The first table below looks at the demand for Software Testing skills in IT jobs advertised for the Warwickshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Software Testing over the 3 months to 19 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 Warwickshire region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Testing
Rank 66 70 39
Rank change year-on-year
+4 -31
Permanent jobs citing Software Testing 11 11 23
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Warwickshire 1.382% 1.445% 3.833%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.685% 1.993% 4.978%
Number of salaries quoted 10 11 17
Average salary £35,000 £32,500 £31,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.69% +3.17%
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
- +7.69%
All Processes & Methodologies
Warwickshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
653 552 462
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Warwickshire 82.04% 72.54% 77.00%
Number of salaries quoted 554 491 411
Average salary £37,500 £39,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-3.84% +4.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £28,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Software Testing
West Midlands

Software Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Warwickshire Software Testing Jobs Demand Trend

Software Testing
Salary Trend

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

Warwickshire Software Testing Salary Trend

Software Testing
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Testing within the Warwickshire region over the 3 months to 19 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
Warwick - 6 £35,000 - 1
Rugby - 1 £27,000 -
Software Testing
West Midlands

Software Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Warwickshire region citing Software 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 Software Testing.

1 9 (42.86%) ISEB
2 7 (33.33%) Business Analysis
2 7 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
3 6 (28.57%) E-Learning
3 6 (28.57%) PACS
3 6 (28.57%) NHS
4 5 (23.81%) Internet
4 5 (23.81%) Change Management
4 5 (23.81%) Requirements Management
4 5 (23.81%) Time Management
4 5 (23.81%) Learning Management System
5 4 (19.05%) Automated Testing
5 4 (19.05%) PHP
5 4 (19.05%) SQL
6 3 (14.29%) Java
6 3 (14.29%) JavaScript
6 3 (14.29%) MySQL
6 3 (14.29%) Test Scripting
6 3 (14.29%) Continuous Integration
6 3 (14.29%) Degree
6 3 (14.29%) QA
6 3 (14.29%) Selenium
6 3 (14.29%) PostgreSQL
6 3 (14.29%) Scrum
6 3 (14.29%) Automation Testing
7 2 (9.524%) ISTQB
7 2 (9.524%) WebDriver
7 2 (9.524%) Oracle
7 2 (9.524%) UNIX
7 2 (9.524%) Windows

Software Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Warwickshire region citing Software 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 Software Testing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (4.762%) J2EE
1 1 (4.762%) ASP
1 1 (4.762%) XML
Applications
1 1 (4.762%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (4.762%) Oracle EBS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (23.81%) Internet
2 1 (4.762%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (14.29%) MySQL
1 3 (14.29%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 3 (14.29%) Selenium
2 2 (9.524%) WebDriver
3 1 (4.762%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 1 (4.762%) Finance
Job Titles
1 15 (71.43%) Analyst
2 9 (42.86%) Test Analyst
3 6 (28.57%) Systems Support
3 6 (28.57%) Support Analyst
4 5 (23.81%) Applications Support Analyst
4 5 (23.81%) Applications Support
5 1 (4.762%) Tester
5 1 (4.762%) Software Engineer
5 1 (4.762%) Systems Analyst
5 1 (4.762%) Test Manager
5 1 (4.762%) Test Engineer
5 1 (4.762%) Software Test Engineer
5 1 (4.762%) Systems Support Analyst
5 1 (4.762%) Test Specialist
5 1 (4.762%) QA Tester
5 1 (4.762%) Technical Manager
5 1 (4.762%) QA Test Analyst
5 1 (4.762%) QA Analyst
5 1 (4.762%) Systems Integrator
5 1 (4.762%) Software Tester
Miscellaneous
1 6 (28.57%) E-Learning
1 6 (28.57%) PACS
1 6 (28.57%) NHS
2 5 (23.81%) Learning Management System
3 1 (4.762%) EPoS
3 1 (4.762%) Smartcard
3 1 (4.762%) Replication
3 1 (4.762%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 2 (9.524%) UNIX
1 2 (9.524%) Windows
2 1 (4.762%) Windows NT
2 1 (4.762%) MVS
2 1 (4.762%) Windows Mobile
2 1 (4.762%) Windows Phone 7
2 1 (4.762%) Apple iOS
2 1 (4.762%) Windows Phone
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (33.33%) Business Analysis
1 7 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
2 5 (23.81%) Change Management
2 5 (23.81%) Requirements Management
2 5 (23.81%) Time Management
3 4 (19.05%) Automated Testing
4 3 (14.29%) Test Scripting
4 3 (14.29%) Continuous Integration
4 3 (14.29%) Scrum
4 3 (14.29%) Automation Testing
5 1 (4.762%) UML
5 1 (4.762%) RUP
5 1 (4.762%) E-Commerce
5 1 (4.762%) ITIL
5 1 (4.762%) PRINCE2
5 1 (4.762%) Project Management
5 1 (4.762%) Service Management
5 1 (4.762%) Data Analysis
5 1 (4.762%) Logistics
5 1 (4.762%) Manual Testing
Programming Languages
1 4 (19.05%) PHP
1 4 (19.05%) SQL
2 3 (14.29%) Java
2 3 (14.29%) JavaScript
3 1 (4.762%) C#
3 1 (4.762%) C++
3 1 (4.762%) VB
3 1 (4.762%) UniBasic
3 1 (4.762%) Korn
3 1 (4.762%) Bash shell
3 1 (4.762%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 9 (42.86%) ISEB
2 3 (14.29%) Degree
3 2 (9.524%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (14.29%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (4.762%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 2 (9.524%) Oracle
2 1 (4.762%) HP
Warwick, Warwickshire
You will have a strong UAT background (and experience within Manual / Functional testing too) and ideally have worked within the NHS / healthcare sector with PAS/PACS experience... NHS /...
AMsource Technology
Salary: From £30,000 to £40,000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 14 June 2013