The first table below looks at the demand for Manual Testing skills in IT jobs advertised for the Hertfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Manual Testing over the 3 months to 24 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 of the Processes & Methodologies category for the Hertfordshire region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Manual Testing
Rank 131 143 159
Rank change year-on-year
+12 +16
Permanent jobs citing Manual Testing 9 7 7
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 0.365% 0.278% 0.208%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.477% 0.381% 0.271%
Number of salaries quoted 9 6 7
Average salary £42,500 £33,000 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+28.78% -22.35%
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £35,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
-7.14% +7.69%
All Processes & Methodologies
Hertfordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1885 1837 2585
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 76.47% 72.93% 76.64%
Number of salaries quoted 1486 1476 2084
Average salary £45,000 £47,500 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.26% +5.55%
90% offered a salary of more than £31,500 £31,500 £32,500
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £67,500 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Manual Testing
East of England

Manual Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Manual Testing across the Hertfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Hertfordshire Manual Testing Jobs Demand Trend

Manual Testing
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Manual Testing across the Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire Manual Testing Salary Trend

Manual Testing
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Manual Testing across the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Hertfordshire Manual Testing Salary Histogram

Manual Testing
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Manual Testing within the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 24 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
Rickmansworth - 5 £42,500 -
Watford - 3 £35,000 -
Hertford - 1 £37,500 -
Manual Testing
East of England

Manual Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Hertfordshire region citing Manual Testing also 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 that cited Manual Testing.

1 20 (66.67%) Java
2 18 (60.00%) SQL
2 18 (60.00%) Oracle
2 18 (60.00%) Finance
2 18 (60.00%) V-Model
3 16 (53.33%) PL/SQL
4 15 (50.00%) QuickTest Pro
5 12 (40.00%) Software Testing
5 12 (40.00%) Test Scripting
6 10 (33.33%) HP Quality Center
6 10 (33.33%) Regression Testing
7 8 (26.67%) UNIX
8 7 (23.33%) Web Services
9 6 (20.00%) ISEB
9 6 (20.00%) Oracle Reports
9 6 (20.00%) Integration Testing
10 5 (16.67%) Spring
10 5 (16.67%) PKI
10 5 (16.67%) Degree
10 5 (16.67%) JIRA
10 5 (16.67%) Usability Testing
10 5 (16.67%) Eclipse
10 5 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
10 5 (16.67%) Microsoft
10 5 (16.67%) UML
10 5 (16.67%) JUnit
10 5 (16.67%) Hibernate
10 5 (16.67%) ClearQuest
11 4 (13.33%) Automated Testing
12 3 (10.00%) WebLogic

Manual Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Hertfordshire region citing Manual Testing also 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 that cited Manual Testing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 7 (23.33%) Web Services
2 5 (16.67%) Spring
2 5 (16.67%) Hibernate
3 2 (6.667%) XML
4 1 (3.333%) soapUI
Application Platforms
1 3 (10.00%) WebLogic
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.333%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (20.00%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (3.333%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 15 (50.00%) QuickTest Pro
2 5 (16.67%) JIRA
2 5 (16.67%) Eclipse
2 5 (16.67%) JUnit
2 5 (16.67%) ClearQuest
3 2 (6.667%) Selenium
4 1 (3.333%) JMeter
General
1 18 (60.00%) Finance
2 1 (3.333%) Retail
Job Titles
1 21 (70.00%) Tester
2 17 (56.67%) Senior Tester
3 7 (23.33%) Analyst
3 7 (23.33%) Test Analyst
4 6 (20.00%) Senior Analyst
4 6 (20.00%) Senior Test Analyst
5 5 (16.67%) Lead Test Analyst
6 4 (13.33%) Junior
7 3 (10.00%) Junior Tester
8 2 (6.667%) Software Tester
8 2 (6.667%) Software Test Analyst
9 1 (3.333%) Test Leader
9 1 (3.333%) Junior Software Tester
9 1 (3.333%) Automation Tester
9 1 (3.333%) Senior Automation Tester
9 1 (3.333%) Testing Consultant
9 1 (3.333%) Automated Tester
9 1 (3.333%) Senior Software Test Analyst
9 1 (3.333%) Junior Test Analyst
9 1 (3.333%) Junior Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 5 (16.67%) PKI
2 1 (3.333%) Mathematics
2 1 (3.333%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 8 (26.67%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (60.00%) V-Model
2 12 (40.00%) Software Testing
2 12 (40.00%) Test Scripting
3 10 (33.33%) Regression Testing
4 6 (20.00%) Integration Testing
5 5 (16.67%) Usability Testing
5 5 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
5 5 (16.67%) UML
6 4 (13.33%) Automated Testing
7 2 (6.667%) Agile Software Development
8 1 (3.333%) Web Testing
8 1 (3.333%) Waterfall
8 1 (3.333%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 20 (66.67%) Java
2 18 (60.00%) SQL
3 16 (53.33%) PL/SQL
4 3 (10.00%) C
5 2 (6.667%) C++
6 1 (3.333%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 6 (20.00%) ISEB
2 5 (16.67%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.333%) QA
Systems Management
1 10 (33.33%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 18 (60.00%) Oracle
2 5 (16.67%) Microsoft
3 1 (3.333%) HP
3 1 (3.333%) SAP
Watford, Hertfordshire
An expanding Software Testing Consultancy in Watford are recruiting for three junior testers to join a team working for the most part on manual testing of web based...
Redrock Consulting Ltd
Salary: £20 - £25 per annum
Posted: 23 May 2013