The first table below looks at the demand for Test Strategy 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 Strategy 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 of the Processes & Methodologies category for the West Yorkshire region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Strategy
Rank 149 140 146
Rank change year-on-year
-9 +6
Permanent jobs citing Test Strategy 25 31 8
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 0.688% 0.973% 0.267%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.878% 1.256% 0.375%
Number of salaries quoted 19 24 5
Average salary £36,000 £40,000 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-10.00% -5.88%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £28,300 £28,500
10% offered a salary of more than £47,700 £45,000 £56,800
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £42,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year
+5.88% -
All Processes & Methodologies
West Yorkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
2849 2468 2136
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 78.36% 77.44% 71.27%
Number of salaries quoted 2212 2027 1787
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 £27,500 £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 Strategy
Yorkshire

Test Strategy
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Yorkshire Test Strategy Jobs Demand Trend

Test Strategy
Salary Trend

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

West Yorkshire Test Strategy Salary Trend

Test Strategy
Salary Histogram

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

West Yorkshire Test Strategy Salary Histogram

Test Strategy
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Test Strategy within the West Yorkshire 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
Leeds -11 22 £35,000 -12.50%
Halifax - 3 £48,500 -
Bradford -1 1 - -
Huddersfield - 1 - -
Pudsey - 1 £47,500 -
Test Strategy
Yorkshire

Test Strategy
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Yorkshire region citing Test Strategy 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 Strategy.

1 34 (53.97%) QA
2 31 (49.21%) HP Quality Center
3 29 (46.03%) SQL
3 29 (46.03%) JIRA
4 23 (36.51%) Automated Testing
5 22 (34.92%) Bugzilla
6 20 (31.75%) ISTQB
7 17 (26.98%) ISEB
8 15 (23.81%) Test Management
9 14 (22.22%) Test Scripting
10 13 (20.63%) Finance
11 12 (19.05%) Selenium
12 11 (17.46%) Games
12 11 (17.46%) Scrum
12 11 (17.46%) SOAP
12 11 (17.46%) E-Commerce
12 11 (17.46%) JUnit
13 10 (15.87%) Degree
14 9 (14.29%) Performance Testing
14 9 (14.29%) TDD
14 9 (14.29%) Java
14 9 (14.29%) BDD
15 7 (11.11%) Test Automation
15 7 (11.11%) VBScript
15 7 (11.11%) VB
15 7 (11.11%) XML
16 6 (9.524%) User Acceptance Testing
17 5 (7.937%) Agile Software Development
18 4 (6.349%) IT Governance
18 4 (6.349%) Quality Management

Test Strategy
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Yorkshire region citing Test Strategy 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 Strategy. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 11 (17.46%) SOAP
2 7 (11.11%) XML
3 1 (1.587%) ASP.NET
3 1 (1.587%) .NET
Applications
1 2 (3.175%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 1 (1.587%) SAP HR
Development Applications
1 29 (46.03%) JIRA
2 22 (34.92%) Bugzilla
3 12 (19.05%) Selenium
4 11 (17.46%) JUnit
5 2 (3.175%) FitNesse
5 2 (3.175%) DbUnit
General
1 13 (20.63%) Finance
2 11 (17.46%) Games
3 1 (1.587%) Banking
Job Titles
1 33 (52.38%) Analyst
2 30 (47.62%) Test Analyst
3 22 (34.92%) Technical Analyst
3 22 (34.92%) Technical Test Analyst
4 16 (25.40%) Tester
5 10 (15.87%) Test Manager
6 7 (11.11%) Senior Analyst
6 7 (11.11%) Senior Test Analyst
7 4 (6.349%) Performance Tester
8 3 (4.762%) Test Leader
8 3 (4.762%) QA Manager
8 3 (4.762%) Software Tester
8 3 (4.762%) QA Analyst
9 1 (1.587%) QA Leader
9 1 (1.587%) Junior Software Tester
9 1 (1.587%) Business Analyst
9 1 (1.587%) Junior
9 1 (1.587%) Test Team Leader
9 1 (1.587%) SAP Test Manager
9 1 (1.587%) SAP Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (1.587%) Client/Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (36.51%) Automated Testing
2 15 (23.81%) Test Management
3 14 (22.22%) Test Scripting
4 11 (17.46%) Scrum
4 11 (17.46%) E-Commerce
5 9 (14.29%) Performance Testing
5 9 (14.29%) TDD
5 9 (14.29%) BDD
6 7 (11.11%) Test Automation
7 6 (9.524%) User Acceptance Testing
8 5 (7.937%) Agile Software Development
9 4 (6.349%) IT Governance
9 4 (6.349%) Quality Management
9 4 (6.349%) Process Improvement
10 3 (4.762%) Matrix Management
10 3 (4.762%) Stakeholder Management
11 2 (3.175%) Information Management
11 2 (3.175%) Business Analysis
11 2 (3.175%) Software Testing
11 2 (3.175%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 29 (46.03%) SQL
2 9 (14.29%) Java
3 7 (11.11%) VBScript
3 7 (11.11%) VB
Qualifications
1 20 (31.75%) ISTQB
2 17 (26.98%) ISEB
3 10 (15.87%) Degree
4 1 (1.587%) SC Cleared
4 1 (1.587%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (53.97%) QA
2 1 (1.587%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Systems Management
1 31 (49.21%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 2 (3.175%) Microsoft
2 1 (1.587%) SAP
West Yorkshire
Senior systems test engineer with extensive SW test and QA experience. You will be ISEB/ISTB qualified with knowledge of MPEG video/audio and broadcast systems, PSI, DVB,...
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You will have experience of programming languages Python, TCL/TKL and Selenium with experience of developing automated SW tests. You will assist with the creation and maintenance of...
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Salary: Market related
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