The first table below looks at the demand for the Tester role in IT jobs advertised for the Dorset 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 24 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 Dorset region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Tester
Rank 60 54 63
Rank change year-on-year
-6 +9
Permanent jobs requiring a Tester 7 5 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Dorset 1.133% 0.996% 0.335%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.163% 1.027% 0.352%
Number of salaries quoted 7 5 1
Average salary £27,500 £35,000 £26,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-21.42% +32.07%
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £32,500 £32,500
All Job Titles
Dorset
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
602 487 568
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Dorset 97.41% 97.01% 95.14%
Number of salaries quoted 519 384 437
Average salary £35,000 £32,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.69% -7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £21,500 £23,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £50,000 £45,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Tester
South West

Tester
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Dorset 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 Dorset region.

Dorset Tester Salary Trend

Tester
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Tester across the Dorset region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Dorset 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 Dorset region over the 3 months to 24 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
Poole - 4 £27,500 -
Bournemouth -7 3 £55,000 +57.14%
Tester
South West

Tester
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Dorset 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 16 (100.00%) QA
2 12 (75.00%) Test Scripting
3 11 (68.75%) Performance Testing
4 9 (56.25%) Load Testing
4 9 (56.25%) Unit Testing
4 9 (56.25%) Integration Testing
4 9 (56.25%) Shell Script
4 9 (56.25%) Perl
4 9 (56.25%) SQL
4 9 (56.25%) Oracle
4 9 (56.25%) UNIX
4 9 (56.25%) Windows
4 9 (56.25%) AIX
4 9 (56.25%) Solaris
4 9 (56.25%) Linux
4 9 (56.25%) Python
4 9 (56.25%) SharePoint
4 9 (56.25%) Test Automation
5 3 (18.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (12.50%) Finance
6 2 (12.50%) LoadRunner
6 2 (12.50%) C#
6 2 (12.50%) Java
6 2 (12.50%) OOP
6 2 (12.50%) OO
7 1 (6.250%) Mathematics
7 1 (6.250%) Time Management
7 1 (6.250%) MS Office
7 1 (6.250%) MS Excel
7 1 (6.250%) C

Tester
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Dorset 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 Platforms
1 9 (56.25%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (6.250%) MS Office
1 1 (6.250%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.250%) HTTP
Development Applications
1 2 (12.50%) LoadRunner
General
1 2 (12.50%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.250%) Mathematics
Operating Systems
1 9 (56.25%) UNIX
1 9 (56.25%) Windows
1 9 (56.25%) AIX
1 9 (56.25%) Solaris
1 9 (56.25%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (75.00%) Test Scripting
2 11 (68.75%) Performance Testing
3 9 (56.25%) Load Testing
3 9 (56.25%) Unit Testing
3 9 (56.25%) Integration Testing
3 9 (56.25%) Test Automation
4 2 (12.50%) OOP
4 2 (12.50%) OO
5 1 (6.250%) Time Management
5 1 (6.250%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 9 (56.25%) Shell Script
1 9 (56.25%) Perl
1 9 (56.25%) SQL
1 9 (56.25%) Python
2 2 (12.50%) C#
2 2 (12.50%) Java
3 1 (6.250%) C
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (100.00%) QA
2 3 (18.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 9 (56.25%) Oracle
2 1 (6.250%) Microsoft