The first table below looks at the demand for Software Testing skills in IT jobs advertised for the Windsor region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Software Testing over the 3 months to 21 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 Windsor region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Testing
Rank - - 32
Permanent jobs citing Software Testing 0 0 7
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Windsor - - 4.000%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - - 4.895%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 6
Average salary - - £30,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £34,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
+2.94% +4.61%
All Processes & Methodologies
Windsor
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
44 52 143
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Windsor 66.67% 53.61% 81.71%
Number of salaries quoted 42 49 113
Average salary £45,000 £45,000 £55,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -18.18%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Software Testing
Berkshire

Software Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Windsor 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 Windsor region.

Windsor Software Testing Salary Trend

Software Testing
Top 28 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Windsor 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 6 (85.71%) SQL Server
1 6 (85.71%) Visual Studio
1 6 (85.71%) ISO 9001
1 6 (85.71%) Microsoft
1 6 (85.71%) ISEB
1 6 (85.71%) Wireless
1 6 (85.71%) Embedded Systems
2 5 (71.43%) Quality Management
2 5 (71.43%) ZigBee
2 5 (71.43%) Test Management
2 5 (71.43%) 3G
2 5 (71.43%) Web Services
2 5 (71.43%) Windows
2 5 (71.43%) Bluetooth
2 5 (71.43%) GPRS
2 5 (71.43%) GSM
3 4 (57.14%) C#
3 4 (57.14%) .NET
3 4 (57.14%) System Testing
4 3 (42.86%) Advertising
4 3 (42.86%) Pharmaceutical
5 2 (28.57%) QMS
5 2 (28.57%) Software Engineering
6 1 (14.29%) QA
6 1 (14.29%) Selenium
6 1 (14.29%) Automation Testing
6 1 (14.29%) Java
6 1 (14.29%) Scrum

Software Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Windsor 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 5 (71.43%) Web Services
2 4 (57.14%) .NET
Communications & Networking
1 6 (85.71%) Wireless
2 5 (71.43%) ZigBee
2 5 (71.43%) 3G
2 5 (71.43%) Bluetooth
2 5 (71.43%) GPRS
2 5 (71.43%) GSM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (85.71%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (85.71%) Visual Studio
2 1 (14.29%) Selenium
General
1 3 (42.86%) Advertising
1 3 (42.86%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 5 (71.43%) Test Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) Principle Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) Principal Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) QA Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Test Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 6 (85.71%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 5 (71.43%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Quality Management
1 5 (71.43%) Test Management
2 4 (57.14%) System Testing
3 2 (28.57%) QMS
3 2 (28.57%) Software Engineering
4 1 (14.29%) Automation Testing
4 1 (14.29%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 4 (57.14%) C#
2 1 (14.29%) Java
Qualifications
1 6 (85.71%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (85.71%) ISO 9001
2 1 (14.29%) QA
Vendors
1 6 (85.71%) Microsoft