The first table below looks at the demand for Manual Testing skills in IT jobs advertised for the East Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Manual Testing over the 3 months to 19 June 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 East Midlands region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Manual Testing
Rank 144 137 160
Rank change year-on-year
-7 +23
Permanent jobs citing Manual Testing 15 31 15
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East Midlands 0.476% 0.937% 0.404%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.627% 1.279% 0.547%
Number of salaries quoted 13 30 13
Average salary £31,000 £36,000 £31,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-13.88% +14.28%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £28,600 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £39,000 £42,050 £35,000
UK excluding London average salary £31,500 £35,000 £32,000
% change year-on-year
-10.00% +9.37%
All Processes & Methodologies
East Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
2394 2423 2741
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East Midlands 76.05% 73.22% 73.90%
Number of salaries quoted 2044 2106 2336
Average salary £38,500 £38,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.31% +1.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,381 £25,000 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Manual Testing
England

Manual Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region.

East Midlands Manual Testing Salary Trend

Manual Testing
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Manual Testing across the East Midlands region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

East Midlands Manual Testing Salary Histogram

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 East Midlands region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
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Job
Vacancies
Nottinghamshire -14 8 £32,500 -16.66%
Leicestershire +1 3 £27,500 -20.28%
Northamptonshire -4 3 £31,000 +14.81% 1
Manual Testing
England

Manual Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the East Midlands 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 14 (51.85%) Automated Testing
2 10 (37.04%) QA
2 10 (37.04%) C#
2 10 (37.04%) QuickTest Pro
2 10 (37.04%) Test Scripting
3 9 (33.33%) ISEB
3 9 (33.33%) Windows
3 9 (33.33%) SQL
4 8 (29.63%) .NET
4 8 (29.63%) Selenium
5 6 (22.22%) Agile Software Development
5 6 (22.22%) Software Testing
5 6 (22.22%) SQL Server
5 6 (22.22%) JUnit
6 5 (18.52%) VB
6 5 (18.52%) C++
6 5 (18.52%) Java
6 5 (18.52%) ISTQB
6 5 (18.52%) User Acceptance Testing
7 4 (14.81%) Regression Testing
7 4 (14.81%) Visual Studio
7 4 (14.81%) OO
7 4 (14.81%) Microsoft
7 4 (14.81%) Security Cleared
7 4 (14.81%) Team Foundation Server
8 3 (11.11%) SC Cleared
8 3 (11.11%) Open Source
8 3 (11.11%) Waterfall
8 3 (11.11%) soapUI
8 3 (11.11%) Jenkins

Manual Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the East Midlands 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 8 (29.63%) .NET
2 3 (11.11%) soapUI
3 2 (7.407%) XML
3 2 (7.407%) SOAP
4 1 (3.704%) Web Services
4 1 (3.704%) ASP.NET
Applications
1 3 (11.11%) MS Excel
2 2 (7.407%) MS Visio
2 2 (7.407%) MS Office
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (22.22%) SQL Server
2 2 (7.407%) TOAD
2 2 (7.407%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (3.704%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 10 (37.04%) QuickTest Pro
2 8 (29.63%) Selenium
3 6 (22.22%) JUnit
4 4 (14.81%) Visual Studio
4 4 (14.81%) Team Foundation Server
5 3 (11.11%) Jenkins
5 3 (11.11%) CruiseControl
6 2 (7.407%) WinRunner
7 1 (3.704%) TestComplete
7 1 (3.704%) Cucumber
7 1 (3.704%) TestDirector
7 1 (3.704%) JIRA
General
1 1 (3.704%) Pharmaceutical
1 1 (3.704%) Retail
1 1 (3.704%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 13 (48.15%) Tester
2 8 (29.63%) Analyst
2 8 (29.63%) Test Analyst
3 7 (25.93%) Software Tester
4 5 (18.52%) Software Engineer
5 4 (14.81%) Test Engineer
5 4 (14.81%) Senior Tester
6 3 (11.11%) Automation Tester
6 3 (11.11%) Senior Automation Tester
6 3 (11.11%) Software Test Engineer
7 2 (7.407%) Software Test Analyst
8 1 (3.704%) Test Automation Specialist
8 1 (3.704%) Test Leader
8 1 (3.704%) Automation Analyst
8 1 (3.704%) Graduate Software Tester
8 1 (3.704%) Automated Tester
8 1 (3.704%) Automation Specialist
8 1 (3.704%) Graduate
8 1 (3.704%) Programme Test Manager
8 1 (3.704%) Automation Test Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (11.11%) Open Source
1 3 (11.11%) Client/Server
2 2 (7.407%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (7.407%) Computer Science
3 1 (3.704%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 9 (33.33%) Windows
2 2 (7.407%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (51.85%) Automated Testing
2 10 (37.04%) Test Scripting
3 6 (22.22%) Agile Software Development
3 6 (22.22%) Software Testing
4 5 (18.52%) User Acceptance Testing
5 4 (14.81%) Regression Testing
5 4 (14.81%) OO
6 3 (11.11%) Waterfall
6 3 (11.11%) Automation Testing
6 3 (11.11%) Scrum
6 3 (11.11%) Stress Testing
7 2 (7.407%) Integration Testing
7 2 (7.407%) Performance Testing
7 2 (7.407%) Project Management
7 2 (7.407%) Continuous Integration
7 2 (7.407%) System Testing
7 2 (7.407%) Test Automation
8 1 (3.704%) BDD
8 1 (3.704%) Test Strategy
8 1 (3.704%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 10 (37.04%) C#
2 9 (33.33%) SQL
3 5 (18.52%) VB
3 5 (18.52%) C++
3 5 (18.52%) Java
4 2 (7.407%) C
5 1 (3.704%) JavaScript
5 1 (3.704%) VBA
5 1 (3.704%) T-SQL
5 1 (3.704%) Python
5 1 (3.704%) Smalltalk
Qualifications
1 9 (33.33%) ISEB
2 5 (18.52%) ISTQB
3 4 (14.81%) Security Cleared
4 3 (11.11%) SC Cleared
5 2 (7.407%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (37.04%) QA
2 1 (3.704%) WAI
Systems Management
1 2 (7.407%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 4 (14.81%) Microsoft
2 2 (7.407%) Oracle
3 1 (3.704%) SAP
3 1 (3.704%) HP
3 1 (3.704%) Cognos
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