The first table below looks at the demand for the Tester role in IT jobs advertised for the Bristol 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 18 June 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 Bristol region.

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Tester
Rank 97 97 108
Rank change year-on-year
0 +11
Permanent jobs requiring a Tester 21 16 11
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bristol 1.235% 0.927% 0.590%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.276% 0.974% 0.636%
Number of salaries quoted 21 14 9
Average salary £34,000 £28,250 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+20.35% -13.07%
90% offered a salary of more than £21,000 £25,150 £28,400
10% offered a salary of more than £46,000 £42,800 £33,000
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £32,500 £32,500
All Job Titles
Bristol
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1646 1643 1729
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bristol 96.82% 95.19% 92.81%
Number of salaries quoted 1442 1432 1426
Average salary £37,500 £36,000 £34,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.16% +3.59%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £25,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £50,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Tester
South West

Tester
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bristol 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 Bristol region.

Bristol Tester Salary Trend

Tester
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Tester across the Bristol region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

Bristol Tester Salary Histogram

Tester
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Bristol 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 13 (46.43%) Automated Testing
2 12 (42.86%) Manual Testing
3 10 (35.71%) Test Scripting
3 10 (35.71%) Software Testing
3 10 (35.71%) QA
3 10 (35.71%) SQL
3 10 (35.71%) ISEB
4 7 (25.00%) Regression Testing
4 7 (25.00%) C#
5 6 (21.43%) QuickTest Pro
6 5 (17.86%) Degree
6 5 (17.86%) Test Automation
6 5 (17.86%) Test Strategy
7 4 (14.29%) PowerShell
7 4 (14.29%) HP Quality Center
7 4 (14.29%) WMI
7 4 (14.29%) User Acceptance Testing
7 4 (14.29%) Selenium
7 4 (14.29%) Microsoft
7 4 (14.29%) VBScript
7 4 (14.29%) .NET
7 4 (14.29%) Windows
7 4 (14.29%) Linux
8 3 (10.71%) JavaScript
8 3 (10.71%) Oracle
8 3 (10.71%) SQL Server
8 3 (10.71%) Data Warehouse
8 3 (10.71%) E-Commerce
8 3 (10.71%) N-Tier
8 3 (10.71%) ETL

Tester
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Bristol 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 4 (14.29%) .NET
2 3 (10.71%) Web Services
2 3 (10.71%) ActiveMQ
2 3 (10.71%) Silverlight
2 3 (10.71%) RESTful
2 3 (10.71%) HTML5
3 2 (7.143%) .NET Framework
3 2 (7.143%) CSS
3 2 (7.143%) HTML
4 1 (3.571%) CSS3
Application Platforms
1 3 (10.71%) Magento
1 3 (10.71%) Shopify
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.571%) TCP/IP
1 1 (3.571%) VPN
1 1 (3.571%) IGMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (10.71%) SQL Server
1 3 (10.71%) Data Warehouse
1 3 (10.71%) Hazelcast
2 1 (3.571%) MySQL
2 1 (3.571%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 6 (21.43%) QuickTest Pro
2 4 (14.29%) Selenium
3 3 (10.71%) FitNesse
3 3 (10.71%) Team Foundation Server
3 3 (10.71%) WebDriver
3 3 (10.71%) Cucumber
3 3 (10.71%) WATIR
General
1 2 (7.143%) Law
Miscellaneous
1 3 (10.71%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 4 (14.29%) Windows
1 4 (14.29%) Linux
2 3 (10.71%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (46.43%) Automated Testing
2 12 (42.86%) Manual Testing
3 10 (35.71%) Software Testing
3 10 (35.71%) Test Scripting
4 7 (25.00%) Regression Testing
5 5 (17.86%) Test Automation
5 5 (17.86%) Test Strategy
6 4 (14.29%) User Acceptance Testing
7 3 (10.71%) E-Commerce
7 3 (10.71%) ETL
7 3 (10.71%) Scrum
7 3 (10.71%) Agile Software Development
7 3 (10.71%) Integration Testing
7 3 (10.71%) User Stories
8 2 (7.143%) Automation Testing
8 2 (7.143%) Content Management
8 2 (7.143%) Agile Testing
8 2 (7.143%) Scalability Testing
9 1 (3.571%) Data Security
9 1 (3.571%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 10 (35.71%) SQL
2 7 (25.00%) C#
3 4 (14.29%) VBScript
3 4 (14.29%) PowerShell
4 3 (10.71%) JavaScript
5 1 (3.571%) Perl
5 1 (3.571%) C++
5 1 (3.571%) Python
5 1 (3.571%) Tcl
5 1 (3.571%) Bash shell
5 1 (3.571%) C
Qualifications
1 10 (35.71%) ISEB
2 5 (17.86%) Degree
3 1 (3.571%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (35.71%) QA
Systems Management
1 4 (14.29%) WMI
1 4 (14.29%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 4 (14.29%) Microsoft
2 3 (10.71%) Zend
2 3 (10.71%) Oracle
Bristol, Avon
The ideal candidate will have a mix of the following skills: - PHP and/or Javascript knowledge or experience... The project will involve liaising with both QA testers and...
Redrock Consulting Ltd
Salary: £25000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 14 June 2013
Bristol, Avon
Knowledge of other test automation tools (such as Selenium) would be advantageous * A knowledge of VBScript, SQL and MS Excel (including formulae and VBA macros), XML, DOS/Shell *...
Redrock Consulting Ltd
Salary: £30000 - £42000 per annum + Good Benefits Package
Posted: 17 June 2013
Bristol, Avon
Cucumber , Watir-Webdriver, Selenium or Robot Framework) A good grasp of relational databases... FitNesse) SQL knowledge... Some examples of this are Zend; connectors for eBay, Amazon, Magento and...
Parham Consulting
Salary: From £30,000 to £38,000 per annum £30,000 - £38,000 plus full benefits
Posted: 14 June 2013
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