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This section looks at the demand for System Testing skills within the West Yorkshire region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited System Testing over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSystem Testing
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank155135
Rank change on same period last yearDown-20
Matching permanent IT job ads3364
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.018 %0.027 %
As % of the category below0.998 %1.968 %
Salaries quoted2862
Average minimum salary£32,536£30,070
Average salary£35,411£32,092
% change on same period last year+10.34 %
Average maximum salary£38,286£34,114
UK excluding London average salary£34,815£36,008
% change on same period last year-3.31 %
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
West Yorkshire
Matching permanent IT job ads33063252
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled1.780 %1.356 %
Salaries quoted25872685
Average minimum salary£34,485£35,049
Average salary£37,477£37,944
% change on same period last year-1.23 %
Average maximum salary£40,469£40,839
UK excluding London average salary£42,487£44,463
% change on same period last year-4.44 %
System Testing YorkshireSystem Testing
Yorkshire

System Testing
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing System Testing across the West Yorkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

West Yorkshire System Testing Demand Trend

System Testing
Salary Trend

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

West Yorkshire System Testing Salary Trend

System Testing
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing System Testing across the West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008.

West Yorkshire System Testing Salary Histogram

System Testing
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing System Testing within the West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
LeedsUp+523£33,900+9.30 %
BradfordDown-125£47,500+58.33 %
HalifaxDown-93£40,000+20.04 %
EllandNew entry-1£22,000-
System Testing YorkshireSystem Testing
Yorkshire

System Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs across the West Yorkshire 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.

119 (29.69 %)ISEB
216 (25.00 %)Internet
216 (25.00 %).NET
315 (23.44 %)Microsoft
414 (21.88 %)Finance
414 (21.88 %)Insurance
513 (20.31 %)Software Testing
513 (20.31 %)Manual Testing
513 (20.31 %)MS Excel
612 (18.75 %)Test Scripting
612 (18.75 %)User Acceptance Testing
711 (17.19 %)Regression Testing
89 (14.06 %)Agile Software Development
98 (12.50 %)ISEB Practitioner
98 (12.50 %)Publishing
107 (10.94 %)TestDirector
107 (10.94 %)SQL
107 (10.94 %)ISTQB
116 (9.375 %)QA
116 (9.375 %)Automated Testing
116 (9.375 %)Oracle
116 (9.375 %)Project Management
125 (7.813 %)Telecoms
125 (7.813 %)Test Management
134 (6.250 %)Unit Testing
134 (6.250 %)Integration Testing
134 (6.250 %)Retail
134 (6.250 %)C
134 (6.250 %)Windows
143 (4.688 %)E-Commerce

System Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs across the West Yorkshire 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.

West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
116 (25.00 %).NET
22 (3.125 %)WebServices
22 (3.125 %)XML
22 (3.125 %)HTML
31 (1.563 %)XSL
31 (1.563 %)XHTML
31 (1.563 %)Middleware
31 (1.563 %)XML Messaging
31 (1.563 %).NET Framework
31 (1.563 %)J2EE
31 (1.563 %)ASP
31 (1.563 %)ASP.NET
31 (1.563 %)CSS
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (1.563 %)WebLogic
11 (1.563 %)IIS
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
113 (20.31 %)MS Excel
21 (1.563 %)QuarkXPress
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
12 (3.125 %)Oracle Applications
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
116 (25.00 %)Internet
23 (4.688 %)Ethernet
23 (4.688 %)TCP/IP
31 (1.563 %)Broadband
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (4.688 %)SQL Server
22 (3.125 %)Oracle Reports
31 (1.563 %)Datawarehouse
31 (1.563 %)OLTP
31 (1.563 %)Oracle 10g
31 (1.563 %)SQL Server 2000
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
17 (10.94 %)TestDirector
21 (1.563 %)TestPartner
21 (1.563 %)Visual Studio
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
114 (21.88 %)Finance
114 (21.88 %)Insurance
28 (12.50 %)Publishing
35 (7.813 %)Telecoms
44 (6.250 %)Retail
53 (4.688 %)Construction
61 (1.563 %)Financial Institution
61 (1.563 %)Pensions
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
122 (34.38 %)Tester
218 (28.13 %)Developer
314 (21.88 %)Systems Developer
412 (18.75 %)Analyst
58 (12.50 %)Test Analyst
67 (10.94 %)Systems Tester
76 (9.375 %)Test Manager
84 (6.250 %)Software Tester
84 (6.250 %)Systems Analyst
93 (4.688 %)Test Engineer
102 (3.125 %)Project Manager
102 (3.125 %)Business Analyst
111 (1.563 %)Java Developer
111 (1.563 %)Systems Administrator
111 (1.563 %)Senior Manager
111 (1.563 %)Programmer
111 (1.563 %)Administrator
111 (1.563 %)Manual Tester
111 (1.563 %)Test Team Leader
111 (1.563 %)Senior Project Manager
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
13 (4.688 %)Management Information System
21 (1.563 %)Mathematics
21 (1.563 %)Mainframe
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
14 (6.250 %)Windows
21 (1.563 %)Solaris
21 (1.563 %)Linux
21 (1.563 %)UNIX
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
113 (20.31 %)Software Testing
113 (20.31 %)Manual Testing
212 (18.75 %)User Acceptance Testing
212 (18.75 %)Test Scripting
311 (17.19 %)Regression Testing
49 (14.06 %)Agile Software Development
56 (9.375 %)Automated Testing
56 (9.375 %)Project Management
65 (7.813 %)Test Management
74 (6.250 %)Unit Testing
74 (6.250 %)Integration Testing
83 (4.688 %)Web Testing
83 (4.688 %)QMS
83 (4.688 %)V-Model
83 (4.688 %)Quality Management
83 (4.688 %)RAD
83 (4.688 %)E-Commerce
83 (4.688 %)Requirements Analysis
83 (4.688 %)TDD
83 (4.688 %)Scrum
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
17 (10.94 %)SQL
24 (6.250 %)C
33 (4.688 %)C++
33 (4.688 %)VB
33 (4.688 %)Embedded C
33 (4.688 %)Embedded C++
33 (4.688 %)Assembly Language
33 (4.688 %)VB6
42 (3.125 %)Java
42 (3.125 %)C#
51 (1.563 %)VBScript
51 (1.563 %)JavaScript
51 (1.563 %)Perl
51 (1.563 %)RPG
51 (1.563 %)Shell Script
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
119 (29.69 %)ISEB
28 (12.50 %)ISEB Practitioner
37 (10.94 %)ISTQB
41 (1.563 %)Degree
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
16 (9.375 %)QA
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (1.563 %)NetBackup
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
115 (23.44 %)Microsoft
26 (9.375 %)Oracle
33 (4.688 %)Motorola
41 (1.563 %)VERITAS
41 (1.563 %)Quark
41 (1.563 %)webMethods
41 (1.563 %)Sun