Software Testing Jobs in Watford
 
Demand Trend Salary Trend Salary Histogram Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Software Testing skills in IT jobs advertised for the Watford region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Software Testing over the 3 months to 24 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 Watford region.

Location
 3 months to
24 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Testing
Rank 42 59 53
Rank change year-on-year
+17 -6
Permanent jobs citing Software Testing 6 3 15
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Watford 2.069% 0.870% 3.356%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.655% 1.071% 4.054%
Number of salaries quoted 6 3 15
Average salary £31,500 £27,500 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+14.54% -38.88%
UK excluding London average salary £34,000 £34,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
- +4.61%
All Processes & Methodologies
Watford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category		 226 280 370
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Watford 77.93% 81.16% 82.77%
Number of salaries quoted 179 181 267
Average salary £42,500 £40,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.25% -11.11%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,500 £30,000 £32,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £65,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Software Testing
Hertfordshire

Software Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Watford 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 Watford region.

Watford Software Testing Salary Trend

Software Testing
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Software Testing across the Watford region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Watford Software Testing Salary Histogram

Software Testing
Top 29 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Watford 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 4 (66.67%) Computer Science
2 3 (50.00%) QA
2 3 (50.00%) Manual Testing
2 3 (50.00%) Waterfall
2 3 (50.00%) Degree
2 3 (50.00%) SQL
3 2 (33.33%) C#
3 2 (33.33%) Java
3 2 (33.33%) QuickTest Pro
3 2 (33.33%) Regression Testing
3 2 (33.33%) Agile Software Development
3 2 (33.33%) Test Strategy
3 2 (33.33%) Mobile App
3 2 (33.33%) Test Scripting
4 1 (16.67%) Automated Testing
4 1 (16.67%) Finance
4 1 (16.67%) Mathematics
4 1 (16.67%) soapUI
4 1 (16.67%) HP Quality Center
4 1 (16.67%) Selenium
4 1 (16.67%) Shell Script
4 1 (16.67%) Oracle
4 1 (16.67%) SQL Server
4 1 (16.67%) SAP
4 1 (16.67%) Web Services
4 1 (16.67%) XML
4 1 (16.67%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (16.67%) HP
4 1 (16.67%) ISEB

Software Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Watford 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 (16.67%) soapUI
1 1 (16.67%) Web Services
1 1 (16.67%) XML
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) SQL Server
1 1 (16.67%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 2 (33.33%) QuickTest Pro
2 1 (16.67%) Selenium
General
1 1 (16.67%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Tester
1 2 (33.33%) Junior
1 2 (33.33%) Software Engineer
1 2 (33.33%) Test Engineer
1 2 (33.33%) Software Test Engineer
1 2 (33.33%) Junior Tester
2 1 (16.67%) Software Tester
2 1 (16.67%) Junior Software Tester
2 1 (16.67%) Testing Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) Test Leader
2 1 (16.67%) Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) Technical Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 4 (66.67%) Computer Science
2 2 (33.33%) Mobile App
3 1 (16.67%) Mathematics
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Manual Testing
1 3 (50.00%) Waterfall
2 2 (33.33%) Regression Testing
2 2 (33.33%) Agile Software Development
2 2 (33.33%) Test Strategy
2 2 (33.33%) Test Scripting
3 1 (16.67%) Automated Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (50.00%) SQL
2 2 (33.33%) C#
2 2 (33.33%) Java
3 1 (16.67%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 3 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (16.67%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (50.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (16.67%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Oracle
1 1 (16.67%) SAP
1 1 (16.67%) HP
Junior Tester x 3 - Watford - 20-25k
Watford, Hertfordshire
An expanding Software Testing Consultancy in Watford are recruiting for three junior testers to join a team working for the most part on manual testing of web based...
Redrock Consulting Ltd
Salary: £20 - £25 per annum
Posted: 23 May 2013
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