The first table below looks at the demand for Software Testing skills in IT jobs advertised for the Stevenage region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Software Testing over the 3 months to 24 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 Stevenage region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Testing
Rank 32 42 31
Rank change year-on-year
+10 -11
Permanent jobs citing Software Testing 2 3 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Stevenage 1.325% 1.622% 2.041%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.653% 2.000% 2.564%
Number of salaries quoted 2 3 4
Average salary £34,469 £26,500 £50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+30.06% -47.00%
UK excluding London average salary £34,000 £34,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
- +4.61%
All Processes & Methodologies
Stevenage
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
121 150 156
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Stevenage 80.13% 81.08% 79.59%
Number of salaries quoted 38 136 151
Average salary £40,750 £50,000 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-18.50% +17.64%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £35,000 £31,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £50,000 £59,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Software Testing
Hertfordshire

Software Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Stevenage 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 Stevenage region.

Stevenage Software Testing Salary Trend

Software Testing
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Software Testing across the Stevenage region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Stevenage Software Testing Salary Histogram

Software Testing
Top 22 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Stevenage 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 3 (75.00%) ISEB
2 2 (50.00%) Project Management
2 2 (50.00%) Telecoms
2 2 (50.00%) Finance
2 2 (50.00%) PRINCE2
2 2 (50.00%) Retail
2 2 (50.00%) ISEB Practitioner
2 2 (50.00%) Test Management
2 2 (50.00%) Degree
3 1 (25.00%) QA
3 1 (25.00%) Time Management
3 1 (25.00%) ISTQB
3 1 (25.00%) C#
3 1 (25.00%) PHP
3 1 (25.00%) SQL
3 1 (25.00%) OO
3 1 (25.00%) Python
3 1 (25.00%) LAN
3 1 (25.00%) Manufacturing
3 1 (25.00%) Service Delivery
3 1 (25.00%) Wireless
3 1 (25.00%) Electronics

Software Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Stevenage 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.

Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) LAN
1 1 (25.00%) Wireless
General
1 2 (50.00%) Telecoms
1 2 (50.00%) Finance
1 2 (50.00%) Retail
2 1 (25.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (25.00%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 1 (25.00%) Principal Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) Senior Software Test Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) Principal Consultant
1 1 (25.00%) Test Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) Senior Software Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) Software Test Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) Senior Test Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) Test Consultant
1 1 (25.00%) Principal Software Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) Software Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) Analyst
1 1 (25.00%) Test Manager
1 1 (25.00%) Test Analyst
1 1 (25.00%) Consultant
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Project Management
1 2 (50.00%) PRINCE2
1 2 (50.00%) Test Management
2 1 (25.00%) Time Management
2 1 (25.00%) OO
2 1 (25.00%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) C#
1 1 (25.00%) PHP
1 1 (25.00%) SQL
1 1 (25.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) ISEB
2 2 (50.00%) ISEB Practitioner
2 2 (50.00%) Degree
3 1 (25.00%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) QA
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