The first table below looks at the demand for the Tester role in IT jobs advertised for the County Antrim region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Tester in their job title over the 3 months to 20 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 County Antrim region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Tester
Rank 37 - 34
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs requiring a Tester 7 0 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in County Antrim 2.789% - 1.036%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.256% - 1.087%
Number of salaries quoted 4 0 2
Average salary £27,500 - £28,750
90% offered a salary of more than £20,800 - £28,550
10% offered a salary of more than £37,000 - £28,950
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £32,500 £32,500
All Job Titles
County Antrim
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
215 176 184
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in County Antrim 85.66% 84.21% 95.34%
Number of salaries quoted 138 92 80
Average salary £40,000 £37,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.66% -6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,500 £20,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £50,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Tester
Northern Ireland

Tester
Jobs Demand Trend

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

County Antrim Tester Jobs Demand Trend

Tester
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Tester across the County Antrim region.

County Antrim Tester Salary Trend

Tester
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Tester across the County Antrim region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

County Antrim Tester Salary Histogram

Tester
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Tester within the County Antrim region over the 3 months to 20 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
Belfast - 7 £27,500 -
Tester
Northern Ireland

Tester
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the County Antrim region that cited 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 Tester in their job title.

1 17 (94.44%) QA
2 13 (72.22%) UNIX
3 11 (61.11%) SQL
3 11 (61.11%) Selenium
4 10 (55.56%) C
4 10 (55.56%) Java
5 5 (27.78%) Finance
6 4 (22.22%) Software Testing
6 4 (22.22%) OO
7 3 (16.67%) Linux
7 3 (16.67%) Ruby
7 3 (16.67%) Open Source
7 3 (16.67%) Test Management
8 2 (11.11%) Agile Software Development
9 1 (5.556%) TDD
9 1 (5.556%) Banking
9 1 (5.556%) Retail
9 1 (5.556%) Ruby on Rails
9 1 (5.556%) .NET Framework
9 1 (5.556%) Degree
9 1 (5.556%) jQuery
9 1 (5.556%) Stress Testing
9 1 (5.556%) Web Testing
9 1 (5.556%) Telecoms
9 1 (5.556%) Windows
9 1 (5.556%) Microsoft
9 1 (5.556%) HP
9 1 (5.556%) ISEB
9 1 (5.556%) LoadRunner
9 1 (5.556%) JavaScript

Tester
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the County Antrim region that cited 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 Tester in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (5.556%) .NET
1 1 (5.556%) CSS
1 1 (5.556%) Ruby on Rails
1 1 (5.556%) .NET Framework
1 1 (5.556%) jQuery
Development Applications
1 11 (61.11%) Selenium
2 1 (5.556%) LoadRunner
2 1 (5.556%) WATIR
General
1 5 (27.78%) Finance
2 1 (5.556%) Banking
2 1 (5.556%) Retail
2 1 (5.556%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 3 (16.67%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 13 (72.22%) UNIX
2 3 (16.67%) Linux
3 1 (5.556%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (22.22%) OO
1 4 (22.22%) Software Testing
2 3 (16.67%) Test Management
3 2 (11.11%) Agile Software Development
4 1 (5.556%) TDD
4 1 (5.556%) Stress Testing
4 1 (5.556%) Web Testing
4 1 (5.556%) Test Automation
4 1 (5.556%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 11 (61.11%) SQL
2 10 (55.56%) C
2 10 (55.56%) Java
3 3 (16.67%) Ruby
4 1 (5.556%) JavaScript
4 1 (5.556%) C#
Qualifications
1 1 (5.556%) ISEB
1 1 (5.556%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (94.44%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (5.556%) Microsoft
1 1 (5.556%) HP