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

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Functional Tester
Rank 317 323 322
Rank change year-on-year
+6 -1
Permanent jobs requiring a Functional Tester 3 5 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the City of London 0.026% 0.038% 0.032%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.028% 0.041% 0.034%
Number of salaries quoted 3 5 5
Average salary £57,500 £60,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-4.16% +84.61%
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £35,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year
-7.14% -26.31%
All Job Titles
City of London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
10773 12165 14632
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the City of London 92.88% 93.10% 93.66%
Number of salaries quoted 9280 11060 13186
Average salary £52,500 £52,500 £55,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -4.54%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £32,500 £32,500
10% offered a salary of more than £75,000 £85,000 £80,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Functional Tester
London

Functional Tester
Jobs Demand Trend

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

City of London Functional Tester Jobs Demand Trend

Functional Tester
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Functional Tester across the City of London region.

City of London Functional Tester Salary Trend

Functional Tester
Top 22 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the City of London region that cited Functional 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 Functional Tester in their job title.

1 3 (75.00%) ISTQB
1 3 (75.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
1 3 (75.00%) Finance
1 3 (75.00%) HP Quality Center
2 2 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 2 (50.00%) Murex
3 1 (25.00%) JIRA
3 1 (25.00%) QA
3 1 (25.00%) ISEB
3 1 (25.00%) QuickTest Pro
3 1 (25.00%) Fixed Income
3 1 (25.00%) Agile Software Development
3 1 (25.00%) Banking
3 1 (25.00%) Investment Banking
3 1 (25.00%) Business Analysis
3 1 (25.00%) Derivative
3 1 (25.00%) Statistics
3 1 (25.00%) CIPD
3 1 (25.00%) Product Management
3 1 (25.00%) Waterfall
3 1 (25.00%) T-Plan
3 1 (25.00%) ISO 9001

Functional Tester
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the City of London region that cited Functional 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 Functional Tester in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) JIRA
1 1 (25.00%) QuickTest Pro
General
1 3 (75.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Banking
2 1 (25.00%) Investment Banking
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 1 (25.00%) Fixed Income
2 1 (25.00%) Derivative
2 1 (25.00%) Statistics
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Agile Software Development
2 1 (25.00%) Business Analysis
2 1 (25.00%) Product Management
2 1 (25.00%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) ISTQB
2 1 (25.00%) ISEB
2 1 (25.00%) CIPD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) QA
1 1 (25.00%) ISO 9001
Systems Management
1 3 (75.00%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Murex
2 1 (25.00%) T-Plan
City of London
Our client's IT systems help support the trading of items such as derivatives swaps and fixed income products... Role responsibilities include:*Preparation of test material (Test cases...
Deerfoot IT Resources Ltd
Salary: £60000 - £65000 per annum + + good bonus + good benefits
Posted: 10 May 2013