The first table below looks at the demand for TickIT 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 TickIT 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 Quality Assurance & Compliance category for the South West region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
TickIT
Rank 206 - 211
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing TickIT 10 0 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 0.191% - 0.083%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 1.795% - 0.940%
Number of salaries quoted 5 0 3
Average salary £40,000 - £35,000
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 - £33,000
10% offered a salary of more than £44,000 - £37,000
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £50,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year
- +17.64%
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
South West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
557 493 532
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 10.62% 8.907% 8.817%
Number of salaries quoted 464 422 442
Average salary £40,000 £37,500 £39,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.66% -5.06%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,000 £24,750
10% offered a salary of more than £71,500 £65,000 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £41,000
% change year-on-year
- -2.43%
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England

TickIT
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing TickIT across the South West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Quality Assurance & Compliance category.

South West TickIT Jobs Demand Trend

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Salary Trend

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

South West TickIT Salary Trend

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Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing TickIT 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
Gloucestershire - 9 £41,250 -
Dorset - 1 £35,000 -
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England

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the South West region citing TickIT 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 TickIT.

1 14 (60.87%) Electronics
2 13 (56.52%) Software Engineering
2 13 (56.52%) QA
3 12 (52.17%) DO-178B
4 11 (47.83%) Aerospace
4 11 (47.83%) ISO 9001
5 10 (43.48%) Ethernet
5 10 (43.48%) Windows
5 10 (43.48%) Linux
5 10 (43.48%) UML
5 10 (43.48%) C
5 10 (43.48%) C#
5 10 (43.48%) C++
5 10 (43.48%) .NET
5 10 (43.48%) Security Cleared
5 10 (43.48%) IEC 61508
5 10 (43.48%) SysML
6 9 (39.13%) Degree
6 9 (39.13%) CMMI
6 9 (39.13%) Rational Rhapsody
6 9 (39.13%) Requirements Engineering
6 9 (39.13%) XML
6 9 (39.13%) Embedded C
7 8 (34.78%) Military
7 8 (34.78%) Embedded Systems
7 8 (34.78%) TDD
7 8 (34.78%) Computer Science
8 7 (30.43%) Marketing
8 7 (30.43%) CAN bus
8 7 (30.43%) VxWorks

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the South West region citing TickIT 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 TickIT. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 10 (43.48%) .NET
2 9 (39.13%) XML
Applications
1 2 (8.696%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 10 (43.48%) Ethernet
Development Applications
1 9 (39.13%) Rational Rhapsody
2 6 (26.09%) PVCS
2 6 (26.09%) Rational DOORS
3 3 (13.04%) Subversion
3 3 (13.04%) Hudson
3 3 (13.04%) Visual Studio
4 2 (8.696%) RequisitePro
General
1 14 (60.87%) Electronics
2 11 (47.83%) Aerospace
3 8 (34.78%) Military
4 7 (30.43%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 15 (65.22%) Software Engineer
2 7 (30.43%) Quality Engineer
3 5 (21.74%) Software Quality Engineer
4 4 (17.39%) Systems Manager
4 4 (17.39%) QA Manager
4 4 (17.39%) Quality Manager
4 4 (17.39%) Graduate
4 4 (17.39%) Graduate Software Engineer
4 4 (17.39%) Software Manager
4 4 (17.39%) Hardware Engineer
5 3 (13.04%) Graduate Hardware Engineer
6 2 (8.696%) Senior Software Engineer
7 1 (4.348%) Junior Software Engineer
7 1 (4.348%) Junior
Miscellaneous
1 8 (34.78%) Embedded Systems
1 8 (34.78%) Computer Science
2 7 (30.43%) CAN bus
3 3 (13.04%) Open Source
4 1 (4.348%) Physics
Operating Systems
1 10 (43.48%) Windows
1 10 (43.48%) Linux
2 7 (30.43%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (56.52%) Software Engineering
2 10 (43.48%) UML
2 10 (43.48%) SysML
3 9 (39.13%) CMMI
3 9 (39.13%) Requirements Engineering
4 8 (34.78%) TDD
5 5 (21.74%) ERP
5 5 (21.74%) Six Sigma
5 5 (21.74%) Scrum
6 2 (8.696%) Quality Management
6 2 (8.696%) Configuration Management
6 2 (8.696%) Workflow
6 2 (8.696%) OO
6 2 (8.696%) Root Cause Analysis
6 2 (8.696%) Change Control
6 2 (8.696%) Business Analysis
6 2 (8.696%) Requirements Analysis
6 2 (8.696%) Use Case
6 2 (8.696%) QMS
7 1 (4.348%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (43.48%) C
1 10 (43.48%) C#
1 10 (43.48%) C++
2 9 (39.13%) Embedded C
3 1 (4.348%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 10 (43.48%) Security Cleared
2 9 (39.13%) Degree
3 1 (4.348%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (56.52%) QA
2 12 (52.17%) DO-178B
3 11 (47.83%) ISO 9001
4 10 (43.48%) IEC 61508
Vendors
1 3 (13.04%) Intel
1 3 (13.04%) Borland
2 2 (8.696%) IBM
2 2 (8.696%) Twitter