The first table below looks at the demand for Software Testing skills in IT jobs advertised for the Southampton region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Software Testing 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 of the Processes & Methodologies category for the Southampton region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Testing
Rank 76 61 54
Rank change year-on-year
-15 -7
Permanent jobs citing Software Testing 7 27 16
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Southampton 0.838% 2.888% 2.610%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.124% 3.619% 3.596%
Number of salaries quoted 5 27 16
Average salary £37,500 £30,000 £30,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
+25.00% -2.43%
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £34,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
+2.93% +4.61%
All Processes & Methodologies
Southampton
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
623 746 445
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Southampton 74.61% 79.79% 72.59%
Number of salaries quoted 566 693 408
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,500 £27,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £67,500 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Software Testing
Hampshire

Software Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Southampton 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 Southampton region.

Southampton Software Testing Salary Trend

Software Testing
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Software Testing across the Southampton region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Southampton Software Testing Salary Histogram

Software Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Southampton 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 16 (45.71%) QA
2 13 (37.14%) Linux
3 12 (34.29%) HTTP
4 11 (31.43%) ISO 9001
5 10 (28.57%) SQL Server
5 10 (28.57%) XML
5 10 (28.57%) Telecoms
5 10 (28.57%) Test Automation
6 9 (25.71%) ISEB
7 8 (22.86%) Test Scripting
8 7 (20.00%) HP Quality Center
8 7 (20.00%) VMware
8 7 (20.00%) HP
8 7 (20.00%) Internet
8 7 (20.00%) SMTP
9 6 (17.14%) UNIX
9 6 (17.14%) TCP/IP
9 6 (17.14%) DNS
9 6 (17.14%) Python
9 6 (17.14%) PL/SQL
9 6 (17.14%) SQL
9 6 (17.14%) Oracle
9 6 (17.14%) Regression Testing
9 6 (17.14%) Firewall
9 6 (17.14%) Oracle 11g
9 6 (17.14%) VMware Infrastructure
9 6 (17.14%) Bash shell
9 6 (17.14%) VirtualBox
9 6 (17.14%) Scrum
10 5 (14.29%) JSON

Software Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Southampton 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 10 (28.57%) XML
2 5 (14.29%) .NET
2 5 (14.29%) Servlets
2 5 (14.29%) SOAP
2 5 (14.29%) Web Services
2 5 (14.29%) JSON
2 5 (14.29%) REST
2 5 (14.29%) WebRTC
3 4 (11.43%) Velocity
4 3 (8.571%) HTML
4 3 (8.571%) ASP.NET
4 3 (8.571%) EJB
4 3 (8.571%) WinForms
4 3 (8.571%) Ajax
5 2 (5.714%) .NET Framework
5 2 (5.714%) WPF
5 2 (5.714%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
Application Platforms
1 1 (2.857%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (2.857%) MS Excel
1 1 (2.857%) MS Visio
1 1 (2.857%) MS PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 12 (34.29%) HTTP
2 7 (20.00%) Internet
2 7 (20.00%) SMTP
3 6 (17.14%) Firewall
3 6 (17.14%) TCP/IP
3 6 (17.14%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (28.57%) SQL Server
2 6 (17.14%) Oracle 11g
General
1 10 (28.57%) Telecoms
2 4 (11.43%) Retail
3 2 (5.714%) Finance
4 1 (2.857%) Banking
Job Titles
1 9 (25.71%) Tester
1 9 (25.71%) Software Engineer
2 8 (22.86%) Software Tester
3 7 (20.00%) Network Engineer
3 7 (20.00%) Developer
3 7 (20.00%) Test Engineer
4 6 (17.14%) Test Manager
5 5 (14.29%) Junior
5 5 (14.29%) Java Developer
6 4 (11.43%) Junior Project Manager
6 4 (11.43%) Project Manager
7 3 (8.571%) Software Development Engineer
7 3 (8.571%) Development Engineer
8 2 (5.714%) Graduate Software Tester
8 2 (5.714%) Graduate Software Developer
8 2 (5.714%) Graduate Developer
8 2 (5.714%) Performance Manager
8 2 (5.714%) Performance Test Manager
8 2 (5.714%) Graduate
8 2 (5.714%) Software Developer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (11.43%) PMI
1 4 (11.43%) Digital Media
2 2 (5.714%) Computer Science
2 2 (5.714%) Inversion of Control
3 1 (2.857%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 13 (37.14%) Linux
2 6 (17.14%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (28.57%) Test Automation
2 8 (22.86%) Test Scripting
3 6 (17.14%) Regression Testing
3 6 (17.14%) Scrum
4 5 (14.29%) Agile Software Development
5 4 (11.43%) Project Management
5 4 (11.43%) Test Management
6 3 (8.571%) OO
7 2 (5.714%) Automated Testing
7 2 (5.714%) Software Engineering
7 2 (5.714%) MVC
8 1 (2.857%) Manual Testing
8 1 (2.857%) Continuous Improvement
8 1 (2.857%) Automation Testing
8 1 (2.857%) E-Commerce
8 1 (2.857%) ITIL
8 1 (2.857%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 6 (17.14%) PL/SQL
1 6 (17.14%) SQL
1 6 (17.14%) Python
1 6 (17.14%) Bash shell
2 5 (14.29%) C#
2 5 (14.29%) Java
3 3 (8.571%) JavaScript
3 3 (8.571%) VB
3 3 (8.571%) VB6
Qualifications
1 9 (25.71%) ISEB
2 4 (11.43%) PMI Certification
3 2 (5.714%) ISTQB
4 1 (2.857%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (45.71%) QA
2 11 (31.43%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 6 (17.14%) VMware Infrastructure
1 6 (17.14%) VirtualBox
Systems Management
1 7 (20.00%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 7 (20.00%) HP
1 7 (20.00%) VMware
2 6 (17.14%) Oracle
3 5 (14.29%) JBoss
4 2 (5.714%) Microsoft
4 2 (5.714%) SAP
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
Southampton, Hampshire
Key skills: * Good understanding of IP networking, internet protocols (HTTP, SMTP) and Linux * Experience in preparing test environments using VMWare * Functional and Non-Functional techniques. Desirable * Experience of...
Deerfoot IT Resources Ltd
Salary: £20000 - £25000 per annum + flexi time, 5% pension and more
Posted: 13 May 2013