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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Tester
Rank 81 53 45
Rank change year-on-year
-28 -8
Permanent jobs requiring a Tester 1 3 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bracknell 0.188% 0.756% 0.548%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.198% 0.845% 0.570%
Number of salaries quoted 0 3 2
Average salary - £32,500 £43,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -25.71%
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £32,500 £32,500
All Job Titles
Bracknell
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
505 355 351
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bracknell 94.75% 89.42% 96.16%
Number of salaries quoted 327 270 303
Average salary £35,000 £42,500 £47,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-17.64% -10.52%
90% offered a salary of more than £21,500 £32,500 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £65,000 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Tester
Berkshire

Tester
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bracknell 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 Bracknell region.

Bracknell Tester Salary Trend

Tester
Top 27 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bracknell 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 5 (71.43%) Agile Software Development
1 5 (71.43%) Degree
2 4 (57.14%) QA
2 4 (57.14%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
2 4 (57.14%) Test Scripting
2 4 (57.14%) System Testing
2 4 (57.14%) NAS
2 4 (57.14%) Product Management
2 4 (57.14%) HP Quality Center
2 4 (57.14%) UNIX
2 4 (57.14%) Windows
2 4 (57.14%) NFS
2 4 (57.14%) TCP/IP
2 4 (57.14%) IPv6
2 4 (57.14%) HP
2 4 (57.14%) Hitachi
2 4 (57.14%) Veritas
2 4 (57.14%) Legato
2 4 (57.14%) VLAN
3 2 (28.57%) Management Information System
4 1 (14.29%) Java
4 1 (14.29%) Network Management
4 1 (14.29%) Web Application Development
4 1 (14.29%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (14.29%) Test Automation
4 1 (14.29%) Software Testing
4 1 (14.29%) User Acceptance Testing

Tester
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bracknell 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.

Communications & Networking
1 4 (57.14%) NAS
1 4 (57.14%) TCP/IP
1 4 (57.14%) IPv6
1 4 (57.14%) VLAN
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Team Foundation Server
Miscellaneous
1 4 (57.14%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
2 2 (28.57%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 4 (57.14%) UNIX
1 4 (57.14%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Agile Software Development
2 4 (57.14%) Test Scripting
2 4 (57.14%) System Testing
2 4 (57.14%) Product Management
3 1 (14.29%) Network Management
3 1 (14.29%) Web Application Development
3 1 (14.29%) Test Automation
3 1 (14.29%) Software Testing
3 1 (14.29%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) Java
Qualifications
1 5 (71.43%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (57.14%) QA
System Software
1 4 (57.14%) NFS
Systems Management
1 4 (57.14%) HP Quality Center
1 4 (57.14%) Legato
Vendors
1 4 (57.14%) HP
1 4 (57.14%) Hitachi
1 4 (57.14%) Veritas