The first table below looks at the demand for Test Management 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 Test Management over the 3 months to 22 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Management
Rank 123 127 127
Rank change year-on-year
+4 0
Permanent jobs citing Test Management 48 47 16
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 1.296% 1.443% 0.547%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.666% 1.873% 0.767%
Number of salaries quoted 44 45 10
Average salary £35,000 £36,000 £34,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.77% +5.10%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,000 £26,900 £32,500
10% offered a salary of more than £41,050 £50,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year
+5.88% -5.55%
All Processes & Methodologies
West Yorkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
2882 2510 2085
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 77.83% 77.09% 71.23%
Number of salaries quoted 2235 2065 1735
Average salary £37,500 £36,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.73% +4.28%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £26,500 £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%
Test Management
Yorkshire

Test Management
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Yorkshire Test Management Jobs Demand Trend

Test Management
Salary Trend

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

West Yorkshire Test Management Salary Trend

Test Management
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Test Management across the West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

West Yorkshire Test Management Salary Histogram

Test Management
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Test Management within the West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 22 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 -4 43 £34,000 -2.85%
Test Management
Yorkshire

Test Management
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Yorkshire region citing Test Management 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 Test Management.

1 76 (73.79%) QA
2 62 (60.19%) Test Scripting
3 54 (52.43%) Test Automation
4 53 (51.46%) Selenium
5 48 (46.60%) Agile Software Development
6 39 (37.86%) QuickTest Pro
6 39 (37.86%) Cucumber
7 38 (36.89%) SQL
8 33 (32.04%) HP Quality Center
9 31 (30.10%) .NET
10 29 (28.16%) ISEB
11 27 (26.21%) XML
12 26 (25.24%) Web Services
12 26 (25.24%) Logistics
13 23 (22.33%) ISTQB
14 21 (20.39%) Finance
14 21 (20.39%) HP
15 20 (19.42%) Degree
15 20 (19.42%) Software Testing
16 19 (18.45%) Team Foundation Server
16 19 (18.45%) Microsoft
16 19 (18.45%) SOAP
16 19 (18.45%) Visual Studio
17 18 (17.48%) SQL Server
18 17 (16.50%) C#
18 17 (16.50%) ASP.NET
19 15 (14.56%) Test Strategy
19 15 (14.56%) FitNesse
20 13 (12.62%) Usability Testing
20 13 (12.62%) SpecFlow

Test Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Yorkshire region citing Test Management 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 Test Management. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 31 (30.10%) .NET
2 27 (26.21%) XML
3 26 (25.24%) Web Services
4 19 (18.45%) SOAP
5 17 (16.50%) ASP.NET
6 12 (11.65%) HTML
7 11 (10.68%) XSD
7 11 (10.68%) WSDL
8 6 (5.825%) soapUI
9 4 (3.883%) XML Schema
10 3 (2.913%) WPF
10 3 (2.913%) LINQ
10 3 (2.913%) ASP.NET MVC
11 1 (0.971%) jQuery
Application Platforms
1 2 (1.942%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (4.854%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 6 (5.825%) Bond Adapt
Communications & Networking
1 5 (4.854%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (17.48%) SQL Server
2 8 (7.767%) SQL Server 2008
3 6 (5.825%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 53 (51.46%) Selenium
2 39 (37.86%) QuickTest Pro
2 39 (37.86%) Cucumber
3 19 (18.45%) Team Foundation Server
3 19 (18.45%) Visual Studio
4 15 (14.56%) FitNesse
5 13 (12.62%) SpecFlow
6 7 (6.796%) JIRA
7 4 (3.883%) LoadRunner
7 4 (3.883%) MSTest
8 3 (2.913%) Visual Studio Team System
9 2 (1.942%) JUnit
9 2 (1.942%) TestDirector
9 2 (1.942%) DbUnit
9 2 (1.942%) TestComplete
General
1 21 (20.39%) Finance
2 2 (1.942%) Retail
3 1 (0.971%) Banking
Job Titles
1 43 (41.75%) Tester
2 37 (35.92%) Analyst
3 35 (33.98%) Test Analyst
4 31 (30.10%) Web Tester
4 31 (30.10%) Automated Tester
5 17 (16.50%) Test Manager
6 9 (8.738%) Test Leader
7 8 (7.767%) Senior Analyst
7 8 (7.767%) Senior Test Analyst
8 6 (5.825%) Agile Test Analyst
8 6 (5.825%) Developer
9 5 (4.854%) QA Manager
9 5 (4.854%) Senior Developer
9 5 (4.854%) .NET Developer
9 5 (4.854%) Senior .NET Developer
9 5 (4.854%) QA Analyst
10 4 (3.883%) Automation Tester
11 3 (2.913%) QA Test Manager
11 3 (2.913%) Senior Tester
12 2 (1.942%) Statistical Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (2.913%) Replication
2 2 (1.942%) Statistics
2 2 (1.942%) Computer Science
2 2 (1.942%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 5 (4.854%) UNIX
2 4 (3.883%) Windows
2 4 (3.883%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (60.19%) Test Scripting
2 54 (52.43%) Test Automation
3 48 (46.60%) Agile Software Development
4 26 (25.24%) Logistics
5 20 (19.42%) Software Testing
6 15 (14.56%) Test Strategy
7 13 (12.62%) Usability Testing
7 13 (12.62%) User Stories
8 9 (8.738%) ITIL
8 9 (8.738%) BDD
9 8 (7.767%) Agile Testing
9 8 (7.767%) E-Commerce
10 7 (6.796%) ATDD
10 7 (6.796%) User Acceptance Testing
11 6 (5.825%) Web Development
11 6 (5.825%) Web Testing
11 6 (5.825%) MVC
12 5 (4.854%) Automated Testing
12 5 (4.854%) DSDM
13 4 (3.883%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 38 (36.89%) SQL
2 17 (16.50%) C#
3 8 (7.767%) T-SQL
4 7 (6.796%) VBScript
4 7 (6.796%) VB
5 2 (1.942%) Java
Qualifications
1 29 (28.16%) ISEB
2 23 (22.33%) ISTQB
3 20 (19.42%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 76 (73.79%) QA
2 1 (0.971%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Systems Management
1 33 (32.04%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 21 (20.39%) HP
2 19 (18.45%) Microsoft
Leeds, West Yorkshire
Tester / Test Analyst - Leeds, Bradford, York, Wakefield, Yorkshire - £25,000 - £35,000 - UAT Regression, System Integration, Ad Hoc Testing... The Tester / Test Analyst role is a very hands...
Oscar Associates (UK) Ltd
Salary: £25000 - £35000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
HP Quality Center, Microsoft TFS 2010) Use of automated test tools (e.g... SpecFlow, Fitnesse, Cucumber) Knowledge of Web Service APIs (XML /XSD/WSDL/SOAP) Knowledge of Web...
4it Recruitment Ltd
Salary: Up to £34,000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
Preferred: - Experience of BDD/ATDD techniques... Preferred: - Use of test management tools (eg HP Quality Center, Microsoft TFS 2010) - Use of automated test tools (eg HP QTP, Selenium,...
The Bridge Ltd
Salary: From £25,000 to £35,000 per annum + Bonus + Bens
Posted: 17 May 2013
West Yorkshire
Senior .Net Developer, West Yorkshire - ASP.Net / MVC / C# / SQL 2008-12 / T-SQL / LINQ / WPFWeb Development - Senior .Net Developer - West YorkshireAmoria Bond is currently seeking a Senior ...
Amoria Bond
Salary: £35000 - £48000 per annum + Pension, Healthcare, PMI and more
Posted: 5 May 2013