The first table below looks at the demand for SilkTest 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 SilkTest over the 3 months to 22 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 Development Applications category for the West Midlands region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Borland SilkTest
Rank - - -
Permanent jobs citing SilkTest 0 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands - - -
As % of the Development Applications category - - -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Average salary - - -
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £52,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-14.28% +40.00%
All Development Applications
West Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
625 628 410
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 12.43% 13.61% 10.07%
Number of salaries quoted 572 551 366
Average salary £37,500 £37,500 £36,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +4.16%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £27,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £50,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £38,000 £37,000
% change year-on-year
+1.31% +2.70%
SilkTest
England

SilkTest
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands SilkTest Jobs Demand Trend

SilkTest
Salary Trend

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

West Midlands SilkTest Salary Trend

SilkTest
Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands region citing SilkTest 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 SilkTest.

1 4 (100.00%) VB
1 4 (100.00%) VB.NET
1 4 (100.00%) .NET
1 4 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 4 (100.00%) IIS
1 4 (100.00%) MS Office
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 4 (100.00%) ISEB
1 4 (100.00%) SQL Server 2000
1 4 (100.00%) Scrum
1 4 (100.00%) Agile Software Development
1 4 (100.00%) VB6
1 4 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 4 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 4 (100.00%) QA
1 4 (100.00%) Selenium
1 4 (100.00%) Unit Testing
1 4 (100.00%) Windows 7
1 4 (100.00%) Software Architecture
1 4 (100.00%) Automation Testing

SilkTest
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands region citing SilkTest 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 SilkTest. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 4 (100.00%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 4 (100.00%) IIS
Applications
1 4 (100.00%) MS Office
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 4 (100.00%) SQL Server 2000
Development Applications
1 4 (100.00%) Selenium
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) QA Engineer
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
1 4 (100.00%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Scrum
1 4 (100.00%) Agile Software Development
1 4 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 4 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 4 (100.00%) Unit Testing
1 4 (100.00%) Software Architecture
1 4 (100.00%) Automation Testing
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) VB
1 4 (100.00%) VB.NET
1 4 (100.00%) VB6
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (100.00%) QA
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft