Wiltshire ISTQB Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for International Software Testing Qualification Board (ISTQB) in IT jobs within the Wiltshire region compared to all other Qualifications we currently track. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited ISTQB over the 3 months to 3 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

International Software Testing Qualification Board (ISTQB)
Location Abingdon Basingstoke Berkshire Birmingham Borehamwood Brighton Bristol Cambridge Cambridgeshire Cardiff Cheltenham Cheshire City of London Devon Dorking Dundee East of England East Sussex Edinburgh England Essex Exeter Farnborough Glasgow Gloucestershire Hampshire Herefordshire Hertford Hertfordshire Home Counties Horsham Hove Lancashire Leeds Letchworth Liverpool London Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Newcastle Upon Tyne North East North West Oxfordshire Peterborough Reading Scotland Sheffield Solihull Somerset South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton St Albans Staines Stirling Stockport Surrey Swindon Twickenham Tyne and Wear UK Wales Warrington West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Wiltshire Wolverhampton Worcester Worcestershire Yorkshire	3 months to 3 Dec 2008	Same period last year
Rank	110	-
Rank change on same period last year	-
Matching permanent IT job ads	2	0
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	0.001 %	0.000 %
As % of the category below	0.481 %	0.000 %
Salaries quoted	2	0
Average minimum salary	£26,088	-
Average salary	£31,044	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum salary	£36,000	-
UK excluding London average salary	£39,247	£45,282
% change on same period last year	-13.32 %
Qualifications Wiltshire
Matching permanent IT job ads	416	416
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	0.279 %	0.189 %
Salaries quoted	384	373
Average minimum salary	£32,136	£33,622
Average salary	£35,405	£35,604
% change on same period last year	-0.56 %
Average maximum salary	£38,674	£37,587
UK excluding London average salary	£37,961	£37,902
% change on same period last year	+0.15 %
ISTQB South West

ISTQB
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing ISTQB across the Wiltshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

ISTQB
Salary Trend

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

ISTQB
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing ISTQB across the Wiltshire region over the 3 months to 3 December 2008.

ISTQB
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing ISTQB within the Wiltshire region over the 3 months to 3 December 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.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Permanent IT Job Ads	Average Salary Last 3 Months	Average Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year
Swindon	-	2	£31,044	-

ISTQB South West

ISTQB
Top 19 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 3 December 2008, IT jobs across the Wiltshire region citing ISTQB 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 ISTQB.

1 5 (71.43 %) ISEB 2 4 (57.14 %) MS Project 2 4 (57.14 %) ITIL 2 4 (57.14 %) Software Testing 3 3 (42.86 %) Regression Testing 3 3 (42.86 %) Endur 4 1 (14.29 %) ISEB Practitioner 4 1 (14.29 %) Automated Testing 4 1 (14.29 %) SQL 4 1 (14.29 %) Project Management 4 1 (14.29 %) QuickTest Pro 4 1 (14.29 %) LoadRunner 4 1 (14.29 %) PRINCE2 4 1 (14.29 %) HP 4 1 (14.29 %) Risk Management

4 1 (14.29 %) QA 4 1 (14.29 %) Load Testing 4 1 (14.29 %) Test Management 4 1 (14.29 %) Manual Testing

ISTQB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 3 December 2008, IT jobs across the Wiltshire region citing ISTQB 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 ISTQB. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications 1 4 (57.14 %) MS Project	Business Applications 1 3 (42.86 %) Endur
Development Applications 1 1 (14.29 %) QuickTest Pro 1 1 (14.29 %) LoadRunner	Job Titles 1 4 (57.14 %) Test Manager 2 2 (28.57 %) Test Engineer 3 1 (14.29 %) Analyst 3 1 (14.29 %) Test Analyst
Processes & Methodologies 1 4 (57.14 %) ITIL 1 4 (57.14 %) Software Testing 2 3 (42.86 %) Regression Testing 3 1 (14.29 %) Risk Management 3 1 (14.29 %) Automated Testing 3 1 (14.29 %) PRINCE2 3 1 (14.29 %) Project Management 3 1 (14.29 %) Load Testing 3 1 (14.29 %) Test Management 3 1 (14.29 %) Manual Testing	Programming Languages 1 1 (14.29 %) SQL
Qualifications 1 5 (71.43 %) ISEB 2 1 (14.29 %) ISEB Practitioner	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 1 (14.29 %) QA
Vendors 1 1 (14.29 %) HP