ISTQB Jobs in the South West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for ISTQB qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 3 months to 24 June 2017 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

International Software Testing Qualification Board (ISTQB) England / South West
Location	3 months to 24 Jun 2017	Same period 2016	Same period 2015
Rank	142	170	217
Rank change year-on-year	+28	+47
Permanent jobs citing ISTQB	93	71	34
As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South West	1.78%	1.35%	0.57%
As % of the Qualifications category	5.65%	4.41%	1.89%
Number of salaries quoted	78	57	33
Median salary	£37,500	£45,000	£35,000
Median salary % change year-on-year	-16.66%	+28.57%
90% offered a salary of more than	£31,850	£32,331	£25,300
10% offered a salary of more than	£45,750	£57,500	£55,500
UK excluding London median salary	£37,500	£37,500	£39,500
% change year-on-year	-	-5.06%

ISTQB is in the academic qualifications and professional certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all academic qualifications and professional certifications cited in permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West.

Academic & Professional Certification South West
Permanent job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications	1646	1611	1800
As % of all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the South West	31.51%	30.67%	30.01%
Number of salaries quoted	1273	1271	1422
Median salary	£42,500	£40,500	£39,000
Median salary % change year-on-year	+4.93%	+3.84%
90% offered a salary of more than	£25,546	£26,989	£24,000
10% offered a salary of more than	£62,500	£60,000	£65,000
UK excluding London median salary	£42,500	£42,500	£41,674
% change year-on-year	-	+1.98%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

The job posting trend of jobs advertised in the South West citing ISTQB as a proportion of all permanent or contract IT jobs with a match in the Qualifications category.

Job vacancy trend for ISTQB in the South West

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Salary Trend in the South West

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing ISTQB in the South West.

Salary trend for ISTQB in the South West

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Salary Histogram in the South West

The salary distribution of IT jobs citing ISTQB in the South West over the 3 months to 24 June 2017.

Salary histogram for ISTQB in the South West

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Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing ISTQB within the South West region over the 3 months to 24 June 2017. 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	Rank Change on Same Period Last Year	Matching Permanent IT Job Ads	Median Salary Last 3 Months	Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Job Vacancies
Bristol	+18	43	£42,500	-22.72%	6
Somerset	+4	20	£36,000	-4.00%
Gloucestershire	-15	16	£40,000	-11.11%	2
Wiltshire	+11	13	£32,500	-27.77%	4
Devon	0	1	-	-
ISTQB England

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Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills in the South West

For the 6 months to 24 June 2017, IT jobs citing ISTQB also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number co-occurrences and its proportion to all job ads across the South West region with a requirement for ISTQB.

1	162 (76.78%)	Test Automation
2	145 (68.72%)	Agile Software Development
3	139 (65.88%)	ISEB
4	107 (50.71%)	Selenium
5	93 (44.08%)	SQL
6	92 (43.60%)	Software Testing
7	87 (41.23%)	Cucumber
8	66 (31.28%)	Java
9	65 (30.81%)	Test Scripting
10	62 (29.38%)	C#
11	61 (28.91%)	Waterfall
11	61 (28.91%)	Non-Functional Testing
12	57 (27.01%)	Test Strategy
13	52 (24.64%)	User Acceptance Testing
13	52 (24.64%)	ISTQB Foundation Certification

14	48 (22.75%)	QA
14	48 (22.75%)	BDD
15	46 (21.80%)	SpecFlow
15	46 (21.80%)	Manual Testing
15	46 (21.80%)	Scrum
16	45 (21.33%)	Finance
16	45 (21.33%)	Security Cleared
17	43 (20.38%)	Test Management
17	43 (20.38%)	Microsoft
18	41 (19.43%)	Team Foundation Server
19	38 (18.01%)	Windows
20	37 (17.54%)	Ruby
21	36 (17.06%)	Performance Testing
21	36 (17.06%)	JIRA
22	35 (16.59%)	SDLC

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Co-occurring IT Skills in the South West by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
Applications
Business Applications
Cloud Services
Communications & Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
Development Applications
General
Job Titles
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
Miscellaneous
Operating Systems
Processes & Methodologies
Programming Languages
Qualifications
Quality Assurance & Compliance
System Software
Systems Management
Vendors

Application Platforms
1	5 (2.37%)	Apache Spark
2	2 (0.95%)	CMS
2	2 (0.95%)	Sitecore CMS
2	2 (0.95%)	Umbraco
3	1 (0.47%)	FileNet
3	1 (0.47%)	GlassFish
3	1 (0.47%)	Oracle Workflow
3	1 (0.47%)	SharePoint

Applications
1	5 (2.37%)	Microsoft Office
1	5 (2.37%)	Mingle
2	4 (1.90%)	Microsoft Excel
3	3 (1.42%)	MS Visio

Business Applications
1	8 (3.79%)	SAP Oil and Gas
2	1 (0.47%)	Sonata

Cloud Services
1	13 (6.16%)	Amazon AWS
2	9 (4.27%)	Microsoft Azure
2	9 (4.27%)	SaaS
3	8 (3.79%)	IaaS
3	8 (3.79%)	PaaS
4	2 (0.95%)	Lucidchart

Communications & Networking
1	8 (3.79%)	SSL
2	5 (2.37%)	SSH
3	2 (0.95%)	Internet
4	1 (0.47%)	FTP

Database & Business Intelligence
1	12 (5.69%)	Data Warehouse
2	8 (3.79%)	SQL Server
3	5 (2.37%)	Apache Accumulo
3	5 (2.37%)	Hadoop
3	5 (2.37%)	NoSQL
4	3 (1.42%)	MySQL
4	3 (1.42%)	SQL Server Reporting Services
5	1 (0.47%)	Azure SQL Data Warehouse
5	1 (0.47%)	DB2
5	1 (0.47%)	Power BI
5	1 (0.47%)	RDBMS
5	1 (0.47%)	Relational Database

Development Applications
1	107 (50.71%)	Selenium
2	87 (41.23%)	Cucumber
3	46 (21.80%)	SpecFlow
4	41 (19.43%)	Team Foundation Server
5	36 (17.06%)	JIRA
6	32 (15.17%)	LoadRunner
7	28 (13.27%)	JMeter
8	26 (12.32%)	Jenkins
8	26 (12.32%)	WebDriver
9	25 (11.85%)	Atlassian Bamboo
10	22 (10.43%)	SoapUI
11	20 (9.48%)	Git (software)
12	19 (9.00%)	WATIR
13	18 (8.53%)	Visual Studio
14	14 (6.64%)	Capybara
14	14 (6.64%)	LoadUI
15	12 (5.69%)	JUnit
16	11 (5.21%)	Jasmine
16	11 (5.21%)	Protractor
16	11 (5.21%)	TestNG

General
1	45 (21.33%)	Finance
2	21 (9.95%)	Marketing
3	17 (8.06%)	Telecoms
4	14 (6.64%)	Banking
5	9 (4.27%)	Manufacturing
6	8 (3.79%)	Electronics
7	7 (3.32%)	Retail
8	6 (2.84%)	Advertising
9	3 (1.42%)	Games
10	2 (0.95%)	Aerospace
10	2 (0.95%)	Financial Institution
10	2 (0.95%)	Law

Job Titles
1	99 (46.92%)	Analyst
2	78 (36.97%)	Test Analyst
3	72 (34.12%)	Test Engineer
4	42 (19.91%)	Test Automation Engineer
5	18 (8.53%)	Test Manager
6	15 (7.11%)	Senior Analyst
6	15 (7.11%)	Tester
7	14 (6.64%)	Senior Test Engineer
8	13 (6.16%)	Software Analyst
8	13 (6.16%)	Software Test Analyst
9	12 (5.69%)	QA Analyst
9	12 (5.69%)	Senior Test Analyst
10	11 (5.21%)	Senior Test Automation Engineer
11	10 (4.74%)	Business Analyst
11	10 (4.74%)	Manual Test Analyst
11	10 (4.74%)	QA Engineer
11	10 (4.74%)	QA Test Engineer
12	9 (4.27%)	Consultant
13	8 (3.79%)	Automation Tester
14	7 (3.32%)	Automation Test Analyst

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1	18 (8.53%)	REST
2	16 (7.58%)	SOAP
3	14 (6.64%)	Behat
3	14 (6.64%)	Gherkin
4	13 (6.16%)	.NET
5	8 (3.79%)	AngularJS
5	8 (3.79%)	JSON
5	8 (3.79%)	React
5	8 (3.79%)	Web Services
5	8 (3.79%)	XML
6	3 (1.42%)	HTML
6	3 (1.42%)	LAMP
6	3 (1.42%)	Ruby on Rails
7	2 (0.95%)	XHTML
8	1 (0.47%)	ASP.NET
8	1 (0.47%)	RESTful

Miscellaneous
1	17 (8.06%)	Analytical Skills
2	9 (4.27%)	Computer Science
3	8 (3.79%)	Mobile App
4	7 (3.32%)	Greenfield Project
5	5 (2.37%)	Linux Command Line
6	2 (0.95%)	Cyber Defence
7	1 (0.47%)	Cyberthreat
7	1 (0.47%)	Driving Licence
7	1 (0.47%)	Enterprise Software
7	1 (0.47%)	Replication
7	1 (0.47%)	User Experience

Operating Systems
1	38 (18.01%)	Windows
2	24 (11.37%)	Linux
3	5 (2.37%)	Unix
4	3 (1.42%)	Windows 10
4	3 (1.42%)	Windows 7
4	3 (1.42%)	Windows Server
4	3 (1.42%)	Windows Server 2008
4	3 (1.42%)	Windows Server 2012
5	2 (0.95%)	Android
5	2 (0.95%)	Apple iOS
6	1 (0.47%)	AIX

Processes & Methodologies
1	162 (76.78%)	Test Automation
2	145 (68.72%)	Agile Software Development
3	92 (43.60%)	Software Testing
4	65 (30.81%)	Test Scripting
5	61 (28.91%)	Non-Functional Testing
5	61 (28.91%)	Waterfall
6	57 (27.01%)	Test Strategy
7	52 (24.64%)	User Acceptance Testing
8	48 (22.75%)	BDD
9	46 (21.80%)	Manual Testing
9	46 (21.80%)	Scrum
10	43 (20.38%)	Test Management
11	36 (17.06%)	Performance Testing
12	35 (16.59%)	SDLC
13	34 (16.11%)	Functional Testing
13	34 (16.11%)	Load Testing
14	33 (15.64%)	Continuous Integration
14	33 (15.64%)	User Stories
15	32 (15.17%)	TDD
16	26 (12.32%)	Defect Management

Programming Languages
1	93 (44.08%)	SQL
2	66 (31.28%)	Java
3	62 (29.38%)	C#
4	37 (17.54%)	Ruby
5	23 (10.90%)	C++
6	21 (9.95%)	Python
7	12 (5.69%)	C
8	10 (4.74%)	T-SQL
9	5 (2.37%)	Bash Shell
9	5 (2.37%)	JavaScript
9	5 (2.37%)	Perl
9	5 (2.37%)	PHP
9	5 (2.37%)	XPath
10	4 (1.90%)	VBScript
11	1 (0.47%)	VB
11	1 (0.47%)	VB6
11	1 (0.47%)	VBA

Qualifications
1	139 (65.88%)	ISEB
2	52 (24.64%)	ISTQB Foundation Certification
3	45 (21.33%)	Security Cleared
4	29 (13.74%)	Degree
5	25 (11.85%)	DV Cleared
6	12 (5.69%)	SC Cleared
7	9 (4.27%)	Computer Science Degree
8	7 (3.32%)	ITIL Certification

Quality Assurance & Compliance
1	48 (22.75%)	QA

System Software
1	5 (2.37%)	Docker

Systems Management
1	23 (10.90%)	HP Quality Center
2	5 (2.37%)	Opscode Chef
2	5 (2.37%)	Puppet

Vendors
1	43 (20.38%)	Microsoft
2	27 (12.80%)	HP
3	9 (4.27%)	Atlassian
3	9 (4.27%)	Cognizant
4	8 (3.79%)	SAP
5	5 (2.37%)	CA Agile Central
6	2 (0.95%)	Sitecore
7	1 (0.47%)	Cadence
7	1 (0.47%)	Capita
7	1 (0.47%)	Civica
7	1 (0.47%)	Northgate
7	1 (0.47%)	Oracle