Yorkshire Software Testing Jobs

This section looks at the demand for Software Testing skills within the Yorkshire region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Software Testing over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Aberdeen Abingdon Altrincham Ascot Barry Basingstoke Bath Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Birmingham Bishop's Stortford Blackburn Bolton Bournemouth Bracknell Bradford Bridgend Brighton Bristol Bromley Buckinghamshire Caerphilly Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Cheadle Chelmsford Cheltenham Chertsey Cheshire Chester Chippenham Cirencester City of London Colchester County Antrim Coventry Crawley Croydon Cwmbran Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Dorking Dorset Dundee Ealing East Grinstead East Kilbride East Midlands East of England East Sussex Eastleigh Edinburgh Elland Ely England Essex Exeter Fareham Farnborough Farnham Fife Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Godalming Gosport Guildford Hampshire Harrow Haslemere Hemel Hempstead Hereford Herefordshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Huntingdon Ipswich Keighley Kenilworth Kent Knutsford Lancashire Leatherhead Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Letchworth Lichfield Lincolnshire Liverpool London Maidenhead Manchester March Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Norfolk North East North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Peterborough Poole Portsmouth Preston Reading Reigate Romford Royston Runcorn Salisbury Scotland Sheffield Slough Solihull Somerset South East South Lanarkshire South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton St Albans St Helens Staffordshire Stevenage Stirling Stockport Stoke-on-Trent Stowmarket Stratford-upon-Avon Stroud Suffolk Sunderland Surrey Swadlincote Swansea Swindon Tamworth Torfaen Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Vale of Glamorgan Wales Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Watford Wellingborough Welwyn Garden City West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Wetherby Weybridge Wiltshire Woking Wokingham Worcester Worcestershire Worthing Yeovil York Yorkshire	3 months to 20 Aug 2008	Same period last year
Rank	183	163
Rank change on same period last year	-20
Matching permanent IT job ads	77	101
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	0.041 %	0.042 %
As % of the category below	1.311 %	1.816 %
Salaries quoted	62	78
Average minimum salary	£31,833	£28,634
Average salary	£34,302	£30,482
% change on same period last year	+12.53 %
Average maximum salary	£36,772	£32,329
UK excluding London average salary	£34,720	£33,025
% change on same period last year	+5.13 %
Processes & Methodologies Yorkshire
Matching permanent IT job ads	5875	5561
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	3.163 %	2.318 %
Salaries quoted	4568	4565
Average minimum salary	£34,655	£34,747
Average salary	£37,594	£37,459
% change on same period last year	+0.35 %
Average maximum salary	£40,533	£40,172
UK excluding London average salary	£42,487	£44,463
% change on same period last year	-4.44 %
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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Software Testing across the Yorkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

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Salary Trend

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

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Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Software Testing across the Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008.

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Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Testing within the Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Permanent IT Job Ads	Average Salary Last 3 Months	Average Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year
West Yorkshire	-8	34	£29,375	-8.98 %
South Yorkshire	-6	26	£43,935	+52.41 %
North Yorkshire	+14	13	£28,435	+7.48 %

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs across the Yorkshire 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 91 (50.56 %) ISEB 2 55 (30.56 %) QA 3 51 (28.33 %) Finance 4 37 (20.56 %) SQL 5 33 (18.33 %) Oracle 6 30 (16.67 %) ISEB Practitioner 7 27 (15.00 %) Windows 8 23 (12.78 %) SQL Server 8 23 (12.78 %) Automated Testing 9 22 (12.22 %) Degree 10 19 (10.56 %) Microsoft 11 18 (10.00 %) MS Excel 11 18 (10.00 %) Project Management 11 18 (10.00 %) Regression Testing 11 18 (10.00 %) Test Scripting

12 17 (9.444 %) User Acceptance Testing 13 16 (8.889 %) System Testing 14 15 (8.333 %) UNIX 15 13 (7.222 %) Windows Server 2003 15 13 (7.222 %) Unit Testing 16 12 (6.667 %) Manual Testing 16 12 (6.667 %) Financial Institution 16 12 (6.667 %) XML 16 12 (6.667 %) HTML 16 12 (6.667 %) .NET 17 11 (6.111 %) CSS 17 11 (6.111 %) Internet 17 11 (6.111 %) Mainframe 17 11 (6.111 %) TestDirector 17 11 (6.111 %) Test Management

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs across the Yorkshire 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 12 (6.667 %) HTML 1 12 (6.667 %) .NET 1 12 (6.667 %) XML 2 11 (6.111 %) CSS 3 8 (4.444 %) ASP 4 4 (2.222 %) J2EE 5 2 (1.111 %) XHTML 5 2 (1.111 %) AJAX 6 1 (0.556 %) SOAP 6 1 (0.556 %) WebServices 6 1 (0.556 %) ASP.NET	Application Platforms 1 9 (5.000 %) IIS 2 2 (1.111 %) CICS 3 1 (0.556 %) BizTalk Server 3 1 (0.556 %) Oracle Workflow 3 1 (0.556 %) Apache 3 1 (0.556 %) MS Exchange
Applications 1 18 (10.00 %) MS Excel 2 7 (3.889 %) MS PowerPoint 3 4 (2.222 %) MS Office	Business Applications 1 2 (1.111 %) Oracle Financials 1 2 (1.111 %) Great Plains 1 2 (1.111 %) Axapta 1 2 (1.111 %) Navision 1 2 (1.111 %) Dynamics NAV 2 1 (0.556 %) Dynamics AX 2 1 (0.556 %) Dynamics GP
Communications & Networking 1 11 (6.111 %) Internet 2 6 (3.333 %) Wireless 3 4 (2.222 %) LAN 3 4 (2.222 %) WAN 4 3 (1.667 %) VoIP 4 3 (1.667 %) Firewall 5 2 (1.111 %) TCP/IP 6 1 (0.556 %) GPRS 6 1 (0.556 %) FTP	Database & Business Intelligence 1 23 (12.78 %) SQL Server 2 8 (4.444 %) TOAD 3 6 (3.333 %) SQL Server 2000 3 6 (3.333 %) Oracle 8/8i 4 5 (2.778 %) Crystal Reports 5 2 (1.111 %) DB2 5 2 (1.111 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 6 1 (0.556 %) MySQL
Development Applications 1 11 (6.111 %) TestDirector 2 4 (2.222 %) QuickTest Pro 2 4 (2.222 %) Rational Robot 3 2 (1.111 %) WinRunner 3 2 (1.111 %) PowerBuilder 3 2 (1.111 %) Visual Studio 4 1 (0.556 %) Dreamweaver 4 1 (0.556 %) LoadRunner 4 1 (0.556 %) TestPartner 4 1 (0.556 %) FrontPage	General 1 51 (28.33 %) Finance 2 12 (6.667 %) Financial Institution 3 11 (6.111 %) Health 3 11 (6.111 %) Retail 4 8 (4.444 %) Publishing 5 7 (3.889 %) Pensions 6 6 (3.333 %) Telecoms 7 3 (1.667 %) Banking 8 2 (1.111 %) Insurance 8 2 (1.111 %) Education 9 1 (0.556 %) Law 9 1 (0.556 %) Legal 9 1 (0.556 %) Electronics 9 1 (0.556 %) Aerospace 9 1 (0.556 %) Construction 9 1 (0.556 %) Games
Job Titles 1 53 (29.44 %) Analyst 2 41 (22.78 %) Test Manager 2 41 (22.78 %) Tester 3 38 (21.11 %) Test Analyst 4 20 (11.11 %) Software Tester 5 18 (10.00 %) Consultant 6 10 (5.556 %) Test Engineer 6 10 (5.556 %) QA Analyst 7 9 (5.000 %) Support Analyst 8 6 (3.333 %) Software Engineer 9 4 (2.222 %) Developer 9 4 (2.222 %) Programmer 9 4 (2.222 %) Applications Support 9 4 (2.222 %) Software Development Engineer 9 4 (2.222 %) Software Test Engineer 9 4 (2.222 %) Senior Test Engineer 10 3 (1.667 %) Test Specialist 10 3 (1.667 %) QA Tester 10 3 (1.667 %) Senior Tester 10 3 (1.667 %) Software Consultant	Miscellaneous 1 11 (6.111 %) Mainframe 2 6 (3.333 %) Computer Science 3 3 (1.667 %) DTV 3 3 (1.667 %) STB 4 2 (1.111 %) Web 2.0 4 2 (1.111 %) NHS 5 1 (0.556 %) N-Tier 5 1 (0.556 %) Management Information System 5 1 (0.556 %) Tandem 5 1 (0.556 %) PDA 5 1 (0.556 %) Statistics 5 1 (0.556 %) Mathematics
Operating Systems 1 27 (15.00 %) Windows 2 15 (8.333 %) UNIX 3 13 (7.222 %) Windows Server 2003 4 11 (6.111 %) Windows 2000 Server 5 8 (4.444 %) Windows XP 6 5 (2.778 %) Linux 7 2 (1.111 %) Windows 2000 7 2 (1.111 %) MVS 7 2 (1.111 %) Windows Mobile	Processes & Methodologies 1 23 (12.78 %) Automated Testing 2 18 (10.00 %) Test Scripting 2 18 (10.00 %) Project Management 2 18 (10.00 %) Regression Testing 3 17 (9.444 %) User Acceptance Testing 4 16 (8.889 %) System Testing 5 13 (7.222 %) Unit Testing 6 12 (6.667 %) Manual Testing 7 11 (6.111 %) Test Management 8 10 (5.556 %) V-Model 9 6 (3.333 %) PRINCE2 10 5 (2.778 %) E-Commerce 10 5 (2.778 %) Quality Management 10 5 (2.778 %) Integration Testing 10 5 (2.778 %) QMS 10 5 (2.778 %) Requirements Analysis 11 4 (2.222 %) Validation 11 4 (2.222 %) Time Management 11 4 (2.222 %) PRINCE 12 3 (1.667 %) ITIL
Programming Languages 1 37 (20.56 %) SQL 2 10 (5.556 %) JavaScript 3 7 (3.889 %) C 3 7 (3.889 %) VB 3 7 (3.889 %) Java 4 6 (3.333 %) C++ 5 4 (2.222 %) C# 5 4 (2.222 %) Perl 5 4 (2.222 %) VB6 5 4 (2.222 %) VBScript 6 2 (1.111 %) COBOL 7 1 (0.556 %) PHP 7 1 (0.556 %) PL/SQL 7 1 (0.556 %) VB.NET 7 1 (0.556 %) Ruby	Qualifications 1 91 (50.56 %) ISEB 2 30 (16.67 %) ISEB Practitioner 3 22 (12.22 %) Degree 4 9 (5.000 %) Microsoft Certification 5 6 (3.333 %) MCP 5 6 (3.333 %) MCSE 6 3 (1.667 %) HND 7 2 (1.111 %) ISTQB 8 1 (0.556 %) PRINCE2 Practitioner 8 1 (0.556 %) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 55 (30.56 %) QA 2 8 (4.444 %) ISO9001 2 8 (4.444 %) TickIT	Vendors 1 33 (18.33 %) Oracle 2 19 (10.56 %) Microsoft 3 9 (5.000 %) MKS 4 3 (1.667 %) HP 4 3 (1.667 %) Citrix 5 2 (1.111 %) Exchequer 5 2 (1.111 %) Pegasus 5 2 (1.111 %) JD Edwards 5 2 (1.111 %) Sage 5 2 (1.111 %) Infor 5 2 (1.111 %) Sybase 5 2 (1.111 %) SAP