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

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Functional Tester
Rank 823 817 822
Rank change year-on-year
-6 +5
Permanent jobs requiring a Functional Tester 7 46 37
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 0.007% 0.040% 0.032%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.007% 0.043% 0.034%
Number of salaries quoted 6 43 36
Average salary £47,500 £36,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+31.94% -20.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,750 £24,000 £31,125
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £60,000 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £35,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year
-7.14% -26.31%
All Job Titles
England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
95250 107641 110251
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 94.45% 94.76% 94.31%
Number of salaries quoted 80210 93021 93605
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £27,500 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £72,500 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Functional Tester
UK

Functional Tester
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England Functional Tester Jobs Demand Trend

Functional Tester
Salary Trend

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

England Functional Tester Salary Trend

Functional Tester
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Functional Tester across the England region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

England Functional Tester Salary Histogram

Functional Tester
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Functional Tester within the England 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
London +13 5 £57,500 +24.32%
North West - 1 £23,000 -
East of England - 1 £32,500 -
Functional Tester
UK

Functional Tester
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 17 (68.00%) QA
2 16 (64.00%) QuickTest Pro
3 15 (60.00%) .NET
3 15 (60.00%) Finance
4 14 (56.00%) C#
5 11 (44.00%) SQL
5 11 (44.00%) Business Analysis
5 11 (44.00%) Derivative
6 10 (40.00%) Contract for Difference
6 10 (40.00%) Spread Betting
6 10 (40.00%) Open Source
6 10 (40.00%) VBA
7 4 (16.00%) Java
7 4 (16.00%) J2EE
7 4 (16.00%) JUnit
7 4 (16.00%) JMeter
7 4 (16.00%) Selenium
7 4 (16.00%) FitNesse
7 4 (16.00%) ISTQB
7 4 (16.00%) Software Testing
7 4 (16.00%) HP Quality Center
7 4 (16.00%) Enterprise Software
8 3 (12.00%) JIRA
8 3 (12.00%) User Acceptance Testing
8 3 (12.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 3 (12.00%) MS Excel
9 2 (8.000%) Microsoft
9 2 (8.000%) Murex
9 2 (8.000%) ISEB
9 2 (8.000%) MS Office

Functional Tester
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 15 (60.00%) .NET
2 4 (16.00%) J2EE
Applications
1 3 (12.00%) MS Excel
2 2 (8.000%) MS Office
3 1 (4.000%) MS Visio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.000%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 16 (64.00%) QuickTest Pro
2 4 (16.00%) JMeter
2 4 (16.00%) Selenium
2 4 (16.00%) FitNesse
2 4 (16.00%) JUnit
3 3 (12.00%) JIRA
General
1 15 (60.00%) Finance
2 2 (8.000%) Military
2 2 (8.000%) Electronics
3 1 (4.000%) Banking
3 1 (4.000%) Investment Banking
Miscellaneous
1 11 (44.00%) Derivative
2 10 (40.00%) Contract for Difference
2 10 (40.00%) Spread Betting
2 10 (40.00%) Open Source
3 4 (16.00%) Enterprise Software
4 3 (12.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 2 (8.000%) Statistics
6 1 (4.000%) Fixed Income
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.000%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (44.00%) Business Analysis
2 4 (16.00%) Software Testing
3 3 (12.00%) User Acceptance Testing
4 2 (8.000%) Manual Testing
4 2 (8.000%) Communications Security
4 2 (8.000%) Product Management
4 2 (8.000%) Information Management
5 1 (4.000%) Automated Testing
5 1 (4.000%) Agile Software Development
5 1 (4.000%) Waterfall
5 1 (4.000%) Agile Testing
5 1 (4.000%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 14 (56.00%) C#
2 11 (44.00%) SQL
3 10 (40.00%) VBA
4 4 (16.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 4 (16.00%) ISTQB
2 2 (8.000%) ISEB
3 1 (4.000%) CIPD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (68.00%) QA
2 1 (4.000%) ISO 9001
Systems Management
1 4 (16.00%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 2 (8.000%) Microsoft
1 2 (8.000%) Murex
2 1 (4.000%) T-Plan
City of London
Our client's IT systems help support the trading of items such as derivatives swaps and fixed income products... Role responsibilities include:*Preparation of test material (Test cases...
Deerfoot IT Resources Ltd
Salary: £60000 - £65000 per annum + + good bonus + good benefits
Posted: 10 May 2013