ISTQB Jobs in Southampton
 
Demand Trend Salary Trend Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for ISTQB in IT jobs advertised for the Southampton region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited ISTQB over the 3 months to 20 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 Southampton region.

Location
 3 months to
20 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
International Software Testing Qualification Board (ISTQB)
Rank 78 87 66
Rank change year-on-year
+9 -21
Permanent jobs citing ISTQB 4 5 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Southampton 0.481% 0.535% 0.656%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.581% 1.285% 2.000%
Number of salaries quoted 2 5 4
Average salary £25,250 £27,500 £34,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-8.18% -20.28%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,050 £26,600 £30,450
10% offered a salary of more than £27,450 £29,000 £44,500
UK excluding London average salary £33,000 £35,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-5.71% -6.66%
All Qualifications
Southampton
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category		 253 389 200
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Southampton 30.41% 41.65% 32.79%
Number of salaries quoted 234 369 190
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £27,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £63,500 £61,250 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
ISTQB
Hampshire

ISTQB
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Southampton 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 Southampton region.

Southampton ISTQB Salary Trend

ISTQB
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Southampton 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 6 (85.71%) Agile Software Development
2 5 (71.43%) ISEB
3 3 (42.86%) Linux
4 2 (28.57%) SAP
4 2 (28.57%) QuickTest Pro
4 2 (28.57%) LoadRunner
4 2 (28.57%) FTP
4 2 (28.57%) TCP/IP
4 2 (28.57%) HP
4 2 (28.57%) UNIX
4 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (28.57%) Project Management
4 2 (28.57%) Software Testing
4 2 (28.57%) Degree
4 2 (28.57%) Test Management
4 2 (28.57%) Test Strategy
5 1 (14.29%) Manual Testing
5 1 (14.29%) System Testing
5 1 (14.29%) Test Automation
5 1 (14.29%) HP Quality Center
5 1 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (14.29%) SCADA
5 1 (14.29%) QA
5 1 (14.29%) MS PowerPoint
5 1 (14.29%) Requirements Analysis
5 1 (14.29%) Finance
5 1 (14.29%) VMware
5 1 (14.29%) Automated Testing
5 1 (14.29%) HTTP
5 1 (14.29%) Internet

ISTQB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Southampton 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.

Application Platforms
1 1 (14.29%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (14.29%) MS Excel
1 1 (14.29%) MS Visio
1 1 (14.29%) MS PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 2 (28.57%) FTP
1 2 (28.57%) TCP/IP
2 1 (14.29%) Internet
2 1 (14.29%) HTTP
2 1 (14.29%) SMTP
Development Applications
1 2 (28.57%) QuickTest Pro
1 2 (28.57%) LoadRunner
General
1 1 (14.29%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (28.57%) Test Manager
1 2 (28.57%) Test Engineer
1 2 (28.57%) Test Specialist
2 1 (14.29%) Engagement Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Junior Test Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Junior Network Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Junior Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Junior Test Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Project Administrator
2 1 (14.29%) Software Test Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Junior
2 1 (14.29%) Software Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Test Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Network Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Administrator
2 1 (14.29%) Service Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 3 (42.86%) Linux
2 2 (28.57%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) Agile Software Development
2 2 (28.57%) Software Testing
2 2 (28.57%) Project Management
2 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (28.57%) Test Management
2 2 (28.57%) Test Strategy
3 1 (14.29%) Manual Testing
3 1 (14.29%) System Testing
3 1 (14.29%) Test Automation
3 1 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (14.29%) ITIL
3 1 (14.29%) PRINCE2
3 1 (14.29%) Requirements Analysis
3 1 (14.29%) Automated Testing
Qualifications
1 5 (71.43%) ISEB
2 2 (28.57%) Degree
3 1 (14.29%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) ISO 9001
1 1 (14.29%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) SAP
1 2 (28.57%) HP
2 1 (14.29%) VMware
Junior Test Analyst / Network Engineer - Southampton - 25K
Southampton, South East
Taking the role in the quality assurance of an agile team you will ensure that Linux, web-based software is tested thoroughly and performs according to the requirements...
Deerfoot IT Resources Ltd
Salary: £20000 - £25000 per annum + flexi time, 5% pension and more
Posted: 14 May 2013
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