The first table below looks at the demand for the Tester role in IT jobs advertised for the Dorking 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 17 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 Dorking region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Tester
Rank 24 - 9
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs requiring a Tester 2 0 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Dorking 1.802% - 3.333%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.980% - 3.571%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 1
Average salary £30,000 - £37,500
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £32,500 £32,500
All Job Titles
Dorking
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
101 45 28
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Dorking 90.99% 95.74% 93.33%
Number of salaries quoted 97 28 21
Average salary £42,000 £37,500 £28,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+12.00% +33.92%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £27,500 £20,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £42,800 £42,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Tester
Surrey

Tester
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Dorking 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 Dorking region.

Dorking Tester Salary Trend

Tester
Top 15 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Dorking 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 1 (50.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (50.00%) Visual Studio
1 1 (50.00%) HND
1 1 (50.00%) Scrum
1 1 (50.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) Mathematics
1 1 (50.00%) QA
1 1 (50.00%) Test Management
1 1 (50.00%) Test Scripting
1 1 (50.00%) Manual Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Visual Studio Team System
1 1 (50.00%) Team Foundation Server
1 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (50.00%) Software Architecture

Tester
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Dorking 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.

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Visual Studio
1 1 (50.00%) Visual Studio Team System
1 1 (50.00%) Team Foundation Server
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Mathematics
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Scrum
1 1 (50.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Test Management
1 1 (50.00%) Test Scripting
1 1 (50.00%) Manual Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (50.00%) Software Architecture
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) HND
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) QA