The first table below looks at the demand for the 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 Tester in their job title over the 3 months to 23 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Tester
Rank 116 114 114
Rank change year-on-year
-2 0
Permanent jobs requiring a Tester 22 17 24
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 1.087% 0.887% 1.125%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.130% 0.935% 1.195%
Number of salaries quoted 19 8 19
Average salary £32,500 £33,250 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.25% -5.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,600 £26,900 £28,800
10% offered a salary of more than £38,400 £36,800 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £32,500 £32,500
All Job Titles
Buckinghamshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1947 1819 2009
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 96.20% 94.89% 94.19%
Number of salaries quoted 1677 1541 1775
Average salary £40,000 £37,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.66% -
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £22,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Tester
South East

Tester
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Buckinghamshire 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 Buckinghamshire region.

Buckinghamshire Tester Salary Trend

Tester
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Tester across the Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Buckinghamshire Tester Salary Histogram

Tester
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Tester within the Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 23 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 -12 20 £32,500 -
High Wycombe - 2 £23,250 -
Tester
South East

Tester
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Buckinghamshire 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 25 (40.98%) ISEB
2 21 (34.43%) QuickTest Pro
2 21 (34.43%) QA
3 20 (32.79%) Automated Testing
3 20 (32.79%) Agile Software Development
4 19 (31.15%) Regression Testing
4 19 (31.15%) Software Testing
4 19 (31.15%) Automation Testing
5 18 (29.51%) Finance
5 18 (29.51%) Microsoft
6 15 (24.59%) .NET
7 13 (21.31%) C#
8 12 (19.67%) SQL
8 12 (19.67%) XML
9 11 (18.03%) ASP.NET
9 11 (18.03%) Web Testing
10 10 (16.39%) Selenium
10 10 (16.39%) User Acceptance Testing
10 10 (16.39%) Java
11 9 (14.75%) E-Commerce
12 8 (13.11%) Test Scripting
12 8 (13.11%) ISTQB
12 8 (13.11%) JavaScript
13 7 (11.48%) VBScript
13 7 (11.48%) CSS
13 7 (11.48%) Degree
14 6 (9.836%) Cucumber
14 6 (9.836%) WebDriver
14 6 (9.836%) Validation
14 6 (9.836%) TestDirector

Tester
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Buckinghamshire 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 15 (24.59%) .NET
2 12 (19.67%) XML
3 11 (18.03%) ASP.NET
4 7 (11.48%) CSS
5 4 (6.557%) Web Services
6 2 (3.279%) .NET Framework
6 2 (3.279%) HTML
6 2 (3.279%) JSP
7 1 (1.639%) XHTML
7 1 (1.639%) LAMP
Application Platforms
1 1 (1.639%) Apache
Applications
1 5 (8.197%) MS Project
2 3 (4.918%) MS Office
3 1 (1.639%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 3 (4.918%) Wi-Fi
1 3 (4.918%) ZigBee
2 1 (1.639%) SAN
2 1 (1.639%) LAN
2 1 (1.639%) WAN
2 1 (1.639%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (6.557%) SQL Server
2 2 (3.279%) MySQL
3 1 (1.639%) SQL Server 2000
3 1 (1.639%) SQL Server 2005
3 1 (1.639%) SQLite
3 1 (1.639%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 21 (34.43%) QuickTest Pro
2 10 (16.39%) Selenium
3 6 (9.836%) Cucumber
3 6 (9.836%) WebDriver
3 6 (9.836%) TestDirector
4 4 (6.557%) JIRA
4 4 (6.557%) Visual Studio
5 1 (1.639%) JMeter
5 1 (1.639%) ProC
5 1 (1.639%) Visual Studio Team System
5 1 (1.639%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 18 (29.51%) Finance
2 3 (4.918%) Electronics
2 3 (4.918%) Automotive
3 2 (3.279%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 4 (6.557%) Computer Science
2 3 (4.918%) Client/Server
2 3 (4.918%) Embedded Systems
3 1 (1.639%) N-Tier
3 1 (1.639%) Clustering
3 1 (1.639%) Replication
3 1 (1.639%) iPhone
3 1 (1.639%) iPad
3 1 (1.639%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 4 (6.557%) Linux
2 2 (3.279%) UNIX
2 2 (3.279%) Windows
3 1 (1.639%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (32.79%) Automated Testing
1 20 (32.79%) Agile Software Development
2 19 (31.15%) Regression Testing
2 19 (31.15%) Software Testing
2 19 (31.15%) Automation Testing
3 11 (18.03%) Web Testing
4 10 (16.39%) User Acceptance Testing
5 9 (14.75%) E-Commerce
6 8 (13.11%) Test Scripting
7 6 (9.836%) Validation
8 5 (8.197%) Scrum
8 5 (8.197%) Integration Testing
8 5 (8.197%) Load Testing
9 4 (6.557%) Test Management
9 4 (6.557%) Manual Testing
10 3 (4.918%) V-Model
10 3 (4.918%) Test Automation
11 2 (3.279%) MSF
11 2 (3.279%) Disaster Recovery
12 1 (1.639%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 13 (21.31%) C#
2 12 (19.67%) SQL
3 10 (16.39%) Java
4 8 (13.11%) JavaScript
5 7 (11.48%) VBScript
6 6 (9.836%) VB
6 6 (9.836%) VB.NET
7 3 (4.918%) Embedded C
7 3 (4.918%) C
7 3 (4.918%) Delphi
7 3 (4.918%) Assembly Language
8 1 (1.639%) Python
8 1 (1.639%) PHP
8 1 (1.639%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 25 (40.98%) ISEB
2 8 (13.11%) ISTQB
3 7 (11.48%) Degree
4 1 (1.639%) ISEB Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (34.43%) QA
System Software
1 1 (1.639%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (1.639%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 18 (29.51%) Microsoft
2 4 (6.557%) Oracle
3 1 (1.639%) VMware
3 1 (1.639%) Telerik
Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
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IT Executive Ltd
Salary: £18000 - £34000 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013
Milton Keynes, Thames Valley
The Manual Tester will have web testing experience, have worked within an agile environment, be a good communicator and will be a driven individual with a passion for...
DP Connect Ltd
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum
Posted: 9 May 2013
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