The first table below looks at the demand for Usability Testing skills in IT jobs advertised for the Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Usability Testing over the 3 months to 24 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Usability Testing
Rank 194 205 194
Rank change year-on-year
+11 -11
Permanent jobs citing Usability Testing 19 11 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Yorkshire 0.348% 0.212% 0.099%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.449% 0.281% 0.138%
Number of salaries quoted 19 11 5
Average salary £34,000 £45,000 £36,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-24.44% +25.00%
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £44,000 £35,500
% change year-on-year
-20.45% +23.94%
All Processes & Methodologies
Yorkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
4235 3916 3620
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Yorkshire 77.64% 75.44% 71.58%
Number of salaries quoted 3278 3201 3069
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%
Usability Testing
England

Usability Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Yorkshire Usability Testing Jobs Demand Trend

Usability Testing
Salary Trend

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

Yorkshire Usability Testing Salary Trend

Usability Testing
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Usability Testing within the Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 24 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 +6 18 £34,000 -24.44%
North Yorkshire - 1 £35,000 -
Usability Testing
England

Usability Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Yorkshire region citing Usability 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 Usability Testing.

1 28 (90.32%) .NET
2 24 (77.42%) Agile Software Development
3 22 (70.97%) Microsoft
3 22 (70.97%) Test Automation
4 18 (58.06%) Selenium
4 18 (58.06%) FitNesse
4 18 (58.06%) Cucumber
4 18 (58.06%) SpecFlow
5 17 (54.84%) SQL
5 17 (54.84%) Web Services
5 17 (54.84%) Team Foundation Server
6 15 (48.39%) XML
6 15 (48.39%) XSD
6 15 (48.39%) SOAP
6 15 (48.39%) Finance
6 15 (48.39%) WSDL
7 13 (41.94%) HP
7 13 (41.94%) QuickTest Pro
7 13 (41.94%) HP Quality Center
7 13 (41.94%) Test Management
7 13 (41.94%) User Stories
8 12 (38.71%) QA
9 11 (35.48%) soapUI
9 11 (35.48%) ISEB
9 11 (35.48%) SQL Server
9 11 (35.48%) Software Testing
10 10 (32.26%) MS Excel
11 7 (22.58%) ISTQB
11 7 (22.58%) ATDD
11 7 (22.58%) BDD

Usability Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Yorkshire region citing Usability 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 Usability Testing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 28 (90.32%) .NET
2 17 (54.84%) Web Services
3 15 (48.39%) XML
3 15 (48.39%) XSD
3 15 (48.39%) SOAP
3 15 (48.39%) WSDL
4 11 (35.48%) soapUI
5 6 (19.35%) CSS3
5 6 (19.35%) HTML5
5 6 (19.35%) WPF
5 6 (19.35%) Silverlight
5 6 (19.35%) ASP.NET
5 6 (19.35%) CSS
Applications
1 10 (32.26%) MS Excel
2 6 (19.35%) OmniGraffle
3 3 (9.677%) MS Visio
4 1 (3.226%) Photoshop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (35.48%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 18 (58.06%) Selenium
1 18 (58.06%) FitNesse
1 18 (58.06%) Cucumber
1 18 (58.06%) SpecFlow
2 17 (54.84%) Team Foundation Server
3 13 (41.94%) QuickTest Pro
4 7 (22.58%) Axure RP
5 2 (6.452%) Balsamiq Mockups
General
1 15 (48.39%) Finance
2 2 (6.452%) Marketing
2 2 (6.452%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 18 (58.06%) Analyst
1 18 (58.06%) Test Analyst
2 6 (19.35%) User Experience Architect
2 6 (19.35%) Agile Test Analyst
2 6 (19.35%) Architect
3 4 (12.90%) Tester
4 3 (9.677%) Designer
4 3 (9.677%) QA Analyst
5 2 (6.452%) Software Tester
5 2 (6.452%) Systems Tester
5 2 (6.452%) Web Designer
5 2 (6.452%) QA Tester
5 2 (6.452%) QA Test Analyst
5 2 (6.452%) Lead Designer
6 1 (3.226%) User Experience Designer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (6.452%) Computer Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (77.42%) Agile Software Development
2 22 (70.97%) Test Automation
3 13 (41.94%) Test Management
3 13 (41.94%) User Stories
4 11 (35.48%) Software Testing
5 7 (22.58%) ATDD
5 7 (22.58%) BDD
6 5 (16.13%) DSDM
7 4 (12.90%) Automated Testing
7 4 (12.90%) User Acceptance Testing
7 4 (12.90%) Continuous Improvement
8 3 (9.677%) Business Analysis
9 2 (6.452%) Enterprise Architecture
9 2 (6.452%) Scrum
10 1 (3.226%) Information Architecture
Programming Languages
1 17 (54.84%) SQL
Qualifications
1 11 (35.48%) ISEB
2 7 (22.58%) ISTQB
3 3 (9.677%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (38.71%) QA
Systems Management
1 13 (41.94%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 22 (70.97%) Microsoft
2 13 (41.94%) HP
Leeds, West Yorkshire
HP Quality Center, Microsoft TFS 2010) Use of automated test tools (e.g... SpecFlow, Fitnesse, Cucumber) Knowledge of Web Service APIs (XML /XSD/WSDL/SOAP) Knowledge of Web...
4it Recruitment Ltd
Salary: Up to £34,000 per annum
Posted: 22 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
Preferred: - Experience of BDD/ATDD techniques... HP Quality Center, Microsoft TFS 2010) - Use of automated test tools (e.g. HP QTP, Selenium, SoapUI) - Use of agile acceptance test...
The Bridge Ltd
Salary: From £27,000 to £35,000 per annum + Bonus + Bens
Posted: 24 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
Preferred: - Experience of BDD/ATDD techniques... Preferred: - Use of test management tools (eg HP Quality Center, Microsoft TFS 2010) - Use of automated test tools (eg HP QTP, Selenium,...
The Bridge Ltd
Salary: From £25,000 to £35,000 per annum + Bonus + Bens
Posted: 24 May 2013