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

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Tester
Rank 34 - 27
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs requiring a Tester 2 0 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Farnborough 1.105% - 1.681%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.136% - 1.869%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 2
Average salary £25,000 - £25,750
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £32,500 £32,500
All Job Titles
Farnborough
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
176 217 107
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Farnborough 97.24% 94.35% 89.92%
Number of salaries quoted 163 205 105
Average salary £38,500 £37,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.66% -6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £29,000 £32,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £50,000 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Tester
Hampshire

Tester
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Farnborough 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 Farnborough region.

Farnborough Tester Salary Trend

Tester
Top 12 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Farnborough 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 8 (88.89%) MS Exchange
1 8 (88.89%) Microsoft
1 8 (88.89%) Active Directory
1 8 (88.89%) MS Office
1 8 (88.89%) MS Excel
1 8 (88.89%) Automated Testing
1 8 (88.89%) Software Testing
1 8 (88.89%) QA
1 8 (88.89%) Manual Testing
2 7 (77.78%) Performance Testing
3 1 (11.11%) CRM
3 1 (11.11%) Test Scripting

Tester
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Farnborough 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 8 (88.89%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 8 (88.89%) MS Office
1 8 (88.89%) MS Excel
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (88.89%) Automated Testing
1 8 (88.89%) Software Testing
1 8 (88.89%) Manual Testing
2 7 (77.78%) Performance Testing
3 1 (11.11%) Test Scripting
3 1 (11.11%) CRM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (88.89%) QA
System Software
1 8 (88.89%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 8 (88.89%) Microsoft