The first table below looks at the demand for the Tester role in IT jobs advertised for the East Sussex 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 20 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 Sussex region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Tester
Rank 72 80 61
Rank change year-on-year
+8 -19
Permanent jobs requiring a Tester 16 9 16
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in East Sussex 1.839% 0.938% 2.417%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.896% 0.972% 2.568%
Number of salaries quoted 12 8 16
Average salary £34,000 £31,500 £30,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.93% +3.27%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,600 £27,325 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £36,500 £36,050 £35,000
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £32,500 £32,500
All Job Titles
East Sussex
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
844 926 623
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in East Sussex 97.01% 96.46% 94.11%
Number of salaries quoted 753 826 597
Average salary £36,000 £35,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.85% -
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £23,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £49,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Tester
South East

Tester
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East Sussex 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 East Sussex region.

East Sussex Tester Salary Trend

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 East Sussex region over the 3 months to 20 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
Brighton +10 15 £34,000 +7.93%
Tester
South East

Tester
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the East Sussex 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 17 (80.95%) Selenium
2 15 (71.43%) SQL
3 14 (66.67%) QA
4 12 (57.14%) WebDriver
5 11 (52.38%) Scrum
6 10 (47.62%) Automated Testing
6 10 (47.62%) Test Scripting
6 10 (47.62%) Cucumber
7 8 (38.10%) Social Media
7 8 (38.10%) JIRA
7 8 (38.10%) Ruby
8 7 (33.33%) ISTQB
8 7 (33.33%) ISEB
9 6 (28.57%) Git (software)
9 6 (28.57%) Jenkins
10 5 (23.81%) Degree
10 5 (23.81%) Windows
10 5 (23.81%) Linux
11 4 (19.05%) Finance
11 4 (19.05%) CMS
11 4 (19.05%) Manual Testing
12 3 (14.29%) Continuous Integration
12 3 (14.29%) JMeter
12 3 (14.29%) Automation Testing
13 2 (9.524%) BDD
13 2 (9.524%) Agile Software Development
13 2 (9.524%) Web Testing
13 2 (9.524%) Test Management
13 2 (9.524%) Digital Marketing
13 2 (9.524%) Marketing

Tester
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the East Sussex 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 4 (19.05%) CMS
Development Applications
1 17 (80.95%) Selenium
2 12 (57.14%) WebDriver
3 10 (47.62%) Cucumber
4 8 (38.10%) JIRA
5 6 (28.57%) Git (software)
5 6 (28.57%) Jenkins
6 3 (14.29%) JMeter
General
1 4 (19.05%) Finance
2 2 (9.524%) Marketing
Miscellaneous
1 8 (38.10%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 5 (23.81%) Windows
1 5 (23.81%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (52.38%) Scrum
2 10 (47.62%) Test Scripting
2 10 (47.62%) Automated Testing
3 4 (19.05%) Manual Testing
4 3 (14.29%) Automation Testing
4 3 (14.29%) Continuous Integration
5 2 (9.524%) Agile Software Development
5 2 (9.524%) Web Development
5 2 (9.524%) Digital Marketing
5 2 (9.524%) Web Testing
5 2 (9.524%) Test Management
5 2 (9.524%) Regression Testing
5 2 (9.524%) BDD
6 1 (4.762%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 15 (71.43%) SQL
2 8 (38.10%) Ruby
3 2 (9.524%) VBScript
3 2 (9.524%) VB
4 1 (4.762%) JavaScript
4 1 (4.762%) Perl
4 1 (4.762%) Bash shell
Qualifications
1 7 (33.33%) ISEB
1 7 (33.33%) ISTQB
2 5 (23.81%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (66.67%) QA
Brighton, East Sussex
Hands-on experience of Selenium WebDriver, Cucumber or similar automated testing software... Experience with JIRA. Selenium RC. Continuous Integration utilising Jenkins or similar. ISEB\ISTQB Foundation Level Certificate.
Hydrogen Group
Salary: £30000.00 - £38000.00 per annum + Bonus + Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Brighton, South East
Main duties will be:Work with the product team leads, technical leads and product managers to understandthe new functionality being developedCreate and execute manual and automated test plans,...
DP Connect Ltd
Salary: Negotiable + Monthly and yearly bonuses
Posted: 30 April 2013