The first table below looks at the demand for Test Strategy skills in IT jobs advertised for the Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Test Strategy over the 3 months to 23 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 Yorkshire region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Strategy
Rank 180 162 183
Rank change year-on-year
-18 +21
Permanent jobs citing Test Strategy 31 44 18
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Yorkshire 0.569% 0.844% 0.353%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.735% 1.122% 0.494%
Number of salaries quoted 24 37 14
Average salary £36,250 £35,000 £25,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.57% +40.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,400 £29,600 £21,000
10% offered a salary of more than £48,200 £45,000 £49,150
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £42,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year
+5.88% -
All Processes & Methodologies
Yorkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
4216 3920 3645
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Yorkshire 77.41% 75.20% 71.39%
Number of salaries quoted 3265 3212 3088
Average salary £37,500 £36,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.73% +4.28%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £25,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £52,500 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Test Strategy
England

Test Strategy
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Yorkshire Test Strategy Jobs Demand Trend

Test Strategy
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Test Strategy across the Yorkshire region.

Yorkshire Test Strategy Salary Trend

Test Strategy
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Test Strategy across the Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Yorkshire Test Strategy Salary Histogram

Test Strategy
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Test Strategy within the Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 23 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
West Yorkshire -12 26 £36,000 -10.00%
South Yorkshire +9 3 £40,000 +14.28%
North Yorkshire -5 2 £31,000 -4.61%
Test Strategy
England

Test Strategy
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Yorkshire region citing Test Strategy 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 Test Strategy.

1 39 (53.42%) QA
2 35 (47.95%) HP Quality Center
3 30 (41.10%) SQL
3 30 (41.10%) JIRA
4 23 (31.51%) ISTQB
4 23 (31.51%) Automated Testing
5 22 (30.14%) Bugzilla
6 19 (26.03%) ISEB
7 18 (24.66%) Test Management
8 15 (20.55%) Test Scripting
9 14 (19.18%) Finance
10 13 (17.81%) JUnit
10 13 (17.81%) SOAP
11 12 (16.44%) Selenium
12 11 (15.07%) Degree
12 11 (15.07%) Java
12 11 (15.07%) E-Commerce
12 11 (15.07%) Games
12 11 (15.07%) Scrum
13 10 (13.70%) Performance Testing
14 9 (12.33%) BDD
14 9 (12.33%) Test Automation
14 9 (12.33%) XML
14 9 (12.33%) TDD
15 8 (10.96%) VBScript
15 8 (10.96%) VB
15 8 (10.96%) User Acceptance Testing
16 5 (6.849%) Agile Software Development
16 5 (6.849%) SAP
17 4 (5.479%) Quality Management

Test Strategy
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Yorkshire region citing Test Strategy 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 Test Strategy. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 13 (17.81%) SOAP
2 9 (12.33%) XML
3 2 (2.740%) JSP
3 2 (2.740%) .NET
3 2 (2.740%) J2EE
3 2 (2.740%) HTML
3 2 (2.740%) Spring
3 2 (2.740%) Hibernate
4 1 (1.370%) .NET Framework
4 1 (1.370%) ASP.NET
Applications
1 2 (2.740%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 1 (1.370%) SAP SCM
1 1 (1.370%) SAP HR
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.740%) HTTP
Development Applications
1 30 (41.10%) JIRA
2 22 (30.14%) Bugzilla
3 13 (17.81%) JUnit
4 12 (16.44%) Selenium
5 3 (4.110%) LoadRunner
6 2 (2.740%) DbUnit
6 2 (2.740%) FitNesse
General
1 14 (19.18%) Finance
2 11 (15.07%) Games
3 1 (1.370%) Manufacturing
3 1 (1.370%) Banking
3 1 (1.370%) Billing
Job Titles
1 33 (45.21%) Analyst
2 30 (41.10%) Test Analyst
3 22 (30.14%) Technical Test Analyst
3 22 (30.14%) Technical Analyst
4 17 (23.29%) Tester
5 10 (13.70%) Test Manager
6 7 (9.589%) Test Leader
6 7 (9.589%) Senior Test Analyst
6 7 (9.589%) Senior Analyst
7 4 (5.479%) Performance Tester
8 3 (4.110%) QA Manager
8 3 (4.110%) Test Coordinator
8 3 (4.110%) Software Tester
8 3 (4.110%) QA Analyst
8 3 (4.110%) Coordinator
9 2 (2.740%) Senior Java Developer
9 2 (2.740%) QA Tester
9 2 (2.740%) Senior Tester
9 2 (2.740%) Java Developer
9 2 (2.740%) Senior Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (1.370%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.740%) UNIX
1 2 (2.740%) Solaris
1 2 (2.740%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (31.51%) Automated Testing
2 18 (24.66%) Test Management
3 15 (20.55%) Test Scripting
4 11 (15.07%) E-Commerce
4 11 (15.07%) Scrum
5 10 (13.70%) Performance Testing
6 9 (12.33%) BDD
6 9 (12.33%) Test Automation
6 9 (12.33%) TDD
7 8 (10.96%) User Acceptance Testing
8 5 (6.849%) Agile Software Development
9 4 (5.479%) Quality Management
9 4 (5.479%) Process Improvement
9 4 (5.479%) Software Testing
9 4 (5.479%) IT Governance
10 3 (4.110%) Matrix Management
10 3 (4.110%) Manual Testing
10 3 (4.110%) Stakeholder Management
11 2 (2.740%) OOP
11 2 (2.740%) Information Management
Programming Languages
1 30 (41.10%) SQL
2 11 (15.07%) Java
3 8 (10.96%) VBScript
3 8 (10.96%) VB
4 2 (2.740%) Python
4 2 (2.740%) Perl
5 1 (1.370%) C#
Qualifications
1 23 (31.51%) ISTQB
2 19 (26.03%) ISEB
3 11 (15.07%) Degree
4 1 (1.370%) SC Cleared
4 1 (1.370%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (53.42%) QA
2 1 (1.370%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Systems Management
1 35 (47.95%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 5 (6.849%) SAP
2 3 (4.110%) HP
3 2 (2.740%) Microsoft