The first table below looks at the demand for the Tester role in IT jobs advertised for the Bedfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Tester in their job title 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 Job Titles advertised for the Bedfordshire region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Tester
Rank 81 52 62
Rank change year-on-year
-29 +10
Permanent jobs requiring a Tester 9 31 15
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 0.843% 3.479% 1.618%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.888% 3.630% 1.691%
Number of salaries quoted 7 30 15
Average salary £30,000 £32,500 £27,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.69% +18.18%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £30,000 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £34,100 £41,000 £39,000
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £32,500 £32,500
All Job Titles
Bedfordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1013 854 887
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 94.94% 95.85% 95.69%
Number of salaries quoted 909 746 839
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +13.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £27,500 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.29% +2.66%
Tester
East of England

Tester
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Tester across the Bedfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Bedfordshire Tester Jobs Demand Trend

Tester
Salary Trend

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

Bedfordshire Tester Salary Trend

Tester
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Tester within the Bedfordshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
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Job
Vacancies
Bedford -13 3 £32,500 - 1
Luton - 1 - -
Tester
East of England

Tester
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Bedfordshire region that cited Tester in their job title 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 with Tester in their job title.

1 10 (55.56%) Agile Software Development
2 8 (44.44%) Test Scripting
2 8 (44.44%) ISEB
3 7 (38.89%) QA
4 6 (33.33%) Microsoft
4 6 (33.33%) SQL
5 5 (27.78%) ISTQB
6 4 (22.22%) System Testing
6 4 (22.22%) Degree
6 4 (22.22%) MS Excel
6 4 (22.22%) Client/Server
7 3 (16.67%) XML
7 3 (16.67%) SQL Server
7 3 (16.67%) Automated Testing
7 3 (16.67%) Software Testing
7 3 (16.67%) Scrum
7 3 (16.67%) BDD
7 3 (16.67%) User Acceptance Testing
8 2 (11.11%) Web Development
8 2 (11.11%) Visual Studio Team System
8 2 (11.11%) Bugzilla
8 2 (11.11%) TDD
8 2 (11.11%) NUnit
8 2 (11.11%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 2 (11.11%) Systems Analysis
8 2 (11.11%) Web Services
8 2 (11.11%) Project Management
8 2 (11.11%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (11.11%) Crystal Reports
8 2 (11.11%) FogBugz

Tester
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Bedfordshire region that cited Tester in their job title 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 with Tester in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (16.67%) XML
2 2 (11.11%) Web Services
3 1 (5.556%) ASP.NET
3 1 (5.556%) XSLT
3 1 (5.556%) .NET
Applications
1 4 (22.22%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (16.67%) SQL Server
2 2 (11.11%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 2 (11.11%) Crystal Reports
3 1 (5.556%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 2 (11.11%) Visual Studio Team System
1 2 (11.11%) Bugzilla
1 2 (11.11%) NUnit
1 2 (11.11%) FogBugz
2 1 (5.556%) Visual Studio
2 1 (5.556%) JMeter
2 1 (5.556%) JIRA
2 1 (5.556%) WebDriver
2 1 (5.556%) Selenium
General
1 1 (5.556%) Aerospace
1 1 (5.556%) Turkish Language
1 1 (5.556%) Games
Miscellaneous
1 4 (22.22%) Client/Server
2 1 (5.556%) NHS
2 1 (5.556%) Computer Science
2 1 (5.556%) Embedded Systems
2 1 (5.556%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.556%) UNIX
1 1 (5.556%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (55.56%) Agile Software Development
2 8 (44.44%) Test Scripting
3 4 (22.22%) System Testing
4 3 (16.67%) Automated Testing
4 3 (16.67%) Software Testing
4 3 (16.67%) Scrum
4 3 (16.67%) BDD
4 3 (16.67%) User Acceptance Testing
5 2 (11.11%) Web Development
5 2 (11.11%) TDD
5 2 (11.11%) Systems Analysis
5 2 (11.11%) Project Management
5 2 (11.11%) Risk Analysis
6 1 (5.556%) Automation Testing
6 1 (5.556%) Validation
6 1 (5.556%) Business Analysis
6 1 (5.556%) Test Automation
6 1 (5.556%) Continuous Improvement
6 1 (5.556%) Test Strategy
6 1 (5.556%) Performance Testing
Programming Languages
1 6 (33.33%) SQL
2 1 (5.556%) C
2 1 (5.556%) C#
2 1 (5.556%) C++
2 1 (5.556%) Delphi
2 1 (5.556%) Java
2 1 (5.556%) PL/SQL
2 1 (5.556%) Python
2 1 (5.556%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 8 (44.44%) ISEB
2 5 (27.78%) ISTQB
3 4 (22.22%) Degree
4 2 (11.11%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (5.556%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (38.89%) QA
Vendors
1 6 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.556%) Oracle
Bedford, South East
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Posted: 4 June 2013