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

Location
3 months to
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Tester
Rank - 30 17
Permanent jobs requiring a Tester 0 4 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Epsom - 3.150% 1.724%
As % of the Job Titles category - 3.150% 1.754%
Number of salaries quoted 0 4 1
Average salary - £58,750 £36,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +60.95%
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £32,500 £32,500
All Job Titles
Epsom
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
86 127 57
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Epsom 98.85% 100.00% 98.28%
Number of salaries quoted 74 120 47
Average salary £42,500 £62,500 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-32.00% +47.05%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £36,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £79,500 £65,000 £87,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.29% +2.66%
Tester
Surrey

Tester
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Epsom 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 Epsom region.

Epsom Tester Salary Trend

Tester
Top 19 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the Epsom 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 3 (100.00%) C#
1 3 (100.00%) C++
1 3 (100.00%) Java
1 3 (100.00%) SQL
1 3 (100.00%) .NET
1 3 (100.00%) OO
1 3 (100.00%) RAD
1 3 (100.00%) Finance
1 3 (100.00%) Agile Software Development
1 3 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 3 (100.00%) Degree
1 3 (100.00%) Mathematics
1 3 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 3 (100.00%) QA
1 3 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 3 (100.00%) Test Strategy
2 1 (33.33%) Automation Testing
2 1 (33.33%) MS Excel
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft

Tester
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the Epsom 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 Development
1 3 (100.00%) .NET
Applications
1 1 (33.33%) MS Excel
General
1 3 (100.00%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Mathematics
1 3 (100.00%) Computer Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) OO
1 3 (100.00%) RAD
1 3 (100.00%) Agile Software Development
1 3 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 3 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 3 (100.00%) Test Strategy
2 1 (33.33%) Automation Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) C#
1 3 (100.00%) C++
1 3 (100.00%) Java
1 3 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
Surrey, Crawley, Epsom, Sussex, 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 + excellent bonus + benefits
Posted: 29 May 2013