The first table below looks at the demand for Manual Testing skills in IT jobs advertised for the Derbyshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Manual Testing over the 3 months to 21 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 Derbyshire region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Manual Testing
Rank 50 61 53
Rank change year-on-year
+11 -8
Permanent jobs citing Manual Testing 4 1 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Derbyshire 0.932% 0.224% 0.569%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.146% 0.375% 0.813%
Number of salaries quoted 3 1 3
Average salary £42,500 £34,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+25.00% +4.61%
UK excluding London average salary £32,000 £35,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
-8.57% +7.69%
All Processes & Methodologies
Derbyshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
349 267 369
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Derbyshire 81.35% 59.73% 70.02%
Number of salaries quoted 287 235 328
Average salary £35,000 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-12.50% +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £27,500 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £55,000 £80,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Manual Testing
East Midlands

Manual Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Derbyshire 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 Derbyshire region.

Derbyshire Manual Testing Salary Trend

Manual Testing
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Manual Testing within the Derbyshire region over the 3 months to 21 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
Derby +12 2 £42,500 +25.00%
Manual Testing
East Midlands

Manual Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Derbyshire 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 4 (80.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 3 (60.00%) SC Cleared
2 3 (60.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (60.00%) Open Source
2 3 (60.00%) Waterfall
2 3 (60.00%) soapUI
2 3 (60.00%) Java
2 3 (60.00%) SQL
2 3 (60.00%) JUnit
2 3 (60.00%) ISEB
2 3 (60.00%) ISTQB
3 2 (40.00%) TOAD
3 2 (40.00%) QuickTest Pro
3 2 (40.00%) SOAP
3 2 (40.00%) XML
3 2 (40.00%) .NET
3 2 (40.00%) Oracle
3 2 (40.00%) SQL Server
3 2 (40.00%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (40.00%) Test Automation
3 2 (40.00%) Performance Testing
3 2 (40.00%) Integration Testing
3 2 (40.00%) Automated Testing
3 2 (40.00%) Continuous Integration
3 2 (40.00%) System Testing
4 1 (20.00%) Software Testing
4 1 (20.00%) Test Scripting
4 1 (20.00%) HP Quality Center
4 1 (20.00%) Cucumber
4 1 (20.00%) BDD

Manual Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Derbyshire 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 3 (60.00%) soapUI
2 2 (40.00%) SOAP
2 2 (40.00%) XML
2 2 (40.00%) .NET
3 1 (20.00%) Web Services
3 1 (20.00%) ASP.NET
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (40.00%) TOAD
1 2 (40.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (60.00%) JUnit
2 2 (40.00%) QuickTest Pro
3 1 (20.00%) Cucumber
3 1 (20.00%) TestDirector
3 1 (20.00%) Selenium
Job Titles
1 1 (20.00%) Test Automation Specialist
1 1 (20.00%) Test Leader
1 1 (20.00%) Automation Specialist
1 1 (20.00%) Automated Tester
1 1 (20.00%) Tester
1 1 (20.00%) Programme Manager
1 1 (20.00%) Analyst
1 1 (20.00%) Test Manager
1 1 (20.00%) Test Analyst
1 1 (20.00%) Senior Analyst
1 1 (20.00%) Senior Test Analyst
1 1 (20.00%) Senior Tester
1 1 (20.00%) Test Specialist
1 1 (20.00%) Programme Test Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) Open Source
2 2 (40.00%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (20.00%) Client/Server
3 1 (20.00%) N-Tier
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 3 (60.00%) Waterfall
3 2 (40.00%) Test Automation
3 2 (40.00%) Performance Testing
3 2 (40.00%) Integration Testing
3 2 (40.00%) Automated Testing
3 2 (40.00%) Continuous Integration
3 2 (40.00%) System Testing
4 1 (20.00%) Software Testing
4 1 (20.00%) Test Scripting
4 1 (20.00%) BDD
4 1 (20.00%) Automation Testing
4 1 (20.00%) Test Strategy
4 1 (20.00%) Regression Testing
4 1 (20.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 3 (60.00%) Java
1 3 (60.00%) SQL
2 1 (20.00%) C
2 1 (20.00%) C#
2 1 (20.00%) VB
2 1 (20.00%) VBA
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (60.00%) Security Cleared
1 3 (60.00%) ISEB
1 3 (60.00%) ISTQB
2 1 (20.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) WAI
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Oracle
2 1 (20.00%) Cognos
2 1 (20.00%) SAP
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (20.00%) HP