The first table below looks at the demand for System Testing skills in IT jobs advertised for the South Wales region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited System Testing 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 of the Processes & Methodologies category for the South Wales region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
System Testing
Rank 78 85 68
Rank change year-on-year
+7 -17
Permanent jobs citing System Testing 9 5 18
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in South Wales 0.860% 0.506% 1.976%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.236% 0.697% 2.590%
Number of salaries quoted 9 4 17
Average salary £34,500 £33,000 £28,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.54% +15.78%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,300 £30,900 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £36,100 £42,800 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £34,500 £36,000 £33,500
% change year-on-year
-4.16% +7.46%
All Processes & Methodologies
South Wales
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
728 717 695
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in South Wales 69.60% 72.57% 76.29%
Number of salaries quoted 655 649 655
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £36,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -2.77%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £26,000 £26,450
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £52,750 £49,600
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
System Testing
Wales

System Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South Wales System Testing Jobs Demand Trend

System Testing
Salary Trend

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

South Wales System Testing Salary Trend

System Testing
Salary Histogram

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

South Wales System Testing Salary Histogram

System Testing
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing System Testing within the South Wales 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
Cardiff -8 9 £34,500 +4.54%
System Testing
Wales

System Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 13 (50.00%) SQL
2 8 (30.77%) Degree
3 6 (23.08%) Java
4 5 (19.23%) HTML
4 5 (19.23%) .NET
4 5 (19.23%) CRM
4 5 (19.23%) XML
4 5 (19.23%) Project Management
4 5 (19.23%) Business Intelligence
4 5 (19.23%) Salesforce.com
4 5 (19.23%) Marketing
4 5 (19.23%) Unit Testing
4 5 (19.23%) QlikView
4 5 (19.23%) Risk Analysis
4 5 (19.23%) Kimball Methodology
4 5 (19.23%) Inmon Methodology
5 4 (15.38%) User Acceptance Testing
5 4 (15.38%) EJB 3.0
5 4 (15.38%) Banking
5 4 (15.38%) Spring
5 4 (15.38%) Telecoms
5 4 (15.38%) Hibernate
5 4 (15.38%) Scrum
5 4 (15.38%) XSLT
5 4 (15.38%) ISEB
5 4 (15.38%) J2EE
5 4 (15.38%) EJB
5 4 (15.38%) JSP
5 4 (15.38%) Struts
6 3 (11.54%) Oracle

System Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 5 (19.23%) HTML
1 5 (19.23%) .NET
1 5 (19.23%) XML
2 4 (15.38%) EJB 3.0
2 4 (15.38%) Spring
2 4 (15.38%) Hibernate
2 4 (15.38%) XSLT
2 4 (15.38%) J2EE
2 4 (15.38%) EJB
2 4 (15.38%) JSP
2 4 (15.38%) Struts
3 3 (11.54%) ASP.NET
4 2 (7.692%) .NET Framework
5 1 (3.846%) Web Services
5 1 (3.846%) SOAP
5 1 (3.846%) Ajax
5 1 (3.846%) WCF
5 1 (3.846%) soapUI
5 1 (3.846%) REST
Application Platforms
1 3 (11.54%) SharePoint
1 3 (11.54%) Umbraco
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.846%) LDAP
1 1 (3.846%) Bluetooth
1 1 (3.846%) GPRS
1 1 (3.846%) UMTS
1 1 (3.846%) WAN
1 1 (3.846%) HTTP
1 1 (3.846%) SNMP
1 1 (3.846%) TCP/IP
1 1 (3.846%) Wireless
1 1 (3.846%) Internet
1 1 (3.846%) TELNET
1 1 (3.846%) SSH
1 1 (3.846%) ZigBee
1 1 (3.846%) HSPA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (19.23%) QlikView
2 3 (11.54%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (7.692%) Selenium
2 1 (3.846%) Visual Studio
2 1 (3.846%) QuickTest Pro
2 1 (3.846%) LoadRunner
2 1 (3.846%) JMeter
2 1 (3.846%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 5 (19.23%) Marketing
2 4 (15.38%) Banking
2 4 (15.38%) Telecoms
3 1 (3.846%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 14 (53.85%) Analyst
2 9 (34.62%) Developer
3 7 (26.92%) Senior Analyst
4 5 (19.23%) Analyst Developer
4 5 (19.23%) Database Analyst
4 5 (19.23%) Project Manager
4 5 (19.23%) Database Developer
5 4 (15.38%) Senior Programmer
5 4 (15.38%) Analyst Programmer
5 4 (15.38%) Programmer
5 4 (15.38%) Senior Analyst Programmer
6 3 (11.54%) .NET Developer
6 3 (11.54%) Business Analyst
6 3 (11.54%) Development Engineer
6 3 (11.54%) Firmware Engineer
7 2 (7.692%) Software Development Engineer
7 2 (7.692%) Software Engineer
7 2 (7.692%) Test Analyst
7 2 (7.692%) VB.NET Developer
7 2 (7.692%) Senior Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (11.54%) Firmware
1 3 (11.54%) Physics
2 1 (3.846%) Client/Server
2 1 (3.846%) Handset
2 1 (3.846%) Blackberry
2 1 (3.846%) Mathematics
2 1 (3.846%) iPhone
2 1 (3.846%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 2 (7.692%) Windows
2 1 (3.846%) Windows XP
2 1 (3.846%) Android
2 1 (3.846%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (19.23%) CRM
1 5 (19.23%) Project Management
1 5 (19.23%) Business Intelligence
1 5 (19.23%) Unit Testing
1 5 (19.23%) Risk Analysis
1 5 (19.23%) Kimball Methodology
1 5 (19.23%) Inmon Methodology
2 4 (15.38%) User Acceptance Testing
2 4 (15.38%) Scrum
3 3 (11.54%) Software Engineering
3 3 (11.54%) Requirements Analysis
4 2 (7.692%) Waterfall
4 2 (7.692%) Test Strategy
4 2 (7.692%) Agile Software Development
5 1 (3.846%) OO
5 1 (3.846%) E-Commerce
5 1 (3.846%) SOA
5 1 (3.846%) Regression Testing
5 1 (3.846%) TDD
5 1 (3.846%) Multithreading
Programming Languages
1 13 (50.00%) SQL
2 6 (23.08%) Java
3 3 (11.54%) C++
3 3 (11.54%) C
3 3 (11.54%) VB.NET
3 3 (11.54%) Assembly Language
3 3 (11.54%) Embedded C
3 3 (11.54%) Embedded C++
4 2 (7.692%) VB6
4 2 (7.692%) VB
4 2 (7.692%) C#
Qualifications
1 8 (30.77%) Degree
2 4 (15.38%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (11.54%) JTAG
1 3 (11.54%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (3.846%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 5 (19.23%) Salesforce.com
2 3 (11.54%) Oracle
3 1 (3.846%) Atmel
Cardiff, South Glamorgan
Experience as C# developer within a Microsoft.Net environment... Experience of web development on the .Net platform, ideally with exposure to the Microsoft MVC framework, JQuery and XML.
Confused.com
Posted: 21 May 2013
Cardiff, South Glamorgan, Wales
Digital Project ManagerDigital Agency, Agile, Scrum, SharePoint, UmbracoDo you love all things digital and have a passion for web?If you are ticking the boxes then this role...
OPUS
Salary: GBP33000 to GBP36000 per annum
Posted: 27 April 2013