Cheshire Senior Tester Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for the Senior Tester role in IT jobs within the Cheshire region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Senior Tester in their job title over the 3 months to 6 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Senior Tester
Location Abingdon Bath Berkshire Birmingham Bracknell Brighton Bristol Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Cardiff Cheltenham Chertsey Cheshire Chester City of London Congleton Coventry Croydon Derby Derbyshire Devon East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Sussex England Essex Glasgow Glastonbury Gloucestershire Hammersmith Harrogate Hereford Herefordshire Hertfordshire Huntingdon Kenilworth Livingston London M4 Corridor Manchester Middlesex Newport Norfolk North West North Yorkshire Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Rickmansworth Runcorn Scotland Somerset South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Staffordshire Stoke-on-Trent Stowmarket Suffolk Surrey Swadlincote Swindon UK Wales Warrington Warwickshire West Lothian West Midlands Wiltshire Wimbledon Woking Worcester Worcestershire Yorkshire	3 months to 6 Oct 2008	Same period last year
Rank	134	-
Rank change on same period last year	-
Matching permanent IT job ads	8	0
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	0.005 %	0.000 %
As % of the category below	0.294 %	0.000 %
Salaries quoted	7	0
Average minimum salary	£30,714	-
Average salary	£33,500	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum salary	£36,286	-
UK excluding London average salary	£36,877	£37,346
% change on same period last year	-1.25 %
Job Titles Cheshire
Matching permanent IT job ads	2723	2948
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	1.566 %	1.263 %
Salaries quoted	2479	2625
Average minimum salary	£31,469	£31,786
Average salary	£34,485	£34,284
% change on same period last year	+0.58 %
Average maximum salary	£37,501	£36,782
UK excluding London average salary	£38,185	£39,281
% change on same period last year	-2.78 %
Senior Tester North West

Senior Tester
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Senior Tester across the Cheshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Senior Tester
Salary Trend

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

Senior Tester
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Senior Tester across the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 6 October 2008.

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Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Tester within the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 6 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Permanent IT Job Ads	Average Salary Last 3 Months	Average Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year
Chester	-	2	£40,000	-
Warrington	-	2	£35,000	-
Congleton	-	1	-	-
Runcorn	-	1	£30,000	-

Senior Tester North West

Senior Tester
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, IT jobs across the Cheshire region that cited Senior 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 Senior Tester in their job title.

1 11 (64.71 %) SQL 2 9 (52.94 %) Windows 2 9 (52.94 %) Software Testing 3 7 (41.18 %) Citrix 3 7 (41.18 %) Terminal Server 4 6 (35.29 %) Test Scripting 5 4 (23.53 %) Automated Testing 5 4 (23.53 %) Performance Testing 6 3 (17.65 %) QA 6 3 (17.65 %) HTML 7 2 (11.76 %) Java 7 2 (11.76 %) C 7 2 (11.76 %) VB 7 2 (11.76 %) ASP 7 2 (11.76 %) UNIX

7 2 (11.76 %) Terminal Services 7 2 (11.76 %) Linux 7 2 (11.76 %) IBM 7 2 (11.76 %) ISEB 7 2 (11.76 %) Banking 7 2 (11.76 %) Retail 7 2 (11.76 %) Embedded Linux 7 2 (11.76 %) Retail Banking 7 2 (11.76 %) Finance 7 2 (11.76 %) TestDirector 7 2 (11.76 %) C++ 7 2 (11.76 %) Mainframe 7 2 (11.76 %) IBM Mainframe 7 2 (11.76 %) Manual Testing 8 1 (5.882 %) Degree

Senior Tester
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, IT jobs across the Cheshire region that cited Senior 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 Senior Tester in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 3 (17.65 %) HTML 2 2 (11.76 %) ASP	Communications & Networking 1 1 (5.882 %) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence 1 1 (5.882 %) SQL Server	Development Applications 1 2 (11.76 %) TestDirector
General 1 2 (11.76 %) Finance 1 2 (11.76 %) Banking 1 2 (11.76 %) Retail 1 2 (11.76 %) Retail Banking	Miscellaneous 1 2 (11.76 %) Mainframe 1 2 (11.76 %) IBM Mainframe
Operating Systems 1 9 (52.94 %) Windows 2 2 (11.76 %) Linux 2 2 (11.76 %) Embedded Linux 2 2 (11.76 %) UNIX	Processes & Methodologies 1 9 (52.94 %) Software Testing 2 6 (35.29 %) Test Scripting 3 4 (23.53 %) Performance Testing 3 4 (23.53 %) Automated Testing 4 2 (11.76 %) Manual Testing 5 1 (5.882 %) Project Management
Programming Languages 1 11 (64.71 %) SQL 2 2 (11.76 %) VB 2 2 (11.76 %) C 2 2 (11.76 %) C++ 2 2 (11.76 %) Java 3 1 (5.882 %) Perl 3 1 (5.882 %) C#	Qualifications 1 2 (11.76 %) ISEB 2 1 (5.882 %) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 3 (17.65 %) QA	System Software 1 7 (41.18 %) Terminal Server 2 2 (11.76 %) Terminal Services
Vendors 1 7 (41.18 %) Citrix 2 2 (11.76 %) IBM