The first table below looks at the demand for System Testing skills in IT jobs advertised for the West Sussex region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited System Testing over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Sussex region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
System Testing
Rank 105 91 95
Rank change year-on-year
-14 +4
Permanent jobs citing System Testing 5 14 17
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Sussex 0.346% 0.920% 1.204%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.462% 1.100% 1.728%
Number of salaries quoted 3 14 17
Average salary £30,000 £45,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-33.33% +28.57%
UK excluding London average salary £34,000 £36,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
-6.84% +4.28%
All Processes & Methodologies
West Sussex
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1083 1273 984
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Sussex 75.00% 83.64% 69.69%
Number of salaries quoted 881 1030 846
Average salary £42,500 £43,500 £38,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.29% +14.47%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,000 £26,250 £28,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
System Testing
South East

System Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Sussex System Testing Jobs Demand Trend

System Testing
Salary Trend

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

West Sussex System Testing Salary Trend

System Testing
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing System Testing across the West Sussex region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

West Sussex System Testing Salary Histogram

System Testing
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing System Testing within the West Sussex region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
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Job
Vacancies
Crawley -2 2 £30,000 -45.45%
System Testing
South East

System Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the West Sussex region citing System 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 System Testing.

1 5 (35.71%) Test Scripting
2 4 (28.57%) ISEB
2 4 (28.57%) SQL
2 4 (28.57%) VB
2 4 (28.57%) User Acceptance Testing
3 3 (21.43%) Java
3 3 (21.43%) JavaScript
3 3 (21.43%) QuickTest Pro
3 3 (21.43%) Finance
4 2 (14.29%) Validation
4 2 (14.29%) TestPartner
4 2 (14.29%) Software Engineering
4 2 (14.29%) Wonderware
4 2 (14.29%) LoadRunner
4 2 (14.29%) Project Management
4 2 (14.29%) TestDirector
4 2 (14.29%) VBScript
4 2 (14.29%) .NET
4 2 (14.29%) Oracle
4 2 (14.29%) UNIX
4 2 (14.29%) Documentum
4 2 (14.29%) TOAD
4 2 (14.29%) Microsoft
4 2 (14.29%) QA
4 2 (14.29%) QARun
4 2 (14.29%) Selenium
5 1 (7.143%) HTML
5 1 (7.143%) Manual Testing
5 1 (7.143%) Linux
5 1 (7.143%) SQL Server

System Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the West Sussex region citing System 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 System Testing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (14.29%) .NET
2 1 (7.143%) HTML
2 1 (7.143%) CSS
Application Platforms
1 2 (14.29%) Documentum
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (14.29%) TOAD
2 1 (7.143%) SQL Server
2 1 (7.143%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 3 (21.43%) QuickTest Pro
2 2 (14.29%) TestPartner
2 2 (14.29%) LoadRunner
2 2 (14.29%) TestDirector
2 2 (14.29%) QARun
2 2 (14.29%) Selenium
General
1 3 (21.43%) Finance
Job Titles
1 6 (42.86%) Test Leader
2 5 (35.71%) Analyst
2 5 (35.71%) Test Analyst
3 1 (7.143%) Graduate
3 1 (7.143%) Applications Developer
3 1 (7.143%) Tester
3 1 (7.143%) Junior
3 1 (7.143%) Software Engineer
3 1 (7.143%) Developer
3 1 (7.143%) .NET Applications Developer
3 1 (7.143%) .NET Developer
3 1 (7.143%) Systems Tester
3 1 (7.143%) VB.NET Developer
3 1 (7.143%) Systems Developer
3 1 (7.143%) Junior Tester
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.143%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 2 (14.29%) UNIX
2 1 (7.143%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (35.71%) Test Scripting
2 4 (28.57%) User Acceptance Testing
3 2 (14.29%) Validation
3 2 (14.29%) Software Engineering
3 2 (14.29%) Project Management
4 1 (7.143%) Manual Testing
Programming Languages
1 4 (28.57%) SQL
1 4 (28.57%) VB
2 3 (21.43%) Java
2 3 (21.43%) JavaScript
3 2 (14.29%) VBScript
4 1 (7.143%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 4 (28.57%) ISEB
2 1 (7.143%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (14.29%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (14.29%) Wonderware
1 2 (14.29%) Oracle
1 2 (14.29%) Microsoft