The first table below looks at the demand for the Tester role in IT jobs advertised for the Berkshire 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 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 Job Titles advertised for the Berkshire region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Tester
Rank 187 122 134
Rank change year-on-year
-65 +12
Permanent jobs requiring a Tester 32 102 78
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire 0.614% 1.656% 1.500%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.653% 1.753% 1.591%
Number of salaries quoted 26 92 61
Average salary £32,500 £35,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.14% -
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £30,000 £29,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £45,000 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £32,500 £32,500
All Job Titles
Berkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
4901 5818 4903
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire 94.07% 94.43% 94.27%
Number of salaries quoted 3900 4958 4077
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £42,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +1.19%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £27,500 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £62,500 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Tester
South East

Tester
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Berkshire 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 Berkshire region.

Berkshire Tester Salary Trend

Tester
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Tester across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Berkshire Tester Salary Histogram

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 Berkshire 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
Newbury -7 7 £32,500 -4.41%
Reading -38 6 £35,000 -2.77%
Slough - 3 £25,000 -
Maidenhead +12 1 £40,000 +33.33%
Bracknell -28 1 - -
Tester
South East

Tester
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Berkshire 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 32 (45.71%) QA
2 22 (31.43%) SQL
3 16 (22.86%) ISEB
4 15 (21.43%) .NET
4 15 (21.43%) Windows
4 15 (21.43%) Agile Software Development
4 15 (21.43%) Degree
5 14 (20.00%) Test Scripting
6 13 (18.57%) Selenium
7 12 (17.14%) Microsoft
8 11 (15.71%) QuickTest Pro
8 11 (15.71%) Software Testing
9 10 (14.29%) Automated Testing
9 10 (14.29%) C#
10 9 (12.86%) Java
10 9 (12.86%) Finance
10 9 (12.86%) HP Quality Center
11 8 (11.43%) HP
12 7 (10.00%) SQL Server
12 7 (10.00%) MS Excel
12 7 (10.00%) Test Automation
13 6 (8.571%) Hyper-V
13 6 (8.571%) Manual Testing
13 6 (8.571%) Computer Science
13 6 (8.571%) Automation Testing
13 6 (8.571%) Penetration Testing
13 6 (8.571%) VMware
13 6 (8.571%) UNIX
13 6 (8.571%) JavaScript
13 6 (8.571%) Citrix

Tester
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Berkshire 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 15 (21.43%) .NET
2 5 (7.143%) HTML
3 4 (5.714%) ASP.NET
4 2 (2.857%) Node.js
4 2 (2.857%) Web Services
4 2 (2.857%) XML
5 1 (1.429%) Middleware
5 1 (1.429%) Swing
5 1 (1.429%) JDBC
5 1 (1.429%) JSP
5 1 (1.429%) Cocoa
5 1 (1.429%) WCF
5 1 (1.429%) LINQ
Application Platforms
1 3 (4.286%) SharePoint
1 3 (4.286%) IIS
2 1 (1.429%) Tomcat
2 1 (1.429%) MS Exchange
2 1 (1.429%) CMS
Applications
1 7 (10.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 4 (5.714%) NAS
1 4 (5.714%) VLAN
1 4 (5.714%) IPv6
1 4 (5.714%) TCP/IP
2 3 (4.286%) VPN
2 3 (4.286%) Firewall
2 3 (4.286%) Wireless
3 2 (2.857%) UMTS
4 1 (1.429%) 3G
4 1 (1.429%) WCDMA
4 1 (1.429%) ATM
4 1 (1.429%) GSM
4 1 (1.429%) 2G
4 1 (1.429%) 4G
4 1 (1.429%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (10.00%) SQL Server
2 2 (2.857%) Big Data
2 2 (2.857%) Data Mining
3 1 (1.429%) TOAD
3 1 (1.429%) MySQL
3 1 (1.429%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 13 (18.57%) Selenium
2 11 (15.71%) QuickTest Pro
3 5 (7.143%) WinRunner
4 3 (4.286%) LoadRunner
4 3 (4.286%) QADirector
4 3 (4.286%) Team Foundation Server
4 3 (4.286%) Rational Performance Tester
5 2 (2.857%) WebDriver
5 2 (2.857%) TestPartner
5 2 (2.857%) JMeter
5 2 (2.857%) Visual Studio
6 1 (1.429%) Rational Robot
6 1 (1.429%) Eclipse
6 1 (1.429%) JUnit
6 1 (1.429%) Xcode
6 1 (1.429%) Cucumber
6 1 (1.429%) TestComplete
General
1 9 (12.86%) Finance
2 3 (4.286%) Telecoms
2 3 (4.286%) Retail
3 2 (2.857%) Billing
4 1 (1.429%) Games
4 1 (1.429%) Banking
Miscellaneous
1 6 (8.571%) Computer Science
2 5 (7.143%) Mobile App
2 5 (7.143%) SaaS
3 4 (5.714%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
4 3 (4.286%) CESG
4 3 (4.286%) Cloud Computing
4 3 (4.286%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (2.857%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.429%) EPoS
6 1 (1.429%) EMV
6 1 (1.429%) Chip and PIN
6 1 (1.429%) APACS
6 1 (1.429%) Open Source
6 1 (1.429%) iPad
6 1 (1.429%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 15 (21.43%) Windows
2 6 (8.571%) UNIX
3 4 (5.714%) Linux
4 2 (2.857%) Mac OS X
5 1 (1.429%) SUSE
5 1 (1.429%) Ubuntu
5 1 (1.429%) Windows Mobile
5 1 (1.429%) Apple iOS
5 1 (1.429%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (21.43%) Agile Software Development
2 14 (20.00%) Test Scripting
3 11 (15.71%) Software Testing
4 10 (14.29%) Automated Testing
5 7 (10.00%) Test Automation
6 6 (8.571%) Manual Testing
6 6 (8.571%) Automation Testing
6 6 (8.571%) Penetration Testing
7 5 (7.143%) Scrum
7 5 (7.143%) Regression Testing
7 5 (7.143%) System Testing
8 4 (5.714%) Product Management
8 4 (5.714%) User Acceptance Testing
9 3 (4.286%) E-Commerce
9 3 (4.286%) Knowledge Management
9 3 (4.286%) Cyber Security
9 3 (4.286%) Performance Testing
9 3 (4.286%) Security Testing
9 3 (4.286%) Web Testing
9 3 (4.286%) Test Management
Programming Languages
1 22 (31.43%) SQL
2 10 (14.29%) C#
3 9 (12.86%) Java
4 6 (8.571%) JavaScript
5 2 (2.857%) Scala
5 2 (2.857%) Ruby
5 2 (2.857%) VB.NET
5 2 (2.857%) PHP
5 2 (2.857%) C++
5 2 (2.857%) Python
5 2 (2.857%) Shell Script
6 1 (1.429%) VB
6 1 (1.429%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 16 (22.86%) ISEB
2 15 (21.43%) Degree
3 5 (7.143%) ISTQB
4 1 (1.429%) SC Cleared
4 1 (1.429%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (45.71%) QA
2 1 (1.429%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 6 (8.571%) Hyper-V
2 4 (5.714%) NFS
3 3 (4.286%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 9 (12.86%) HP Quality Center
2 4 (5.714%) Legato
Vendors
1 12 (17.14%) Microsoft
2 8 (11.43%) HP
3 6 (8.571%) VMware
3 6 (8.571%) Citrix
4 4 (5.714%) Hitachi
4 4 (5.714%) IBM
4 4 (5.714%) Veritas
5 3 (4.286%) Oracle
6 1 (1.429%) Apple
6 1 (1.429%) Google
Reading, Berkshire
Selenium, QTP, TestComplete) Experience of working within an Agile environment... Strong SQL knowledge and experience (Postgresql an advantage) Experience of Server OS (Linux, Windows Server, Suse and Ubuntu)...
Experis IT
Salary: £50000 - £60000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Maidenhead, Thames Valley
E-Resourcing is recruiting for an experienced Tester to join our clients expanding development team.This is a green-field opportunity to create a new QA function to...
E-Resourcing
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + Benefits
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