The first table below looks at the demand for Regression Testing skills in IT jobs advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Regression Testing over the 3 months to 23 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 West Midlands region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Regression Testing
Rank 192 177 166
Rank change year-on-year
-15 -11
Permanent jobs citing Regression Testing 12 7 6
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.240% 0.154% 0.142%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.319% 0.222% 0.206%
Number of salaries quoted 10 4 5
Average salary £33,250 £28,000 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+18.75% -6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,050 £26,200 £29,200
10% offered a salary of more than £40,400 £39,100 £31,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £32,500 £32,500
% change year-on-year
+7.69% -
All Processes & Methodologies
West Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
3758 3153 2910
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 75.04% 69.45% 68.91%
Number of salaries quoted 3151 2731 2451
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £26,500 £27,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £62,500 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Regression Testing
England

Regression Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands Regression Testing Jobs Demand Trend

Regression Testing
Salary Trend

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

West Midlands Regression Testing Salary Trend

Regression Testing
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Regression Testing across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

West Midlands Regression Testing Salary Histogram

Regression Testing
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Regression Testing within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 23 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
Herefordshire +14 3 £22,500 -
Staffordshire +2 3 £35,000 +2.94%
Worcestershire +10 2 £29,000 +3.57%
Birmingham -7 2 - -
Shropshire -1 1 £44,000 -
Regression Testing
England

Regression Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands region citing Regression 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 Regression Testing.

1 23 (74.19%) Test Scripting
2 13 (41.94%) ISEB
3 11 (35.48%) E-Commerce
4 10 (32.26%) QA
4 10 (32.26%) Manual Testing
5 9 (29.03%) Selenium
5 9 (29.03%) Agile Software Development
5 9 (29.03%) SQL
6 8 (25.81%) JIRA
7 7 (22.58%) ISTQB
7 7 (22.58%) .NET
7 7 (22.58%) Microsoft
8 6 (19.35%) Automated Testing
8 6 (19.35%) Management Information System
8 6 (19.35%) Test Automation
8 6 (19.35%) User Acceptance Testing
9 5 (16.13%) Web Testing
9 5 (16.13%) Scrum
10 4 (12.90%) MS Office
10 4 (12.90%) Unit Testing
10 4 (12.90%) Automation Testing
11 3 (9.677%) Agile Testing
11 3 (9.677%) Functional Testing
11 3 (9.677%) Test Management
11 3 (9.677%) JavaScript
11 3 (9.677%) Software Testing
11 3 (9.677%) Back Office
12 2 (6.452%) MVC
12 2 (6.452%) Finance
12 2 (6.452%) Automotive

Regression Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands region citing Regression 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 Regression Testing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 7 (22.58%) .NET
2 2 (6.452%) Ajax
2 2 (6.452%) JSON
2 2 (6.452%) ASP.NET
2 2 (6.452%) XML
2 2 (6.452%) ASP.NET MVC
3 1 (3.226%) REST
3 1 (3.226%) XSLT
3 1 (3.226%) CSS
3 1 (3.226%) JSP
3 1 (3.226%) J2EE
3 1 (3.226%) HTML
3 1 (3.226%) JSTL
3 1 (3.226%) jQuery
3 1 (3.226%) Spring
Application Platforms
1 1 (3.226%) Apache
1 1 (3.226%) Tomcat
1 1 (3.226%) CMS
Applications
1 4 (12.90%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.226%) HTTP
Development Applications
1 9 (29.03%) Selenium
2 8 (25.81%) JIRA
3 2 (6.452%) QuickTest Pro
4 1 (3.226%) SpecFlow
4 1 (3.226%) Ant
4 1 (3.226%) JUnit
4 1 (3.226%) Eclipse
4 1 (3.226%) Maven
General
1 3 (9.677%) Back Office
2 2 (6.452%) Finance
2 2 (6.452%) Automotive
2 2 (6.452%) Games
Job Titles
1 17 (54.84%) Analyst
1 17 (54.84%) Test Analyst
2 16 (51.61%) Tester
3 6 (19.35%) Software Tester
4 5 (16.13%) Test Leader
4 5 (16.13%) Software Test Analyst
5 3 (9.677%) Web Tester
5 3 (9.677%) Agile Test Analyst
5 3 (9.677%) Test Manager
6 2 (6.452%) Senior Analyst
6 2 (6.452%) Senior Test Analyst
6 2 (6.452%) Senior Tester
7 1 (3.226%) Senior Software Test Engineer
7 1 (3.226%) Software Engineer
7 1 (3.226%) Developer
7 1 (3.226%) Web Developer
7 1 (3.226%) Senior QA Engineer
7 1 (3.226%) Java Web Developer
7 1 (3.226%) Software Test Engineer
7 1 (3.226%) Senior Test Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (19.35%) Management Information System
2 1 (3.226%) Mobile App
2 1 (3.226%) Computer Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (74.19%) Test Scripting
2 11 (35.48%) E-Commerce
3 10 (32.26%) Manual Testing
4 9 (29.03%) Agile Software Development
5 6 (19.35%) Automated Testing
5 6 (19.35%) Test Automation
5 6 (19.35%) User Acceptance Testing
6 5 (16.13%) Web Testing
6 5 (16.13%) Scrum
7 4 (12.90%) Unit Testing
7 4 (12.90%) Automation Testing
8 3 (9.677%) Agile Testing
8 3 (9.677%) Functional Testing
8 3 (9.677%) Test Management
8 3 (9.677%) Software Testing
9 2 (6.452%) MVC
9 2 (6.452%) Business Analysis
9 2 (6.452%) Project Management
9 2 (6.452%) BDD
9 2 (6.452%) Integration Testing
Programming Languages
1 9 (29.03%) SQL
2 3 (9.677%) JavaScript
3 1 (3.226%) C
3 1 (3.226%) C++
3 1 (3.226%) Java
3 1 (3.226%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 13 (41.94%) ISEB
2 7 (22.58%) ISTQB
3 2 (6.452%) ISEB Practitioner
4 1 (3.226%) Security Cleared
4 1 (3.226%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (32.26%) QA
Systems Management
1 2 (6.452%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 7 (22.58%) Microsoft
2 2 (6.452%) HP
3 1 (3.226%) Alterian
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