Cheshire Systems Tester Jobs

This section looks at the demand for the Systems 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 Systems Tester in their job title over the 3 months to 24 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Basingstoke Bedford Bedfordshire Berkshire Birmingham Bracknell Bristol Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Cardiff Cheltenham Cheshire Cirencester City of London Coventry Dorset East Midlands East of England Edinburgh England Fareham Farnborough Ferndown Glasgow Gloucestershire Godalming Guildford Gwent Hampshire Hertfordshire Leeds London Manchester Middlesex Milton Keynes Newcastle Newport North East North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Nottingham Nottinghamshire Poole Reading Redhill Reigate Scotland Sheffield South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Stroud Surrey Swindon Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wales Warrington Warwickshire Watford Wellingborough Welwyn Garden City West Midlands West Yorkshire Wiltshire Woking York Yorkshire	3 months to 24 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	152	135
Rank change on same period last year	-17
Matching permanent IT job ads	2	2
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	0.001 %	0.001 %
As % of the category below	0.063 %	0.068 %
Salaries quoted	2	1
Average minimum salary	£25,000	£21,500
Average salary	£26,500	£24,000
% change on same period last year	+10.41 %
Average maximum salary	£28,000	£26,500
UK excluding London average salary	£31,356	£30,694
% change on same period last year	+2.15 %
Job Titles Cheshire
Matching permanent IT job ads	3157	2929
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	1.663 %	1.201 %
Salaries quoted	2850	2585
Average minimum salary	£32,515	£31,743
Average salary	£35,739	£34,357
% change on same period last year	+4.02 %
Average maximum salary	£38,964	£36,970
UK excluding London average salary	£38,194	£39,492
% change on same period last year	-3.28 %
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Demand Trend

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

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Salary Trend

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

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Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Systems Tester across the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 24 July 2008.

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Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Systems Tester within the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 24 July 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
Warrington	-	2	£26,500	-

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Top 19 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 July 2008, IT jobs across the Cheshire region that cited Systems 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 Systems Tester in their job title.

1 3 (100.00 %) ISEB 2 2 (66.67 %) Web Testing 2 2 (66.67 %) UNIX 2 2 (66.67 %) Linux 2 2 (66.67 %) RDBMS 3 1 (33.33 %) SharePoint 3 1 (33.33 %) Datawarehouse 3 1 (33.33 %) HTTP 3 1 (33.33 %) TCP/IP 3 1 (33.33 %) DNS 3 1 (33.33 %) Test Scripting 3 1 (33.33 %) Commerce Server 3 1 (33.33 %) Internet 3 1 (33.33 %) Firewall 3 1 (33.33 %) Scrum

3 1 (33.33 %) Content Management 3 1 (33.33 %) Automated Testing 3 1 (33.33 %) Software Testing 3 1 (33.33 %) Security Testing

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 July 2008, IT jobs across the Cheshire region that cited Systems 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 Systems Tester in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms 1 1 (33.33 %) SharePoint 1 1 (33.33 %) Commerce Server	Communications & Networking 1 1 (33.33 %) HTTP 1 1 (33.33 %) TCP/IP 1 1 (33.33 %) DNS 1 1 (33.33 %) Internet 1 1 (33.33 %) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence 1 2 (66.67 %) RDBMS 2 1 (33.33 %) Datawarehouse	Operating Systems 1 2 (66.67 %) UNIX 1 2 (66.67 %) Linux
Processes & Methodologies 1 2 (66.67 %) Web Testing 2 1 (33.33 %) Test Scripting 2 1 (33.33 %) Scrum 2 1 (33.33 %) Content Management 2 1 (33.33 %) Automated Testing 2 1 (33.33 %) Software Testing 2 1 (33.33 %) Security Testing	Qualifications 1 3 (100.00 %) ISEB