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

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Tester
Rank 10 26 -
Rank change year-on-year
+16 -
Permanent jobs requiring a Tester 2 4 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Herefordshire 8.333% 4.494% -
As % of the Job Titles category 8.696% 4.494% -
Number of salaries quoted 2 4 0
Average salary £22,500 £31,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-27.41% -
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £32,500 £32,500
All Job Titles
Herefordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
23 89 30
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Herefordshire 95.83% 100.00% 85.71%
Number of salaries quoted 21 79 29
Average salary £30,000 £28,500 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.26% -5.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £19,126 £22,500 £19,500
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £35,000 £35,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.29% +2.66%
Tester
West Midlands

Tester
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Herefordshire 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 Herefordshire region.

Herefordshire Tester Salary Trend

Tester
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Tester within the Herefordshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
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Job
Vacancies
Ross-on-Wye - 2 £22,500 -
Tester
West Midlands

Tester
Top 8 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Herefordshire 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 3 (100.00%) .NET
1 3 (100.00%) MS Office
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (100.00%) ISEB
1 3 (100.00%) Regression Testing
1 3 (100.00%) Unit Testing
1 3 (100.00%) Test Scripting
1 3 (100.00%) Functional Testing

Tester
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Herefordshire 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 3 (100.00%) .NET
Applications
1 3 (100.00%) MS Office
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Regression Testing
1 3 (100.00%) Unit Testing
1 3 (100.00%) Test Scripting
1 3 (100.00%) Functional Testing
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) ISEB
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft