somerset System Testing Salary Trend

System Testing
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing System Testing within the Somerset region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
BathNew entry-1£35,000-
System Testing South WestSystem Testing
South West

System Testing
Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs across the Somerset region citing System 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 System Testing.

17 (87.50 %)J2EE
17 (87.50 %)Oracle
17 (87.50 %)SOAP
17 (87.50 %)WebServices
17 (87.50 %)UML
17 (87.50 %)RUP
17 (87.50 %)SOA
17 (87.50 %)Scrum
17 (87.50 %)Retail
17 (87.50 %)BPEL
17 (87.50 %)Java
17 (87.50 %)ESB
21 (12.50 %)Finance
21 (12.50 %)QA
21 (12.50 %)Time Management
21 (12.50 %)SQL
21 (12.50 %)TestPartner
21 (12.50 %)Automated Testing
21 (12.50 %)Software Testing
21 (12.50 %)ISEB
21 (12.50 %)QuickTest Pro

System Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs across the Somerset region citing System 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 System Testing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Somerset IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
17 (87.50 %)J2EE
17 (87.50 %)SOAP
17 (87.50 %)WebServices
Somerset IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
17 (87.50 %)ESB
Somerset IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (12.50 %)QuickTest Pro
11 (12.50 %)TestPartner
Somerset IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
17 (87.50 %)Retail
21 (12.50 %)Finance
Somerset IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
17 (87.50 %)Senior Developer
17 (87.50 %)Java Developer
17 (87.50 %)J2EE Developer
17 (87.50 %)Senior J2EE Developer
17 (87.50 %)Senior Java Developer
17 (87.50 %)Java/J2EE Developer
17 (87.50 %)Developer
21 (12.50 %)Analyst
21 (12.50 %)Test Analyst
Somerset IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
17 (87.50 %)UML
17 (87.50 %)RUP
17 (87.50 %)SOA
17 (87.50 %)Scrum
17 (87.50 %)BPEL
21 (12.50 %)Automated Testing
21 (12.50 %)Software Testing
21 (12.50 %)Time Management
Somerset IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
17 (87.50 %)Java
21 (12.50 %)SQL
Somerset IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (12.50 %)ISEB
Somerset IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (12.50 %)QA
Somerset IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
17 (87.50 %)Oracle