The first table below looks at the demand for ISTQB in IT jobs advertised for the West Sussex region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited ISTQB 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 Qualifications for the West Sussex region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
International Software Testing Qualification Board (ISTQB)
Rank 79 95 109
Rank change year-on-year
+16 +14
Permanent jobs citing ISTQB 38 10 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Sussex 2.535% 0.704% 0.207%
As % of the Qualifications category 7.950% 2.252% 0.804%
Number of salaries quoted 35 6 3
Average salary £44,000 £40,000 £41,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+10.00% -3.61%
UK excluding London average salary £33,000 £35,000 £37,250
% change year-on-year
-5.71% -6.04%
All Qualifications
West Sussex
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
478 444 373
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Sussex 31.89% 31.27% 25.71%
Number of salaries quoted 365 366 337
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +21.42%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,450 £27,500 £22,000
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £55,350 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
ISTQB
South East

ISTQB
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Sussex 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 Sussex region.

West Sussex ISTQB Salary Trend

ISTQB
Salary Histogram

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

West Sussex 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 Sussex 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
Worthing +10 15 £20,000 -50.00%
Gatwick - 10 £48,000 -
Crawley - 4 £44,000 -
ISTQB
South East

ISTQB
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Sussex 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 (95.31%) ISEB
2 25 (39.06%) .NET
3 22 (34.38%) C++
3 22 (34.38%) Scrum
3 22 (34.38%) TDD
3 22 (34.38%) BDD
3 22 (34.38%) ATDD
4 21 (32.81%) Continuous Integration
4 21 (32.81%) SQL
5 19 (29.69%) Ethernet
5 19 (29.69%) Agile Software Development
6 13 (20.31%) Finance
7 10 (15.63%) Software Testing
7 10 (15.63%) Microsoft
7 10 (15.63%) MS Excel
7 10 (15.63%) MS Office
7 10 (15.63%) SAP
7 10 (15.63%) SAP PSCD
8 9 (14.06%) Test Strategy
9 8 (12.50%) Test Automation
9 8 (12.50%) Test Management
9 8 (12.50%) Oracle
9 8 (12.50%) WebLogic
9 8 (12.50%) UNIX
9 8 (12.50%) Java
9 8 (12.50%) XML
9 8 (12.50%) webMethods
10 7 (10.94%) Degree
11 6 (9.375%) QA
12 5 (7.813%) HP Quality Center

ISTQB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Sussex 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 25 (39.06%) .NET
2 8 (12.50%) XML
3 3 (4.688%) HTML
3 3 (4.688%) CSS
Application Platforms
1 8 (12.50%) WebLogic
2 4 (6.250%) Documentum
Applications
1 10 (15.63%) MS Excel
1 10 (15.63%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 10 (15.63%) SAP PSCD
2 3 (4.688%) Oracle BPM
Communications & Networking
1 19 (29.69%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (7.813%) TOAD
2 2 (3.125%) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
1 3 (4.688%) TestDirector
1 3 (4.688%) ClearQuest
1 3 (4.688%) ClearCase
2 2 (3.125%) QuickTest Pro
3 1 (1.563%) SpecFlow
3 1 (1.563%) Selenium
General
1 13 (20.31%) Finance
2 3 (4.688%) Advertising
3 2 (3.125%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 21 (32.81%) Analyst
1 21 (32.81%) Test Analyst
2 19 (29.69%) Tester
3 16 (25.00%) Software Tester
4 8 (12.50%) Test Engineer
5 7 (10.94%) Software Engineer
5 7 (10.94%) Graduate
6 6 (9.375%) Test Development Engineer
6 6 (9.375%) Software Development Engineer
6 6 (9.375%) Test Manager
6 6 (9.375%) Software Test Engineer
6 6 (9.375%) Development Engineer
7 5 (7.813%) Team Leader
7 5 (7.813%) Test Team Leader
7 5 (7.813%) Developer
8 4 (6.250%) Graduate Developer
8 4 (6.250%) SAP Test Analyst
8 4 (6.250%) SAP Analyst
9 3 (4.688%) Real Time Software Engineer
9 3 (4.688%) Real Time Engineer
Operating Systems
1 8 (12.50%) UNIX
2 3 (4.688%) Windows
2 3 (4.688%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (34.38%) Scrum
1 22 (34.38%) TDD
1 22 (34.38%) BDD
1 22 (34.38%) ATDD
2 21 (32.81%) Continuous Integration
3 19 (29.69%) Agile Software Development
4 10 (15.63%) Software Testing
5 9 (14.06%) Test Strategy
6 8 (12.50%) Test Automation
6 8 (12.50%) Test Management
7 5 (7.813%) Test Scripting
7 5 (7.813%) Penetration Testing
7 5 (7.813%) Automated Testing
8 4 (6.250%) Project Planning
9 3 (4.688%) Risk Analysis
9 3 (4.688%) Release Management
9 3 (4.688%) User Acceptance Testing
9 3 (4.688%) Unit Testing
9 3 (4.688%) Integration Testing
9 3 (4.688%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 22 (34.38%) C++
2 21 (32.81%) SQL
3 8 (12.50%) Java
4 3 (4.688%) JavaScript
4 3 (4.688%) C#
5 2 (3.125%) VBScript
6 1 (1.563%) C
Qualifications
1 61 (95.31%) ISEB
2 7 (10.94%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (9.375%) QA
Systems Management
1 5 (7.813%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 10 (15.63%) Microsoft
1 10 (15.63%) SAP
2 8 (12.50%) Oracle
2 8 (12.50%) webMethods
3 3 (4.688%) CheckPoint
4 2 (3.125%) HP
West Sussex
Customize HP Quality Center based on on-going requirements from development and test teams... Qualifications & Experience: * Knowledge of other test tools to support software development such as HP...
ARC IT Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £32000 Per Annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
Surrey, West Sussex, Crawley, Epsom, South East
This successful and profitable Software House who specialise in the supply of large scale solutions to the Corporate & Public Sector markets is looking to recruit an experienced Test...
Actis Recruitment Ltd
Salary: to c£60,000 + generous bonus + bens
Posted: 29 April 2013