The first table below looks at the demand for the Tester role in IT jobs advertised for the Hammersmith 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 23 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 Hammersmith region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Tester
Rank 31 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs requiring a Tester 2 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hammersmith 1.550% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.770% - -
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
Average salary £32,500 - -
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £32,500 £32,500
All Job Titles
Hammersmith
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
113 121 50
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hammersmith 87.60% 82.88% 96.15%
Number of salaries quoted 100 76 30
Average salary £42,500 £55,000 £55,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-22.72% -
90% offered a salary of more than £27,400 £35,000 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £70,000 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Tester
London

Tester
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hammersmith 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 Hammersmith region.

Hammersmith Tester Salary Trend

Tester
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Hammersmith 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 6 (100.00%) Test Scripting
2 5 (83.33%) Manual Testing
2 5 (83.33%) SQL
3 4 (66.67%) QA
4 3 (50.00%) Back Office
5 2 (33.33%) Regression Testing
5 2 (33.33%) MS Excel
5 2 (33.33%) SharePoint
5 2 (33.33%) Client/Server
5 2 (33.33%) Microsoft
5 2 (33.33%) ISEB
5 2 (33.33%) Citrix
5 2 (33.33%) Thin Client
5 2 (33.33%) Workflow
5 2 (33.33%) Migration
5 2 (33.33%) Test Management
5 2 (33.33%) Fat Client
5 2 (33.33%) MS PowerPoint
5 2 (33.33%) ISTQB
5 2 (33.33%) System Testing
5 2 (33.33%) Data Migration
5 2 (33.33%) V-Model
5 2 (33.33%) HP Quality Center
6 1 (16.67%) WebDriver
6 1 (16.67%) BDD
6 1 (16.67%) soapUI
6 1 (16.67%) SpecFlow
6 1 (16.67%) User Stories
6 1 (16.67%) Automation Testing
6 1 (16.67%) Selenium

Tester
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Hammersmith 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 1 (16.67%) soapUI
1 1 (16.67%) .NET
1 1 (16.67%) ASP.NET
Application Platforms
1 2 (33.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (33.33%) MS Excel
1 2 (33.33%) MS PowerPoint
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) WebDriver
1 1 (16.67%) SpecFlow
1 1 (16.67%) Selenium
1 1 (16.67%) JMeter
1 1 (16.67%) Visual Studio
General
1 3 (50.00%) Back Office
2 1 (16.67%) Publishing
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Client/Server
1 2 (33.33%) Thin Client
1 2 (33.33%) Fat Client
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Test Scripting
2 5 (83.33%) Manual Testing
3 2 (33.33%) Regression Testing
3 2 (33.33%) Workflow
3 2 (33.33%) Migration
3 2 (33.33%) Test Management
3 2 (33.33%) System Testing
3 2 (33.33%) Data Migration
3 2 (33.33%) V-Model
4 1 (16.67%) BDD
4 1 (16.67%) User Stories
4 1 (16.67%) Automation Testing
4 1 (16.67%) Performance Testing
4 1 (16.67%) Security Testing
4 1 (16.67%) Scrum
4 1 (16.67%) Agile Software Development
Programming Languages
1 5 (83.33%) SQL
2 1 (16.67%) C#
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) ISEB
1 2 (33.33%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (66.67%) QA
Systems Management
1 2 (33.33%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft
1 2 (33.33%) Citrix