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

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Regression Testing
Rank 277 343 324
Rank change year-on-year
+66 -19
Permanent jobs citing Regression Testing 163 101 102
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East 0.734% 0.419% 0.453%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.005% 0.572% 0.640%
Number of salaries quoted 139 82 82
Average salary £40,000 £33,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+19.40% -16.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,000 £27,500 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £54,900 £49,400 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £32,500 £32,500
% change year-on-year
+7.69% -
All Processes & Methodologies
South East
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
16217 17664 15949
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East 73.01% 73.21% 70.86%
Number of salaries quoted 13170 15139 13660
Average salary £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +5.88%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,000 £29,500
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Regression Testing
England

Regression Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East 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 South East region.

South East Regression Testing Salary Trend

Regression Testing
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Regression Testing across the South East region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

South East Regression Testing Salary Histogram

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 South East 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
Berkshire +23 46 £40,000 +1.26%
Surrey +30 36 £52,500 +31.25%
Hampshire +13 28 £38,946 +33.14%
West Sussex +6 26 £28,000 -10.40%
Buckinghamshire -3 8 £34,000 -
Kent -14 7 £35,000 -6.66%
East Sussex +11 6 £35,750 +38.83%
Oxfordshire -23 5 £65,000 +109.67%
Regression Testing
England

Regression Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the South East 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.

1 130 (38.92%) SQL
2 108 (32.34%) ISEB
3 102 (30.54%) Finance
4 99 (29.64%) QuickTest Pro
5 98 (29.34%) HP Quality Center
6 97 (29.04%) User Acceptance Testing
6 97 (29.04%) Test Scripting
7 93 (27.84%) QA
8 90 (26.95%) .NET
9 81 (24.25%) XML
9 81 (24.25%) Test Automation
10 80 (23.95%) HP
11 79 (23.65%) Scrum
12 74 (22.16%) Oracle
13 71 (21.26%) SQL Server
14 67 (20.06%) Agile Software Development
15 63 (18.86%) Waterfall
16 62 (18.56%) Microsoft
17 56 (16.77%) TDD
17 56 (16.77%) Selenium
18 53 (15.87%) JavaScript
19 52 (15.57%) Automated Testing
20 50 (14.97%) Degree
21 48 (14.37%) C#
21 48 (14.37%) Web Testing
22 47 (14.07%) MS Office
23 44 (13.17%) Performance Testing
24 42 (12.57%) VB.NET
25 40 (11.98%) VBA
25 40 (11.98%) HTML

Regression Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the South East 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 90 (26.95%) .NET
2 81 (24.25%) XML
3 40 (11.98%) HTML
4 36 (10.78%) .NET Framework
5 29 (8.683%) XSLT
6 19 (5.689%) CSS
7 16 (4.790%) ASP.NET
8 5 (1.497%) AWT
8 5 (1.497%) Swing
8 5 (1.497%) J2EE
8 5 (1.497%) JSP
8 5 (1.497%) Servlets
8 5 (1.497%) Ajax
8 5 (1.497%) SWT
8 5 (1.497%) WebSphere
8 5 (1.497%) Spring
9 4 (1.198%) HTML5
9 4 (1.198%) Memcached
9 4 (1.198%) Middleware
10 3 (0.898%) WSDL
Application Platforms
1 32 (9.581%) Oracle Workflow
2 19 (5.689%) Tomcat
3 14 (4.192%) IIS
4 10 (2.994%) PowerExchange
5 8 (2.395%) Apache
6 7 (2.096%) Lotus Notes
7 5 (1.497%) WebLogic
7 5 (1.497%) WebSphere Application Server
8 3 (0.898%) Oracle Coherence
9 1 (0.299%) SharePoint
9 1 (0.299%) CMS
Applications
1 47 (14.07%) MS Office
2 37 (11.08%) MS Project
3 18 (5.389%) MS Excel
4 5 (1.497%) Pro/ENGINEER
Business Applications
1 1 (0.299%) Cognos Business Intelligence
Communications & Networking
1 18 (5.389%) LAN
1 18 (5.389%) WAN
2 12 (3.593%) GSM
3 11 (3.293%) UMTS
4 6 (1.796%) ZigBee
4 6 (1.796%) Wi-Fi
4 6 (1.796%) Internet
4 6 (1.796%) ATM
5 5 (1.497%) SMTP
5 5 (1.497%) HTTP
5 5 (1.497%) Firewall
6 3 (0.898%) BSS
6 3 (0.898%) Wireless
7 2 (0.599%) Broadband
8 1 (0.299%) CDMA
8 1 (0.299%) 4G
8 1 (0.299%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 71 (21.26%) SQL Server
2 26 (7.784%) Oracle 8/8i
3 13 (3.892%) Data Warehouse
4 10 (2.994%) Star Schema
5 5 (1.497%) MySQL
5 5 (1.497%) DB2
6 4 (1.198%) MongoDB
7 3 (0.898%) Data Mining
7 3 (0.898%) Oracle 10g
7 3 (0.898%) RDBMS
7 3 (0.898%) Data Mart
7 3 (0.898%) Big Data
7 3 (0.898%) Oracle Exadata
7 3 (0.898%) NoSQL
7 3 (0.898%) Hadoop
7 3 (0.898%) Oracle 11g
8 2 (0.599%) TOAD
Development Applications
1 99 (29.64%) QuickTest Pro
2 56 (16.77%) Selenium
3 30 (8.982%) Visual Studio
4 21 (6.287%) LoadRunner
5 15 (4.491%) WebDriver
6 14 (4.192%) Cucumber
7 11 (3.293%) JIRA
8 8 (2.395%) Team Foundation Server
9 5 (1.497%) Eclipse
9 5 (1.497%) SilkPerformer
9 5 (1.497%) SilkTest
9 5 (1.497%) Eclipse RCP
10 4 (1.198%) SpecFlow
10 4 (1.198%) NUnit
10 4 (1.198%) TestDirector
11 3 (0.898%) Subversion
11 3 (0.898%) Moq
12 2 (0.599%) FitNesse
12 2 (0.599%) Git (software)
12 2 (0.599%) Maven
General
1 102 (30.54%) Finance
2 34 (10.18%) Telecoms
3 20 (5.988%) Retail
4 19 (5.689%) Banking
5 15 (4.491%) Legal
6 8 (2.395%) Automotive
7 7 (2.096%) Investment Banking
8 6 (1.796%) Electronics
9 5 (1.497%) Games
10 4 (1.198%) Aerospace
11 2 (0.599%) Law
12 1 (0.299%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.299%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 125 (37.43%) Analyst
2 93 (27.84%) Tester
3 82 (24.55%) Test Analyst
4 68 (20.36%) Test Engineer
5 42 (12.57%) Web Tester
6 41 (12.28%) Software Tester
7 35 (10.48%) Business Analyst
8 18 (5.389%) Senior Analyst
8 18 (5.389%) Senior Test Analyst
9 16 (4.790%) QA Engineer
10 15 (4.491%) Developer
10 15 (4.491%) Consultant
11 14 (4.192%) Team Leader
12 13 (3.892%) Test Team Leader
13 12 (3.593%) QA Analyst
14 10 (2.994%) Test Leader
14 10 (2.994%) Web Analyst
14 10 (2.994%) Software Test Analyst
14 10 (2.994%) Web Test Analyst
14 10 (2.994%) Systems Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 40 (11.98%) Client/Server
2 25 (7.485%) Management Information System
3 12 (3.593%) Computer Science
4 6 (1.796%) Mobile App
4 6 (1.796%) Embedded Systems
5 5 (1.497%) EPoS
5 5 (1.497%) EMV
5 5 (1.497%) Chip and PIN
5 5 (1.497%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 5 (1.497%) APACS
5 5 (1.497%) Enterprise Software
5 5 (1.497%) Open Source
6 4 (1.198%) SaaS
7 3 (0.898%) Mathematics
7 3 (0.898%) Physics
7 3 (0.898%) Social Media
8 2 (0.599%) Data Extraction
8 2 (0.599%) Cloud Computing
8 2 (0.599%) Blackberry
9 1 (0.299%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 40 (11.98%) Windows
2 21 (6.287%) UNIX
3 19 (5.689%) Windows Server 2003
4 18 (5.389%) Windows XP
4 18 (5.389%) Windows Server 2008
4 18 (5.389%) Windows 7
5 6 (1.796%) Linux
6 4 (1.198%) Windows Vista
7 3 (0.898%) Solaris
7 3 (0.898%) Windows Mobile
7 3 (0.898%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.898%) Android
8 1 (0.299%) Windows Phone
Processes & Methodologies
1 97 (29.04%) User Acceptance Testing
1 97 (29.04%) Test Scripting
2 81 (24.25%) Test Automation
3 79 (23.65%) Scrum
4 67 (20.06%) Agile Software Development
5 63 (18.86%) Waterfall
6 56 (16.77%) TDD
7 52 (15.57%) Automated Testing
8 48 (14.37%) Web Testing
9 44 (13.17%) Performance Testing
10 37 (11.08%) Change Management
11 36 (10.78%) Software Testing
12 34 (10.18%) Workflow
13 32 (9.581%) Document Management
14 28 (8.383%) Business Analysis
14 28 (8.383%) BDD
15 25 (7.485%) Validation
16 24 (7.186%) ATDD
17 23 (6.886%) Manual Testing
18 22 (6.587%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 130 (38.92%) SQL
2 53 (15.87%) JavaScript
3 48 (14.37%) C#
4 42 (12.57%) VB.NET
5 40 (11.98%) VBA
6 27 (8.084%) Java
7 24 (7.186%) VBScript
7 24 (7.186%) VB
8 13 (3.892%) Shell Script
9 12 (3.593%) PL/SQL
10 7 (2.096%) C
10 7 (2.096%) Perl
11 6 (1.796%) Ruby
11 6 (1.796%) Embedded C
11 6 (1.796%) Assembly Language
12 4 (1.198%) Python
13 3 (0.898%) XPath
14 1 (0.299%) PHP
14 1 (0.299%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 108 (32.34%) ISEB
2 50 (14.97%) Degree
3 32 (9.581%) Security Cleared
4 29 (8.683%) ISTQB
5 27 (8.084%) SC Cleared
6 8 (2.395%) HND
7 5 (1.497%) HNC
8 1 (0.299%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 93 (27.84%) QA
2 5 (1.497%) ISO 9001
2 5 (1.497%) PCI DSS
3 4 (1.198%) SLA
System Software
1 23 (6.886%) VMware Infrastructure
2 19 (5.689%) Active Directory
3 16 (4.790%) VMware ESX
3 16 (4.790%) VMware Workstation
4 5 (1.497%) VirtualBox
5 2 (0.599%) Squid
Systems Management
1 98 (29.34%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 80 (23.95%) HP
2 74 (22.16%) Oracle
3 62 (18.56%) Microsoft
4 23 (6.886%) VMware
5 15 (4.491%) Fujitsu
6 10 (2.994%) Informatica
7 9 (2.695%) Nokia
8 7 (2.096%) Lotus
9 5 (1.497%) JBoss
9 5 (1.497%) Cognos
9 5 (1.497%) BEA
9 5 (1.497%) Borland
9 5 (1.497%) IBM
10 3 (0.898%) Red Hat
10 3 (0.898%) Teradata
11 2 (0.599%) Business Objects
12 1 (0.299%) SAP
12 1 (0.299%) Symbian
12 1 (0.299%) Apple
12 1 (0.299%) Google
Winchester, Hampshire
Your main testing experience will be within manual testing but any experience in automated testing would also be beneficial. The majority of the software will be written in...
Spectrum IT Recruitment (South) Ltd
Salary: £25000 - £30000 per annum
Posted: 19 May 2013
Newbury, Thames Valley
Strong understanding of technical documentation review and requirements analysis. Understanding of quality process models and methodologies such as ISO, IEEE and ISEB Key responsibilities: Creating detailed Test Plans...
Satigo
Salary: £3000 - £3500 per annum + Benefit
Posted: 17 May 2013
Crawley, West Sussex
Ideally, the Web Tester will come from an extensive web testing background with knowledge of UAT, Regressing Testing and Performance Testing... Responsibilities include: The Web Tester will be...
Reflex Computer Recruitment
Salary: £26000 - £30000 per annum + Bens + Bonus
Posted: 18 May 2013
Maidenhead, Thames Valley
E-Resourcing is recruiting for an experienced Tester to join our clients expanding development team.This is a green-field opportunity to create a new QA function to...
E-Resourcing
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Crawley, West Sussex
Quality Assurance... Solid experience in key disciplines of Business Analysis, QA Testing and Business Process Improvement ISEB Qualification (or equivalent) would be desirable Self-motivated, dynamic and results.....
Virgin Holidays
Salary: Highly Competitive
Posted: 26 April 2013
Egham, surrey, South West
Some International travel is a good possibility.Senior Developer/Junior ArchitectResponsibilities/Technical Skills: - .Net Developer - MVC, Agile, .NET 4, C# or VB.NET - Good knowledge of SQL, XML -...
Brightred Resourcing
Salary: £40,000 - £45,000 per year
Posted: 10 May 2013
Maidenhead, Berkshire
This will be a task oriented role dealing with the day to day running and support of a Unix server system(working to ITIL standards) using the following...
Atos
Salary: £1 - £2 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 25 April 2013