The first table below looks at the demand for Web 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 Web Testing over the 3 months to 24 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Web Testing
Rank 195 179 165
Rank change year-on-year
-16 -14
Permanent jobs citing Web Testing 9 6 11
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.179% 0.132% 0.264%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.239% 0.190% 0.382%
Number of salaries quoted 8 6 11
Average salary £34,000 £32,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.25% -1.53%
90% offered a salary of more than £31,750 £28,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £40,000 £36,500
UK excluding London average salary £34,000 £31,500 £31,500
% change year-on-year
+7.93% -
All Processes & Methodologies
West Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
3770 3162 2881
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 74.98% 69.37% 69.06%
Number of salaries quoted 3158 2737 2424
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £26,500 £27,500
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%
Web Testing
England

Web Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands Web Testing Jobs Demand Trend

Web Testing
Salary Trend

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

West Midlands Web Testing Salary Trend

Web Testing
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Web Testing across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

West Midlands Web Testing Salary Histogram

Web Testing
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Web Testing within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 24 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
Staffordshire +4 6 £36,500 -8.75%
Birmingham -16 3 £32,500 +18.18%
Web Testing
England

Web Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands region citing Web 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 Web Testing.

1 10 (58.82%) Test Scripting
2 8 (47.06%) Automated Testing
3 7 (41.18%) Software Testing
3 7 (41.18%) .NET
4 6 (35.29%) E-Commerce
5 5 (29.41%) Regression Testing
5 5 (29.41%) ISEB
6 4 (23.53%) User Acceptance Testing
6 4 (23.53%) ISTQB
6 4 (23.53%) Back Office
6 4 (23.53%) VB.NET
7 3 (17.65%) MQSeries
7 3 (17.65%) SQL
7 3 (17.65%) VB
7 3 (17.65%) C#
7 3 (17.65%) AS400
7 3 (17.65%) Finance
7 3 (17.65%) Games
7 3 (17.65%) Scrum
7 3 (17.65%) TestDirector
7 3 (17.65%) N-Tier
7 3 (17.65%) ADSL
7 3 (17.65%) DMZ
7 3 (17.65%) Middleware
7 3 (17.65%) Banking
7 3 (17.65%) Penetration Testing
7 3 (17.65%) Security Testing
7 3 (17.65%) JIRA
7 3 (17.65%) PCI DSS
7 3 (17.65%) V-Model

Web Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands region citing Web 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 Web Testing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 7 (41.18%) .NET
2 3 (17.65%) Middleware
3 2 (11.76%) HTML
4 1 (5.882%) ASP.NET
4 1 (5.882%) Web Services
4 1 (5.882%) XML
Application Platforms
1 3 (17.65%) MQSeries
Communications & Networking
1 3 (17.65%) ADSL
1 3 (17.65%) DMZ
Development Applications
1 3 (17.65%) TestDirector
1 3 (17.65%) JIRA
2 2 (11.76%) Selenium
2 2 (11.76%) QuickTest Pro
General
1 4 (23.53%) Back Office
2 3 (17.65%) Finance
2 3 (17.65%) Games
2 3 (17.65%) Banking
Job Titles
1 12 (70.59%) Tester
2 9 (52.94%) Software Tester
3 5 (29.41%) Analyst
3 5 (29.41%) Test Analyst
3 5 (29.41%) Web Tester
4 2 (11.76%) Senior Software Tester
4 2 (11.76%) Security Specialist
4 2 (11.76%) QA Engineer
4 2 (11.76%) Senior QA Engineer
4 2 (11.76%) Senior Analyst
4 2 (11.76%) Senior Test Analyst
4 2 (11.76%) Senior Tester
5 1 (5.882%) QA Tester
5 1 (5.882%) Quality Engineer
5 1 (5.882%) Senior QA Tester
5 1 (5.882%) Senior Quality Engineer
5 1 (5.882%) Software Test Analyst
5 1 (5.882%) Manual Test Analyst
5 1 (5.882%) Applications Tester
5 1 (5.882%) Web Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (17.65%) AS400
1 3 (17.65%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 2 (11.76%) Windows
2 1 (5.882%) Windows 2000
2 1 (5.882%) Windows XP
2 1 (5.882%) Windows Vista
2 1 (5.882%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (58.82%) Test Scripting
2 8 (47.06%) Automated Testing
3 7 (41.18%) Software Testing
4 6 (35.29%) E-Commerce
5 5 (29.41%) Regression Testing
6 4 (23.53%) User Acceptance Testing
7 3 (17.65%) Scrum
7 3 (17.65%) Penetration Testing
7 3 (17.65%) Security Testing
7 3 (17.65%) V-Model
7 3 (17.65%) Waterfall
7 3 (17.65%) Web Application Development
8 1 (5.882%) Agile Software Development
8 1 (5.882%) Product Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (23.53%) VB.NET
2 3 (17.65%) SQL
2 3 (17.65%) VB
2 3 (17.65%) C#
3 2 (11.76%) Java
3 2 (11.76%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 5 (29.41%) ISEB
2 4 (23.53%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (17.65%) PCI DSS
2 2 (11.76%) QA
Systems Management
1 3 (17.65%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 1 (5.882%) Microsoft