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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Tester
Rank 70 78 56
Rank change year-on-year
+8 -22
Permanent jobs requiring a Tester 15 8 15
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Brighton 1.913% 1.046% 3.043%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.958% 1.060% 3.191%
Number of salaries quoted 11 7 15
Average salary £34,000 £35,000 £32,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.85% +9.37%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,500 £28,000 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £36,500 £35,000 £35,000
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £32,500 £32,500
All Job Titles
Brighton
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
766 755 470
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Brighton 97.70% 98.69% 95.33%
Number of salaries quoted 700 673 452
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £24,000 £20,000
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £45,000 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Tester
East Sussex

Tester
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Brighton 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 Brighton region.

Brighton Tester Salary Trend

Tester
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Brighton 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 15 (78.95%) Selenium
2 13 (68.42%) QA
2 13 (68.42%) SQL
3 11 (57.89%) WebDriver
4 10 (52.63%) Scrum
5 9 (47.37%) Automated Testing
5 9 (47.37%) Test Scripting
5 9 (47.37%) Cucumber
6 8 (42.11%) JIRA
7 7 (36.84%) Ruby
7 7 (36.84%) ISTQB
7 7 (36.84%) ISEB
7 7 (36.84%) Social Media
8 6 (31.58%) Jenkins
8 6 (31.58%) Git (software)
9 5 (26.32%) Degree
9 5 (26.32%) Windows
9 5 (26.32%) Linux
10 4 (21.05%) CMS
10 4 (21.05%) Manual Testing
11 3 (15.79%) Automation Testing
11 3 (15.79%) JMeter
11 3 (15.79%) Finance
11 3 (15.79%) Continuous Integration
12 2 (10.53%) Digital Marketing
12 2 (10.53%) Marketing
12 2 (10.53%) Web Development
12 2 (10.53%) BDD
13 1 (5.263%) Agile Software Development
13 1 (5.263%) Regression Testing

Tester
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Brighton 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 Platforms
1 4 (21.05%) CMS
Development Applications
1 15 (78.95%) Selenium
2 11 (57.89%) WebDriver
3 9 (47.37%) Cucumber
4 8 (42.11%) JIRA
5 6 (31.58%) Jenkins
5 6 (31.58%) Git (software)
6 3 (15.79%) JMeter
General
1 3 (15.79%) Finance
2 2 (10.53%) Marketing
Miscellaneous
1 7 (36.84%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 5 (26.32%) Windows
1 5 (26.32%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (52.63%) Scrum
2 9 (47.37%) Automated Testing
2 9 (47.37%) Test Scripting
3 4 (21.05%) Manual Testing
4 3 (15.79%) Automation Testing
4 3 (15.79%) Continuous Integration
5 2 (10.53%) Digital Marketing
5 2 (10.53%) Web Development
5 2 (10.53%) BDD
6 1 (5.263%) Agile Software Development
6 1 (5.263%) Regression Testing
6 1 (5.263%) Web Testing
6 1 (5.263%) Test Management
6 1 (5.263%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 13 (68.42%) SQL
2 7 (36.84%) Ruby
3 1 (5.263%) VBScript
3 1 (5.263%) VB
3 1 (5.263%) JavaScript
3 1 (5.263%) Perl
3 1 (5.263%) Bash shell
Qualifications
1 7 (36.84%) ISTQB
1 7 (36.84%) ISEB
2 5 (26.32%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (68.42%) QA
Brighton, South East
Main duties will be:Work with the product team leads, technical leads and product managers to understandthe new functionality being developedCreate and execute manual and automated test plans,...
DP Connect Ltd
Salary: Negotiable + Monthly and yearly bonuses
Posted: 30 April 2013
Brighton, East Sussex
You will be responsible for; *Creating test strategies for functional and non-functional requirements *Working with BA's and developers to review project documentation *Defect tracking and management *...
Austin Fraser
Salary: £35000.00 - £38000.00 per annum + benefits & monthly bonus
Posted: 22 May 2013