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

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Tester
Rank 88 86 77
Rank change year-on-year
-2 -9
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Tester 3 16 10
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Gloucestershire 0.344% 1.315% 0.913%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.356% 1.363% 0.965%
Number of salaries quoted 3 6 6
Average salary £28,500 £24,000 £29,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
+18.75% -17.94%
UK excluding London average salary £30,000 £29,000 £30,000
% change year-on-year
+3.44% -3.33%
All Job Titles
Gloucestershire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
842 1174 1036
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Gloucestershire 96.45% 96.47% 94.61%
Number of salaries quoted 750 999 898
Average salary £35,000 £37,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.66% +7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £27,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £46,000 £50,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Software Tester
South West

Software Tester
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Gloucestershire Software Tester Jobs Demand Trend

Software Tester
Salary Trend

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

Gloucestershire Software Tester Salary Trend

Software Tester
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Tester within the Gloucestershire region over the 3 months to 20 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
Tewkesbury +5 3 £28,500 +90.00%
Software Tester
South West

Software Tester
Top 7 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Gloucestershire region that cited Software 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 Software Tester in their job title.

1 3 (100.00%) SQL
1 3 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
2 2 (66.67%) Software Testing
3 1 (33.33%) C#
3 1 (33.33%) Manual Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Test Automation

Software Tester
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) SQL Server
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Software Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Manual Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) SQL
2 1 (33.33%) C#