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The table below looks at the demand for Software Testing skills within the Wigan region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Software Testing over the 3 months to 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSoftware Testing
Location
3 months to
2 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank2020
Rank change on same period last yearNo change0
Matching permanent IT job ads61
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.004 %0.000 %
As % of the category below5.085 %2.381 %
Salaries quoted61
Average minimum salary£33,000£28,000
Average salary£34,500£29,000
% change on same period last year+18.96 %
Average maximum salary£36,000£30,000
UK excluding London average salary£32,977£33,609
% change on same period last year-1.88 %
Wigan IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
Wigan
Matching permanent IT job ads11842
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.079 %0.019 %
Salaries quoted10642
Average minimum salary£37,246£30,008
Average salary£39,592£32,190
% change on same period last year+22.99 %
Average maximum salary£41,938£34,372
UK excluding London average salary£42,954£44,648
% change on same period last year-3.79 %
Software Testing ManchesterSoftware Testing
Manchester

Software Testing
Demand Trend

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

Wigan Software Testing Demand Trend

Software Testing
Salary Trend

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

Wigan Software Testing Salary Trend

Software Testing
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Software Testing across the Wigan region over the 3 months to 2 December 2008.

Wigan Software Testing Salary Histogram

Software Testing
Top 10 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT jobs across the Wigan 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.

16 (100.00 %)ISO9000
16 (100.00 %)Compuware
16 (100.00 %)EPoS
16 (100.00 %)TickIT
16 (100.00 %)Risk Management
16 (100.00 %)Education
16 (100.00 %)Games
16 (100.00 %)Retail
16 (100.00 %)QA
16 (100.00 %)User Acceptance Testing

Software Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT jobs across the Wigan 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.

Wigan IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
16 (100.00 %)Education
16 (100.00 %)Games
16 (100.00 %)Retail
Wigan IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
16 (100.00 %)Test Manager
16 (100.00 %)Test Team Leader
16 (100.00 %)Team Leader
16 (100.00 %)Web Team Leader
16 (100.00 %)Software Team Leader
Wigan IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
16 (100.00 %)EPoS
Wigan IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
16 (100.00 %)Risk Management
16 (100.00 %)User Acceptance Testing
Wigan IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
16 (100.00 %)ISO9000
16 (100.00 %)TickIT
16 (100.00 %)QA
Wigan IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
16 (100.00 %)Compuware