The first table below looks at the demand for ISTQB in IT jobs advertised for the Wiltshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited ISTQB over the 3 months to 17 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 Qualifications for the Wiltshire region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
International Software Testing Qualification Board (ISTQB)
Rank 61 67 86
Rank change year-on-year
+6 +19
Permanent jobs citing ISTQB 17 20 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wiltshire 1.943% 1.967% 0.091%
As % of the Qualifications category 7.907% 5.682% 0.338%
Number of salaries quoted 17 19 0
Average salary £40,000 £30,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
+33.33% -
UK excluding London average salary £33,000 £35,000 £37,250
% change year-on-year
-5.71% -6.04%
All Qualifications
Wiltshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
215 352 296
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wiltshire 24.57% 34.61% 26.93%
Number of salaries quoted 202 314 280
Average salary £40,000 £39,000 £34,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.56% +14.70%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,000 £25,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £47,500 £52,966
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
ISTQB
South West

ISTQB
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wiltshire ISTQB Jobs Demand Trend

ISTQB
Salary Trend

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

Wiltshire ISTQB Salary Trend

ISTQB
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing ISTQB across the Wiltshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Wiltshire ISTQB Salary Histogram

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 17 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
Swindon -10 3 £33,000 +13.79%
Chippenham - 1 £40,000 -
Corsham - 1 £35,000 -
ISTQB
South West

ISTQB
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, 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 41 (95.35%) ISEB
2 38 (88.37%) QA
3 29 (67.44%) HP
3 29 (67.44%) HP Quality Center
4 21 (48.84%) Logistics
5 11 (25.58%) Automated Testing
5 11 (25.58%) SQL
5 11 (25.58%) XML
6 10 (23.26%) MS Office
6 10 (23.26%) VBScript
6 10 (23.26%) VB
6 10 (23.26%) OOP
6 10 (23.26%) OO
6 10 (23.26%) MS Excel
6 10 (23.26%) Requirements Analysis
6 10 (23.26%) Computer Science
7 7 (16.28%) Degree
8 6 (13.95%) Software Testing
9 5 (11.63%) QuickTest Pro
9 5 (11.63%) Test Management
10 4 (9.302%) V-Model
10 4 (9.302%) Waterfall
10 4 (9.302%) LoadRunner
10 4 (9.302%) Borland
10 4 (9.302%) Usability Testing
10 4 (9.302%) Performance Testing
10 4 (9.302%) SilkPerformer
10 4 (9.302%) Business Continuity
10 4 (9.302%) Disaster Recovery
10 4 (9.302%) Stakeholder Management

ISTQB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, 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.

Application Development
1 11 (25.58%) XML
2 1 (2.326%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 1 (2.326%) Apache
1 1 (2.326%) Tomcat
Applications
1 10 (23.26%) MS Office
1 10 (23.26%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.326%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 5 (11.63%) QuickTest Pro
2 4 (9.302%) LoadRunner
2 4 (9.302%) SilkPerformer
General
1 2 (4.651%) Finance
1 2 (4.651%) Banking
Job Titles
1 19 (44.19%) Test Leader
2 13 (30.23%) Test Engineer
3 10 (23.26%) Software Engineer
3 10 (23.26%) Software Test Engineer
4 7 (16.28%) Test Manager
5 6 (13.95%) Project Manager
5 6 (13.95%) Tester
6 4 (9.302%) Test Analyst
6 4 (9.302%) Analyst
6 4 (9.302%) Non-Functional Tester
7 3 (6.977%) Systems Tester
7 3 (6.977%) Performance Test Engineer
7 3 (6.977%) QA Tester
7 3 (6.977%) Performance Analyst
7 3 (6.977%) Performance Test Analyst
7 3 (6.977%) Non-Functional Test Analyst
7 3 (6.977%) Performance Tester
7 3 (6.977%) QA Engineer
7 3 (6.977%) Performance Engineer
8 1 (2.326%) Software Development Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 10 (23.26%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.651%) Windows
1 2 (4.651%) Linux
2 1 (2.326%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (48.84%) Logistics
2 11 (25.58%) Automated Testing
3 10 (23.26%) Requirements Analysis
3 10 (23.26%) OOP
3 10 (23.26%) OO
4 6 (13.95%) Software Testing
5 5 (11.63%) Test Management
6 4 (9.302%) V-Model
6 4 (9.302%) Usability Testing
6 4 (9.302%) Performance Testing
6 4 (9.302%) Disaster Recovery
6 4 (9.302%) Stakeholder Management
6 4 (9.302%) Business Continuity
6 4 (9.302%) Waterfall
7 2 (4.651%) PRINCE2
8 1 (2.326%) Change Control
8 1 (2.326%) Agile Software Development
8 1 (2.326%) Project Management
8 1 (2.326%) Process Management
8 1 (2.326%) Regression Testing
Programming Languages
1 11 (25.58%) SQL
2 10 (23.26%) VBScript
2 10 (23.26%) VB
3 2 (4.651%) VBA
Qualifications
1 41 (95.35%) ISEB
2 7 (16.28%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (88.37%) QA
Systems Management
1 29 (67.44%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 29 (67.44%) HP
2 4 (9.302%) Borland
3 1 (2.326%) Cognizant