The first table below looks at the demand for Usability Testing skills in IT jobs advertised for the Swindon region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Usability Testing over the 3 months to 22 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 Swindon region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Usability Testing
Rank 50 51 -
Rank change year-on-year
+1 -
Permanent jobs citing Usability Testing 2 10 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Swindon 0.424% 1.883% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.509% 2.336% -
Number of salaries quoted 2 9 0
Average salary £33,000 £35,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.71% -
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £40,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
-12.50% +14.28%
All Processes & Methodologies
Swindon
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
393 428 349
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Swindon 83.26% 80.60% 72.56%
Number of salaries quoted 338 374 326
Average salary £37,500 £38,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.31% -5.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £25,000 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Usability Testing
Wiltshire

Usability Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Swindon Usability Testing Jobs Demand Trend

Usability Testing
Salary Trend

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

Swindon Usability Testing Salary Trend

Usability Testing
Top 24 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Swindon region citing Usability 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 Usability Testing.

1 5 (100.00%) HP
1 5 (100.00%) ISEB
1 5 (100.00%) LoadRunner
1 5 (100.00%) Borland
1 5 (100.00%) Business Continuity
1 5 (100.00%) SilkPerformer
1 5 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 5 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 5 (100.00%) Test Management
1 5 (100.00%) V-Model
1 5 (100.00%) HP Quality Center
1 5 (100.00%) Waterfall
2 4 (80.00%) Performance Testing
2 4 (80.00%) ISTQB
3 3 (60.00%) QA
4 2 (40.00%) Test Automation
4 2 (40.00%) SQL
4 2 (40.00%) Web Services
4 2 (40.00%) XML
4 2 (40.00%) UNIX
4 2 (40.00%) Windows
4 2 (40.00%) Linux
4 2 (40.00%) RDBMS
4 2 (40.00%) Agile Software Development

Usability Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Swindon region citing Usability 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 Usability Testing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (40.00%) Web Services
1 2 (40.00%) XML
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (40.00%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 5 (100.00%) LoadRunner
1 5 (100.00%) SilkPerformer
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) Tester
1 5 (100.00%) Non-Functional Tester
2 3 (60.00%) Performance Test Analyst
2 3 (60.00%) Systems Tester
2 3 (60.00%) Test Engineer
2 3 (60.00%) QA Tester
2 3 (60.00%) QA Engineer
2 3 (60.00%) Performance Engineer
2 3 (60.00%) Analyst
2 3 (60.00%) Test Analyst
2 3 (60.00%) Performance Analyst
2 3 (60.00%) Non-Functional Test Analyst
2 3 (60.00%) Performance Test Engineer
2 3 (60.00%) Performance Tester
Operating Systems
1 2 (40.00%) UNIX
1 2 (40.00%) Windows
1 2 (40.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Business Continuity
1 5 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 5 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 5 (100.00%) Test Management
1 5 (100.00%) V-Model
1 5 (100.00%) Waterfall
2 4 (80.00%) Performance Testing
3 2 (40.00%) Test Automation
3 2 (40.00%) Agile Software Development
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) ISEB
2 4 (80.00%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (60.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 5 (100.00%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) HP
1 5 (100.00%) Borland