The first table below looks at the demand for ISTQB in IT jobs advertised for the South Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited ISTQB over the 3 months to 17 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 Qualifications for the South Yorkshire region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
International Software Testing Qualification Board (ISTQB)
Rank 74 72 71
Rank change year-on-year
-2 -1
Permanent jobs citing ISTQB 2 8 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in South Yorkshire 0.278% 0.840% 0.116%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.980% 3.292% 0.505%
Number of salaries quoted 2 8 1
Average salary £27,500 £26,250 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.76% -12.50%
UK excluding London average salary £33,000 £35,000 £37,250
% change year-on-year
-5.71% -6.04%
All Qualifications
South Yorkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
204 243 198
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in South Yorkshire 28.33% 25.53% 22.97%
Number of salaries quoted 167 199 140
Average salary £40,000 £35,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+14.28% -6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £21,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £51,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
ISTQB
Yorkshire

ISTQB
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing ISTQB across the South Yorkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

South Yorkshire ISTQB Jobs Demand Trend

ISTQB
Salary Trend

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

South Yorkshire ISTQB Salary Trend

ISTQB
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing ISTQB within the South Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 17 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
Sheffield +1 2 £27,500 +10.00%
ISTQB
Yorkshire

ISTQB
Top 4 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the South Yorkshire region citing ISTQB 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 ISTQB.

1 2 (100.00%) ISEB
1 2 (100.00%) Automated Testing
1 2 (100.00%) JIRA
1 2 (100.00%) Test Scripting

ISTQB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the South Yorkshire region citing ISTQB 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 ISTQB. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) JIRA
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Systems Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Test Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Systems Test Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Automated Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Test Scripting
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) ISEB