The first table below looks at the demand for Test Strategy skills in IT jobs advertised for the Warwickshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Test Strategy 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 Warwickshire region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Strategy
Rank 73 81 55
Rank change year-on-year
+8 -26
Permanent jobs citing Test Strategy 2 2 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Warwickshire 0.254% 0.251% 0.639%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.326% 0.348% 0.853%
Number of salaries quoted 1 2 4
Average salary £50,000 £48,750 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.56% +30.00%
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £42,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year
+5.88% -
All Processes & Methodologies
Warwickshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
613 575 469
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Warwickshire 77.89% 72.06% 74.92%
Number of salaries quoted 530 508 427
Average salary £37,500 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.25% +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,500 £28,000 £24,850
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Test Strategy
West Midlands

Test Strategy
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Warwickshire Test Strategy Jobs Demand Trend

Test Strategy
Salary Trend

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

Warwickshire Test Strategy Salary Trend

Test Strategy
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Test Strategy within the Warwickshire 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
Warwick - 1 £50,000 -
Test Strategy
West Midlands

Test Strategy
Top 24 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Warwickshire region citing Test Strategy 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 Test Strategy.

1 4 (57.14%) QA
2 3 (42.86%) Selenium
2 3 (42.86%) Automated Testing
2 3 (42.86%) Manual Testing
2 3 (42.86%) Finance
2 3 (42.86%) HTML
2 3 (42.86%) SQL
2 3 (42.86%) VB
2 3 (42.86%) Oracle
2 3 (42.86%) SQL Server
2 3 (42.86%) UNIX
2 3 (42.86%) Windows
2 3 (42.86%) Windows 2000
3 2 (28.57%) ISEB
3 2 (28.57%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (14.29%) System Testing
4 1 (14.29%) User Stories
4 1 (14.29%) Retail
4 1 (14.29%) Information Management
4 1 (14.29%) Business Analysis
4 1 (14.29%) Use Case
4 1 (14.29%) Automotive
4 1 (14.29%) Manufacturing
4 1 (14.29%) Project Management

Test Strategy
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Warwickshire region citing Test Strategy 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 Test Strategy. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (42.86%) HTML
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (42.86%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (42.86%) Selenium
General
1 3 (42.86%) Finance
2 1 (14.29%) Automotive
2 1 (14.29%) Manufacturing
2 1 (14.29%) Retail
Job Titles
1 5 (71.43%) Analyst
2 3 (42.86%) Tester
2 3 (42.86%) Test Analyst
2 3 (42.86%) Systems Analyst
2 3 (42.86%) Systems Tester
2 3 (42.86%) Systems Test Analyst
3 2 (28.57%) Business Analyst
4 1 (14.29%) Test Manager
4 1 (14.29%) Testing Manager
4 1 (14.29%) Head of Testing
Operating Systems
1 3 (42.86%) UNIX
1 3 (42.86%) Windows
1 3 (42.86%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Automated Testing
1 3 (42.86%) Manual Testing
2 2 (28.57%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (14.29%) System Testing
3 1 (14.29%) User Stories
3 1 (14.29%) Business Analysis
3 1 (14.29%) Use Case
3 1 (14.29%) Project Management
3 1 (14.29%) Information Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (42.86%) SQL
1 3 (42.86%) VB
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (57.14%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (42.86%) Oracle