The first table below looks at the demand for the Tester role in IT jobs advertised for the Guildford 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 17 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 Guildford region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Tester
Rank 81 81 50
Rank change year-on-year
0 -31
Permanent jobs requiring a Tester 6 3 6
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Guildford 0.673% 0.416% 1.345%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.690% 0.429% 1.367%
Number of salaries quoted 3 3 6
Average salary £30,000 £24,000 £33,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+25.00% -28.35%
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £32,500 £32,500
All Job Titles
Guildford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
870 700 439
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Guildford 97.64% 97.09% 98.43%
Number of salaries quoted 728 675 408
Average salary £39,000 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.50% +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,943 £27,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Tester
Surrey

Tester
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Guildford 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 Guildford region.

Guildford Tester Salary Trend

Tester
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Guildford 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 7 (41.18%) Scrum
1 7 (41.18%) QA
2 6 (35.29%) QuickTest Pro
3 5 (29.41%) Automated Testing
3 5 (29.41%) .NET
3 5 (29.41%) Degree
4 3 (17.65%) Windows
4 3 (17.65%) ISEB
4 3 (17.65%) Oracle
4 3 (17.65%) C#
4 3 (17.65%) C++
4 3 (17.65%) Java
4 3 (17.65%) SQL
4 3 (17.65%) ASP.NET
5 2 (11.76%) XML
5 2 (11.76%) Python
5 2 (11.76%) MS Excel
5 2 (11.76%) HTTP
5 2 (11.76%) Microsoft
5 2 (11.76%) MS Office
5 2 (11.76%) OO
5 2 (11.76%) Regression Testing
5 2 (11.76%) Legal
5 2 (11.76%) Software Engineering
5 2 (11.76%) SilkTest
5 2 (11.76%) Performance Testing
5 2 (11.76%) Integration Testing
5 2 (11.76%) Test Automation
5 2 (11.76%) Manual Testing
5 2 (11.76%) Mobile App

Tester
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Guildford 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 5 (29.41%) .NET
2 3 (17.65%) ASP.NET
3 2 (11.76%) XML
4 1 (5.882%) Swing
4 1 (5.882%) .NET Framework
Applications
1 2 (11.76%) MS Office
1 2 (11.76%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (11.76%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.882%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (35.29%) QuickTest Pro
2 2 (11.76%) SilkTest
3 1 (5.882%) JIRA
3 1 (5.882%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (5.882%) FogBugz
3 1 (5.882%) Visual Studio
General
1 2 (11.76%) Legal
2 1 (5.882%) Games
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.76%) Mobile App
2 1 (5.882%) Physics
2 1 (5.882%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 3 (17.65%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (41.18%) Scrum
2 5 (29.41%) Automated Testing
3 2 (11.76%) Software Engineering
3 2 (11.76%) Performance Testing
3 2 (11.76%) Integration Testing
3 2 (11.76%) Agile Software Development
3 2 (11.76%) OO
3 2 (11.76%) Regression Testing
3 2 (11.76%) Manual Testing
3 2 (11.76%) Test Automation
4 1 (5.882%) Web Testing
4 1 (5.882%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 3 (17.65%) C#
1 3 (17.65%) C++
1 3 (17.65%) Java
1 3 (17.65%) SQL
2 2 (11.76%) Python
3 1 (5.882%) C
3 1 (5.882%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 5 (29.41%) Degree
2 3 (17.65%) ISEB
3 1 (5.882%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (41.18%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (17.65%) Oracle
2 2 (11.76%) Microsoft
Guildford, Surrey
Manual testing client-server based applications... About the Client and Role: Applications are developed with MS Windows technology including C++, C#, ASP.Net, HTTP, XML. Databases are mainly...
KV Recruitment
Salary: £28000 - £32000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
Guildford, South East
Depth and breadth) SQL Scripting experience ISEB /ISQTB qualifications would be beneficial About the Client and Role: Applications are developed with MS Windows technology including C++, C#, ASP...
KV Recruitment Limited
Salary: £28000 - £32000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 29 April 2013