The first table below looks at the demand for Manual Testing skills 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 Manual Testing over the 3 months to 24 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 of the Processes & Methodologies category for the City of London region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Manual Testing
Rank 264 278 265
Rank change year-on-year
+14 -13
Permanent jobs citing Manual Testing 57 45 66
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the City of London 0.489% 0.344% 0.428%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.627% 0.449% 0.566%
Number of salaries quoted 46 45 59
Average salary £39,500 £42,500 £31,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.05% +37.09%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £32,300 £28,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £51,500 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £35,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
-7.14% +7.69%
All Processes & Methodologies
City of London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
9087 10019 11653
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the City of London 77.90% 76.69% 75.54%
Number of salaries quoted 7796 9093 10432
Average salary £55,000 £57,500 £60,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-4.34% -4.16%
90% offered a salary of more than £37,500 £36,000 £37,000
10% offered a salary of more than £80,000 £87,500 £82,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Manual Testing
London

Manual Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Manual Testing across the City of London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

City of London Manual Testing Jobs Demand Trend

Manual Testing
Salary Trend

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

City of London Manual Testing Salary Trend

Manual Testing
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Manual Testing across the City of London region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

City of London Manual Testing Salary Histogram

Manual Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the City of London region citing Manual Testing also 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 that cited Manual Testing.

1 52 (54.17%) SQL
2 43 (44.79%) Finance
3 41 (42.71%) QA
4 35 (36.46%) Java
4 35 (36.46%) Agile Software Development
5 26 (27.08%) Degree
6 24 (25.00%) QuickTest Pro
6 24 (25.00%) Selenium
7 20 (20.83%) Automated Testing
8 19 (19.79%) Software Testing
9 18 (18.75%) User Acceptance Testing
10 17 (17.71%) ISEB
10 17 (17.71%) E-Commerce
10 17 (17.71%) C#
11 16 (16.67%) Ruby
12 15 (15.63%) Test Scripting
13 14 (14.58%) .NET
14 13 (13.54%) Python
14 13 (13.54%) HTTP
14 13 (13.54%) Test Automation
15 12 (12.50%) OO
15 12 (12.50%) JIRA
15 12 (12.50%) Regression Testing
16 11 (11.46%) Banking
16 11 (11.46%) Microsoft
17 10 (10.42%) TCP/IP
17 10 (10.42%) Shell Script
17 10 (10.42%) C++
17 10 (10.42%) TDD
17 10 (10.42%) Derivative

Manual Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the City of London region citing Manual Testing also 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 that cited Manual Testing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 14 (14.58%) .NET
2 8 (8.333%) XML
3 5 (5.208%) LAMP
4 3 (3.125%) Web Services
5 2 (2.083%) XML Messaging
5 2 (2.083%) Ruby on Rails
5 2 (2.083%) HTML
5 2 (2.083%) J2EE
5 2 (2.083%) soapUI
6 1 (1.042%) Apache Flex
6 1 (1.042%) Gherkin
6 1 (1.042%) HTML5
6 1 (1.042%) SOAP
6 1 (1.042%) XSLT
6 1 (1.042%) Flash
6 1 (1.042%) .NET Framework
6 1 (1.042%) Spring
Application Platforms
1 3 (3.125%) SharePoint
1 3 (3.125%) CMS
2 1 (1.042%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (5.208%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (1.042%) Eagle PACE
1 1 (1.042%) LatentZero
Communications & Networking
1 13 (13.54%) HTTP
2 10 (10.42%) TCP/IP
3 3 (3.125%) BSS
4 1 (1.042%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (6.250%) SQL Server
2 5 (5.208%) MySQL
3 1 (1.042%) QlikView
3 1 (1.042%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (1.042%) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
1 24 (25.00%) QuickTest Pro
1 24 (25.00%) Selenium
2 12 (12.50%) JIRA
3 8 (8.333%) WebDriver
4 4 (4.167%) Subversion
5 3 (3.125%) Team Foundation Server
5 3 (3.125%) Cucumber
6 2 (2.083%) LabVIEW
6 2 (2.083%) LoadRunner
6 2 (2.083%) FitNesse
7 1 (1.042%) WATIR
7 1 (1.042%) TestNG
7 1 (1.042%) Git (software)
7 1 (1.042%) Sahi
7 1 (1.042%) JUnit
7 1 (1.042%) Visual Studio
7 1 (1.042%) Rational Robot
7 1 (1.042%) SilkTest
7 1 (1.042%) Bugzilla
General
1 43 (44.79%) Finance
2 11 (11.46%) Banking
3 10 (10.42%) Financial Institution
4 9 (9.375%) Investment Banking
5 3 (3.125%) Billing
5 3 (3.125%) Telecoms
5 3 (3.125%) Front Office
6 2 (2.083%) Publishing
6 2 (2.083%) Retail
7 1 (1.042%) Games
Job Titles
1 40 (41.67%) Analyst
2 20 (20.83%) Test Analyst
3 19 (19.79%) QA Analyst
4 17 (17.71%) Tester
5 11 (11.46%) Graduate
6 7 (7.292%) Test Manager
6 7 (7.292%) Quality Analyst
7 6 (6.250%) Test Engineer
8 5 (5.208%) Junior
8 5 (5.208%) Developer
8 5 (5.208%) Manual Tester
8 5 (5.208%) QA Engineer
9 4 (4.167%) Applications Support Analyst
9 4 (4.167%) Support Analyst
9 4 (4.167%) Applications Support
10 3 (3.125%) BSS Engineer
10 3 (3.125%) Test Leader
10 3 (3.125%) Quality Engineer
10 3 (3.125%) QA Tester
10 3 (3.125%) Senior Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 10 (10.42%) Derivative
2 5 (5.208%) Computer Science
3 4 (4.167%) Mathematics
3 4 (4.167%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 4 (4.167%) Open Source
4 2 (2.083%) Credit Derivative
4 2 (2.083%) Smartcard
4 2 (2.083%) SaaS
4 2 (2.083%) Mobile App
4 2 (2.083%) Digital Media
5 1 (1.042%) Online Games
5 1 (1.042%) Blog
5 1 (1.042%) Social Network
5 1 (1.042%) iPhone
5 1 (1.042%) Social Gaming
5 1 (1.042%) Client/Server
5 1 (1.042%) Statistics
5 1 (1.042%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.042%) Equities
Operating Systems
1 6 (6.250%) UNIX
2 2 (2.083%) Windows
3 1 (1.042%) Android
3 1 (1.042%) Apple iOS
3 1 (1.042%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (36.46%) Agile Software Development
2 20 (20.83%) Automated Testing
3 19 (19.79%) Software Testing
4 18 (18.75%) User Acceptance Testing
5 17 (17.71%) E-Commerce
6 15 (15.63%) Test Scripting
7 13 (13.54%) Test Automation
8 12 (12.50%) OO
8 12 (12.50%) Regression Testing
9 10 (10.42%) TDD
9 10 (10.42%) Computer Architecture
10 8 (8.333%) V-Model
11 7 (7.292%) Automation Testing
12 6 (6.250%) Scrum
12 6 (6.250%) Web Testing
13 5 (5.208%) Test Management
13 5 (5.208%) System Testing
13 5 (5.208%) Waterfall
13 5 (5.208%) BDD
13 5 (5.208%) RAD
Programming Languages
1 52 (54.17%) SQL
2 35 (36.46%) Java
3 17 (17.71%) C#
4 16 (16.67%) Ruby
5 13 (13.54%) Python
6 10 (10.42%) Shell Script
6 10 (10.42%) C++
7 9 (9.375%) VBScript
7 9 (9.375%) VB
8 4 (4.167%) Perl
9 3 (3.125%) JavaScript
10 2 (2.083%) Groovy
11 1 (1.042%) Lua
11 1 (1.042%) C
11 1 (1.042%) VBA
Qualifications
1 26 (27.08%) Degree
2 17 (17.71%) ISEB
3 9 (9.375%) ISTQB
4 1 (1.042%) SC Cleared
4 1 (1.042%) Security Cleared
4 1 (1.042%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (42.71%) QA
2 4 (4.167%) SLA
Systems Management
1 10 (10.42%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 11 (11.46%) Microsoft
2 9 (9.375%) Oracle
3 3 (3.125%) Cerillion
3 3 (3.125%) Salesforce.com
3 3 (3.125%) HP
4 1 (1.042%) T-Plan
4 1 (1.042%) Cadis
4 1 (1.042%) Facebook
4 1 (1.042%) Business Objects
City, London
They are looking for an individual with excellent Quality Centre skills and ideally; - QTP experience - Experience of working with V-model and RAD/Agile development lifecycles - VB Scripting...
Aston Carter
Salary: £40000 - £55000 per annum + bonus + benifits
Posted: 21 May 2013