The first table below looks at the demand for the Senior Tester role in IT jobs advertised for the East Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Senior 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 East Midlands region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Senior Tester
Rank 158 156 155
Rank change year-on-year
-2 -1
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Tester 6 10 17
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East Midlands 0.196% 0.293% 0.469%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.207% 0.309% 0.488%
Number of salaries quoted 6 9 17
Average salary £40,000 £39,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.56% +20.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £33,750 £31,000 £28,400
10% offered a salary of more than £42,250 £39,000 £40,002
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+6.66% -
All Job Titles
East Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
2905 3239 3482
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East Midlands 94.97% 95.01% 96.13%
Number of salaries quoted 2480 2893 2979
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £22,500 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £50,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Senior Tester
England

Senior Tester
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East Midlands Senior Tester Jobs Demand Trend

Senior Tester
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Senior Tester across the East Midlands region.

East Midlands Senior Tester Salary Trend

Senior Tester
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Tester within the East Midlands region over the 3 months to 17 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
Nottinghamshire -4 3 £40,000 +2.56%
Derbyshire +6 1 £43,500 +16.00%
Northamptonshire -2 1 £36,000 +16.12%
Leicestershire -9 1 £31,500 +1.61%
Senior Tester
England

Senior Tester
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the East Midlands region that cited Senior 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 Senior Tester in their job title.

1 8 (88.89%) Selenium
2 7 (77.78%) Automated Testing
3 6 (66.67%) C#
4 5 (55.56%) Java
4 5 (55.56%) Automation Testing
5 4 (44.44%) C++
5 4 (44.44%) VB
5 4 (44.44%) JUnit
5 4 (44.44%) QuickTest Pro
5 4 (44.44%) Test Scripting
5 4 (44.44%) Manual Testing
6 3 (33.33%) Agile Software Development
6 3 (33.33%) Web Services
6 3 (33.33%) OO
6 3 (33.33%) SQL
6 3 (33.33%) QA
7 2 (22.22%) Jenkins
7 2 (22.22%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (22.22%) C
7 2 (22.22%) soapUI
7 2 (22.22%) WebDriver
7 2 (22.22%) Open Source
7 2 (22.22%) Waterfall
7 2 (22.22%) Cucumber
7 2 (22.22%) BDD
7 2 (22.22%) VBA
7 2 (22.22%) Oracle
7 2 (22.22%) SQL Server
7 2 (22.22%) Python
7 2 (22.22%) Cognos

Senior Tester
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the East Midlands region that cited Senior 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 Senior Tester in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (33.33%) Web Services
2 2 (22.22%) XML
2 2 (22.22%) soapUI
3 1 (11.11%) .NET
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (22.22%) SQL Server
1 2 (22.22%) TOAD
Development Applications
1 8 (88.89%) Selenium
2 4 (44.44%) JUnit
2 4 (44.44%) QuickTest Pro
3 2 (22.22%) CruiseControl
3 2 (22.22%) WebDriver
3 2 (22.22%) Cucumber
3 2 (22.22%) Jenkins
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) Open Source
1 2 (22.22%) Enterprise Software
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (77.78%) Automated Testing
2 5 (55.56%) Automation Testing
3 4 (44.44%) Test Scripting
3 4 (44.44%) Manual Testing
4 3 (33.33%) OO
4 3 (33.33%) Agile Software Development
5 2 (22.22%) Validation
5 2 (22.22%) User Acceptance Testing
5 2 (22.22%) Integration Testing
5 2 (22.22%) System Testing
5 2 (22.22%) Waterfall
5 2 (22.22%) BDD
6 1 (11.11%) Test Automation
6 1 (11.11%) Web Testing
6 1 (11.11%) CAE
Programming Languages
1 6 (66.67%) C#
2 5 (55.56%) Java
3 4 (44.44%) C++
3 4 (44.44%) VB
4 3 (33.33%) SQL
5 2 (22.22%) VBA
5 2 (22.22%) Python
5 2 (22.22%) Smalltalk
5 2 (22.22%) C
Qualifications
1 2 (22.22%) ISEB
1 2 (22.22%) SC Cleared
1 2 (22.22%) Security Cleared
2 1 (11.11%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (33.33%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (22.22%) Oracle
1 2 (22.22%) SAP
1 2 (22.22%) Cognos
1 2 (22.22%) HP
Leicestershire
Based in their Leicestershire head office, you will be responsible for testing software, writing test scripts, planning and estimating work, assisting in the implementation of automated testing tools...
ReThink Recruitment
Salary: £30000.00 - £33000.00 per annum
Posted: 14 May 2013