The first table below looks at the demand for the QA Tester role in IT jobs advertised for the Cheshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited QA 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 Cheshire region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Quality Assurance Tester
Rank - 133 118
Permanent jobs requiring a QA Tester 0 1 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire - 0.050% 0.119%
As % of the Job Titles category - 0.052% 0.127%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 1
Average salary - - £31,000
UK excluding London average salary £33,500 £32,500 £30,000
% change year-on-year
+3.07% +8.33%
All Job Titles
Cheshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1708 1914 1578
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 95.74% 95.60% 94.15%
Number of salaries quoted 1355 1680 1344
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
90% offered a salary of more than £23,000 £22,500 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
QA Tester
North West

QA Tester
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheshire QA Tester Jobs Demand Trend

QA Tester
Salary Trend

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

Cheshire QA Tester Salary Trend