Senior Tester Jobs in England
 
Demand Trend Salary Trend Salary Histogram Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for the Senior 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 Senior Tester in their job title over the 3 months to 21 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
21 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Senior Tester
Rank 675 663 688
Rank change year-on-year
-12 +25
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Tester 172 196 175
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 0.169% 0.172% 0.151%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.179% 0.182% 0.161%
Number of salaries quoted 138 171 162
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,850 £31,502 £32,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,750 £55,000 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+6.66% -
All Job Titles
England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category		 95965 107840 108961
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 94.44% 94.79% 94.28%
Number of salaries quoted 80782 93186 92537
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%
Senior Tester
UK

Senior Tester
Jobs Demand Trend

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

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 England region.

England Senior Tester Salary Trend

Senior Tester
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Senior Tester across the England region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

England Senior Tester Salary Histogram

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 England region over the 3 months to 21 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 +10 67 £46,000 -3.15%
North West +12 23 £33,250 +3.90%
Yorkshire -7 22 £40,000 +14.28%
South East -7 21 £42,500 -15.00%
South West -1 14 £36,750 +2.08%
East of England -8 12 £45,000 +12.50%
East Midlands -4 6 £40,000 +2.56%
West Midlands -24 5 £30,000 -6.25%
Senior Tester
UK

Senior Tester
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the 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.

1 158 (48.17%) QA
2 100 (30.49%) Finance
3 94 (28.66%) Software Testing
4 85 (25.91%) Test Scripting
5 84 (25.61%) Selenium
6 82 (25.00%) SQL
7 80 (24.39%) Java
8 73 (22.26%) Automated Testing
9 57 (17.38%) Agile Software Development
10 56 (17.07%) Manual Testing
11 55 (16.77%) ISEB
12 54 (16.46%) C#
12 54 (16.46%) .NET
13 47 (14.33%) Windows
14 45 (13.72%) UNIX
15 44 (13.41%) Test Automation
16 43 (13.11%) HP Quality Center
16 43 (13.11%) QuickTest Pro
17 39 (11.89%) Scrum
18 38 (11.59%) Degree
19 36 (10.98%) Cucumber
19 36 (10.98%) User Acceptance Testing
19 36 (10.98%) Regression Testing
19 36 (10.98%) E-Commerce
20 32 (9.756%) TDD
20 32 (9.756%) Microsoft
21 31 (9.451%) ISTQB
22 30 (9.146%) SQL Server
23 29 (8.841%) Security Testing
23 29 (8.841%) WebDriver

Senior Tester
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the 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 54 (16.46%) .NET
2 22 (6.707%) Web Services
3 14 (4.268%) soapUI
4 12 (3.659%) ASP.NET
4 12 (3.659%) HTML
4 12 (3.659%) J2EE
5 11 (3.354%) XML
6 8 (2.439%) SOAP
7 7 (2.134%) REST
8 6 (1.829%) RESTful
8 6 (1.829%) Middleware
8 6 (1.829%) Silverlight
8 6 (1.829%) JSON
9 5 (1.524%) Hibernate
9 5 (1.524%) Spring
9 5 (1.524%) CSS
9 5 (1.524%) HTML5
10 4 (1.220%) WAP
10 4 (1.220%) Ruby on Rails
11 2 (0.610%) Node.js
Application Platforms
1 5 (1.524%) Confluence
2 3 (0.915%) WebLogic
2 3 (0.915%) BizTalk Server
3 2 (0.610%) IIS
3 2 (0.610%) Apache
3 2 (0.610%) Tomcat
3 2 (0.610%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.305%) ESB
4 1 (0.305%) CMS
4 1 (0.305%) Tuxedo
4 1 (0.305%) LiveSite
Applications
1 16 (4.878%) MS Excel
2 5 (1.524%) MS Project
3 1 (0.305%) MS PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 12 (3.659%) Network Security
2 10 (3.049%) HTTP
3 7 (2.134%) Internet
4 5 (1.524%) TCP/IP
5 4 (1.220%) NAS
5 4 (1.220%) IPv6
5 4 (1.220%) VLAN
6 2 (0.610%) VoIP
6 2 (0.610%) Wireshark
7 1 (0.305%) Wireless Security
7 1 (0.305%) LDAP
7 1 (0.305%) FTP
7 1 (0.305%) SMTP
7 1 (0.305%) SNMP
7 1 (0.305%) VPN
7 1 (0.305%) Broadband
7 1 (0.305%) CDMA
7 1 (0.305%) GSM
7 1 (0.305%) UMTS
7 1 (0.305%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (9.146%) SQL Server
2 16 (4.878%) Data Warehouse
3 7 (2.134%) RDBMS
4 6 (1.829%) Oracle Reports
5 4 (1.220%) OLTP
6 3 (0.915%) Big Data
7 2 (0.610%) TOAD
7 2 (0.610%) MySQL
7 2 (0.610%) Data Mining
7 2 (0.610%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.305%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 1 (0.305%) Oracle 11g
8 1 (0.305%) PostgreSQL
8 1 (0.305%) Microsoft Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 84 (25.61%) Selenium
2 43 (13.11%) QuickTest Pro
3 36 (10.98%) Cucumber
4 29 (8.841%) WebDriver
5 23 (7.012%) JIRA
6 21 (6.402%) Team Foundation Server
7 14 (4.268%) Visual Studio
8 13 (3.963%) JUnit
9 11 (3.354%) LoadRunner
10 10 (3.049%) ClearQuest
10 10 (3.049%) JMeter
11 8 (2.439%) FitNesse
12 7 (2.134%) RSpec
12 7 (2.134%) Jenkins
13 5 (1.524%) Bugzilla
13 5 (1.524%) Eclipse
13 5 (1.524%) JBehave
14 4 (1.220%) Hudson
14 4 (1.220%) Visual Studio Team System
15 3 (0.915%) WebLOAD
General
1 100 (30.49%) Finance
2 12 (3.659%) Banking
3 11 (3.354%) Telecoms
3 11 (3.354%) Games
4 10 (3.049%) Retail
5 7 (2.134%) Publishing
6 6 (1.829%) Music
6 6 (1.829%) Music Industry
7 5 (1.524%) Law
7 5 (1.524%) Legal
8 3 (0.915%) Marketing
8 3 (0.915%) Financial Institution
9 2 (0.610%) Back Office
9 2 (0.610%) Billing
9 2 (0.610%) Investment Banking
10 1 (0.305%) Pharmaceutical
Miscellaneous
1 15 (4.573%) Computer Science
2 11 (3.354%) Blog
2 11 (3.354%) Open Source
3 6 (1.829%) Blackberry
3 6 (1.829%) Management Information System
3 6 (1.829%) Streaming Music
3 6 (1.829%) Derivative
4 5 (1.524%) Statistics
4 5 (1.524%) PKI
4 5 (1.524%) EPoS
4 5 (1.524%) SaaS
4 5 (1.524%) Enterprise Software
5 4 (1.220%) Mathematics
5 4 (1.220%) Mainframe
5 4 (1.220%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
5 4 (1.220%) Replication
6 3 (0.915%) Social Media
6 3 (0.915%) Mobile App
7 2 (0.610%) iPad
7 2 (0.610%) SWIFT
Operating Systems
1 47 (14.33%) Windows
2 45 (13.72%) UNIX
3 17 (5.183%) Linux
4 10 (3.049%) Android
5 7 (2.134%) Apple iOS
6 6 (1.829%) Windows Phone
7 5 (1.524%) Windows Server 2003
8 2 (0.610%) CentOS
8 2 (0.610%) Mac OS X
8 2 (0.610%) Ubuntu
8 2 (0.610%) Windows Vista
9 1 (0.305%) Windows XP
9 1 (0.305%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.305%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 94 (28.66%) Software Testing
2 85 (25.91%) Test Scripting
3 73 (22.26%) Automated Testing
4 57 (17.38%) Agile Software Development
5 56 (17.07%) Manual Testing
6 44 (13.41%) Test Automation
7 39 (11.89%) Scrum
8 36 (10.98%) User Acceptance Testing
8 36 (10.98%) Regression Testing
8 36 (10.98%) E-Commerce
9 32 (9.756%) TDD
10 29 (8.841%) Security Testing
11 27 (8.232%) BDD
12 25 (7.622%) Penetration Testing
12 25 (7.622%) V-Model
13 22 (6.707%) Integration Testing
13 22 (6.707%) Web Testing
13 22 (6.707%) Performance Testing
14 21 (6.402%) Test Strategy
14 21 (6.402%) Automation Testing
Programming Languages
1 82 (25.00%) SQL
2 80 (24.39%) Java
3 54 (16.46%) C#
4 23 (7.012%) Python
5 21 (6.402%) PL/SQL
6 20 (6.098%) JavaScript
7 19 (5.793%) Ruby
8 8 (2.439%) C++
9 7 (2.134%) Perl
9 7 (2.134%) PHP
9 7 (2.134%) VB
10 6 (1.829%) VB.NET
10 6 (1.829%) C
11 5 (1.524%) VBScript
12 3 (0.915%) T-SQL
12 3 (0.915%) Scala
13 2 (0.610%) VBA
13 2 (0.610%) Smalltalk
14 1 (0.305%) Groovy
14 1 (0.305%) Lua
Qualifications
1 55 (16.77%) ISEB
2 38 (11.59%) Degree
3 31 (9.451%) ISTQB
4 21 (6.402%) Security Cleared
5 18 (5.488%) SC Cleared
6 9 (2.744%) CISSP
7 5 (1.524%) CEH
8 3 (0.915%) HND
9 2 (0.610%) CISA
10 1 (0.305%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 158 (48.17%) QA
2 2 (0.610%) ISO/IEC 17799
2 2 (0.610%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.305%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 4 (1.220%) NFS
2 3 (0.915%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.305%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 43 (13.11%) HP Quality Center
2 4 (1.220%) Legato
Vendors
1 32 (9.756%) Microsoft
2 27 (8.232%) Oracle
3 22 (6.707%) HP
4 5 (1.524%) VMware
4 5 (1.524%) Progress
5 4 (1.220%) Hitachi
5 4 (1.220%) Veritas
6 3 (0.915%) SAP
6 3 (0.915%) JDA
6 3 (0.915%) RedPrairie
6 3 (0.915%) hybris
7 2 (0.610%) Fidessa
7 2 (0.610%) Cognos
7 2 (0.610%) ATG
8 1 (0.305%) Google
8 1 (0.305%) Atlassian
8 1 (0.305%) Telerik
8 1 (0.305%) Citrix
8 1 (0.305%) Twitter
Tester/Senior Tester- Mobile apps
Maidenhead, Thames Valley
E-Resourcing is recruiting for an experienced Tester to join our clients expanding development team.This is a green-field opportunity to create a new QA function to...
E-Resourcing
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Senior QA Tester
London
They are looking for a Senior QA Tester who has extensive experience testing web based applications and who is familiar with web technologies such as MySQL, Javascript and...
Hydrogen Group
Salary: £45000.00 - £50000.00 per annum + shares + bonus + benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
Senior Tester / Test Lead - to set up new test environment!
London
Key skills/experience needed :- Understanding of formal testing Understanding of the different types of testing Experience writing test plans- Experience writing and executing test scripts - Building regression test...
DP Connect Ltd
Salary: £50000 per annum + Good benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Senior QA Automation Tester. Web. £30-42k. Central Bristol
Bristol, Chippenham, Gloucester, Bath, Swindon,...
Senior QA Automation Tester, Web Application Testing, £30-42,000 plus great benefits, Bristol (City Centre)... - In depth experience of automated test tools suitable for testing web based...
XIST4 Recruitment
Salary: £35-42,000 + Bens
Posted: 13 May 2013
Senior UI Automation Tester. QA. £30-42k. Central Bristol
Bristol, Chippenham, Gloucester, Bath, Swindon,...
Senior UI Automation Tester, QA, Testing, £30-42,000 plus great benefits, Bristol (City Centre)... - In depth experience of automated test tools suitable for testing web based products.-...
XIST4 Recruitment
Salary: £30-42,000 + Great Benefits
Posted: 13 May 2013
Senior and Principal Software Testers
Leeds, Yorkshire
I am recruiting for a number of Senior and Principal Software Testers to join a leading blue chip organisation based in West YorkshireKey Skills:-Automation and/or Manual...
Salary: £30000 - £45000 per annum + benefits + bonus
Posted: 4 May 2013
Senior Tester / Test Analyst - web/automation - Manchester
Manchester, North West
Working within an Agile Java/J2EE development team you will be responsible for testing customer facing high transactional websites from UI through to high transactional web services... Essential...
Applause IT Ltd
Salary: £30000 - £37000 per annum + Benefits + bonus
Posted: 6 May 2013
Senior Automation Tester, Selenium2, Webdriver
London
Key skills needed:- Selenium2/Webdriver - in-house framework development- Keyword driven automation- Agile/Scrum environment- Excellent knowledge of Soap UI- Experience of Jenkins/Maven continuous integration tools- Strong...
DP Connect Ltd
Salary: Good benefits!
Posted: 15 May 2013
Test Lead/Senior Tester - London
London
Great opportunity for a tester with experience testing high volume transaction engines to join an organisation in a lead role helping to oversee the testing of mobile apps...
E-Resourcing
Salary: £43000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 9 May 2013
QA Test Engineer / Senior Tester - Start-up
London
You will define the QA and test processes including building continuous integration processes (Hudson, Jenkins); an automated test framework (Selenium or similar) and develop test scripts within a...
Client Server
Salary: £45k to £55k + benefits
Posted: 14 May 2013
Test Manager / Senior Tester
Surrey, West Sussex, Crawley, Epsom, South East
This successful and profitable Software House who specialise in the supply of large scale solutions to the Corporate & Public Sector markets is looking to recruit an experienced Test...
Actis Recruitment Ltd
Salary: to c£60,000 + generous bonus + bens
Posted: 29 April 2013
Test Manager / Senior Tester
Manchester, Cheshire, Lancashire, Merseyside,...
This successful and profitable Software House who specialise in the supply of large scale solutions to the Corporate & Public Sector markets is looking to recruit an experienced Test...
Actis Recruitment Ltd
Salary: to c£60,000 + excellent bonus + bens
Posted: 29 April 2013
Senior Test Analyst/Automated Tester - Bristol
Bristol, Avon
People Source specialise in niche technology markets including Information Technology, Digital TV, Digital Marketing, Project and Programme Management, SAP, Digital and Consumer Electronics, Air Traffic Management, Management Consultancy,...
People Source Consulting
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum + employee benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
Senior Automated Tester/Test Team Lead (Selenium Web Driver/ .N
Bristol, Avon
Any OOP such as .Net, C# or Java would be preferable. *Automated Testing with Selenium (MUST HAVE SELENIUM WEBDRIVER) *At least 7 years testing experience and test team...
People Source Consulting
Salary: £38000 - £45000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Scrum Master/Senior Developer/Senior Tester
Angel, London
Sage Pay Europe is a leading, European, payments service provider and is one of the most trusted payment brands. A new opportunity has arisen for an experienced Scrum...
Sage Pay
Salary: Competetive
Posted: 20 May 2013
Senior Technical Desktop Tester
London
A fantastic opportunity has arisen at a global financial company for a talented Senior Desktop Tester-Please only apply if you have the following skills:- Excellent desktop testing...
OPUS
Salary: GBP40000 to GBP45000 per annum
Posted: 26 April 2013
Senior Security Consultant (Penetration Tester)
Leeds, West Yorkshire
You will be responsible for leading penetration testing and security assessment consulting services... This role requires you to demonstrate: Experience of all aspects of penetration testing in a...
The Bridge Ltd
Salary: £excellent + big bonus + car + benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
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