The first table below looks at the demand for Usability 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 Usability Testing over the 3 months to 20 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Usability Testing
Rank 200 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing Usability Testing 4 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.081% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.108% - -
Number of salaries quoted 4 0 0
Average salary £56,250 - -
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £40,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
-12.50% +14.28%
All Processes & Methodologies
West Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
3695 3126 2812
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 74.92% 69.25% 68.75%
Number of salaries quoted 3110 2691 2375
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £26,000 £26,500
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%
Usability Testing
England

Usability Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands Usability Testing Jobs Demand Trend

Usability Testing
Salary Trend

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

West Midlands Usability Testing Salary Trend

Usability Testing
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Usability Testing across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

West Midlands Usability Testing Salary Histogram

Usability Testing
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Usability Testing within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 20 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
Birmingham - 2 £47,500 -
Coventry - 2 £57,500 -
Usability Testing
England

Usability Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands region citing Usability 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 Usability Testing.

1 11 (64.71%) Validation
1 11 (64.71%) Silverlight
2 4 (23.53%) Performance Testing
2 4 (23.53%) Integration Testing
2 4 (23.53%) Finance
2 4 (23.53%) JavaScript
2 4 (23.53%) Ajax
3 3 (17.65%) .NET
3 3 (17.65%) Microsoft
4 2 (11.76%) Test Scripting
4 2 (11.76%) Manual Testing
4 2 (11.76%) Stress Testing
4 2 (11.76%) Security Testing
4 2 (11.76%) Unit Testing
4 2 (11.76%) BDD
4 2 (11.76%) ASP.NET MVC
4 2 (11.76%) HTML5
4 2 (11.76%) Balsamiq Mockups
4 2 (11.76%) OmniGraffle
4 2 (11.76%) ISEB
4 2 (11.76%) Automotive
4 2 (11.76%) Regression Testing
4 2 (11.76%) MVC
4 2 (11.76%) SQL
4 2 (11.76%) ASP.NET
4 2 (11.76%) CSS
4 2 (11.76%) Web Services
4 2 (11.76%) jQuery
4 2 (11.76%) Use Case
4 2 (11.76%) RIA

Usability Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 11 (64.71%) Silverlight
2 4 (23.53%) Ajax
3 3 (17.65%) .NET
4 2 (11.76%) ASP.NET
4 2 (11.76%) CSS
4 2 (11.76%) Web Services
4 2 (11.76%) jQuery
4 2 (11.76%) ASP.NET MVC
4 2 (11.76%) HTML5
4 2 (11.76%) JSON
Applications
1 2 (11.76%) OmniGraffle
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.882%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (11.76%) Balsamiq Mockups
2 1 (5.882%) Selenium
General
1 4 (23.53%) Finance
2 2 (11.76%) Automotive
3 1 (5.882%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 7 (41.18%) Architect
1 7 (41.18%) User Experience Architect
2 6 (35.29%) Designer
3 3 (17.65%) UI Designer
3 3 (17.65%) User Experience Designer
4 2 (11.76%) Test Leader
4 2 (11.76%) Interaction Designer
4 2 (11.76%) QA Engineer
5 1 (5.882%) Senior Designer
5 1 (5.882%) Quality Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.76%) Psychology
1 2 (11.76%) RIA
2 1 (5.882%) Computer Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (64.71%) Validation
2 4 (23.53%) Performance Testing
2 4 (23.53%) Integration Testing
3 2 (11.76%) Test Scripting
3 2 (11.76%) Manual Testing
3 2 (11.76%) BDD
3 2 (11.76%) Stress Testing
3 2 (11.76%) Security Testing
3 2 (11.76%) Unit Testing
3 2 (11.76%) Scrum
3 2 (11.76%) Agile Software Development
3 2 (11.76%) Automated Testing
3 2 (11.76%) Regression Testing
3 2 (11.76%) MVC
3 2 (11.76%) Web Development
3 2 (11.76%) Use Case
4 1 (5.882%) E-Commerce
4 1 (5.882%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (5.882%) Software Engineering
4 1 (5.882%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 4 (23.53%) JavaScript
2 2 (11.76%) SQL
3 1 (5.882%) C#
Qualifications
1 2 (11.76%) ISEB
1 2 (11.76%) ISEB Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.76%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (17.65%) Microsoft