The first table below looks at the demand for System 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 System Testing over the 3 months to 22 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
System Testing
Rank 60 67 86
Rank change year-on-year
+7 +19
Permanent jobs citing System Testing 15 21 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wiltshire 1.706% 2.033% 0.279%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.049% 2.506% 0.393%
Number of salaries quoted 15 21 2
Average salary £39,000 £28,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+36.84% -28.75%
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,250 £33,000
% change year-on-year
-0.70% +6.81%
All Processes & Methodologies
Wiltshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
732 838 763
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wiltshire 83.28% 81.12% 70.84%
Number of salaries quoted 653 716 707
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 £59,500 £50,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
System Testing
South West

System Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wiltshire System Testing Jobs Demand Trend

System Testing
Salary Trend

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

Wiltshire System Testing Salary Trend

System Testing
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing System Testing across the Wiltshire region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Wiltshire System Testing Salary Histogram

System Testing
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing System Testing within the Wiltshire region over the 3 months to 22 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 +4 13 £39,000 +36.84%
System Testing
South West

System Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Wiltshire 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.

1 10 (52.63%) UML
1 10 (52.63%) E-Commerce
1 10 (52.63%) Requirements Analysis
1 10 (52.63%) Retail
2 6 (31.58%) QA
3 4 (21.05%) Test Scripting
3 4 (21.05%) Manual Testing
3 4 (21.05%) Test Automation
3 4 (21.05%) Computer Science
3 4 (21.05%) HP
3 4 (21.05%) OOP
3 4 (21.05%) OO
3 4 (21.05%) SQL
3 4 (21.05%) VBScript
3 4 (21.05%) VB
3 4 (21.05%) VBA
3 4 (21.05%) MS Office
3 4 (21.05%) XML
3 4 (21.05%) QuickTest Pro
3 4 (21.05%) MS Excel
3 4 (21.05%) Legal
3 4 (21.05%) Scrum
4 3 (15.79%) Release Management
5 2 (10.53%) Logistics
6 1 (5.263%) Automated Testing
6 1 (5.263%) Software Testing
6 1 (5.263%) ISTQB
6 1 (5.263%) Degree
6 1 (5.263%) Trend Analysis
6 1 (5.263%) User Acceptance Testing

System Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Wiltshire 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.

Application Development
1 4 (21.05%) XML
Application Platforms
1 1 (5.263%) Apache
1 1 (5.263%) Tomcat
Applications
1 4 (21.05%) MS Office
1 4 (21.05%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.263%) DSL
Development Applications
1 4 (21.05%) QuickTest Pro
General
1 10 (52.63%) Retail
2 4 (21.05%) Legal
3 1 (5.263%) Finance
Job Titles
1 14 (73.68%) Analyst
2 10 (52.63%) Business Analyst
3 4 (21.05%) Test Analyst
3 4 (21.05%) Developer
3 4 (21.05%) VB Developer
4 3 (15.79%) VBA Developer
4 3 (15.79%) Developer Analyst
5 2 (10.53%) Test Leader
6 1 (5.263%) Junior Test Analyst
6 1 (5.263%) Junior Analyst
6 1 (5.263%) Software Tester
6 1 (5.263%) Coordinator
6 1 (5.263%) Tester
6 1 (5.263%) Junior
Miscellaneous
1 4 (21.05%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.263%) Windows
1 1 (5.263%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (52.63%) UML
1 10 (52.63%) E-Commerce
1 10 (52.63%) Requirements Analysis
2 4 (21.05%) Test Scripting
2 4 (21.05%) Manual Testing
2 4 (21.05%) Test Automation
2 4 (21.05%) OOP
2 4 (21.05%) OO
2 4 (21.05%) Scrum
3 3 (15.79%) Release Management
4 2 (10.53%) Logistics
5 1 (5.263%) Automated Testing
5 1 (5.263%) Software Testing
5 1 (5.263%) Trend Analysis
5 1 (5.263%) User Acceptance Testing
5 1 (5.263%) Network Planning
5 1 (5.263%) Agile Software Development
5 1 (5.263%) Regression Testing
5 1 (5.263%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 4 (21.05%) SQL
1 4 (21.05%) VBScript
1 4 (21.05%) VB
1 4 (21.05%) VBA
Qualifications
1 1 (5.263%) ISTQB
1 1 (5.263%) Degree
1 1 (5.263%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (31.58%) QA
2 1 (5.263%) SLA
Vendors
1 4 (21.05%) HP