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

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Tester
Rank 105 86 93
Rank change year-on-year
-19 +7
Permanent jobs requiring a Tester 41 66 61
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 1.607% 2.288% 2.003%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.688% 2.381% 2.099%
Number of salaries quoted 37 60 54
Average salary £32,500 £32,500 £32,500
90% offered a salary of more than £32,000 £27,450 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £34,000 £37,750 £42,850
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £32,500 £32,500
All Job Titles
Cambridgeshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
2429 2772 2906
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 95.18% 96.08% 95.40%
Number of salaries quoted 2171 2342 2583
Average salary £38,500 £39,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.28% +11.42%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £27,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £48,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Tester
East of England

Tester
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire region.

Cambridgeshire Tester Salary Trend

Tester
Salary Histogram

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

Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire 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
Cambridge -1 31 £32,000 -1.53%
Peterborough -10 2 £55,000 +120.00%
Tester
East of England

Tester
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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 86 (84.31%) QA
2 63 (61.76%) Software Testing
3 38 (37.25%) Test Scripting
4 36 (35.29%) Automated Testing
5 33 (32.35%) Degree
5 33 (32.35%) Windows
6 29 (28.43%) Python
6 29 (28.43%) ISEB
7 28 (27.45%) Selenium
8 27 (26.47%) Test Automation
9 25 (24.51%) Computer Science
9 25 (24.51%) ISTQB
10 23 (22.55%) SQL
11 22 (21.57%) UNIX
12 21 (20.59%) Linux
13 20 (19.61%) HTML
13 20 (19.61%) Agile Software Development
14 19 (18.63%) Ruby
14 19 (18.63%) Mac OS
14 19 (18.63%) Perl
15 16 (15.69%) System Testing
16 15 (14.71%) Regression Testing
17 14 (13.73%) Visual Studio
17 14 (13.73%) MySQL
17 14 (13.73%) Oracle
17 14 (13.73%) DB2
17 14 (13.73%) XML
17 14 (13.73%) Team Foundation Server
17 14 (13.73%) MSTest
17 14 (13.73%) Functional Testing

Tester
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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 20 (19.61%) HTML
2 14 (13.73%) XML
3 10 (9.804%) .NET
4 3 (2.941%) CSS
5 2 (1.961%) Web Services
6 1 (0.980%) J2EE
Applications
1 1 (0.980%) MS Excel
1 1 (0.980%) Photoshop
1 1 (0.980%) MS Office
1 1 (0.980%) Adobe Illustrator
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.961%) Internet
2 1 (0.980%) SNMP
2 1 (0.980%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (13.73%) MySQL
1 14 (13.73%) DB2
2 1 (0.980%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 28 (27.45%) Selenium
2 14 (13.73%) Visual Studio
2 14 (13.73%) Team Foundation Server
2 14 (13.73%) MSTest
3 5 (4.902%) WebDriver
4 3 (2.941%) QuickTest Pro
4 3 (2.941%) JIRA
5 2 (1.961%) Bugzilla
6 1 (0.980%) LoadRunner
6 1 (0.980%) TestComplete
6 1 (0.980%) NUnit
General
1 7 (6.863%) Finance
2 5 (4.902%) Law
3 3 (2.941%) Banking
4 1 (0.980%) Electronics
4 1 (0.980%) Telecoms
4 1 (0.980%) Pharmaceutical
Miscellaneous
1 25 (24.51%) Computer Science
2 1 (0.980%) Client/Server
2 1 (0.980%) Firmware
Operating Systems
1 33 (32.35%) Windows
2 22 (21.57%) UNIX
3 21 (20.59%) Linux
4 19 (18.63%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (61.76%) Software Testing
2 38 (37.25%) Test Scripting
3 36 (35.29%) Automated Testing
4 27 (26.47%) Test Automation
5 20 (19.61%) Agile Software Development
6 16 (15.69%) System Testing
7 15 (14.71%) Regression Testing
8 14 (13.73%) Functional Testing
9 8 (7.843%) Manual Testing
10 5 (4.902%) Performance Testing
11 3 (2.941%) Web Testing
11 3 (2.941%) V-Model
11 3 (2.941%) Automation Testing
12 2 (1.961%) Web Usability
13 1 (0.980%) PRINCE2
13 1 (0.980%) DSDM
13 1 (0.980%) E-Commerce
13 1 (0.980%) SOA
13 1 (0.980%) Scrum
13 1 (0.980%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 29 (28.43%) Python
2 23 (22.55%) SQL
3 19 (18.63%) Ruby
3 19 (18.63%) Perl
4 6 (5.882%) JavaScript
5 4 (3.922%) Java
6 3 (2.941%) C++
7 1 (0.980%) C#
7 1 (0.980%) VBScript
7 1 (0.980%) VB
7 1 (0.980%) VB.NET
7 1 (0.980%) Tcl
7 1 (0.980%) Bash shell
Qualifications
1 33 (32.35%) Degree
2 29 (28.43%) ISEB
3 25 (24.51%) ISTQB
4 5 (4.902%) Postgraduate
5 2 (1.961%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 86 (84.31%) QA
2 4 (3.922%) WAI
Systems Management
1 2 (1.961%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 14 (13.73%) Oracle
2 2 (1.961%) HP
3 1 (0.980%) Microsoft
3 1 (0.980%) Adobe
St. Neots, Cambridgeshire
Execution of software testing scripts. -Regression testing... Degree qualification preferred, but applicants must possess ‘A’ levels or equivalent as a minimum educational standard, be proficient in Microsoft Office...
DMS Computer Recruitment
Salary: From £20,000 to £27,000 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013