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The table below looks at the demand for System 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 System Testing over the 3 months to 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSystem Testing
Location
3 months to
2 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank11-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching permanent IT job ads150
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.010 %0.000 %
As % of the category below12.71 %0.000 %
Salaries quoted120
Average minimum salary£33,583-
Average salary£33,667-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum salary£33,750-
UK excluding London average salary£33,881£37,127
% change on same period last year-8.74 %
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 %
System Testing ManchesterSystem Testing
Manchester

System Testing
Demand Trend

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

Wigan 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 Wigan region.

Wigan System Testing Salary Trend

System Testing
Salary Histogram

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

Wigan System Testing Salary Histogram

System Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

111 (68.75 %)ISO9000
111 (68.75 %)QuickTest Pro
111 (68.75 %)LoadRunner
111 (68.75 %)Automated Testing
24 (25.00 %)Project Management
33 (18.75 %)Finance
33 (18.75 %)Manufacturing
33 (18.75 %)JD Edwards
33 (18.75 %)ISO9001
33 (18.75 %)MS Excel
33 (18.75 %)ERP
33 (18.75 %)C
33 (18.75 %)C++
33 (18.75 %)Java
33 (18.75 %)MS Office
33 (18.75 %)SAP
33 (18.75 %)MS PowerPoint
33 (18.75 %)Unit Testing
33 (18.75 %)Test Scripting
33 (18.75 %)Degree
33 (18.75 %)QA
42 (12.50 %)SQL Server
42 (12.50 %)SQL
51 (6.250 %).NET
51 (6.250 %)Oracle
51 (6.250 %)ASP.NET
51 (6.250 %)PL/SQL
51 (6.250 %)HTML
51 (6.250 %)Oracle 10g
51 (6.250 %)SQL Server 2000

System Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Wigan IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (6.250 %)HTML
11 (6.250 %).NET
11 (6.250 %)ASP.NET
11 (6.250 %).NET Framework
Wigan IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
13 (18.75 %)MS Office
13 (18.75 %)MS Excel
13 (18.75 %)MS PowerPoint
Wigan IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (12.50 %)SQL Server
21 (6.250 %)Oracle 10g
21 (6.250 %)SQL Server 2000
21 (6.250 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
21 (6.250 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
21 (6.250 %)SQL Server 2005
21 (6.250 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
21 (6.250 %)SQL Server 2008
Wigan IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
111 (68.75 %)QuickTest Pro
111 (68.75 %)LoadRunner
Wigan IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13 (18.75 %)Finance
13 (18.75 %)Manufacturing
Wigan IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
111 (68.75 %)Test Manager
23 (18.75 %)Consultant
23 (18.75 %)Tester
23 (18.75 %)Test Consultant
23 (18.75 %)Implementation Consultant
31 (6.250 %)Senior Software Developer
31 (6.250 %)Software Developer
31 (6.250 %)Senior Analyst Developer
31 (6.250 %)Junior DBA
31 (6.250 %)Software Analyst
31 (6.250 %)Junior
31 (6.250 %)Developer
31 (6.250 %)Analyst
31 (6.250 %)DBA
31 (6.250 %)Senior Developer
31 (6.250 %)Senior Analyst
31 (6.250 %)Analyst Developer
Wigan IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
111 (68.75 %)Automated Testing
24 (25.00 %)Project Management
33 (18.75 %)ERP
33 (18.75 %)Unit Testing
33 (18.75 %)Test Scripting
Wigan IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13 (18.75 %)C
13 (18.75 %)C++
13 (18.75 %)Java
22 (12.50 %)SQL
31 (6.250 %)PL/SQL
Wigan IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
13 (18.75 %)Degree
Wigan IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
111 (68.75 %)ISO9000
23 (18.75 %)ISO9001
23 (18.75 %)QA
Wigan IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (18.75 %)SAP
13 (18.75 %)JD Edwards
21 (6.250 %)Oracle