The first table below looks at the demand for Manual Testing skills in IT jobs advertised for the Bath region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Manual Testing over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Bath region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Manual Testing
Rank 44 45 38
Rank change year-on-year
+1 -7
Permanent jobs citing Manual Testing 3 1 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bath 0.875% 0.415% 1.230%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.124% 0.559% 2.069%
Number of salaries quoted 3 1 2
Average salary £38,000 £32,500 £24,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+16.92% +35.41%
UK excluding London average salary £31,500 £35,000 £32,000
% change year-on-year
-10.00% +9.37%
All Processes & Methodologies
Bath
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
267 179 145
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bath 77.84% 74.27% 59.43%
Number of salaries quoted 247 168 131
Average salary £36,500 £35,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.28% -12.50%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,700 £28,500 £28,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £62,500 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Manual Testing
Somerset

Manual Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bath Manual Testing Jobs Demand Trend

Manual Testing
Salary Trend

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

Bath Manual Testing Salary Trend

Manual Testing
Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Bath region citing Manual 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 Manual Testing.

1 5 (100.00%) XML
1 5 (100.00%) Automated Testing
2 3 (60.00%) SWIFT
2 3 (60.00%) Software Testing
2 3 (60.00%) Finance
3 2 (40.00%) QA
3 2 (40.00%) Selenium
3 2 (40.00%) WebDriver
3 2 (40.00%) E-Commerce
3 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (40.00%) ISEB
3 2 (40.00%) QuickTest Pro
3 2 (40.00%) C#
3 2 (40.00%) Java
3 2 (40.00%) JavaScript
3 2 (40.00%) VB.NET
3 2 (40.00%) .NET
3 2 (40.00%) ASP.NET
3 2 (40.00%) CSS
3 2 (40.00%) Cucumber
3 2 (40.00%) Regression Testing

Manual Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Bath region citing Manual 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 Manual Testing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 5 (100.00%) XML
2 2 (40.00%) .NET
2 2 (40.00%) ASP.NET
2 2 (40.00%) CSS
Development Applications
1 2 (40.00%) Selenium
1 2 (40.00%) WebDriver
1 2 (40.00%) QuickTest Pro
1 2 (40.00%) Cucumber
General
1 3 (60.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) Tester
2 3 (60.00%) Software Engineer
2 3 (60.00%) Senior Software Tester
2 3 (60.00%) Senior Software Test Engineer
2 3 (60.00%) Software Tester
2 3 (60.00%) Test Engineer
2 3 (60.00%) Senior Software Engineer
2 3 (60.00%) Senior Tester
2 3 (60.00%) Software Test Engineer
2 3 (60.00%) Senior Test Engineer
3 2 (40.00%) Web Tester
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) SWIFT
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Automated Testing
2 3 (60.00%) Software Testing
3 2 (40.00%) E-Commerce
3 2 (40.00%) Regression Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) C#
1 2 (40.00%) Java
1 2 (40.00%) JavaScript
1 2 (40.00%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
Bath, Avon
As my client is in the financial services industry, experience with SWIFT messaging would be highly beneficial but not essential. The Test Analyst will need the following experience: *...
Haybrook IT Resourcing Ltd
Salary: From £35,000 to £40,000 per annum + Excellent Corporate Benefits
Posted: 18 June 2013