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ISTQB Jobs in the West Midlands
 
Demand Trend Salary Trend Salary Histogram Job Locations Related Skills
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The first table below looks at the demand for ISTQB in IT jobs advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited ISTQB 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 Qualifications for the West Midlands region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
International Software Testing Qualification Board (ISTQB)
Rank 169 156 155
Rank change year-on-year
-13 -1
Permanent jobs citing ISTQB 33 38 15
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.626% 0.795% 0.347%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.230% 3.089% 1.197%
Number of salaries quoted 30 35 13
Average salary £32,250 £32,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-0.76% -18.75%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,350 £25,000 £32,200
10% offered a salary of more than £47,750 £55,000 £49,600
UK excluding London average salary £33,000 £35,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-5.71% -6.66%
All Qualifications
West Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category		 1480 1230 1253
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 28.06% 25.73% 28.94%
Number of salaries quoted 1226 1039 1016
Average salary £40,000 £37,500 £36,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.66% +2.73%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £26,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
- +5.26%
ISTQB
England

ISTQB
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing ISTQB across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

West Midlands ISTQB Jobs Demand Trend

ISTQB
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing ISTQB across the West Midlands region.

West Midlands ISTQB Salary Trend

ISTQB
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing ISTQB across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

West Midlands ISTQB Salary Histogram

ISTQB
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing ISTQB within the West Midlands 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
Birmingham -5 18 £31,250 -43.18% 7
Solihull -4 5 £32,000 +28.00%
Warwickshire -2 3 £25,750 -20.76%
Worcestershire +3 2 £32,268 +34.45% 1
Shropshire -8 2 - -
ISTQB
England

ISTQB
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands region citing ISTQB 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 ISTQB.

1 61 (84.72%) ISEB
2 32 (44.44%) Test Scripting
3 27 (37.50%) Finance
4 22 (30.56%) SQL
5 19 (26.39%) HP Quality Center
6 18 (25.00%) Selenium
6 18 (25.00%) Agile Software Development
6 18 (25.00%) QuickTest Pro
7 16 (22.22%) QA
8 14 (19.44%) Microsoft
9 13 (18.06%) User Acceptance Testing
9 13 (18.06%) Test Automation
9 13 (18.06%) Software Testing
10 11 (15.28%) Manual Testing
10 11 (15.28%) .NET
11 10 (13.89%) HP
12 9 (12.50%) Waterfall
12 9 (12.50%) V-Model
12 9 (12.50%) Integration Testing
12 9 (12.50%) Test Strategy
12 9 (12.50%) Automation Testing
13 8 (11.11%) Retail
14 7 (9.722%) Banking
14 7 (9.722%) Web Testing
14 7 (9.722%) Computer Science
14 7 (9.722%) Use Case
14 7 (9.722%) Regression Testing
14 7 (9.722%) TestDirector
14 7 (9.722%) VB.NET
14 7 (9.722%) Client/Server

ISTQB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands region citing ISTQB 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 ISTQB. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 11 (15.28%) .NET
2 6 (8.333%) Middleware
3 5 (6.944%) XML
4 2 (2.778%) CGI
4 2 (2.778%) ASP.NET
5 1 (1.389%) Apache Flex
5 1 (1.389%) WinForms
5 1 (1.389%) .NET Framework
5 1 (1.389%) Web Services
5 1 (1.389%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 6 (8.333%) MQSeries
2 3 (4.167%) SharePoint
3 2 (2.778%) BizTalk Server
4 1 (1.389%) Apache
4 1 (1.389%) Tomcat
4 1 (1.389%) WebLogic
4 1 (1.389%) IIS
4 1 (1.389%) WebLogic Integration
Applications
1 6 (8.333%) MS Excel
2 1 (1.389%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 2 (2.778%) Oracle EBS
1 2 (2.778%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.389%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (6.944%) SQL Server
2 2 (2.778%) SQLPlus
2 2 (2.778%) TOAD
3 1 (1.389%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (1.389%) SQL Server 2005
3 1 (1.389%) MS Access
3 1 (1.389%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 18 (25.00%) Selenium
1 18 (25.00%) QuickTest Pro
2 7 (9.722%) TestDirector
3 6 (8.333%) Rational Robot
3 6 (8.333%) Rational Functional Tester
3 6 (8.333%) Team Foundation Server
3 6 (8.333%) TestPartner
4 5 (6.944%) LoadRunner
5 3 (4.167%) ClearCase
5 3 (4.167%) Visual Studio
5 3 (4.167%) ClearQuest
6 1 (1.389%) SpecFlow
6 1 (1.389%) QARun
6 1 (1.389%) WebDriver
6 1 (1.389%) WinRunner
General
1 27 (37.50%) Finance
2 8 (11.11%) Retail
3 7 (9.722%) Banking
4 3 (4.167%) Front Office
4 3 (4.167%) Back Office
5 2 (2.778%) Telecoms
5 2 (2.778%) Games
6 1 (1.389%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 41 (56.94%) Test Analyst
1 41 (56.94%) Analyst
2 18 (25.00%) Tester
3 13 (18.06%) Test Manager
4 10 (13.89%) Agile Test Analyst
5 9 (12.50%) Senior Test Analyst
5 9 (12.50%) Senior Analyst
5 9 (12.50%) Software Tester
6 7 (9.722%) Software Test Analyst
6 7 (9.722%) Automation Tester
7 3 (4.167%) Test Leader
7 3 (4.167%) Test Engineer
8 2 (2.778%) Test Team Leader
8 2 (2.778%) Automation Test Analyst
8 2 (2.778%) Senior Tester
8 2 (2.778%) Team Leader
8 2 (2.778%) Senior Test Engineer
8 2 (2.778%) Automation Analyst
9 1 (1.389%) Software Test Manager
9 1 (1.389%) Web Tester
Miscellaneous
1 7 (9.722%) Computer Science
1 7 (9.722%) Client/Server
2 6 (8.333%) Mobile App
2 6 (8.333%) Management Information System
2 6 (8.333%) AS400
3 2 (2.778%) EPoS
4 1 (1.389%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.389%) E-Learning
4 1 (1.389%) N-Tier
4 1 (1.389%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 4 (5.556%) UNIX
2 3 (4.167%) Windows
3 1 (1.389%) Windows Phone 7
3 1 (1.389%) Apple iOS
3 1 (1.389%) Windows Phone
3 1 (1.389%) Windows Vista
3 1 (1.389%) Windows 7
3 1 (1.389%) SUSE
3 1 (1.389%) Windows Mobile
3 1 (1.389%) Windows XP
3 1 (1.389%) HPUX
3 1 (1.389%) Linux
3 1 (1.389%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (44.44%) Test Scripting
2 18 (25.00%) Agile Software Development
3 13 (18.06%) User Acceptance Testing
3 13 (18.06%) Test Automation
3 13 (18.06%) Software Testing
4 11 (15.28%) Manual Testing
5 9 (12.50%) Waterfall
5 9 (12.50%) V-Model
5 9 (12.50%) Integration Testing
5 9 (12.50%) Test Strategy
5 9 (12.50%) Automation Testing
6 7 (9.722%) Web Testing
6 7 (9.722%) Use Case
6 7 (9.722%) Regression Testing
7 6 (8.333%) Automated Testing
7 6 (8.333%) Scrum
8 4 (5.556%) Test Management
8 4 (5.556%) System Testing
8 4 (5.556%) Agile Testing
9 3 (4.167%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 22 (30.56%) SQL
2 7 (9.722%) VB.NET
3 2 (2.778%) PL/SQL
3 2 (2.778%) C#
4 1 (1.389%) FoxPro (VFP)
4 1 (1.389%) JavaScript
4 1 (1.389%) VBScript
4 1 (1.389%) VB
Qualifications
1 61 (84.72%) ISEB
2 4 (5.556%) Security Cleared
2 4 (5.556%) Degree
3 3 (4.167%) ISEB Practitioner
4 2 (2.778%) SC Cleared
5 1 (1.389%) MCTS
5 1 (1.389%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (22.22%) QA
Systems Management
1 19 (26.39%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 14 (19.44%) Microsoft
2 10 (13.89%) HP
3 6 (8.333%) Compuware
4 3 (4.167%) Oracle
5 2 (2.778%) JDA
5 2 (2.778%) hybris
5 2 (2.778%) RedPrairie
6 1 (1.389%) IBM
6 1 (1.389%) TIBCO
Web Application Tester
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
Duties of a Web Application Tester will include: -Perform manual testing against web applications, from both desktop and mobile devices -Research what testing is needed and what possible...
ReThink Recruitment
Salary: £25000.00 - £35000.00 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 14 June 2013
Test Manager
Birmingham, West Midlands
In particular a working knowledge of the V-Model... Experienced user of MS Office toolset (particularly Excel and Word). ISTQB Foundation Certificate in Software Testing. Desired experience/skills:...
Capita Resourcing
Salary: £38000.00 - £45000.00 per annum
Posted: 17 June 2013
Test Manager
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
In particular a working knowledge of the V-Model... Experienced user of MS Office toolset (particularly Excel and Word). ISTQB Foundation Certificate in Software Testing. Desired experience/skills:...
Capita Resourcing - Jobs at Capita
Salary: £38000.00 - £45000.00 per annum
Posted: 17 June 2013
Test Analyst - Business Test Analyst / QA Analyst/ Insurance
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
Testing, Planning, Scripts, Business Testing, ISTQB Test Analyst with strong experience of system testing internal systems and applications including Client, Claims, Policy, and Accounts. You will have organised...
Initi8 Recruitment
Salary: £25000 - 30000 Per Annum Competitive package and benefits
Posted: 18 June 2013
Test Analyst
Birmingham, West Midlands
Reporting directly to the Test Manager it will be your role to be a tester of a variety of applications / integrated systems across multiple platforms and technologies including...
Capita Resourcing
Salary: £20000.00 - £24000.00 per annum
Posted: 17 June 2013
Test Analyst
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
Capita Resourcing - Jobs at Capita
Salary: £20000.00 - £24000.00 per annum
Posted: 17 June 2013
Test Manager, Financial, West Midlands
West Midlands
Spring Technology
Salary: £40000.00 - £45000.00 per annum
Posted: 18 June 2013
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