The first table below looks at the demand for the Software Tester role in IT jobs advertised for the Derbyshire 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 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 Derbyshire region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Tester
Rank 52 - 54
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Tester 2 0 6
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Derbyshire 0.471% - 1.109%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.505% - 1.145%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 6
Average salary £25,250 - £35,000
90% offered a salary of more than £20,250 - £31,500
10% offered a salary of more than £30,250 - £37,250
UK excluding London average salary £30,000 £28,500 £30,000
% change year-on-year
+5.26% -5.00%
All Job Titles
Derbyshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
396 424 524
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Derbyshire 93.18% 96.58% 96.86%
Number of salaries quoted 345 389 479
Average salary £34,000 £34,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -2.85%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £21,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Software Tester
East Midlands

Software Tester
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Derbyshire 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 Derbyshire region.

Derbyshire Software Tester Salary Trend

Software Tester
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Software Tester across the Derbyshire region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Derbyshire Software Tester Salary Histogram

Software Tester
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Tester within the Derbyshire region over the 3 months to 23 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 - 2 £25,250 -
Software Tester
East Midlands

Software Tester
Top 29 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Derbyshire 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 4 (80.00%) SQL
2 3 (60.00%) Finance
2 3 (60.00%) SQL Server
2 3 (60.00%) Degree
3 2 (40.00%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (40.00%) ISEB
3 2 (40.00%) Software Testing
3 2 (40.00%) .NET Framework
3 2 (40.00%) .NET
4 1 (20.00%) Regression Testing
4 1 (20.00%) Identity Management
4 1 (20.00%) Agile Software Development
4 1 (20.00%) NUnit
4 1 (20.00%) Windows Server 2003
4 1 (20.00%) Biometrics
4 1 (20.00%) Smartcard
4 1 (20.00%) Configuration Management
4 1 (20.00%) IIS
4 1 (20.00%) ASP.NET
4 1 (20.00%) Windows
4 1 (20.00%) Windows XP
4 1 (20.00%) Windows Vista
4 1 (20.00%) QA
4 1 (20.00%) Selenium
4 1 (20.00%) Performance Testing
4 1 (20.00%) Test Scripting
4 1 (20.00%) Windows Server 2008
4 1 (20.00%) Cyber Security
4 1 (20.00%) C#

Software Tester
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Derbyshire 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 2 (40.00%) .NET Framework
1 2 (40.00%) .NET
2 1 (20.00%) ASP.NET
Application Platforms
1 1 (20.00%) IIS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (60.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) NUnit
1 1 (20.00%) Selenium
General
1 3 (60.00%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Biometrics
1 1 (20.00%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Windows Server 2003
1 1 (20.00%) Windows
1 1 (20.00%) Windows XP
1 1 (20.00%) Windows Vista
1 1 (20.00%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (40.00%) Software Testing
2 1 (20.00%) Regression Testing
2 1 (20.00%) Identity Management
2 1 (20.00%) Agile Software Development
2 1 (20.00%) Configuration Management
2 1 (20.00%) Performance Testing
2 1 (20.00%) Test Scripting
2 1 (20.00%) Cyber Security
Programming Languages
1 4 (80.00%) SQL
2 1 (20.00%) C#
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) Degree
2 2 (40.00%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) QA
Chesterfield, East Midlands
Software Tester/ Test Analyst - Derbyshire, East Midlands - £30kTester, ISEB, Documentation, Technical Author, Test Script.This award winning and highly successful organisation are looking for a Software Tester/Web...
IT Ventures Ltd
Salary: £29000 - £30000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 19 May 2013
Chesterfield, Derbyshire
Tester, ISEB, Documentation, Technical Author, Test Script... *Write manual test scripts, where required... The ability to investigate, Test and deliver software with knowledge of Web technologies such as ...
IT Ventures
Salary: £29000 - £30000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 18 May 2013