The first table below looks at the demand for the Systems 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 Systems Tester in their job title over the 3 months to 20 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
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
System Tester
Rank - 260 276
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Tester 0 10 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East of England - 0.119% 0.050%
As % of the Job Titles category - 0.122% 0.053%
Number of salaries quoted 0 10 5
Average salary - £30,000 £28,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +5.26%
UK excluding London average salary £37,000 £27,724 £34,500
% change year-on-year
+33.45% -19.63%
All Job Titles
East of England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
7746 8164 9442
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East of England 94.97% 96.90% 94.88%
Number of salaries quoted 6711 6951 8077
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%
Systems Tester
England

Systems Tester
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East of England Systems Tester Jobs Demand Trend

Systems Tester
Salary Trend

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

East of England Systems Tester Salary Trend

Systems Tester
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the East of England region that cited Systems 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 Systems Tester in their job title.

1 4 (66.67%) Software Testing
1 4 (66.67%) Degree
2 3 (50.00%) QA
2 3 (50.00%) ISTQB
2 3 (50.00%) Automated Testing
2 3 (50.00%) Agile Software Development
2 3 (50.00%) SQL
2 3 (50.00%) ISEB
3 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (33.33%) Client/Server
3 2 (33.33%) Microsoft
3 2 (33.33%) Postgraduate
3 2 (33.33%) XML
3 2 (33.33%) SQL Server
3 2 (33.33%) Crystal Reports
3 2 (33.33%) Project Management
3 2 (33.33%) NUnit
3 2 (33.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 2 (33.33%) Scrum
3 2 (33.33%) Risk Analysis
3 2 (33.33%) Test Scripting
3 2 (33.33%) Visual Studio Team System
4 1 (16.67%) HP Quality Center
4 1 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (16.67%) System Testing
4 1 (16.67%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (16.67%) Web Testing
4 1 (16.67%) Business Analysis
4 1 (16.67%) Wiki
4 1 (16.67%) JIRA

Systems Tester
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the East of England region that cited Systems 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 Systems Tester in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (33.33%) XML
Applications
1 1 (16.67%) MS Office
1 1 (16.67%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (33.33%) SQL Server
1 2 (33.33%) Crystal Reports
1 2 (33.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (16.67%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 2 (33.33%) NUnit
1 2 (33.33%) Visual Studio Team System
2 1 (16.67%) JIRA
2 1 (16.67%) Visual Studio
General
1 1 (16.67%) Finance
1 1 (16.67%) Advertising
1 1 (16.67%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Client/Server
2 1 (16.67%) Wiki
2 1 (16.67%) Fixed Income
2 1 (16.67%) Equities
2 1 (16.67%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Software Testing
2 3 (50.00%) Automated Testing
2 3 (50.00%) Agile Software Development
3 2 (33.33%) Project Management
3 2 (33.33%) Scrum
3 2 (33.33%) Risk Analysis
3 2 (33.33%) Test Scripting
4 1 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (16.67%) System Testing
4 1 (16.67%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (16.67%) Web Testing
4 1 (16.67%) Business Analysis
4 1 (16.67%) TDD
4 1 (16.67%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 3 (50.00%) SQL
2 1 (16.67%) VBA
Qualifications
1 4 (66.67%) Degree
2 3 (50.00%) ISTQB
2 3 (50.00%) ISEB
3 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (33.33%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (50.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (16.67%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft
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