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This section looks at the demand for System Testing skills within the Swindon region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited System Testing over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSystem Testing
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank7364
Rank change on same period last yearDown-9
Matching permanent IT job ads67
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.003 %
As % of the category below1.051 %1.268 %
Salaries quoted66
Average minimum salary£36,958£49,833
Average salary£37,479£49,833
% change on same period last year-24.79 %
Average maximum salary£38,000£49,833
UK excluding London average salary£34,815£36,008
% change on same period last year-3.31 %
Swindon IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
Swindon
Matching permanent IT job ads571552
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.307 %0.230 %
Salaries quoted429444
Average minimum salary£34,167£37,617
Average salary£37,980£39,970
% change on same period last year-4.97 %
Average maximum salary£41,793£42,322
UK excluding London average salary£42,487£44,463
% change on same period last year-4.44 %
System Testing WiltshireSystem Testing
Wiltshire

System Testing
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing System Testing across the Swindon region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Swindon System Testing Demand Trend

System Testing
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing System Testing across the Swindon region.

Swindon System Testing Salary Trend

System Testing
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing System Testing across the Swindon region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008.

Swindon System Testing Salary Histogram

System Testing
Top 28 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs across the Swindon region citing System 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 System Testing.

17 (77.78 %)SQL Server
17 (77.78 %)SQL
17 (77.78 %)ISEB
17 (77.78 %)QA
17 (77.78 %)V-Model
24 (44.44 %)Pensions
24 (44.44 %)User Acceptance Testing
24 (44.44 %)Test Scripting
24 (44.44 %)Regression Testing
24 (44.44 %)Health
24 (44.44 %)TestDirector
24 (44.44 %)QuickTest Pro
24 (44.44 %)Chip and PIN
24 (44.44 %)Mainframe
24 (44.44 %)Oracle
24 (44.44 %)MS Access
24 (44.44 %)Sybase
33 (33.33 %)Windows
33 (33.33 %)Linux
33 (33.33 %)Client/Server
33 (33.33 %)SQL Server 2000
33 (33.33 %)Software Testing
33 (33.33 %)SQL Server 2005
33 (33.33 %)Load Testing
42 (22.22 %)Security Cleared
42 (22.22 %)Military
42 (22.22 %)Telecoms
42 (22.22 %)Government

System Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs across the Swindon region citing System 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 System Testing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Swindon IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
17 (77.78 %)SQL Server
24 (44.44 %)MS Access
33 (33.33 %)SQL Server 2000
33 (33.33 %)SQL Server 2005
Swindon IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
14 (44.44 %)TestDirector
14 (44.44 %)QuickTest Pro
Swindon IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
14 (44.44 %)Health
14 (44.44 %)Pensions
22 (22.22 %)Military
22 (22.22 %)Telecoms
22 (22.22 %)Government
Swindon IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
14 (44.44 %)Analyst
14 (44.44 %)Test Analyst
23 (33.33 %)Test Engineer
32 (22.22 %)Test Consultant
32 (22.22 %)Consultant
Swindon IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
14 (44.44 %)Chip and PIN
14 (44.44 %)Mainframe
23 (33.33 %)Client/Server
Swindon IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
13 (33.33 %)Windows
13 (33.33 %)Linux
Swindon IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
17 (77.78 %)V-Model
24 (44.44 %)Test Scripting
24 (44.44 %)Regression Testing
24 (44.44 %)User Acceptance Testing
33 (33.33 %)Load Testing
33 (33.33 %)Software Testing
42 (22.22 %)Security Cleared
Swindon IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
17 (77.78 %)SQL
Swindon IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
17 (77.78 %)ISEB
Swindon IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
17 (77.78 %)QA
Swindon IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
14 (44.44 %)Oracle
14 (44.44 %)Sybase