The first table below looks at the demand for Usability 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 Usability Testing over the 3 months to 23 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Usability Testing
Rank 207 201 -
Rank change year-on-year
-6 -
Permanent jobs citing Usability Testing 3 13 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 0.057% 0.234% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.076% 0.310% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 12 0
Average salary £33,000 £35,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.71% -
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £40,000 £35,500
% change year-on-year
-12.50% +12.67%
All Processes & Methodologies
South West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
3956 4188 4190
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 75.40% 75.41% 68.53%
Number of salaries quoted 3462 3563 3539
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%
Usability Testing
England

Usability Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West Usability Testing Jobs Demand Trend

Usability Testing
Salary Trend

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

South West Usability Testing Salary Trend

Usability Testing
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Usability Testing within the South West region over the 3 months to 23 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
Somerset - 2 - -
Wiltshire +2 1 £33,000 -5.71%
Usability Testing
England

Usability Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the South West region citing Usability 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 Usability Testing.

1 5 (50.00%) HP
1 5 (50.00%) ISEB
1 5 (50.00%) LoadRunner
1 5 (50.00%) Borland
1 5 (50.00%) Business Continuity
1 5 (50.00%) SilkPerformer
1 5 (50.00%) Software Testing
1 5 (50.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 5 (50.00%) Test Management
1 5 (50.00%) V-Model
1 5 (50.00%) HP Quality Center
1 5 (50.00%) Waterfall
2 4 (40.00%) Performance Testing
2 4 (40.00%) ISTQB
3 3 (30.00%) Agile Software Development
3 3 (30.00%) CSS
3 3 (30.00%) HTML
3 3 (30.00%) QA
4 2 (20.00%) jQuery
4 2 (20.00%) Adobe
4 2 (20.00%) Degree
4 2 (20.00%) Test Automation
4 2 (20.00%) Axure RP
4 2 (20.00%) JavaScript
4 2 (20.00%) SQL
4 2 (20.00%) MS Visio
4 2 (20.00%) RDBMS
4 2 (20.00%) Web Services
4 2 (20.00%) XML
4 2 (20.00%) UNIX

Usability Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the South West region citing Usability 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 Usability Testing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (30.00%) CSS
1 3 (30.00%) HTML
2 2 (20.00%) jQuery
2 2 (20.00%) Web Services
2 2 (20.00%) XML
Applications
1 2 (20.00%) MS Visio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (20.00%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 5 (50.00%) LoadRunner
1 5 (50.00%) SilkPerformer
2 2 (20.00%) Axure RP
3 1 (10.00%) Balsamiq Mockups
General
1 1 (10.00%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 5 (50.00%) Tester
1 5 (50.00%) Non-Functional Tester
2 3 (30.00%) Performance Tester
2 3 (30.00%) Performance Test Analyst
2 3 (30.00%) Systems Tester
2 3 (30.00%) Test Engineer
2 3 (30.00%) QA Tester
2 3 (30.00%) QA Engineer
2 3 (30.00%) Performance Engineer
2 3 (30.00%) Performance Analyst
2 3 (30.00%) Analyst
2 3 (30.00%) Test Analyst
2 3 (30.00%) Performance Test Engineer
2 3 (30.00%) Non-Functional Test Analyst
3 2 (20.00%) User Experience Developer
3 2 (20.00%) Developer
4 1 (10.00%) Consultant
4 1 (10.00%) User Experience Consultant
4 1 (10.00%) Designer
4 1 (10.00%) Digital Designer
Operating Systems
1 2 (20.00%) UNIX
1 2 (20.00%) Windows
1 2 (20.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (50.00%) Business Continuity
1 5 (50.00%) Software Testing
1 5 (50.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 5 (50.00%) Test Management
1 5 (50.00%) V-Model
1 5 (50.00%) Waterfall
2 4 (40.00%) Performance Testing
3 3 (30.00%) Agile Software Development
4 2 (20.00%) Test Automation
5 1 (10.00%) Project Management
5 1 (10.00%) E-Commerce
5 1 (10.00%) Web Development
5 1 (10.00%) Business Development
5 1 (10.00%) Rapid Prototyping
5 1 (10.00%) Information Architecture
5 1 (10.00%) Product Management
5 1 (10.00%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 2 (20.00%) JavaScript
1 2 (20.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (50.00%) ISEB
2 4 (40.00%) ISTQB
3 2 (20.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (30.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 5 (50.00%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 5 (50.00%) HP
1 5 (50.00%) Borland
2 2 (20.00%) Adobe
3 1 (10.00%) Microsoft