The first table below looks at the demand for the Senior Tester role in IT jobs advertised for the East of England 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 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 Job Titles advertised for the East of England region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Senior Tester
Rank 260 242 271
Rank change year-on-year
-18 +29
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Tester 2 23 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East of England 0.025% 0.269% 0.030%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.026% 0.278% 0.032%
Number of salaries quoted 2 18 3
Average salary £50,000 £33,250 £39,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+50.37% -14.74%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £38,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+3.89% +2.66%
All Job Titles
East of England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
7648 8284 9399
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East of England 94.98% 96.91% 94.87%
Number of salaries quoted 6622 7043 8033
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £25,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.29% +2.66%
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 of England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

East of England 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 of England region.

East of England 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 of England 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
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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
Hertfordshire -3 2 £50,000 +17.64%
Senior Tester
England

Senior Tester
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the East of England 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 25 (60.98%) Software Testing
2 23 (56.10%) Finance
3 21 (51.22%) Java
3 21 (51.22%) V-Model
4 20 (48.78%) SQL
4 20 (48.78%) UNIX
5 18 (43.90%) Oracle
6 17 (41.46%) PL/SQL
6 17 (41.46%) QuickTest Pro
6 17 (41.46%) Manual Testing
7 15 (36.59%) QA
8 11 (26.83%) HP Quality Center
9 10 (24.39%) Test Automation
9 10 (24.39%) Test Scripting
10 9 (21.95%) Regression Testing
11 8 (19.51%) Integration Testing
12 7 (17.07%) Agile Software Development
13 6 (14.63%) Web Services
14 5 (12.20%) UML
14 5 (12.20%) Oracle Reports
14 5 (12.20%) JUnit
14 5 (12.20%) Eclipse
14 5 (12.20%) Business Intelligence
14 5 (12.20%) ClearQuest
14 5 (12.20%) Hibernate
14 5 (12.20%) Usability Testing
14 5 (12.20%) JIRA
14 5 (12.20%) PKI
14 5 (12.20%) Spring
15 4 (9.756%) Retail

Senior Tester
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the East of England 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 6 (14.63%) Web Services
2 5 (12.20%) Hibernate
2 5 (12.20%) Spring
3 2 (4.878%) .NET
4 1 (2.439%) J2EE
Application Platforms
1 3 (7.317%) WebLogic
2 2 (4.878%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 2 (4.878%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.439%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (12.20%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 17 (41.46%) QuickTest Pro
2 5 (12.20%) JUnit
2 5 (12.20%) Eclipse
2 5 (12.20%) ClearQuest
2 5 (12.20%) JIRA
3 3 (7.317%) WebDriver
3 3 (7.317%) Selenium
4 1 (2.439%) LoadRunner
4 1 (2.439%) LabVIEW
General
1 23 (56.10%) Finance
2 4 (9.756%) Retail
3 3 (7.317%) Law
4 2 (4.878%) Telecoms
4 2 (4.878%) Games
Miscellaneous
1 5 (12.20%) PKI
2 2 (4.878%) EPoS
3 1 (2.439%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 20 (48.78%) UNIX
2 1 (2.439%) Windows
2 1 (2.439%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (60.98%) Software Testing
2 21 (51.22%) V-Model
3 17 (41.46%) Manual Testing
4 10 (24.39%) Test Automation
4 10 (24.39%) Test Scripting
5 9 (21.95%) Regression Testing
6 8 (19.51%) Integration Testing
7 7 (17.07%) Agile Software Development
8 5 (12.20%) UML
8 5 (12.20%) Business Intelligence
8 5 (12.20%) Usability Testing
9 4 (9.756%) Test Strategy
10 3 (7.317%) Automated Testing
10 3 (7.317%) Performance Testing
11 2 (4.878%) Security Testing
11 2 (4.878%) E-Commerce
11 2 (4.878%) TMap
12 1 (2.439%) System Testing
12 1 (2.439%) BDD
12 1 (2.439%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 21 (51.22%) Java
2 20 (48.78%) SQL
3 17 (41.46%) PL/SQL
4 1 (2.439%) C
4 1 (2.439%) C++
4 1 (2.439%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (4.878%) ISTQB
2 1 (2.439%) ISEB
2 1 (2.439%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (36.59%) QA
Systems Management
1 11 (26.83%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 18 (43.90%) Oracle
2 2 (4.878%) JDA
2 2 (4.878%) Microsoft
2 2 (4.878%) hybris
2 2 (4.878%) RedPrairie
Cambridge, East Anglia
Job Role: Senior QA Tester Location: CambridgeSalary: £40k to £60k + benefitsQA Tester (Senior) (Automation / Automated Testing, Selenium, Grinder, JMeter, Python, C++/Java). Bright, articulate software QA Tester with...
Client Server
Salary: £40k to £60k + benefits
Posted: 12 June 2013
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