The first table below looks at the demand for Test Strategy skills in IT jobs advertised for the Suffolk region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Test Strategy over the 3 months to 18 June 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Strategy
Rank 78 57 67
Rank change year-on-year
-21 +10
Permanent jobs citing Test Strategy 1 9 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Suffolk 0.145% 1.593% 0.741%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.210% 2.041% 1.104%
Number of salaries quoted 1 9 5
Average salary £32,500 £27,500 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+18.18% -8.33%
UK excluding London average salary £42,750 £42,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year
+0.58% -
All Processes & Methodologies
Suffolk
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
476 441 453
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Suffolk 68.89% 78.05% 67.11%
Number of salaries quoted 451 394 404
Average salary £37,500 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.25% +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £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%
Test Strategy
East of England

Test Strategy
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Suffolk 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 Suffolk region.

Suffolk Test Strategy Salary Trend

Test Strategy
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Test Strategy within the Suffolk region over the 3 months to 18 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Ipswich -14 1 £32,500 +18.18%
Test Strategy
East of England

Test Strategy
Top 7 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Suffolk 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 (75.00%) Regression Testing
1 3 (75.00%) Finance
1 3 (75.00%) Agile Software Development
1 3 (75.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 3 (75.00%) SaaS
2 2 (50.00%) QA
3 1 (25.00%) Manual Testing

Test Strategy
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Suffolk 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.

General
1 3 (75.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Analyst
1 3 (75.00%) Test Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Test Team Leader
2 1 (25.00%) Team Leader
2 1 (25.00%) QA Leader
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) SaaS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Regression Testing
1 3 (75.00%) Agile Software Development
1 3 (75.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Manual Testing
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) QA