The first table below looks at the demand for Regression Testing skills in IT jobs advertised for the Wales region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Regression Testing over the 3 months to 17 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 Wales region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Regression Testing
Rank 93 96 67
Rank change year-on-year
+3 -29
Permanent jobs citing Regression Testing 2 5 19
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wales 0.161% 0.439% 1.825%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.233% 0.631% 2.510%
Number of salaries quoted 2 5 18
Average salary £42,000 £27,500 £33,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+52.72% -16.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £40,400 £26,300 £29,550
10% offered a salary of more than £43,600 £30,000 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £32,500 £32,500
% change year-on-year
+7.69% -
All Processes & Methodologies
Wales
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
858 793 757
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wales 68.86% 69.68% 72.72%
Number of salaries quoted 762 710 706
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
90% offered a salary of more than £25,500 £25,500 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £48,200 £52,500 £48,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Regression Testing
UK

Regression Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wales Regression Testing Jobs Demand Trend

Regression Testing
Salary Trend

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

Wales Regression Testing Salary Trend

Regression Testing
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 Wales region over the 3 months to 17 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
South Wales -2 1 £40,000 +45.45%
Mid Wales - 1 £44,000 -
Regression Testing
UK

Regression Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Wales region 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.

1 4 (80.00%) SOAP
1 4 (80.00%) Web Services
1 4 (80.00%) Windows
1 4 (80.00%) Blackberry
1 4 (80.00%) Agile Software Development
1 4 (80.00%) Handset
1 4 (80.00%) Selenium
1 4 (80.00%) Android
1 4 (80.00%) Apple iOS
1 4 (80.00%) soapUI
1 4 (80.00%) REST
1 4 (80.00%) Test Automation
2 3 (60.00%) Mobile Banking
2 3 (60.00%) BDD
2 3 (60.00%) Jenkins
2 3 (60.00%) Scrum
2 3 (60.00%) Banking
2 3 (60.00%) Maven
2 3 (60.00%) J2EE
2 3 (60.00%) SQL
3 2 (40.00%) Manual Testing
4 1 (20.00%) System Testing
4 1 (20.00%) iPhone
4 1 (20.00%) Mobile App
4 1 (20.00%) TDD
4 1 (20.00%) .NET
4 1 (20.00%) C
4 1 (20.00%) C++
4 1 (20.00%) Java
4 1 (20.00%) Oracle

Regression Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Wales region 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.

Application Development
1 4 (80.00%) SOAP
1 4 (80.00%) Web Services
1 4 (80.00%) soapUI
1 4 (80.00%) REST
2 3 (60.00%) J2EE
3 1 (20.00%) .NET
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) Internet
Development Applications
1 4 (80.00%) Selenium
2 3 (60.00%) Jenkins
2 3 (60.00%) Maven
3 1 (20.00%) QuickTest Pro
3 1 (20.00%) LoadRunner
General
1 3 (60.00%) Banking
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Analyst
1 4 (80.00%) Test Analyst
1 4 (80.00%) Senior Analyst
1 4 (80.00%) Senior Test Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Test Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (80.00%) Blackberry
1 4 (80.00%) Handset
2 3 (60.00%) Mobile Banking
3 1 (20.00%) Client/Server
3 1 (20.00%) iPhone
3 1 (20.00%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 4 (80.00%) Windows
1 4 (80.00%) Android
1 4 (80.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Agile Software Development
1 4 (80.00%) Test Automation
2 3 (60.00%) BDD
2 3 (60.00%) Scrum
3 2 (40.00%) Manual Testing
4 1 (20.00%) System Testing
4 1 (20.00%) Automation Testing
4 1 (20.00%) SOA
4 1 (20.00%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 3 (60.00%) SQL
2 1 (20.00%) Embedded C
2 1 (20.00%) C
2 1 (20.00%) C++
2 1 (20.00%) Java
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Oracle
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft