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

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
International Software Testing Qualification Board (ISTQB)
Rank 43 43 -
Rank change year-on-year
0 -
Permanent jobs citing ISTQB 2 3 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Worcestershire 0.905% 1.091% -
As % of the Qualifications category 4.167% 4.918% -
Number of salaries quoted 2 3 0
Average salary £32,268 £27,500 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
+17.33% -
UK excluding London average salary £33,000 £35,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-5.71% -6.66%
All Qualifications
Worcestershire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
48 61 61
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Worcestershire 21.72% 22.18% 29.76%
Number of salaries quoted 39 54 55
Average salary £40,000 £30,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+33.33% -14.28%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,950 £18,900 £21,500
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £59,500 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
ISTQB
West Midlands

ISTQB
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Worcestershire 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 Worcestershire region.

Worcestershire ISTQB Salary Trend

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 Worcestershire region over the 3 months to 21 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
Worcester -1 2 £32,268 +17.33%
ISTQB
West Midlands

ISTQB
Top 8 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Worcestershire 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 2 (100.00%) PL/SQL
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
1 2 (100.00%) TOAD
1 2 (100.00%) ISEB
1 2 (100.00%) SQLPlus
1 2 (100.00%) Systems Analysis
1 2 (100.00%) QA
1 2 (100.00%) Test Scripting

ISTQB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Worcestershire 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.

Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) TOAD
1 2 (100.00%) SQLPlus
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Test Team Leader
1 2 (100.00%) Team Leader
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Systems Analysis
1 2 (100.00%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) PL/SQL
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) QA
Worcester, Worcestershire
Ideally candidates will have experience of Quality Assurance or Testing and it is highly desirable to be ISTQB or ISEB certified... Sectors include Retail, FMCG, Consulting, Digital Media,...
People Source Consulting
Salary: £16000 - £23000 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013