The first table below looks at the demand for Manual Testing skills in IT jobs advertised for the Buckinghamshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Manual Testing 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 of the Processes & Methodologies category for the Buckinghamshire region.

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Manual Testing
Rank 130 113 129
Rank change year-on-year
-17 +16
Permanent jobs citing Manual Testing 3 12 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 0.146% 0.633% 0.243%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.199% 0.857% 0.337%
Number of salaries quoted 3 5 5
Average salary £32,500 £35,938 £22,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-9.56% +59.72%
UK excluding London average salary £31,250 £35,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
-10.71% +7.69%
All Processes & Methodologies
Buckinghamshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1509 1400 1485
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 73.32% 73.80% 72.05%
Number of salaries quoted 1324 1186 1324
Average salary £42,500 £40,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.25% -
90% offered a salary of more than £28,000 £26,500 £28,500
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Manual Testing
South East

Manual Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Manual Testing across the Buckinghamshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Buckinghamshire Manual Testing Jobs Demand Trend

Manual Testing
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Manual Testing across the Buckinghamshire region.

Buckinghamshire Manual Testing Salary Trend

Manual Testing
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Manual Testing within the Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 18 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Milton Keynes -23 3 £32,500 -9.56% 1
Manual Testing
South East

Manual Testing
Top 23 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Buckinghamshire region citing Manual Testing also 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 that cited Manual Testing.

1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (40.00%) SQL
2 2 (40.00%) Agile Software Development
2 2 (40.00%) Automated Testing
2 2 (40.00%) QA
2 2 (40.00%) Software Testing
2 2 (40.00%) JIRA
2 2 (40.00%) User Stories
3 1 (20.00%) C#
3 1 (20.00%) Computer Science
3 1 (20.00%) ISTQB
3 1 (20.00%) Degree
3 1 (20.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Test Management
3 1 (20.00%) Test Scripting
3 1 (20.00%) System Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (20.00%) HP Quality Center
3 1 (20.00%) MS Excel
3 1 (20.00%) ISEB
3 1 (20.00%) Change Management
3 1 (20.00%) Regression Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Scrum

Manual Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Buckinghamshire region citing Manual Testing also 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 that cited Manual Testing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 1 (20.00%) MS Excel
Development Applications
1 2 (40.00%) JIRA
2 1 (20.00%) Team Foundation Server
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Analyst
1 4 (80.00%) Test Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Software Tester
2 1 (20.00%) Test Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Test Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) QA Test Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) QA Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Senior QA Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Senior QA Test Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Software Test Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Test Leader
2 1 (20.00%) Tester
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Computer Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Agile Software Development
1 2 (40.00%) Automated Testing
1 2 (40.00%) Software Testing
1 2 (40.00%) User Stories
2 1 (20.00%) Change Management
2 1 (20.00%) Regression Testing
2 1 (20.00%) Scrum
2 1 (20.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (20.00%) Test Management
2 1 (20.00%) Test Scripting
2 1 (20.00%) System Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) SQL
2 1 (20.00%) C#
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) ISEB
1 1 (20.00%) ISTQB
1 1 (20.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft
Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
Their pioneering software is trusted by a range of internationally recognised brands and with such a cutting edge Agile environment, this is an opportunity not to be missed...
Stott & May
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum
Posted: 12 June 2013