The first table below looks at the demand for the Tester role in IT jobs advertised for the Gloucester 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 19 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 Gloucester region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Tester
Rank 35 33 27
Rank change year-on-year
-2 -6
Permanent jobs requiring a Tester 7 15 10
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Gloucester 3.211% 4.202% 4.082%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.415% 4.274% 4.255%
Number of salaries quoted 7 11 3
Average salary £35,500 £30,000 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+18.33% -
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £32,500 £32,500
All Job Titles
Gloucester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
205 351 235
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Gloucester 94.04% 98.32% 95.92%
Number of salaries quoted 189 289 191
Average salary £35,000 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-12.50% +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,798 £30,000 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £60,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.29% +2.66%
Tester
Gloucestershire

Tester
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Gloucester 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 Gloucester region.

Gloucester Tester Salary Trend

Tester
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Gloucester 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 14 (82.35%) UNIX
1 14 (82.35%) Linux
2 13 (76.47%) LAN
2 13 (76.47%) WAN
2 13 (76.47%) CGI
2 13 (76.47%) ISEB
2 13 (76.47%) LoadRunner
2 13 (76.47%) Identity Management
2 13 (76.47%) Shell Script
2 13 (76.47%) Degree
2 13 (76.47%) Mathematics
2 13 (76.47%) User Acceptance Testing
2 13 (76.47%) Performance Testing
2 13 (76.47%) DV Cleared
2 13 (76.47%) Security Cleared
2 13 (76.47%) Penetration Testing
2 13 (76.47%) ITIL
3 4 (23.53%) Oracle
3 4 (23.53%) SQL Server
4 3 (17.65%) Oracle Reports
4 3 (17.65%) V-Model
4 3 (17.65%) Test Automation
4 3 (17.65%) Agile Software Development
4 3 (17.65%) Banking
4 3 (17.65%) Finance
5 1 (5.882%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (5.882%) ETL
5 1 (5.882%) C
5 1 (5.882%) C++
5 1 (5.882%) Java

Tester
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Gloucester 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 13 (76.47%) CGI
Communications & Networking
1 13 (76.47%) LAN
1 13 (76.47%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (23.53%) SQL Server
2 3 (17.65%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (5.882%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 13 (76.47%) LoadRunner
General
1 3 (17.65%) Banking
1 3 (17.65%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 13 (76.47%) Mathematics
Operating Systems
1 14 (82.35%) UNIX
1 14 (82.35%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (76.47%) Identity Management
1 13 (76.47%) User Acceptance Testing
1 13 (76.47%) Performance Testing
1 13 (76.47%) Penetration Testing
1 13 (76.47%) ITIL
2 3 (17.65%) V-Model
2 3 (17.65%) Test Automation
2 3 (17.65%) Agile Software Development
3 1 (5.882%) ETL
3 1 (5.882%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (5.882%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 13 (76.47%) Shell Script
2 1 (5.882%) C
2 1 (5.882%) C++
2 1 (5.882%) Java
2 1 (5.882%) SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (76.47%) ISEB
1 13 (76.47%) Degree
1 13 (76.47%) DV Cleared
1 13 (76.47%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 4 (23.53%) Oracle
2 1 (5.882%) Lotus