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The first part of the table below looks at the demand for Regression Testing skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Regression Testing over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Processes & Methodologies category.

LinkRegression Testing
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank371394394
Rank change year-on-year
Up+23No change0
Matching permanent IT job ads340306831
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK0.396 %0.361 %0.407 %
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category0.609 %0.601 %0.724 %
Salaries quoted294247687
Average salary£33,000£35,000£35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.710 %-
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£26,200£24,450£25,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£65,000£47,750£60,000
UK excluding London average salary£30,000£31,750£30,000
% change year-on-year
-5.510 %+5.830 %
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryAll Processes & Methodologies
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
5586550935114817
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK65.02 %60.06 %56.26 %
Salaries quoted461684162493134
Average salary£45,000£42,500£45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.880 %-5.550 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£28,000£27,500£28,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£75,000£70,000£70,000
UK excluding London average salary£40,000£40,000£40,000

Regression Testing
Demand Trend

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

Regression Testing Demand Trend

Regression Testing
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Regression Testing within the UK.

Regression Testing Salary Trend

Regression Testing
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Regression Testing over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 within the UK.

Regression Testing Salary Histogram

Regression Testing
Top 30 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Regression Testing within the UK over the 3 months to 19 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandUp+19331£33,000-5.71 %
LondonUp+8171£42,500+6.25 %
City of LondonDown-5244£42,500-
West MidlandsUp+5241£32,000+6.66 %
South WestNo change035£27,500+1.85 %
South EastDown-1535£45,000+20.00 %
StaffordshireUp+3530£32,000+10.34 %
East of EnglandUp+923£27,500-15.38 %
North WestUp+1018£32,000-17.41 %
Stoke-on-TrentNew entry-16£28,000-
CheshireUp+1913£32,000-
DevonUp+1211£23,000-19.29 %
BathNew entry-11£28,000-
SomersetNew entry-11£28,000-
CambridgeshireUp+510£28,750-8.73 %
YorkshireDown-1110£27,500-1.78 %
BristolUp+79£23,500-12.96 %
BerkshireDown-79£37,500+5.63 %
CreweNew entry-9£32,000-
MiddlesexUp+178£45,000+20.00 %
PeterboroughNew entry-8£27,500-
ScotlandUp+167£18,500-37.28 %
SurreyUp+107£36,000-0.68 %
West SussexUp+107£25,500-27.14 %
MidlandsUp+37£32,000-
South YorkshireNew entry-6£27,500-
BirminghamUp+145£40,000+15.94 %
GlasgowDown-45--
SuffolkDown-165£32,500-
LeedsUp+144£27,500-

Regression Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs within the UK citing Regression 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 Regression Testing.

1174 (26.44 %)QA
2170 (25.84 %)User Acceptance Testing
3163 (24.77 %)Test Scripting
4145 (22.04 %)ISEB
5134 (20.36 %)Finance
6125 (19.00 %)SQL
6125 (19.00 %).NET
7115 (17.48 %)Software Testing
8112 (17.02 %)Automated Testing
997 (14.74 %)Back Office
1083 (12.61 %)C#
1182 (12.46 %)System Testing
1280 (12.16 %)SQL Server
1280 (12.16 %)Performance Testing
1378 (11.85 %)QuickTest Pro
1475 (11.40 %)Manual Testing
1574 (11.25 %)Oracle
1670 (10.64 %)Banking
1768 (10.33 %)Integration Testing
1866 (10.03 %)Test Automation
1965 (9.878 %)Java
2062 (9.422 %)Windows
2160 (9.119 %)UNIX
2160 (9.119 %)Agile Software Development
2248 (7.295 %)HP
2347 (7.143 %)Degree
2445 (6.839 %)C++
2543 (6.535 %)ASP.NET
2642 (6.383 %)Investment Banking
2741 (6.231 %)Client/Server

Regression Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs within the UK citing Regression 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 Regression Testing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
1125 (19.00 %).NET
243 (6.535 %)ASP.NET
333 (5.015 %)XML
428 (4.255 %)Web Services
521 (3.191 %)Middleware
616 (2.432 %)HTML
715 (2.280 %)J2EE
715 (2.280 %)CSS
813 (1.976 %)SOAP
813 (1.976 %)ASP
912 (1.824 %)WF
1011 (1.672 %).NET Framework
1011 (1.672 %)STL
1110 (1.520 %)WCF
128 (1.216 %)Silverlight
128 (1.216 %)ASP.NET 2.0
136 (0.912 %)LINQ
136 (0.912 %)WPF
136 (0.912 %)ADO.NET
145 (0.760 %)WinForms
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
17 (1.064 %)SharePoint
24 (0.608 %)IIS
24 (0.608 %)Apache
33 (0.456 %)ESB
42 (0.304 %)ColdFusion
42 (0.304 %)CMS
51 (0.152 %)MQSeries
51 (0.152 %)Lotus Notes
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
124 (3.647 %)MS Excel
24 (0.608 %)MS Office
33 (0.456 %)MATLAB
33 (0.456 %)NASTRAN
42 (0.304 %)Spreadsheet
51 (0.152 %)CA Clarity
51 (0.152 %)MS PowerPoint
51 (0.152 %)MS Project
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
16 (0.912 %)SunGard Martini
22 (0.304 %)SAP IS-U
22 (0.304 %)SAP GRC
22 (0.304 %)SAP HR
22 (0.304 %)Oracle EBS
22 (0.304 %)SAP CRM
22 (0.304 %)ION MarketView
31 (0.152 %)Oracle Financials
31 (0.152 %)Summit
31 (0.152 %)Oracle Applications
31 (0.152 %)Endur
31 (0.152 %)Oracle EBS R12
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
132 (4.863 %)Internet
210 (1.520 %)Wireless
37 (1.064 %)3GPP
37 (1.064 %)UMTS
46 (0.912 %)GPRS
46 (0.912 %)GSM
55 (0.760 %)VoIP
55 (0.760 %)SMTP
55 (0.760 %)HTTP
64 (0.608 %)Broadband
73 (0.456 %)Firewall
73 (0.456 %)TCP/IP
82 (0.304 %)SSL
82 (0.304 %)CTI
82 (0.304 %)PBX
82 (0.304 %)SMS
82 (0.304 %)ZigBee
91 (0.152 %)BSS
91 (0.152 %)FTP
91 (0.152 %)Intranet
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
180 (12.16 %)SQL Server
228 (4.255 %)SQL Server 2005
319 (2.888 %)Datawarehouse
411 (1.672 %)SQL Server 2000
411 (1.672 %)SQL Server 2008
510 (1.520 %)OLTP
68 (1.216 %)Oracle 9i
68 (1.216 %)Reference Data
77 (1.064 %)SQL Server Integration Services
77 (1.064 %)MS Access
77 (1.064 %)Oracle 10g
86 (0.912 %)MySQL
86 (0.912 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
86 (0.912 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
95 (0.760 %)BusinessObjects
104 (0.608 %)Data Mining
104 (0.608 %)ETL
104 (0.608 %)OLAP
113 (0.456 %)DB2
113 (0.456 %)SAP BW
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
178 (11.85 %)QuickTest Pro
235 (5.319 %)Selenium
328 (4.255 %)LoadRunner
419 (2.888 %)Visual Studio
419 (2.888 %)TestDirector
513 (1.976 %)WinRunner
513 (1.976 %)NUnit
513 (1.976 %)JIRA
69 (1.368 %)Team Foundation Server
78 (1.216 %)Rational Robot
85 (0.760 %)Eclipse
94 (0.608 %)JUnit
94 (0.608 %)PVCS
94 (0.608 %)Subversion
94 (0.608 %)WatiN
103 (0.456 %)ClearQuest
103 (0.456 %)TestPartner
103 (0.456 %)JMeter
112 (0.304 %)Bugzilla
112 (0.304 %)RequisitePro
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1134 (20.36 %)Finance
297 (14.74 %)Back Office
370 (10.64 %)Banking
442 (6.383 %)Investment Banking
535 (5.319 %)Front Office
629 (4.407 %)Insurance
717 (2.584 %)Retail
816 (2.432 %)Education
913 (1.976 %)Pensions
1011 (1.672 %)Telecoms
1110 (1.520 %)Games
128 (1.216 %)Marketing
137 (1.064 %)Online Games
146 (0.912 %)Private Banking
155 (0.760 %)Financial Institution
164 (0.608 %)Government
164 (0.608 %)Construction
164 (0.608 %)3D Graphics
173 (0.456 %)Legal
173 (0.456 %)Aerospace
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1228 (34.65 %)Analyst
2214 (32.52 %)Tester
3162 (24.62 %)Test Analyst
481 (12.31 %)Developer
574 (11.25 %)Software Tester
662 (9.422 %)Test Manager
740 (6.079 %)Senior Tester
831 (4.711 %)Test Engineer
928 (4.255 %)Business Analyst
1025 (3.799 %)QA Manager
1124 (3.647 %)QA Tester
1222 (3.343 %)Senior Analyst
1320 (3.040 %)Senior Test Analyst
1419 (2.888 %)Team Leader
1518 (2.736 %)Test Team Leader
1616 (2.432 %)QA Engineer
1715 (2.280 %)Web Tester
1814 (2.128 %)Test Specialist
1814 (2.128 %)Systems Tester
1913 (1.976 %)Java Developer
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
141 (6.231 %)Client/Server
224 (3.647 %)Derivative
316 (2.432 %)Equities
415 (2.280 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
511 (1.672 %)Mainframe
511 (1.672 %)Fixed Income
68 (1.216 %)Management Information System
68 (1.216 %)Mathematics
68 (1.216 %)Multithreading
68 (1.216 %)SaaS
77 (1.064 %)Open Source
86 (0.912 %)Equity Derivative
86 (0.912 %)Statistics
86 (0.912 %)Handset
94 (0.608 %)Data Extraction
94 (0.608 %)Credit Risk
94 (0.608 %)Market Risk
103 (0.456 %)IBM Mainframe
103 (0.456 %)Computer Science
103 (0.456 %)Credit Derivative
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
162 (9.422 %)Windows
260 (9.119 %)UNIX
331 (4.711 %)Linux
414 (2.128 %)Windows Server 2003
51 (0.152 %)Windows Server 2008
51 (0.152 %)Red Hat Linux
51 (0.152 %)Solaris
51 (0.152 %)Windows 2000
51 (0.152 %)Windows NT
51 (0.152 %)Windows XP
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1170 (25.84 %)User Acceptance Testing
2163 (24.77 %)Test Scripting
3115 (17.48 %)Software Testing
4112 (17.02 %)Automated Testing
582 (12.46 %)System Testing
680 (12.16 %)Performance Testing
775 (11.40 %)Manual Testing
868 (10.33 %)Integration Testing
966 (10.03 %)Test Automation
1060 (9.119 %)Agile Software Development
1140 (6.079 %)Unit Testing
1236 (5.471 %)Scrum
1331 (4.711 %)Web Testing
1426 (3.951 %)Stress Testing
1426 (3.951 %)Validation
1426 (3.951 %)Risk Management
1426 (3.951 %)E-Commerce
1525 (3.799 %)Test Management
1624 (3.647 %)TDD
1721 (3.191 %)Project Management
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1125 (19.00 %)SQL
283 (12.61 %)C#
365 (9.878 %)Java
445 (6.839 %)C++
533 (5.015 %)C
620 (3.040 %)VBScript
719 (2.888 %)Python
817 (2.584 %)VBA
914 (2.128 %)VB
914 (2.128 %)JavaScript
1012 (1.824 %)Perl
118 (1.216 %)PHP
118 (1.216 %)T-SQL
127 (1.064 %)PL/SQL
135 (0.760 %)RPG
135 (0.760 %)Shell Script
144 (0.608 %)VB.NET
153 (0.456 %)Fortran
153 (0.456 %)TTCN
162 (0.304 %)Bourne shell
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1145 (22.04 %)ISEB
247 (7.143 %)Degree
315 (2.280 %)ISTQB
49 (1.368 %)Security Cleared
55 (0.760 %)SC Cleared
63 (0.456 %)PMP
63 (0.456 %)PMI Certification
72 (0.304 %)ISEB Practitioner
72 (0.304 %)HNC
72 (0.304 %)PhD
81 (0.152 %)MCP
81 (0.152 %)MCAD
81 (0.152 %)MCSD
81 (0.152 %)Microsoft Certification
81 (0.152 %)PRINCE2 Certification
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
1174 (26.44 %)QA
22 (0.304 %)WCAG
31 (0.152 %)ISO9001
31 (0.152 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
14 (0.608 %)Active Directory
21 (0.152 %)VMware Infrastructure
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
114 (2.128 %)HP Quality Center
22 (0.304 %)MSI
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
174 (11.25 %)Oracle
248 (7.295 %)HP
336 (5.471 %)Microsoft
416 (2.432 %)SAP
510 (1.520 %)Citrix
67 (1.064 %)Sybase
67 (1.064 %)PeopleSoft
76 (0.912 %)Perforce
76 (0.912 %)SunGard
85 (0.760 %)Business Objects
94 (0.608 %)IBM
94 (0.608 %)JBoss
94 (0.608 %)Calypso
94 (0.608 %)Fidessa
94 (0.608 %)Ab Initio
94 (0.608 %)ION Trading
103 (0.456 %)Cognos
112 (0.304 %)Siebel
112 (0.304 %)Compuware
112 (0.304 %)CosmoCom