The first table below looks at the demand for Test Strategy skills in IT jobs advertised for the Southampton region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Test Strategy over the 3 months to 21 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Strategy
Rank 83 83 64
Rank change year-on-year
0 -19
Permanent jobs citing Test Strategy 3 6 9
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Southampton 0.355% 0.649% 1.466%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.474% 0.820% 2.009%
Number of salaries quoted 1 5 7
Average salary £85,000 £55,000 £47,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+54.54% +15.78%
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £43,750 £42,500
% change year-on-year
+2.85% +2.94%
All Processes & Methodologies
Southampton
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
633 732 448
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Southampton 74.91% 79.14% 72.96%
Number of salaries quoted 574 676 411
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +3.89%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,000 £27,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £67,000 £65,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Test Strategy
Hampshire

Test Strategy
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Southampton Test Strategy Jobs Demand Trend

Test Strategy
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Test Strategy across the Southampton region.

Southampton Test Strategy Salary Trend

Test Strategy
Top 20 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Southampton region citing Test Strategy 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 Test Strategy.

1 3 (60.00%) SAP
1 3 (60.00%) ISEB
1 3 (60.00%) QA
2 2 (40.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 2 (40.00%) Test Management
2 2 (40.00%) System Testing
2 2 (40.00%) HP
2 2 (40.00%) Agile Software Development
2 2 (40.00%) ISTQB
2 2 (40.00%) Configuration Management
3 1 (20.00%) Change Management
3 1 (20.00%) Validation
3 1 (20.00%) SAP Basis
3 1 (20.00%) SAP Certification
3 1 (20.00%) SAN
3 1 (20.00%) SAP BW
3 1 (20.00%) NetWeaver
3 1 (20.00%) AIX
3 1 (20.00%) CRM
3 1 (20.00%) WAN

Test Strategy
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Southampton region citing Test Strategy 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 Test Strategy. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (20.00%) SAP Basis
Application Platforms
1 1 (20.00%) NetWeaver
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) SAN
1 1 (20.00%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) SAP BW
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Test Specialist
1 2 (40.00%) QA Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Test Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Technical Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Quality Manager
2 1 (20.00%) SAP Architect
2 1 (20.00%) SAP Technical Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Senior QA Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Quality Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Quality Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) QA Test Manager
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 2 (40.00%) Test Management
1 2 (40.00%) System Testing
1 2 (40.00%) Agile Software Development
1 2 (40.00%) Configuration Management
2 1 (20.00%) Change Management
2 1 (20.00%) Validation
2 1 (20.00%) CRM
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) ISEB
2 2 (40.00%) ISTQB
3 1 (20.00%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (60.00%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) SAP
2 2 (40.00%) HP