Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs
Job Type
Source

This section looks at the demand for the Tester role in IT jobs within the Harrogate region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. 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 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Tester
Location
3 months to
21 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank46-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching permanent IT job ads70
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.004 %0.000 %
As % of the category below2.047 %0.000 %
Salaries quoted70
Average minimum salary£27,143-
Average salary£32,143-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum salary£37,143-
UK excluding London average salary£32,025£32,127
% change on same period last year-0.31 %
Harrogate IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Harrogate
Matching permanent IT job ads342339
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.184 %0.141 %
Salaries quoted278311
Average minimum salary£29,852£32,093
Average salary£32,313£34,128
% change on same period last year-5.31 %
Average maximum salary£34,774£36,164
UK excluding London average salary£38,072£39,428
% change on same period last year-3.43 %
Tester North YorkshireTester
North Yorkshire

Tester
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Tester across the Harrogate region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Harrogate Tester Demand Trend

Tester
Salary Trend

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

Harrogate Tester Salary Trend

Tester
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Tester across the Harrogate region over the 3 months to 21 August 2008.

Harrogate Tester Salary Histogram

Tester
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT jobs across the Harrogate 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.

111 (84.62 %)JUnit
111 (84.62 %)Test Scripting
29 (69.23 %)Performance Testing
29 (69.23 %)Unit Testing
29 (69.23 %)Integration Testing
29 (69.23 %)Agile Software Development
29 (69.23 %)Oracle
29 (69.23 %)SQL Server
29 (69.23 %)DB2
29 (69.23 %)Ant
29 (69.23 %)Java
38 (61.54 %)ISEB
38 (61.54 %)Pensions
46 (46.15 %)Usability Testing
53 (23.08 %)Security Cleared
53 (23.08 %)NUnit
53 (23.08 %)Automated Testing
53 (23.08 %)Government
53 (23.08 %)Regression Testing
62 (15.38 %)Finance
62 (15.38 %)SQL
62 (15.38 %)MS Excel
62 (15.38 %)Microsoft
62 (15.38 %)MS Office
62 (15.38 %)UNIX
62 (15.38 %)Manual Testing
71 (7.692 %)Continuous Integration
71 (7.692 %)Extreme Programming
71 (7.692 %)Windows
71 (7.692 %)Solaris

Tester
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT jobs across the Harrogate 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.

Harrogate IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (15.38 %)MS Office
12 (15.38 %)MS Excel
Harrogate IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
19 (69.23 %)SQL Server
19 (69.23 %)DB2
21 (7.692 %)MySQL
Harrogate IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
111 (84.62 %)JUnit
29 (69.23 %)Ant
33 (23.08 %)NUnit
Harrogate IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
18 (61.54 %)Pensions
23 (23.08 %)Government
32 (15.38 %)Finance
Harrogate IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (15.38 %)UNIX
21 (7.692 %)Windows
21 (7.692 %)Solaris
21 (7.692 %)Linux
Harrogate IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
111 (84.62 %)Test Scripting
29 (69.23 %)Performance Testing
29 (69.23 %)Unit Testing
29 (69.23 %)Integration Testing
29 (69.23 %)Agile Software Development
36 (46.15 %)Usability Testing
43 (23.08 %)Security Cleared
43 (23.08 %)Automated Testing
43 (23.08 %)Regression Testing
52 (15.38 %)Manual Testing
61 (7.692 %)Extreme Programming
61 (7.692 %)Continuous Integration
Harrogate IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
19 (69.23 %)Java
22 (15.38 %)SQL
Harrogate IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
18 (61.54 %)ISEB
Harrogate IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
19 (69.23 %)Oracle
22 (15.38 %)Microsoft