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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Regression Testing
Rank 200 142 188
Rank change year-on-year
-58 +46
Permanent jobs citing Regression Testing 16 74 28
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 0.305% 1.337% 0.464%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.405% 1.773% 0.677%
Number of salaries quoted 14 47 21
Average salary £34,000 £30,500 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+11.47% +1.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,950 £26,500 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £46,000 £37,500 £34,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £32,500 £32,500
% change year-on-year
+7.69% -
All Processes & Methodologies
South West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
3952 4174 4136
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 75.33% 75.41% 68.54%
Number of salaries quoted 3460 3551 3494
Average salary £37,500 £38,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.59% +2.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £27,500 £25,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
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 West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

South West 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 West region.

South West Regression Testing Salary Trend

Regression Testing
Salary Histogram

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

South West 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 West 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
Bristol -22 7 £46,000 +43.75%
Devon -9 3 £34,000 +21.97%
Somerset -5 2 £32,750 -6.42%
Dorset -7 2 £29,000 +23.40%
Gloucestershire -14 2 - -
Regression Testing
England

Regression Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the South West 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 29 (52.73%) .NET
2 26 (47.27%) ISEB
3 20 (36.36%) SQL
3 20 (36.36%) SQL Server
4 19 (34.55%) JavaScript
5 18 (32.73%) Java
5 18 (32.73%) C#
5 18 (32.73%) ASP.NET
5 18 (32.73%) QA
6 17 (30.91%) ISTQB
7 14 (25.45%) HTML
8 13 (23.64%) MS Project
8 13 (23.64%) CSS
8 13 (23.64%) XML
9 11 (20.00%) MS Office
9 11 (20.00%) Project Management
9 11 (20.00%) JIRA
10 10 (18.18%) User Acceptance Testing
10 10 (18.18%) QuickTest Pro
10 10 (18.18%) Finance
10 10 (18.18%) MS Excel
11 9 (16.36%) E-Commerce
12 8 (14.55%) Microsoft
12 8 (14.55%) DHTML
12 8 (14.55%) CMS
12 8 (14.55%) Test Scripting
12 8 (14.55%) Open Source
13 7 (12.73%) Test Management
13 7 (12.73%) Visual Studio
14 6 (10.91%) DOM

Regression Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the South West 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 29 (52.73%) .NET
2 18 (32.73%) ASP.NET
3 14 (25.45%) HTML
4 13 (23.64%) CSS
4 13 (23.64%) XML
5 8 (14.55%) DHTML
6 6 (10.91%) DOM
6 6 (10.91%) .NET Framework
7 4 (7.273%) XHTML
7 4 (7.273%) XSL
7 4 (7.273%) jQuery
8 2 (3.636%) ASP
8 2 (3.636%) soapUI
8 2 (3.636%) Windows SharePoint Services
9 1 (1.818%) CSS3
Application Platforms
1 8 (14.55%) CMS
2 6 (10.91%) Sitecore CMS
2 6 (10.91%) Umbraco
2 6 (10.91%) Kentico
2 6 (10.91%) Sitefinity
2 6 (10.91%) DotNetNuke
3 5 (9.091%) SharePoint 2010
3 5 (9.091%) SharePoint
4 2 (3.636%) MS Project Server
5 1 (1.818%) Apache
5 1 (1.818%) Tomcat
Applications
1 13 (23.64%) MS Project
2 11 (20.00%) MS Office
3 10 (18.18%) MS Excel
4 2 (3.636%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (3.636%) Oracle Applications
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.818%) WiMAX
1 1 (1.818%) 4G
1 1 (1.818%) 3G
1 1 (1.818%) TETRA
1 1 (1.818%) 2G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (36.36%) SQL Server
2 2 (3.636%) SQL Server 2008
2 2 (3.636%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 2 (3.636%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (1.818%) Oracle 11g
Development Applications
1 11 (20.00%) JIRA
2 10 (18.18%) QuickTest Pro
3 7 (12.73%) Visual Studio
4 3 (5.455%) Selenium
4 3 (5.455%) WebDriver
4 3 (5.455%) Cucumber
5 2 (3.636%) Dreamweaver
5 2 (3.636%) TestDirector
5 2 (3.636%) Oracle APEX
6 1 (1.818%) SpecFlow
General
1 10 (18.18%) Finance
2 5 (9.091%) Publishing
3 2 (3.636%) Telecoms
3 2 (3.636%) Retail
4 1 (1.818%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 32 (58.18%) Analyst
1 32 (58.18%) Test Analyst
2 29 (52.73%) Tester
3 15 (27.27%) Developer
4 5 (9.091%) .NET Developer
5 3 (5.455%) SharePoint Developer
5 3 (5.455%) Senior Developer
6 2 (3.636%) Website Designer
6 2 (3.636%) Test Engineer
6 2 (3.636%) QA Tester
6 2 (3.636%) QA Engineer
6 2 (3.636%) Software Developer
6 2 (3.636%) .NET Software Developer
6 2 (3.636%) Senior SharePoint Developer
6 2 (3.636%) Designer
6 2 (3.636%) Oracle Developer
6 2 (3.636%) Web Tester
7 1 (1.818%) webMethods Developer
7 1 (1.818%) QA Analyst
7 1 (1.818%) DSP Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 8 (14.55%) Open Source
2 6 (10.91%) W3C
3 4 (7.273%) Animation
4 2 (3.636%) EPoS
5 1 (1.818%) Handset
5 1 (1.818%) DataPower
5 1 (1.818%) Embedded Systems
5 1 (1.818%) Firmware
Operating Systems
1 3 (5.455%) Linux
2 2 (3.636%) UNIX
3 1 (1.818%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (20.00%) Project Management
2 10 (18.18%) User Acceptance Testing
3 9 (16.36%) E-Commerce
4 8 (14.55%) Test Scripting
5 7 (12.73%) Test Management
6 5 (9.091%) Data Management
6 5 (9.091%) User Experience Design
7 3 (5.455%) Automated Testing
7 3 (5.455%) Software Testing
7 3 (5.455%) System Testing
8 2 (3.636%) MVC
8 2 (3.636%) ITIL
8 2 (3.636%) Business Process Improvement
8 2 (3.636%) Time Management
8 2 (3.636%) Manual Testing
8 2 (3.636%) Agile Software Development
8 2 (3.636%) Integration Testing
9 1 (1.818%) Risk Analysis
9 1 (1.818%) Content Management
9 1 (1.818%) BDD
Programming Languages
1 20 (36.36%) SQL
2 19 (34.55%) JavaScript
3 18 (32.73%) Java
3 18 (32.73%) C#
4 5 (9.091%) PHP
5 4 (7.273%) XPath
6 3 (5.455%) C
7 2 (3.636%) Shell Script
7 2 (3.636%) VB.NET
7 2 (3.636%) C++
7 2 (3.636%) PL/SQL
7 2 (3.636%) Python
Qualifications
1 26 (47.27%) ISEB
2 17 (30.91%) ISTQB
3 5 (9.091%) Security Cleared
4 3 (5.455%) MCTS
5 2 (3.636%) SC Cleared
5 2 (3.636%) DV Cleared
6 1 (1.818%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (32.73%) QA
2 1 (1.818%) JTAG
Systems Management
1 6 (10.91%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 8 (14.55%) Microsoft
2 6 (10.91%) Sitecore
3 3 (5.455%) Oracle
4 1 (1.818%) webMethods
4 1 (1.818%) IBM
Exeter, Devon
Performing regression testing using different environment configurations. *Reporting testing progress to the QA Manager... N.B applicants must hold a British passport as they may be put through...
Global Technology Solutions Ltd
Salary: £33000 - £35000 per annum + ben
Posted: 22 May 2013
Poole, Dorset
Any experience of C / C++, PHP, JavaScript, XML, HTML, Python or Java would be of particular interest. Skills required for the role of Test Analyst / QA Engineer: Scripting...
Understanding Recruitment
Salary: £26000 - £32000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 19 May 2013
Gloucester, Gloucestershire
Good knowledge of quality assurance processes and tools... Interest in emerging technologies and the internet... Experience with automated testing, particularly Robot Framework and behaviour driven development (BDD)... Experience...
Fasthosts Internet Ltd
Salary: Up to £35,000 per annum depending on experience plus fantastic benefit
Posted: 23 May 2013