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This section looks at the demand for the Tester role in IT jobs within the Bradford region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. 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 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Tester
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank7259
Rank change on same period last yearDown-13
Matching permanent IT job ads32
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.002 %0.001 %
As % of the category below0.313 %0.306 %
Salaries quoted12
Average minimum salary£25,000£32,500
Average salary£28,500£35,000
% change on same period last year-18.57 %
Average maximum salary£32,000£37,500
UK excluding London average salary£32,018£32,125
% change on same period last year-0.33 %
Bradford IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Bradford
Matching permanent IT job ads957653
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.515 %0.272 %
Salaries quoted676536
Average minimum salary£31,559£30,907
Average salary£34,363£32,847
% change on same period last year+4.61 %
Average maximum salary£37,166£34,787
UK excluding London average salary£38,055£39,430
% change on same period last year-3.48 %
Tester West YorkshireTester
West Yorkshire

Tester
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Tester across the Bradford region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Bradford Tester Demand Trend

Tester
Salary Trend

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

Bradford Tester Salary Trend

Tester
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs across the Bradford 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.

110 (47.62 %)ISEB
27 (33.33 %)Finance
36 (28.57 %)Software Testing
36 (28.57 %)Manual Testing
45 (23.81 %)Automated Testing
45 (23.81 %)QA
45 (23.81 %)ISEB Practitioner
54 (19.05 %)TickIT
54 (19.05 %)PRINCE2
54 (19.05 %)ISO9001
54 (19.05 %)Microsoft
54 (19.05 %)PRINCE2 Certification
54 (19.05 %)Test Scripting
63 (14.29 %)Security Testing
63 (14.29 %)System Testing
63 (14.29 %)Network Security
63 (14.29 %)Publishing
63 (14.29 %)Penetration Testing
63 (14.29 %).NET
63 (14.29 %)UNIX
63 (14.29 %)Windows
63 (14.29 %)Regression Testing
63 (14.29 %)TestDirector
63 (14.29 %)LoadRunner
72 (9.524 %)Problem Management
81 (4.762 %)BASE24
81 (4.762 %)Migration
81 (4.762 %)WinRunner
81 (4.762 %)C
81 (4.762 %)Tandem

Tester
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs across the Bradford 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.

Bradford IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
13 (14.29 %).NET
21 (4.762 %)WebServices
21 (4.762 %)XML
21 (4.762 %)EDI
Bradford IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (4.762 %)BizTalk Server
Bradford IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (4.762 %)BASE24
Bradford IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
13 (14.29 %)Network Security
Bradford IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
13 (14.29 %)TestDirector
13 (14.29 %)LoadRunner
21 (4.762 %)WinRunner
Bradford IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
17 (33.33 %)Finance
23 (14.29 %)Publishing
31 (4.762 %)Banking
Bradford IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (4.762 %)EFT
11 (4.762 %)Mainframe
11 (4.762 %)Tandem
Bradford IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
13 (14.29 %)UNIX
13 (14.29 %)Windows
Bradford IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
16 (28.57 %)Software Testing
16 (28.57 %)Manual Testing
25 (23.81 %)Automated Testing
34 (19.05 %)PRINCE2
34 (19.05 %)Test Scripting
43 (14.29 %)Security Testing
43 (14.29 %)Regression Testing
43 (14.29 %)Penetration Testing
43 (14.29 %)System Testing
52 (9.524 %)Problem Management
61 (4.762 %)Migration
Bradford IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (4.762 %)C
Bradford IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
110 (47.62 %)ISEB
25 (23.81 %)ISEB Practitioner
34 (19.05 %)PRINCE2 Certification
Bradford IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
15 (23.81 %)QA
24 (19.05 %)ISO9001
24 (19.05 %)TickIT
Bradford IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
14 (19.05 %)Microsoft