The first table below looks at the demand for Software Testing skills in IT jobs advertised for the Suffolk 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 Suffolk region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Testing
Rank 75 50 52
Rank change year-on-year
-25 +2
Permanent jobs citing Software Testing 4 16 17
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Suffolk 0.574% 2.873% 2.628%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.815% 3.837% 3.890%
Number of salaries quoted 4 16 17
Average salary £23,500 £27,500 £25,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-14.54% +10.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,000 £24,750 £21,500
10% offered a salary of more than £25,350 £27,500 £32,500
UK excluding London average salary £34,000 £34,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
- +4.61%
All Processes & Methodologies
Suffolk
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
491 417 437
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Suffolk 70.44% 74.87% 67.54%
Number of salaries quoted 464 372 385
Average salary £37,000 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.50% +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £54,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Software Testing
East of England

Software Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Suffolk 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 Suffolk region.

Suffolk Software Testing Salary Trend

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 Suffolk region over the 3 months to 24 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
Ipswich -17 3 £22,000 -20.00%
Stowmarket -2 1 £25,000 +2.04%
Software Testing
East of England

Software Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Suffolk 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 7 (63.64%) Windows
1 7 (63.64%) Test Scripting
2 6 (54.55%) QA
3 5 (45.45%) Subversion
3 5 (45.45%) Data Analysis
3 5 (45.45%) ISEB
3 5 (45.45%) Eclipse
3 5 (45.45%) SQL
3 5 (45.45%) Atlassian
3 5 (45.45%) TortoiseSVN
3 5 (45.45%) Hudson
3 5 (45.45%) Functional Testing
3 5 (45.45%) Non-Functional Testing
3 5 (45.45%) Software Deployment
4 3 (27.27%) Test Automation
4 3 (27.27%) Oracle
5 2 (18.18%) Oracle 8/8i
5 2 (18.18%) Automated Testing
5 2 (18.18%) ISTQB
5 2 (18.18%) Selenium
6 1 (9.091%) .NET Framework
6 1 (9.091%) C#
6 1 (9.091%) TDD
6 1 (9.091%) Asset Management
6 1 (9.091%) Python
6 1 (9.091%) MS Excel
6 1 (9.091%) Client/Server
6 1 (9.091%) N-Tier
6 1 (9.091%) SQL Server
6 1 (9.091%) VB

Software Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Suffolk 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 (9.091%) .NET Framework
1 1 (9.091%) .NET
Applications
1 1 (9.091%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (9.091%) HTTP
1 1 (9.091%) SNMP
1 1 (9.091%) SAN
1 1 (9.091%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (18.18%) Oracle 8/8i
2 1 (9.091%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (45.45%) Subversion
1 5 (45.45%) Eclipse
1 5 (45.45%) TortoiseSVN
1 5 (45.45%) Hudson
2 2 (18.18%) Selenium
Job Titles
1 5 (45.45%) Analyst
1 5 (45.45%) Test Analyst
1 5 (45.45%) Test Engineer
1 5 (45.45%) Deployment Engineer
2 2 (18.18%) Software Tester
2 2 (18.18%) Tester
3 1 (9.091%) QA Analyst
3 1 (9.091%) Software Test Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (9.091%) Client/Server
1 1 (9.091%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 7 (63.64%) Windows
2 1 (9.091%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (63.64%) Test Scripting
2 5 (45.45%) Data Analysis
2 5 (45.45%) Functional Testing
2 5 (45.45%) Non-Functional Testing
2 5 (45.45%) Software Deployment
3 3 (27.27%) Test Automation
4 2 (18.18%) Automated Testing
5 1 (9.091%) TDD
5 1 (9.091%) Asset Management
5 1 (9.091%) Root Cause Analysis
5 1 (9.091%) User Acceptance Testing
5 1 (9.091%) Performance Testing
5 1 (9.091%) Manual Testing
Programming Languages
1 5 (45.45%) SQL
2 1 (9.091%) C#
2 1 (9.091%) Python
2 1 (9.091%) VB
2 1 (9.091%) Bash shell
Qualifications
1 5 (45.45%) ISEB
2 2 (18.18%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (54.55%) QA
Vendors
1 5 (45.45%) Atlassian
2 3 (27.27%) Oracle
3 1 (9.091%) Microsoft
Newmarket, Suffolk
Our client, a small but highly successful and established Software House, seeks a Junior Support Person in order to furnish telephone support to clients, maintain the support system (...
DMS Computer Recruitment
Salary: From £14,000 to £16,000 per annum
Posted: 24 May 2013