The first table below looks at the demand for Software Testing skills in IT jobs advertised for the South Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Software Testing over the 3 months to 22 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 Yorkshire region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Testing
Rank 63 69 73
Rank change year-on-year
+6 +4
Permanent jobs citing Software Testing 13 13 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in South Yorkshire 1.788% 1.364% 0.481%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.289% 1.926% 0.703%
Number of salaries quoted 8 10 1
Average salary £55,000 £43,750 £22,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+25.71% +94.44%
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £34,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
+2.93% +4.61%
All Processes & Methodologies
South Yorkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
568 675 569
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in South Yorkshire 78.13% 70.83% 68.39%
Number of salaries quoted 491 543 464
Average salary £36,500 £35,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.28% -
90% offered a salary of more than £23,500 £25,000 £24,750
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £50,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Software Testing
Yorkshire

Software Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South Yorkshire Software Testing Jobs Demand Trend

Software Testing
Salary Trend

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

South Yorkshire Software Testing Salary Trend

Software Testing
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Software Testing across the South Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

South Yorkshire Software Testing Salary Histogram

Software Testing
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Testing within the South Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 22 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 +18 13 £55,000 +100.00%
Software Testing
Yorkshire

Software Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the South Yorkshire region citing Software 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 Software Testing.

1 14 (58.33%) ISEB
2 13 (54.17%) QA
2 13 (54.17%) Degree
3 11 (45.83%) Performance Management
4 10 (41.67%) Dynamics CRM
4 10 (41.67%) CRM
5 9 (37.50%) Microsoft
6 7 (29.17%) Investment Banking
6 7 (29.17%) Banking
6 7 (29.17%) Retail
6 7 (29.17%) Telecoms
6 7 (29.17%) Finance
6 7 (29.17%) Test Management
7 6 (25.00%) Change Management
7 6 (25.00%) Quality Management
7 6 (25.00%) MS Excel
8 5 (20.83%) ITIL
8 5 (20.83%) User Acceptance Testing
9 4 (16.67%) MBA
10 3 (12.50%) Legal
11 2 (8.333%) Advertising
11 2 (8.333%) Scrum
11 2 (8.333%) C#
11 2 (8.333%) Windows
11 2 (8.333%) Sage
11 2 (8.333%) TDD
12 1 (4.167%) OAuth
12 1 (4.167%) Git (software)
12 1 (4.167%) Test Automation
12 1 (4.167%) RESTful

Software Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the South Yorkshire region citing Software 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 Software Testing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (4.167%) OAuth
1 1 (4.167%) RESTful
1 1 (4.167%) HTML5
1 1 (4.167%) CSS3
1 1 (4.167%) Gherkin
1 1 (4.167%) XHTML
1 1 (4.167%) HTML
1 1 (4.167%) CSS
1 1 (4.167%) Ajax
1 1 (4.167%) MooTools
1 1 (4.167%) Symfony
1 1 (4.167%) Zend Framework
1 1 (4.167%) jQuery
Application Platforms
1 1 (4.167%) SharePoint
1 1 (4.167%) Drupal
Applications
1 6 (25.00%) MS Excel
2 1 (4.167%) Mingle
2 1 (4.167%) Fireworks
2 1 (4.167%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 10 (41.67%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.167%) Internet
Development Applications
1 1 (4.167%) Git (software)
1 1 (4.167%) Cucumber
1 1 (4.167%) SpecFlow
1 1 (4.167%) QuickTest Pro
1 1 (4.167%) Subversion
1 1 (4.167%) Selenium
1 1 (4.167%) FitNesse
General
1 7 (29.17%) Investment Banking
1 7 (29.17%) Banking
1 7 (29.17%) Retail
1 7 (29.17%) Telecoms
1 7 (29.17%) Finance
2 3 (12.50%) Legal
3 2 (8.333%) Advertising
4 1 (4.167%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 13 (54.17%) Test Manager
2 7 (29.17%) QA Manager
3 6 (25.00%) Quality Manager
4 4 (16.67%) Head of Development
5 2 (8.333%) QA Engineer
5 2 (8.333%) Software Engineer
6 1 (4.167%) Automation Tester
6 1 (4.167%) Tester
6 1 (4.167%) Developer
6 1 (4.167%) Analyst
6 1 (4.167%) Test Analyst
6 1 (4.167%) Graduate
6 1 (4.167%) Trainee
6 1 (4.167%) Test Engineer
6 1 (4.167%) Software Test Engineer
6 1 (4.167%) PHP Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.167%) Open Source
1 1 (4.167%) Mathematics
1 1 (4.167%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 2 (8.333%) Windows
2 1 (4.167%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (45.83%) Performance Management
2 10 (41.67%) CRM
3 7 (29.17%) Test Management
4 6 (25.00%) Change Management
4 6 (25.00%) Quality Management
5 5 (20.83%) ITIL
5 5 (20.83%) User Acceptance Testing
6 2 (8.333%) Scrum
6 2 (8.333%) TDD
7 1 (4.167%) Test Automation
7 1 (4.167%) BDD
7 1 (4.167%) Automation Testing
7 1 (4.167%) Configuration Management
7 1 (4.167%) OO
7 1 (4.167%) E-Commerce
7 1 (4.167%) SOA
7 1 (4.167%) Business Intelligence
7 1 (4.167%) Agile Software Development
7 1 (4.167%) Web Testing
7 1 (4.167%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 2 (8.333%) C#
2 1 (4.167%) C++
2 1 (4.167%) JavaScript
2 1 (4.167%) PHP
2 1 (4.167%) C
2 1 (4.167%) PHP5
Qualifications
1 14 (58.33%) ISEB
2 13 (54.17%) Degree
3 4 (16.67%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (54.17%) QA
Vendors
1 9 (37.50%) Microsoft
2 2 (8.333%) Sage
3 1 (4.167%) Salesforce.com
3 1 (4.167%) Adobe
3 1 (4.167%) HP
3 1 (4.167%) Apple
3 1 (4.167%) Zend
Barnsley, South Yorkshire
They currently redeveloping their in house ERP and internal Document Management System along with some XHTML 5 Online Applications Skills and Experience -Object-oriented PHP5.3 -Design Patterns -...
Spring Technology
Salary: £20000.00 - £30000.00 per annum + 23 days holiday + Pension Scheme
Posted: 20 May 2013