ISTQB Jobs in the South East
 
Demand Trend Salary Trend Salary Histogram Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for ISTQB in IT jobs advertised for the South East region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited ISTQB over the 3 months to 24 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 South East region.

Location
 3 months to
24 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
International Software Testing Qualification Board (ISTQB)
Rank 261 280 275
Rank change year-on-year
+19 -5
Permanent jobs citing ISTQB 180 169 155
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East 0.813% 0.711% 0.675%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.490% 2.114% 2.435%
Number of salaries quoted 123 141 130
Average salary £35,000 £40,000 £38,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-12.50% +5.26%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,000 £27,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £48,000 £50,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £33,000 £35,000 £37,250
% change year-on-year
-5.71% -6.04%
All Qualifications
South East
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category		 7229 7995 6365
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East 32.66% 33.62% 27.74%
Number of salaries quoted 5836 6980 5456
Average salary £41,500 £40,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.75% -
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £27,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
ISTQB
England

ISTQB
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East 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 South East region.

South East ISTQB Salary Trend

ISTQB
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing ISTQB across the South East region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

South East ISTQB Salary Histogram

ISTQB
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing ISTQB within the South East region over the 3 months to 24 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
Berkshire +8 42 £34,000 -24.44%
West Sussex +16 38 £44,000 +10.00%
Surrey -4 29 £38,750 -18.42%
East Sussex +21 25 £32,500 -7.14%
Hampshire -15 23 £27,500 -8.33%
Oxfordshire -26 6 £19,000 -41.53%
Kent -13 5 £33,750 -17.68%
Buckinghamshire -28 3 £24,000 -36.00%
ISTQB
England

ISTQB
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the South East 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.

1 286 (87.46%) ISEB
2 104 (31.80%) SQL
3 101 (30.89%) Software Testing
4 100 (30.58%) QA
5 90 (27.52%) Test Scripting
6 82 (25.08%) Agile Software Development
7 80 (24.46%) Microsoft
8 74 (22.63%) Selenium
9 70 (21.41%) Windows
10 67 (20.49%) Automated Testing
11 66 (20.18%) .NET
12 65 (19.88%) Test Automation
13 62 (18.96%) Finance
14 61 (18.65%) HP Quality Center
15 57 (17.43%) QuickTest Pro
16 55 (16.82%) Scrum
17 49 (14.98%) Degree
18 46 (14.07%) MS Excel
19 42 (12.84%) UNIX
20 41 (12.54%) TDD
21 37 (11.31%) Java
22 34 (10.40%) C#
23 33 (10.09%) XML
23 33 (10.09%) Manual Testing
24 31 (9.480%) BDD
24 31 (9.480%) HP
25 29 (8.869%) C++
25 29 (8.869%) Continuous Integration
26 28 (8.563%) Waterfall
26 28 (8.563%) Test Strategy

ISTQB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the South East 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 66 (20.18%) .NET
2 33 (10.09%) XML
3 18 (5.505%) HTML
4 11 (3.364%) SOAP
5 8 (2.446%) ASP.NET
5 8 (2.446%) soapUI
6 6 (1.835%) Web Services
6 6 (1.835%) Middleware
7 4 (1.223%) CSS
7 4 (1.223%) ASP
7 4 (1.223%) .NET Framework
8 3 (0.917%) REST
8 3 (0.917%) WebSphere
8 3 (0.917%) LAMP
9 2 (0.612%) JSP
9 2 (0.612%) ODBC
9 2 (0.612%) WCF
10 1 (0.306%) WPF
10 1 (0.306%) LINQ
10 1 (0.306%) WinForms
Application Platforms
1 15 (4.587%) SharePoint
2 11 (3.364%) WebLogic
3 8 (2.446%) SharePoint 2010
4 7 (2.141%) Windows Azure
5 6 (1.835%) Documentum
6 5 (1.529%) SharePoint Server
6 5 (1.529%) CMS
6 5 (1.529%) MS Exchange
7 4 (1.223%) Drupal
8 3 (0.917%) Apache
8 3 (0.917%) Tomcat
9 2 (0.612%) WebSphere Application Server
10 1 (0.306%) MQSeries
10 1 (0.306%) IIS
Applications
1 46 (14.07%) MS Excel
2 20 (6.116%) MS Office
3 7 (2.141%) Niku Workbench
4 5 (1.529%) MS Project
5 1 (0.306%) MS PowerPoint
5 1 (0.306%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 12 (3.670%) SAP PSCD
2 7 (2.141%) SAP SD
3 3 (0.917%) Oracle BPM
4 2 (0.612%) Maximo
Communications & Networking
1 19 (5.810%) Ethernet
2 11 (3.364%) ATM
3 10 (3.058%) GSM
3 10 (3.058%) UMTS
4 5 (1.529%) HTTP
5 3 (0.917%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.612%) HTTPS
6 2 (0.612%) FTP
6 2 (0.612%) LAN
6 2 (0.612%) WAN
7 1 (0.306%) Unified Communications
7 1 (0.306%) VLAN
7 1 (0.306%) SMTP
7 1 (0.306%) VoIP
7 1 (0.306%) CTI
7 1 (0.306%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (8.563%) SQL Server
2 14 (4.281%) TOAD
3 4 (1.223%) RDBMS
3 4 (1.223%) MS Access
3 4 (1.223%) Oracle 8/8i
3 4 (1.223%) Hadoop
3 4 (1.223%) Big Data
4 2 (0.612%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 74 (22.63%) Selenium
2 57 (17.43%) QuickTest Pro
3 28 (8.563%) WinRunner
4 22 (6.728%) Team Foundation Server
5 15 (4.587%) TestDirector
5 15 (4.587%) Cucumber
6 13 (3.976%) Visual Studio
7 12 (3.670%) JIRA
8 10 (3.058%) LoadRunner
8 10 (3.058%) WebDriver
9 7 (2.141%) SpecFlow
10 6 (1.835%) Git (software)
11 5 (1.529%) ClearCase
12 4 (1.223%) FitNesse
12 4 (1.223%) TestComplete
12 4 (1.223%) Jenkins
13 3 (0.917%) Sahi
13 3 (0.917%) Maven
13 3 (0.917%) SilkPerformer
13 3 (0.917%) SilkTest
General
1 62 (18.96%) Finance
2 27 (8.257%) Telecoms
3 14 (4.281%) Retail
4 13 (3.976%) Games
5 8 (2.446%) Manufacturing
6 7 (2.141%) Marketing
7 6 (1.835%) Legal
8 4 (1.223%) Banking
8 4 (1.223%) Back Office
9 3 (0.917%) Financial Institution
9 3 (0.917%) Advertising
10 2 (0.612%) Pharmaceutical
10 2 (0.612%) Front Office
10 2 (0.612%) Music
11 1 (0.306%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 133 (40.67%) Analyst
2 125 (38.23%) Test Analyst
3 62 (18.96%) Test Manager
4 58 (17.74%) Tester
5 51 (15.60%) Test Engineer
6 29 (8.869%) QA Engineer
7 21 (6.422%) Software Tester
8 19 (5.810%) Software Engineer
9 16 (4.893%) Senior Analyst
9 16 (4.893%) Software Test Engineer
10 14 (4.281%) Senior Test Analyst
10 14 (4.281%) QA Analyst
11 12 (3.670%) Test Leader
12 11 (3.364%) Lead Test Analyst
13 10 (3.058%) Graduate
14 9 (2.752%) Test Consultant
14 9 (2.752%) QA Test Analyst
14 9 (2.752%) Consultant
15 8 (2.446%) Senior Manager
15 8 (2.446%) Senior Test Manager
Miscellaneous
1 24 (7.339%) Computer Science
2 19 (5.810%) Open Source
3 8 (2.446%) Social Media
4 6 (1.835%) Replication
4 6 (1.835%) SaaS
5 5 (1.529%) Management Information System
6 4 (1.223%) Mainframe
7 3 (0.917%) Cloud Computing
7 3 (0.917%) Handset
7 3 (0.917%) APACS
7 3 (0.917%) Client/Server
7 3 (0.917%) EFT
8 2 (0.612%) Derivative
8 2 (0.612%) Mathematics
9 1 (0.306%) Mobile App
9 1 (0.306%) Mobile Payment
9 1 (0.306%) Online Games
9 1 (0.306%) SCADA
9 1 (0.306%) CCTV
9 1 (0.306%) IVR
Operating Systems
1 70 (21.41%) Windows
2 42 (12.84%) UNIX
3 16 (4.893%) Linux
4 13 (3.976%) AIX
4 13 (3.976%) Solaris
4 13 (3.976%) Windows XP
4 13 (3.976%) Windows Server 2003
5 8 (2.446%) Windows Server 2008
6 6 (1.835%) Windows 2000
7 5 (1.529%) Windows Vista
8 3 (0.917%) Windows 7
9 1 (0.306%) Android
9 1 (0.306%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.306%) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
1 101 (30.89%) Software Testing
2 90 (27.52%) Test Scripting
3 82 (25.08%) Agile Software Development
4 67 (20.49%) Automated Testing
5 65 (19.88%) Test Automation
6 55 (16.82%) Scrum
7 41 (12.54%) TDD
8 33 (10.09%) Manual Testing
9 31 (9.480%) BDD
10 29 (8.869%) Continuous Integration
11 28 (8.563%) Waterfall
11 28 (8.563%) Test Strategy
12 27 (8.257%) Regression Testing
12 27 (8.257%) Test Management
12 27 (8.257%) User Acceptance Testing
13 24 (7.339%) Automation Testing
14 22 (6.728%) ATDD
15 18 (5.505%) Validation
16 14 (4.281%) V-Model
16 14 (4.281%) Performance Testing
Programming Languages
1 104 (31.80%) SQL
2 37 (11.31%) Java
3 34 (10.40%) C#
4 29 (8.869%) C++
5 12 (3.670%) Perl
6 11 (3.364%) Ruby
6 11 (3.364%) Python
7 10 (3.058%) JavaScript
8 6 (1.835%) VB
8 6 (1.835%) Bash shell
9 5 (1.529%) PHP
10 3 (0.917%) C
11 2 (0.612%) VBScript
12 1 (0.306%) VB.NET
12 1 (0.306%) Delphi
12 1 (0.306%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 286 (87.46%) ISEB
2 49 (14.98%) Degree
3 25 (7.645%) Security Cleared
4 15 (4.587%) SC Cleared
5 6 (1.835%) DV Cleared
6 5 (1.529%) ISEB Practitioner
7 1 (0.306%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 100 (30.58%) QA
2 2 (0.612%) ISO 9001
2 2 (0.612%) ISO 8583
3 1 (0.306%) 21 CFR Part 11
3 1 (0.306%) ISO 9000
System Software
1 13 (3.976%) Active Directory
2 9 (2.752%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (0.917%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 61 (18.65%) HP Quality Center
2 5 (1.529%) Netcool
2 5 (1.529%) OpenView Configuration Management
3 4 (1.223%) Control-M
Vendors
1 80 (24.46%) Microsoft
2 31 (9.480%) HP
3 28 (8.563%) Oracle
4 21 (6.422%) SAP
5 10 (3.058%) Fujitsu
5 10 (3.058%) VMware
6 9 (2.752%) Nokia
7 8 (2.446%) webMethods
8 7 (2.141%) Niku
8 7 (2.141%) IBM
9 5 (1.529%) Citrix
10 4 (1.223%) CheckPoint
11 2 (0.612%) SunGard
11 2 (0.612%) Open Text
11 2 (0.612%) Intergraph
11 2 (0.612%) Twitter
12 1 (0.306%) MKS
12 1 (0.306%) JBoss
12 1 (0.306%) Symbian
Senior Test Analyst (£45,000 - £50,000)
Maidenhead, Berkshire
An exciting opportunity has become available to work with a top FTSE 100 company based in Maidenhead. Revenue in excess of £3bn and employing over 52000 people... Requirments...
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Salary: £45000 - £50000 per annum
Posted: 22 May 2013
Test Analyst, QTP
Reigate, Surrey
To £40k per annum + 10% OT Bonus + Benefits (Test Analyst, Systems Tester, QTP) Market Leading financial client are looking for a Test Analyst to work with a team...
ARC IT Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £40000 Per Annum plus 10% OT Bonus + Benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Test Analyst (HP QC or QTP)
Berkshire, Thames Valley
The position requires good HP Quality Centre/ QTP and reasonable Visual Basic experience... We are looking for knowledge of SQL, Toad (or any Oracle database query tool) and...
Hays Specialist Recruitment
Salary: £30000.00 - £40000.00 per annum + Excellent
Posted: 1 May 2013
Senior Test Analyst (DV Cleared)
Bracknell, Thames Valley
You will be testing in Virtual environments and also perform manual and automated testing... The Test Analyst should ideally have: ISEB or ISTQB accreditation. Valid security clearance to...
Capita Resourcing Ltd
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum + 25 Days Holiday.
Posted: 21 May 2013
Senior Test Analyst (DV Cleared)
Bracknell, Berkshire
You will be testing in Virtual environments and also perform manual and automated testing... The Test Analyst should ideally have: ISEB or ISTQB accreditation. Valid security clearance to...
Capita Resourcing - IT Resourcing
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum + 25 Days Holiday.
Posted: 20 May 2013
Automated Test Analyst (QTP)
Berkshire
As part of the Product delivery team they are looking for a QA Analyst with experience of Quality Center (QTP) to introduce this product into the business... You...
F5 IT Recruitment Ltd
Salary: From £30,000 to £37,000 per annum plus bonus & benefits incl. private
Posted: 20 May 2013
Test Support Engineer
West Sussex
Customize HP Quality Center based on on-going requirements from development and test teams... Qualifications & Experience: * Knowledge of other test tools to support software development such as HP...
ARC IT Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £32000 Per Annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
Automated Web tester
Brighton, East Sussex
You will be responsible for; *Creating test strategies for functional and non-functional requirements *Working with BA's and developers to review project documentation *Defect tracking and management *...
Austin Fraser
Salary: £35000.00 - £38000.00 per annum + benefits & monthly bonus
Posted: 22 May 2013
Lead Test Engineer Environments - Unix, SQL, ISEB,
Reading, Thames Valley
In addition to this daily responsibilities will include uploading test results, support the test environment, deployment of code to test environments, assist with the booking of and scheduling...
Streamline IT Recruitment
Salary: £60000 - £70000 per annum + Pension,
Posted: 22 May 2013
Lead Test Engineer Environments - Unix, SQL, ISEB,
Reading, Berkshire
My client, based in Reading, is looking for a Lead Test Engineer to join their team and be accountable to driving, monitoring and managing test systems and execution...
Streamline Connections
Salary: £60000 - £70000 per annum + Pension,
Posted: 21 May 2013
Test Analyst (SC Cleared)
Reading, Thames Valley
You will have qualifications in: ISEB or ISTQB accreditation. Security cleared to at least SC level... Mercury TestDirector/HP Quality Center. Desirable skills include: Testing on MOSS (Sharepoint).....
Capita Resourcing Ltd
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Test Analyst (SC Cleared)
Reading, Berkshire
You will have qualifications in: ISEB or ISTQB accreditation. Security cleared to at least SC level... Mercury TestDirector/HP Quality Center. Desirable skills include: Testing on MOSS (Sharepoint).....
Capita Resourcing - IT Resourcing
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Junior Test Analyst / Network Engineer - Southampton - 25K
Southampton, South East
Taking the role in the quality assurance of an agile team you will ensure that Linux, web-based software is tested thoroughly and performs according to the requirements...
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Salary: £20000 - £25000 per annum + flexi time, 5% pension and more
Posted: 14 May 2013
Automated Web Tester - Brighton
Brighton, South East
Main duties will be:Work with the product team leads, technical leads and product managers to understandthe new functionality being developedCreate and execute manual and automated test plans,...
DP Connect Ltd
Salary: Negotiable + Monthly and yearly bonuses
Posted: 30 April 2013
Test Consultant with Automation Experience
South East
Strong Test Automation experience with tools like QTP, Selenium (Primary Skill) - Strong experience in Performance testing using tools like loadrunner, Jmeter, silkperformer etc... ISEB/ISTQB qualification is essential.
Sopra Group Ltd
Salary: Attractive, plus flexible benefits
Posted: 6 May 2013
Test Manager / Senior Tester
Surrey, West Sussex, Crawley, Epsom, South East
This successful and profitable Software House who specialise in the supply of large scale solutions to the Corporate & Public Sector markets is looking to recruit an experienced Test...
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Salary: to c£60,000 + generous bonus + bens
Posted: 29 April 2013
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