The first table below looks at the demand for Software Testing skills in IT jobs advertised for the West Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Software Testing over the 3 months to 21 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 Yorkshire region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Testing
Rank 107 74 109
Rank change year-on-year
-33 +35
Permanent jobs citing Software Testing 70 102 36
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 1.896% 3.157% 1.225%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.439% 4.085% 1.718%
Number of salaries quoted 51 94 22
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £27,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +26.12%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,500 £21,000 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £40,500 £32,350
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £34,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
+2.94% +4.61%
All Processes & Methodologies
West Yorkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
2870 2497 2096
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 77.74% 77.28% 71.34%
Number of salaries quoted 2220 2051 1745
Average salary £37,500 £37,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.35% +5.71%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £26,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Software Testing
Yorkshire

Software Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Yorkshire Software Testing Jobs Demand Trend

Software Testing
Salary Trend

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

West Yorkshire Software Testing Salary Trend

Software Testing
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Software Testing across the West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

West Yorkshire Software Testing Salary Histogram

Software Testing
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Testing within the West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 21 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
Leeds -35 47 £35,000 -
Halifax +10 9 - -
Bradford -5 5 £26,250 -20.45%
Wakefield -3 4 £23,750 +5.55%
Pudsey - 2 £28,750 -
Software Testing
Yorkshire

Software Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Yorkshire region citing Software 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 Software Testing.

1 56 (47.46%) ISEB
2 50 (42.37%) QA
3 35 (29.66%) .NET
4 29 (24.58%) Agile Software Development
5 28 (23.73%) ISTQB
6 27 (22.88%) SQL
7 24 (20.34%) ITIL
7 24 (20.34%) Microsoft
8 23 (19.49%) Windows
9 22 (18.64%) Selenium
9 22 (18.64%) Test Scripting
9 22 (18.64%) Team Foundation Server
10 21 (17.80%) Degree
10 21 (17.80%) SQL Server
11 19 (16.10%) Test Automation
12 17 (14.41%) Automated Testing
12 17 (14.41%) Project Management
12 17 (14.41%) MS Excel
13 16 (13.56%) Java
13 16 (13.56%) Test Management
14 15 (12.71%) Finance
15 14 (11.86%) C#
16 13 (11.02%) XML
16 13 (11.02%) Scrum
16 13 (11.02%) QuickTest Pro
16 13 (11.02%) PRINCE
17 12 (10.17%) Linux
17 12 (10.17%) Manual Testing
18 11 (9.322%) FitNesse
18 11 (9.322%) Usability Testing

Software Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Yorkshire region citing Software 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 Software Testing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 35 (29.66%) .NET
2 13 (11.02%) XML
3 11 (9.322%) Web Services
4 9 (7.627%) ASP.NET
5 8 (6.780%) SOAP
6 7 (5.932%) soapUI
6 7 (5.932%) XSL
6 7 (5.932%) HTML
7 4 (3.390%) WSDL
7 4 (3.390%) XSD
7 4 (3.390%) LAMP
7 4 (3.390%) .NET Framework
8 3 (2.542%) Ajax
8 3 (2.542%) J2EE
9 2 (1.695%) Flash
9 2 (1.695%) POSIX
9 2 (1.695%) Oracle ADF
9 2 (1.695%) Middleware
9 2 (1.695%) Apache Flex
9 2 (1.695%) GStreamer
Application Platforms
1 8 (6.780%) SharePoint
2 4 (3.390%) Apache
2 4 (3.390%) Tomcat
2 4 (3.390%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 3 (2.542%) CMS
3 3 (2.542%) IIS
Applications
1 17 (14.41%) MS Excel
2 3 (2.542%) MS Project
2 3 (2.542%) MS Office
3 1 (0.847%) Mingle
3 1 (0.847%) MS PowerPoint
3 1 (0.847%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (3.390%) Oracle Applications
1 4 (3.390%) Dynamics AX
2 2 (1.695%) Oracle BPM
3 1 (0.847%) Bond Adapt
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.695%) DVB
2 1 (0.847%) Internet
2 1 (0.847%) Firewall
2 1 (0.847%) FTP
2 1 (0.847%) HTTP
2 1 (0.847%) TCP/IP
2 1 (0.847%) VPN
2 1 (0.847%) GPRS
2 1 (0.847%) GSM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (17.80%) SQL Server
2 6 (5.085%) MySQL
3 5 (4.237%) Oracle 11g
4 3 (2.542%) SQL Server 2008
5 2 (1.695%) SQL Server 2005
6 1 (0.847%) SQL Server 2000
6 1 (0.847%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 22 (18.64%) Selenium
1 22 (18.64%) Team Foundation Server
2 13 (11.02%) QuickTest Pro
3 11 (9.322%) FitNesse
4 10 (8.475%) Visual Studio
5 8 (6.780%) Cucumber
5 8 (6.780%) SpecFlow
6 4 (3.390%) Eclipse
6 4 (3.390%) LoadRunner
6 4 (3.390%) JDeveloper
7 3 (2.542%) Visual Studio Team System
7 3 (2.542%) Git (software)
7 3 (2.542%) Subversion
7 3 (2.542%) JMeter
7 3 (2.542%) JUnit
8 2 (1.695%) TestDirector
8 2 (1.695%) TestComplete
8 2 (1.695%) Flex Builder
9 1 (0.847%) TeamCity
9 1 (0.847%) Mercurial
General
1 15 (12.71%) Finance
2 6 (5.085%) Telecoms
2 6 (5.085%) Retail
3 4 (3.390%) Legal
3 4 (3.390%) Investment Banking
3 4 (3.390%) Banking
4 2 (1.695%) Electronics
4 2 (1.695%) Advertising
5 1 (0.847%) Retail Banking
5 1 (0.847%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 41 (34.75%) Analyst
2 31 (26.27%) Test Analyst
3 21 (17.80%) Test Manager
4 16 (13.56%) Tester
5 14 (11.86%) Test Engineer
6 9 (7.627%) Developer
7 8 (6.780%) Software Engineer
8 7 (5.932%) Software Tester
8 7 (5.932%) Support Manager
8 7 (5.932%) Operations Manager
8 7 (5.932%) Senior Analyst
9 6 (5.085%) QA Manager
9 6 (5.085%) Software Test Engineer
10 4 (3.390%) Graduate
10 4 (3.390%) Service Manager
10 4 (3.390%) Development Manager
10 4 (3.390%) Oracle Developer
10 4 (3.390%) .NET Developer
10 4 (3.390%) QA Engineer
11 3 (2.542%) QA Test Manager
Miscellaneous
1 6 (5.085%) STB
2 5 (4.237%) Computer Science
3 4 (3.390%) NHS
4 3 (2.542%) Open Source
4 3 (2.542%) N-Tier
4 3 (2.542%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (1.695%) MPEG
5 2 (1.695%) Streaming Video
5 2 (1.695%) DTV
5 2 (1.695%) Mathematics
5 2 (1.695%) Physics
5 2 (1.695%) Wiki
6 1 (0.847%) Credit Risk
6 1 (0.847%) Management Information System
6 1 (0.847%) Client/Server
6 1 (0.847%) CAN bus
Operating Systems
1 23 (19.49%) Windows
2 12 (10.17%) Linux
3 5 (4.237%) UNIX
4 4 (3.390%) SUSE
4 4 (3.390%) Ubuntu
4 4 (3.390%) openSUSE
5 2 (1.695%) VxWorks
6 1 (0.847%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (0.847%) Windows 2000 Server
6 1 (0.847%) Embedded Linux
6 1 (0.847%) Windows Server 2003
6 1 (0.847%) Windows XP
6 1 (0.847%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (24.58%) Agile Software Development
2 24 (20.34%) ITIL
3 22 (18.64%) Test Scripting
4 19 (16.10%) Test Automation
5 17 (14.41%) Automated Testing
5 17 (14.41%) Project Management
6 16 (13.56%) Test Management
7 13 (11.02%) Scrum
7 13 (11.02%) PRINCE
8 12 (10.17%) Manual Testing
9 11 (9.322%) Usability Testing
10 8 (6.780%) Regression Testing
10 8 (6.780%) Waterfall
11 7 (5.932%) PRINCE2
11 7 (5.932%) Migration
12 6 (5.085%) User Acceptance Testing
13 5 (4.237%) V-Model
13 5 (4.237%) Continuous Improvement
13 5 (4.237%) BDD
13 5 (4.237%) RAD
Programming Languages
1 27 (22.88%) SQL
2 16 (13.56%) Java
3 14 (11.86%) C#
4 6 (5.085%) T-SQL
5 4 (3.390%) VB.NET
5 4 (3.390%) C
5 4 (3.390%) C++
5 4 (3.390%) Tcl
6 3 (2.542%) PowerShell
6 3 (2.542%) JavaScript
7 2 (1.695%) Python
7 2 (1.695%) ActionScript
7 2 (1.695%) VB
7 2 (1.695%) Perl
7 2 (1.695%) PHP
7 2 (1.695%) Embedded C
7 2 (1.695%) Embedded C++
8 1 (0.847%) VBA
Qualifications
1 56 (47.46%) ISEB
2 28 (23.73%) ISTQB
3 21 (17.80%) Degree
4 3 (2.542%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 2 (1.695%) ISEB Practitioner
6 1 (0.847%) MCITP
6 1 (0.847%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (0.847%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 50 (42.37%) QA
2 10 (8.475%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (1.695%) Hyper-V
2 1 (0.847%) vSphere
2 1 (0.847%) VMware ESX
Systems Management
1 7 (5.932%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 24 (20.34%) Microsoft
2 5 (4.237%) Oracle
3 3 (2.542%) HP
4 2 (1.695%) Bloomberg
4 2 (1.695%) Hitachi
4 2 (1.695%) Adobe
5 1 (0.847%) VMware
5 1 (0.847%) Cisco
5 1 (0.847%) Twitter
Leeds, West Yorkshire
Our development approach embraces Agile methodologies and tasks will include the design and execution of tests, recording issues found during testing and bringing key areas of concern to...
The Bridge Ltd
Salary: £neg + bonus + benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
West Yorkshire
New role for a 2 x Software Testers to join a leading IT Security Systems Integrator and Service Provider in West Yorkshire.Key skills:-Experience within software testing (...
Salary: £25000 per annum + benefits + structured career path
Posted: 4 May 2013