The first table below looks at the demand for the Software 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 Software Tester in their job title over the 3 months to 18 June 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Tester
Rank 302 305 317
Rank change year-on-year
+3 +12
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Tester 17 11 20
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the City of London 0.140% 0.084% 0.126%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.150% 0.090% 0.136%
Number of salaries quoted 17 11 20
Average salary £47,500 £45,000 £38,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.55% +16.88%
90% offered a salary of more than £31,000 £27,500 £26,800
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £50,000 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £30,000 £28,500 £30,000
% change year-on-year
+5.26% -5.00%
All Job Titles
City of London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
11309 12276 14755
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the City of London 92.99% 93.46% 93.22%
Number of salaries quoted 9765 11209 13293
Average salary £52,500 £53,500 £55,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.86% -2.72%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £32,500 £32,500
10% offered a salary of more than £77,500 £85,000 £80,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Software Tester
London

Software Tester
Jobs Demand Trend

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

City of London 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 City of London region.

City of London Software Tester Salary Trend

Software Tester
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Software Tester across the City of London region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

City of London Software Tester Salary Histogram

Software Tester
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the City of London 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 24 (70.59%) Java
2 23 (67.65%) SQL
3 18 (52.94%) QA
4 16 (47.06%) Scrum
4 16 (47.06%) OO
5 15 (44.12%) Automated Testing
6 14 (41.18%) Software Testing
6 14 (41.18%) C#
7 13 (38.24%) Test Automation
8 12 (35.29%) Agile Software Development
9 11 (32.35%) TDD
9 11 (32.35%) HTTP
9 11 (32.35%) Selenium
10 10 (29.41%) BDD
10 10 (29.41%) Investment Banking
10 10 (29.41%) Banking
11 9 (26.47%) Degree
12 8 (23.53%) Ruby
13 7 (20.59%) Python
13 7 (20.59%) C++
14 6 (17.65%) TCP/IP
14 6 (17.65%) Computer Architecture
15 5 (14.71%) Stress Testing
16 4 (11.76%) Test Scripting
16 4 (11.76%) SQL Server
16 4 (11.76%) .NET
16 4 (11.76%) Visual Studio
16 4 (11.76%) Regression Testing
17 3 (8.824%) ISTQB
17 3 (8.824%) VB

Software Tester
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the City of London 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 4 (11.76%) .NET
2 2 (5.882%) Spring
2 2 (5.882%) XML
2 2 (5.882%) HTML
3 1 (2.941%) WinForms
3 1 (2.941%) JSON
3 1 (2.941%) WPF
3 1 (2.941%) Grails
3 1 (2.941%) RESTful
3 1 (2.941%) HTML5
3 1 (2.941%) CSS3
3 1 (2.941%) J2EE
3 1 (2.941%) ASP
3 1 (2.941%) CSS
3 1 (2.941%) SOAP
3 1 (2.941%) Web Services
Communications & Networking
1 11 (32.35%) HTTP
2 6 (17.65%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (11.76%) SQL Server
2 2 (5.882%) MySQL
3 1 (2.941%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 11 (32.35%) Selenium
2 4 (11.76%) Visual Studio
3 3 (8.824%) FitNesse
3 3 (8.824%) Team Foundation Server
3 3 (8.824%) Cucumber
4 2 (5.882%) JIRA
4 2 (5.882%) QuickTest Pro
5 1 (2.941%) Xcode
5 1 (2.941%) CruiseControl
5 1 (2.941%) WebDriver
5 1 (2.941%) JUnit
5 1 (2.941%) QUnit
5 1 (2.941%) Jasmine
General
1 10 (29.41%) Banking
1 10 (29.41%) Investment Banking
2 2 (5.882%) Financial Institution
2 2 (5.882%) Finance
3 1 (2.941%) Games
3 1 (2.941%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.882%) Mobile App
2 1 (2.941%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 3 (8.824%) Android
1 3 (8.824%) Apple iOS
2 1 (2.941%) Windows
2 1 (2.941%) Linux
2 1 (2.941%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (47.06%) OO
1 16 (47.06%) Scrum
2 15 (44.12%) Automated Testing
3 14 (41.18%) Software Testing
4 13 (38.24%) Test Automation
5 12 (35.29%) Agile Software Development
6 11 (32.35%) TDD
7 10 (29.41%) BDD
8 6 (17.65%) Computer Architecture
9 5 (14.71%) Stress Testing
10 4 (11.76%) Test Scripting
10 4 (11.76%) Regression Testing
11 2 (5.882%) OOP
11 2 (5.882%) Risk Management
11 2 (5.882%) Manual Testing
11 2 (5.882%) Unit Testing
11 2 (5.882%) User Acceptance Testing
11 2 (5.882%) Usability Testing
11 2 (5.882%) Non-Functional Testing
11 2 (5.882%) Mobile Application Development
Programming Languages
1 24 (70.59%) Java
2 23 (67.65%) SQL
3 14 (41.18%) C#
4 8 (23.53%) Ruby
5 7 (20.59%) C++
5 7 (20.59%) Python
6 3 (8.824%) VB
7 1 (2.941%) Groovy
7 1 (2.941%) PHP
Qualifications
1 9 (26.47%) Degree
2 3 (8.824%) ISEB
2 3 (8.824%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (52.94%) QA
City, London
With a reputation for technical excellence, our client is seeking a bright Computer Science graduate with a good grasp of programming languages such as C++ and C#, and...
Informatiq Consulting
Salary: £28000 - £30000 per annum + bonus, pension, healthcare
Posted: 13 June 2013
City, London
This is a superb opportunity for a graduate or junior Software Tester to join a company in the city who has managed to maintain growth despite difficult economic...
Informatiq Consulting
Salary: £25000 - £40000 per annum + bonus + benefits
Posted: 13 June 2013
City, London
c) Experience with iOS and Android devices and applications including native and web based... e) Experience of iterative/agile development methodologies (SCRUM, XP, DSDM, RUP etc.). f) ISEB...
EasyWebRecruitment.com
Salary: £35 - 45k
Posted: 14 June 2013