The first table below looks at the demand for Manual Testing skills in IT jobs advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Manual Testing over the 3 months to 21 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 Berkshire region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Manual Testing
Rank 205 207 164
Rank change year-on-year
+2 -43
Permanent jobs citing Manual Testing 12 20 33
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire 0.230% 0.326% 0.646%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.332% 0.465% 0.947%
Number of salaries quoted 11 20 32
Average salary £32,500 £41,250 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-21.21% +3.12%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £32,500 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £51,350 £46,950
UK excluding London average salary £32,000 £35,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
-8.57% +7.69%
All Processes & Methodologies
Berkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
3613 4303 3486
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire 69.27% 70.12% 68.26%
Number of salaries quoted 2768 3629 2893
Average salary £47,000 £45,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.44% -
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £31,500 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Manual Testing
South East

Manual Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Berkshire 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 Berkshire region.

Berkshire Manual Testing Salary Trend

Manual Testing
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Manual Testing across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Berkshire Manual Testing Salary Histogram

Manual Testing
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Manual Testing within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 21 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
Reading -6 4 £35,000 -
Newbury +12 3 £32,500 -12.16%
Manual Testing
South East

Manual Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Berkshire 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 17 (62.96%) QA
2 16 (59.26%) ISEB
3 15 (55.56%) Agile Software Development
4 13 (48.15%) Regression Testing
5 12 (44.44%) Test Scripting
5 12 (44.44%) ISTQB
6 11 (40.74%) Automated Testing
6 11 (40.74%) Windows
7 10 (37.04%) Microsoft
7 10 (37.04%) Telecoms
8 9 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
8 9 (33.33%) Nokia
8 9 (33.33%) Scrum
8 9 (33.33%) GSM
8 9 (33.33%) UMTS
9 8 (29.63%) Software Testing
10 6 (22.22%) HP
10 6 (22.22%) HP Quality Center
11 5 (18.52%) Team Foundation Server
11 5 (18.52%) QuickTest Pro
12 4 (14.81%) Windows Vista
13 3 (11.11%) JIRA
13 3 (11.11%) SilkPerformer
13 3 (11.11%) Marketing
13 3 (11.11%) Performance Testing
13 3 (11.11%) Borland
13 3 (11.11%) SQL Server
13 3 (11.11%) Test Automation
13 3 (11.11%) Automation Testing
14 2 (7.407%) System Testing

Manual Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Berkshire 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 2 (7.407%) HTML
2 1 (3.704%) WCF
2 1 (3.704%) LINQ
2 1 (3.704%) .NET
2 1 (3.704%) ASP.NET
Applications
1 2 (7.407%) MS Project
1 2 (7.407%) MS Office
1 2 (7.407%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 9 (33.33%) GSM
1 9 (33.33%) UMTS
2 1 (3.704%) VoIP
2 1 (3.704%) TCP/IP
2 1 (3.704%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (11.11%) SQL Server
2 1 (3.704%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 5 (18.52%) Team Foundation Server
1 5 (18.52%) QuickTest Pro
2 3 (11.11%) JIRA
2 3 (11.11%) SilkPerformer
3 1 (3.704%) QADirector
3 1 (3.704%) Selenium
3 1 (3.704%) TestPartner
3 1 (3.704%) Cucumber
3 1 (3.704%) WebDriver
General
1 10 (37.04%) Telecoms
2 3 (11.11%) Marketing
3 1 (3.704%) Finance
Job Titles
1 13 (48.15%) Analyst
1 13 (48.15%) Test Analyst
2 9 (33.33%) QA Engineer
3 4 (14.81%) QA Analyst
3 4 (14.81%) QA Test Analyst
3 4 (14.81%) Tester
4 3 (11.11%) QA Tester
5 2 (7.407%) Test Leader
5 2 (7.407%) Test Automation Analyst
5 2 (7.407%) Automation Analyst
5 2 (7.407%) Software Tester
6 1 (3.704%) Software Test Analyst
6 1 (3.704%) Manual Test Analyst
6 1 (3.704%) Test Engineer
6 1 (3.704%) Team Leader
6 1 (3.704%) Quality Analyst
6 1 (3.704%) Manual Tester
6 1 (3.704%) Test Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.704%) IVR
Operating Systems
1 11 (40.74%) Windows
2 4 (14.81%) Windows Vista
3 2 (7.407%) UNIX
3 2 (7.407%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (55.56%) Agile Software Development
2 13 (48.15%) Regression Testing
3 12 (44.44%) Test Scripting
4 11 (40.74%) Automated Testing
5 9 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
5 9 (33.33%) Scrum
6 8 (29.63%) Software Testing
7 3 (11.11%) Performance Testing
7 3 (11.11%) Test Automation
7 3 (11.11%) Automation Testing
8 2 (7.407%) System Testing
8 2 (7.407%) Test Management
9 1 (3.704%) Requirements Analysis
9 1 (3.704%) Continuous Integration
9 1 (3.704%) Workflow
9 1 (3.704%) TDD
9 1 (3.704%) Data Management
9 1 (3.704%) Software Engineering
9 1 (3.704%) Project Management
9 1 (3.704%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 2 (7.407%) VB
1 2 (7.407%) JavaScript
2 1 (3.704%) C#
2 1 (3.704%) SQL
2 1 (3.704%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 16 (59.26%) ISEB
2 12 (44.44%) ISTQB
3 2 (7.407%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (62.96%) QA
Systems Management
1 6 (22.22%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 10 (37.04%) Microsoft
2 9 (33.33%) Nokia
3 6 (22.22%) HP
4 3 (11.11%) Borland
Newbury, Thames Valley
Strong understanding of technical documentation review and requirements analysis. Understanding of quality process models and methodologies such as ISO, IEEE and ISEB Key responsibilities: Creating detailed Test Plans...
Satigo
Salary: £3000 - £3500 per annum + Benefit
Posted: 17 May 2013
Hungerford, Berkshire, South East
With through on-going training and career management, the Company offers opportunities for individual growth and development.Responsibilities: To develop and maintain automated test scripts in HP QTP...
Xperian Recruitment Limited
Salary: £0 - £37,000 per year + Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Berkshire Wilts Oxon Newbury Swindon, Thames...
To develop and maintain some Manual test scripts in HP QC to supplement the test AUTOMATION scripts. - Mentor other QA staff in the use of HP QTP, test...
Questor Resourcing
Salary: up to £37,000 + Bonus + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Bracknell, Berkshire
This is a fantastic opportunity to join a leading digital broadcast organisation, near Bracknell, as a Validation Engineer. You will be fully responsible for the validation activities within...
set2recruit
Posted: 17 May 2013