The first table below looks at the demand for the Software 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 Software Tester in their job title over the 3 months to 17 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Tester
Rank 113 96 88
Rank change year-on-year
-17 -8
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Tester 7 28 28
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 0.391% 1.453% 1.690%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.409% 1.518% 1.794%
Number of salaries quoted 7 25 26
Average salary £33,000 £30,000 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+10.00% -
UK excluding London average salary £30,000 £29,000 £30,000
% change year-on-year
+3.44% -3.33%
All Job Titles
Cheshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1713 1844 1561
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 95.75% 95.69% 94.21%
Number of salaries quoted 1350 1624 1327
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
90% offered a salary of more than £23,000 £22,000 £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%
Software Tester
North West

Software Tester
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region.

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region over the 3 months to 17 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
Warrington +5 2 £27,500 -8.33%
Macclesfield -6 1 £21,500 -28.33%
Software Tester
North West

Software Tester
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheshire 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 7 (38.89%) Finance
1 7 (38.89%) Automated Testing
1 7 (38.89%) QA
2 6 (33.33%) Agile Software Development
2 6 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
2 6 (33.33%) ISEB
2 6 (33.33%) C#
2 6 (33.33%) .NET
3 5 (27.78%) Software Testing
4 4 (22.22%) Selenium
4 4 (22.22%) Degree
4 4 (22.22%) Computer Science
4 4 (22.22%) Web Testing
4 4 (22.22%) Test Scripting
4 4 (22.22%) System Testing
4 4 (22.22%) Team Foundation Server
4 4 (22.22%) SQL Server
4 4 (22.22%) ASP.NET
4 4 (22.22%) Windows
4 4 (22.22%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (22.22%) OLTP
4 4 (22.22%) HTML
4 4 (22.22%) JavaScript
4 4 (22.22%) VB.NET
4 4 (22.22%) Windows Server 2003
4 4 (22.22%) Concordion
5 2 (11.11%) ISTQB
5 2 (11.11%) Quality Management
5 2 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (11.11%) Test Strategy

Software Tester
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheshire 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 6 (33.33%) .NET
2 4 (22.22%) ASP.NET
2 4 (22.22%) HTML
3 1 (5.556%) soapUI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (22.22%) SQL Server
1 4 (22.22%) Data Warehouse
1 4 (22.22%) OLTP
Development Applications
1 4 (22.22%) Selenium
1 4 (22.22%) Team Foundation Server
1 4 (22.22%) Concordion
General
1 7 (38.89%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 4 (22.22%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 4 (22.22%) Windows
1 4 (22.22%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (38.89%) Automated Testing
2 6 (33.33%) Agile Software Development
2 6 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
3 5 (27.78%) Software Testing
4 4 (22.22%) Web Testing
4 4 (22.22%) Test Scripting
4 4 (22.22%) System Testing
5 2 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (11.11%) Test Strategy
5 2 (11.11%) Quality Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (33.33%) C#
2 4 (22.22%) JavaScript
2 4 (22.22%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 6 (33.33%) ISEB
2 4 (22.22%) Degree
3 2 (11.11%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (38.89%) QA
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