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The table below looks at the demand for System Testing skills within the Watford region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited System Testing over the 3 months to 18 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSystem Testing
Location
3 months to
18 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank6159
Rank change on same period last yearDown-2
Matching permanent IT job ads14
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.002 %
As % of the category below0.333 %1.278 %
Salaries quoted14
Average minimum salary£25,000£29,250
Average salary£30,000£36,250
% change on same period last year-17.24 %
Average maximum salary£35,000£43,250
UK excluding London average salary£34,159£36,494
% change on same period last year-6.39 %
Watford IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
Watford
Matching permanent IT job ads300313
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.194 %0.140 %
Salaries quoted257301
Average minimum salary£44,260£36,515
Average salary£46,724£38,941
% change on same period last year+19.98 %
Average maximum salary£49,189£41,367
UK excluding London average salary£42,986£44,543
% change on same period last year-3.49 %
System Testing HertfordshireSystem Testing
Hertfordshire

System Testing
Demand Trend

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

Watford System Testing Demand Trend

System Testing
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing System Testing across the Watford region.

Watford System Testing Salary Trend

System Testing
Top 13 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 November 2008, IT jobs across the Watford region citing System 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 System Testing.

12 (100.00 %)SQL
12 (100.00 %)Finance
12 (100.00 %)Automated Testing
12 (100.00 %)Insurance
12 (100.00 %)Regression Testing
12 (100.00 %)Test Scripting
21 (50.00 %)Management Information System
21 (50.00 %)QA
21 (50.00 %)Health
21 (50.00 %)Retail
21 (50.00 %)Information Management
21 (50.00 %)UNIX
21 (50.00 %)E-Commerce

System Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 November 2008, IT jobs across the Watford region citing System 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 System Testing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Watford IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (100.00 %)Finance
12 (100.00 %)Insurance
21 (50.00 %)Health
21 (50.00 %)Retail
Watford IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (100.00 %)Junior
21 (50.00 %)Junior Support Analyst
21 (50.00 %)Customer Support Analyst
21 (50.00 %)Junior Test Analyst
21 (50.00 %)Junior Analyst
21 (50.00 %)Customer Analyst
21 (50.00 %)Junior Tester
21 (50.00 %)Analyst
21 (50.00 %)Test Analyst
21 (50.00 %)Support Analyst
21 (50.00 %)Tester
Watford IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (50.00 %)Management Information System
Watford IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (50.00 %)UNIX
Watford IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (100.00 %)Automated Testing
12 (100.00 %)Regression Testing
12 (100.00 %)Test Scripting
21 (50.00 %)Information Management
21 (50.00 %)E-Commerce
Watford IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (100.00 %)SQL
Watford IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (50.00 %)QA