The first table below looks at the demand for the Software Tester role in IT jobs advertised for the Buckinghamshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Software Tester in their job title over the 3 months to 21 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 Buckinghamshire region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Tester
Rank 129 118 129
Rank change year-on-year
-11 +11
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Tester 9 6 6
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 0.441% 0.312% 0.288%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.457% 0.329% 0.306%
Number of salaries quoted 8 3 6
Average salary £27,500 £31,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-11.29% -22.50%
UK excluding London average salary £30,000 £28,750 £30,000
% change year-on-year
+4.34% -4.16%
All Job Titles
Buckinghamshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1968 1823 1959
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 96.33% 94.85% 94.18%
Number of salaries quoted 1707 1547 1731
Average salary £40,500 £37,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+8.00% -
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £22,500 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £56,000 £55,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Software Tester
South East

Software Tester
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Buckinghamshire Software Tester Jobs Demand Trend

Software Tester
Salary Trend

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

Buckinghamshire Software Tester Salary Trend

Software Tester
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Tester within the Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 21 May 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
Milton Keynes -14 8 £27,500 -11.29%
High Wycombe - 1 £22,500 -
Software Tester
South East

Software Tester
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Buckinghamshire region that cited Software 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 Software Tester in their job title.

1 12 (70.59%) Software Testing
2 11 (64.71%) ISEB
3 9 (52.94%) Automated Testing
4 8 (47.06%) QA
4 8 (47.06%) QuickTest Pro
5 7 (41.18%) SQL
6 6 (35.29%) C#
6 6 (35.29%) Finance
6 6 (35.29%) TestDirector
7 5 (29.41%) Microsoft
7 5 (29.41%) XML
7 5 (29.41%) .NET
7 5 (29.41%) Agile Software Development
7 5 (29.41%) Test Scripting
8 4 (23.53%) User Acceptance Testing
8 4 (23.53%) Regression Testing
9 3 (17.65%) Automotive
9 3 (17.65%) Web Services
9 3 (17.65%) Client/Server
9 3 (17.65%) Oracle
9 3 (17.65%) SQL Server
9 3 (17.65%) MS Office
9 3 (17.65%) Visual Studio
9 3 (17.65%) HTML
9 3 (17.65%) Java
9 3 (17.65%) JavaScript
9 3 (17.65%) Degree
9 3 (17.65%) JIRA
9 3 (17.65%) V-Model
10 2 (11.76%) Test Automation

Software Tester
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Buckinghamshire region that cited Software 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 Software Tester in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 5 (29.41%) XML
1 5 (29.41%) .NET
2 3 (17.65%) Web Services
2 3 (17.65%) HTML
3 2 (11.76%) ASP.NET
3 2 (11.76%) CSS
4 1 (5.882%) JSP
4 1 (5.882%) XHTML
4 1 (5.882%) .NET Framework
4 1 (5.882%) jQuery
Applications
1 3 (17.65%) MS Office
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (17.65%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 8 (47.06%) QuickTest Pro
2 6 (35.29%) TestDirector
3 3 (17.65%) Visual Studio
3 3 (17.65%) JIRA
4 2 (11.76%) Selenium
General
1 6 (35.29%) Finance
2 3 (17.65%) Automotive
Miscellaneous
1 3 (17.65%) Client/Server
2 1 (5.882%) NHS
2 1 (5.882%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 2 (11.76%) Windows
2 1 (5.882%) UNIX
2 1 (5.882%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (70.59%) Software Testing
2 9 (52.94%) Automated Testing
3 5 (29.41%) Agile Software Development
3 5 (29.41%) Test Scripting
4 4 (23.53%) User Acceptance Testing
4 4 (23.53%) Regression Testing
5 3 (17.65%) V-Model
6 2 (11.76%) Test Automation
6 2 (11.76%) MSF
6 2 (11.76%) E-Commerce
6 2 (11.76%) Scrum
7 1 (5.882%) Automation Testing
7 1 (5.882%) Continuous Integration
7 1 (5.882%) Manual Testing
7 1 (5.882%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (41.18%) SQL
2 6 (35.29%) C#
3 3 (17.65%) Java
3 3 (17.65%) JavaScript
4 2 (11.76%) Delphi
5 1 (5.882%) Tcl
5 1 (5.882%) Python
Qualifications
1 11 (64.71%) ISEB
2 3 (17.65%) Degree
3 1 (5.882%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (47.06%) QA
Vendors
1 5 (29.41%) Microsoft
2 3 (17.65%) Oracle
3 2 (11.76%) Telerik
Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire
This will be achieved by identifying requirements, writing functional specifications, communicating with the developers, assisting with project management, testing features and assisting with the release management. Working in...
Ashdown IT
Salary: £25000 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013