The first table below looks at the demand for Software Testing skills in IT jobs advertised for the Wiltshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Software Testing 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 of the Processes & Methodologies category for the Wiltshire region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Testing
Rank 67 51 66
Rank change year-on-year
-16 +15
Permanent jobs citing Software Testing 11 36 21
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wiltshire 1.257% 3.540% 1.911%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.511% 4.374% 2.696%
Number of salaries quoted 11 33 20
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £32,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +9.37%
90% offered a salary of more than £33,000 £25,000 £23,400
10% offered a salary of more than £36,500 £36,200 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £34,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
+2.93% +4.61%
All Processes & Methodologies
Wiltshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
728 823 779
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wiltshire 83.20% 80.92% 70.88%
Number of salaries quoted 655 702 720
Average salary £39,000 £38,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.29% -3.75%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,805 £25,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £50,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Software Testing
South West

Software Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Software Testing across the Wiltshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Wiltshire Software Testing Jobs Demand Trend

Software Testing
Salary Trend

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

Wiltshire Software Testing Salary Trend

Software Testing
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Testing 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 -2 8 £35,750 +3.62%
Chippenham +4 1 £40,000 +26.98%
Software Testing
South West

Software Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Wiltshire 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.

1 17 (56.67%) QA
2 13 (43.33%) Finance
3 12 (40.00%) Degree
4 10 (33.33%) Informatics
4 10 (33.33%) Computer Science
4 10 (33.33%) Banking
4 10 (33.33%) Economics
4 10 (33.33%) SWIFT
4 10 (33.33%) Legal
4 10 (33.33%) Basel II
4 10 (33.33%) SAP
5 9 (30.00%) SQL
6 7 (23.33%) HP
6 7 (23.33%) ISEB
7 6 (20.00%) XML
7 6 (20.00%) ISTQB
8 5 (16.67%) SilkPerformer
8 5 (16.67%) HP Quality Center
8 5 (16.67%) Waterfall
8 5 (16.67%) Usability Testing
8 5 (16.67%) Test Management
8 5 (16.67%) V-Model
8 5 (16.67%) Linux
8 5 (16.67%) VB
8 5 (16.67%) LoadRunner
8 5 (16.67%) Borland
8 5 (16.67%) Disaster Recovery
8 5 (16.67%) Business Continuity
9 4 (13.33%) Back Office
9 4 (13.33%) Validation

Software Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Wiltshire 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.

Application Development
1 6 (20.00%) XML
2 4 (13.33%) .NET
2 4 (13.33%) Web Services
3 2 (6.667%) EJB
3 2 (6.667%) J2SE
3 2 (6.667%) Spring
3 2 (6.667%) Java SE
3 2 (6.667%) Java EE
3 2 (6.667%) Java EE 5
3 2 (6.667%) JPA
3 2 (6.667%) EJB 3.0
Application Platforms
1 1 (3.333%) Apache
1 1 (3.333%) Tomcat
Applications
1 4 (13.33%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (13.33%) SQL Server
1 4 (13.33%) SQL Server 2005
1 4 (13.33%) SQL Server 2008
2 2 (6.667%) SQL Server 2012
2 2 (6.667%) Crystal Reports
2 2 (6.667%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 5 (16.67%) LoadRunner
1 5 (16.67%) SilkPerformer
2 3 (10.00%) QuickTest Pro
3 2 (6.667%) Eclipse
3 2 (6.667%) NetBeans
General
1 13 (43.33%) Finance
2 10 (33.33%) Legal
2 10 (33.33%) Banking
3 4 (13.33%) Back Office
4 1 (3.333%) Retail
Job Titles
1 10 (33.33%) Consultant
1 10 (33.33%) SAP Consultant
2 7 (23.33%) Tester
3 5 (16.67%) QA Engineer
3 5 (16.67%) Non-Functional Tester
4 4 (13.33%) QA Tester
4 4 (13.33%) Developer
4 4 (13.33%) Analyst
4 4 (13.33%) Test Analyst
4 4 (13.33%) Administrator
5 3 (10.00%) Performance Tester
5 3 (10.00%) Systems Tester
5 3 (10.00%) Test Engineer
5 3 (10.00%) Performance Engineer
5 3 (10.00%) Performance Analyst
5 3 (10.00%) Performance Test Engineer
5 3 (10.00%) Performance Test Analyst
5 3 (10.00%) Non-Functional Test Analyst
6 2 (6.667%) Report Developer
6 2 (6.667%) Crystal Reports Developer
Miscellaneous
1 10 (33.33%) Economics
1 10 (33.33%) Informatics
1 10 (33.33%) Computer Science
1 10 (33.33%) SWIFT
2 2 (6.667%) Smartphone
2 2 (6.667%) Chip and PIN
2 2 (6.667%) Smartcard
3 1 (3.333%) EPoS
3 1 (3.333%) EFT
Operating Systems
1 5 (16.67%) Linux
2 3 (10.00%) UNIX
2 3 (10.00%) Windows
3 2 (6.667%) Android
4 1 (3.333%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (16.67%) Disaster Recovery
1 5 (16.67%) Business Continuity
1 5 (16.67%) Usability Testing
1 5 (16.67%) Test Management
1 5 (16.67%) V-Model
1 5 (16.67%) Waterfall
2 4 (13.33%) Performance Testing
2 4 (13.33%) Validation
2 4 (13.33%) Automated Testing
2 4 (13.33%) WFM
2 4 (13.33%) OO
2 4 (13.33%) OOD
2 4 (13.33%) Project Management
2 4 (13.33%) Change Management
3 3 (10.00%) Manual Testing
4 2 (6.667%) Test Automation
4 2 (6.667%) Agile Software Development
5 1 (3.333%) Logistics
5 1 (3.333%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (3.333%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (30.00%) SQL
2 5 (16.67%) VB
3 4 (13.33%) VB6
3 4 (13.33%) T-SQL
3 4 (13.33%) C#
4 3 (10.00%) VBScript
5 2 (6.667%) Java
Qualifications
1 12 (40.00%) Degree
2 7 (23.33%) ISEB
3 6 (20.00%) ISTQB
4 3 (10.00%) Security Cleared
5 2 (6.667%) SC Cleared
5 2 (6.667%) DV Cleared
5 2 (6.667%) RHCE
6 1 (3.333%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (3.333%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (56.67%) QA
2 10 (33.33%) Basel II
Systems Management
1 5 (16.67%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 10 (33.33%) SAP
2 7 (23.33%) HP
3 5 (16.67%) Borland
4 2 (6.667%) Red Hat
4 2 (6.667%) Oracle
5 1 (3.333%) Sun
Swindon, Wiltshire
Technical Skills Crystal Reports MSSQL 2005, 2008 TSQL (demonstrable use of Stored procedures, Triggers etc.) Some VB6 and/or C# knowledge .NET 3.5/4.0 XML Main...
Emponics Ltd
Salary: £35000 - £38000 per annum + bens
Posted: 17 May 2013
Swindon, Wiltshire
Experienced in change management procedures... Experienced in all relevant phases of software testing and validation... Technical Skills MSSQL 2005, 2008 (2012 would be an added bonus) Transact SQL (...
Emponics Ltd
Salary: £35000 - £38000 per annum + bens
Posted: 17 May 2013